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HOETICULTUEE 



August 12, 1916 



J. M. SIVI Al-1. & SOIMS 



IVI 



FLORISTS 



NEW YORK and 

 WASHINGTON 



Announce the removal of their New York store to 



505 MADISON AVENUE, AT 52d STREET 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 15th and H Streets 



Floral and Landscape Work 



NEW YORK— Waldorf-Astoria 

 and 505 Madison Ave. 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 A hurried canvass shows that 

 "Washington will probably be repre- 

 sented at the convention in Houston 

 by William F. Gude, his son Ernest, 

 and Adolph Gude, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Chris. Schellhom. 



The florists were invited to partici- 

 pate in the family excursion to Chesa- 

 peake Beach, to be given by Kallipolis 

 Grotto, the Masonic playground, on 

 August 23. It is with this organiza- 

 tion that the florists have on several 

 occasions given joint affairs of this 

 kind. 



Gude Bros. Company is rebuilding 

 five of the large houses which have 

 been a part of the Anacostia range for 

 about 23 years. Adolph Gude. who is 

 in charge of the work, had the old 

 frames torn down and is replacing 

 them in another location with new 

 material. 



The Senate has just passed a bill 

 which, if similar action is taken by 

 the House, will give to the XJ. S. Bo- 

 tanic Gardens an area of more than 

 twice its present size. The bill con- 

 templates the addition of what is now 

 known as East and West Seaton Park, 

 a government reservation. The com- 

 mittee stated that this was but a part 

 of the plan to make the gardens the 

 equal of, if not superior to any others 

 in the world. Back of the measure are 

 a number of prominent Washington 

 florists who are very desirous of see- 

 ing it enacted into law. 



ST. LOUIS. 



J. F. Ammann and family are motor- 

 ing through Indiana for a month. 



NEW YORK. 



W. B. Thompson of Yonkers, has do- 

 nated to the Queens conservatories 

 In Forest Park a superb collection of 

 crotons. 



The list of excursionists leaving by 

 steamer on Tuesday, August 8, bound 

 for Houston, included John G. Esler 

 and daughter, R. Vincent, Jr., Mrs. 

 Vincent and John A. Vincent, Joseph 

 Heacock, Jos. A. Manda, A. T. Dela- 

 mare and J. R. Lewis. 



F. H. Weber, with his family, is sum- 

 mering at Estes Park, Col. They will 

 return September 1. 



F. Grossart, superintendent of Va- 

 halla cemetery, will this summer build 

 two new greenhouses and a large con- 

 servatory. 



The new St. Louis Wholesale Cut 

 Flower Co. are having a new building 

 erected at 1410 Pine street, to be ready 

 by September 5. David Geddes and 

 J. J. Beneke will manage this new 

 company. 



The Apple Growers' Association 

 held its first meeting here August 2 

 and 3, with an attendance of 100, from 

 all parts of the States. Officers elected 

 were: President. H. M. Dunlap, Sa- 

 voy, 111.; vice-president, W. S. Forgey, 

 St. Louis. Mo.; secretary, H. C. Irish, 

 St. Louis; treasurer, W. F. D. Batjer, 

 Rodgers, Ark. 



PITTSBURGH. 

 An attractive addition in the trade 

 is the Liberty Florists at 6207 Franks- 

 town avenue, near Penn. James D. 

 Grafiodio is proprietor and his nephew, 

 Charles Plaganes, manager. The lat- 

 ter received his experience in New 

 York City. 



Vacationists include Wm. Allen of 

 Homewood Cemetery, and family, on 

 trip east; H. P. Langhans at Lake 

 Erie; Miss Sophie Glasser at Atlantic 

 City; John Lipp to New Orleans by 

 water; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ludwig at 

 Thousand Islands; J. Wilkinson Elliott 

 to Holland on business; B. L. Elliott, 

 motoring in New England; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Henry Meuschke in Erie, Pa.; 

 Howard Hook at Atlantic City; W. B. 

 Hall in Beaver County; Miss Maude 

 Yeakel at Parnassus on the Allegheny 

 river. 



BOSTON. 



The big electric storm of Tuesday, 

 this week did considerable damage to 

 field crops of all kinds, especially in 

 the suburbs to the north. Reading ex- 

 perienced a hail storm and much 

 greenhouse glass was broken. F. E. 

 Emory lost 1.000 lights. J. N. Webster 

 SOO, J. W. Foote 1.000, Alfred Ellis 75, 

 and John W. Winston 800. 



NEWS NOTES 

 Manasquan, N. J. — The Linnaberry 

 property on North Main Street has 

 been purchased by George H. Greg- 

 ory, florist. 



Bellows Falls, Vt. (Gretna Green) — 

 A marriage license was issued here on 

 Aug. 8 to Henry R. Duvarney, a florist, 

 and Florence E. Wood, both of Clin- 

 ton, Mass. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — A party number- 

 ing sixteen of the gardeners on the 

 various Berkshire estates with their 

 wives, were entertained on Monday 

 evening, July 24, by Mr. and Mrs. C. 

 A. Mills at their home on Appleton 

 Ave., this city. 



Cincinnati — Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peter- 

 son are the only Cincinnatians to at- 

 tend the S. A. F. & O. H. convention 

 this summer. — J. T. Turner and Glenn 

 E. Moore of Rushville, Ind., were in 

 this city last Sunday. — Miss Laura 

 Murphy has gone to the Cheneaux for 

 a two weeks' vacation. 



South Natick, Mass. — Despite the 

 scarcity of labor, nurserymen through- 

 out the State report increased busi- 

 ness over last year. Max Haendler, 

 proprietor of the Old Town Nurseries, 

 states that he has had an exception- 

 ally good season and at the present 

 time is busily, engaged in transplant- 

 ing evergreens, of which he has a very 

 fine stock in various sizes. He antici- 

 pates building a new potting shed, as 

 well as starting some additional green- 

 houses later in the fall. 



