HORTICULTURE 



November 18, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Growers of American Beauties say 

 tlie buds of the Christmas stock are 

 starting nicely now. 



The students in the horticultural de- 

 partment of the University of Illinois, 

 have charge of the decorations of the 

 auditorium in which the Illinois Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs are holding 

 their annual meeting this week, in 

 Champaign. 



The American Bulb Co. has just re- 

 ceived two more cars of Japanese 

 lilies. Samuel Seligman of this firm 

 is back from a business trip and will 

 remain here till after the holidays, 

 looking after the sales of the large 

 stock of Christmas novelties they have 

 ready for the trade. 



A cold wave has reached here and 

 the thermometer registers but a few 

 degrees above zero, much to the dis- 

 may of the florists who are not ready 

 for winter. There are seven car loads 

 of azaleas in cars in the Chicago yards, 

 whose owners would much prefer to 

 have safely housed. 



lies Cole is in the city looking up 

 new stock and ideas for the holidays. 

 He reports business in Springfield 

 good. At the exhibit at the State 

 Association last week, Mr. Coie had 

 a fine collection of cyclamen, chrysan- 

 themums and carnations, which they 

 grow for their retail trade. 



The Floral Art and Novelty Display 

 given Sunday under the auspices of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club seems to 

 have made a good impression on the 

 writers for the city papers. Monday's 

 Herald includes in its write up, a pic- 

 ture of the little twin daughters, Mary 

 Louise and Margaret Virginia, of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Fred Lautenschlager, sitting 

 in the big basket of flowers on the 

 baby table. The Tribune was even 

 more liberal with its praises of the 

 show and gave a picture of Susanne 

 Leslie, wearing one of the ankle bou- 

 quets. Miss Edna Fi'auenfelder. daugh- 

 ter of the big west side florist, also 

 received commendation from the city 

 press and well she deserved it. For 

 the generous amount of space given to 

 the display, those who stood back of 

 the affair feel very appreciative of the 

 help the local papers have been to 

 them. 



Among those who represented Chi- 

 cago at the State Florists' jissocia- 

 tion at Eloomington, last week was 

 A. Kohlbrandt of the E. C. Ambley 

 Co. He described the exhibit as very 

 good indeed and the attendance and 

 interest in the meetings most encour- 

 aging. The exhibitors included grow- 

 ers from all over the state as well 

 as Hill & Co.. from Richmond, Ind.. 

 Crown Point Floral Co., Crown 

 Point. Ind. and Robt. Craig Co., 

 Phila. They were entertained at A. 

 Washburn's. Edwardsville. 111., by a 

 luncheon and with an auto drive by 

 the Commercial Club of Blooinington. 

 A special feature of the meeting was 

 the exhibit made by the school chil- 



dren of chrysanthemum plants which 

 they have grown themselves and for 

 the best of which a prize of $.50 had 

 been offered. Among the Chicago ex- 

 hibits was a large bed of palms and 

 decorative plants by Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Dr. Walter Van Fleet has gone to 

 Boston, New York and points in New 

 Jersey to secure rare rose species. 



Prof. F. L. Mulford has been spend- 

 ing considerable time in Norfolk and 

 other Virginia cities studying chrysan- 

 themums and ornamental plants. 



Carpenters are again at work on the 

 store of Marche & Co. A lease was 

 consummated by Mr. Marche whereby 

 he secures possession of the entire 

 building in which the store is located. 



The many friends of M. J. McCabe, 

 of Good Hope, D. C, are welcoming 

 him back after an absence of several 

 weeks with relatives in New York en- 

 deavoring to overcome a nervous 

 breakdown. 



Southwick C. Briggs has sold his en- 

 tire orchid collection consisting of in 

 the neighborhood of 12.000 very valu- 

 able plants. It is expected that all of 

 tlie stock will have been moved by 

 December 25, after which time local 

 florists must look to out-of-town 

 sources for their orchid supply as none 

 will be grown in this city hereafter. 



William F. Gude was among the vis- 

 itors at the Philadelphia and Lancas- 

 ter, Pa., flower shows last week. He 

 considers these to have been the best 

 exhibitions that be has seen for some 

 time. He declared, however, that the 

 retailers of these sections were over- 

 looking a big bet in failing to take ad- 

 vantage of the activities of the grow- 

 ers in making exhibitions advertising 

 themselves at the same time. 



The colored chauffeur employed by 

 the Leo Niesson Co. had a very nar- 

 row escape from death last week when 

 a touring car hit the delivery wagon 

 which he was driving. His car turned 

 a somersault and was thrown fourteen 

 leet. The chauffeur emerged from the 

 wreck badly scared but holding aloft 

 an order of American Beauty roses 

 which he had protected during the ac- 

 robatic proceedings of the machine. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



In our notes last week on the Phila- 

 delphia show, hurried proof reading 

 was responsible for the word "cycla- 

 men" appearing instead of chrysanthe- 

 mums in reference to Mr. Seybold's ex- 

 hibit. 



The flower show wound up on Fri- 

 day night with a good attendance and, 

 all things considered, it was a very 

 creditable exhibition. About the only 

 thing not already reported on was the 

 vegetable display staged on Thursday. 

 This was unusually high grade and 

 well staged — showing that even the 

 vegetable growers are slowly begin- 

 ning to realize that it is possible to 

 put a little of the artistic touch into 

 even their prosaic product. 



NEW YORK. 



L. A. Noe has gone away for a peri- 

 od of two weeks. 



Angelo Dentale has opened a cut 

 flower wholesale office at 41 West 28th 

 street. 



Wm. H. Long, of Columbus avenue, 

 is in the hospital after undergoing two 

 serious surgical operations. 



The 'Wliolesalers' Protective Asso- 

 ciation will have a banquet at the 

 Hotel Breslin on Saturday night, No- 

 vember 18. 



W. L. Trumpore has resumed his 

 old position as buyer for J. H. Small 

 & Sons, leaving his son in charge of 

 his Staten Island store. 



H. M. Robinson Co. are adding a de- 

 partment of florists supplies, sago 

 palm leaves, etc., to their cut flower 

 establishment in the Coogan Building. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. have made ex- 

 tensive improvements in the arrange- 

 ments of their various offices and de- 

 partments in their Barclay street 

 building. 



In all the wholesale flower establish- 

 ments holding membership in the Pro- 

 tective Association a notice is display- 

 ed announcing that from November 15 

 a deposit is required on all boxes, 

 which will be refunded on return of 

 the empties. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Park Department, Borough 

 of Queens, opened last Saturday in 

 greenhouses in Forest Park, Myrtle 

 and Woodhaven avenues, Glendale. 

 Nearly one hundred varieties are 

 shown, some of them grown in soil 

 brought from Japan. The exhibition 

 will be open nights until 10 o'clock. 



BOSTON. 



Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welch are in 

 New York and Washington this week, 

 celebrating their 25th wedding anni- 

 versary. 



Frank J. Dolansky has donated a 

 huge silver cup as a trophy to promote 

 keen competition in the annual grid- 

 iron clashes between English and 

 Classical High schools of Lynn, Mass. 



Penn, the Florist, are holding their 

 annual fall flower show commencing 

 Thursday morning, to continue three 

 days. The judges include William 

 Nicholson, James Wheeler, W. N. 

 Craig and Robert Cameron. Cash 

 prizes will be awarded. 



A. E. Kunderd, of Goshen, Ind., 

 who has been visiting gladiolus grow- 

 ers in and about Boston, the past 

 week, states that despite the weather 

 conditions which existed during the 

 spring season, his gladiolus bulbs came 

 through all right and he has harvested 

 one of the best crops in recent years. 



