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H K T I C TJ L T U E E 



September 23, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



The first meeting of the creditors 

 of David D. Johnson, bankrupt, will 

 be held at 53 West Jackson Boulevard, 

 Chicago, on September 26. 



Dahlias have been about a halt crop 

 this fall, just when they would have 

 sold, as one wholesaler stated this 

 week. There are others who count the 

 cut as much less. 



The question heard most often in 

 the market these days is "Have you 

 any Russell roses." Allle Ze-ch says 

 this is the result of the stock being 

 reduced one-half and the demand 

 doubled. 



J. Michaelson. of E. C. Amling Co., 

 has just returned from the East where 

 his special mission was to see the 

 violet situation. He expects shipping 

 to Chicago will be in full swing about 

 the second week in October. 



P. M. Koster of Koster & Co., Bos- 

 Koop, Holland, has many interesting 

 things to tell of conditions in his 

 country at this time. Among other 

 things he says it takes twice as long 

 to reach this country as formerly. 



Albert Cole backs up his contention 

 that florists take their vacations too 

 early, by citing the present season, 

 when florists have little to do on ac- 

 count of light cuts of all kinds of 

 stock and earlier in the summer when 

 there was need of all the help to care 

 for the trade. Paul Klingsporn, mana- 

 ger of the Chicago Flower Growers' 

 Association takes his vacation last. 



Retail florists are reporting the fall 

 weddings as quite a feature in the 

 opening of the season. It the quantity 

 of flowers used at these events is 

 limited by the higher prices, it causes 

 the retailer no disappointment. With 

 lily of the valley at five and six dol- 

 lars a few less will answer in the 

 bride's bouquet One wholesaler sug- 

 gests swainsona again while lily of 

 the valley is scarce. 



A light frost visited Chicago and 

 vicinity on the night of Friday, Sept. 

 15, when the wind was from the 

 north. Considerable anxiety was felt 

 by florists and plantsmen and work of 

 covering up lasted well into the night. 

 The damage was most in low places. 

 Saturday night a south wind raised 

 the temperature 15 degrees and danger 

 was thought to be over when it veered 

 again to the northwest and a severe 

 frost occurred Sunday night. Reports 

 from growers who ship their stock 

 into this market tend to show that 

 little outdoor stuff remains. Tempera- 

 ture was recorded as low as 26 de- 

 grees. 



The Wm. J. Smyth store at Michigan 

 avenue and 31st street is now free from 

 the workmen who have had things 

 their way since the last of June. 

 With the renewal of the lease for five 

 Shears at an advanced rental, the 

 changes in the store were a considera- 

 tion. The outer walls were removed 

 and plate glass substituted, affording 

 a most sightly display of all the at- 

 tractive novelties in plants, vases 

 from a tiny one to those 7 ft. tall, 



accessories of every description and 

 the novel colored wares now so popu- 

 lar for holding flowers. On Michigan 

 avenue- there is a 75 ft. unbroken 

 stretch of glass and on 31st street 35 

 ft<, with entrances at corner and at 

 each extremity. The immense 75 ft. 

 awning on the south is raised and 

 lowered by a device easily handled by 

 one man. The attractiveness of the 

 interior is greatly enhanced by the 

 windows which are 12 ft. high. The 

 decorations are in white. Mr. Smyth 

 has been in the retail flower business 

 in Chicago many years and is known 

 for his good taste as well as liusiness 

 ability and his improvements of the 

 store have been watched with much 

 interest. 



WASHINGTON. 



J. J. Pickings, recently a victim of a 

 bad accident, is now at his home bin 

 unable as yet to do active work. Mr. 

 Bickings' wagon was struck by a car, 

 throwing him out and into the wheels 

 of another wagon. 



William, Adolph and Ernest Gude. 

 accompanied by George W. Hess, Ed- 

 ward S. Schmid and Justice Gould, 

 last week rhotored to White Marsh, 

 Md., where they were the guests of 

 Richard Vincent, Jr. 



William Marche is receiving con- 

 gratulations upon the attractiveness of 

 his remodelled store. The florist has 

 made the best of use of every inch of 

 space, as he puts it, and he is to be 

 commended upon the fine showing he 

 now makes. 



