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HORTICULTUEE 



October 21, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



A. Henderson Co. is now receiving 

 Dutcli bulbs. As the supply coming is 

 limited, only those who get their or- 

 ders in promptly will be sure of stock 

 which so far appears fine. 



The convention of the Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery was characterized by 

 one who was present, as a meeting for 

 business, which was conducted by 

 business men in a business-like man- 

 ner. This sound.s well for the retail 

 florists. 



The American Bulb Co. is pleased 

 with its beginning and orders are com- 

 ing in which keeps the hands busy. 

 Just now Lilium giganteum is moving 

 fast. A. Miller and S. Seligman are 

 both out after orders in the Middle 

 West this month. 



Wm. O'Carroll, head gardener' for 

 the University of Chicago, was given 

 publicity in the local papers last week. 

 He is credited with growing 4 lb. lem- 

 ons and asserting that a $2,000 green- 

 house would average $3,600 yearly it 

 planted to them. 



J. O. Pleischman had a special week- 

 end sale on Ophelia roses which he 

 advertised at $1..50 per doz. stems 24 

 to 30 inches. This is in line with the 

 suggestion that retail florists give 

 these sales instead of letting stock ac- 

 cumulate till the department stores 

 get it to sell for a song. 



Chrysanthemums, cyclamen and Pri- 

 mula obconica plants have appeared in 

 the market during the past week, and 

 though they are not yet at their best, 

 they lend a touch of color to what has 

 so far been a season of foliage plants. 

 All the stock is very late this year, at- 

 tributed by the growers to the fact 

 that the hot summer caused the plants 

 to make extra growth at the expense 

 of bud growth. 



A. B. Dick Estate and Arthur 

 Meeker both suffered loss by fire on 

 Oct. 16, full details of which have not 

 been learned at this writing. The su- 

 perintendent's office was damaged and 

 greenhouses containing valuable plants 

 are said to have been destroyed on the 

 A. B. Dick Estate, while the heaviest 

 loss at the Arthur Meeker place was 

 the damage to the stock house contain- 

 ing several car loads of seeds. Both 

 these places have contributed largely 

 to the success of Chicago's flower 

 shows and in every way helped to fos- 

 ter the love of the beautiful in Nature. 



Outing day for the Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery Convention was on 

 Thursday, Oct. 12, and was planned 

 to be a complete relaxation from the 

 business of the convention, but as on 

 a similar occasion at the convention 

 two weeks ago, a steady rain marred 

 the pleasure. Sixteen automobiles car- 

 ried those who cared to go as far as 

 the South Shore Country Club and 

 then over the boulevards to the West 

 Side parks, after which lunch was 

 served at the Bismark Gardens. The 

 driving was the worst possible, accord- 

 ing to John Michaelson, of E. C. Am- 

 ling's. The oil of the boulevards caught 

 the fallen leaves and cars slipped until 



many cars were injured and serious 

 accidents narrowly averted. 



At Zech & Mann's, where a large 

 shipping trade is carried on, were seen 

 some of the best chrysanthemums of 

 the season so far. Comoleta is the 

 queen of the yellows with its deep 

 golden color, stiff stem and good keep- 

 ing qualities and comes just as Golden 

 Glow leaves. Unaka has but one 

 recommendation as gromi in this vi- 

 cinity — it comes early for "pink." It 

 has a small flower and usually imper- 

 fect. The first Early Snow arrived 

 this week and are large full blooms of 

 clear white. Allie Zech has the opinion 

 that the practice of stripping too much 

 foliage from the stems of Chrysolora 

 while in the bench inclines that fine 

 variety to wilt when cut. The bare 

 stems become hard and are not able 

 to absorb water enough to preserve 

 the flowers, which lessens its value for 

 either local or shipping trade. When 

 foliage is left on the stems remain soft 

 and can absorb water and at this 

 point the stems should be cut and no 

 longer. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The date for the annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show at the Department of Agri- 

 culture is yet somewhat in doubt, but 

 the plants are coming along in fine 

 shape, and it may be that the show can 

 be held the first of November as last 

 year. 



