September 16, 1911 



HORT1CULTURF. 



407 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Business Revival. 



A decided change is springing up 

 in all lines of the florists' trade. Since 

 the opening of the schools, which has 

 brought back to the city many old 

 customers, the retailers have enjoyed 

 an increase in their sales. The flor- 

 ists' supply houses are daily receiv- 

 ing large orders from all over the 

 country and the general feeling pre- 

 vails that a good season is now open 

 ing up. The plant growers are com- 

 ing in for their share of the busi- 

 ness, for the retailers have overhauled 

 their stores and plants are now a 

 necessity in all first-class retail flower 

 stores. Some very beautiful effects 

 with artificial flowers and foliage are 

 seen in the fall decorations of the big 

 stores and Chicago is now quite a 

 center for the manufacturing of these 

 goods. 



Coming Show. 



The fall show at the Art Institute 

 given by the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, September 21-22, is expected 

 to be of a high order as asters and 

 dahlias are just in their prime and 

 all perennials have had a fairly good 

 season. There are many fine place ; 

 in this vicinity whose owners take 

 great pride in them and a first-class 

 exhibit is looked for. 



Trade Notes. 



The E. H. Hunt Co. is putting 

 on the market the Noxall Hose Coup- 

 ler. This is an improvement over the 

 well-known Acme Coupler and which 

 has long been recognized as the best 

 coupler ever on the market. The 

 Noxall is similar with changes enough 

 to bring it up-to-date. Their Noxall 

 Hose has met with great success dur- 

 ing the two years they have handled 

 it and the coupler will no doubt meet 

 the same hearty response. 



Quite a number of florists will em- 

 bark in the retail business for them- 

 selves this fall. Duncan Robertson 

 and W. C. Adams, for several years 

 with the E. Wienhoeber Co.. have sent 

 out cards announcing their opening, 

 October 1st, at Bellevue place and 

 Rush street. This is in a fine resi- 

 dential district and the two will make 



THE Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 NEW ENGLAND 



FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Send flower orders for delivery in Boston 

 aDd all Vfw England point* «" 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 Tremont St., Boston 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for flower or plant deliv- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZIIMIV 



1 Park St , Boston 



a strong team in pulling for their 

 share of the North Side trade. — Chas. 

 Erne severs his connection with the 

 E. H. Hunt Co., September 16th, and 

 will then decide between the different 

 stores available and make ready for 

 an immediate start. — The Briggs 

 House Florist has opened another store 

 on Van Buren street, between State 

 and Dearborn streets. — E. Leslie will 

 open a store on the corner of Ran- 

 dolph and State streets. 



Personal. 



Miss Wolf, for many years book- 

 keeper for J. A. Budlong and who has 

 lately returned from the West, has 

 taken a position with Zeck & Mann. 



Mrs. Harry Reeser of Springfield, 

 Ohio, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. 

 Youngstrand, of Glenview, 111., the past 

 two weeks. Mr. Reeser is a florist at 

 Spi ingfield and Mr. Youngstrand is a 

 landscape gardener and nurseryman at 

 Glenview. 



William Allen, who has charge of 

 the conservatory at Schiller's on West 

 Madison street, has had something on 

 his mind lately and all his leisure 

 hours have been spent in preparing 

 a flat for a mysterious someone who 

 arrived from the East Monday, accom- 

 panied by relatives. Further details 

 will be revealed next week. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Fisk returned 

 on the 7th inst. from a six weeks' 

 tour of the West. Going by the south- 

 ern route and returning by the north- 

 ern one they visited Old Mexico and 

 all the principal cities on the Pacific 

 Coast and have some thrilling tales 

 to tell of their mountain ride in the 

 Canyon of the Colorado and other ex- 

 periences. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dana Hall, Walnut Hill and Rockrldge Hall 

 Schools. TAILBY, Wellesiey, Mass. 



Tel. Wellesiey 44-1 and a. Night 44.3 



OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. 



A certain supply house advertises 

 that their sales were 71 per cent ahead 

 of last August. That does not prove 

 anything of value. Buncombe don't 

 go with the florists. They are all from 

 Missouri! Your sales may have been 

 next to nothing the August before. A 

 cent's worth sold last year and two 

 cents' worth this year — 100 per cent 

 increase. Bum argument. Better 

 change your professor of publicity. 

