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HORTICULTUEE 



March 14, 1914 



CHICAGO NOTES 



Quite a number from Chicago are 

 attending the Illinois and Indiana 

 State Convention at Danville, 111. 



Miss Douglass, formerly with Schil- 

 ler, florist, will open a retail store 

 about March 15th, at 3954 W. Harrison 

 street. 



Allie Zech has received word from 

 his sister, who is in a hospital in Mil- 

 waukee, that she is much better and 

 will return home in another week. 



The Easter lily plant is the subject 

 of much anxious thought just now. 

 Various and conflicting reports from 

 growers are heard, but they sift down 

 to the fact that the chances are not 

 especially good for a large supply of 

 plants of just the right size. 



Poehlmann Bros, are well repre- 

 sented this week at the Danville, 111., 

 convention. C. J. Anderson, in charge 

 of the plant range, has a large exhibit 

 of decorative and blooming plants and 

 accompanied them to the joint conven- 

 tion, while T. Waters, who presides 

 over the department of florists' sup- 

 plies, left with his exhibit of baskets, 

 ribbons, chiffons, etc. 



The Chicago papers are giving con- 

 siderable space to the arrest of C. M. 

 Dickinson, in Stony Butte. Montana. 

 It was well known to the trade here 

 that Mr. Dickinson's settlement with 

 his creditors would not cover all his 

 financial difficulties which were pend- 

 ing when he left Chicago a year ago. 

 Clifford Pruner who was traveling 

 salesman for the Arm of E. H. Hunt, 

 of which C. M. Dickinson was manager 

 has begun the suit and Mr. Dickinson 

 is expected in Chicago at any hour. 

 There are possibilities of other suits 

 following. 



■Wm. Allen, now in charge of the 

 Schiller conservatories, will become 

 private gardener for J. E. Tilt, 742 

 Brompton avenue, Chicago, assuming 

 his new duties March 17. This is a 

 comparatively new place and Mr. Tilt. 

 who will make it one of the finest in 

 the city, has secured a most capable 

 young man, rapidly rising in his pro- 

 fession. 'Wm. Allen is a born lover of 

 his work, his father being a private 

 gardener of high repute in England, 

 and during the eight years spent in 

 this country Mr. Allen has "made 

 good," advancing rapidly from one 

 position to another. 



Work of saving the Chicago trees 

 Is again under way, and spraying for 

 the destruction of the cotton scale 

 that attacks the soft m,aples, the wal- 

 nut scale, the elm scale, the oyster 

 shell bark and the scurvy scale, and 

 probably others, is now being done on 

 the mild days. J. E. Prost, whose offi- 

 cial title is Superintendent of Small 

 Parks and City Forester for the Spe- 

 cial Parks Commission, has his men 

 out after the enemies of the trees. 

 They use a Triplex power spray, run 

 by a gasoline engine. In his estima- 

 tion there are a very small per cent, 

 of perfect trees in Chicago and among 

 the legion of enemies there are none 

 worse than the tussock moth, 



The city of Chicago has of its own 

 and under the care of its Special 

 Parks Commission 100 acres of nur- 

 series, now growing trees, shrubs and 

 perennials for its public places. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Berger Bros., have sold their lease 

 on North 13th street and will move 

 on the 20th inst. to 1225 Race street, 

 a fine big store, well lighted. 



P. X. Millman has opened a retail 

 flower store at State and Montgomery, 

 Trenton, N. J. Mr. Millman was re- 

 cently with Ribsam and previously lo- 

 cated at Cumberland, Md. 



Mr. Pettitt, Advertising Manager at 

 Michells. is busy getting up a new 

 perennial catalog. The Andalusia col- 

 lection is very large and select and has 

 to be dignified with a "special." 



"The Food Value of Fresh Vege- 

 tables," is the title of a sixteen-page 

 pamphlet by Dr. Henry Leffmann. A 

 timely story well-told. Burpee has a 

 few free copies, maybe you could get 

 one if you ask nicely. 



"The Fra" for March has a fine pic- 

 ture of W. Atlee Burpee tor its front 

 piece, and an excellent article on the 

 history of gardening by Elbert Hub- 

 bard. Very Interesting. Every read- 

 er of HoRTicuLTtTRE should buy this 

 number. 



Roland H. Patch, an instructor in 

 the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture, has been granted a three 

 months' leave of absence and has tak- 

 en up practice work in floriculture at 

 Dreer's. Riverton. Professor Edward 

 A. White of the Department of Flori- 

 culture at Cornell, asks that distin- 

 guished consideration be accorded Mr. 

 Patch by local members of the craft 

 on whom he may call. 



Thomas A. Hobson & Co., is the title 

 of a new firm in the landscaping busi- 

 ness located at Radnor, Pa. Mr. Hob- 

 son is a son of the well known grower 

 and exhibitor of crotons, John Hobson 

 gardener for Edward A. Schmidt of 

 Radnor, which reminds us to mention 

 that Mr. Hobson, senior, has been hav- 

 ing a hard time of it this winter. His 

 many friends' will regret to hear of 

 the death of his daughter and of the 

 very serious illness of himself and 

 wife. We extend our sincere sym- 

 pathy. 



Two trolleys on the Allentown, 

 Phila., line were stalled during the 

 blizzard Sunday and Monday at Cen- 

 ter square. Forty poor unfortunates 

 had to be fed and housed by the Cum- 

 ming family whose home was fortu- 

 nately nearby. The Marine hotel is 

 not so rare but we don't so often hear 

 of the "Maroon Hotel," which one 

 guest facetiously named the Gumming 

 homestead. Some damage was done 

 bv the gales to the Cumming green- 

 houses. About fourteen boxes of 

 glass were needed to make repairs. 



The North W'ales mammoth struc- 

 ture suffered more damage in the sec- 

 ond blizzard. The other side went 

 down this time. Bad wreck. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Cincinnati, O. — Wm. J. Niehaus 

 made an assignment on February 19. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— A petition in insol- 

 vency has been filed against A. T. 

 Lorch & Co. and S. W^ Church has 

 been appointed receiver. 



Yakima, Wash.— J. D. Graham, is 

 mourning the sudden departure of 

 Erbe & Wetzel, the two young men 

 who recently bought out his floral es- 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



Ti extended to tbe trade t* Ttsit and 

 Inspect our new establlahoient. Ftftb 

 Avenue at 46th Street. New York City. 



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 executed in best manner. 



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 THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



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 anywhere carefully filled and delivered 

 un<ler the supervision of 



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2221-2223 W. Madison St., CHICAGO. 



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tablishment on North Second street. 

 The store is closed and the young men 

 have left the city. Mr. Graham is the 

 principal creditor ot the company, be- 

 ing still about $200 behind on the deal. 

 The young men came from Seattle and 

 have been in business here since the 

 middle of December. They purchased 

 stock from Seattle and California and 

 supplied their trade. They owe rent 

 to H. Cahalan and have other unpaid 

 bills in the city. 



