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HOKTICULTUBE 



July 6, 1912 



and the matter was finally left in the 

 hands of a special committee. 



Before the adjournment of the meet- 

 ings resolutions were passed acknowl- 

 edging the obligation of the Society to 

 Cornell University, and particularly to 

 Prof. Beal, who had contributed large- 

 ly to the success of the exhibition and 

 meetings. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Wedding Bells. 



S. A. F. CONVENTION SPORTS. 



The prize list for coming sporting 

 events to be held in connection with 

 the convention at Chicago in August 

 is now being made. Will anyone will- 

 ing to donate a prize, kindly let us 

 know. We would like to make this 

 the biggest and best bowling, shooting 

 and outing ever held in connection 

 with the annual meeting of the S. 

 A. P. and O. H. 



Yours for prizes, 

 C. J. GRAHAM. 

 Chairman Sports Com, S. A. P. & O. H. 



12349 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Ohio. 



CHICAGO'S BALMY CLIMATE. 



Chicago is known far and wide as 

 an all-the-year-round resort, mild in 

 winter and cool during the summer 

 months. The expansive waters of 

 Lake Michigan render the temperature 

 enjoyable at all times, and the pecu- 

 liar ozone is rejuvenating as well as 

 bracing, making the old young again 

 and the youthful irresistible. There 

 is a tradition, which can be substan- 

 tiated only by the mermaids of the 

 Chicago river, of one very hot day in 

 Chicago, viz., July 4, 1776, and the de- 

 scendants of those who survived that 

 day are not to be found hereabouts, 

 80 that it will be impossible to verify 

 this statement when you come here 

 next August to the convention. It will 

 be easy, however, to prove the accu- 

 racy of the appended figures giving 

 the normal August temperature of Chi- 

 cago and other leading cities supplied 

 by the United States Weather Bureau, 

 Washington, D. C, as follows: 



Chicago, 71.2; New York, 72.2; Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., 72.5; Philadelphia, Pa., 

 73.8; Washington, D. C, 74.5; Balti- 

 more, Md., 74.7; Cincinnati, O., 75.5; 

 St. Louis, Mo., 77.2. 



MICHAEL BARKER, Chairman. 



Press and Advertising Committee. 



Might as well add Boston as one of the 

 "other leading oltlps." normal August 

 temperature. 68.9.-=-Ed. 



The summer meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners will be held at 

 Horticultural Hall. Boston, Mass.. on 

 Saturday afternoon. July 13th, 1912. 

 Notice of the hour of the meeting will 

 be posted in the hall during the fore- 

 noon of that day. William Sim. presi- 

 dent of the National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety of America, has extended an in- 

 vitation to all members of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners to at- 

 tend the Sweet Pea Exhibition, which 

 will occur on the same day and to 

 participate in the general program 

 that is being arranged for the mem- 

 bers of the Sweet Pea Society. Pres- 

 ent indications are that a large at- 

 tendance of National Association 

 members will be on hand, many of 

 them as competitors for the liberal 

 prizes which are being offered by the 

 Sweet Pea Society at their annual ex- 

 hibition. 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary. 



A wedding in the Bassett-Washburn 

 family is getting to be an annual 

 event. This time it is C. L. Wash- 

 burn, last year it was O. P. Bassett 

 and two years ago it was C. B. Wash- 

 burn, thus representing three genera- 

 tions of florists in three years. Chas. 

 L. Washburn and Helen Van Aken 

 were married June 29 at the home of 

 the bride's parents in Hinsdale, 111., 

 only relatives and immediate friends 

 being present. The house was beauti- 

 fully decorated with American Beauty 

 and Mrs. Ward roses by Samuelson, 

 and the bride's bouquet was lily of the 

 valley and white orchids. The bride 

 was attended by Miss Louise Wash- 

 burn, sister of the groom, and B. B. 

 Washburn, son of the groom, was best 

 man. The happy couple left for a trip 

 round the lakes in the Northland and 

 will be gone about three weeks. C. 

 L. Washburn is one of Chicago's best 

 known and highly respected wholesal- 

 ers and though he stole a march on 

 his friends they will nevertheless give 

 him hearty congratulations. 



Trade Notes. 



July 1st, all the wholesale stores be- 

 gan their summer schedule, opening 

 at 7.15 and closing at 5. 



Practically everything now in bloom- 

 ing plants is out of the market and the 

 Boston fern family reign supreme as 

 store and window plants. 



The bowlers and baseball enthusi- 

 asts are not letting the moments slip 

 away and if Chicago does not do her- 

 self credit at Convention time it will 

 not be for lack of practice. All the 

 various committees are hard at work 

 and everything is moving in a satis- 

 factory manner conventionward. 



