FeDruary 7, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



109 



George Watson^s 

 Corner 



"Ton in your ftmaJl corner and me 

 in mine." 



The passing of Joseph C. Trainer, 

 proprietor of TTainer's Hotel, leaves a 

 void in the hearts of many in the hor- 

 ticultural world. What Dooners' is to 

 the seed trade as a Philadelphia head- 

 quarters, Trainers' was to the florists. 

 The hostelry was across the street 

 from Horticultural Hall and its cozy 

 booths were the meoca for many 

 happy and joyful meetings during 

 flower shows, club and society events, 

 as well as in sporting affairs of the 

 innocent and joyful bowling days of 

 the Florists' Olub. Every visitor from 

 the far cities had to be taken to 

 Trainers' to hear his Irish wit, and get 

 the true flavor of Philadelphia hos- 

 pitality at its best and freest. No mat- 

 ter if one stayed at the Bellevue or the 

 Walton — the visit was not complete 

 without a call at Trainers' — if not so 

 skyscraping that house had an in- 

 dividuality all its own. When a boy — 

 running around loose where the ships 

 came in — Joe got the maritime jinx in- 

 side of him and ran away to sea. In 

 after life the salt sea anecdotes and 

 breezy colloquialisms which inter- 

 spersed his conversation were a de- 

 light to hear. He was a member of the 

 Florists' Club and the Horticultural 

 Society and took a keen interest in all 

 their doings. 



Our old Philadelphia friend (late of 

 Craig's and other places around these 

 parts ) Robert Lockerbie, who has been 

 managing the Belk greenhouses at 

 Charlotte, N. C, for some years past, 

 writes us that he has taken a corpor- 

 ate interest in a similar concern at 

 Greenville, S. C. and will take up his 

 new duties there Feb. 15th. We are told 

 that he has been very successful with 

 the Charlotte place and our best wishes 

 go with him in his new venture. 

 Robert is of the heather — if there be 

 any clumps of it left around Edin- 

 burgh Castle — and he seems to get 

 along well with the Carolinians, many 

 of whom claim to be descended from 

 the Ulster-Scots and Highland Scots of 

 Flora Macdonald"s day. 



There seems very little let up on the 

 scarcity of flowers in the market here. 

 Not enough to go around in any line. 

 The situation all through the season 

 has been much more stringent than 



last year. Cattleya Trianae is one of 

 the few good things in reasonable 

 supply. Freesias show up well and in 

 fair quantity. The same may be said 

 of Calendula which is really very fine 

 and a surprise both in color and size 

 to the old time strains. A rare'tince- 

 a-year visitor has made its appear- 

 ance — the golden Acacia — which is 

 very welcome for the short time it 

 lasts and brings readily five dollars 

 per bunch of about a dozen sprays. 



The greenhouse builders seem to 

 have been fairly busy in the neighbor- 

 hood for some time past. The King 

 Construction Co., have the contract for 

 a good sized addition to the David 

 Anderson range at Garrettford. 

 Hitchings & Co., have the contract for 

 the Alvan Harvey & Sons improvement 

 at Brandywine Summit, and Lord & 

 Burnham are busy with an eighty- 

 thousand area at St. Leonardo for a 

 new company of which Elwood Hea- 

 cock is the president. Of course, these 

 instances are only mentioned at ran- 

 dom, and only cover an edge of the 

 situation; but they go to show that 

 there is a whole lot going on notwith- 

 standing the high Qost of labor and 

 materials. 



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 at Front and Market streets, making 

 same more up to date for taking care 

 of the mail order end of their busi- 

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 Investment of over five thousand dol- 

 lars. This house is very busy at pres- 

 ent with their Southern trade. They 

 do a very large business, both whole- 

 sale and retail in the Southern states. 



AMMANN COMING TO BOSTON. 



Will Discuss the Proposed National 



Growers' Association. 



Arrangements have been made 

 whereby J. F. Ammann, former presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., will give his 

 whole time for the next year to the 

 proposed National Growers' Associa- 

 tion. Mr. Ammann, who has been 

 elected secretary of the temporary or- 

 ganization, will travel from coast to 

 coast for the purpose of arousing in- 

 terest in the new organization. It is 

 expected that he will reach Boston 

 about the middle of March, and al- 

 ready preparations are being made for 

 d big meeting at which he will outline 

 the plans which have been formed. It 

 is understood that the method of or- 

 ganization followed by the coal miners 

 will be taken as a kind of worldng 

 model. So-called "Locals" will be or. 

 ganized in each section, and these 

 locals will have their representatives 

 in the national organization. Several 

 New England growers have already ex- 

 pressed their approval of the project. 



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