A number of the florists are practic- 

 ing several nights each week as mem- 

 bers of the Florists' Club bowling 

 team. Those who will probably play 

 with the team are George C. and 

 Arthur Shaffer, Otto Schoeps, Edward 

 Niedomanski, Milton Redman and 

 George Gouldman. 



A big showing of flowers, fmits and 

 vegetables is expected tor the Brook- 

 land Brotherhood show, October 3 and 

 4. David Oertly and Seabury G. Quinn 

 are chairman and secretary, respec- 

 tively, of the show committee. The 

 Judging committees will be composed 

 of men from the Department, the 

 Maryland Agricultural College, and it 

 is expected that local florists will also 

 be invited. 



CINCINNATI 



W. R. Murphy returned last Satur- 

 day from his out-of-town business trip. 



W. A. Whitteher, of the J. M. Mc- 

 Cullough's Sons Co., left last week on 

 an extended business trip. 



Mr. Chisholm, formerly with Berter- 

 mann Bros., Indianapolis, is now with 

 the E. H. Hill Floral Co. store in this 

 city, taking the place of Mr. Koob. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



M. Rice & Co. will move shortly to 

 their new location at 1220 Spring Gar- 

 den street. 



The Joseph Heacock Co. have re- 

 opened their store on Ranstead, near 

 16th street. 



NEW YORK, 



Frank H, Traendly and family have 

 returned to Brooklyn from Rowayton, 

 Conn., where they have be"en .summer- 

 ing. 



The fall meeting of the directors of 

 the Cut Flower Exchange will be neld 

 at Queensboro Plaza, L. I. City on 

 Saturday afternoon, October 7. 



T. A. Havemeyer has returned to 

 town and flower show business should 

 "hum" from now on. Mr. Havemeyer 

 this year is chairman of the Flower 

 Show committee. 



C. H. Totty started on Wednesday 

 on an automobile trip up the Hudson 

 visiting his many customers among 

 the private estates, etc. He will be 

 gone about a week. 



J. A. Peterson and wife of Cincin- 

 nati, C, passed through the city in 

 their touring car last Friday on busi- 

 ness and pleasure combined, register- 

 ing 1200 miles since they started out. 



The enormous amount of bulbs com- 

 ing in from Holland has so congested 

 the local mediums of disposal that the 

 MacNiff Horticultural Company have 

 had to change the hour for their sales 

 from 11 to 10 A. M. 



W. C. Van Name, manufacturer of 

 florists' letters, etc., in Brooklyn, had 

 the misfortune to lose his left eye, 

 having been struck by a block from a 

 circular saw running at 5.000 revolu- 

 tions per minute. He has been four 

 weeks in the hospital. The lens has 

 been removed, but the eye is still in 

 bad shape and probably will be for 

 some time. 



Attention is called to the Fifth An- 

 nual Public Exhibition of Living 

 Aquarium Fish to be held in the 

 Brooklyn Museum of the Brooklyn In- 

 stitute of Arts and Sciences, Eastern 

 Parkway and Washington avenue, 

 Brooklyn, on September 21, 7.30 to 

 9.45 P. M.; September 22-23, 9 A. M. 

 to 6 P. M.; September 24, 2 to 6 P. M. 

 Chas. Tricker, manager of William 

 Tricker, water lily specialist, will 

 make an elaborate display of aquatic 

 plants. 



BOSTON. 



The Florists Bowling Association 

 will have a 10-team league this coming 

 season and will begin their season 

 Oct. 19 at the Arch street alleys. 



M. H. Norton made his first trip to 

 the business district on Wednesday 

 of this week, after his long illness. 

 He looked fine and received joyful 

 congratulations on his recovery. 



Thomas Roland has gone heavily 

 into ericas this season and has an un- 

 precedentedly fine stock of the licauti- 

 ful King Edward, cupressina and oth- 

 er choice varieties in addition to the 

 great holiday standby melanthera. 



James F. M. Farquhar and Mrs. 

 Farquhar have gone to spend the 

 winter in Mandeville, Florida, sailing 

 from New York on the Sixiola of the 

 United Fruit Company's fleet. It is 

 hoped that the tropical air will great- 

 ly improve Mr. Parquhar's health. 