The first annual meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Flower Growers' Association is 

 to take place in the near future and 

 the books are in the auditor's hands in 

 preparation for that event. Members 

 of the board ot directors are wearing 

 a smile which augurs well for the an- 

 nouncement expected at the meeting. 

 A fine quality of Butterfly sweet peas, 

 out-door grown, were seen here. The 

 stems were longer and blooms firmer 

 than of those from in-door stock. 



At J. A. Budlong's shipping trade 

 starts in for July without slackening 

 up and the usual force are apparently 

 as busy as ever. The excellent qual- 

 ity of their stock is keeping up, not- 

 withstanding warm weather. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. are show- 

 ing White Enchantress carnations al- 

 most the equal of those cut in the 

 winter. Their Rubra Superba peonies 

 are nearly all cut and the big brilliant 

 flower will be missed. 



With the coming of warm 

 weather the florists' window deco- 

 rations are in many instances giv- 

 ing way to less brilliant tones and the 

 suggested coolness of the green and 

 white, especially when accompanied by 

 running water, is very refreshing to 

 the passerby. Outside of the trade, 

 Lyon & Healy had a remarkably real- 

 istic woodland scene in a 25 ft. win- 

 dow. 



Personal. 



Miss M. Zalud of J. Mangel's, left 

 Saturday for a vacation trip, including 

 a visit to Starved Rock, 111. 



August Jurgens, Jr., has succeeded 



Miss Robertson as assistant book- 

 keeper for the Chicago Plower Grow- 

 ers' Association. 



Last week's notice should have read 

 Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Brims and two 

 children left for Germany where they 

 will spend the summer. 



Miss Lilian Yetterberg, cashier at A. 

 Lange's, is on a six-weeks' vacation 

 at Bethany Beach, Mich. H. Stone, 

 head designer at the same store, is 

 also taking a vacation while Mrs. Mail- 

 ander has gone to pass the summer at 

 Circle, Montana. 



Visitors — A. C. Brown, Springfield, 

 111.; B. Loveridge, Peoria, 111.; A. H. 

 Burt, Kankakee, 111.; H. Buckbee, 

 Rockford, 111.; M. Preyling. Grand 

 Rapids, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. L. Buck- 

 endorf, Norfolk, Nebraska. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



The Washington Florists' Company 

 are now located in their new quarters 

 at 1408 H street, N. W. There are two 

 large doorways in the front between 

 which is the large show window, and 

 on either side the walls are covered 

 with plate glass mirrors separated by 

 tall columns. At the one side is the 

 ice room and below this is the ship- 

 ping and bundle counter; on the other, 

 the ofiice section and the make-up 

 bench. Here we come to the steps 

 that lead to the basement and the 

 short flight to the palm room which 

 adds so to the fine appearance to the 

 store, and in back of this is the stock 

 room. In the basement is a large 

 space into which their automobiles 

 can be driven and loaded and un- 

 loaded. 



W. R. Smith still continues to fight 

 against the malady with which he is 

 stricken, with the spirit and fortitude 

 that he has shown for the past year. 

 Early on Sunday morning last he was 

 stricken with a fainting spell but even 

 this he overcame. 



Peter Reinberg, of Chicago, 111., was 

 in Baltimore last week attending the 

 Democratic Convention, to which he 

 was a delegate, and met many of the 

 Washington boys who dropped over 

 for a day or so. 



PERSONAL. 



P. Welch and family of Boston have 

 gone to Old Orchard, Me., for the sum- 

 mer. 



We are glad to report N. P. McCar- 

 thy as well along on the road to com- 

 plete recovery at the Charlesbank 

 Hospital, Boston. 



I. W. Prince, formerly of Overbrook, 

 Philadelphia. Pa., is now employed by 

 William K. Harris. 55th street and 

 Springfield avenue, Philadelphia. 



Albert Bruchhaus. of Sheboygan, 

 Wisconsin, is to have charge of the 

 greenhouse of Dr. Derrwaldt, Ply- 

 mouth, Wis. 



Hugh Dickson of Belfast, Ireland; 

 Alexander B. Scott. Charles Sim and 

 George Fowler of Philadelphia, are 

 among the well known celebrities due 

 to sail on the Anchor Line steamer, 

 "Columbia," sailing from Pier 64, 

 North River, New York, at noon, July 

 6th. 



Boston visitors: John Young, New 

 York City; David M. Dunning. Auburn, 

 N. Y.; D. Cameron representing P. 

 Sander & Sons, St. Albans, Eng. 



Remember the big Greek picnic. 

 New York, Monday. July 8. A glorious 

 time is assured. 



