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HORTICULTURE 



June 20, 1914 



KNOXVILLE, TENN., NOTES. 



Crouch's report that the demand for 

 bedding plants was much heavier this 

 year than usual, and all are practically 

 sold out clean in that line. 



Addison J. McNutt has just installed 

 a new refrigerator, which adds a great 

 attraction to his place and shows off 

 his stock to good advantage. 



The Knoxville Florists' Society met 

 on Tuesday night, June 2nd, at C, W, 

 Crouch's store on Gay street. A very 

 enthusiastic meeting was held and it 

 was unanimously decided that all 

 stores be closed on July 9th, to have 

 our first annual picnic. Committees 

 were appointed on grounds and adver- 

 tising. 



Weather extra dry; in fact, if we do 

 not get rain in a very short time 

 everything out of doors will be ruined. 

 This is the longest drought ever 

 known in this section that we have 

 any record of. It has also been very 

 hot, the thermometer ranging from 95 

 to 105 degrees, which is very unusual. 

 This dry weather is working a hard- 

 ' ship on our market gardeners espe- 

 cially, and our local market, wnicn is 

 considered one of the best in the 

 South, is very short and prices are 

 just about double what they usually 

 are. 



On account of the exceedingly hot 

 and dry weather Chas. L. Baum was 

 forced to discontinue the shipping of 

 carnations to the South. This week 

 will about wind up all carnations, as 

 the old plants are being thrown out 

 and new stock planted in. Roses are 

 going oft crop after cutting heavily for 

 the last four weeks. Mr. Baum con- 

 tends that the bedding plant business 

 is slightly a separate line and does not 

 go well with the cut flower trade and 

 intends to put the space occupied by 

 plants into carnations and chrysanthe- 

 mums and figures it will pay him twice 

 as well. 



Miss Ethel Lawrence, of the Law- 

 rence Floral Company, Atlanta, Ga., 

 on her vacation, spent ten days in 

 Knoxville with Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. 

 Baum. She left for Asheville, N, C, 

 where she spends a week, and then 

 goes to Spartanburg for a few days, 

 thence home. Miss Lawrence reports 

 the weather very hot and dry in 

 Georgia. Miss Law-rence was a visitor 

 to our last Florists' Society meeting. 

 Mr. Sanders, representing Poehlmann 

 Brothers, Chicago, 111., and A. J. 

 Keroes, representing Climax Mfg. Co., 

 Castorland, N. Y., called upon the 

 trade in the last few days. 



WASHINGTON NOT^S. 



A fine new cement flooring has been 

 laid in the store of Marche & Co., and 

 this without interruption to business. 

 A start on the work was made on 

 Saturday night and the cement allowed 

 to dry over Sunday. 



Lightning last week struck the fuel 

 shed on the J. R. Freeman property at 

 Georgia Avenue and Dahlia Street and 

 caused a slight conflagration. The 

 storm was a very severe one and put 

 a number of telephone wires out of 

 commission. 



Washington merchants lost out in 

 their long fight for a continuation of 

 the free store-door delivery service 

 formerly furnished by the railroads 

 and which had been enjoyed for a 



period of about thirty years. It was 

 the contention of the business interests 

 that the withdrawal of this service 

 from New England and eastern points 

 constituted an increase in freight 

 rates, but this fact was denied by the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 Their decision applies as well to Balti- 

 more which city had also protested 

 against the action of the railroads. 



