October 14, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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three of you, on your feet at ouee! And 

 all three of you. lawyers: V.m talk, and 

 you talk, and you talk; but you don't say 

 anything! Not oue of you! Sit down; all 

 of you! — Paul Huehner. 



Isn't it ahout time Louis was reading 

 those letters again? — .John Burton. 



As we go to press the following 

 communication reaches us and we 

 give it place as a good ending to the 

 account of this memorable event: 



The Sinner's Reflections on the Great 

 Event. 



If I had made or inherited a lot of 

 money I can imagine lots of them com- 

 ing forward to say Dice things. But hav- 

 ing done neither, the conclusion is irre- 

 Bistihle. The hoorah must have been gen- 

 uine. That is a thought that ought to 

 five uie much satisfaction — and it does, 

 nd the notion has gone forth that the 

 average American loves and worships the 

 dollar, and the dollar only. Here is at 

 least one instance to the contrary. The 

 American people, I believe, are just as 

 human as the rest of the world. They are 

 keen for the dollar but they are also warm- 

 hearted human beings. I have sojourned 

 among them twenty-seven years, and have. 

 every minute, more and more realized 

 that fact. I hope to live and die among 

 them. Greatest people on earth, and get- 

 ting bigger every minute! 



GEORGE C. WATSON. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Walter Kimmel has returned from a 

 very pleasant fishing and camping 

 trip on Blackistone's Island. 



Leapley & Meyer, 905 G street, N. 

 W.. are in the midst of a very suc- 

 cessful fern, palm and bulb sale. 



The new store on King street. Alex- 

 andria, Va., to which Mr. Charles 

 Kramer recently removed is far super- 

 ior to the store formerly occupied by 

 him, and it is reported that he is doing 

 nicely. 



It is with regret that we have to re- 

 port that George H. Cooke has suffered 

 a breakdown following his recent at- 

 tack of blood poisoning. Earlier in 

 the year Mr. Coolie ran a •thorn into 

 his hand causing the poison and his 

 health since that time has not been of 

 the best. His very many friends here 

 wish him a speedy recovery and the 

 return of his usual good health 



The local organization of archi.ects, 

 at their meeting held last week, ap- 

 pointed a committee of three to in- 

 vestigate the advisability of taxing 

 bay windows. As bay windows and 

 display windows aie one and the 

 same, such taxation will hardly b3 

 favorably considered by the trade in 

 this city. Should this become a law, 

 those owning would be obliged to pay 

 taxes according to their frontage, and 

 those hiring quarters will be nu 

 doubt, called upon to pay an in- 

 creased rental to make up whatever 

 charges are assessed. 



The Department of Agriculture an- 

 nounces that they have discovered a 

 method of so treating persimmons as 

 to remove the "pucker'' therefrom. 

 This is said to be due to the presence 

 of soluble tannin which becomes in- 

 soluble when the fruit gets ripe, but 

 this condition may be removed by 

 subjecting the fruit to a diluted solu- 

 tion of alcohol and the use of carbon 

 dioxide and starch in the processing 

 compartments instead of allowing the 

 air to reach the fruit while undergoing 

 treatment. Thus the fruit may be 

 pared and eaten while firm. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Whoever lost a half ticket for Bal- 

 timore and Philadelphia can get a re- 

 fund b'y applying to John Westcott. 

 Found on the boat trip down the hay. 

 Address John Westcott, Ridge and 

 Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia. 



We understand that Mack Richmond 

 of Baltimore is contemplating a new 

 deal. He is now a free lance, the Hal- 

 liday's having sold their greenhouses 

 of which he was foreman for so many 

 years. Nothing definite has yet been 

 decided on. 



A pleasant meeting took place at 

 Dooner's on Thursday between those 

 two veterans, W. R. Smith and Robert 

 Craig. From time to time old friends 

 dropped in and greeted them. The 

 "senator" looks hale, hearty and 

 rugged. Age cannot wither nor cus- 

 tom stale.' 



The grand show that can be inex- 

 pensively made with the dahlia was 

 well illustrated at the recent Florists' 

 Club dinner here. The Niessen grow- 

 ers sent in liberally (without thought 

 of reward) and put up a splendid ad- 

 vertisement for an even more liberal 

 use of this fine flower in the future. 



M. Rice & Co. have added to their 

 salesforce Mr. John E. Scolley who will 

 call on the Philadelphia trade. Mr. 

 Scolley is one of the store boys — well 

 trained and promising for the future. 

 Has been with the firm four years. 

 Came to them from high school when 

 17 — so is still a young man with his 

 spurs to win. We wish him well. 



