HOETICULTURE 



October 2, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



George Perdikas underwent an opera- 

 tion for appendicitis at the German 

 Hospital this weeli. 



Bassett & Washburn talte possession 

 this week of their new home in the 

 new La Moyne Bldg., at the corner of 

 Wabash avenue and Lake street. 



The Red Bud Flower and Sweet Shop 

 is the name of a flower and candy 

 shop to be opened October 2, at 155 

 N. State street. The proprietor is C. 

 Lampas formerly with Geo. Perdikas. 



The openings of some of the big State 

 street stores are taking place this week 

 and some orders for flowers \vere the 

 result. One order for one thousand 

 chrysanthemums helped clear the mar- 

 ket on Monday. 



Mrs. Frank Oechslin is at St. 

 Joseph's Hospital where an operation 

 was performed on the jaw bone, Sep- 

 tember 23. She is doing as well as 

 could be expected following such a 

 painful operation. 



Ernest Farley cannot overcome his 

 love of Chicago and is back again 

 looking for a position here. Theodore 

 Vogel has also returned and has his 

 old place with Wm. J. Smythe at Mich- 

 igan avenue and 31st street. 



The many wholesale florists in the 

 Atlas Block are house-cleaning this 

 week and the building is being over- 

 hauled by the owners also. The re- 

 sult is spotless wood work and a gen- 

 eral "ready for inspection" air pre- 

 vails. 



Robt. Huehnchen was run down by 

 an automobile and severly bruised and 

 cut about the head and body, on Sep- 

 tember 25. Mr. Huehnihen is father 

 of Mrs. Meyers the Humboldt Park 

 Florist and assists in buying for the 

 store. 



The first cuts of the George Elgar 

 rose are being received by F. F. Ben- 

 they who handles the stock of F. J. 

 Benthey of Newcastle, Ind., at Kenni- 

 cott Bros. It is a very attractive lit- 

 tle yellow rose, about the size of Cecil 

 Brunner. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will hold 

 an amalgamation banquet, Oct. 7 at 

 8 P. M. This is the final ceremony in 

 the welding together of the two clubs 

 and the trade in general is glad that 

 a spirit of good fellowship now exists 

 and tliat one united club takes the 

 place of two. The banquet is free to 

 members and $2.00 per plate to others. 



Harry H. Conn who has been con- 

 nected with tlie ilower business here 

 for several years, has bought the C. 

 V. Abeele greenhouses at 61st and 

 Throop street. Mr. Abeele will go to 

 Europe to try and locate his two broth- 

 ers, whom he has not heard from 

 since the outbreak of the war. The 

 new name of the store will be the 

 Englewood Florist. 



Phil Schupp says he made no mis- 

 take in growing double white Killarney 

 roses and discarding the single ones. 

 He has some magnificent stock to back 

 up his opinion and with not a trace of 

 color. The foliage is very heavy and 

 rich in color. Mr. Schupp who is man- 

 ager for J. A. Budlong, who is an ex- 

 tensive grower of lily of the valley, 



says he has had no advice yet concern- 

 ing the lily of the valley shipments 

 due to arrive here in November. 



The Coliseum, so well known over 

 the country as the home of the Chi- 

 cago Flower Shows and which is 

 booked again for this fall, had a nar- 

 row escape from destruction early Sun- 

 day morning. Buildings directly nortli 

 were destroyed in a fire which cost 

 half a million dollars and Grace 

 church built in 1868 and for so many 

 years adjoining the Coliseum came near 

 carrying that building down with it. 

 The north wall is injured but not seri- 

 ously. Only the fact that the wind 

 was to the north saved the building 

 that means so much to Chicago florists. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club is scheduled to be held 

 Tuesday evening, October 5. A special 

 entertainment will be provided follow- 

 ing the close of the business meeting. 



Miss Nellie Brueninger, of Gude 

 Bros. Co., has returned from a two 

 weeks' vacation at Atlantic City. Mrs. 

 Supper, also with that concern, is 

 again on duty after an absence from 

 the store. 



A number of the local florists en- 

 tered in the window display contest 

 held under the auspices of the Retail 

 Merchants' Association during the en- 

 campment of the Grand Army of the 

 Republic, but none were so fortunate 

 as to secure a prize. 



