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HORTICULTURE 



June 6, 1914 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Two old veterans have most unex- 

 pectedly come to my assistance. John 

 Westcott and John Burton both de- 

 clare that they have retired from gar- 

 dening but that they are now glad to 

 pay a premium to be allowed to wield 

 the hose as of old and stand the 

 thirsty plants a drink. So you see my 

 little joke hit an echo in une.xpected 

 places. 



Hail to good old Lancaster! Maybe 

 you think that the virile red blood 

 that flows along the banks of the good 

 old Conestoga is getting sluggish with 

 age. Forget it! And so they are go- 

 ing to have a flower show in Lancas- 

 ter next fall. And we here in Phila- 

 delphia are all with them! The flower 

 show's the thing. Beats all the news- 

 paper talk. Come on everybody and 

 help either with cash or exhibits. 



Mr. Gracey reports that the date for 

 the Florists' Club outing will not be 

 the 16th after all but the 22nd. The 

 changes from time to time are con- 

 sequent on the Schuetzen Park being 

 private club grounds and the arrange- 

 ments of various members of which 

 club and their affairs had to be con- 

 sulted, and it was found difficult to 

 make their dates and the dates suit- 

 able for the florists chime in. The 

 games will start promptly at 3 p. m. 



Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kleinheinz leave 

 for a trip to Europe about July 1st, 

 and will return sometime in Septem- 

 ber or October. What will happen to 

 Europe is not stated; neither are we 

 In the confidence of America as to 

 what might happen because! But we 

 have much faith in the good lady; and 

 with fair winds, and the Goddess of 

 Good Fortune — we will welcome back 

 our Wilhelm in due course. We can- 

 not do without him. 



Next Sunday the National Farm 

 School people are to hold their annual 

 spring festival. They will dedicate 

 trees. They will give prizes to the 

 most successful boys in horticulture. 

 They will have speeches from distin- 

 guished men from far and near. They 

 will have one grand old day for their 

 multitude of admirers and sound on 

 the harp with a thousand strings. 

 They will have a Wiener lunch all day 

 long. Dr. Washburn and Professor 

 Fancourt will be everywhere and 

 everyone can spend an interesting and 

 enjoyable day. Train leaves Reading 

 Terminal 9.30 A. M. and stops at all 

 city stations. Return tickets $1.00. 

 No other charge. Take the whole 

 family with you. No pleapanter day 

 imaginable. It will be a revelation in 

 what is possible in farming and gar- 

 dening if gone about in the right kind 

 of way. 



One of the events of the week is the 

 rose and peony show at the Dreer 

 double store on Chestnut street. All 

 the finest varieties of these now in 

 season are shown and the public are 

 flocking to gaze, admire and buy. Mr. 

 Thilow, Mr. McKubbin, Mr. Rothe and 

 all the other well-trained and erudite 

 employees are kept busy telling the 

 visitars the interesting features of the 

 different varieties. One of the "ferlies" 

 of the rose show was the Daily Mail 

 rose (Mme. Ed. Herriott) ; certainly 



very unique as to color and form. An- 

 other wonder was the yellow Paeonia 

 lutea. Never saw it before; looked 

 like a big double buttercup, the 

 diameter of a dollar. The gem of the 

 peony show, however, was that magni- 

 ficent variety Mary Agnes Kelway, 

 blush guard petals, cream center, im- 

 mense in size and particularly perfect 

 in form and substance. Calot, Wel- 

 lington, Verschaffelt, and many other 

 gems were there al9o in fine form. 

 A show like this is a splendid public 

 educator and good business besides. 

 We can't have too much of it. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The florists' vocabulary sums up the 

 condition of the wholesale market this 

 week in one word. 



Additional office help has been 

 necessary at the Foley Greenhouse 

 Mfg. Co.'s plant to take care of their 

 orders. 



The S. A. F. Convention at Boston 

 is the objective point of many vaca- 

 tions this summer, judging from the 

 comments heard everywhere. 



Miss Loretta Foley recently distin- 

 guished herself in the play given by 

 the Chicago Normal School Dramatic 

 Club, of which she is president. Miss 

 Loretta graduates in June. 



The superintendency of Lincoln 

 Park passes this week into the hands 

 of Edward Kanst. Jr., who was for- 

 merly assistant landscape gardener of 

 the South Parks. Lincoln Park will 

 be in good hands and it is also a posi- 

 tion to call forth Mr. Kanst's best ef- 

 forts, being closest to the down-town 

 district and preeminently the people's 

 park on account of its easy access, its 

 proximity to Lake Michigan and its 

 magniflcent "Zoo" of nearly two thou- 

 sand animals. 



Plant trade, always a large factor 

 here, is showing still further increase 

 this season. The augmented call for 

 window and porch boxes and vases 

 has made material for filling these 

 greatly in demand, especially bright 

 geraniums, ivy and vincas. Owing to 

 an early frost last fall, which cut off 

 the geranium plants before much of 

 the stock was taken, the supply has 

 been shortened and scarcely equal to 

 the demand. An unusual amount has 

 been sold without showing color. 

 Trade in bedding plants in general has 

 been very good and is not yet over. 

 At the florists' stores, the greenhouses, 

 the cemetery gates, &c., the season is 

 still on. The department stores have 

 also used enormous quantities of 

 stock. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Cincinnati, O.: G. H. Weld, from 

 Sarcoxie, in the "Houn' Dog" State. 



Chicago: Sam Seligman, New York; 

 Thos. Heaven, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



Boston. — R. Greenlaw, representing 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila., Pa.; 

 A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me.; Otto 

 Heinecken, New York City; H. J. 

 Ware, New York City; Hon. Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House, England. 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



la extended to the trade t* rUlt and 

 Inspect our new establishment. Fifth 

 Avenue at 46th Street, New York City. 



IMSF-EIR 



by Telegraph or otherwls* f»r dellrerT 

 of Flowers to Steamers, The>tr«e, or 

 Hesldences In New York and TlclnltT 

 executed In best manner. 



Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. 



Established 1847 



Fifth Ave., at 46th Street, NEW YORK 



THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



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And Neighboring Towns 



Are Thoronghly Ooiered by 



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(Member Florists Telegraph DellTery). 



Flowergram or Mall Orders from florlftti 

 anywhere carefully filled and dellversd 

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2221-2223 W. Madison St., CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



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 ■Igns or cut flowers. 



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