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HORTICULTURE 



September 25, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



H. F. Halle, tor many years at 801 

 Sheridan Road now has his store ai 

 4753 Broadway. 



Dutch bulbs which are now arriv- 

 ing in quantity are reported to be 

 badly heated in many instances, 

 visited Mrs. Haas' father Judge Hutch- 

 Mr. and Mrs. E. Haas have returned 

 from Davenport. Florida, where they 

 inson. 



Smith's Advance chrysanthemum is 

 having almost a clear field at this time 

 for its usual companion Golden Glow 

 is badly effected by the unusually hot 

 weather. 



The three-story building occupied liy 

 the Raedlein Basket Co. is being re- 

 modeled and the changes will include 

 a fine new front with suitable show 

 windows. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fisk are now on 

 their way home from a six-weeks' trip 

 through the west, with California and 

 their daughter's home as the objective 

 point. Mr. Fisk is so pleased with 

 the Pacific coast that he will likely 

 make that country his permanent 

 home. 



Fritz Bahr, opened a fine new store 

 at Highland Park on Sept. 18th. The 

 store is located in the down town dis- 

 trict about four blocks from the green- 

 houses, and is equipped with high-class 

 furnishings suitab'e to the trade hr- 

 enjoys there. Many remembrances 

 were sent by his numerous friends in 

 the trade. An unique feature of the 

 new store is the service room which 

 is in the form of a cottage and oc- 

 cupies the middle portion of the store 

 which is very deep. This cottage af- 

 fords excellent opportunity for show- 

 ing window boxes, etc. 



NEW YORK. 



The Dahlia Show at the Museum of 

 Natural History on September 25, 26, 

 29 is expected to bring a great many 

 horticultural visitors from out of 

 town. 



Geo. E. M. Stumpp reports a very 

 successful season at Southampton and 

 predicts that Southampton will before 

 long outclaoS Newport as a summer 

 resort. Mr. Stumpp is taking a great 

 deal of interest in the New York Spring 

 Flower Show and has signed up for 

 almost one thousand dollars' worth of 

 space. 



The first meeting of the schedule 

 committee of the New York Spring 

 Show was held in the office of Secre- 

 tary John Young and a good beginning 

 made on the serious preparatory work. 

 The re-election of the old officers and 

 manager gives assurance of the ulti- 

 mate success of the undertaking, finan- 

 cially and otherwise. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



George Field is beginning to cut 

 some very fine Cattleya labiata and his 

 Dendrobium formosum are due in the 

 first of the coming week. The rose 

 houses are taking on fine form. 



Leapley & Meyer are dressing up 

 their store and expect to have it take 

 on a most attractive appearance prior 



to the Grand Army celebration next 

 week. The outside of the store has 

 been painted a rich chocolate brown, 

 while the interior has been decorated 

 in several harmonizing shades of 

 green. New cork linoleum wliich 

 closely resembles a mottled stone 

 flooring, has recently been laid and 

 numerous other improvements have 

 been made. 



Mrs. J. A. Phillips, who conducts the 

 flower store at the corner of Four- 

 teenth and Harvard streets, is being 

 congratulated on having won the dis- 

 tinction of being the most popular lady 

 in the Mt. Pleasant and Columbia 

 Heights districts and as a result being 

 awarded a trip to California. 29.680 

 votes were cast in her favor. With 

 her husband, Mrs. Phillips has been in 

 the florist business in the neighbor- 



•Miis. J. A. PuiLi.ir.s 



hood of their present location for the 

 past twelve years. 



A number of the local florists and 

 growers are again complaining of the 

 worms which are stripping the fronds 

 of their ferns and doing their work so 

 quickly that a whole house may be 

 cleaned out in short order unless 

 prompt action is taken. These worms 

 closely resemble cut worms and range 

 in size from a quarter of an inch to an 

 inch and a quarter. One florist states 

 that he has obtained good results 

 through the use of Persian insect 

 powder. This can be put on the ferns 

 in large quantities without injuring 

 them and later washed off with a hose. 



The second annual flower show 

 under the auspices of the Falls Church. 

 Va., Civic League is to be held Octo- 

 ber 1 and 2. Competition for prizes 

 is open only to amate\irs and no en- 

 trance fee is to be charged, nor will 

 there be any admission fee charged to 

 the exhibition. The purpose of the 

 show is to encourage the beaufification 

 of homes. A large number of special 

 prizes are offered by florists, nursery- 

 men and seedmen of Washington, Phil- 



adelphia and other cities. George W. 

 Hess, of the Botanic Gardens, and 

 George A. Comley, a Washington 

 Horist. have consented to act as 

 judges: the third judge will be an- 

 nounced later. 



BOSTON. 



Ruane florist. Waltham. celebrated 

 his fifth anniversary on September 15, 

 by presenting a rose to every caller at 

 his store. 



The daily papers are praising Henry 

 Penn for his philanthropy in sending 

 to the hospitals as a gift on Wednes- 

 day, September 22, thirty-five thou- 

 sand roses. Generosity of this kind 

 is commendable as well as enterpris- 

 ing. 



The annual meeting of the Boston 

 Flower Exchange will be held on Sat- 

 urday evening, October 23, at Young's 

 Hotel. The annual banquet will be 

 enjoyed at the same time by the stock- 

 holders and invited guests and will be, 

 as usual, one of the "red-letter" events 

 of the .floricultural year in the Hub. 



W. C. Ward of Quincy has sold out 

 his business and ist going down in 

 -Maine to lead the simple life and seek 

 some return in comfort and recreation 

 lor his years of arduous work. We 

 hope he will find it to be all he antici- 

 pates. The purchasers are W. Cahill, 

 formerly employed by Fottler, Fiske, 

 Rawson Co., and Charles Beasley, re- 

 cently of New Jersey. The sale was 

 dated September 1, but Mr. Ward 

 agreed to stay a little while to "break 

 them in." We are told that their first 

 job in 'the breaking-in process was 

 that of wheeling manure. Just im- 

 agine! But there's nothing like start- 

 ing at "the bottom of the ladder" and 

 the young firm may yet have occasion 

 to thank Mr. Ward for his practical 

 lesson in the fundamentals of success- 

 ful floriculture. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Clifton W. Loveland. Assistant State 

 Entomologist and Secretary of the 

 Rhode Island League of Improvement 

 Societies, has resigned his posts here 

 and gone to Florida, where he is to 

 take up the work. 



William E. Chappell, a well-known 

 florist of this city, has sufficiently re- 

 covered from his long illness to get 

 back on the job. Last spring he suf- 

 fered a severe nervous breakdown and 

 for five months gave up business en- 

 tirely. His trip to Florida was the 

 most beneficial of all. Mr. Chappell 

 looks for a busy season and is getting 

 back into the harness to keep up with 

 the procession. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island will hold its first meet- 

 ing following the summer recess next 

 .Monday evening, in Swarfs Lodge Hall, 

 96 Westminster street, when matters 

 of business will come up and plans for 

 the winter work will be discussed. A 

 report of the committee on the annual 

 outing of the club will be submitted 

 and there will also be reports rrom 

 members bearing on the vacation peri- 

 od. 



