September 13, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



241 



PHILADELPHIA. 



George A. Strohlein, general man- 

 ager of the Dreer Nurseries at River- 

 ton, reports the season's business so 

 far as unusually good. The month of 

 August with them has broken all rec- 

 ords for shipments, and they have 

 more orders than usual booked for 

 fall delivery. Among the latter are a 

 great many retail orders for peren- 

 nials, showing that people are more 

 interested in their gardens again. 

 Many visitors, both private and pro- 

 fessional, have visited Riverton re- 

 cently and every one has had a cheer- 

 ful outlook on the future. The' pros- 

 pects seem rosy all along the line. 



As is well known, the Riverton es- 

 tablishment is famous for its collec- 

 tion of cannas — which is perhaps the 

 largest and most up-to-date in the 

 country, and these are at their best 

 just now and will well repay a visit. 

 The same may be said of the fields of 

 perennial phlox. And bye and bye 

 (say about Sept. 25th) the dahlias will 

 be at their best, and everyone knows 

 that the Dreer collection is of the 

 widest extent and contains only the 

 cream. The "has beens" are every 

 season religiously relegated to the 

 ash pile — and that means a lot to the 

 buyer who wants the very best rather 

 than a whole lot of "no good" for lit- 

 tle money. 



John D. Eisele, president of the 

 Dreer Company, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Eisele, has been enjoying a well 

 earned vacation the past month or 

 more, his travels having taken in a 

 wide stretch and extended as far as 

 the Pacific coast. Advices received 

 from him dated San Francisco, Sept. 

 2nd, indicate that both he and Mrs. 

 Eisele are in good health and enjoying 

 their trip immensely. Mr. Eisele is 

 very much impressed with the coun- 

 try wide development horticulturally 

 during the past decade and we look 

 forward to hearing many interesting 

 details and opinions from him on his 

 return. 



The Robert Scott & Son place at 

 Sharon Hill is well worth a visit at 



present. Many are wending their way 

 there to see the new Scott seedling 

 rose Cornelia, which is now in full 

 bloom. One big house of it is in splen- 

 did shape and is worth going a long 

 way to see. Cornelia is a cross be- 

 tween Mrs. Aaron Ward and Ophelia 

 and shows great superiority in many 

 ways over both parents. In color it 

 is a light flesh pink with a dark rose 

 center; large and full in form and 

 almost as perfect as Jardine when at 

 its zenith. In foliage and stem it is a 

 light green. It is very prolific, pro- 

 ducing three times as many flowers to 

 the plant as Jardine. Looks like a sure 

 winner. A number of other new roses 

 of interest are worthy of notice and 

 we will report on them later. 



CHICAGO. 



A. Miller, president of the American 

 Bulb Co., who sailed for Japan last 

 May to purchase lily bulbs and other 

 stock for his company, writes that it is 

 very difficult to find lilies in any largo 

 quantities. Mr. Miller is expected 

 home in October. Mr. Langhout repre- 

 senting the American Bulb Co,, has 

 just returned from the Pacific coast 



The North Shore Horticultural 

 Society of Lake Forest, 111., meets on 

 the first Friday of each month. The 

 coming annual chrysanthemum show 

 is now the important topic of the day. 

 The many large estates of Lako 

 Forest are in charge of some of the 

 most progressive private gardeners of 

 this country and their exhibition re- 

 ceives high commendation. 



Gust Alles was again disappointed 

 in not having his son Nickolas J. hon- 

 orably discharged from the navy. It 

 looked as if that desire was about to 

 come true, but when his boat touched 

 New York three weeks ago, the car 

 strikes and later disturbing conditions 

 caused the further retention of the 

 sailors. Another son, John M., is back 

 from the army, and fortunately as well 

 as when he went in 



In the death of Andrew McAdacr; 

 Chicago loses another of its pioneer 

 florists. Mr. McAdams came from the 

 place of his birth, Londonderry, Ire- 

 land, when eighteen years old, to 

 Chicago, where he made his home until 

 five years ago, when he sold his retail 

 business on 53rd street to his formyr 

 employe, Wm. La Grotta, and went to 

 Melbourne. Fla., hoping that he and 

 Mrs. McAdams would both be bene- 



fited by the change. Mrs. McAdams 

 passed away three years ago. For 

 some time Mr. McAdams has been in 

 St. Luke's Hospital and underwent an 

 operation, Aug. 11. He leaves one 

 daughter, May. who is well known as 

 a successful landscape gardener. The 

 funeral was held Friday and many 

 floral tokens of esteem were sent by 

 old friends in the trade. 



$10,000 AWAITS MISSING BOY. 



There are many florists and growers 

 who were friends or acquaintances of 

 the late W. J. Stevenson, mentioned 

 in the following news item from the 

 New York Press: 



There is $10,000 being held in trust 

 for "Billy" or William Beresford 

 Stevenson, the nine-year-old son of the 

 late William J. Stevenson of Savan- 

 nah, Ga. 



The executors are trying to locate 

 "Billy" to settle up the estate, but de- 

 tectives in all the large cities from 

 Maine to California have been trying 

 without success to locate the boy, who 

 disappeared two years ago with his 

 mother. Mrs. Jean Stevenson, from 

 the southern city. 



Before his death Mr. Stevenson 

 spent a small fortune hunting for the 

 mother and boy, but without success. 



Mr. Stevenson was engaged in the 

 florist business. His' will, among 

 other things, provided $10,000 for the 

 boy, who was the idol of his father. 

 The money is in two banks. 



The missing woman may be selling 

 books under the name of Mrs. Walter 

 Le Roy or Mrs. Katherine Cooley, 

 which was her maiden name. She is 

 36 years old and has blond hair and 

 dark eyes. 



DAHLIA SHOW AT NEWPORT. 



The Newport, Rhode Island, Horti- 

 cultural Society staged their annual 

 Dahlia show at Convention Hall in 

 a downpour of rain September 3 

 and 4, but the next day was pleas- 

 ant which was very pleasing as they 

 finished the show with a ball. There 

 were some very fine exhibits, includ- 

 ing strong colored crotons and other 

 greenhouse plants. 



Mr. C. Bugholt. gardener for Miss 

 F. Foster, had a collection of very 

 fine gladioli seedlings. A. J. Fish of 

 New Bedford was awarded a silver 

 medal for a collection of 50 dahlias, 

 and received two first prizes in other 

 classes. 



A. J. Fish of New Bedford received 

 two firsts and Joseph Figuerido won a 

 first class certificate for a vase of 

 pink dahlias. Margaret Saltus. 



