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HORTICULTURE 



November 20, 1915 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CLEVELAND. 



Frank Friedley has purchased the 

 greenhouse property ot the James 

 Eadie Company and the Friedley Co. 

 will run them for plant growing for 

 the Cleveland market. 



All the local flower stores made es- 

 pecial efforts to have their show win- 

 dows artistic and noticeable during 

 the continuance of the show. To men- 

 tion one and not all would be unfair, 

 for all were creditable. 



The writer took occasion to visit 

 the beautiful Gasser home on Satur- 

 day, November 13, and found Mrs. 

 Gasser in the garden gathering flow- 

 ers, having an armful of rudbeckias, 

 verbenas, marigolds and other garden 

 flowers as bright and perfect as in Au- 

 gust. Truly a most unusual autumn. 

 Cosmos was seen in abundance in 

 many of the suburban gardens. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



A host of trade friends will be 

 pleased to learn that George B. Hart, 

 Rochester's high-pressure wholesale 

 florist, was chosen supervisor by a big 

 majority in the recent election. 



The active spirits here, encouraged 

 by the success achieved in the floral 

 department of the recent Industrial 

 Fair, and further stirred by Cleve- 

 land's exploit, are already laying plans 

 for next year and expect to completely 

 fill with exhibits the large building in 

 which they occupied only a part of the 

 snare this year. The Rochester Horse 

 Show at this Exposition is admittedly 

 the most notable annual event of its 

 kind in the country and the flower 

 show was rated as second only to the 

 horse show in the successful features 

 of the 1915 event. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The appropriate name of "Alaska" 

 has been given by F. Burns, ot San 

 Rafael, to a new white dahlia which 

 he recently originated. 



Angelo J. Rossi acted as marshal of 

 the parade of farewell to the Liberty 

 Bell, on November 11, as he did on 

 the occasion of its arrival. 



Joseph's, the Grant avenue store, 

 will celebrate the first aniversary of 

 its opening on Nov. 16. The business 

 has made good progress from the start. 



T. A. Monroe, formerly of Golden 

 Gate Park and lately manager of the 

 nursery for the Exposition, will have 

 charge of the sale of the stock to be 

 disposed of from the grounds after the 

 closing. 



Pawtucket, R. I. — M. J. Leach & 

 Sons have purchased the stock and 

 fixtures of the Quality Flower Shop, 

 144 Main street, and will continue the 

 business. No tidings as yet have been 

 received of John W. Seamans, the 

 former proprietor, who disappeared 

 several weeks ago. 



WASHINGTON, D, C. 



Mrs. Nettie Supper is now with 

 George C. Shaffer, having severed her 

 connection with Gude Bros. Co. 



Donald Malcolm, who for several 

 years has been employed at the store 

 of Gude Bros. Co., has been appointed 

 a sanitary inspector in the health de- 

 partment of the District of Columbia. 



An examination is to be held in 

 Alexandria, Va., on Dec. 8, by the Civil 

 Service Commission to secure eligibles 

 for the position of assistant superin- 

 tendent of plant introduction field sta- 

 tion. 



William F. Gude and Adolphus Gude 

 were the Washingtonians who at- 

 tended the flower show in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, last week. They took with them 

 a choice collection of roses from their 

 houses. 



On Thursday, Fred B. Kramer an- 

 nounced that, with the view of en- 

 couraging children in the study of 

 plant life, he would offer for Friday and 

 Saturday a Pteris Mayii in a four-inch 

 pot and four tulip bulbs for ten cents. 

 This offer was for children and young 

 people only but the streets were well 

 filled with adults carrying home the 

 plants. His large display window was 

 cleared out and four employees put to 

 work repotting the ferns and a heavy 

 business was done. 



