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HOETICULTUKE 



May 23, 1914 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Decoration Day observance by the 

 Fire Department of the District of 

 Columbia last week brought consider- 

 able business to the local florists and 

 one order alone was for ninety-six 

 wreaths, placed with Gude Bros. Co. 

 In addition to these there were the 

 many individual tributes. 



Hereafter hucksters and storekeep- 

 ers who occasionally sell flowers at re- 

 tail along with other commodities usu- 

 ally handled by them, will not be re- 

 quired to take out a license as a florist 

 according to an opinion rendered by 

 Corporation Counsel Syme. During 

 the past month or so, a large number 

 of men selling flowers have been ar- 

 rested because of their not having the 

 regular license of a florist. 



The Senate, by a vote of 32 to 21, 

 struck from the agricultural appropria- 

 tion bill the item for the distribution 

 of free seeds by the members of Con- 

 gress. The vote came on an amend- 

 ment to the House bill offered by the 

 agricultural committee. In his remarks 

 upon the clause. Senator Kenyon de- 

 clared that the farmers of his district 

 considered the distribution ot free 

 seeds as a cheap attempt to curry 

 favor. 



George Burnap, landscape architect 

 of the office of public buildings and 

 grounds, left this city last week for 

 New York, from which place he will 

 sail for Europe, he being under orders 

 to visit Italy, France and Germany to 

 inspect the famous parks and gardens 

 in those countries, with a view to se- 

 curing ideas for the development of 

 the park system of the District ot 

 Columbia. His .trip will keep him 

 away from Washington for more than 

 four months. 



Dr. Beverly T. Galloway, who has 

 been in the employ of the Department 

 of Agriculture since 1888, has resigned 

 as assistant secretary of the Depart- 

 ment to become dean of the faculty ot 

 the Cornell College of Agriculture at 

 Ithaca, N. Y. Dr. Galloway entered 

 the service as vegetable pathologist. 

 After two years in that capacity he 

 was made chief of the bureau of plant 

 Industry. About two years ago, due 

 to the hard work and close application 

 he had given to his duties, his health 

 broke down and he was sent upon a 

 trip around the world to recuperate. 

 He spent some little time in Japan, 

 China and Siberia, making full re- 

 ports on the agriculture ot these coun- 

 tries. At the beginning of the present 

 administration he was made assistant 

 secretary of agriculture. Since the an- 

 nouncement of Dr. Galloway's resigna- 

 tion as assistant secretary considerable 

 interest has been manifested as to the 

 selection of his successor. Many names 

 have been mentioned 'for the position, 

 but Secretary Houston has refused to 

 discuss the matter, the letter ot resig- 

 nation having not yet reached him. 

 However, it is said that William A. 

 Taylor, who suceeded Dr. Galloway to 

 the position of chief of the bureau of 

 plant industry, when the latter was 

 promoted, has quite a good show. 



Lincoln, III. — Carl Hembreiker has 

 resigned his position at GuUett's green- 

 house to enter partnership with his 

 brother. Otto Hembreiker, who has 

 purchased the West End Greenhouse. 

 He has had charge of the rose depart- 

 ment at Gullett's and his resignation 

 will take effect about the first of June. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The People's Florist of 47th St., 

 has given place to the Morton Park 

 Florists, 5437 W. 25th St. 



A. Wiegand is taking as a side line 

 the sale of- bead necklaces, made of 

 flower petals in California. 



Miss Laura White, for 15 years 

 bookkeeper for C. A. Samuelson, is 

 now with the Mead Cycle Co. 



John Walters has retired from the 

 active management of the West End 

 Floral Co. at 4035 W. Madison street. 

 John J. Freely will take charge. 



Announcements are made of a new 

 paper known as The Retail Florist, to 

 be published by the Chicago retail 

 florists. The first number is promised 

 for May 23. 



The placing of southern peonies in 

 cold storage is practically over, 

 though an occasional large shipment 

 has to be disix)sed of in this w-ay The 

 quantity now in storage is approxi- 

 mately one-third of that of last year. 



The Sunday Tribune had a picture 

 of Virginia Poehlmann displaying her 

 talent as a fancy dancer. Miss Vir- 

 ginia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

 August Poehlmann and is frequently 

 called upon to furnish entertainment 

 at social events. 



Phil Schupp calls attention to the 

 fact that it is much more difficult to 

 secure a good rose grower than a 

 good grower of carnations, something 

 worth considering by young men learn- 

 ing the business, or entering the horti- 

 cultural departments in the colleges. 



One ot the oldest and most efficient 

 growers in this locality is Richard 

 Prescott, born in England. He is 

 proud of his sixty years of active 

 work and is now as he has been for 

 thirty years, in charge of the Northrop 

 place at La Grange. 111., where his 

 work is both that of private gardener 

 and commercial grower. He is as en- 

 thusiastic as ever and is an example 

 of the man who does not grow old as 

 the J ears pile up. 



J. A. Budlong finds it more to his 

 advantage to grow roses than carna- 

 tions and in his large plant he will 

 next year reduce his range of carna- 

 tions by six houses and increase the 

 area of glass devoted to roses, accord- 

 ingly. About six tried and true vari- 

 eties of carnations. Mr. Budlong con- 

 siders the right number and says the 

 varieties must be those that the in- 

 dividual grower has found that he can 

 grow the best. White Perfection, En- 

 chantress. Winsor, Aristocrat. Victory 

 and Afterglow are his. 



A PUNGENT CRITICISM. 



Aren't florists rather over-doing the 

 matter in some directions? The de- 

 mand for pinks for Mothers' Day and 

 for McKinley Day has been worked 

 up and encouraged by them until 

 large numbers of our citizens are in- 

 clined to yield to the excellent im- 

 pulse that originated the movements, 

 and now when there is a tendency to 

 observe the days the florists, not sat- 

 isfied with the greatly increased de- 

 mand which in itself would mean vast- 

 ly increased profits, place almost pro- 

 hibitive prices on their eoods. They 

 are taking, the best possible way to 

 kill out all desire to celebrate the oc- 

 casions. The one thing in particular 

 which the public resents is the sug- 

 gestion that it is satisfied to be im- 

 posed upon. 



Waltham (Mass.) Free Press. 



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