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HORTICULTUBE 



September 16, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Joseph Marks left this week to 

 travel the territory east and north of 

 Chicago for A. Henderson Co. Mr. 

 Marks is a well-known and able sales- 

 man. 



Johnson & Spetz add one more re- 

 tail store to the south side at 1924 E. 

 71st street. This is not the Johnson 

 of Johnson & Cronis, though he was 

 formerly in their employ. 



The A. Henderson Co. are just hand- 

 ling their second car of Formosum 

 lilies from Japan. The stock is good 

 and came through with little delay; a 

 shipment of paper white narcissi is ex- 

 pected to arrive from France this 

 week. 



Geo. Gerasimo is proprietor of a 

 new store at 6302 University avenue, 

 under the name of the University 

 Florist Co. As there was already a 

 retail store, but a few blocks away, 

 known as the University Floral Co., 

 the names are confusing. 



Ed. Vilter was the last of the Zech 

 & Mann force to take a vacation. Mr. 

 and -Airs. J. Schoepfle and daughter, 

 933 Belmont avenue, have returned 

 from an extended eastern trip. Ar- 

 thur Blome and Mrs. Blome are back 

 from a two weeks' cruise on the Great 

 Lakes. 



Frank Oechslin's place on Harlem 

 avenue, which he purchased recently, 

 is now nearly in perfect working or- 

 der. The houses have been overhauled 

 and a carload of pipe has arrived from 

 Birmingham, Ala., to connect the place 

 with the city water. The four new 

 Foley houses added to the old range 

 are now completed and ready for 

 planting. 



The Civil Service Board of the West 

 Chicago Park Commissioners will hold 

 the following examination on the 

 date and at the place given below. 

 Application blanks may be obtained at 

 the office of the Board in Union Park 

 or at the West Park playgrounds. 



E.^amination No. 22.5. Florist, Class G, 

 Rank II. Original Entrance. Pav, ?S0.0O 

 to $90.00 per month. To be held October 

 3rd. 1H16. at 9.00 A. M., at the Garflcid 

 Park Pavillion. Open to men over 21 years 

 of age. regardless of residence. Applica- 

 tions must be filed in the office of the Civil 

 Service Board in Union Park before 5.00 

 P. M. of October 2nd. 1916. 



Special Suljject, weight of 6 ; Experience, 

 weight of Z; Physical, weight of 1. 



Special Subject : An oral and practical 

 test ill exhibition greenhouse work and 

 written questions on the care and propa- 

 gation of plants and general greenbouse 

 operations. 



The duties of Florist are general work in 

 the conservatory and propagating house 

 and in the outdoor gardens throughout the 

 system. FRED G. HETICHLING, 



Superintendent of Employment. 

 September 6, 1916. 



of Agriculture and the Penna. Dept. 

 of Agriculture attended the corn roast 

 given last Tuesday evening in order 

 to study the progress of the Pitts- 

 burgh Vacant Lot Garden Association. 

 The families who cultivated the gar- 

 dens under the auspices of the Associ- 

 ation were the hosts for about 1,000 

 guests. Chancellor McCormick of the 

 University of Pittsburgh and presi- 

 dent of the Association presided. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Ludwig left 

 early in the week for a trip to Cali- 

 fornia. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Langhans 

 and Miss Langhans, have gone to At- 

 lantic City for September. Miss Emma 

 Maxwell of Wilkinsburg has returned 

 from a three weeks' vacation at Van 

 Buren Point. Lake Erie. Miss Eleanor 

 Craig, her bookkeeper has returned to 

 duty, following a three months' illness. 

 W. M. Turner, and son have returned 

 from a motoring trip through the east. 

 James J. Higgins and family are in 

 the Laurel Ridge range of the Alle- 

 ghenies. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Weaklin cele- 

 brated the 13th anniversary of their 

 wedding on last Saturday evening. 



Representatives of the U. S. Dept. 



BOSTON. 



Notice has been given by the 

 Referee in Bankruptcy that a divi- 

 dend of three per cent, has been de- 

 clared on all unsecured claims against 

 the estate of Sidney Hoffman. 



