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HORTICULTUEE 



October 9, 1915 



CHICAGO. 



Walter M. Rupp of J. C. Moninger 

 Co., is receiving the congratulations 

 of his many friends. The bride was 

 Miss Dorothy M. Ashley. 



Wm. Homberg, long connected with 

 the Chicago trade and lately with J. A. 

 Budlong, is now starting in the whole- 

 sale business for himself at 183 N. 

 Wabash avenue. 



At a meeting of the directors of the 

 Grand Floral Festival to be held here 

 in November, Guy French was ap- 

 pointed manager. Joe Biever will be 

 assistant manager, which position he 

 has acceptably filled on many former 

 occasions. Two large silver cups are 

 Jiow displayed in the office of E. C. Am- 

 ling, which are to be awarded at the 

 festival. They are given, one by W. J. 

 Keimel, president of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club and the other by the Chicago 

 Florists' Club. 



Allie Zech is receiving some fine late 

 asters from Petosky, Michigan. They 

 arrive in splendid condition, paciied 

 without bunching, after the manner of 

 packing roses or chrysanthemums, one 

 hundred in a box, such as is used by 

 retailers. They were sold as soon as 

 received and except for re-shipping 

 were not taken from the boxes. This 

 way of handling asters pays the ship- 

 .per well for the extra time. Good flow- 

 ers packed this way easily receive 

 double the price that the bunched ones 

 bring. 



As usual the greenhouses have been 

 filled all summer with young Boston 

 ferns, and now that they must give 

 way to make room for other stock, the 

 market is flooded with them. The de- 

 partment stores are coming to the res- 

 cue of the growers, if not to the retailer, 

 and large sales are taking place at sen- 

 sational prices. There is the usual 

 • call for blooming plants and the usual 

 dearth of these at this season. Small 

 cyclamens are coming into bloom and 

 eagerly bought up despite their size. 

 These, with Primula obconica, cover 

 the field at this time but the early pot 

 -chrysanthemums will be here in limit- 

 ed quantities in a short time. 



The parks are rapidly getting ready 

 for their fall chrysanthemum exhibits. 

 These affairs grow in popularity each 

 year and the attendance is a great en- 

 couragement to the management. At 

 Garfield Park Supt. Aug. Koch, says 

 another month will see the show in 

 full swing. The shrubbery and bedding 

 stock have both suffered from the rain 

 this summer, particularly the latter. 

 Geraniums reached a height of 30 

 inches, covered with foliage and until 

 the few warm days near the close of 

 the season were almost without 

 blooms. The new venture of the West 

 Side Park Board in placing half acre 

 plots of land devoted to vegetables 

 in Humboldt, Garfield and Douglas 

 parks is regarded as satisfactory, es- 

 pecially in Douglas where both adults 

 and pupils of the upper grades and of 

 the High School were regular visitors. 

 The plots were to show how different 

 vegetables should be grown and in 

 ■what succession. 



NEW YORK. 



The Florists' Club meeting on Mon- 

 day evening, October 11, will be de- 

 voted especially to the chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



H. H. Burns, son of A. S. Burns, of 

 Elmhurst, has opened a retail flower 

 store at Madison avenue and 52nd 

 street. 



Myer Othile has acquired the store 

 at 49 West 28th street, for his new 

 wholesale venture and will open up 

 shortly. 



The Manda Floral Co., will have 

 their first annual orchid show at 191 

 Valley Road, West Orange, N. J., on 

 October 6 to 12 inclusive, from 8 \. M. 

 to 5 P. M. daily. 



The First Preliminary Schedule of 

 the "International" Flower Show under 

 the auspices of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of New York and the N. Y. Florists' 

 Club has been sent out. The show v/ill 

 be held at the Grand Central Palace, 

 New York City, April 5 to 12, 1916. 

 The prizes offered are very liberal, on 

 a par with the prizes at previous 

 spring shows under the same auspices. 

 Complete schedule will be issued later. 

 For additional schedules or informa- 

 tion apply to John Young, Secretary, 

 53 West 28th street. New York City. 



The first of a series of monthly flow- 

 er shows and lectures on the subject 

 of the cultivation of flowers will be 

 held at the Country Life Permanent 

 Exposition, Grand Central Terminal 

 Building, on November 1 and 2. 



