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HOETICULTURE 



October 30, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



D. D. P. Roy, the latest to enter tlie 

 seed, bulb and plant business iu Chi- 

 cago, is now well established in his 

 office at 168 N. Michigan avenue and 

 getting his share o£ the fall business. 



The Grand Floral Festival posters 

 are now in the hands of the florists 

 and the little posterettes are adorning 

 business envelopes going out ot the 

 flower stores, wholesale and retail. 



Mrs. H. A. Simpson is spending a 

 couple ot weeks with relatives at Rock- 

 ford, 111. During her absence the busi- 

 ness is looked after by C. B. Le Mer, 

 who has been right hand man here tor 

 a number of years. 



Fred J. Wolfram is the proprietor 

 of a new firm which opened a store 

 known as The Warrington Flower 

 Shop, in the Warrington Theatre 

 Building in Oak Park, October 23. Mr. 

 Wolfram was formerly with A. Lange. 



A. Henderson reports the arrival of 

 all kinds of bulbs to date and says no 

 difficulty has been experienced in get- 

 ting them. The market, however, is 

 not very well supplied, owing to two 

 causes, conservative importing and an 

 unusually good demand. 



The flower store at 23 S. Crawford 

 avenue has been purchased by A. L. 

 and H. E. Ackenbach and the name 

 changed from The Clark to The Craw- 

 ford Flower Shop. Mr. Ackenbach 

 was formerly with A. Frauenfelder, 

 and tor four years manager of The 

 Flower Shop at Racine, Wis. 



R. R. Brenton, who has charge of 

 the publicity end of the Floral Festi- 

 val, secured good space in the large 

 local papers this week, showing that 

 the people are in a mood to respond to 

 the idea of large, well-directed floral 

 exhibits. There is no doubt but many 

 miss this event when It fails to appear 

 annually. 



The advance orders from the South 

 which always uses an extra amount of 

 flowers for All Souls' and All Saints' 

 days, the 28th and 29th of October, 

 are reported by our large shipping 

 houses to be very satisfactory. The 

 usual number ot telegraph orders at 

 the last minute are also expected and 

 seldom fail to arrive. 



One of the large wholesale houses 

 is offering a special prize to the one 

 who can show the most attractive, 

 original way of arranging flowers for 

 personal adornment. This is a good 

 move and it is to be hoped some good 

 ideas will be brought out. for the new 

 dances have made impossible the usual 

 corsage, and the conventional bride's 

 bouquet has been in "lo! these many 

 years," while the fad of last year for 

 the single flower is not much support 

 to the average florist. 



D. D. P. Roy, who has just returned 

 from Lake Geneva, Wis., says the su- 

 perintendents of the large estates 

 there are taking a lively interest in 

 the coming show. The usual local 

 exhibition at Lake Geneva has been 

 abandoned and all effort turned to the 



Chicago affair. Among the promiuent 

 exhibitors will be A. J. Smith, with 

 J. J. Mitchell; Axel Johnson, with 

 A. F. T. Junkin; Wni. Longland, with 

 C. L. Hutchinson; Robt. Blackwood, 

 with Mrs. A. C. Allerton. and Miles 

 Barrett, with M. A. Ryerson. 



Phil Schupp has signed a five-year 

 lease for his firm. J. A. Budlong, for a 

 space in the new LeMoyne building, 

 covering 1,600 square feet of floor 

 space. Should this not prove suffi- 

 cient, space may be taken in the base- 

 ment also. The Chicago Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association, which signed a lease 

 two weeks ago, covering the same 

 period, has the adjoining rooms and 

 both firms will move into their new 

 quarters the first week in November. 

 This makes five, all doing a large 

 business, to go into this new building. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



John Burton has been suffering for 

 the past week with a severe attack 

 of the grippe. 



W. Atlee Burpee has returned from 

 Wernersville and is reported as pro- 

 gressing favorably. 