A messenger service has been estab- 

 lished in the Flower Exchange, with a 

 system of receipt blanks, etc., which 

 has already proved a popular conveni- 

 ence for both dealers and buyers. 



Formal announcement has been 

 made of the betrothal of Miss Alice M. 

 Doyle of Brooldine and Dr. Francis P. 

 Jantzen of Commonwealth avenue. 

 Miss Doyle is the daughter of the late 

 William E. Doyle. 



Arthur S. Thurston of Everett, 

 Mass., has accepted a position as pro- 

 fessor of floriculture at the lova 

 State College at Ames, la. Professor 

 Thurston received his education in 

 the Everett schools and was gradu- 

 ated from the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College at Amherst. 



The annual auction sale of choice 

 of stalls in the Co-operative Market 

 took place on Saturday, Sept. 9, W. W. 

 Tailby, auctioneer. The first choice 

 was sold to Robert Montgomery for 

 $71.00. The directors have now under 

 consideration the abandonment of this 

 method of assigning preferred posi- 

 tions and grading of stall rents accord- 

 ing to position. 



Owing to the infantile paralysis 

 situation, the Board of Health have 

 ordered the fall show of the Medford 

 Horticultural Society abandoned and 

 the society has notified its membern 

 to that effect. There were to have 

 been given a number of prizes to chil- 

 dren and others at the show, which 

 usually is held in the Mystic Congre- 

 gational Church, Medford. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Morris Meyer, lately with A. M. 

 Campbell, is now with the Philadel- 

 phia Cut Flower Co. 



For the first time in many years 

 there seems to be some little ex- 

 citement here about the club election 

 in October. Messrs. Farenwald and 

 Therkildson are the nominees for 

 president of the club, and Rust and 

 Cowperthwaite for the secretaryship. 

 It looks at this writing as if there 

 would be some warm allignments. 



James Griffin, one of the oldest and 

 most successful of our local florists, 

 is moving from Frankford to Torres- 

 dale. He has already a good range of 

 glass up on his new place and has 

 moved his orchid collection there at 

 this writing. For a "back number" 

 he seems to be progressing very 

 nicely. 



Dear Tom : I don't know how it will 

 affect you, but it made me kind o' goosy 

 to read on North Fortieth street the sign 

 of "Delnver J. Colflesh, Undertaker." 



We have some Colflesh boys in our 

 business — the sons of J. Wm. Col- 

 flesh, for many years treasurer of the 

 Florists' Club; but they are very live 

 boys, and in spite of their name, they 

 are not dead ones by any means. 



NEW YORK. 

 The Macniff Horticultural Company 

 had a very successful auction sale 

 last Tuesday. The demand for bulbs 

 was unexpectedly lively for so early a 

 date and palms brought very good 

 prices. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White- 

 marsh, Md., lectured before the 

 Ladies' Club at Lawrence, L. T., on 

 Thursday, Sept. 14. Mr. Vincent also 

 visited Oyster Bay in the interest of 

 the approaching Dahlia Show. 



Wm. J. Elliott, the veteran plant 

 auctioneer, promises something lively 

 and interesting for all who attend his 

 first reception for the fall season 

 which is scheduled to take place on 

 Tuesday, September 19. Bulbs and 

 foliage plants will be the attraction. 



Johnson & Millang, the up-town plant 

 auction house report that their initial 

 sale on Tuesday of this week exceed- 

 ed their expectations. The attendance 

 was mostly dealers and retail florists 

 and they developed a good appetite 

 for bulbs and decorative stock, ferns, 

 etc. 



WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Miss Nellie Brueninger, of Gude 

 Bros. Company, is spending her vaca- 

 tion on a ranch near Denver, Colo. 

 Miss Brueninger is one of the best 

 known women in the floral trade in 

 this section, as well as one of the 

 most popular. 



Gude Bros. Company has placed an 

 agency with Thomas J. Donovan, of 

 9 H street, N. W., who will take orders 

 for flowers and designs. This estab- 

 lishment is directly opposite the big 

 building of the Government Printing 

 Office, and good trade should result 

 from the placing of the agency. 