The first show will consist of a chry- 

 santhemum exhibit. Charles H. Totty, 

 of Madison, N. J., will deliver a lecture 

 on the first day on the "Cultivation 

 of Hardy Chrysanthemums." 



Full particulars of the flower show 

 and schedule may be obtained by ap- 

 plying to Robert H. Sexton, care Coun- 

 try Life Permanent Exposition, Grand 

 Central Terminal Building, New York, 

 N. Y. 



Suitable prizes will be offered to 

 private and amateur gardeners in com- 

 petition and trade exhibits will be in- 

 vited but not for competition. An in- 

 vitation is extended to all garden lov- 

 ers to attend the show and lecture, to 

 which there will be no charge. "The 

 Country Life Permanent Exposition is 

 an institution devoted to the promot- 

 ing of country life and it believes that 

 these monthly shows will prove both 

 interesting and instructive. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The tax list compiled by the Board 

 of Assessors of East Providence which 

 was made public last week, contains 

 the following florists who are assessed 

 over $5,000: Joseph E. Koppleman, 

 $16,350; Andrew J. Olsen, et ux, $5,200; 

 Laurence Hay, $6,225. 



J. W. Speight, of this city, won the 

 prize for the best dahlia display at the 

 Elmwood Dahlia Society's rooms last 

 week, showing The Imp, Rev. D. Bridge 

 and Cockatoo. The Imp was said to 

 be the nearest to a black dahlia that 

 is grown. Thomas English was the 

 judge. S. A. G. 



WASHINGTON. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., lectured on 

 the glories of the western trip inci- 

 dent to his attendance at the annual 

 convention of the S. A. P. and O. H., 

 before the Florists' Club at its October 

 meeting. Mr. Vincent compared the 

 retail stores of San Francisco with 

 those of Washington, telling the mem- 

 bers of the club that they will have to 

 hustle considerably or they will find 

 themselves surpassed by their brothers 

 of the west coast. He spoke of the 

 wonderful growth of dahlias, asters and 

 sweet peas and of the great farms and 

 ranches which he visited. William F. 

 Gude also spoke of the beauties of the 

 trip, and of the many entertainments 

 provided for his party at the stops 

 made en route. His experiences over 

 the border line in Mexico and the 

 Grand Canyon of Arizona were most 

 interesting. 



Following the business meeting 

 there was an informal discussion on 

 general trade and the condition of 

 stock. Many complaints were heard 

 of the poor quality at present in many 

 lines. This, the florists stated, was 

 due to the many and rapid changes of 

 temperature. The members seemed 

 agreed that the prospects for an in- 

 creased fall and winter business were 

 good. The growers severally reported 

 that their houses were coming along 

 in fine shape, giving promise of cut- 

 tings of exceptionally good stock at 

 an early date. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The United Flower & Supply Co. re- 

 ports heavy shipments of chrysanthe- 

 mums out of the city the past two 

 weeks. 



The Aggeler & Musser Seed Co. was 

 awarded gold medal for its seed ex- 

 hibit at the Panama-California expo- 

 sition at San Diego, Cal. 



Mr. Warlow who opened for business 

 on Polk street, near Pine, a few 

 months ago has discontinued. It is 

 understood he is looking for a new 

 location. 



C. Kooyman expects a large ship- 

 ment of bulbs next week. He is ship- 

 ping some chrysanthemums and ex- 

 pects to begin sending out violets 

 about the 10th. 



A special feature at the next meet- 

 ing of the Pacific Coast Horticultural 

 Society will be a lantern slide lecture 

 on "Wood Decay of Ornamental 

 Plants" to be delivered by Prof. W. T. 

 Home of the University of California. 



BOSTON. 



Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, celebrated his 74th birthday 

 anniversary on October 5. 



William Mix, well-known among the 

 plant and flower fraternity of Boston, 

 mourns the death of his father, which 

 occurred at his home in Cambridge, on 

 Monday, October 5. A handsome 

 wreath of white chrysanthemums was 

 sent by the Flower Exchange to the 

 funeral on Thursday. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 was entertained at its October meet- 

 ing, Wednesday last, by E. H. Wil- 

 son, who gave a graphic account of his 

 recent experiences in Japan, lllus- 