Harry Kennelly, one of the chauf- 

 feurs for Gude Bros. Co. was badly in- 

 jured recently when the automobile 

 which he was driving was struck by a 

 trolley car, necessitating his removal 

 to the Emergency Hospital. It was 

 found that his shoulder was dislocated 

 and he will be confined to his home for 

 some time. 



The Takoma Park Horticultural As- 

 sociation was last week organized for 

 the purpose of beautifying generally 

 that section of the city. It will have 

 the close co-operation of the Citizens' 

 Association and will number among its 

 members many of the officials of the 

 Department of Agriculture who live in 

 that suburb. The association will be- 

 gin immediately upon a program to 

 stimulate interest in horticulture and 

 plans will be made for a flower show 

 next week. Homer Skeels, a landscape 

 gardener, and Ben Y. Morrison were 

 appointed members of the committee 

 which will have the latter event in 

 charge. 



S. S. Peunock, Admiral Aaron Ward, 

 and Robert Pyle, last week came to 

 Washington to make an inspection of 

 the rose garden at Arlington. While in 

 Washington they were the guests of 

 William F. Gude, who accompanied 

 them on their trip. An appeal will 

 shortly be made to rose growers to fur- 

 nish the necessary plants to complete 

 this place. An automobile trip was 

 taken through Arlington cemetery, the 

 grounds of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, and the private rose garden of 

 Mrs. Charles J. Bell, where they were 

 the personal guests of Mrs. Bell who 

 conducted them through the famous 

 rose arbor. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



.luo. H. Dodds is reported out again 

 after a two weeks' illness which threat- 

 ened typhoid in its early stages. 



.Mrs. Edwin Lonsdale writes — Sept. 

 16 — from Lompoc, Cal., thanking the 

 Florists' Club for their telegram and 

 tokens of sympathy. 



Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, a noted 

 amateur rosarian of New York, and 

 Robert Pyle, of West Grove, Pa., were 

 the guests of Pres. S. S. Pennock on 

 September 23rd. An auto visit among 

 the rose growers was a feature. 



The Henry V. Michell Co. had a very 

 excellent display of perennials on Fri- 

 day, September 24, 1915, at the Annual 

 Fall Show of the Ridley Park Civic 

 -Association at Ridley Park, Pa. Frank 

 B. Michell was in charge of the ex- 

 hibit. 



Mr. Woodward of the Philadelphia 

 force of the Lord & Burnham Co., left 

 on a two weeks' business trip south. 

 On his return he expects to go down 

 New England way on his vacation. He 

 is a yankee and loves his native stamp- 

 ing ground. There are many worse 

 places. 



Among the roses to be seen the past 

 week or two. Prince d' Arenberg and 

 Hoosier Beauty are receiving a wel- 

 come reception from the up-to-date 

 buyers, always on the look-out for 

 something finer and newer. As a cut 

 flower they rank in size and form with 

 Hadley — which is proving such a favor- 

 ite in the crimson section. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. have 

 doubled their office capacity on the 

 second floor, 714-716 Chestnut street. 

 .-Ml departments now have much 

 needed room for rapidly increasing 

 business. The latest devices for labor 

 saving, filing, etc., are all there. 

 Smiles are on the department chiefs 

 now, as they enjoy their extra elbow 

 room. 



Arthur H. Lanser and Frank Alter 

 have purchased the Krueger interest of 

 the Reading Terminal Flower stand 

 and will conduct same under the name 

 of the Charles F. Krueger Co. Mr. 

 Lanser is well known locally, having 

 conducted a growing and retailing 

 business at Wayne for years. Mr. 

 Alter was the late Mr. Krueger's 

 assistant. 



The "Old Guards' Reunion" has been 

 postponed to Oct. 8th (instead of Oct. 

 1st) to suit the convenience of such 

 national characters and busy men as 

 Wm. F. Gude of Washington, Dennis 

 T. Connor and Daniel C. Donoghue of 

 Philadelphia. Men who stand with 

 President Woodrow Wilson on the 

 platform receiving guests — and things 

 like that — have to be given some con- 

 sideration. 



Edward Towill had on exhibition at 

 Pennock-Meehan's on Sept 29th, three 

 of his new seedling roses. The white 

 one with the dark center appealed to 

 us. Magnificnt stem and beautiful 

 foliage. Robert Craig thought the yel- 

 low one the best. The pink one is fine 

 also. Mr. Towill says all three are 

 great producers and on that account 

 alone some of our present standbys 

 will have to "sit up and take notice." 

 The Joseph Heacock Co. opened 



