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HORTICULTURE 



Ju'.y 24, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



P. Mallinsoii of Chas. Sarauelson's 

 had the misfortune to lose his father 

 and mother-in-law, Friday July 17, in 

 an automobile accident. 



The sympathy of the trade is e.x- 

 tended to Mr. and Mrs. Burmeister, 

 florists of the Rosehill Cemetery on 

 the death of their child on July 15. 



Bruno Bandel of the Morton Grove 

 factory of the Poehlmann Bros., will 

 he compelled to leave the manufacture 

 of florists' supplies and return to his 

 native land to fight. 



Mrs. P. J. Foley has returned from 

 a three weeks' sojourn at St, Joseph, 

 Mich., where she took tlie celebrated 

 baths for rheumatism. She has com- 

 pletely recovered her former health. 



Wm. Cook who was in the florist 

 Inisiness here many years ago, called 

 upon old acquaintances last week, on 

 his way from the exposition in San 

 Francisco to his home in the south. 



Fred Ottenbacher of the Zech & 

 Mann staff is enjoying his vacation. 

 Joe Eringer comes next and AUie 

 Zech, head of the firm since his 

 father's death will stick to the store 

 till the last. 



Wm. Wolf of A. Lange's is at the 

 West Side Hospital, where he is re- 

 covering from the effects of a fall 

 from a step-ladder, in the store. It is 

 doubtful if he will be about again for 

 several weeks. 



J. E. PoUworth, of the Chicago Feed 

 and Fertilizer Co., will represent his 

 firm at the convention at San F'ran- 

 cisco. Among the salesmen recently 

 added to their force are H. E. Humis- 

 ton, Omaha, Neb., a graduate of the 

 State Agricultural College; M. R. 

 Jones, Kansas City, Kas., and M. A. 

 Sanders, Cincinnati, all practical men. 



Announcement was made of the en- 

 gagement of John Walsh, and Miss 

 Julia \. Faber, at a dinner party at 

 the Bismarck Gardens, July 17. The 

 bride to lie, lives at Minock, 111. and 

 John is the popular young salesman 

 for the Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation. The date of the wedding is 

 not stated, but it is strongly suspect- 

 ed that when John returns from his 

 vacation that he will not l)e alone. 



With a supply of peonies that bids 

 fair to reach into August, and a steady 

 arrival of gladioli since cold weather 

 and carnations still good, which are 

 usually out of the way of asters, it is 

 not surprising that there is not sale 

 for all the flowers this summer. Sum- 

 mer roses now are about perfect, Mrs. 

 Russell, Milady and Sunburst being a 

 trio of splendid summer liloomers. 

 What has been done to increase the 

 demand correspondingly? 



"What's in a name?" Chicago Grand 

 Floral Festival is the new name for 

 the fall flower show. It is harder to 

 say than the old title, but florists will 

 gladly make the effort if it will help 

 assure that important event success. 

 All the department committees are 

 working with zest and a "pull to- 

 gether" spirit prevails. The fall 

 flower show is thought by many to 



have a direct effect upon flower sales 

 during the winter season and the con- 

 stant increase in flower supply calls 

 for every effort to increase demand. 



The Foley Greenhouse Manufactur- 

 ing Co. has the order for the new con- 

 servatories to be built for Wm. Wrig- 

 ley, Jr., at his summer home at Lake 

 Geneva. Wis. (This is the man wbose 

 name is said to be in the mouths of 

 more people than that of any other, 

 for he is the chewing gum magnate). 

 This firm has just completed two new 

 houses. 40 x 225 feet, for Fred Schram 

 at Crystal Lake. Wis. The building 

 of the power house was included. 

 These houses are now planted and 

 the heating system is being tested. 

 The new greenhouse at the Chicago 

 "Bridewell." also erected by the Foley 

 people, is nearly completed. 



After the joint meeting of the com- 

 mittee from the Chicago Florists' Club 

 and the Chicago Park Association, it 

 was discovered that the eastern dele- 

 gations they were planning to enter- 

 tain jointly, would be in Chicago four 

 days apart. The park superintendents 

 will be here August 8, and the florists 

 August 12. All florists visiting Chi- 

 cago en route to the convention at San 

 Francisco, will be entertained by the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, with an auto- 

 mobile ride through the parks and 

 other places of interest in the city, 

 ending with a dinner at the Bismarck 

 Gardens. Ample time will be allowed 

 to prepare for the 10 P. M. train. All 

 visitors are invited to meet at the 

 Auditorium Hotel, at 1.30 P. M. sharp. 



