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HOETICULTUKE 



September 30, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Joe Bieber is again to be found at 

 A. Lange's, where business is always 

 good. 



E H Mohr lias transferred his 

 energies to the wholesale end of the 

 work again and is now with the A. i. 

 Pyfer Co. 



The frost recorded in the Chicago 

 notes a week ago proved even inore 

 severe than was thought at the time 

 Practicallv everv outdoor flower that 

 is generallv sold in the market is cut 

 off and the spaces in the wholesale 

 stores usually filled with asters, 

 dahlias and gladioli are bare, further 

 increasing the forlorn appearance ot 

 the wholesale houses. 



The fall openings of the large de- 

 partment stores call for a large quan- 

 tity of artificial fiowers. The recent 

 discussion of the effect of the fiower 

 sales at these stores set many think- 

 ing, and did much good in conse- 

 quence, but the effect of the regular 

 sales of artifliial plants, flowers, etc., 

 has not been given the. thought its 

 importance would seem to warrant. A 

 plant is made up, a basket filled or 

 a bouquet made while you wait and 

 verv closely has nature been copied. 

 The prices are higher often than for 

 the natural, but they last all winter. 

 And the remarkable feature Is that 

 these things were introduced and 

 pushed by florists in the trade. 



Some large growers of plants for 

 winter blooming have placed trial 

 orders for azaleas with The Cottage 

 Gardens in California. The initial 

 price is high and the transportation 

 is expected to equal that of the for- 

 eign product, but the absence of the 

 duty will cut cost some and the ele- 

 ment ot uncertainty of delivery will 

 be eliminated. The question ot forc- 

 ing them can only be solved by trial. 

 The growers here state that so far as 

 the foreign azaleas are concerned 

 their delay in transit since the war 

 has caused so much loss there was 

 no money in them, and the doubt as 

 'to getting them at all this year, while 

 it is only a little greater than last, 

 is a very trying feature which they 

 would gladly dispense with if home- 

 grown stock is a success. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



At the next meeting of The Flor- 

 ists' Club, Tuesday, October 3, an- 

 nouncements will be made of the 

 various matters that are to be taken 

 up when the season opens. This will 

 include the program of the Club's 

 bowling team. 



Two sweet-pea houses are being 

 built in Alexandria, Va., for David J. 

 Grillbortzer, one of which is 35 feet 

 by 60 feet, the other being 35 feet by 

 125 feet. This is a new proposition 

 with Mr. Grillbortzer and is in line 

 with his plans for branching out. He 

 Is a large producer of roses and car- 

 nations. 



The florists of Washington have 

 been warned to be on the lookout for 

 a smooth stranger whose "sister has 



just died." Unfortunately, this warn- 

 ing difl not come soon enough to pre- 

 vent Fred H. Kramer from being 

 "Stung" for $2. The man visited his 

 store and after ordering a ?3 floral 

 piece to be sent to "Sister" tendered 

 in payment a check for $5. The gen- 

 tleman, however, was not known at 

 the bank. 



A number of flower shows are being 

 arranged in several of the nearby 

 towns and included among these are 

 the exhibition of the Takoma Park 

 Horticulture Club at Takoma Park, 

 October 2-3, where dahlias and roses 

 will be on display. The sixth annual 

 flower show in Hyattesville will be 

 held October 5-6. The show at Falls 

 Church will be held on October 6-7. 

 The committee has provided ribbons 

 only for awards to successful exhibit- 

 ors, but there are a large number of 

 cups and other special prizes donated 

 by merchants and seedsmen. 



The Leo Niessen Company, is about 

 to open their new store at 1206 H 

 street, Northwest. Here they have 

 the most attractive floral establish- 

 ment in the city, and fltted out with 

 the most modern equipment. They 

 have gotten away from the old ice box 

 idea and have put in a refrigerator 

 plant. The box is 15 feet by 20 leet 

 and is located in the centre of the 

 store; in the basement below, is a 

 three-ton Baker ice machine and 

 motor for operating it. Additional 

 storage is afforded by a large vault, 

 which is equipped with tables and 

 can be used, especially during the cool 

 weather, for caring for many flowers 

 that do not necessarily have to be put 

 in the box. 



NEW YORK. 



