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HORTICULTURE 



July 22, 1916 



J. M. S 



IVI 



FLORISTS 



& SOIMS 



NEW YORK and 

 WASHINGTON 



Announce the removal of their New York store to 



SOS MADISON AVENUE, AT S2d STREET 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 15th and H Streets 



Floral and Landscape Work 



NEW YORK— Waldorf-Astoria 

 and 505 Madison Ave. 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



A. L. Vauglian says the first ten 

 days o£ June raised the total sales 

 above those of June, lbl5. 



Miss Charlotte Paradise, Ijookkeeper 

 for A. L. Vaughan Co., is spending 

 three weeks in the mountains of 

 Colorado. 



AUie Zech, of Zech & Jlann, is using 

 his two weeks' freedom from store life 

 by motoring about the country, in- 

 haling a fresh supply of oxygen. 



Double gypsophilia is now being re- 

 ceived from the west by A. L. Vaughan 

 Co. This is very similar to statice in 

 that it keeps well without water. 



The lovers of country life along 

 the famous North Shore gave a very 

 successful affair known as the Lake 

 Forest Fair last week, in which flow- 

 ers played an important part. 



J. Mangel, the Palmer House Florist, 

 is making changes in his conservatory 

 and some unique features will be com- 

 pleted soon. The center will be made 

 into a rockery from the top of which 

 water will stream down, making a de- 

 lightfully cool place for customers to 

 visit. 



Cupid was unusually busy at J. A. 

 Budlong's recently and the marriage 

 of Rosw'ell Schupp and Lydia Schae- 

 fer is announced. Roswell is the 

 only son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip 

 Schupp and grandson of Mr. Budlong. 

 Fred Price, of J. A. Budlong's, and 

 Miss Ella Scholz were married about 

 the same time and congratulations 

 are extended to both couples. 



A. F. Weiger is building greenhouses 

 at 4121 N. Menard avenue, near Irving 

 Park Boul., where he will grow- plants 

 and cut flowers. He will be known as 

 Portage Park Florist. It is of interest 

 to know that this part of the city 

 received its name Portage because it 

 was out of the water a larger portion 

 of the year than other parts of Chi- 

 cago and the Indians carried their 

 canoes across here. 



The sad news of the death of John 

 W. Poehlmann was not unexpected, as 

 his friends knew for many months of 

 his illness. Naturally averse to talk- 

 ing of himself, he said little of his in- 

 dispcrsitinn, till a climax was reached 

 in January when an operation was 

 performed and it became certain that 



cancer of the stomach would shortly 

 bring his life to a close. He will be 

 missed, but he has so impressed him- 

 self upon this market by an active 

 life the further details of which are 

 to be found on another page, that his 

 influence will remain. 



Work on the grounds of Frank 

 Oechslin's new home are under way 

 now, having been delayed by the diffi- 

 culty of obtaining material. A special 

 itaiure uiii oe a laige roc. try ai 

 the rear of the grounds which will be 

 so arranged in connection with the 

 high wall forming the back of the pot 

 shed that together they will make a 

 massive background of artistic beauty. 

 H. J. Stockman, whose skill in this 

 line is well known, has charge of the 

 work. The house and grounds are 

 both large and the two carloads of 

 stone which have just arrived will af- 

 ford an excellent opportunity to carry 

 out his ideas in rockery effects. 



Wabash avenue and Randolph street 

 was for many years known as the 

 Wholesale Florists' Corner when three 

 out of four of the corner buildings 

 were occupied by florists. Last week 

 a ninety-nine year lease of the north- 

 east corner was consummated and a 

 new- building will shortly be erected. 

 In the present building is the Percy 

 Jones commision house, and until a 

 few years ago it was the home of the 

 once flourishing Flow'er Growers' Mar- 

 ket. The west side of Wabash from 

 Randolph to Lake is now almost ex- 

 clusively given over to the trade and 

 this new deal -nill leave the Atlas 

 Block the only one of the buildings on 

 the Randolph. Wabash corner housing 

 florists. Evidently "Florists' Corner" 

 will soon be no more. 



The placing of the large floral 

 designs on the lawn, at the fun- 

 eral of the late John Poehlmann, of 

 Chicago, instead of over-crowding the 

 house, was very beautiful in effect. 

 The sloping lawn has upon it several 

 fine, large trees, under which potted 

 palms were scattered. Among these, 

 the designs and large bouquets were 

 arranged. In the house the family 

 offerings w-ere arranged, from ceiling 

 to floor, in the room where the body 

 lay, covered with a blanket of his fav- 

 orite flowers, lily of the valley, and 

 orchids. A floral book, so difficult in 



make is especially worthy of note. It 

 was ot wnue carnations, with the lines 

 done in light pink miniature roses and 

 a marKer of Inch-wide lavender rib- 

 bon separating the pages, it was from 

 the firm and uore the two dates, IbUO 



PHILADELPHIA. 



George Auegle, of the Philadelphia 

 Cut Flower Co., was being interviewed. 

 "Business," he said, "is pretty good 

 for this time of year, for although 

 most of the flower buyers are out of 

 town we have with us the deaths and 

 they keep us alive." Sad but true. 

 What is it the Scriptures say? "In the 

 midst of life we are in death." The 

 florist amends this to say, "In the 

 midst of death we are in life." 



Lilium regale made its appearance 

 on the cut flower market here this 

 week. It is certainly a beautiful and 

 remarkable flower, and one of the best 

 things E. H. Wilson has found for us 

 in Northern China. The flowers are 

 white inside, and brownish pink and 

 ■.vhite outside, very fragrant, and it is 

 said the plant is perfectly hardy as 

 far north as Canada. " Everybody 

 ought to have a clump of this in their 

 garden. Also forces well for winter 

 flowering. 



In the gladiolus cut flower market 

 at present there are in addition to the 

 magnificenl America and Augusta two 

 very fine varieties of the Lemoinei: 

 namely. Pink Beauty and Tecomie. 

 The latter is of giant size, nearly twice 

 as big as Pink Beauty, and much 

 lighter in color, being a delicate flesh 

 pink. Both have the characteristic 

 darker blotch, which gives such charm 

 and distinction to the Lemoinei group. 

 The Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. are 

 especially strong on these two fine 

 sorts in our local market. 



How- to fool the rose bug. Here's 

 a tip from Samuel S. Pennock. presi- 

 dent of the American Rose Society. 

 Plant alongside your rose garden 

 Magnolia macrophylla. It blooms with 

 the roses and the rose bugs make a 

 — I was goin.g to say a bee line, but I 

 guess a scramble is better — for the 

 flowers. So the roses escape. You 

 will have no rose bugs on your roses. 

 Sounds rather remarkable but it has 

 been thoroughly investigated and 

 there seems to lie no doubt that it 



