14 



HOKTICULTUKE 



July 3, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Thomas F. Galvin is in New York 

 this week. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co.'s plant auction 

 sales closed for the season last Friday. 

 The spring sales have been above the 

 average in attendance and prices 

 obtained. 



N. F. McCarthy informs us that ow- 

 ing to dissatisfaction with the work 

 of Eber Holmes at Montrose Green- 

 houses, Mr. Holmes is no longer In 

 his employ. 



P. Welch is probably the only whole- 

 saler offering a daily supply of that 

 finest of summer roses, President Car- 

 not. They are coming in abundantly 

 at present and are superb. 



Morris August, florist at Dudley 

 street elevated station, and Miss Ma- 

 tilda Levy, were married on Sunday, 

 June 27. They are now on their 

 honeymoon at Atlantic City. 



Tom. Benwell the popular salesman 

 for A. H. Hews Company of North 

 Cambridge will celebrate, next Septem- 

 ber, the fiftieth anniversary of his con- 

 nection with this long established pot- 

 tery concern. 



A. S. Burns, Jr., of Spring Valley, 

 N. Y., accompanied by Thos. Tracey, 

 Ed. Tracey and Fred. Henkes of 

 Albany were in Boston on Monday, on 

 their way home from a trip to the 

 White Mountains and Old Orchard 

 Beach in Mr. Burns' auto. 



An informal meeting to discuss the 

 Hoffman failure was held at the 

 Flower Market, on Monday, by some 

 of the heaviest creditors. The plan of 

 the receiver to sell the business is not 

 looked upon with favor and will be 

 blocked if sufficient opposition can be 

 assembled. 



Penn the Florist had three electric 

 truck loads of flowers tor the Lowell 

 wedding at Mattapoiset. Stopping for 

 gasoline on the way the decorators 

 were surprised to find how well known 

 this house had become throughout the 

 country districts even, through Penn's 

 liberal newspaper advertising policy. 



each, for young plant stock. They are 

 also building another light storage 

 house 5 by 200, with a 12 ft. lean-to on 

 each side. 



Sweet sultan, larkspurs, gypsophila 

 and water lilies are favorite window 

 decorative material at the present 

 time. The water lilies are seen in 

 many varieties and are the central fea- 

 ture in many window displays. Galvin 

 is using Cyperus alternifolius in asso- 

 ciation with them, with excellent ef- 

 fect. 



A fire, which started from some un- 

 known cause in the shed in the rear of 

 the l)uilding at 647 Warren street, 

 Roxbury, occupied by William C. 

 Bowditch, a florist, did considerable 

 damage Wednesday afternoon when it 

 spread through the entire block be- 

 tween 645 and 663 Warren street, 

 scorching the rear of the buildings. 



R. and J. Farquhar & Co., are so well 

 pleased with the range of pit houses 

 erected at tlieir Dedham nurseries last 

 year that they have started to add six 

 Biore of similar style, 12 by 110 feet. 



CHICAGO. 



Mr. and Mrs. Simpson. 3656 Ogden 

 avenue, will motor to Rockford, 111., 

 for a Fourth of July visit with rela- 

 tives. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Washburn 

 celebrated the third anniversary of 

 their marriage with a dinner party at 

 the Hinsdale Country Club, June 29th. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oechslin leave 

 early in July for a tour of the West 

 with the Panama Exposition as the 

 objective point. 



John Poehlmann, Jr.. is now regu- 

 larly installed as assistant in the 

 wholesale store of Poehlmann Bros, at 

 35 E. Randolph. 



Vacations are beginning at Zech & 

 Mann's, the first to enjoy an outing 

 being the youngest employee of that 

 firm, Gale Fanning, who goes to Jack- 

 sonville. 111. 



The committee of arrangements for 

 the Chicago Florists' Club picnic have 

 named July 23rd as the day for the 

 event. St. Paul's Park, at Morton 

 Grove has been secured. 



The family of C. G. Anderson, who 

 has been with the Minneapolis Floral 

 Co.. for several weeks, moved to that 

 city June 28lh. where the daughter 

 Miss Pauline and son George will 

 assist their father in the business. 



News of the death of Louis Dreher 

 in Denver, Colorado, was heard with 

 regret by those who knew him. It is 

 stated by August Poehlmann, whose 

 foreman he was 22 years ago, that Mr. 

 Dreher was the first man in the west 

 who knew how to grow roses success- 

 fully on a large commercial place. He 

 brought to them the system of feed- 

 ing roses which has been employed 

 there ever since. He spent his last 

 five years in Denver, being in the em- 

 ploy of C. T. Maler and Emil Glauber, 

 until his last illness. 



New 'York. — Charles E. Applegate, 

 retail florist, of Brooklyn, is looking 

 for jewels said to be worth $2,000 

 which disappeared from the pocket of 

 a coat while the suit was being re- 

 habilitated at a tailor's shop. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Commodore Westcott's family are 

 sojourning at Wildwood on a brief va- 

 cation. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. an- 

 nounce that after July 1 .store closes 

 at 5 p. m. Saturdays at 1 p. m. July 

 5 all day. 



Samuel S. Pennock accompanied by 

 his oldest son Charles spent a few days 

 at Cornell and vicinity recently. They 

 took in the rose show there — among 

 other interesting things — and returned 

 home on the 26th. 



Pennock Bros, executed an important 

 order for Thousand Islands this week. 

 The week previous Battles had the 

 Duke wedding near New York. These 

 are just straws giving a slight indica- 

 tion that Philadelphia is on the map 

 and that her flower trade is more than 

 local. 



The florists are still busy explaining 

 how they lost that ball game to the 

 seedsmen at the recent club picnic. 

 "Bum umpiring," "ringers," "hard 

 luck," etc., but none of them will ad- 

 mit that the seedsmen had the better 

 team. Maybe another game would 

 clear the air. 



Michell's will have another big gath- 

 ering of the clans similar to that of 

 two years ago at Andalusia. The date 

 is set for August 28th. Particulars 

 later. Nearly 1000 attended the last 

 lawn and inspection party. It will be 

 a holiday for the whole store and nur- 

 sery employees as w-ell as for their 

 friends and invited guests. 



1 once heard our esteemed editor 

 accused by one of his censorious 

 friends of being "young in years but 

 old in crime." After reading his 

 charming account of the Westcott 

 celebration at Waretown on the 18th, I 

 think this should now be amended to 

 elderly in years but young and lovely 

 in spirit. His "fine Italian hand" has 

 lost none of its cunning. 



John Habermehl is the proud posses- 

 sor of a diamond scarf pin presented 

 to him by Miss Marie Louise Wana- 

 maker. granddaughter of Hon. John 

 Wanamaker. "to remind him of her 

 wedding day" — which took place at St. 

 Mark's Church on the 28th. Mr. Haber- 

 mehl did the church decoration and 

 also that for the reception later (114 

 tables) at the Wanamaker country 

 residence at Jen'.'intown. 



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