June IS, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



79^ 



Personal. 



Visitors in Chicaso; A. L. Glasser, 

 of Dubuque, la.; i\Ir. Kaber, of La 

 Porte, Ind. 



S. Carlquist of Lenox. Mass., .sailed 

 from New York for a European \isit 

 on June 10. 



Mrs. S. Hefele, New York, is at the 

 St. Francis Hospital slowly recovering 

 from a severe illness. 



Alexander MeConnell, of New York 

 City, is recuperating at Norfolk, Conn., 

 after his recent illness. 



Gieor.?e H. Bartlett, toimerly of Sun- 

 cook, is now manager of an extensive 

 plant in Franklin, N. H. 



Philip Einsnian of Astoria, N. Y.. is 

 about to start for his tiome in Darm- 

 stadt, where his father is very sick. 



Mayor Hibbard has reappointed Su- 

 perintendent Sullivan of the public 

 grounds department of Boston for the 

 coming year. 



Harry Paisley, representative of the 

 Detroit Pot Manufactory, has lje«n 

 calling on his Chicago patrons this 

 week. 



B. S. Slinn, Jr.. wholesale florist. 

 New York, sailed on June 3 for a sum- 

 mer tour in France and other parts of 

 Europe. 



Arthur Rogers, assistant salesman 

 for E. A. Asmus at the New York Cut 

 Flower Company, is reported as dan- 

 gerously ill. 



J. R. Shields, gardener for F. G. 

 Ciane, of Dalto.n, Mass.. will sail on 

 the S.S. Mauretania June 24 for a two 

 months' trip abroad. 



William H. Kuebler, Brooklyn's 

 commission florist, sailed with Mrs. 

 Kuebler and two children, on June ■}, 

 on a visit to Norway. 



A. L Simmons, florist, on ijSrd 

 street. Chicago, who has been very ill, 

 is now convalescing and is contem- 

 plating taking a trip soon. 



J. H. Colman, at one time a well- 

 known salesman for the Cleveland Seed 

 Co., has taken a position with ihe 

 Leonard Seed Co. of Chicago. 



Paul Beyers of A F. Beyers of South 

 Bend, Ind.. was a Chicago visitor this 



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GEO. B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



week. Mr. Beyers reports trade as 

 good, and was looking up stock. 



C. Willard Smith, who handles a 

 large share of the jobbing and canning 

 trade for the Leonard Seed Co. of 

 Chicago, is able to again resume his 

 duties after a short illness. 



.\mong the passengers sailing on the 

 Ryndam, Wednesday, June 10. were 

 John Kemper. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. db- 

 biuge, of Ebblnge & Van Goes, Mr. 

 Kcster, ot Koster * Co., Bjskoop, 

 Holland. 



Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stumpp. ot 

 New York, sailed June 9 on the Kron- 

 piinzessin Cecile. They will take an 

 automobile trip in Europe and expect 

 to meet M. O. Jord;in, of the J. M. Kel- 

 ler Co. and Mrs. Jordan in Cologne'. 

 Mr. and Mre. Jordan sailed la.st v;eek 

 on the New Amsterdam. 



J. H. Wilson has resigned his posi- 

 tion with Vanghan's Seed Store, Chi- 

 cago, and has gone en the road for the 

 l>eonard Seed Company. Mr. Wilson 

 came from Boston a little over a year 

 ago. He has made a great many friends 

 in Chicago and proved himself a verv 

 capable and energetic bnsine.ss man. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber and 

 their daughter, Adele, in company of 

 Miss TiUie and Linnie Meinliardt, all 

 of St. Louis, will leave, the latter 

 part of this month, for a trip to Den- 

 ver. Colorado Springs, Yellowstone 

 Park and other points ot interest in 

 the far west. This pleasure trip will 

 consume a month. 



Weigel &" Ujfalussy. who succeed to 

 the business of Emll Steffens as man- 

 ufacturers of fiorists' wire designs and 

 sundries, have taKen a well-advised 

 course in establishing their ware 

 rooms at 1.30-1".S West 2Sth street, 

 close to the centre of the wholesale 

 florist ti-ade of New York. The Stef- 

 fens' business has been in existence for 

 over forty years and under aggressive 

 management offers an excellent oppor- 

 tunity for development. 



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