Johnson & Millang report a good 

 start already in their newly estab- 

 lished seed business. 



Allan Wickes now has charge of the 

 orchid department of Beechwood 

 Heights Nurseries at Bound Brook, 

 N. J. 



Frank Millang has returned home to 

 Forest Hills after a year's sojourn on 

 his farm at Yorktown Heights and is 

 the picture of good health. 



F. C. Suchy and Mrs. Suchy of San 

 Antonio, Texas, who have been visit- 

 ing here left on the steamer for Gal- 

 veston on Wednesday, Sept. 27. 



Frank McMahon of Seabright and 

 Dean & Co. of Little Silver, N. J., 

 whose extensive greenhouses have 

 heretofore been devoted to roses, 

 have changed over for this year to 

 chrysanthemums and carnations. 



The Holland-America line freight 

 steamship Amsteldyk arrived on Sep- 

 tember 25 from Rotterdam, via Kirk- 

 wall, with a cargo of 14,000 boxes of 

 bulbs. The ship, according to her of- 

 ficers, was detained seven days at 

 Kirkwall by the British port author- 

 ities. 



Marriage Intentions have been filed 

 by Paul F. Brigham, florist, Westboro 

 Mass., and Helen T. Adams, Waverley,' 

 Mass. 



BOSTON. 



iliss May Small of H. M. Robinson's 

 bookkeeping staff is taking a belated 

 A'acation at Bellow's Falls, Vt. 



B. A. Snyder and the New England 

 Supply Co. are two new teams that 

 have joined the Florists' Bowling 

 League. Guess we've got everyone 

 now. 



September seems to be a great 

 month for weddings if the figures 

 compiled for last Saturday's showing 

 are worth anything. Eight Boston 

 florists had a grand total of 92 

 nuptial decorations and this rush has 

 a very beneficial result on the market 

 and wholesale business. 



The reappointment ot Robert S. 

 Peabody, the landscape architect,' to 

 the Board of Park Commissioners, is 

 announced by Mayor Curley. Mr. 

 Peabody fills the vacancy left by the 

 resignation of Charles Gibson. The 

 other members of the Board are Chair- 

 man John H. Dillon and Thomas F. 

 Galvin. 



Many of Boston's most prominent 

 florists are to be called to the witness 

 stand in the Roper trial which is now 

 going on. Young Mr. Comley of Park 

 street was mentioned as one of the 

 ■chief witnesses by a Boston news- 

 paper, and Henry Cicolo of J. Zinn's 

 is another who claims to be able to 

 throw light on the subject. Cicolo, by 

 the way, is a probable witness in the 

 di Cola murder case, also. 



Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker Wilder 

 celebrated on Saturday evening. Sept. 

 23, the twenty-fifth anniversary ot 

 their marriage, at their home, at 90 

 Columbia road, on the ancestrial es- 

 tate of Mr. Wilder's father, the late 

 Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. Mr. Wilder 

 is chairman of the fruit committee of 

 the Mass. Horticultural Society and 

 delegate to the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



MICHELL'S FLOWER SHOW 



This annual event took place on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of 

 this week at 518 Market St., Philadel- 

 phia. Prizes were offered for com- 

 petition in twenty-seven classes in 

 nearly all of which keen rivalry was 

 shown by the private gardeners of 

 this locality. The display of dahlias 

 was especially fine, the chief prize 

 winners on these being Wm. Robert- 

 son, Joseph Fox and R. J. Morrow. 

 Several groups ot annual flowers were 

 shown and proved a great attraction. 

 It was a close race between Wm. 

 Robertson and David Aiken for the 

 two prizes offered. The same applies 

 to the groups of fifteen varieties of 

 perennial flowers. There was only a 

 fair showing of H. T. roses, hardy 

 phlox and delphiniums, the season 

 not being just right for these at pres- 

 ent. The vegetable display was the 

 best ever — not only for quantity, but 

 the quality was distinctly better than 

 in previous years. Among the star 

 prize ■ winners in this section were 

 John Little, R. J. Morrow, David 

 Aiken, James Coleman, Wm. Robert- 

 son, Peter McConville, George W. 

 Quicksell, and John Dwyer. The 

 judges were Paul Huebner, George 0. 

 Watson and Thos. W. Logan. 



