256 



HORTICULTUKE 



August 19, 191S 



Special 

 Notice 



Our Mr. Greenlaw 



is now in the East 

 calling on the 

 flower trade with 

 a superb line of 



Fancy Baskets in all shapes and sizes made especially to our order and representing the 

 latest color ideas and most up-to-date patterns. Also the same in Exclusive Ribbons and 

 other florists' supplies. If any one is interested in making arrangements for the new sea- 

 son now approaching — and this is a good time to do so — drop us a line and we will have 

 our representative call. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE ^""'^llt.'fe'isTs OF PHILADELPHIA 



«a5n?* 



NEW YORK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow St. 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H Street 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Mrs. A. L. Vaughan and daughter 

 will spend sevial weeks on the Pacific 

 coast. 



Jas. G. Hancock and family spent a 

 very quiet week resting in a cottage 

 at Deer Park, Hi. 



Wm. T. Duntermann. of Beusonville. 

 who was so seriously injured at a fire 

 several weeks ago, is said to be on the 

 way to recovery. 



Nelda Wolf, of Zech & Mann's, has 

 returned from a vacation and is again 

 presiding over the books of which she 

 has had charge for many years. 



Miss Gertrude Lewis is spending a 

 month in Colorado. Miss Lewis, who 

 is one of the jnost artistic flower work- 

 ers in the trade, has been with J. 

 Mangel for a number of years. 



Two large wreaths, the gift of Peter 

 Reinberg. were placed on the monu- 

 ment commemorating the Fort Dear- 

 born massacre which occurred 104 

 years ago, at the exercises August 15. 



The large rockery on the grounds at 

 Frank Oechslin's new residence is 

 nearly completed. The shrubbery 

 which forms such a part of the effect 

 will take time to be at its best but is 

 already attractive. 



The death of the noted surgeon, Dr. 

 John Murphy, Aug. 11th, almost caused 

 a panic in the Chicago flower market. 

 In spite of the newspaper notice to 

 omit flowers there were six autos filled 



with them, many of which were car- 

 ried to Mercy Hospital, where he had 

 spent so much of his time. 



One of the most attractive windows 

 in the downtown district now is that 

 of J. Mangel, the Palmer House flor- 

 ist. As much space as possible is 

 given to water, which bubbles and 

 flows among the plants and water 

 lilies. The conservatory, just remod- 

 eled, also has much floor space de- 

 voted to water, and there are mini- 

 ature rockeries and islands among 

 which live ducks paddle about. 



The Geo. Wienhoeber store at 41 S. 

 Wabash avenue is being entirely re- 

 modelled, and the rear partition being 

 removed, throwing this store and the 

 one around the corner on Monroe 

 street into one large store. New tile 

 floors have been laid. The walls will 

 be of two-tone gray panels and the 

 lower part covered with mirrors. The 

 new main floor office is in mahogany 

 and a private office is on the balcony. 

 The store when completed has the ad- 

 vantages of a corner without being on 

 one. 



August Poehlmann returned Sundav 

 night from a trip with his family to 

 Delevan Lake, Wis. At Morton Grove 

 everything is in splendid late summer 

 condition and the question of the ad- 

 visability of continuing the culture of 

 the American Beauty rose never enters 

 here. They have been cutting from 



the new stock for several week 



s and 



the quality of the Beauties is excellent. 

 In the carnation range, when com- 

 pletely filled there will be something 

 like 200,000 plants. It will be of in- 

 terest to some to know how this large 

 number is proportioned. In white, of 

 .Matchless there are 32,000, White Per- 

 fection 50,000, White Enchantress 5,000 

 and White Wonder 16,000. Thirty-two 

 thousand red are divided evenly be- 

 tween Beacon and Champion and an- 

 other 32,000 are of Alice and still an- 

 other of Enchantress. Tony Gabel, in 

 charge of the carnations, says the 

 effect of the early wet season 

 quite overcome by the hot July 

 plants are in very fine condition. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. cut their first 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemums this 

 week. Their stock for cutting num- 

 bers 80,000 plants. T. Conlan. who is 

 in charge of the plant range which 

 now includes 150,000 sq. ft. of glass, 

 says the summer has not been the best 

 for out-of-door plants but those under 

 glass, as pandanus, crotons, ferns, etc., 

 are looking exceptionally well. A lath 

 house 35 x 300 ft. is filled with arau- 

 carias. The palm houses are under 

 the special care of H. M. Oeser and 

 contain 75,000 plants. The establish- 

 ment altogether includes about 2,000,- 

 000 sq. ft. of glass. There are many 

 thin.gs to he learned in any large place 

 and Poehlmann Bros, are generous in 

 giving out information they have 

 gained by years of experiment and 

 often at considerable cost. 



was 

 and 