The big steamers Frankfurt, Graf 

 Waldersee. Manitou and Taormina 

 each brought heavy shipments of im- 

 ported baskets, novelties, etc., for M. 

 Rice & Co. They report sales ex- 

 ceedingly brisk. In their warehouses, 

 packing and shipping departments it 

 was necessary to keep the employes 

 working nights to keep up with the 

 orders. 



Montague Wright, a former Phi'adel- 

 phia boy, who has for the past six 

 years been one of Lord & Burnham 

 Company's New York representatives, 

 is now associated with Dennis C( am 

 in the company's Philadelphia office. 

 Mr. Wright will give special attention 

 from this office to the handling of the 

 southern territory — a field which he 

 has been in close touch with for sev- 

 eral years. 



Visitors: Mack Richmond, Bait - 

 more, Md.; W. F. Gude and W. R. 

 Smith, Washington, D. C; W. C. Lang 

 bridge, Cambridge, N. Y. ; John F. 

 Horn, of J. F. Horn & Bro., Allentown, 

 Pa.; Charles Vorkeller, Co. Bethlehem, 

 Pa.; William F. Gude, Washington, D. 

 C. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Henry Young & Son on Maryland 

 avenue had their opening last week. 

 The store was crowded daily. 



C. Young & Sons' new show room 

 and store on Waterman avenue is 

 nearly completed and the opening will 

 be made a feature. 



The Sanders' Nurseries new retail 

 establishment on Clara avenue is near- 

 ly completed. They expect to open 

 November 1st. 



There were quite a lot of large plant 

 decorations last week at the large 

 department stores down town. Chas. 

 Beyer, C. A. Juengel, Wm. Schray & 

 Sons, and Bruning were kept busy 

 with this kind of work. 



The St. Louis delegates who went to 

 Chicago to attend the 25th anniversary 

 of the Chicago Florists' Club num- 

 bered fourteen. All arrived home on 

 Saturday and report a splendid time 

 and a fine entertainment. 



It's only a few more weeks now un- 

 til the Fall Flower Show opens in 

 the big Coliseum building and which 

 promises to be the best and largest 

 the Horticultural Society has yet at- 

 tempted. Entries are coming in daily 

 for space. 



Ostertag Bros., at Washington and 

 Jefferson avenue, also have an opening 

 all week, celebrating their 25th year 

 in business. Flowers and handsome 

 souvenirs were given to all lady visi- 

 tors. The place is known as the 

 "House of Flowers." 



Visitors: A. Tomaszewski and Tim. 

 Waters, both of Chicago. 



Baltimore — A shipment from Hol- 

 land consisting of something like 

 000 bulbs has just been received by the 

 park commissioners to be set out in 

 the local parks. The consignment 

 was under the supervision of Henna i 

 Rynveld of Hillegom, Holland, and he 

 has come to this city to instruct those 

 in charge how best to take care of 

 ihem. In the shipment were 10,000 

 Murillo, 10.000 Imperator Rubrorum, 

 10,000 Couronne d'Or, 60,000 Montresor, 

 75,000 Belle Alliance and 60,000 Pote- 

 bakker. 



DETROIT NOTES. 



Miss Holzhauer is fully settled in 

 her new commodious flower shop. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Co. has 

 seven million choice ferns stowed 

 away, and they keep coming. 



Mr. Harry Breitmeyer, son of genial 

 Phil Breitmeyer. will marry Miss 

 Bamlet, Oct. 10, and spend their honey- 

 moon on an eastern trip. 



J. F. Sullivan has gone east on 

 a shoit business trip, and Mrs. Sulli- 

 van, although still showing the effects 

 of her long illness, is hustling in the 

 store. 



Schroder's annual fall decoration 

 for the Necomb, Endicott Co.. used 

 up 1500 Beauties, about 4000 roses, 26 

 fancy baskets and over 100 palms. 



FRANK DANZER. 



PERSONAL. 

 Sedalia, Mo. — C. A. Claison has been 

 appointed superintendent of Floricul- 

 ture at the Missouri State Fair. 



E. Westergard, gardener for S. W. 

 \Yinslow, North Beverly, Mass., left 

 October 13 to take head gardener's 

 position on the estate of C. Howard 

 Clark, Devan, Pa. 



Visiting Cincinnati — George E. Kess- 

 ler, landscape gardener. St. Louis Mo. 



Visiting New York: Alexander Dal- 

 las, Waterbury. Conn.; M. E. Estep, 

 Spokane, Wash. 



Visiting Boston- Walter Mott. rep- 

 resenting Wm. Elliott & Sons, New 

 York; W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa. 



