July 24, 1909 



HORTICULTURk- 



US 



rial letters lequestiug us to send $1M or 

 $1.50 box of sweet peas to a departing 

 steamship leai'iug liobolieu, N. J. 



•"However, I don't rebel against small 

 matters providing we ean get cost out of 

 the transaftion. Of course you are familiar 

 with the old Scotch adage, 'Many Mickles 

 Ma<'ks a Muckle.' 



**I find quite a difference between cer- 

 tain towns as to the general run of orders, 

 some towns being much given to economy. 

 To such I would apply another Scotch 

 phrase and remind them that, 'Yon canna 

 .get a gold sovereign for a shillin.' " 



We are inclined to believe that a 

 little more courage in handling the 

 customer, giving him or her a more 

 vivid idea of what it costs to command 

 such modern luxuries, might have a 

 salutary influence in inducing a more 

 liberal stretching of the purse strings. 



A NUISANCE CONDEMNED. 



Thomas F. Galvin, of Boston, has 

 given publicity to the following 

 notice through the Boston daily papers, 

 which will, no doubt, strike a respon- 

 sive echo of approval from every 

 florist in the country who respects his 

 business and himself. 



Certain florists of this city in soliciting 

 orders for flowers for funerals are so lost 

 fn their zeal to oljtaiu business as to fail 

 to appreciate the amenities due the grief- 

 stricken, and incousiderately intrude them- 

 selves or their grasping represeutatives on 

 families suffering from the shock imideut 

 to the loss of those near and dear to them. 

 These ghouls of the business are frequently 

 rebuked by the indignant mourners and 

 friends of the deceased, but their actions 

 sometimes tend to create a false impression 

 of the methods employed in the flower busi- 

 ness, and those of us who conduct our 

 efforts along legitimate lines are often un- 

 justifiably criticised. "O'e appreciate that 

 flowers as a gift are usually the best ex- 

 ternal evidence that persons have of show- 

 ing their sentiments towards the departed 

 and their family, but we most emphati- 

 cally disapprove of the tactics employed 

 by the inconsiderate element referred "to. 

 Their importunities have grown akin to a 

 common nuisance, and my purpose iu writ- 

 ing this letter in behalf of my fellow 

 florists is to ask the public to aid the repu- 

 table dealers in our efforts to correct the 

 -abuses by giving short shrift to these objec- 

 tionable solicitors. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 

 Towns for Ready Reference. 



Denver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

 Broadway. 



Washington D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F St. 



Chicago— Hauswlrth, "The Florist," 232 

 Michigan Ave. 



Chicago — William J. Smith, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Chicago— George Wlttbold Co., 1657-59 

 Buckingham Place. 



Louisville, Ky.— Jacob Schniz, 550 South 

 Fourth Ave. 



Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston— Edward MacMulkhi, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston — Hoffman, Florist, 59-61 Massa- 

 chusetts Ave. 



Boston — J. Newman & Sons, Inc., 24 Tre- 

 mont St. 



Boston —Julius A. Zinn. 2 Beacon St. 



Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



Detroit, Mich.- J. Breltmeyer's Sons, 

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray, 1071 

 Broadway. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl 

 St. 



Albany, N. Y.— F. A. Danker, 40 Maiden 

 Lane. 



Ne'V York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York- Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th 

 St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



BufTalo, N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St. 



Montreal, Can. — P. McKenna 6c Son, St. 

 'Catherine and Gay Sts. 



Toronto, Can. — j. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge St. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 S. A. F. Convention. 



The florists' bowling team is getting 

 into line to do some good work at the 

 convention. 'They beat the Breen & 

 Kennedy team crack players last Fri- 

 day night. 



The array of silver cups on exhibi- 

 tion at Ed. Winterson's is a fine one, 

 and helps ta increase the interest in 

 the coming convention, when they will 

 be awarded. 



W. H. Murphy of Cincinnati, super- 

 intendent of Trade Exhibits for the 

 S. -\. F. convention, is here looking 

 after that business and evidently is 

 meeting with success. 



Personal and Miscellaneous. 



J. McNeill, of .7. Kidwell's, is at St. 

 Charles, 111. 



Bernie Zalinger will take a vacation 

 in a few days. 



Mrs. Port has closed her store on 

 West Madison street. 