During the summer months when 

 the fertilizer dealers are having their 

 dull season they are by no means idle. 

 The whole subject of fertilizers, espe- 

 cially the so-called "commercial" kinds, 

 are being studied as probably they 

 never have before and the flower or 

 vegetable grower who wants to get the 

 greatest percent of profit out of his 

 benches will find the fertilizer trade 

 ready to meet his questions with an 

 intelligent exposition of the whole sub- 

 ject. With competition becoming 

 more keen each year and the areas of 

 glass more extensive, it is business 

 policy to make each foot of bench 

 room produce to its utmost capacity. 

 Many of the men now engaged in this 

 important branch of the business have 

 studied at our state agricultural col- 

 leges and done soil research work. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Rumor says that constructive work 

 is to begin early in the fall on a large 

 and handsome greenhouse on the 

 Squirrel Hill estate of Andrew W. Mel- 

 lon. 



T. Hart Given, president of the 

 Farmers' National Bank, is about to 

 have built a fine greenhouse on his 

 grounds on Morewood Heights and 

 Wilkins avenue. 



At the annual tree planting of the 

 Congress of Women's Clubs of West- 

 ern Pennsylvania Superintendent of 

 Parks George W. Burke was among 

 fifty for whom trees were named. 



The West End Park under the 

 regime of Neil McCallum is so unique 

 in its representation of an English 

 garden that numerous East End and 

 North Side people make the long trip 

 in order to see its beauty. Mr. Mc- 

 Callum has the distinction of being the 

 president of both the Florists' Club of 

 Pittsburgh and the Botanical Society 

 of Western Pennsylvania. Although 

 of Scottish race, he is a native of Lon- 

 don, England, and for many years was 

 a resident of Australia, going there 

 when only fifteen. 



The Garden Club of Allegheny 

 County will hold its August meeting 

 on the 14th at Rachelwood Farm, the 

 summer home of Mr. and Mrs. James 

 R. Mellon. This estate, which really 

 embraces a chain of nine farms, is lo- 

 cated in the heart of the .\llegheny 

 Mountains, eleven miles from Ligonier. 

 Mrs. William Thaw, Jr., recently en- 

 tertained the members at her Sewick- 

 ley Heights place, to hear Mr. Strass- 

 burger, of Philadelphia, talk on Rock 

 Gardens; the Methods of Making and 

 the Flowers to Grow. This was fol- 

 lowed by a visit to Mrs. Thaw's rock 

 garden, just completed by Mr. Strass- 

 burger. 



CINCINNATI. 



Chas. Dudley, Jr., and R. T. Virgin, 

 both of Parkersburg. W. Va., recently 

 stopped in this city. They are on a 

 trip down the Ohio in a canoe. 



Mrs. P. J. Olinger and children, left 

 for Evanston. 111., to spend the balance 

 of the summer. Mr. Olinger accompa- 

 nied them as far as New Castle, Ind. 



Max Rudolph. C. E. Critchell, Alex 

 Ostendarp, J. Chas. Murphy and R. 

 Witterstaetter, Directors of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society, at a Board meet- 

 ing held on Monday afternoon, decided 

 not to hold the regular meeting of the 

 Society in August as very many of the 

 members plan to be away at that time. 



CLEVELAND. 



Some florists in this section are hav- 

 ing considerable trouble with rust on 

 snapdragon. Some have lost whole 

 batches outside and some lots in the 

 greenhouses are looking pretty sick. 



Al Barber and George Bate returned 

 from their fishing trip and reported a 

 fine time. George then took Herman 

 Knoble and Frank Friedley and their 

 families down from July 17th to 22nd. 

 Al. Lingren spent a few days at De- 

 troit. Harry Jones of the Jones-Rus- 

 sell Co. and Mr. MacDiarmid motored 

 to Detroit last week. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Company 

 is erecting two new houses at Newton 

 Falls, Ohio; one house 49 by 400, Lord 

 & Burnham construction, for roses, 

 which is almost finished and ready 

 for planting, and one house 24 by 200 

 for carnations which is to be built im- 

 mediately. The Cleveland Cut Flower 

 plant on Eddy Rd. is being torn down 

 and the glass, tile benches and pipe 

 are being shipped to Newton Falls, to 

 be used in the new houses. Guy Bate 

 who is in charge of the Newton Falls 

 plant has his young stock in excel- 

 lent shape to plant as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



