HORTICULTURE 



November 11, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



A E Hunt, well-known grower of 

 Evanston, is opening a retail store in 

 that suburban town. 



Miss L A. Tonner is in Baconton. 

 Ga.. where she and her two sisters 

 each have pecan groves. 



Paul Manzie, of Wilmette, had the 

 misfortune to lose a part of his place 

 by fire on Oct. 30. Loss $800. 



F W. Matthiesson, of LaSalle. 111., 

 has purchased valuable lake property 

 Qt Ocononiowoc, Wis. Simmons & Co., 

 of Chicago, landscape architects, will 

 have charge of the grounds. 



A dense fog last Sunday morning 

 caused several accidents. Among 

 those who lost their lives were two 

 north shore gardeners. John Andrews 

 and Wm. Swanson, of Glenview. 



In order to stimulate a more lively 

 public interest in the carrying out of 

 the plan for the City Beautiful the il- 

 lustrated lecture has been named "The 

 Tale of One City." a bright idea and 

 one that bids fair to succeed. 



The Chicago P""lorists' Club will hold 

 its regular meeting this month on 

 Thursday, Nov. 16, instead of Nov. 9, 

 on account of the State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation. The nomination of officers 

 will take place at this meeting. 



The new departure in giving a flower 

 show in which several new features 

 are combined, is calling forth a diver- 

 sity of opinions. On the whole it is 

 regarded with favor. Attendance by 

 invitation, the ball room ot a large 

 hotel, and a distinct aim at the artis- 

 tic arrangement rather than the per- 

 fection of the individual flower or 

 plant, puts this show in a new class. 



Paul Klingsporn, manager of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 is one of many to voice the sentiment 

 of a better education for the flower 

 buying public, so they will know the 

 difference between the fresh flowers 

 that are worth the money, and the 

 kind of stock sold at the department 

 and ten cent stores. But the knowl- 

 edge might be used to advantage when 

 buying in the flower stores also! 



The committee composed of J. 'Wie- 

 tor, George Asums and Thos. Head 

 ■ met at vv'ietor Bros.' wholesale house, 

 Nov. 4, and passed upon the pompon 

 Jas. Hamilton Lewis sent by Peter 

 Reinberg. It is a very pretty yellow 

 with narrow rim of pink and the 

 flower is full and round. E. G. Hill 

 sent in a large pure white chrysanthe- 

 mum called Snowbank, but it was so 

 injured in transit as to be worthless. 



The work of educating the public 

 in the use ot flowers is being helped 

 along by some of the women's clubs, 

 which have programs devoted to floral 

 topics. The "Ridge" is a street upon 

 which are located many large green- 

 house establishments, and the Ridge 

 Woman's Club has a floricultural de- 

 partment which had Miss Lena Mc- 

 Cauley for its speaker on Wednesday 

 last, subject, "Historic Gardens." Miss 

 McCauley is secretary of the Horticul- 

 tural Society ot Chicago. 



NEW YORK. 

 H. W. Thomas, of the D. C. Arnold 

 Co., has returned to his post with 

 health much improved. 



Ladies' Night at the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club Monday evening, November 

 13. See notice elsewhere. 



As we go to press the American In- 

 stitute Chrysanthemum Show is near 

 its closing and the exhibition ot the 

 Horticultural Society of New York is 

 opening. 



Mercantile properties in the Fifth 

 avenue zone, above Forty-second street, 

 valued at $1,000,000, have been trans- 

 ferred to the Oceanic Investing Com- 

 pany of this city. One is the six-story 

 building at Fifth avenue and Forty- 

 sixth street, wliich is under a twenty 

 one year lease to Thomas F. Galvin 

 Co.. of Boston and New York. 



The management of the Interna 

 tional Flower Show has offered a prize 

 of $100 for the best poster depicting 

 the attractions offered at the show, to 

 be held March 15 to 22, 1917, at the 

 Grand Central Palace. Mrs. Edna 

 Woolman Chase, editor ot "Vogue"; 

 Theodore A. Havemeyer, of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York; John 

 Young, of the New York Florists' Club, 

 and R. G. Hollaman, president of 

 tlie International Exposition Company, 

 will act as judges. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The flower shop in the Arcade build- 

 ing has been purchased by C. E. Jen- 

 kins, who has for the past two years 

 been managing the business for C. E. 

