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HORTICULTUKE 



August 14, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



WASHINGTON. 



The Washington Floral Company 

 has recently completed the installa- 

 tion of a large electrical sign bearing 

 the words "Flowers at Popular 

 Prices" above their store. 



That Frank E. Miller, an employee 

 of J. H. Small & Sons, is still in the 

 land of the living is due to the capture 

 of a crazy negro who recently threat- 

 ened to take his life unless the small 

 sum of $12 was immediately forthcom- 

 ing. 



William F. Gude and Mrs. Gude and 

 their two daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Christian Schellhorn and Theodore 

 Diedrich left Washington on August 

 11 to attend the convention at San 

 Francisco. They will be joined at 

 that place by Adolph Gude, Jr., who 

 has been employed on the sweet pea 

 range of A. C. Zvolanek, in Lompoc 

 Valley. 



Walter Hawley, with Gude Bros. 

 Company, and Mrs. Hawley are visit- 

 ing relatives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Henry 

 Gottenkenny, with the same firm, and 

 Mrs. Gottenkenny and their two chil- 

 dren are spending their vacation in 

 Fairfax County. Va. Mr. and Mrs. 

 James Dalgleish and their daughter 

 are spending a month's vacation at 

 Arlington, Vermont. 



Government officials are doing their 

 part to have the coming encampment 

 of the G. A. R. a great success. Spe- 

 cial floral designs have been laid out 

 on the lawns of the Capitol and other 

 government buildings. These designs 

 Include the insignia of the veterans, 

 the Women's Relief Corps and other 

 organizations that will participate in 

 the encampment. Seventy-five thou- 

 sand foliage plants went into the mak- 

 ing of the several badges of the vari- 

 ous army corps that have been laid 

 around the Sherman statue just south 

 of the Treasury Building. William F. 

 Gude is at the head of the band of 

 workers having the encampment in 

 charge. Associated with him are a 

 number of florists, several of whom 

 hold positions on very important com- 

 mittees. 



There is the usual complaint of sum- 

 mer dullness, but it is interesting to 

 note that nearly all of the leading 

 florists of the city have informed the 

 Washington representative of Hokti- 

 CTJLTUiiE that compared with a similar 

 period of last year, July and the early 

 part of August is entirely up to stan- 

 dard. The florists of the National 

 Capital have learned to look for addi- 

 tional means of outlet and in this way 



have brought about increased demands 

 for their stocks. Last year was the 

 worst in the history of the jewelry 

 business of the National Capital. The 

 reason was that the florists went after 

 the holiday business with a vim and 

 won. This does not mean only Christ- 

 mas, Thanksgiving Day, Easter and 

 New Year's, but every other occasion. 

 Flowers replaced candy to a remark- 

 able extent and other lines suffered 

 equally as much. The flower business 

 here has grow-n to a marked extent in 

 the last two years and the end is not 

 yet — the live ones are ever reaching 

 out after new opportunities. More ad- 

 vertising space is weekly occupied by 

 the florists than ever before; more at- 

 tention is being paid to window dis- 

 plays, and there is exacted from some 

 of the clerks an efficiency heretofore 

 undreamt of, and all of these efforts 

 are bringing results. 



ST. LOUIS. 



W. C. Smith, president of the W. C. 

 Smith Floral Co., and Mrs. Smith, left 

 last week for a two weeks' stay in 

 the Ozark Mountains. 



President J. S. Wilson, of the Mis- 

 souri Horticultural Society, says the 

 prospects are good for the annual 

 meeting of the society being held here 

 in November. 



It was James Young and not C. 

 Young & Sons Co. who bought the 

 tract of land on the Olive street road 

 recently. Mr. Young says he will 

 build a range of houses on this at 

 once and place his son Charles in 

 charge as manager. 



A very small delegation of members 

 will go to the San Francisco conven- 

 tion. They include Frank A. Windier. 

 J. J. Windier, C. C. Saunders and Vin- 

 cent Gorly. This is the smallest dele- 

 gation that ever represented St. Louis 

 at an S. A. F. convention. 



R. J. Windier, of Rogers Park. Chi- 

 cago, was here a few days last week 

 to attend the wedding of his brother. 

 Joseph J., to Miss Paula Poss, which 

 took place August 4. R. J. returns 

 home Thursday, and the happy couple 

 left for San Francisco to spend their 

 honeymoon. 



The St. Louis County Growers' Club 

 held its meeting August 4. They de- 

 cided to ask the proprietors of the 

 five wholesale houses to meet wilh 

 them at their meeting in September, 

 at which great pressure will be ex- 

 erted to have them reconsider their 

 Sunday closing, which so far has 

 availed them nothing. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



At the regular August meeting of 

 the Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety, S. B. Mitchell will deliver a lec- 

 ture on "Iris." 



It is rumored here that Kansas City 

 will be favored for the next meeting 

 place of the S. A. F., as the 1914 con- 

 vention was held in the far East and 

 this year's will be held in the far 

 West. 



John A. Evans, of Richmond, Ind., 

 has joined the advance guard which is 

 here awaiting the convention. Mr. 

 McCabe. of the A. L. Randall Co., ar- 

 rived a few days ago, also, and expects 

 to remain for the festivities. 



Mrs. Hosp and her three daughters, 

 who are in the florist business in 

 Bakersfield and Riverside, Cal., are in 

 San Francisco combining business and 

 pleasure. H. A. Hyde, of Watsonville, 

 Cal., was a recent visitor also. 



Secretary John Young, of the S. A. 

 F.. who has been here the last fort- 

 night concluding arrangements for the 

 convention, says the convention gar- 

 den is coming out nicely and will com- 

 pare very favorably with those of for- 

 mer years. 



Preparations are complete for the 

 celebration of "Nurserymen's Day" at 

 the exposition, on Aug. 16, which will 

 conclude the joint conventions of the 

 California Nurserymen's Association 

 and the Pacific Coast Association of 

 Nurserymen. 



The most important move in the 

 local wholesale trade in a long time 

 took place the past week when the 

 E. W. McLellan Co. occupied its new 

 place, which provides much better 

 facilities than were available at the 

 old location. Arrangements have been 

 made with about fifty growers to take 

 space in the establishment besides 

 themselves. 



CINCINNATI. 



Al. Horning is visiting his mother in 

 Toledo, Ohio. 



P. J. Olinger is spending the cur- 

 rent week at Evanston and Aurora, 

 III. 



Burglars broke into the store of C. E. 

 Jones at 905 E. McMillan street and 

 attempted to pry open the safe. 



Exhibitors at the Carthage Fair this 

 week include Henry Schwarz, T. Ben, 

 George and Fred Bachmeier. All have 

 made extensive preparations for the 

 affair. 



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