HORTICULTURE 



November 1, 1919 



BOSTON. 



Penn certainly understands the art 

 of publicity and particularly the value 

 of window displays Ho had all the 

 papers writing up his window wedding 

 last week The following was the 

 Globe's story: , 



The sight of seven attractive little 

 girls, with the utmost dignity, taking 

 part in a marriage ceremony drew 

 •crowds of passers-by this afternoon to 

 the windows of Penn the Florist on 

 Tremont street. The window itself 

 had been decked in bridal array, with 

 flowers, greenery and white ribbons, 

 and as a favor to Mr. Penn. who has 

 long been a friend to the Stage Chil- 

 dren of New England, seven children 

 members of the organization came and 

 two of them gravely stood up before a 

 third, who put on ministerial dignity, 

 -while others acted as bridesmaids, 

 ring-bearer and flower girl. 



The pantomime marriage was under 

 the direction of Mrs. Mabel Lyman, di- 

 rectress of the Stage Children of New 

 England, and it was followed by a re- 

 ception, as every marriage should be, 

 held in the flower shop itself, at which 

 the ("newly weds") and their attend- 

 ants stood in line. Among the interest- 

 ed spectators was a woman who had 

 two little children with her. They 

 stood entranced and delighted, fulfill- 

 ing the educational purpose of the ex- 

 hibit." 



Among the new incorporations is 

 the following: R. & J. Farquhar Com- 

 pany, Boston, seeds; capital, $500,000; 

 incorporators, James F. M. Farquhar, 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar and George 

 Cruickshank of Boston, Victor E. 

 Nilsson of Winthrop and Alexander P. 

 Dewar of Dedham. 



The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 -the Massachusetts Horticultural Show 

 •will be held Saturday and Sunday of 

 next week. 



Mr. Richards, the well known florist 

 of Greenfield, has been a recent visitor 

 in the market. 



Mr. Futterman of New York has 

 been among the week's visitors. 



H. Cameron of North Cambridge is 

 cutting the new "mum" Whitney which 

 is meeting high favor in the market, 

 being considered as good a white 

 flower as any shown. 



Martin Wax is being congratulated 

 on his catch of a 12-pound trout which 

 he caught at Grand Lake, Me. The 

 big fish is displayed in the window of 

 Dame, Stoddard & Kendall. 



, NEW YORK STATE. 

 George E. Pegg is building another 

 large greenhouee on his property at 

 Cherry Valley. 



Extensive plans are under way by 

 the members of the Albany Florists' 

 Club for the observance of "Say It 

 With Flowers" week. All florists' 

 shops throughout the city will be spe- 

 cially decorated for this week and it 

 is planned to have a large auto flower 

 float which will tour the city to inform 

 the public of the observance of this 

 week. The committee in charge of 

 the affair consists of Fred A. Danker, 

 chairman; Thomas Tracey, treasurer; 

 and Robert Davison, secretary. 



The Albany club is also making 

 preparations for the annual chrysan- 

 themum show which will take place 

 Thursday evening, November 20, in 

 the rooms of the Albany Cut Flower 

 Exchange, 611-613 Broadway; and 

 which will be open to the public. 

 Those in charge of the show which will 

 include all varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums as well as other flowers are 

 William Newport, Edward B. Tracey, 

 Fred A. Danker and Byron Holmes. 



Carr W. Peck, for the past 11 years 

 proprietor of the Grove street green- 

 houses at Oneonta, sold the entire 

 plant, including residence, offices, 

 greenhouses and the going business to 

 Ralph S. Wyckoff. Immediate posses- 

 sion was given, and the business will 

 be continued under the name which 

 for more than 38 years it has borne. 



While, as above stated, the new pro- 

 prietor is in possession, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Peck will remain for some time, prob- 

 ably until December 1, for the purpose 

 of familiarizing the new management 

 with the details of the business. The 

 Grove Street greenhouses are among 

 the oldest of Oneonta business institu- 

 tions, having been established by Mrs. 

 S. Scott in 1881. At the close of a 

 quarter of a century she sold the busi- 

 ness to C. E. Miles, and three years 

 afterwards the property was acquired 

 by Mr. Peck, who has most successful- 

 ly continued the enterprise to the pres- 

 ent time. 



D. M. Edwards has purchased the 

 greenhouse and business of the 

 Baker Floral Company at Onondaga 

 Valley, according to C. Hinsdell 

 Baker, head of the company. The 

 property includes about five acres of 

 land. The purchase price is said to 

 have been about $35,000. It is ex- 

 pected that the flowers will be sold 

 through the floral department of the 



E. W. Edwards & Son stores in Syra- 

 cuse Bnd Rochester. 



William Clemmonson. for many 

 years florist of the Saratoga Springs 

 Race Track Association, died recently 

 at his home, 16 William street, Glenn's 

 Falls. He was 57 years old. He had 

 resided in this city about a year. 



NEW JERSEY. 

 Nicholas J. Goeller, the well known 

 florist who recently acquired the val- 

 uable property at the corner of Ham- 

 ilton and Olden avenues, Trenton, is 

 planning to make extensive improve- 

 ments. 



NEW ENGLAND. 

 The E. & C. Woodman Greenhouse 

 property in Holten street, Danvers, 

 Mass., which has been idle for some 

 time, since the death of the former 

 owner, has been sold to a house-wreck- 

 ing concern which will raze the build- 

 ings and subdivide the land into 

 houselots. 



Joseph W. Willis, florist, of Ansonia, 

 Conn., is building an addition to his 

 greenhouse. 



The. Florists' Club of Hartford has 

 voted not to hold a show this Fall. 



F. C. Willard, formerly of Taunton, 

 is busy erecting his range of green- 

 houses at Raynham, to which place he 

 has moved.' Already he has some of 

 the work completed and, stock under 

 glass. 



Hall the Florist, of Taunton, now 

 located in the former Rose establish- 

 ment, has been doing a lot of wedding 

 work 



W. W. Hathaway, of Brockton, at- 

 tended the Buffalo Convention of the 

 F. T. D. He has a large store and 

 is doing an excellent business. 



Mr. C. Titus, of Marblehead, claims 

 to have grown and flowered 2,000 

 varieties of dahlias the past season. 



Larcom & Smith, of Beverly, have 

 had some very attractive windows of 

 late. They also have a very neat store. 

 A. K. Choate, of Beverly, has been 

 laying new hardwood floors in his 

 store and in his display windows. 



Aiken the Florist, of Springfield, 

 has been making effective use of oak 

 leaves and colored berries for window 

 decorations. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 The growers have commenced pinch- 

 ing their Beauty roses for the holiday 

 crop so th5t the supply at present is 

 on the short side but the quality re- 