 Brooks. 



Experiments with curcurbita and 

 waterlily diseases are being conducted 

 in New York and Greenpoint, N. Y., 

 by Frederick V. Rand, of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. 



Ben. Diedrich had a narrow escape 

 from serious injury last week when 

 he drove his automobile delivery 

 wagon into a horse-drawn vehicle, 

 running afoul of two large railroad 

 ties which protruded from the sides 

 of the latter. The automobile was 

 badly damaged. 



C. E. Brooks is now located in his 

 new quarters at 1527 Fourteenth 

 street, N. W'., a store vastly superior 

 to the former one. The icebox and 

 wrapping counter are located in the 

 center of the store, dividing the space 

 so as to provide a workroom in the 

 rear. Mr. Brooks is very well pleased, 



ST. LOUIS. 



Grimm & Gorly had the decorations 

 at the Busch wedding. The flowers 

 were very costly, including orchids, 

 lily ot the valley and Beauties. 



Shaw's Garden has opened its an- 

 nual chrysanthemum show to the pub- 

 lic. An endless variety of the finest 

 greets the visitor. The special sensa- 

 tion is the Wm. Turner, white, 

 blooms measuring 12 inches. The 

 show will continue all month. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Both the Ludwig Floral Co. and the 

 E. C. Ludwig Co. had handsome floats 

 in the parade for the Pittsburgh 

 charter centennial. 



Albert F. Vick of the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co. has returned from Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., where he was called owing 

 to the serious illness of his father, 

 Frederick W. Vick, the veteran florist. 

 At the time of writing Mr. Vick is 

 slightly improved. 



DURING RECESS. 



N. Y, & N. J. Plant Growers' Outing. 



The second inspection outing of the 

 N. Y. & N. J. Plant Growers took in 

 the Long Island district. A. L. Jliller 

 was manager of the exercises, and 

 that settles its quality. Among the 

 places visited were W. H. Siebrecht, 

 T. W. Langan, Philip Haas, Anton 

 Schultheis, Louis Dupuy, J. M. Keller, 

 Dreyer Bros., Knight & Struck, A. L. 

 .Miller, John Scott, Peter Wagner, 

 Louis Schinutz, Jr., Chas. Koch, Louis 

 Schmutz, Sr., and Alfred Zeller. 

 Among the participants from New Jer- 

 sey and New York City were J. H. 

 Fiesser. Julius Roehrs. C. Madsen, H. 

 C. Steinhoff, J. Austin Shaw, Chas. 

 Schwake, R. J. Irwin, Chas. Loechner, 

 H. Baumann, Jos. Baumann, Paul 

 Fischer and John Burnie. The ma- 

 jority made speeches at the "sympo- 

 sium." 



Boston Florists' Bowling Leagu 



Scores recorded November 2, 1 



FLORIST— ARCH STREET. 



Iti.liins.m 404 401 413 



I'l-icn 4:i(i 397 4.37 



'iMivlli 410 4,^ 436 



W:iliaii 31.5 441 44B 



Kliiwer Ex 445 418 425 



M. & M 4.57 4.32 4.50 



Flii\vi>r 404 400 412 



SnyiiiM- 420 3Si) .307 



N. E :!lil .380 412 



r:irli<>iii' 409 435 4.31 



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916: 



1218 

 1370 

 i:'.94 

 1402 

 1388 

 13.39 

 1216 

 1200 

 1183 

 1275 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that as 

 no objection has been filed, the follow- 

 ing registration becomes complete. 



Rose Mrs. Sarah Yeats, by J. E. 

 Yeats, Champaign, Illinois. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



October 28, 1916. 



CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 



H, Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa.— Polder tor Fall Season of 1916. 

 Here is a publication which will be 

 perused with intense interest by every 

 florist into whose hands it may come. 

 There are twelve large pages of illus- 

 trations of standard florists' supplies 

 in every useful class, new and attrac- 

 tive designs in plant and flower bas- 

 kets and other receptacles which 

 every up-to-the-minute florist should 

 have in stock for the approaching de- 

 mand. Pictures and prices aie attrac- 

 tively printed in green ink 



