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HORTICULTURE 



October 21, 1911 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



P. C. Bauer of Govanstown, Md.. was 

 in town last week visiting his brother, 

 Otto Bauer, of the Washington Flor- 

 ists' Company. 



S. F. Hdlland has opened a new 

 st i ii> at Kighteenth street and Colum- 

 bia road, N. W. Mr. Holland was for- 

 merly located at Fourteenth street and 

 Park road. 



The death of Justice Harlan of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States 

 called for some very artistic floral de- 

 signs and added much to the activity 

 of the week. Aside, however, from 

 the commercial feature, his death was 

 deeply regretted by many of the flor- 

 ists, as Justice Harlan had many 

 friends among the trade. 



The Washington Florists' Company, 

 Eleventh and F streets, N. W., showed 

 some very choice baskets of cut flow- 

 ers last week. The baskets were filled 

 with Killarney roses and purple asters. 

 Golden Gate "roses and asters formed 

 another combination. The display was 

 commented upon in the shopping col- 

 umn of a local newspaper. 



The trade is warned against a new 

 counterfeit ten dollar bill which has 

 made its appearance. The bill bears 

 the check letter "F," and the names 

 of Charles H. Treat and W. T. Vernon 

 as treasurer of the United States and 

 register of the treasury, respectively. 

 It is of the series of 1902-8 and is 

 drawn on the Crocker Bank of San 

 Francisco. 



A device for the plucking of flow- 

 ers is among the recent inventions. 

 This article consists of a tube con- 

 nected to a pair of shears. At one 

 end of the tube is a forked shape pare 

 which slips beneath the flowers, hold- 

 ing them rigid, while a blade traveling 

 beneath the fork cuts the stem, drop- 

 ping the blossom into the tube and 

 thence to a basket, or other receptacle, 

 attached thereto. 



Washington florists will be repre- 

 sented at the post-season champion- 

 ship baseball games being held be- 

 tween New York and Philadelphia by 

 two staunch fans in the persons of 

 Mr. Z. D. Blackistone and Mr. Milton 

 Thomas, the latter a member of the 

 firm of Thomas & Slye of the Center 

 Market. These -gentlemen are visiting 

 both cities and will incidentally take 

 a peep at the way out of town florists 

 are handling their trade, etc. 



Harry L. Robcy, with A. B. Garden, 

 Anacostia, D. C, has joined the ranks 

 of the benedicts, having taken as his 

 bride Miss Isabella Davidson. The 

 ceremony was a very quiet one, and 

 the news of the wedding, which was 

 performed at the Garden home, was a 

 very great surprise to the friends of 

 both participants. A family reception 

 followed. Mrs. Robey is the daughter 

 of Mr. John Davidson of Shannelton 

 Ord, Bamffshire, Scotland, and a niece 

 of the Gardens. 



Mr. and Mrs. William F. Gude last 

 week celebrated the fifteenth anniver- 

 sary of their wedding. Cards had been 

 sent out announcing that they would 

 be "at home," but no mention was 

 made as to the occasion. It leaked 

 out. however, and Mr. and Mrs. Gude 

 were the recipients of fifty or more 

 very handsome presents. The florists 

 of Washington presented them with a 



Charles Lenker and House of Robinson Chrysanthemums, Freoport, N. Y. 



magnificent cut-glass punch bowl and 

 the Board of Directors of the Lincoln 

 National Bank marked the day with a 

 most exquisite piece of cut glass in the 

 shape of an "American Beauty" vase. 

 Upwards of five hundred people called 

 during the day. Their home at 3900 

 New Hampshire avenue was beauti- 

 fully decorated with cut flowers. 



CLARENCE L. LINZ. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Some excellent Chatenay are com- 

 ing in from John Burton, who has 

 two houses of this rose. 



The annua! fall show of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society is 

 scheduled for Nov. 7, 8, 9 and 10. 

 Copies of the premium list may be had 

 from the secretary. 



We welcome back home this week, 

 those genial knights of the road, 

 Arthur Zirkman and Robert Schoch. 

 They both seem to stand the strain 

 of the strenuous life pretty well. 



John E. Scalley of M. Rice & Co, 

 made his maiden trip among the Phila- 

 delphia retailers last week. From all 

 accounts the youngster did well as 

 the firm asks your correspondent to 

 return thanks for the many courtesies 

 extended to this new field officer of 

 theirs. 



Alexander B. Scott thinks that the 

 Killarney blood will be the basis of 

 nearly all the good commercial cut- 

 flower roses of the future. What 

 Fisher did for the carnation may be 

 paralleled by Dickson in the rose. 

 Both struck a great strain and there 

 is no telling how far-reaching the in- 

 fluence. 



The Rice Standard Cycas seems to 

 be taking well in all parts of the 

 country. This is a great improvement 

 over the ordinary painted natural 

 frond — in fact, it is absolutely natural 

 — while the invisible process has made 

 it fadeless. We are told that the Rice 

 people control the entire output of 

 this new process. 



There were doings at the National 

 Farm School on the 15th. This was 

 the program in part: 



Speakers — Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, 

 chief chemist of the department of 

 agriculture, Washington, D. C; Hon. 



Edwin S. Stuart, former governor of 

 the state of Pennsylvania; Hon. Har- 

 ry Cutler, member of the Rhode Island 

 Legislature of Providence, R. I.; Rev. 

 Louis B. Michaelson, Trenton, N. J.; 

 Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, founder 

 and president of the school; reports by 

 the president and directors of the 

 school and officers elected; an exhibit 

 of farm products. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. has been 

 so encouraged with the success of 

 their free lectares during last winter 

 that they are announcing a series of 

 seven to be given during the winter of 

 1911-12, the first on Oct. 23d, by 

 Maurice Fuld on "The Potting of 

 Bulbs, as Done by the Amateurs." 



The management believes that these 

 lectin es are a step in up-to-date busi- 

 ness, and the attendance, which has al- 

 ways been above the average, shows 

 they are appreciated by the public 



These lectures have been planned 

 to cover almost the entire sphere of 

 the business, such as gardening by 

 amateurs, by farmers and truckers, by 

 florists and flower growers and raisers 

 of poultry. A special lecture, exclu- 

 sively for florists, has been arranged 

 for November, and further particulars 

 will be announced later. Programs 

 for the entire series will be ready at 

 the first lecture and distributed widely 

 among those who are interested. 



Visitors: Will. Rehder, Wilmington, 

 N. C. ; Mrs. C. Kaizer, Fort Washing- 

 ton, Pa.; Z. D. Blackistone, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; Mrs. John A. Cook, Bever- 

 ly, N. J. 



Lancaster, Pa. — Julius P. Siebold, 924 

 E. Orange street, writes HORTICUL- 

 TURE that the two houses he is build- 

 ing are 26x108, abutting the old houses 

 built five years ago. The new houses 

 are of semi-iron construction, with 

 concrete side walls and are about ready 

 for glazing. He is so well pleased 

 with the new houses that in another 

 year or so he expects to rebuild the old 

 houses in the same manner. A va- 

 ried line of stock is grown inside and 

 in the field, all for the wholesale trade. 

 A quarter acre of salvia Zurich and 

 Bonfire, made a glowing display this 

 season. 



