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May 22. 191& 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



I.I.. .WiolfKalo luiu8o» report k-hxI 

 prospect* for .Momorlnl Day buslneeB. 



1 , . wim Tulip Sunday for 



Hj)^ Tliounaiids of people 



vlHltod tlu' I'ubllc- Cardoii where many 

 thousand tulips wi-re in bloom. 



Tho bowlInK team represontlng the 

 \\o^- . r h^trliiuiKi' was beaten 



by . last Thursday. The 



same loam will play the Cooperative 

 Market this week. 



James K. M. Karquhur lios returned 

 from the South » here be has sojourned 

 ever since last fall and a host of 

 friends will be Klud to learn that he 

 is greatly Improved in health and 

 sptrlls. 



Few retail stores within city limits 

 have the advantage of a front garden 

 display such as Harry Quint's. Boly- 

 ston street store possesses. The 

 bulbons plants are now in full bloom 

 and make an attractive ap!)earance. 



We regret to report that M. J. 

 •Wlwanl. of Wi.biirn. is seriously HI 

 with stomach trouble and at the pres- 

 ent writini; is in a dangerous condi- 

 tion. The sympathes of the local 

 trade are with Mr. Aylward, who is a 

 well-known local florist. 



Ix>cal retailers seem to be going In 

 heavily for arlifli ial flowers for Me- 

 morial Day. Two of them, especially, 

 i.dve been making up the prepared 

 R-reaths for over a month now, in an- 

 ticipation of a tremendous demand. A 

 little educational campaign on the ap- 

 propriateness of fresh flowers would 

 seem advisable. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 bad a special meeting at the Parker 

 House and outing to the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum, on Wednesday afternoon. May 

 19th. The lilacs and many other rich 

 spring flowering shrubs were in their 

 full glory and under the conduct of 

 Jackson Dawson and Ell. Wilson the 

 visitors enjoyed a rare treat. Particu- 

 larly interesting were the Wilson nov- 

 elties from China, many of which are 

 now at an age where their full charac- 

 ter begins to show forth. 



NEW BEDFORD. 



Business, ever since Mother's Day, 

 has been coming In very slowly. 



Joseph V. Pierce of Cottage street, 

 contemplates tearing down two of his 

 smaller greenhouses and b\illdlng one 

 large one In their place. 



Post & Gray have temporary quar- 

 ters at the Steiger, Dudgeon store near 

 the Purchase street entrance, where 

 they are displaying many fine wreathe 

 and' flowers appropriate for Memorial 

 Day. 



The window of William Pelrce's 

 shop on Pleasant street is attracting 

 a great deal of attention by its beauti- 

 ful and appropriate decorations in yel- 

 low, in honor of the mass meeting for 

 equal suffrage to be held here on the 

 eighteenth of the month. 



PITTSBURGH. 



In the riiiiipH i"i)iii"-rvatory. Scheii- 

 ley Park, foreman John W. Jones has 

 a really wonderful showing of calce- 

 olurlas, one entire house being de 

 voted t.i this. Mr. Jones' Interest 

 seeniH largely centered, however, on 

 his collictlon of Darwin tulips, which 

 Is very line. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams contributed thi- 

 floral decorations for the wedding of 

 Miss Eleanor II. Smith. Moth the 

 home and church were beautifully dec 

 orated with a combination of pink 

 snapdragon and white lilacs. The 

 bridal bouquet was formed of a shower 

 of lilies of the valley with a center of 

 Sweetheart roses, and the six brides- 

 maids carried Mrs. Tafl roses tied with 

 broad, pale blue satin ribbon. 



Never has the flowering slirubbery 

 been as luxuriant as this year. Begin- 

 ning with the season of forsythla. sub- 

 urban estates have since been a mass 

 of bloom — weigela, lilacs, and now 

 bridal wreatli. Snowballs also are 

 here and two weeks ahead of sched- 

 uled time. I'nfortimalely owing to the 

 recent excessive hot weather the flow- 

 ers u.sually depended upon for Memori- 

 al Day will be things of the past this 

 year. If the present cool weather con- 

 tinues, there will be no peonies, except 

 the few very early bloomers, for decor- 

 ating either. The cool weather has 

 also postponed the filling of porch and 

 window box orders, which this year 

 are exceptionally numerous, notwith- 

 standing financial pressure on all sides. 

