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HORTICULTURE 



November 4. i»ii 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



William R. S urn h is reported us be- 

 ing Quite Berlouslj ill at the Provi- 

 dence Hospital. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington is slated for Tues- 

 day evening, November 7. 



Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Qude 0( An 



acostla bave announced that theli 

 daughter Marie will be married to .Mr. 

 Charles DeShields of ibis city on the 

 .•\ enlng of November i", 



C. .1. Saunders is making quite a 

 showing at the new location at 1415 

 1 strict, N. \V. This, by reason of 

 its close proximity to the railway 

 transfer point, should prove a good 

 stand. 



The Washington Florists Co. last 

 week reopened their branch store at 

 17C! Fourteenth street, N. W.. for the 

 fall and winter season with Mr. W. S. 

 Fisher in charge. The store has been 

 closed all summer. 



Work is progressing on the new 

 store of .1. EL Small & Sons but no 

 definite date has been set for the re- 

 moval. The new quarters are in the 

 recently constructed Southern Build- 

 ing on H at Fifteenth street. X. W. 



D. G. Grillbortzer and Charles Kram- 

 er have been appointed as members 

 of committee of the Retail Merchants' 

 Association of Alexandria, Va., the 

 former to that on reception and enter- 

 tainments, the latter to streets, roads 

 and parks. 



The Department of Agriculture is 

 holding its tenth annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show at the propagating gar- 

 liens. Fourteenth and B streets, X. W. 

 The show is open from 9.00 a. m. until 

 9.00 p. m.. and ends on Sunday, No- 

 vember .",. Members of the green- 

 house force competent to do so, are on 

 hand to explain the different varieties 

 and their history to the public and 

 thousands are taking advantage of the 

 opportunity of seeing the exhibition. 

 Something like fifty new varieties are 

 being shown. 



A number of new men have en- 

 tered the employ of local stores dur- 

 ing the past week or ten days, among 

 Hies.- being: Harry Cunningham of 

 Hampton. Va.. with J. H. Small & 

 Snns: William F. Gutshall, now at 

 F. H. Kramer's F street store, was 

 formerly located at the United States 

 Propagating Gardens, as was Benja- 

 min Russell, who is now employed at 

 Kramer's greenhouses in Anacostia. 

 E. .1. Reynolds has joined the Wash- 

 ington Florists Company's forces, hav- 

 ing (ome to this city from San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., where he was employed 

 by the Art Flower Co. Mr. Reynolds 

 has been located in Denver and on 

 the coast for several years, prior to 

 which time he was in Newark, X. J., 

 and other nearby cities. He is well 

 known on both coasts. 



The Washington Florists Co. had 

 an exceptionally fine Halloween win- 

 dow last week. Thej had a reproduc- 

 tion of the old witch and her broom 

 sitting on the last quarter of the 

 moon with her old black cat -with one 

 eye white and the other blue, these 

 and that of the witch being formed 

 by electric lights. The figures were 

 suspended from the ceiling. The win 

 clow was decorated in imitation of a 

 farm yard. There were pumpkins. 

 cars of corn and other farm truck on 

 the moss covered floor, surrounded by 

 yellow and white dahlias and chrys- 

 anthemums and Killarney roses. 



Xearly all the florists in town fur- 



I ENGLISH ELMS WANTED 



Several hundred EngliBb "field" Kims. Tiiis is the type fre- 

 quently seen in Boston and ether places In the Kastern States, 

 in large specimens. Old trees can often lie Identified by their 

 habit cif Bucketing, 'frees Bhould preferably be about 15 feet 

 hlxli and :t Inches In diameter. State particulars, giving prices 

 sizes, location, etc. Address 



OLMSTED BROS., Landscape Architects 



BROOKLINE, MASS. 



nishcci flowers on the occasion of the 

 grand opening of the "Greater Palais 

 Royal" and marking the opening of a 

 new building, an addition to this al- 

 ready large department store. To 

 Gude Bros, fell the work of decorat- 

 ing the store and in this large quanti- 

 ties of chrysanthemums, American 

 Beauty and other roses, string smilax. 

