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HOKTICULTURE 



October 23, 1915 



CHICAGO. 



Frank Oechslin is preparing to erect 

 a handsome dwelling. It will be near 

 his greenhouses and face Jackson 

 Boulevard. 



M. Springer is opening a flower 

 store in Lake Forest, 111. Mr. Springer 

 was formerly from Cheyenne, Wyo. 

 and Waukegan, 111. 



Peter Derza, formerly proprietor of 

 the Jackson Flower Shop which he re- 

 cently sold, has now opened a new 

 store at 209 E. 26th street. 



Local retailers are spending large 

 sums of money on local advertising 

 these days, a single insertion in the 

 big dailies running well up into the 

 hundreds. 



John Poehlmann is convalescing 

 from an attack of appendicitis. He 

 may have to return to the hospital 

 later for an operation. His many 

 friends hope that this may not be 

 necessary. 



Chas. Erne with whom violets are a 

 specialty, already offers Gov. Herrick, 

 Princess of Wales and California. Gov. 

 Herrick has remarkable keeping qual- 

 ities but just now Princess of Wales 

 brings the highest price. 



According to those in charge of the 

 Grand Floral Festival, everything is 

 moving harmoniously, and a great suc- 

 cess is expected to be scored. In ad- 

 dition to the $10,000 guarantee fund, 

 several handsome special prizes are 

 offered. 



George Wienhoeber had a window 

 decoration on National Apple Day that 

 held a crowd constantly outside. A 

 large high-handled basket decorated 

 with yellow chrysanthemums was part- 

 ly overturned and yellow apples had 

 fallen on the fern covered window- 

 floor. 



Only a trivial sum now stands be- 

 tween another large wholesaler and 

 the agents of the new LeMoyne block. 

 Wabash avenue has always been a fa- 

 vorite with the wholesale florist trade 

 and while rent is high in the new build- 

 ing it seems likely to house a large 

 proportion of the wholesalers. 



The Columbia Flower Shop at 31st 

 and Cottage Grove avenues, is one of 

 the prettiest of the small shops in the 

 city. Mrs. Albert Cole, the proprietor 

 who is a native of Australia has now 

 added four years' experience to her 

 natural artistic ability and trade has 

 developed accordingly. Albert Cole is 

 the American Beauty salesman at E. 

 C. Amling's wholesale house. 



Miss Tuckfield of Melbourne, Aus- 

 tralia who is visiting her cousin, Mrs. 

 J. G. Hancock, has been much interest- 

 ed in visiting the wholesale flower 

 market. In her city no frost of any 

 account ever occurs and carnations, 

 roses and other stock are grown in 

 the open. Only tropical plants are un- 

 der glass. It is the custom there in 

 preparing flowers for shipment to dip 

 the stems first in wax or paraffine 

 and this will keep them for many days. 

 Philip Breitmeyer came from Detroit 

 to Chicago Saturday, Oct 16th to de- 



liver in person the bridal flowers for 

 a North Side wedding. The bridal 

 bouquet was of the style known as the 

 arm bouquet and was composed of 

 vandas, white dendrobiums and cypri- 

 pediums,' tied with chiffon. The bou- 

 quet for the bridesmaid was also un- 

 usual, being entirely of Adiantum Far- 

 leyense and tied with green chiffon 

 and narrow green ribbon. The gentle- 

 men's boutonieres were of gardenias. 

 Splendid blooms of chrysanthemum 

 Salamon Gold are now to be seen at 

 Wietor Bros'. They are of a rich 

 shade with large full round heads and 

 are cut with stems five feet long. Mr. 

 Wietor is growing 6,000 of them .ind 

 thinks E. G. Hill's Salamon Gold a de- 

 cided success. Alice Salamon so far 

 Is not doing well with Mr. Wietor. 

 Marigold, another new yellow, sent 

 out by Elmer D. Smith, is promising 

 well. In carnations Mr. Wietor is cut- 

 ting splendid blooms from 12,000 

 plants of Rosette, a deep pink of great 

 size and substance. 