Frank Hagan, of George Reinberg's 

 store, is away for a rest. 



J. I-Clingel spent a week in Milwau- 

 kee and another in the country. 



Wni. J. Smyth is expected home 

 from the hospital within a week. 



F. Radke, 43S East 43rd street, is 

 spending two weeks at Wheaton, 111. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. have 

 closed their North State street store. 



Miss Heitha Tonner is planning a 

 northern lake trip for the near future. 



Louis Wlnkleman. head rose man for 

 Bassett & Washburn, is on a vacation. 



Ed. Hauswlrth returned from Elgin 

 with his cavalry after an enjoyable ten 

 days' camping. 



Frank Beu has returned from an 

 eastern trip and is ready for another 

 year's business. 



Sidney WifTin, of the Flower Grow- 

 ers' Mai ket, had a week-end vaca- 

 tion at St. .loseph, Mich., and South 

 Bend. Ind. 



Visitors: .7. F. Fox, of J. M. Fox & 

 Son, Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Fox recent- 

 ly flguied in an auto accident and suf- 

 fered a broken arm, which gives him 

 an enforced vacation. J. W. Davis, 

 Davenport, low-a; Harry Philpot, Win- 

 nipeg, Man,; J. D. Carmody, Evans- 

 viUe, Ind.: LeRoy Thorpe Romaine, 

 Park Ridge, N. J. 



Much interest has been shown in the 

 series of five games of base ball be- 

 tween the greenhouse employees of 

 Bassett & Washburn of Hinsdale, and 

 J. C. Vaughan of Western Springs. The 

 final game was plaj'ed on July 18 and 

 was won by the Bassett & Washburn 

 men, they having scored 26 points to 

 the Vaughan 's 19, securing three games 

 out of five. Up to the last half of the 

 game the score was even and fhe 

 crowd was enthusiastic to say the least. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Plainwell, Mich.— E. M. Latte. 



Dixon, III. -The Dixon Flower Shop. 

 106 E. 1st St. (C. H. Fallstrom, pro- 

 prietor). 



THE BEST LETTERS 



Boston Florist Letter Go. 



66 PEARL ST.. BOSTON 



N. F. McCarthy, Mgi . 



Order direct or buy from jour local ittpplr 

 dealer. Insist on haTing the 



BOSTON 



Inscriptions, Emblems, etc.. Always 

 in Stock 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Little Rock, Ark.— R. A. Garrett 

 succeeds the Cottage Floral Co. in 

 the florist business. 



Rosedale, Kan. — Wm. Foith, of Wil- 

 mette. 111., has taken a lease of the 

 Belinder greenhouses. 



Oakhurst, N. J. — Leonard Long, of 

 Riverton, has purchased W. D. Rob- 

 ertson's place and will carry on the 

 florists' business. 



McMlnnville, Tenn.— The Forest 

 Nursery & Seed Co., J. H. H. Boyd, 

 proprietor, have taken over the tree 

 seedlings of T. Perry, Jr. 



Kearney, Neb. — H. C. Green suc- 

 ceeds to the business of the Kearney 

 Floral & Seed Co. under the title of 

 the Green Seed & Plant Co. 



Boston, Mass. — Thomas Pegler has 

 .given up his greenhouses at Wollaston 

 and will devote his whole time to his 

 increasing wholesale business at the 

 Park Street Market. 



Lansing, Mich. — The nursery branch 

 of the business of the Maplewood 

 Violet & Nursery Co. has been dis- 

 continued and the firm name changed 

 to the Maplewood Violet Co. 



N. E. FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Send flower orders for delivery 

 in Boston and all New England 



points to 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 Tremont St., Boston 



TRANSFER 



Your orders for tlower or plant deliv- 

 ery in Eastern New England to 



JULIUS A. ZINN 



2 Beacon St , 3oston 



For Ste 'mers sailing from Montreal and Quebec 

 Order hy Mail or Telegraph from 



In advertisement of Alex. McCon- 

 nell, New York, in last week's num- 

 ber, his telephone number was printed , 

 incorrectly — 487-48S Murray Hill, is | 

 correct. i 



MONTREAL 

 Careful attention and prompt delivery. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dau Hail, Walaut Hill aad Racklidg* Hall 

 Sdioou. TAILBY, Wellesley, Ma*s. 



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