 You are no doubt paying good money 

 for the space. We are sorry for you. 

 As a good model for an adv. on that 

 kind of goods, what's the matter with 

 the "Rice Standard." 



Of all the little presents and me- 

 mentos of wooden, tin, silver and 

 golden weddings, of send offs, of trib- 

 utes of sympathy, of hurrahs — of all 

 the common things that make up our 

 common lives — not one has ever 

 brought the glisten to the eye, tli" 

 hand clasp, the lump in throat as does 

 a box of flowers — so far as my thirty 

 years' experience of these things goes. 

 Especially with the ladies. I really 

 believe they would rather have a 

 bunch of American Beauties at just 

 the right time than a six-cylinder auto- 

 mobile. So, you retailers, get your en- 

 thusiasm up a little when a lady comes 

 in! Put some life and heart into it. 

 It's wonderful how different you can 

 be if you really try. 



GEORGE C. WATSON. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Willet M. Hayes, assistant secretary 

 of agriculture, has purchased the resi- 

 dence of the late E. F. Droop in Rock- 

 ville, Md. 



F. H. Kramer has been offering a 

 handsomely engraved copy of the 

 Declaration of Independence, suitable 

 lor framing, with each purchase 

 amounting to a dollar or more. 



The building and land located at 

 Thirteenth and F Streets, N. W., 

 known as the Thompson property and 

 in which is located the store of the 

 Washington Florists Co., was last 

 week sold at a reported price of near- 

 ly half a million dollars. 



I-'. H. Kramer, 916 F street, N. W., is 

 looking for the arrival of a shipment 

 .if bulbs from La Garde & Speelman 

 of Ollioules, France, consisting of 100,- 

 000 paperwhite grandiflora and 40,000 

 Grand Soleil d' Or. These will be 

 planted in the Anacostia houses. 



The will of the late Joseph R. Free- 

 man has been entered for probate in 

 the local court. The estate is valued 

 at about $150,000. The store at 

 G12 13th street, N. W.. is valued 

 at $75,000; the business at $10,000, the 

 balance being in real and personal 

 property. Mrs. Freeman is appointed 

 administratrix and practically the sole 

 beneficiary. 



One of the handsomest bouquets of 

 the season was that furnished by Gude 

 Bros, and presented last Saturday 

 night to the members of the troupe, 

 who for five months entertained the 

 public at the Columbia Theatre. This 

 \\ as no corsage bouquet but a bunch of 

 Ann rican Beauties nine feet in height 

 and five feet in diameter. Each actress 

 was also presented with bunches of 

 American Beauties and other roses. 

 This was the company's farewell ap- 

 pearance. 



The Cosmos Theatre, a popular- 

 priced vaudeville house celebrated its 

 third anniversary by giving to its lady 

 patrons corsage bouquets consisting of 

 from four 10 six fresh cut roses. On 

 Labor Day about 2C00 bunches were 

 thus distributed and an average of 

 1200 per day during the remainder of 

 the week. This proved a business get- 

 ting souvenir and members of the lo- 

 cal trade benefited by the sale of the 

 goods. The theatre itself was decorat- 

 ed with palms, ferns and cut flowers. 

 CLARENCE L. LINZ. 



Kennett Square, Pa. — Charles S. 

 Swayne, proprietor of the "Slope" 

 greenhouses, has disposed of his plant 

 to L. M. Parker, who will devote them 

 to sweet peas. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 



Towns for Ready Reference. 



Albany, N. Y — EI. <i. Eyres. 11 N. Pearl St 



Boston — Thos. F. Galvln, 124 TremoDt 8t 



Boston— Edw. MacMulkln, 194 Boylstoo 

 St. 



Boston— Julius A. Zlnn, 1 Park St. 



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

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



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



Buffiilo, N. Y.— S. A. Anderson, 440 Main 

 St. 



Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1843 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 Sehuls. 550 South 

 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 At. 



New York— Young & Nugent. 42 W. 28th. 



New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th 8t. 

 and Madison Ave. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Holm & Olson. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 98 Yongs St. 



Washington, D. C. — Gude Bros.. 1214 F 

 St 



Wellesiey. Mass.— TsUby. 



