May 17, 1913 



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Personal 



Henry Young, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 and Miss Clara Bleeke of Decatur, 

 Ind., were married on April 28tli. 



Charles W. Knight, formerly at 

 Round Hill, Greenwich. Conn., is now 

 with A. T. Boddington, New York City. 



Mr. and Mis. Albert Knopf of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., left April 25th for a silver 

 wedding trip through the California 

 orange belt. 



George Smith of Orange. N. J., has 

 been appointed by the Governor as a 

 member on Board of Visitors, to State 

 Agricultural College at New Bruns- 

 wick. 



Julius Roehrs, Sr.. of Rutherford. 

 N. J., is at Capri, Italy. Recent in- 

 formation regarding the state of his 

 health is not as hopeful as his friends 

 would wish. 



Much anxiety was caused to family 

 and friends by the sudden disappear 

 ance of Thomas Pegler from his home 

 and business at Brunswick, Me., last 

 Saturday noon. After a widespread 

 search of woods and ponds a telegram 

 was received by his wife on Tuesday 

 stating that he was in Toronto, Can., 

 and would return at once. Mr. Pegler 

 suffered a nervous breakdown last year 

 In Boston, and it is believed that in 

 the present case his mind has been 

 affected by overwork and a relapse. 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 York Cut Flower Exchange on May 3, 

 officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year, as follows: President. John 

 Donaldson; secretary, Victor Dorval; 

 treasurer, Charles Beekman : directors, 

 Anton Schultheis, Philip F. Kessler, 

 Frank Millang, Fred Smith and John 

 Schneider. John Donaldson is one of 

 the most successful growers in the 

 cut flower market, as well as one of 

 the most popular. He is a good 

 bowler, a good entertainer, and he will 

 make a good president. 



Cambridge. N. Y. ; Hon. Harley James, 

 Mayor of St. Georges, Bermuda. 



New York visitors: R. Vincent, Jr., 

 Whiteniarsh, Md.; W. J. Vesey, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind.; Ed. Welch, and Jos. 

 DriscoU, Boston: Alph. Walraet, 

 Bruges. Belgium; C. C. Pollworth and 

 H. A. Weil, Milwaukee. Wis.; Einar 

 Knutsson. Copenhagen. Denmark; G. 



John Donaldson 

 President-?lect N. Y. Cut Flower Exchange. 



C. Eldering. Overveen, Haarlem, Hol- 

 land. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



There was quite a severe frost Sun- 

 cay morning, May 11th, which was 

 hard on the young carnations planted 

 just before. Some fear was felt for 

 the peonies, also, but no adverse re- 

 ports have come in as yet. 



Ernest Roeber and Martin Radke, 

 growers. Maywood. 111., dissolved part- 

 nership at the expiration of their 

 lease, May 1st. and each will go into 

 business for himself, the former in 

 Winnetka, and the latter in Glen 

 EUen, .111. 



pectations of even the most sanguine. 

 The arrival of early orders indicated 

 that the day had possibilities of a 

 greater volume of business than its 

 predecessors, but many wholesalers, a 

 week previous, had the conviction 

 firmly in their minds that orders 

 for white carnations could not be 

 "switched" to colored ones and when 

 they were sold out of white, business 

 would cease. On the contrary, white 

 carnations were supplanted by col- 

 ored carnations and then followed 

 roses and then any kind of a flower. 

 .\nd this has come about here with 

 apparently little effort by the whole- 

 salers and still less by the retailers. 

 A marked demand for red flowers over 

 pink ones was noticed. 



Boston visitors: W. C. Langbridge, 



Mothers' Day was beyond the ex- 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 will have an outing and May-pole 

 dance in June. John Gracey is chair- 

 man of the committee. 



There are conflicting opinions as to 

 the effect on the flower trade from 

 Wanamaker's giving away 25,000 car- 

 nations for Mothers' Day. Some think 

 it was bad and hurt legitimate busi- 

 ness. Others are equally convinced it 

 was good and stimulated legitimate 

 business. The latter go so far as to 

 say that the proposition far eclipsed 

 anything the campaign of publicity has 

 accomplished. "You pays your money 

 and you takes your choice." 



To stimulate interest in the work 

 that is being done in the school-gar- 

 dens, President Gracey, of the Retail 

 Florists' Association, has presented 

 more than 1000 geranium plants to 

 the pupils of the Robert Morris Ad- 

 junct School of Practice, offering a 

 prize to the child whose plant at the 

 end of the season is in the most flour- 

 ishing condition. This is said to be 

 the first step in the movement started 

 by the association to encourage the 

 school children of the city to study 

 and experiment in floriculture. When 

 the school-gardens close, next fall, the 

 plants will be inspected and the child 

 who produces the finest specimen will 

 receive $20 worth of larger plants and 

 ferns. The work of sowing seeds has 

 been started in the ten large school- 

 gardens and in numerous home gar- 

 dens. 