The Washington Floral Company is 

 pushing the sale of novelty bowls and 

 flower holders. The bowls are three 

 or four inches in diameter. The hold- 

 ers are china "fish." These are sold 

 at 35 cents each and are proving very 

 popular. 



Gude Bros. Co. have on exhibition 

 a number of cotton plants in six-inch 

 pots, in full bloom and attracting the 

 attention of large numbers of school 

 children. They contemplate sending 

 half of them to the public schools for 

 educational purposes. 



Florists desiring to continue in busi- 

 ness after October 31, next, must 

 promptly renew their licenses, accord- 

 ing to a notice just issued by the as- 

 sessor of taxes, for on that date all 

 licenses covering florist businesses in 

 the District of Columbia will expire. 



CLEVELAND 



The Friedley Co. are bringing in 

 some very fine cyclamen in seven and 

 eight-inch pots. 



H. G. Evans has left the Gasser Co. 

 to take a position with Randolph & 

 McClements at Pittsburgh, Pa. 



The Gasser Co. are remodeling their 

 retail store. Carl Lee, designer for 

 the Gasser Co., is on the sick list. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. have 

 moved their entire plant from Eddy 

 road to Newton Falls, Ohio. They 

 expect to be operating in full blast 

 within a few weeks. Herbert Bate 

 will take up his residence at the lat- 

 ter place during the next thirty days. 



F. J. RlTZKNTHAUEB. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Dr. Otto Jennings, curator of the 

 Carnegie Institute museum herbarium, 

 and Mrs. Jennings have returned from 

 a five weeks' expedition in north- 

 western Ontario. 



Ralph H. Pinner is having a ten 

 days' business trip in northern Ohio. 

 Mr. Pinner has recently added How- 

 ard Andrews of Philadelphia to his 

 staff of landscape men for the A. W- 

 Smith Co. 



Berthold Frosch, for a number of 

 years connected with the Bureau of 

 Parks, has been engaged to look after 

 the landscape features of the Tuxedo 

 Land Company, comprising 2.000 acres 

 in the heart of the Sewickley Heights 

 district. 



Should weather conditions continue 

 favorable, John W. Jones expects to 

 open his chrysanthemum show at 

 Schenley Park, on the first Sunday of 

 November. Foreman James Moore of 

 the Phipps Conservatory in North 

 Park will probably inaugurate his ex- 

 hibition a week earlier, as will like- 

 wise Anthony A. Leach of "Green- 

 lawn." 



Andrew Forsyth, head gardener on 

 the John Daub's Homewood estate, has 

 gone to the employ of Joseph Trees, 

 of North Highland Ave. Fabbozzi Pis- 

 quale, who has been in charge of the 

 latter, has returned to his old posi- 

 tion on the estate of Michael L. Bene- 

 dum, succeeding Augustus William 

 Weber, who recently resigned. Mr. 

 Forsyth is the brother of Neil Forsyth, 

 superintendent of "Lyndhurst." the 

 old Thaw estate, now leased by J. J. 

 Fisher. After spending the past year 

 in Detroit on the estate of E. L. Ford, 

 Roderick Fraser has returned to his 

 old position as first assistant to David 

 Fraser on Henry Clay Frick's Home- 

 wood estate. 



The Horticultural Society of West- 

 ern Pennsylvania re-opened its ses- 

 sions for the season of 1910-17. and 

 will continue to meet at the Colonial- 

 Annes Hotel. While dahlias was the 

 scheduled subject, no formal program 

 was carried out, the various members 

 talking informally of the most satis- 

 factory growing methods adapted to 

 this climate. Mr. Adler, a grower on 

 the North Side, exhibited a number of 

 blooms. There was considerable talk 

 in regard to the coming June Show 

 under the auspices of the Garden Club 

 of Allegheny County in which the 

 Horticultural Society will co-operate 

 with the Florists' Club. The next ses- 

 sion of the organization will be de- 

 voted to an exhibition of chrysanthe- 

 mums and addresses on the culture 

 thereof. 



Raymond Lindsey of J. T. Conger's 

 Hartwell Floral Co., Cincinnati, 0., 

 was pretty badly injured on Jlonday, 

 October 9, when an auto he was driv- 

 ing collided with another auto. 



