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HORTICULTURE 



July 13, 1912 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Convention Activities. 



All the florists' mail now going out 

 bear the blue and white convention 

 sticker. Committee meetings aie al- 

 most a daily occurrence and the final 

 details of the S. A. P. Annual Con- 

 vention August 20-23 in Chicago, are 

 Hearing completion. Geo, Asmus says 

 the souvenir album is ready for the 

 printer and is the finest ever sent out 

 by the S. A. P. The advertisers have 

 responded heartily. Secretary of the 

 S. A. P., .John Young, is expected here 

 this M'eek and with his coming the 

 convention will seem fairly begun. 

 About 90 per cent, of the space in 

 the large hall is now sold to those who 

 appreciate the value of advertising. 



Ravinia Park has been secured for 

 the convention's Entertainment Day. 

 Ravinia Park, which is called Chi- 

 cago's "Summer Music Capital," is on 

 the beautiful north shore, 21 miles 

 from Chicago and is the "Dream come 

 true" of Walter Damrosch, being one 

 of the most charming places in the 

 world, and the music, the scenery and 

 the tables of good things all together 

 promise a real treat which Chicago 

 gladly offers its guests at convention 

 time. 



Trade Notes. 



John Zeck broke ground this week 



for his new houses in Oak Park, not 



an extension range but of good size 



for the valuable ground they occupy. 



N. Monsen, 1500 W. Huron St., will 

 open a new store at 3310 Fulleiton 

 Ave. Mr. Monsen is a young florist, 

 old in the business, having begun in 

 Norway at the age of 12, later going 

 to Germany and then to America 

 where close application to business 

 has won success. He will operate 

 both stores. 



Ganger & Gormley took a ten year 

 lease Wednesday, at 412 S. Michigan 

 Ave., in the Fine Arts Building. This 

 is one of the choice locations in the 

 city and has a window 14 x 12 ft. ad- 

 joining the main entrance. Mr. Ganger 

 has still a five year lease on the store 

 at 187 N. State St. and has not yet 

 decided what to do with it. He has 

 always attended strictly to business 

 and his advance is a natural result. 



At the annual meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Flower Grower's Association the 

 resignations of Joseph Schoos and F. 



Mier from the Board of Directors were 

 accepted, and Fred Schramm of Ar- 

 lington Heights and Fred Stielow of 

 Niles Center, were elected to fill the 

 vacancies. Fred Schramm is a well 

 known successful grower of carnations 

 and peonies, and Fred Stielow has 

 just completed a new range of mod- 

 ern houses devoted to roses and both 

 will be valuable members of the 

 Board. 



Personal, 



The two bridegrooms C. L. Wash- 

 burn and Prank Johnson are back and 

 i-eceiving congratulations. 



Miss Anna Wickstrom, who has pre- 

 sided over the store of Otto F. Larson, 

 63rd St. and Ashland Ave., will here- 

 after reign over the heart and home of 

 the proprietor instead. The wedding 

 took place June 29th. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred Munzing are in 

 Iowa with relatives. — Miss White of 

 Samuelson's is vacationing. — Prom 

 Winterson's, Adolph Benesch is in 

 Texas; from J. B. Deamud's, Ernest 

 Farley is in Indianapolis, Ind., visit- 

 ing his home folks and Joe Einwich 

 of Bassett & Washburn's is away to 

 rest. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



The Stumpp & Walter Go. antici- 

 pate putting up a large display of 

 sweet peas at the Boston show and 

 will be represented by William Sper- 

 ling. 



Alexander B. Scott, with Mrs. Scott, 

 were passengers with Hugh Dickson 

 on the Columbia, Mr. Scott making 

 the trip in order to take stock of the 

 seedlings on Messrs. Dickson's rose 

 nurseries. 



The effects of the continued dry 

 spell are visible on all sides, and 

 vegetation is sorely in need of rain. 

 Much of the stock planted this spring 

 will suffer severely unless we soon 

 get a change. 



An added attraction in the grounds 

 of the Brighton Beach Hotel is a cen- 

 tury plant now coming into bloom. 

 This specimen is being displayed by 

 Condon of Brooklyn, and is attracting 

 the attention of the many thousands 

 of visitors to this popular rendezvous 

 by the sea. 



Heiu's Sons, Halstenbek, ffermany, is 

 here this week. He reports heavy 

 sales and good prospects for fall. 



Owing to the exceptional shortage 

 in crop which we are facing this sea- 

 son, bulk orders will, he thinks, be 

 cut to 20 per cent, a serious outlook. 



The town of Freeport, L. I., is con- 

 templating among other improve- 

 ments the construction of a public 

 park. This is a step in the right di- 

 rection and indicates a general public 

 trend in the betterment and beautifi- 

 cation of small towns as well as large. 

 A public interest in landscape im- 

 provement and horticulture in general 

 is a "bright sign of the times." 



McHutchison & Co. report the best 

 season in their history of raiHa, 

 which is a big item with this firm. 

 Their stock at present is between 400 

 and 500 bales. Their staff at the tem- 

 porary premises in Greenwich street 

 are having a busy time just now ship- 

 ping ferns in flats. James McHutch- 

 ison sails for Europe on the 13th 

 inst. on the George Washington, his 

 "compagnon de voyage" being Thomas 

 B. Meehan. 



Otto Heinecken, representing J. 



Hugh Dickson returned to Europe 

 aboard the Anchor Liner, Columbia, 

 on the 6th inst. In the course of a 

 little chat with Mr. Dickson before 

 his departure, he expressed the great 

 pleasure and enjoyment he had de- 

 rived from his visit to this country, 

 where he is now so well known among 

 all classes of the horticultural world. 

 The automobile part of the trip out 

 West was made in stages of about 80 

 to 100 miles per day — the enjoyment 

 of which was none the less enhanced 

 by ideal weather conditions, and It 

 was only at San Jose that excessive 

 heat was experienced where they reg- 

 istered 103. He was great in his praise 

 of Messrs. Burpee's sweet pea ranch 

 at Lompoc where, he remarked, Ed- 

 win Lonsdale was doing grand work. 

 There were many beautiful novelties 

 on view, but the one that appealed to 

 him most was a lovely primrose Spen- 

 cer, which at present goes under the 

 name of Floradale Fairy. It is a gen- 

 uine primrose throughout with stand- 

 ards perfectly fringed, and, says Mr. 

 Dickson, "is the last thing in sweet 

 peas." 



