April 4, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



941 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



John Riemersma, of Indiana avenue 

 and 71st street, has added two hand- 

 some greenhouses for show purposes 

 to his retail place. 



The A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co. has 

 found a market for its flower boxes in 

 many parts of the world. An order 

 Just received is from Honolulu. 



Work is now under way at the Co- 

 liseum getting ready for the Forestry 

 Exhibit, which will be of special in- 

 terest to many in the trade. The open- 

 ing takes place April 30. 



Some splendid specimens of Pelargo- 

 nium Easter Greetings, are in this 

 market and they are much admired. 

 They are said to be free and continu- 

 ous blofcmers and are certainly very 

 attractive. There is always room for 

 more blooming plants here at Easter. 



Chicago has a sort of epidemic of 

 new retail flower stores this week. 

 Evidently with an eye to capturing a 

 share of the Easter trade, six within 

 the city limits have sprung into exis- 

 tence and one just outside at Indiana 

 Harbor. The list is given on another 

 page. 



The German, who, under the various 

 names of Miller, Prei and Pajonk, has 

 been advertising geranium and other 

 young plants fraudulently, in some of 

 the trade papers, is now in Joliet, 111., 

 where he was sentenced by Judge 

 Landis for two years. The advertise- 

 ments asked for cash before shipment 

 and his correspondence shows that he 

 had many responses. Florists from 

 all parts of the country are out hun- 

 dreds of dollars and are calling upon 

 the papers to make good their loss. 

 His case was tried in the Federal 

 Court for fraudulent use of the mails. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



The sympathy of the entire trade 

 is with Mr. Leapley, of Leapley & 

 Meyer, whose brother, Peter F. Leap- 

 ley, died last week at the age of 

 twenty years. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White 

 Marsh, Md., delighted the citizens of 

 Hyattsville, Md., on Tuesday evening 

 last, with his illustrated lecture on 

 dahlias and other flowers, which he 

 delivered at the First Baptist Church. 



A potted French marguerite, mea- 

 suring six and one-half feet in dia- 

 meter, in the window of George H. 

 Cooke, is attracting considerable at- 

 tention. This novelty was brought 

 from New York by Mr. Cooke on his 

 return from the show. 



The Department of Agriculture will 

 have a new oflice building at the south 

 eide of B street between Thirteenth and 

 Fourteenth, according to a statement 

 just made public. It is said that the 

 building will cost $300,000, will be 

 eight stories high and will contain 

 200 rooms. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington will be 

 held on Tuesday evening, April 7. 

 The business will be of direct interest 

 to all as a discussion will no doubt 



Our Specials for Easter 



BEAUTIES 



A good supply of the special and a fair amount of the 

 medium. We can recommend them to you for Quality — 

 fine large buds of a good color. 



KILLARNEY BRILLIANT 



Our grower expects to cut a large quantity of them for 

 Easter. It's the only supply of this new rose. The prices 

 are very moderate. You will find ready sale for them. 



GARDENIAS 



There is no limit to our supply. We otfer you a good grade 

 at $3.00 per dozen. 



No scarcity in any line, plenty of Valley, Sweet Peas, Snap- 

 dragon, Daisies, Stock, Pansies, Lilies. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



GEORGE H COOKE 



FLORIST 

 WASHINGTON D.C. 



Cut Flowers for Easter 



Ample supplies of all staples in cut flowers 



ROSES,CARNATIONS,VIOLETS, VALLEY, 

 ORCHIDS, GARDENIAS 



EVERYTHING IN SEASONABLE GREENS 



Everything in Season Long Experience Careful, Conscientious Service 



Notice New Address. Best Facilities. Central Location. 



BERGER BROS. ^i ^sRaceSt. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



WHOLESALE 



FLORISTS 



be held on certain matters now pend- 

 ing in Congress among whicli is one 

 to increase the taxes on property 

 through the abolishing of the present 



half-and-half principle by which Con- 

 gress annually appropriates one-half 

 of the funds necessary to conduct the 

 affairs of the District of Columbia. 