Sunday last was observed by the 

 Odd Fellows of the District of Colum- 

 bia as Memorial Day and suitable ex- 

 ercises were held in their hall on 

 Seventh Street. The huge columns in 

 the auditorium were surmounted by 

 three feet amphion wreaths and were 

 surrounded by large palms. On the 

 stage was a rail against which rested 

 twenty-two 28-inch wreaths of ivy 

 leaves and white flowers, with the 

 name of each lodge here worked in 

 purple immortelles. The work was that 

 of Gude Bros. Co., who also were the 

 decorators on the occasion of the Mc- 

 Lean-Thompson wedding in St, Thom- 

 as Episcopal Church. The entire chan- 

 cel and music loft were banked with 

 Cybotium Schiedei, and along the 

 walls were large palms. The altar was 

 banked with Kaiserin roses and white 

 snapdragons, and every pew in the 

 church was decorated with a bunch of 

 white peonies tied with white ribbon, 

 the whole forming a flowered aisle 

 from the street to the altar. At alter- 

 nate pews the bouquets were on stand- 

 ards eight feet high. Wall pockets 

 were filled with white peonies and 

 quantities of pin-oak brush were also 

 used. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 

 William Plumb, of the horticultural 

 department of the Panama-Pacific Ex- 

 position, has been visiting the trade 

 here and stirring us up in the inter- 

 ests of the big show of 1915. He is 

 full to the brim with enthusiasm and 

 has many of us hypnotized already so 

 that it looks as if Philadelphia and 

 vicinity will have a good representa- 

 tion in exhibits and attendance. 



Anthony Waterer and Elsie Merrl- 

 man were married on the 10th inst. 

 This is the third Anthony in the 

 Waterer family. His grandtather was 

 Anthony Waterer and his uncle of 

 Knap Hill, Surrey, England, is also 

 Anthony. The present Anthony is a 

 son of H. Waterer, well known in the 

 Horticultural trade of Philadelphia, 

 and is associated with his father in 

 the seed, plant and bulb trade. A 

 young man of great promise and good 

 prospects. 



The borough of Lansdowne, where 

 your scribe sleeps o' nights when not 

 engaged like the Laird o' Cockpen on 

 affairs o' the state, had a "clean-up 

 week" recently. The borough also 

 harbors the district agent of the King 

 Construction Co., William J. Muth, and 

 he informs us that there also was a bit 

 of a "clean-up" in Lansdowne for his 

 company. Here is his record: Wm. 

 A. Leonard, complete material for a 

 house 40 X 300; David Anderson, do., 

 45 X 250; James Verner, do., 42 x 183; 

 Wm, Didden, do., 28 x 175; E. F. 

 Lie.ker, material for repairs to an old 

 house. Pretty good for one little town. 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



U extended to the trade U TUlt »■« 

 Inipect our new atabUshment, FUtB 

 Avenue at 46th Street, New York Cltj. 



-TRAIMSF-ER 

 ORDERS 



bj Telegraph or otherwUe t»T 4eUT*r7 

 of Flowers to Steamer*. Tta«»tr«a, •» 

 Residences In New York aad TltlBltj 

 executed In best manner. 



Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. 



Established 1S47 



Fifth Ave., at 46th Street, NEW YORK 



THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towns 



Are ThoroDKhly Ooiered by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph DellTery). 



Flowergram or Mall Orders from flerlsti 

 any w here carefully filled and delivered 

 nnder the eoperTislon of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison St., CHICAGO. 



'Phone West 822 



REDTER'S 



Membert Floriili 



Telegraph 



Delivery 



store:s in 



New London and Norwich, Conn. 



and Westerly, R. I. 



We cover the territory between 



New Haven and Providence 



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Springville, N, Y. — John Simpson has 

 purchased the greenhouse business of 

 Henry Weber. 



STAMFORD, CONK. 



''Quality Shop 



will take care of all your orders (or d^ 

 signs or cat flowers. 



Stamford Seed & Nursery Co., 43 AMantlc.St 



F. R. PIERSON CO: 



FLORISTS AND 

 PLANTSMEN 



TARRYTOWN ON HUDSON, - N. Y. 



Member of Floriif T«l8»raph D«llT«iry 



NEW INCORPORATIONS, 



Chicago, III.— Kenilworth Nursery 

 Companv, capital stock increased to 

 .$25,000. 



Cicero, III. — Warren Park Floral Com- 

 pany; capital stock, $2,500; incorpor- 

 ators, John Grant. Alexander Grant 

 ;nui William Scott. 



Des Plaines, III. — Garland Manufac- 

 turing Company, successors to the 

 Garland Greenhouse Mfg. Company; 

 capital stock, $35,000: incorporators, 

 Louis Wittbold, Harry S. Garland and 

 Diaries H. Roe. 



New Haven, Ct.— Kopt Bros. Com- 

 pany, agricultural and nursery busi- 

 ness; capital stock, $500,000; incorpor- 

 ators, Henry B. Kopf, Matthew H, 

 Luity and A, J, Ives. 