 autumn leaves and potted ferns and 

 palms were used. F. H. Kramer fur- 

 nished a number of pieces, among 

 them being an enormous horseshoe of 

 vari-colored dahlias. C. J. Saunders 

 furnished a number of pieces all of 

 which were well made of white and 

 yellow chrysanthemums, ferns, smi- 

 lax, autumn leaves and yellow satin 

 ribbon. J. H. Small & Sons supplied 

 a green rustic basket filled with white 

 and yellow chrysanthemums, Ameri- 

 can Beauties, etc. Mayberry & Hoov- 

 er's contribution to the show con- 

 sisted of a handsome basketful of 

 dahlias. Marche & Co. furnished a 

 basket of dahlias and Richmonds: 

 George C. Shaffer a basket of Beau- 

 ties and chrysanthemums, and other 

 florists did their share. There were 

 probably thirty or forty more pieces 

 furnished by the different florists on 

 exhibition during the early part of the 

 week but space does not permit of 

 mention of more than perhaps the 

 leaders. CLARENCE L. UNZ. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Sam Murray, bus- 

 ily engaged in the annual task of tying 

 Lorraine begonias, which are truly 

 grand this year, found time last week 

 to run over to Kinsely, Kansas, three 

 hundred miles away, and execute with 

 great success a $1400 wedding decora- 

 tion. Of course. Miss Hayden was on 

 the job also. Undertakings of this 

 kind are only passing incidents in the 

 life of this busy young lady who 

 stands in the first rank on floral work. 



Portland, Ore. — Martin & Forbes 

 write HORTICULTURE that they have 

 built one house, 25 x 100, in addition 

 to the four recently reported. This 

 new range is on a 50-acre tract pur- 

 chased last spring and will be devoted 

 almost entirely to the growing of roses 

 and carnations for their own retail 

 trade. The old plant of 100,000 feet 

 of glass will now be given over almost 

 entirely to plant growing. The new 

 plant will be added to as the demand 

 grows. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



A good frost would help stir things 

 up. We want the geranium, the sage 

 and the dahlia off the lawns. Then 

 there will be something doing in tulips 

 and hyacinths and sich! It would help 

 the cut flower business also. People 

 will not buy while they still have plen- 

 ty of good flowers on their own 

 grounds. Come on — old frosty pow! 



The burning question among the 

 wholesalers is — why should we be 

 asked to send special and deliver free 

 — a twenty-five cent bunch of flowers 

 — ten miles. The free delivery system 

 is badly abused and relief must come. 

 They don't do it in other big cities. 

 Here's something for the new regime 

 in the Florists' Club to wrestle with. 



"Progress in Floriculture" is the 

 subject of a free lecture to florists, by 

 Robert Craig, to be given under the 

 auspices of the Henry F. Michell Co., 

 Saturday, Xovember 25th, 1911, at 3 

 P. M., at their newly appointed "Lec- 

 ture Hall," located on their main floor 

 at 518 Market street, Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Craig's ability not only as a grower 

 but also as an accomplished speaker is 

 a guarantee of a pleasant and instruc- 

 tive afternoon. 



About the first of December Frank 

 W. Power, Sec'y. of the Oregon Horti- 

 cultural Society contemplates opening 

 a Horticultural Correspondence School 

 in connection with his other work at 

 Portland, Ore. Courses will be given 

 in the following subjects and later on 

 others will be added: Soils and their 

 adaptability to different fruits; in- 

 sect pests and their remedies; fungus 

 diseases and their remedies; planting 

 fruit trees, vines, etc; care and cultiva- 

 tion of the orchard; grading and pack- 

 ing fruit for the market; how to mar- 

 ket the products of the orchard; pre- 

 cooling of fruit before shipment; irri- 

 gation; budding and grafting in the 

 nursery; fertilizers: salesmanship (a 

 special course for nursery salesmen) 

 Address 1206 Yeon St. 



At the first meeting of the Pasadena 

 (Cal.) Gardeners' Association held in 

 September, the proposition to change 

 the name of the Association to The 

 Pasadena Horticultural Society, was 

 unanimously adopted. 



