December 18, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



815 



PITTSBURGH NOTES. 



Mrs. Gustave Ludwig has returned 

 from a two months' visit in Chicago 

 ■with her daughter, Mrs. Victor Berg- 

 man. 



Earl Tipton has severed his connec- 

 tion with the A. W. Smith Company to 

 enter the employ of Penn, the Florist, 

 in Boston, Mass. 



Frank Crooks, who has charge of 

 the James H. Park greenhouses and 

 grounds, has the sympathy of many 

 friends in the serious illness of Mrs. 

 Crooks, who has been a patient in the 

 West Penn Hospital for the past six 

 weeks. 



Eleven hundred and fifty dollars was 

 realized from the flower stand at the 

 Austria-German Red Cross benefit held 

 in Exposition Hall last week. The 

 committee in charge included Henry 

 Mueschke. chairman; C. Phillipps, 

 Julius W. Ludwig and Gilbert Ludwig. 



Preparatory to remodeling the 

 grounds of "Greystone." the Michael 

 C. Benedum estate, Berthold C. Frosch 

 and his foreman. Joseph Irwin, super- 

 vised the transplanting of four trees 

 from the Westinghouse estate. "Soli- 

 tude." last week. They were fifty feet 

 high, two being pin oaks between 

 twenty-five and thirty years old. and 

 two birches about fifteen years of age. 

 At the same time a red and three Nor- 

 way maples were removed from the 

 Westinghouse grounds to those of 

 Grant McCargo in Woodland Road 

 They also were of uniform size, twenty 

 feet high, of six-inch calibre and ten 

 feet "spread." 



Debutante entertaining continues to 

 tax the skill and ingenuity of the soci- 

 ety florists. Simple elegance in the 

 form of clusters of exquisite blooms 

 and hundreds of gift bouquets and 

 baskets add their charm to these 

 magnificent affairs and the ballrooms 

 call into requisition the most elaborate 

 decorations. At one of these 2500 Mrs. 

 Russell roses were used, entwined in 

 a white lattice over the orchestral 

 stage, beyond which was a boxwood 

 hedge bordering an Italian garden and 

 ocean scene, and on the tables in white 

 willow baskets. Another ballroom was 

 transformed into a charming Chinese 

 garden hedged with boxwood and 

 Easter lilies. On each side was a 

 bronze vase six feet high filled with 

 100 yellow chrysanthemums; 150 Man- 

 darin orange plants, each with from 

 twelve to eighteen oranges, formed 

 the table centerpiece. 



ANGRi^CUM EBURNEUM. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



A new shop was opened recently at 

 1125 Oak street, Oakland. Cal., by 

 P. W. Coger. 



A new florist shop has just been 

 opened in Fresno, Cal., by Miss Pear- 

 son. It Is known as the Rose Maur 

 and is nicely fitted up. 



The December meeting of the Paciflc 

 Coast Horticultural Society was post- 

 poned a week on account of the clos- 

 ing of the exposition falling on the 

 regular date. A large attendance Is 

 expected this Saturday, as officers 

 will be elected for the ensuing year, 

 and other matters of interest are 

 scheduled. 



K. & .M. Hannon, of San Francisco, 

 have made arrangements for improved 

 quarters. The building in which they 

 are located at 1438 Polk street is to 

 be replaced early next year with a 



This noble hothouse orchid, a native 

 of Madagascar, is also known as A. 

 superbum. The plant shown in our 

 illustration was grown and flowered 

 by M. J. Pope, whose cultural skill is 

 conclusively demonstrated in the 

 splendid specimen here portrayed. 

 Angraecum eburneum is one of the 

 parents, with A. sesquipedale, of A. 



Veitchii, one of the two Angraecum hy- 

 brids thus far recorded. 



The AugrEecunis are true air plants 

 and need no soil at the roots, but sim- 

 ply sphagnum moss frequently re- 

 newed. A warm moist place is essen- 

 tial to their well-being in winter. They 

 have no pseudo-bulbs, hence must nev- 

 er be allowed to become dry. 



modern structure, and they have se- 

 cured quarters in the new- building. 

 They will probably have to move to 

 a temporary location immediately 

 after the holidays. 



RESTRICTIONS ON FUNERAL 

 FLOWERS. 



The article, "Flowers at Funerals." 

 by John C. Lindblom. in December 4th 

 issue, is well and timely taken, but 

 there are two sides to every question 

 and I have no doubt that whether 

 priest or prelate raises the question 

 of flowers at funerals, it is not with 

 any feeling of animosity against the 

 florist or his business. It is a never 

 failing fact that the habit of giving 

 flowers at funerals has grown to an 

 alarming extent, not alone among the 

 wealthy but the poorer classes, who 

 very often can poorly bear such ex- 

 pense and often are not able to pay 

 for them when they get them. An- 

 other question along these lines on 

 funeral occasions is that unscrupulous 

 florists get in the habit of charging 

 about 2fl07r more for flowers used In 

 funeral designs than for any other 

 purpose, taking into consideration 

 that it takes an artist to arrange a de- 

 sign, and it might be well, all things 

 considered, not to stir \ip a hornet's 

 nest without first viewing all the cir- 

 cumstances surrounding the case. 

 Yours for Justice, 

 Roanoke. Va. Patrick Fot. 



OBITUARY. 



Frank H. TImmerhof. 

 Frank H. Timmerhof, for six years 

 cashier for the A. L. Randall Co., Chi- 

 cago, passed away on Sunday. Dec. 

 12th. at his home at 2725 N. Ballou 

 street, after a short illness. Mr. Tim- 

 merhof was a young man and had been 

 married but a few months. 



Lorenze Krodel, Sr. 

 Lorenze Krodel. a veteran florist of 

 Pittsburgh. Pa., died suddenly on Sun- 

 day morning, December 5. Mr. Krodel 

 was aged sixty-two years, nine months 

 and fifteen days. He is survived by 

 his widow, Elizabeth Schmitt Krodel, 

 and a son, Lorenze Krodel, Jr.. who is 

 connected with the I. W. Scott Com- 

 pany, seed dealers. 



VANDA SANDERIANA. 

 The beautiful illustration of this fa- 

 mous Philippine orchid which adorns 

 our cover page this week, calls for no 

 other description than to say that it is 

 from a photograph sent to Horticul- 

 ture by Sander & Sons, of the speci- 

 men Vanda Sanderiana which was 

 awarded a silver Lindley .Medal at the 

 Royal Horticultural meeting in Lon- 

 don on the 28tli of last September. The 

 variety was exceptioiuilly fine and the 

 plant carried 42 expanded flowers and 

 a spike in bud. 



