July 15, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



73 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Fire Loss. 



The N. C. Moore Greenhouse Co., 

 of Morton Grove, 111., had the misfor- 

 tune to lose its greenhouse plant by 

 fire, at noon, July 4th. A year ago 

 Mr. Moore, who is an engineer, had 

 a large new boiler shed built in the 

 most approved method and this as 

 well as the most of the houses is a 

 complete loss. The water is drawn 

 from a well by means of gasoline en- 

 gines and a tank of 60 gallons was on 

 the top of the well. This exploded, 

 shutting off the water supply and con- 

 nection was made at Plant B of the 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. a long distance 

 away. An unusually fine stock of 

 young carnation plants were ruined 

 and a quantity of hay and rye were 

 also lost. A slight leak in the pipes 

 near the tank is supposed to have 

 been the cause of the disaster. 

 To Educate the Public. 



The wholesalers and retailers are 

 being approached by representatives 

 of the Chicago Tribune in behalf of a 

 scheme which will educate the people 

 with a more liberal use of flowers and 

 thereby add to their sales. The florists 

 are not unanimous in their way of 

 regarding it. some thinking the Trib- 

 une much more apt to see results than 

 themselves for the proposition means 

 an outlay of thousands of dollars. 

 Others are willing to wait for future 

 results and pay the price for the edu- 

 cation of the public. The matter is 

 still open. 



Trade Items. 



F. L. Tornquist of Benton Harbor, 

 Mich., is here purchasing greenhouse 

 material for an addition to his place. 



The W. P. Lynch Greenhouse Co. 

 has the frames up for their new range 

 of houses at W. 22nd street and Har- 

 lem avenue. 



Jas. R. Biggam, representing the 

 Alpha Floral Co., of Kansas City, Mo.; 

 Mr. Biggam says all outdoor stock has 

 been destroyed by the excessive heat 

 and they will depend upon the Chi- 

 cago market exclusively for supply. 



O. W. Frees e has the position as 

 manager of the new Chicago Flower 

 Growers' Association at -176 N. Michi- 

 gan avenue. Mr. Freese has been in 

 the wholesale market of Chicago for 

 many years and is well known to the 

 trade. 



Miss Catherine Nanz and mother of 

 Owensboro, Ky., are visiting B. C. 

 Nanz, who is with Bassett & Wash- 

 burn at Hinsdale. They are also tak- 

 ing advantage of the low prices at 

 E. H. Hunt's supply house. Miss 

 Nanz's father was a pioneer florist and 

 established the business in Kentucky 

 thirty-five years ago. 



Personal. 



John Degnan is off for a week's va- 

 cation. 



Adolph Benesh will spend two 

 weeks at Lake Villa, 111. 



Fred Sperry of Vaughan & Sperry 

 is taking his turn at recreating now. 



Joe Weiss of the J. A. Budlong Co., 

 is spending two weeks at Minocqua, 

 Wis. 



Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett left for 

 Pasadena, Cal., July 11th. where they 

 will reside. 



John Sinner and N. Wietor returned 



Saturday from White Sand Lake, 

 where they spent their vacation fish- 

 ing. 



Clara Burkhart and Marie Hayes 

 from the E. H. Hunt Co.'s supply 

 house, are taking a well- earned vaca- 

 tion. 



Nelda Wolf, who has kept the J. A. 

 Budlong books for twelve years, has 

 gone west with her sister. Margaret 

 Russell of St. Louis. Mo., succeeds 

 her. 



Charlie Johnson of the Washington 

 Flower Market will spend two weeks 

 at Paw Paw Lake. This retail firm 

 report the number of weddings as 

 ahead of that of last season. 



As the result of an accident while 

 cranking his automobile, Saturday, 

 Frank Oechslin is carrying his right 

 arm in a sling. One of the bones is 

 broken just above the wrist. 