A committee of retail florists, accom- 

 panied by Attorney Burton T. Doyle, 

 last week called on Major Raymond 

 Pullman, superintendent of police, and 

 took up with him the subject of street 

 vendors. The florists told of how 

 these men were a menace to legiti- 

 mate trade and asked that some action 

 be taken to discourage them. It was 

 suggested that they be subjected to 

 some sort of a license. They were in- 

 formed that the action desired was 

 not within the province of the police 

 department, but Ma'or Pullman prom- 

 ised to take the matter up with the 

 District Commissioners. 



Gude Bros. Co., are extremely grati- 

 fied at the results obtained from their 

 annual chrysanthemum show held dur- 

 ing the week at their store. The at- 

 tendance was both large and appreci- 

 ative. The entire first floor for a dis- 

 tance back of nearly 130 feet was a 

 mass of color. The store was illumi- 

 nated with red. white and blue electric 

 lights and the salesroom was lined on 

 either side by masses of palms, ferns 

 and autumn blossoms and spruce 

 trees. Here and there were stands on 

 which rested vases, covered with 

 birch bark, containing specimen Wil- 

 ILam Turner chrvsanthemums. The 

 plate glass mirrors were outlined with 

 spruce and vines entwined in which 

 were yellow pompons. In the long 

 work-room were vases of roses, carna- 

 tions, and chrysanthemums. On the 

 mezzanine floor had been placed a Vic- 

 trola, which plaved during the store 

 hours, and another smaller machine 

 which contained a record imitating 

 the song of the mocking bird. To 

 this latter was added the songs of a 

 half dozen canaries in cages. 



NEW YORK. 



Colin Campbell has just^ received a 

 heavy shipment of dracoena canes. 



Frank H. Traendly has been quite 

 seriously ill for the past two weeks 

 with a cold which came very close to 

 being a case of pneumonia. 



Charles H. Totty sustained a severe 

 injury to the thumb of his right 

 hand, on the trip to Cleveland. The 

 heavy door of the dining car slammed 

 on it as he was passing through jam- 

 ming it so badly as to necessitate the 

 removal of part of the bone. 



PERSONAL. 



Frederick J. Brady and Ethel M. 

 Horan, daughter of the late James 

 Horan and sister of Stephen Horan, 

 florist, Bridgeport, Ct., were married 

 Wednesday morning, November 10th. 



The marriage of Miss M. Melnhardt 

 and Wm. M. Boaz took place Wednes- 

 day November 11th at the home of 

 the bride, 7637 Florisant avenue, St. 

 Louis. The happy couple left the 

 same night for an extended honey- 

 moon journey through the south and 

 west and will return December 15th 

 to be at home to their friends at their 

 home in Kirkwood, Mo. 



Newport, R. I. — Robert Hunnick, one 

 of Newport's noted gardeners, and 

 Miss Clara Langford, sister of Samuel 

 Langford, another well-known gar- 

 dener, were married on the evening of 

 October 28 in the rectory of Emmanuel 

 church, in the presence of relatives 

 and a few immediate friends. After 

 the ceremony the bridal party motored 

 to the home of the groom on Slocum 

 street, where a bridal supper was 

 served and a number of handsome 

 gifts were shown. This will be the 

 future home of Mr. and Mrs. Hunnick. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE NOTES. 



Last Tuesday the classes in Flori- 

 culture visited the greenhouses at 

 Smith college. Mr. 'Downer showed 

 the students around explaining many 

 interesting things. Of especial inter- 

 est were the aquatic and the cactus 

 house. In the cactus house, besides 

 various species of cereus, opuntia, 

 agave, eucalyptus, etc., there was a 

 very large specimen of the night 

 blooming cereus which Mr. Downer 

 explained had fifty flowers at one time 

 last summer. On Wednesday evening 

 Mr. Thurston spoke before the Land- 

 scape .\rt Club on annuals and per- 

 ennials. 



Boston — 'Visitors in Cleveland from 

 this section last week included William 

 Nicholson, W. R. Nicholson, E. Allan 

 Peirce, Svdney Littlefield, Wm. J. 

 Stewart, Eber Holmes, A. J. Loveless, 

 Mr. and Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy and 

 Frank Murray. 



