June 21, 1913 



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PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Fred Michell visited the graduation 

 exercises last week at State College 

 where two ot his boys have just fin- 

 ished their first year of the course in 

 agriculture. 



The Maule forces are having a busy 

 summer. The moving into the new 

 Maule Building at 20th and Arch 

 streets, has already commenced, and 

 they expect to have the. big job com- 

 pleted by September 1st. 



Jno. F. Sibson, m a personal letter, 

 writes: "I am working for John D. 

 Horst, four miles from Reading, Pa. 

 It is a new place. The landscaping is 

 by Olmsted and I am working from 

 their plans. Beautiful country around 

 here. I like it, but I miss the club 

 meetings very much. Kindly remem- 

 ber me to all the boys." 



The sweet pea show of the Philadel- 

 phia Horticultural Society Is scheduled 

 for the 26th inst. The prize list may 

 be obtained on application to the sec- 

 retary. There are premiums also for 

 Japanese iris and other hardy peren- 

 nials. Also for zinnias and gloxinias. 

 No doubt Burpee and other enthusi- 

 asts will be on hand as usual with 

 non-competitive exhibits of great in- 

 terest. 



B. Eschner of the M. Rice Co. was 

 busy on Monday receiving congratula- 

 tions on his safe return from his Eu- 

 ropean trip. Mr. and Mrs. Eschner ar- 

 rived at New York on the 14th on the 

 S. S. "America." They sailed on the 

 "George Washington." If there be any- 

 thing in names — some patriotism that! 

 When they reached London the flags 

 were out. It looked like a great wel- 

 come for our good Americans, but it 

 turned out that it was only the King's 

 birthday. 



Visitors. — Felix Alberts, manager for 

 H. P. Muen, Rochester, N. Y.; John 

 Walker, Youngstown, 0. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Rushvllle, Ind. — Mrs. Mina E. Fleen- 

 er has purchased the greenhouses of 

 the Rushville Floral House. 520 East 

 11th street, formerly owned by R. L. 

 Friend. 



Maywood, III. — Rober & Radke have 

 dissolved partnership. Ernest Rober 

 will start in business for himself July 

 1st at Wilmette, taking over John 

 Felke's place. 



Portland, Ore.— A. A. Harter has 

 leased the greenhouse range of W. W. 

 Sibson and will conduct a wholesale 

 business, Mr. Sibson continuing his 

 nursery business as in the past. 



FLORISTS FINED FOR VIOLATING 

 LABOR LAW. 



Because the state legislature tailed 

 to Include cut flowers in the list of 

 perishable articles, the care of which 

 would necessitate the employment of 

 a woman more than 10 hours in any 

 one day, Henry Smith and Alfred 

 Hanna, florists, were compelled to pay 

 fines of $10 and costs in police court 

 yesterday to evade jail sentences of 

 20 days each. 



Smith and Hanna were arrested a 

 week ago on warrants sworn out by 

 Labor Inspector Luella M. Burton, 

 charging them with employing girl 

 clerks more than 10 hours on May 31. 

 When arraigned in police court both 

 pleaded not guilty, but yesterday ap- 

 peared, unrepresented by attorneys, 

 and changed their pleas to guilty and 

 were each fined $10 and costs by Act- 

 ing Police Court Judge Loucks. 



The law under which the two flor- 

 ists were arrested has an exception 

 clause which permits the packers of 

 fruits and other perishable articles to 

 employ their female help to exceed 10 

 hours any one day if it is necessary to 

 keep the perishable stuff from decay. 

 Cut flowers, however, were not consid- 

 ered perishable by the legislators and 

 the recent arrests were the result. The 

 two florists explained to the court that 

 their employees are permitted to leave 

 their places of employment when busi- 

 ness is dull, and are often away for an 

 hour or two at a time. This, however, 

 tailed to excuse them in the eyes of 

 the court. — Grand Rapids (Mich.) 

 Her aid. 



OBITUARY. 

 William Pirie. 

 We regret to announce the death of 

 William Pirie which took place sud- 

 denly, Friday morning, June 13th, at 

 Rochester, N. Y. The deceased ap- 

 peared to be in his usual health and 

 showed no signs of trouble. He had 

 just given the morning orders to the 

 men and in two minutes afterward he 

 was found dead, having fallen where 

 he stood, heart trouble being the 

 cause. Mr. Pirie, who was only 34 

 years of age, came to this country ten 

 years ago, having worked on some 

 large estate in Scotland. For two 

 years he was at Manchester, Mass., 

 and has been head gardener for 

 George Eastman (of kodak fame) tor 

 the past eight years. His death has. 

 come as a great loss to the Rochester 

 florists and to his many friends and 

 associates. He was a man ever will- 

 ing to help — trustworthy and con- 

 genial. Mr. Pirie leaves his wife and 

 two children to mourn his loss. 



Horace J. Heau. 



Patrick T. Quinn. 

 Patrick T. Quinn, 75 years old, an 

 authority on agriculture and credited 

 with having introduced the American! 

 cranberry into England, died at his 

 home in Newark, N. J. At various 

 times he held oflices as secretary of 

 the State Agricultural Society, the 

 State Board of Agriculture and the' 

 State Centennial Commission. 



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IN BANKRUPTCY. 



Holland, Mich.— Alfred Mitting, 

 bilities, $10,000. no assets. 



Edenvale, Gal. — I. J. Eraser, liabili- 

 ties. $4,7.00, no assets. 



Henry Guillaume. 

 Henry Guillaume. Sr., a prominent 

 florist of La Crosse, Wis., died at his 

 home. 119 Sixth street. May 28th. He 

 was born in Germany 66 years ago. 

 His wife and three children survive 

 him. 



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