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HORTICULTURE 



March 7, 1914. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Joseph Klimes has opened a retail 

 store to be known as the Crawford 

 Floral Co., at 4227 W. 22nd St. 



Although February was very cold a 

 source of gratification to growers was 

 the more than normal amount of sun- 

 shine. Precipitation was almost en- 

 tirely in the form of snow. 



The new firm for manufacturing 

 greenhouse material, Ickes-Braun Mill 

 Co., have bought a lot 125 by 243 feet, 

 on Wabausia Ave., near Western Ave., 

 and aH-eady have their plant under 

 way. Effort is being made to complete 

 it in six weeks so as to be ready to 

 care for spring business. 



At Poehlmann Bros.' department of 

 florists' supplies, the new walking 

 stick baskets are seen. They are, as 

 their name indicates, flower baskets 

 with sharply flaring sides and rather 

 high handle. They are to be carried 

 by wedding parties, etc., and when 

 still the cane which is metal-tipped 

 rests upon the ground, or they can ac- 

 tually be used as walking sticks. 



One of the landmarks in Chicago's 

 floral establishments changed hands 

 this week and John P. Kidwell is now 

 in possession of the valuable property 

 at 3530 Michigan Boul., which has been 

 for 31 years known as Muir's and 

 which was purchased by Samuel Muir, 

 one of the pioneers of Chicago. 



The ground 100 by 200 feet, con- 

 tains a store and conservatories. Sam- 

 uel Muir passed away nine years ago 

 and the business has been carried on 

 by his son, who also has two other 

 stores. Mr. Kidwell has another store, 

 also a large range of greenhouses at 

 Downer's Grove, 111. When he was a 

 very young man, he learned the flower 

 business from Sam'l Muir, on the very 

 place he has just purchased. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Dr. Peter H. Lane of Chestnut Hill, 

 a member of the Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia and well known to many 

 members of the craft in other cities 

 from his close intimacy with many of 

 our leading men at Conventions and 

 Vacations and Openings, had the mis- 

 fortune to slip on the ice on the 2nd 

 inst., during the great blizzard while 

 returning from a professional call. 

 Broken leg. Fracture above the ankle 

 on both bones. Resting easily at the 

 Chestnut Hill Hospital at this writ- 

 ing (the 3rd), and expects to be re- 

 moved to his home on Bethlehem Pike, 

 Chestnut Hill, on the 10th inst. 



The big blizzard seems to have 

 passed over this section without ser- 

 ious damage to glass. We have heard 

 of nothing serious up to this writing 

 (Tuesday). It was reported that Alfred 

 Campbell, Collingdale, had a "cave-in". 

 This proved to be unfounded. All the 

 "cave-in" he had was a part of a 

 boiler chamber which was quickly re- 

 paired and did no damage to stock. 

 Robert Crawford, Secane, was also 

 said to have suffered, but that, too, 

 proved unfounded. Here and there 

 some glass blown out at other places; 

 but nothing worth talking about, ap- 

 parently. More scared than hurt. 



Temple, Texas— The Femdale 

 Greenhouses, formerly owned by Hugh 

 Harris, have been purchased by H. 

 Schroeder. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



G. E. Eckendorf, with Gude Bros. 

 Co. for the past three years, has been 

 given a position as draftsman at the 

 District Building. 



The enactment of the eight-hour 

 law for women in the District of Co- 

 lumbia has caused those of the florists 

 who employ female labor to divide up 

 the force into shifts. In one store 

 half the girls come to work at 8.30 

 and leave at 5.30, while the others 

 come in at 9.15 and leave at 6.15, in 

 each case taking the usual hour for 

 lunch, forty-flve minutes of which 

 must be taken away from the prem- 

 ises. 



George Cooke, of Connecticut av- 

 enue, is filling many demands for nov- 

 elties. The society folks seem to be 

 getting tired of seeing the same old 

 story at the various functions in the 

 way of floral decorations. It has al- 

 ways been roses and carnations — car- 

 nations and roses: the people want to 

 see something else and are willing to 

 pay for it. Air. Cooke is bringing into 

 vogue the use of cyclamen, orchid- 

 flowering peas, primroses and other 

 small flowers, and he is making good 

 with these combinations. 



