HORTICULTURE 



July 12, 1913 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists 



SYSTEM. 

 A well-regulated and systemized 

 store is something to be proud of at 

 the present day. The running of the 

 largest manufacturing plants in the 

 ■world has only been attained and kept 

 successful by the little magic word 

 "System." Take this away and every- 

 -thing goes topsy-turvy; all ideas and 

 plans go wrong; nothing is done, noth- 

 ing accomplished. How can you run 

 a successful flower store without sys- 

 tem? 



Harmony among the help is very 

 essential, so they will work together in 

 order to keep the system going. If 

 there is discord the system is broken. 

 It is rather hard at the beginning to 

 establish a perfect system, but later 

 on the results begin to show and things 

 commence to look as they should with- 

 out excitement, upset, noise and the 

 numerous things that happen daily in 

 a florist shop without system. 



Suppose you have a store crew- 

 no matter whether it be small or large 

 — the svstem you establish must be 

 recognized by all your help and the 

 sooner thev accustom themselves to it, 

 the easier the work will be and the 

 result is a smooth running establish- 

 ment where the daily routine is carried 

 out like the running of a fine piece of 

 •machinery. 



For instance, to start this so-called 

 system, put each employee in his or 

 her proper place and hold them re- 

 sponsible for their share of t>e work 

 accepting no excuses except sickness 

 ■ or accident. The porter must be held 

 for cleanliness of the inside and out- 

 side appearance of the store, the ship- 

 per can be held for the deliver>'. and 

 not for what the porter neglected to 

 do. The window decorator is held 

 responsible for the appearance of his 

 windows: do not blame him if his 

 order was not delivered on time. The 

 one arranging the ice chests must be 

 held for its appearance, and not for 

 anvbodv else's mistake. Those selected 

 to fill the orders while the routine of 

 morning work is going on, must "be 

 responsible for their share of the work 

 also. 



Now that each has been assigned to 

 a station in their respective capacities 

 and know what is expected of them 

 each day. there is no blame going to 

 the wrong party, as the system has 

 overcome this. Keep to the system 

 and vour help will always respect you 



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Me. Stobemas. 



NEW FLOWER STORES. 

 Lansing, Mich. — Lyle Severance. 



Charleston, W, Va.— Winters & Son. 



Seattle, Wash. — C. Heffner, Pine 

 street and Westlake; Charles Muench, 

 Joshua Green Bldg., Fourth avenue 

 and Pine street. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 Memphis. Tenn. - Memphis Floral 



Co. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Rosw»ll Schupp. who had the mis- 

 fortune to break his arm just above 

 the wrist, is doing nicely, but will not 

 use the arm for some time. 



A severe wind storm from Wiscon- 

 sin which just touched Chicago a week 

 ago broke 1000 lights of glass for 0. 

 Sylvester at Oconomowoc, Wis. 



The first shipments of freesia bulbs 

 from California came this week and 

 found the spring bulbs scarcely out of 

 the way. The fall season now prom- 

 ises to be a good one in the bulb 

 business. 



Leonard Larson has returned to his 

 former place at Rockford. 111., after a 

 year in the fruit growing district of 

 Washington, where he had an apple 

 orchard at Ashland. He reports prices 

 there too low for profit. 



At the annual election of the Chica- 

 go Flower Growers" Association, July 

 7, all the old officers were re-elected. 

 The only change in directors was the 

 election of D. Scheiden of Rogers Park 

 to take the place of Aug. Jurgens. 



The Elevated stations are now fol- 

 lowing the good example of the store.> 

 and office buildings and now those 

 hitherto cheerless structures are 

 adorned with occasional boxes of 

 plants. Let the good work go on. The 

 "loop" needs beautifying. 



Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kidwell left 

 July S for a brief trip to the East, ■ 

 ping first at Washington, which was 

 Mr. Kidwell's boyhood home and 

 where his sisters still reside. Mr. Kid- 

 well is president and manager of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association 

 and seldom allows himself a vacation. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hancock spent 

 the week end 'at Starved Rock, the 

 newly acquired state park of Illinois. 

 The gigantic rock, upon which a ^ribe 

 of Indians starved to death rather 

 than surrender, rises perpendicularly 

 158 feet, and this natural monument 

 to a departing race was saved from 

 destruction for commercial purposes 

 by the work of Illinois women. 



Vacations: H. Rogers is at his old 

 home in Spring Lake, Mich.; Nettle 

 Parker, at Lake Geneva, Wis.: Amy 

 Schultz, In Indiana; Miss Amling, mo- 

 toring; Bert Phillips will go to Dow- 

 agiac, Mich.; Mrs. Chas. Moravek is 

 on an extended trip to the Pacific 



Coast; at A. Lange's. several are off 

 for vacations. Included are Miss An- 

 f'.erson. Miss Lampert. Mr. Brown, Mr. 

 Wadlngton and others. 



Hoerber Bros, finish rebuilding this 

 week the two houses leveled by the 

 cyclone. The rebuilding includes a 

 $1300 smokestack of reinforced con- 

 crete, guaranteed to withstand a wind 

 of 100 miles velocity. This guarantee 

 has been mentioned before, but it is 

 something new to have smokestacks 

 guaranteed by builders and this infor- 

 mation may be of real value to parties 

 giving out building contracts. 



Visitors: S. W. Kanady, of Denton 

 Seed House, Denton. Tex.; J. W. Fur- 

 rows, Guthrie, Okla.: Frank Friedley, 

 Cleveland, O.; A. F. Koehle of Texas 

 Nursery Co., Sherman, Tex.; Mr. De 

 Wever, Olivette, Mo. 



CINCINNATI PERSONAL NOTES. 



Geo. Tromey is recuperating at 

 Martinsville, Ind. 



P, J. dinger was confined to his 

 house for a few days last week. 



The carpenters and workmen start- 

 ed this week to remodel C. E. Crlt- 

 chell's place. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fries left Monday 

 evening on a seven weeks' trip to the 

 Pacific Coast. 



Visitors — Wm. Gerlach. Jr., Piqua. 

 0.. B. H. Klus, Anderson, Ind., and 

 I'.illy Lodder, Hamilton, Ohio. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Cumberland, Md.— G. Frank Lippold 

 has sold his florists' plant and retired. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — George B. 

 Haeger has purchased the greenhouses 

 of Mrs. Marietta Hunt. 



Madison, Wis. — Mallory & Brown, 

 gladiolus specialists, have sold their 

 business to L. L. May & Co., St. Paul. 

 Minn. 



Morris. HI.— J. H. Rohmer is now 

 sole proprietor of the Morris Floral 

 Company, having taken possession 

 June 1. 



Portland. Ind. — W. A. Hart has 

 asked that a receiver be appointed for 

 the Portland Nursery Co. Yount & 

 Ewry have also brought suit on a 

 mechanics' lien against the same con- 

 cern. 



