Sbptembeb 28, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Adolphus Gude. 



cially at Christmas. Poinsettias when 

 grown in pots have a habit of losing their 

 leaves. This I believe to be due to 

 starvation more than anything else. We 

 use Clay's fertilizer freely in the pot- 

 ting soil and feed with liquid manure 

 when the bracts are fnrming. Although 

 the temperature frequently drops to 40 

 degrees on cold nights, the plants rarely 

 lose a leaf. 



Cyclamen is another grand subject for 

 winter bloom, with the culture of which 

 you are all familiar. A poor strain of 

 this is dear at any price, and will never 

 give satisfaction, no matter how well it 

 is grown. Get the best seed procurable. 



Calceolarias although beautiful flowers 

 are hardly worth growing in this climate. 

 Except they have a cool and airy posi- 

 tion when in flower, a few hot days in 

 spring will simply melt them. I con- 

 sider the show pelargonium a much 

 more valuable spring flowering plant. 



Amaryllis are very useful plants, easily 

 grown and when in bloom are remarka- 

 bly .handsome. They require but little 

 space, for during the resting period they 

 can be kept in any dry, cool cellar. With 

 a few dozen of these bulbs a succession of 

 flowers can be kept up that will add 

 greatly to a collection of plants during 

 ■winter and spring. 



The geranium as a winter flowering 

 plant must not be forgotten. The Eng- 

 lish round-flowered varieties are best for 

 this purpose. Plants grown in 5-inch or 

 Cinch pots and the flowers kept picked 

 off during summer, will flower all win- 

 ter. Although this is a somewhat ple- 

 beian plant, many people enthuse more 

 over a well-flowered geranium than they 

 would over a costly orchid. 



Isolepis gracilis grown in 4-inch pots 

 and placed a few inches apart give a 

 very natural effect for edging the 

 benches. Abutilon vexillarium and Vinca 

 variegatum are also used. 



ADOLPHUS GUDE. 



When one has a yoimger brother who 

 is president of his local club, an ex-presi- 

 dent of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists, and among the most popular mem- 

 bers of that body, a modest man is not 

 unlikely to prefer a seat in the rear of 

 the hall when there is anything 

 ' * doin ' ; " otherwise things might look 

 too much like family affairs. But in the 

 business life of Washington Adolphus 

 Gude plays no inconspicuous part. 



The Gude brothers have been life-long 

 residents at the national capital; 



Adolphus was bom at Knoxville, Tenn., 

 April 20, 1863, but the family moved 

 to Washington when he was only 7 years 

 of age. He received his education in the 

 public schools and business college of the 

 city, afterward going to work for Nich- 

 olas Studer. After he had been with 

 Mr. Studer a short while he was joined 

 by his brother, William F. Gude. When 

 he had worked with the florist for eleven 

 years, he had saved enough to purchase 

 a patch of land near his employer's. 

 This he cultivated, selling his flowers on 

 Mr. Studer 's bench in Center market. 

 In 1888 he and his brother obtained 

 ground in Anacostia, where they erected 

 greenhouses and continued to cultivate 

 flowers. One year afterward they opened 

 a modsst business at 423 Center market, 

 under the present firm name of A. Gude 

 & Bro. From the start the business in- 

 creased rapidly, and in a few months 

 the firm opened a store at 938 F street. 

 In 1890 the brothers moved to 1112 F 

 street, but the building was blown down 

 one year afterward. They then leased 

 the building at 1224 F street, where they 

 remained until last fall, when larger 

 quarters became necessary in order to 

 conduct their ever-increasing business in 

 the proper manner, and the new building 

 which the firm had erected at 1214 F 

 street was moved into. Progressiveness, 

 hard and constant work have been the 

 attributes which have brought them suc- 

 cess. 



Both the Gude brothers ar3 ' ' joiners. ' ' 

 Adolphus Gude is a member of a number 

 of civic and fraternal organizations. In 

 the Masons he is member of Anacostia 

 Lodge, No. 21, of which he is a past 

 master, and at present treasurer. He is 

 past high priest of Washington Naval 

 Royal Arch Chapter, No. 6, and also 

 past high priest of Ana<;ostia Boyal 

 Arch Chapter, No. 13, besides being an 

 officer of the Grand Boyal Arch Chapter 

 of the District ^f Colombia. iHe is a 

 past commander of the De Molay Mount- 

 ed Commandery, and also a member of 

 Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine^ and a 

 Scottish Bite Mason. In the Odd Fel- 

 lows he is a member of Central Lodge, 

 No. 1. He is past patron of Electa 

 Chapter, No. 2, Order of the Eastern 

 Star, and also a past grand patron of 

 the order in {he District. For a nwn- 

 ber of years he has been a member of 

 the Board of Trade and of the Business 

 Men's Association. He is treasurer and 

 manager of the Anacostia Brick Com- 

 pany, and a director of the German Or- 

 phan Asylum. He is a member of the 

 Washington Florists' Club, and a life 

 member of the Society of American 

 Florists. 



Ransfe of Plant Houses of C. C. PoIIworth Co^ Milwaukee. 



