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HOETICULTUEE 



October 14, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



The Women's Outdoor Art League 

 is mailing price lists of the bulbs for 

 fall planting to club women and others. 



Poehlmann Bros have an addition of 

 5,000 orchid plants to their stock, the 

 work of their collector in the Phil- 

 lippines. 



Geo. W. Kay, of the Kay-Dimond 

 Co., Youngstown, Ohio, arrived several 

 days in advance of the IHorists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery Convention, which he 

 is attending. 



Wm. Graham, manager of the 

 Fleischman Floral Co., is visiting his 

 daughter in N. Y. City after which 

 he will go to Philadelphia where his 

 son Hugh is to be married. 



Allie Zech received a telegram an- 

 nouncing the death of Andrew Bather 

 of Clinton, Iowa. He was one of the 

 most prominent men in the retail 

 trade in that city. Two sons and a 

 daughter are connected with the store. 



Duncan A. ' Robertson, who left 

 Chicago for his home city, Boston, 

 three years ago, is now back and is 

 manager of 0. Friedman's store on 

 Michigan Ave. Mr. Robertson has 

 made several changes in the store, all 

 of which mean greater efficiency in 

 handling their trade. 



PITTSBURGH. 



John H. Yeaton of Philadelphia has 

 entered upon his duties as bookkeeper 

 for G. P. Weaklin & Co. 



The Liberty Florists' shop has re- 

 cently been converted into a literal 

 autumn bower through the artistic ar- 

 rangement of quantities of golden rod 

 sumach and cat-tails. 



The Ernest C. Ludwigs have re- 

 opened their North Side home after 

 spendmg their summer on their farm. 

 Edward Earl Ludwig, the younger son 

 who graduated from the Agricultural 

 bchool at Cornell last June, remains 

 on the farm as superintendent. 



Bamboos formed a dominating note 

 in the decorations for the Pontefract- 

 Charnley wedding at Sewicklev 

 Heights, last Saturday, which were 

 furnished by Randolph & McClements. 

 there was a background of the bam- 

 boos in combination with crotons and 

 cibotiums, with a big bronze and 

 wicker vase of yellow chrysanthemums 

 on either side of the white satin prie 

 dieu, to which an aisle led. marked by 

 bronze-gold standards and blue rib- 

 bon. An orchestra in the hall was 

 screened with bamboo, which was 

 again used with discretion in the li- 

 brary, which was adorned with large 

 clusters of American Beauties Yel- 

 low orchids with yellow ribbon were 

 used for the bridal (buffet) table The 

 bridal bouquet was formed of lilies of 

 the valley and golden rosebuds, while 

 cattleyas were carried by the matron 

 of honor. A blue French basket of 

 golden roses and foroget-me-nots was 

 carried by the little flower girl 



BOSTON. 



Welch Bros. Co., have completed 

 their removal from 226 to 262 B. Dev- 

 onshire street and are rapidly getting 

 things into orderly ship-shape. 



Edward Welch of Welch's has re- 

 turned from a fourteen days' trip 

 through the Provinces. He has also 

 completed arrangements with some of 

 the best commercial growers through- 

 out New England for the handling of 

 their stock and judging from the 

 shipments of roses already received 

 the stock will be of the first quality. 



N. F. McCarthy of the Montrose 

 Greenhouses and James Gray, a Cam- 

 bridge man, have taken over the 

 greenhouse plant formerly of Charles 

 C. Ball, Inc., and will operate it as 

 the Wakefield Conservatories. Minot 

 H. Carter will be manager and his 

 flower store at 376 Main street will be 

 operated in connection with the enter- 

 prise. 



Supenisor of Administration Bur- 

 bank has made a report to Gov. Mc- 

 Call and the Council, recommending 

 that they grant the request of State 

 Forester Rane for an emergency ap- 

 propriation of $5000 to enable the 

 State to continue its work against 

 the spread of the white pine blister 

 rust. The supervisor says there is 

 danger of the ultimate destruction 

 of much, if not all, white pine in 

 Massachusetts. Continuing, he says 

 the appropriation of $5,000 would 

 make it possible for the State Board 

 of Agriculture to complete a survey 

 of the State, thus determining what 

 conditions now exist, and enable the 

 officials of the State nursery inspec- 

 tion service to combat small out 

 breaks of the disease. 



