April 17. I<t20 



HORTICULTURE 



319 



Kdwaiii C. Dungan of the Wm. Henry 

 Maule Co. who has been confined to his 

 home for the past four months got 

 back to business on the 6th inst. and 

 was met with beaming spring greet- 

 InKs from his associates — also a rosy 

 offering from Queen Flora gracing his 

 desk and shedding fragrance and good 

 wishes all around. We are glad to 

 hear the news, and exten<l our best 

 wishes. 



The Lutheran Church of Wyndmoor 

 took fire during the night recently, and 

 raised a great commotion among the 

 families of the Burtons and other 

 florists of that neighborhood. Fortu- 

 nately no lives were lost but John Bur- 

 ton got a blistered hand while spray- 

 ing the home of his daughter which 

 stands next to the church. All got out 

 in safety — mostly in their pajamas — 

 and the fire companies from Chest- 

 nut Hill, Flourtown, etc., finally came 

 along, so the danger was past; but 

 there certainly was great excitement 

 while it lasted. 



John Kuhn went to the Frankford 

 Hospital March 31 for an operation 

 for rupture. He was reported to be 

 doing well April 7 the stitches hav- 

 ing been removed on that date, and no 

 unfavorable symptons having devel- 

 oped. If all goes well he expects to be 

 back home at Olney in about three 

 weeks. In the meantime his business 

 is being conducted by his son and 

 other members of the family. He has 

 our best wishes for quick and speedy 

 recovery. 



JOHN WATSON SPEAKS 



John Watson, Secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen, ad- 

 dressed the convention of the Agri- 

 cultural Editors' Association in Chi- 

 cago, April 6. on "Keeping the Boys 

 on the Farm by Making Rural Homes 

 Attractive." Mr. Watson told of the 

 educational publicity work being done 

 by the Association and outlined the 

 standardization program under way. 

 It Is significant that the activities of 

 the Association should have attracted 

 attention that brought an invitation to 

 have the Association's Secretary take 

 part in the program ot a convention of 

 Editors of Farm Papers. 



CHICAGO FLORIST'S CLUB. 



The program arranged for the last 

 meeting April 8, brought out a very 

 enthusiastic attendance, but consider- 

 ing the elegant program which was 

 provided, combined with the untiring 

 efforts put forth by the officers of this 

 organization, the number present 

 should have been by far greater and 

 those who failed to attend may well 

 have reasons to regret it. 



The following candidates were elect- 

 ed to membership: Charles M. Mc- 

 Cauley, Grower. Geneva. Illinois; 

 Wm. Langhout, Seedsman. 172 North 

 Wabash avenue. Chicago; Lorenz P. 

 Geiger, Plantsman, 4905 Quincy street, 

 Chicago; Edward Clody, Retail Florist, 

 3912 North Clark street, Chicago; 

 Geo. Wlenhoeber, Retail Florist, 41 

 South Wabash avenue, Chicago; A. 

 Hall. Retail Florists. 47no Sheridan 

 road, Chicago; H. E. Bruns, Retail 

 Florist, 3040 West Madison street. Chi- 

 cago; Fred Stielow. Grower. Niles 

 Center, Illinois; C. Clemensen. Retail 

 Florist, 7801 Exchange avenue, Chi- 

 cago; Nick Damm. Jr.. Grower. Mor- 

 ton Grove. Illinois; James R. Paul. 

 Landscape Gardener. 1112 Lawrence 

 avenue. Chicago; Ernst Weiss. Grower. 

 Elmhurst. Illinois. 



Nominations tor membership were 

 as follows; Eric Paselk. Office Man- 

 aeer; Pnehlmann Bros. Co., Morton 

 Grove, Illinois; L. A. Woodward. Sales 

 Engineer. Lord & Burnham Co.. Chi- 

 cago. 



Chairman French announced on be- 

 half of the Good-of-the Club Committee 

 that they have made plans to hold a 

 May Dance and Ladies' Night some 

 time during the month of May. There 

 will be dancing and entertainment. In 

 the meantime, further announcement 

 will be coming through the Trade 

 Press. 



Joseph H. Hill of Richmond. Tnd , 



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