September 21, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



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"THE" FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



Fall Business Is Now On 



YOU WILL WANT TO STOCK UP 



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Magnolia Leaves, Green or Brown. 

 Oak Sprays, American, Green, Red 



and Leather. 



Beech Sprays, Brown, Green, Leather, 

 Cherry Red. 



Oak Jprays, Italian, Brown, Green, 

 Cherry Red. 



Ferns of all kinds for fern dishes, decora- 

 tions and arrangements on 



Magnolia and other Wreaths. 



Our New Imperial China Ware is still growing in favor 

 substitute for this classic chira ware. 



The Parisian White Enamel and Ivory 

 Finish Baskets. The newest, daintiest 

 basket for high class trade, made of 

 fine rattan, garlanded with flowers in 

 appropriate colors. Some appreciating 

 styles you should have, a few for dis- 

 play purposes. 



Our New 

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•Greunt" Paris Color Bas- 



a pronounced success. Get 



you will like them. 



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FLORISTS' SUPPLY 



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1129 ARCH STREET 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 



Carl Cropp, Jr., has arrived home 

 from his trip to Germany and his par- 

 ents expect to sail for home on the 

 21st. 



Local retailers report trade as ex- 

 cellent. At A. Lange's September wed- 

 ding orders are unusually many and 

 the lack of outdoor flowers makes tho 

 demand for florists' stock larger than 

 usual. 



Clifford Pruner and Clara Burk- 

 hardt at E. H. Hunt's, long since made 

 an enviable reputation for accuracy 

 and despatch in handling orders and 

 are planning to surpass all previous 

 records this year. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation have added a fern shipper to 

 their stockholders and he sends from 

 40,000 to 50,000 ferns weekly from 

 Michigan, about one-half the supply 

 needed for average use. 



Hoerber Bros, will begin cutting 

 chrysanthemums from their place in 

 Desplaines in another week. They 

 think extremely early 'mums are not 

 profitable. My Maryland and Pink 

 Killarney are now coming on good. 



Ed. Winterson, Jr., is one of the 

 youngest men in the trade, but he un- 

 packed alone and placed in the bins 

 69 cases of bulbs at the week-end. A 

 singular affection of the finger tips 

 always follows the handling of the 

 bulbs, and as yet no preventive has 

 been found. 



The Blackstone Hotel, which is 

 known for its lavish use of plants, is 

 now having its Grecian Marble Room 

 decorated for the season's opening 

 with large palms. J. Mangel, who has 

 charge of it, is proud of his Greek 



origin and his word is law in the 

 scheme of decoration. 



The new Cluster Peppers referred to 

 last week are now in the retail stores. 

 They were introduced in limited quan- 

 tities last year as an experiment and 

 are proving highly attractive. The 

 clusters are composed of from eight 

 to twelve deep-red peppers, set in a 

 tight mass and standing well above 

 the foliage. Plants are stocky and 

 each branch is topped with a cluster. 

 The Stuppe Floral Co., of St, Joseph. 

 Mo,, sent it out unnamed and Jas, 

 Hancock of Frank Oechslin's named it 

 the Cluster Pepper. 



Visitors: W. P. Craig, Philadelphia; 

 C. C. Wonneman, Mexico, Mo. 



OBITUARY. 



William Thomann. 

 Though not in the trade, Wm. Tho- 

 mann had devoted most of his leisure 

 hours during eighty years to the culti- 

 vation of plants and flowers, and his 

 home at 4420 Lyman avenue. Chicago, 

 has been a beauty spot for years. 

 With all of a German's love of nature 

 he came to Chicago 44 years ago and 

 where now stand tall apartment 

 houses he had his beautiful flower gar- 

 dens, the pride of his neighborhood. 

 Who shall say this man did not do as 

 much for floriculture as it he had 

 stood behind a counter. His casket 

 lay among araucarias and azaleas ot 

 his own growing and he was carried 

 from the old home between oleanders 

 fifteen feet tall. All cities need more 

 such men. 



TORNADO AT SYRACUSE. 



The tornado that visited the vicinity 

 of Syracuse last Sunday afternoon waa 

 felt at its worst about six miles from 

 the center of the city, completely de- 

 molishing one of the best and most 

 popular summer resorts. There were 

 no florist or nursery establishments 

 in its path, but many market garden- 

 ers suffered very heavily, H. M, 

 Younglove was the heaviest loser; 

 the dwelling was unroofed, furniture 

 broken, paper stripped from the walls, 

 the greenhouse completely demolished 

 and the barn carried across several 

 fields and ruined. Mr. Younglove and 

 his family were away at the time. 



No record of such a storm having 

 visited this part can be found; every- 

 one hopes they will never see its like 

 again. The continuous flashes of light- 

 ning, with the heavy peals of thunder, 

 the frightful humidity and the appall- 

 ing darkness with a torrent of rain, 

 made one feel the end of the earth was 

 near. H. YOUELL. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Boston, Mass. — Means & Thatcher, 

 6 Custom House street, have been ap- 

 pointed eastern managers for the 

 George M, Garland Construction Co., 

 greenhouse builders of Chicago. 



Brookline, Mass. — Albert H. Wood, a 

 well-known grower of violets for the 

 Boston market, whose establishment 

 is located on Warren street, shot and 

 instantly killed a man who was prowl- 

 ing about his place at 9 o'clock on 

 Wednesday night. September 18. The 

 man was later identified as Thomas 

 Ouldrop of Cambridge, having a wife 

 and one child, Mr. Wood was arrested 

 and held on a charge of manslaughter. 