The Treasury Department has for- 

 warded the following letter to the Col- 

 lector of Customs of the Port of New 

 York: "The Department duly re- 

 ceived your letter of the 26tli ultimo, 

 in regard to the method to be adopted 

 for determining what flowering bulbs 

 are entitled to admission free of duty 

 under paragraph 210 of the Tariff Act 

 of Oct. 3. 1913. It appears from an 

 investigation of this matter that there 

 are no means of determining what 

 motlier flowering bulbs are, as distin- 

 guished from bulbs imported for flow- 

 ering, either in forcing houses or in 

 the open air. You are accordingly di- 

 rected to deny free entry under para- 

 graph 210 to bulbs claimed to be ma- 

 ture mother flowering bulbs imported 

 exclusively for propagating purposes 

 unless the invoice specifically indi- 

 cates which of the bulbs, comprised 

 in any importation, are mature mother 

 flowering bulbs, and unless an affi- 

 davit is submitted from the ultimate 

 consignee, stating that the bulbs are 

 imported for propagating purposes and 

 are intended exclusively for such pur- 

 poses." 



Mrs. George H. Cooke, Mrs. Elmer 

 C. Mayberry. Mrs. George C. Shaffer, 

 Mrs. Simmons. Mrs. Edward Niedo- 

 manski and Mrs. Stauf, members of 

 the ladies' auxiliary of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington, were the guests 

 last month of the ladies of Baltimore. 

 The trip to Baltimore was made over 

 the electric line on the 11 o'clock car. 

 The day started with a luncheon at 

 Baum's and then the entire party went 

 to Poll's Theatre. Baum's was again 

 visited after the performance. Here a 

 special room had been reserved for the 

 ladies and in their honor the tables 

 were decorated with flowers, and at 

 each plate was a corsage bouquet. The 

 evening was devoted to a bowling 

 match between the ladies of the two 

 cities, with the members of tlie 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Balti- 

 more sitting on the side lines or join- 

 ing in the games. The day's enter- 

 tainment, according to one of the 

 ladies, was such as to cause all to 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



Is extended to the trade t« tIbU and 

 Inspect our new establlsbment. Fifth 

 Avenue at 46th Street, New York Cltj. 



imsf-e:r 



by Telegraph or otherwise for itUrerj 

 of Flowers to Steamers, Theatres, or 

 Residences In New York and Tlcliiit; 

 executed In best manner. 



Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. 



Established 1S47 



Fifth Ave., at 46tb Street, NEW YORK 

 THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoroughly Cavered by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Delirery). 



Flowergraiu or Mail Orders from florist* 

 anywhere carefully flUed and delivered 

 under the supervision of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison SL, CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



REDTER'S 



Member* Floriiti 



Telegraph 



Delivery 



STORES IN 



New London and Norwich, Conn, 

 and Westerly, R. I. 



We cover the territory between 



New Haven and Providence 



CLEVELAND 



A. GRAHAM & SON 



5523 Euclid Ave. 



Will take good care of your orders 



Members of F. T. D. Associatiqn. 



SEND ALBANY ORDERS 



TO 



FRED. A. DANKER 



40 Maiden Lane, Albany, N. Y. 



Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery. 



RANDALL'S FLOWER SHOP 



HARRT I. RAJJDAI.I., PropHe««». 



Phone: Park 94 

 3 PLEASANT ST., WORCESTER, MASS. 



Miml'r Florists Telegraph Delivery AsSMiaiion 



regret that the homeward trip had to 

 be made, and the courtesies of the 

 Baltimoreans will be returned at an 

 early date by the ladies of the Na- 

 tional Capital. 



Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral 

 Company has won out in the legal 

 fight with the State Land Board over 

 the rental of the property occupied by 

 them. The case has been in the 

 courts for almost three years. 