Harry Philpott and A. T. Pyfer left 

 for Cincinnati, and will visit other 

 cities in that vicinity during the 

 coming week. Mr. Philpott will not 

 return to Winnipeg till after the con- 

 vention. 



Frank Ayers sailed in the regatta 

 race in which the Chicago Yacht Club 

 and the Columbia Yacht Club com- 

 peted for the valuable Herbst cup. The 

 Vincedor, on which he sailed, is one 

 of the fastest on the great lakes, and 

 won third prize going, and second 

 coming back from Milwaukee, July 

 4th. 



W. H. Hilton of 63rd street has just 

 returned from a trip to Kentucky, 

 where he has a tobacco plantation and 

 from Alabama where he has a pecan 

 and orange grove started. Mr. Hilton 

 is one of those fortunate retail florists 

 who has shown his ability to keep sev- 

 eral irons in the fire at once. Inciden- 

 tally, Mrs. Hilton should come in for 

 her share of the credit, too, as she 

 gives her time to the store. 



Other visitors. — John Baucker, 

 Preeport, 111-: W. A. Bitler, Kokomo, 

 Indiana; J. YV. Lynn, Belvediere, 111. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 

 Towns for Ready Reference. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St. 



Amsterdam, N. Y. — Hatcher. 



Boston — Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston— Edw. MacMulkln, 194 Boylaton 

 St. 



Boston— Julius A. Zinn, 1 Park St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's 304 Main St. 



Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Dayton, O— Matthews, The Florist. 



Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way. 



Detroit, Mich.— J. Breitmeyer's Sons, 

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 912 

 Grand Ave. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Louisville, Ky.— Jacob Sehulz, 550 Sooth 

 Fourth Ave. 



New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York— Alex. McConnell, 611 5th Ave. 



New York— W. H. Long, 412 Columbus Av. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28tb. 



New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St. 

 and Madison Ave. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge St. 



Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F 

 St. 



Wcllesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



THE Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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LEADING FLORIST 



Amsterdam, N. Y. Schenectady, NY 



NEW ENGLAND 



FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Send flower orders for delivery in Boston 

 and all New England points to 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 Tremont St., Boston 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant deltT- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN 



1 Park St , Boston 



WELLESLEY G0LLE6E 



Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Rockrldge Hall 

 TAILBY, Wellesley, Mass. 



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PERSONAL. 



Wm. H. Carr, a popular salesman of 

 the Boston Flower Exchange, has just 

 returned from an enjoyable vacation. 



Thomas Pegler, salesman at the Bos- 

 ton Flower Exchange, sailed for 

 Europe for a short vacation on Car- 

 mania from New York on July 12th. 



John McKenzie of North Cambridge, 

 Mass., sailed from Boston, Saturday, 

 July 8, on the steamship Canada for 

 a good time on the other side. 



Harry Wild, superintendent of the 

 Converse estate at Conyer's Manor. 

 Conn., with wife and two children, 

 sailed on the Parisian from Boston for 

 Glasgow on July 7, for a well-earned 

 summer vacation in his native country. 

 He will return via Quebec and Mon- 

 treal. 



John B. Nugent, Jr., the well-known 

 Horist, and president of the New York 

 Fiorists' Club was married on July 6 to 

 .Miss Sabery Dorsell, a popular soprano 

 singer and prima donna of the New 

 York Hippodrome. Mr. Nugent se- 

 cured a divorce from his first wife 

 some years ago. The young lady whom 

 he has now married has on several 

 occasions entertained the New Y'ork 

 Florists' Club on their ladies' night, 

 and a host of good friends wish the 

 happy couple a long and prosperous 

 life together. 



Gibbs Bros., at Lynn. Mass., have 

 taken a lease on two adjoining stores, 

 which they will throw into one ele- 

 gantly appointed store — one of the 

 finest in New England. In the rear 

 will be a conservatory for which the 

 contract has been awarded to Lord & 

 Burnham Co.'s Boston office. 