The opening of the conservatory of 

 J. Maneel, known as the Palmer 

 House Florist, took place October 18, 

 and adds something new to the down- 

 town retail stores. It is between the 

 store proper and the co'-ridor of the 

 Palmer House, and makes a fitting 

 place for showing plants in an attrac- 

 tive and home-like manner as well as 

 affording a place wlieve choice plants 

 will be protected from the heat of the 

 store. The sides have benches for 

 stock and are artistically designed. Un- 

 der the glass dome, which gives the 

 conservatory dayliglu, dozens of birds 

 are flitting about adding an outdoor 

 touch. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Postal cards received from Mrs. J. 

 A. Pliillips, tell of the wonderful trip 

 she is making in touring the west 

 coast and visiting the fairs at San 

 Francisco and San Diego. 



Archibald P. Roberts, formerly em- 

 ployed at the store of George C. Shaf- 

 fer, on Thursday of last week suffered 

 the sad loss of his wife, Nellie K. 

 Roberts, who died about one hour after 

 having been stricken with paralysis. 

 The sympathy of the entire trade is 

 being conveyed to Mr. Roberts in his 

 jiresent bereavement. 



Proposals will be received at (he of- 

 fice of the Supervising Architect, 

 Treasury Department, until November 

 3, for sodding and seeding, planting 

 trees, shrubs, etc., on the grounds of 

 the Federal Building, at Plymouth, 

 Mass. Drawings and specifications 

 may he had upon application to the 

 custodian of the building or at the of- 

 fice in Washington. 



BOSTON. 



W. W. Edgar Co. have been suc- 

 cessful in their suit against John L. 

 Condon, formerly connected with the 

 .\nierican A\ixiliary Co., through Bion 

 B. Libby as attorney, for the proceeds 

 from the sale by Condon of a boiler 

 belonging to the Edgar Co. 



BUFFALO. 



Ed Pancourt, at S. S. Pennock Mee- 

 han Co., dropped in on way back from 

 the Exposition. 



The Allen Flower Shop, formerly 

 managed by Mrs. Blakeman has 

 changed hands and has been taken 

 over by Miss Emma Heintz. 



Sangster, the Jefferson Florist, has 

 redecorated the interior and exterior 

 of his building and no finer shop is 

 seen east of Main street. 



Wm. F. Kasting left on Monday 

 evening for Philadelphia to attend the 

 National Flower Show Committee 

 meeting and from there will go to 

 Washington to attend a meeting on 

 postal matters. 



Jos. Streit, formerly with S. A. An- 

 derson for a number of years, is about 

 to leave Buffalo and will be associated 

 in business with another local boy — 

 .Michael Bloy. of Detroit, Mich. Every 

 success is wished for Mr. Streit by his 

 Buffalo friends in his new undertaking. 



Another new flower shop will be 

 opened here by the growing firm of 

 Galley Bro., of Gardenville, N. Y. The 

 new store will locate at 161 E. Genesee 

 street, at an early date. Eiitensive al- 

 terations, new fixtures, etc., are al- 

 ready under way and by all indications 

 is to be one of the finest East Side 

 shops. 



A. J. Reichert & Son have closed the 

 store on Jefferson street and are now 

 located in a new building, 1227 Main 

 street. Central Park district. The 

 store is well adapted for a flower shop, 

 having a spacious window and every 

 convenience. .\'ew ice boxes, mirrors, 

 counters and electrical fixtures make 

 an attractive store in the growing sec- 

 tion of the Central Park district. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Emile Serveau, who has long con- 

 ducted a florist shop on Fillmore 

 street, has taken his son, Alfred, into 

 partnership. 



.leanette MacRorie, sister of Daniel 

 MacRorie was the guest of honor at a 

 dinner party given by John McLaren 

 at "The Lodge" in Golden Gate Park 

 a few evenings ago. 



Plants and shrubs used in the land- 

 scape gardening at the Exposition will 

 be sold to persons submitting the high- 

 est bids, according to an announce- 

 ment by Exposition officials. 



The success of the celebration of 

 Columbus Day at the Exposition on 

 October 12th, was largely due to An- 

 gelo J. Rossi, who acted as chairman 

 of the arrangements committee. 



The recent death of David Tisch in 

 Oakland, Cal., was mourned by a wide 

 circle of friends in the florist trade 

 of this vicinity. He had been con- 

 nected with the business practically 

 all his life, coming to California many 

 years ago from St. Louis, first locating 

 in San Diego, and then taking charge 

 of the nursery dei)artment of the H. 

 M. Sanborn Co. in Oakland and Berke- 

 ley. 