NEW YORK. 



Chas. H. Totty, John Young and W. 

 P. Craig left for Chicago via the 

 Penna Limited on Tuesday. After at- 

 tending the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery meeting in Chicago, they pro- 

 ceeded to St. Louis, where a meeting 

 of the National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee was called for Friday, the 13th. 



An interesting and very enthusias- 

 tic meeting of the International 

 Flower Show Committee was held on 

 Monday, October 9, at the Manhattan 

 Hotel, Chairman Havemeyei- presiding. 

 Committees were appointed to take up 

 the detail work of the show and all 

 auguries are for a huge success. Con- 

 tracts have been signed up with the 

 International Exposition Co. for three 

 years ahead, which is good evidence 

 of the confidence now established in 

 all quarters as to the future of th& 

 flower shows in New York. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Captain William H. Ernest has just 

 returned from an extended trip South 

 He attended the Odd Fellows' conven- 

 tion in Chattanooga, and visited 

 Chickamauga, Macon and other places 

 on a sightseeing trip. 



Growers in Anacostia and points in 

 Maryland report the loss of large 

 quantities of dahlias by a frost said 

 to have been the earliest in years to 

 visit this section. The change was 

 very sudden. Two days later, mid- 

 summer weather prevailed. 



Samuel Simmons, formerly in 

 charge of the Leiter Estate, has ac- 

 cepted the position of manager of the 

 business to be conducted by Mrs S P 

 Martin, of New York, at the Freeman 

 greenhouses. It is said that these 

 houses contain between 50,000 and 60 - 

 \ ^uf ' ^°^ S'^^s- The crops will 

 probably be marketed through one of 

 the local exchanges. 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



The Cleveland Plant and Flower Co. 

 have opened their spacious new store. 



The Cleveland Florists' Exchange 

 will put on a new delivery car this 

 week. 



Albert J. Hell, formerly with Jones- 

 Russell Co., has taken a position at 

 Kirchners as designer. 



The Jones-Russell Co. opened on 

 October 10 their submarine store 

 which is a basement addition to their 

 place where they display fancy bask- 

 ets and pottery. 



Last Thursday night about twenty 

 of the Cleveland florists attended a 

 Clam Bake at The Friedley Co.'s 

 plant. As a host Frank Friedlev out- 

 did even himself on this occasion. 



From a number of salesmen in town 

 one would think there was a florists' 

 supply house convention here. Among 

 those present are A. L. Miller, Jos 

 Marks, Martin Reukauf. George Hamp- 

 ton and Sam Seligman. 



In the near future Mrs. Ella Grant 

 Wilson will give flower talks to the 

 Mothers' and Garden Clubs of this 

 city. The subjects will be: "A Touch 

 of Refinement a Little Monev Will 

 Give the Home" and "What Ails My 



Plants." F. J. RiTZENTHALER. " 



PERSONAL. 



John Hourehan, gardener of Ip- 

 swich, Mass., and Miss Margaret 

 Crawford, of Milford, were married at 

 Milford on October 4. 



The marriage of Miss Jeannetta 

 Drysdale, of Philadelphia, to W. Atlee 

 Burpee, Jr., will be solemnized Wed- 

 nesday, November 1st, 1916, at Saint 

 .Tames' Church, Philadelphia. 



OBITUARY. 



Newark, N. Y.-Jackson & Perkins 

 Co. have purchased the D. P Smith 

 farm of 170 acres, located about three 

 fni^l,-,,'"'"" *^®''' ^^^■'^rk grounds, 

 ser'yltocr" '°"^ ^""^ ^^""«' -^ 



Andrew Bather. 

 The brief announcement in our 

 Chicago notes this week of the death 

 of Andrew Bather of Clinton, Iowa, is 

 the only information that has reached 

 us of the passing away of this well- 

 known and respected florist. 