 The seedsmen all have been reaping 

 fine harvests and now the plantsmen 

 are In the midst of their season. 



WASHINGTON. 



A civil service examination will be 

 held In this city on June 19. to secure 

 a list of eliglbles for the position of 

 division park foreman in this city, 

 which carries with it a salary of $9ri 

 per month. The requirements are that 

 the applicant for the position shall be 

 between the ages of 25 and 4.5 years, 

 and shall for the past five years have 

 been in charge of men engaged in gar- 

 dening, and park maintenance and im- 

 provement. He must also have a 

 thorough knowledge of the care of 

 trees, shrubs, flowers and lawns, and 

 an ability to ride a bicycle will prove 

 an advantage. 



Superintendent George W. Hess, of 

 the United States Botanic Gardens, 

 was chairman of the lommittee of 

 judges of the main exhibit of the rose 

 show held May 20 and 21 at Brookland. 

 D. C. Other members of this commit- 

 tee were Furnian L. Mnlford, of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, and Miss Susan B. Sipe, director 

 of school gardens. The committee on 

 artistic baskets comprised Dr. W. Van 

 Fleet, rosarian, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agrifulture, chairman; Helen 

 Fowler, manager of the Shaw Gardens 

 and William Reeves, the White House 

 florist. This is the fourth annual ex- 

 hibition given by the Brookland Rose 

 Society. 



CHICAGO. 



A. I^nge savH that early spring 

 weddings are beginning to be quite 

 a feature In the retail trade. 



At Amllng's a novelty Is seen in 

 brilliant lined popples. They come In 

 red. pink and white and are quickly 

 idcked up. 



Two large baskets have attracted 

 much attention in the store windows 

 of Geo. Welnhoeber. this week. They 

 were exquisite blendlngs of yellow 

 tints. 



Phil McKee, of the Monlnger Co., 

 has returned from a trip through 

 .Michigan in the Interest of his firm 

 and reports the greenhouse outlook as 

 good, especially among the vegetable 

 growers. 



Mathias .Mann, of Zech & Mann, 

 states that the extreme weather of 

 the last of April hurried along the 

 crop of carnations, so that a large 

 supply seems an iiniiossibility for 

 Memorial Day, the plant being sure 

 to be off crop. 



John Kruchten will move Into tiie 

 store now occui)ied by Kyle &■ Foer»- 

 ter as soon as the latter can give 

 possession. The move is a short 

 one, being next door to their present 

 place, on the second floor in The 

 Atlas block, but it shows that the 

 business under Mr. Knichten's man- 

 jigement is increasing, making larger 

 space necessary. 



Demonstration Gardens in parks, 

 a new venture of a practical educa- 

 tional nature is under way in Chi- 

 cago's large parks. A portion of the 

 ground is laid out in vegetable gar- 

 dens intead of flower beds and is to 

 be used as an object lesson on how 

 to properly grow vegetables and how- 

 to use a small amount of land to 

 the best advantage by a proper ro- 

 tation of crops. .5000 square feet Is 

 being used in these demonstration 

 gardens in each of the West Side 

 parks, Garfield. Humboldt and Doug- 

 lass. The South parks may devote a 

 larger space. This goes well with the 

 movement started a few years ago, 

 of giving the use of city vacant lots 

 for gardens and which has each year 

 become more 'popular. 



At Garfield Park. Supt. Koch says 

 that bedding out will be under way 

 by the time this is in print. The 

 shrubbery in the park never looked 

 better, owing, he thinks, to the long 

 season last year, when spring opened 

 early. The geraniums are in fine con- 

 dition for planting out being short, 

 stocky, and showing plenty of color. 

 Madam Barney has been tried here 

 one year and was well liked by the 

 growers. Louis Heidtman called our 

 attention to its robust habit, low 

 growth and very double light pink 

 flowers. He said it would stand up 

 well even under unfavorable circum- 

 stances. John Doyle, a light red, was 

 covered with blooms and Jean Viaud 

 with its delicate light pink petals and 

 white throat, was very dainty in ap- 

 pearance. Among the show pelargon- 

 iums were many choice varieties but 

 of the deeper shades. Goethe was 

 conspicuous. The vivid red was 

 heightened by the black centers and 