Alfred Campbell reports good suc- 

 cess with disbudded outdoor chrysan- 

 themums this season. In some cases 

 they bring better prices than indoor 

 stock. They are very hard and great 

 keepers. 



The annual Chrysanthemum Show- 

 will open Nov. 9th, and will last four 

 days. This is one week later than 

 usual; the reason evidently being to 

 escape election day (Nov. 2) which 

 has an effect on the box office. The 

 prospects are for a good show, in all 

 departments; but we hear ot nothing 

 sensational or out of the ordinary. 



Felix X. Murphy, the popular Kens- 

 ington florist is back to business 

 again ■'firm on duty as a rock," after 

 having successfully piloted the "Phil- 

 lies" to a pennant — their first in about 

 thirty years. Many people are under 

 the impression that Pat Moran was 

 the man, but this is a great mistake. 

 There is always a power behind the 

 throne. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club (Nov. 2) promises to be a lively 

 one, the subject assigned being: "Is 

 it good for the business at large to 

 keep flower vendors off the street." 

 William Graham has the affirmative 

 and Robert Craig. Junior, the negative, 

 so we may look for an able presenta- 

 tion on the question from both points 

 of view. 



Samuel S. Pennock reports that the 

 appeal to help Rev. Geo. Schoener, 

 ot Brooks, Oregon, the great and un- 

 selfish amatuer rosarian. published 

 in our last week's issue has already 

 borne good results. The first one was 

 two dollars which came on Saturday 

 (almost as soon as the paper) from a 

 struggling lady florist in New Eng- 

 land. That shows the right spirit. 

 Every little helps. Those with great- 

 er means are contributing accord- 

 ingly but much or little, the feeling 

 heart is the great thing. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Frank Good, who for some time has 

 been manager for Fred H. Kramer, has 

 relinquished that position and is said 

 to have obtained employment in New 

 York City. 



Walter L. Hawley, of Gude Bros., 

 spent several days last week with 

 relatives in Brooklyn. N. Y. He also 

 visited a number of the wholesale and 

 retail establishments in the metropolis. 



The store of Fred H. Kramer is be- 

 ing materially improved by the exten- 

 sion of his display window across the 

 space formerly occupied by the en- 

 trance to the floors above. This will 

 increase the length of the window by 

 about eleven feet. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club is scheduled for Tues- 

 day evening, November 2. It is the 

 plan of the officers to extend an in- 

 vitation to growers of roses, chrysan- 

 themums and carnations to display 

 vases of novelties at that time. Fol- 

 lowing the usual business meeting 

 there will be an informal talk on plant 

 production under existing conditions. 



NEW YORK. 



A new company to be known as 

 Hanft Bros, has opened up a retail 

 store on Madison Ave., near 62nd 

 street. 



John Miesem and John Donaldson 

 made an official visit to C. W. Scott 

 last Saturday and Sunday to inspect 

 Mr. Scott's new and extensive estate 

 at Montrose on the Hudson, near Fish- 

 kill. 



Mr. Canning is wondering how to 

 plan to get his 17tt.-wide trained chrys- 

 anthemum plants into the Museum 

 Building this year. We understand 

 that the specimens to be exhibited this 

 year are even finer than those of last 

 year. 



A welcome visitor at Secretary John 

 Young's this week was J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar of Boston, who signed up for a 

 big block of space for the National 

 Flower Show at Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Y'oung will be manager of the exhibi- 

 tion of the Horticultural Society of 

 New York in the Museum of Natural 

 History next week. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Foster Floral Co. are also mov- 

 ing. Their new location is at 6th and 

 Locust streets. 



Mullanphy Floral Co. are moving 

 this week to their new location a block 

 away. They will have an attractive 

 store, with all new fixtures, which 

 show to a great advantage. 



The county growers and friends of 

 Oscar C. May extended their sym- 

 pathy to him last week. Mr. May's 

 mother died and the funeral took place 

 October 24. Many beautiful floral em- 

 blems were sent by members of the 

 trade. 



