August 9, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



129 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Charles Sim leaves on the 15th inst. 

 for a six weeks' sojourn among the 

 Pocono mountains. 



Frank M. Ross is on a vacation hob- 

 nobbing among the Canadians along 

 the shores of the picturesque St. Law- 

 rence. He writes under date of Au- 

 gust 2 that "all's well and having a 

 glorious time." 



C. U. Liggit reports a brisk demand 

 among the growers for all kinds of 

 growing stock. He is enthusiastic 

 over the newer roses and predicts a 

 bright future for many of them. As 

 an index of how the wind blows he 

 mentions among the recent sales an 

 item of 17,000 plants of Premier and 

 Columbia to the Florex Gardens — to 

 take the place of two houses of car- 

 nations which that firm has discarded. 

 Mr. Mayhew, the Florex manager, is 

 one of the most up-to-date among the 

 younger men in the growing end. 



The next time you see Commodore 

 Westcott ask him what happens when 

 he forgets his grip around the whole- 

 sale centers. It is rumored that the 

 Board of Health were called out the 

 last time, looking for Barnegat 

 trophies. Wild creatures from the 

 woods acquiring that rarity the gour- 

 mand swears by? Or perhaps some 

 of those fish Denny failed to catch? 

 At all events, it seems to have been 

 an exciting time and to have wound 

 up in Limburger without crackers. 

 Moral: Hang on to your grip, if there 

 is anything in it likely to cause 

 trouble. 



Referring to "the fish that Denny 

 didn't catch," that is an old story but 



for the benefit of newer readers we 

 may mention that once on a time in 

 Barnegat Bay, Denny at the south end 

 of the boat had fished all forenoon 

 without getting so much as a bite 

 while Bill at the north end had pulled 

 in a good mess. After the session 

 was over the question was asked, 

 "Why didn't Denny catch any fish?" 

 The reply came promptly from Bill's 

 direction, "Dumbness," said he, "just 

 pure Damn Dumbness." Since that 

 day Bill has been a strong upholder 

 of the theory that there is no such 

 thing as "luck" in fishing. It's either 

 skill or the other thing. 



Recent Visitors — H. V. Hunkel, Hol- 

 ton & Hunkel, Milwaukee, Wis.; A. D. 

 Kinkade, Pattonsburg, Mo.; H. K. 

 Rohrer, Lancaster, Pa.; Carl Lindroth, 

 Randolph & McClements, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa.; Eniil Bodmer, Catasaqua, Pa.; 

 Charles H. Cook, Catonsville, Md.; 

 Thomas Vincent, Baltimore, Md. 



ROCHESTER. 



Business during the past week has 

 been dull. Carnations are scarce and 

 poor; most of the carnation growers 

 are now ready to plant their new 

 plants. Roses are improving and are 

 fairly plentiful; good Ophelia, Mary- 

 land, Sunburst and Killarneys are 

 meeting the demand. Good garden 

 peas are arriving. Some exceptionally 

 good gladiolus are on the market and 

 are good. Some very good white 

 Asters are on the market and sell 

 easily. 



Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Armbrust are 

 spending a two weeks' vacation at the 

 Berkshire Hills. 



Mr. and Mrs. H. Barber are spend- 

 ing two weeks at Keuka Lake. 



CINCINNATI. 



Joseph Grimme, formerly with R. 



D. Ruttle, at Covington, has returned 



from the service. He had been in 

 France for almost a year. 



E. G. Gillett has been finding an 

 active market for his water lilies. 



H. W. Sheppard is so far on the the 

 road to recovery that he is able to get 

 about his home. 



Recent visitors were S. M. Rosen- 

 feld, representing Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York City; Jos. Hill, Richmond. 

 Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark, Greens- 

 burg, Ind.; Fred Rupp, Lawrenceburg, 

 Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Frisch, Day- 

 ton, Ohio, and William Nolan, for- 

 merly of this city but now of Hunting- 

 ton, W. Va. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



Ralph L. Gustin, of 5 Dickson street, 

 Somerville, and Lewis W. Phinney, of 

 Arlington, have bought the extensive 

 market gardening and greenhouse 

 business of Arthur C. Frost, Riverton 

 road, Portland, Me. 



H. M. Totman Co., of Randolph, Vt., 

 is organized to operate a greenhouse 

 in Randolph, with a capital stock of 

 $35,000. The papers are signed by 

 Harry M. Totman, Edson E. 'Gifford, 

 and Hortense L. Flint, all of Ran- 

 dolph. 



To construct a huge greenhouse, 79 

 feet wide and 130 feet deep and have 

 it ready for occupancy in 14 days from 

 the day the first shovelful of earth 

 was turned, is the contract assumed 

 by Zickell Bros., contractors, who 

 have a crew of workmen erecting a 

 large greenhouse for Michael P. 

 Quarrey at 877 Main street. The con- 

 tractors are not letting much grass 

 grow under their feet, and the scene 

 of activity is one of the liveliest in 

 Worcester, Mass. 



