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HORTICULTUEE 



August 16, 1913 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists 



A YOUNG LADY'S SUMMER 

 OUTING. 



And the Part the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery Played in This Outing. 



A bevy of young society girls with 

 their chaperon boarded the large 

 freight steamer William E. Corey at a 

 Lake Erie port bound through Lake 

 Erie, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, St. 

 Clair River, Lake Huron, St. Mary's 

 River, through the Locks at the Soo 

 and Lake Superior to Duluth. The 

 chaperon of the party gave strict or- 

 ders that no young men be allowed to 

 hang around the seamer with boxes of 

 flowers or candy as signs of a fare- 

 well. One of these unfortunate young 

 men happened to be a Detroiter and he 

 came and told his troubles to a florist | 

 who for a while sympathized with 

 him, then said, as a good doctor would 

 tell his patient: "Well, my dear boy, 

 we can help you because the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery has made deliver- 

 ies before which many thought im- 

 possible. Tonight or early in the 

 morning when this steamer passes De- 

 troit we will run out in the marine re- 

 porters' launch and deliver the flowers 

 you wish for your young lady." We 

 did, and the steamer never stopped. 



Later it was told that the chaperon 

 promised never to keep young men 

 from buying flowers for their sweet- 

 hearts as a token of farewell. So 

 please remember, when in trouble, to 

 use The Florists' Telegraph Delivery. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 

 W. Atlee Burpee arrived home from 

 his European trip on the 11th Inst. 



Edward Reid has been laid up for a 

 week with a severe attack of the grip. 



A special train has been chartered 

 by the H. F. Michell Co. for a day's 

 outing at their nurseries and trial 

 grounds at Andalusia on Wednesday, 

 the 27th inst., leaving Broad street 

 station, at 11 A. M. All readers of 

 Horticulture are cordially Invited. 

 Write for identiflcation tag, which is 

 all that Is necessary in lieu of a 

 ticket. 



C. E. Meehan figures out that there 

 are some twenty-five prominent Phila- 

 delphia florists at Ocean City, N. J., 

 this summer — which speaks volumes 

 for that popular summer resort, not- 

 withstanding that there our old ac- 

 quaintance, Mr. Pecksniff, objects to 

 bathing on Sunday, and also to the 

 abbreviated costume of Father Nep- 

 tune — with his trident. Such is life! 



The special meeting of the Florists' 

 Club to hear the report of the commit- 

 tee on hall was held on the 11th inst. 

 The committee thought Sangerfest 

 Hall would do for the International 

 Show. Alterations and rent, etc., 

 $27,000 — they concluded would not 

 scare the S. A. F. If they were bent on 

 having the next big event In Philadel- 

 phia. So it Is now up to the S. A. F. 

 committee to make the next move. 



ton store of the Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 and has accepted a similar position 

 with the Leo Niessen Co., who are to 

 open a branch in Baltimore, Md. We 

 understand that the Pennock-Meehan 

 Company will make no new appoint- 

 ment for manager for the present, but 

 will have a representative of the firm 

 and the present help run things until 

 the busy season sets in. 



An esteemed subscriber to Horti- 

 fULTtJRE asks us to publicly acknowl- 

 edge his heartfelt gratitude for the 

 generous way in which the Philadel- 

 phia florists have responded to his 

 modest request for a small contrib;i- 

 tion to the sufferers from the Balkan 

 war. It gives us much pleasure to 

 publish the list of contributors which 

 is as follows: 



rinrarroft finrdens <il0.00 



.Toseph Ileacook 10.00 



.r. W. YounK 1.00 



H. r. Michell Co .'i.OO 



Francois Stiplot 10.00 



S. S. Pennock Meehan Co .'i.OO 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co 10.00 



Bergcr Bros .'i.OO 



Samuel F. Lllley 5.00 



Alfred M. Campbell I.OO 



Edwird Held .">.00 



George Uber 1.00 



W. K. Harris r,XM) 



Robert Craig Co 1.00 



F.u:jeue Bernhelmer 1.00 



The Leo NIcssen Co 10.00 



W. B. Lake 2.00 



M. Klce & Co .1.00 



Standard Refrigerator Co K.OO 



$117,00 

 Miscellaneous collections 122.00 



Total $239.00 



Frank Polites, the subscriber in 

 question, is a native of Greece and 

 conducts two stores in this city, one 

 at 13th and the other at 15th and 

 Chestnut street. He is a highly es- 

 teemed citizen and a credit to his 

 adopted country. His younger brother 

 who conducted the store for him at 

 the 13th street place, enlisted for the 

 war and has gone through that har- 

 rowing experience with the breath 

 still in his body and from his last 

 letter to his brother, just received, we 

 learn that he is truly thankful for 

 that. We expect to see him back in 

 our midst by Christmas. 



W. E. McKissick has resigned his 

 position as manager of the Washing- 



In the severe storm which struck 

 this vicinity Sunday we hear of no 

 great greenhouse destruction, which Is 

 remarkable, considering there was a 



sixty-mile gale and many buildings un- 

 roofed or blown down. .lames Verner, 

 Garrettford, had a stack blown down; 

 George Burton, Chestnut Hill, stack 

 struck by lightning — only one-third 

 left; Geo. Cami)bell, Flourtown, a 

 small dwelling damaged: Gus Doem- 

 ling, Lansdowne, a dozen boxes of 

 glass will repair the damage there. 



The Leo Niessen Company confine 

 their entire efforts to the wholesaling 

 of cut flowers, and their annual vol- 

 ume of business is very large, if not 

 the largest of any wholesale house in 

 the East. The building they occupy 

 was erected by themselves, and every 

 provision was made to make it a most 

 up-to-date establishment in every re- 

 spect. The first floor, which is the 

 salesroom, is well divided in various 

 departments, there is no crowding, an 

 abundance of daylight, in fact every 

 advantage is found here to handle cut 

 flowers to the greatest satisfaction for 

 both the retailer and grower. The 

 success of this firm is well known to 

 all who are familiar with conditions 

 in Philadelphia. It has been that con- 

 servative, steady advance, the result 

 of careful judgment and business 

 methods that command the respect 

 and support of the trade. 



Visitors: L. C. Bobbink, of Bobbink 

 & Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.; H. L. 

 Holmes. Holmes Seed Co.. Harrisburg, 

 Pa.: Arthur Blome. of Paul Blome & 

 Co., Chicago, 111.; Mr. Ackerman. sec- 

 retary of The Zeiger Co., Pittsburgh. 

 Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Bon Beu, Chicago, 

 111.; Joseph Cannon, Scranton, Pa. 



Calling at H. Bayersdorfer & Co.'s 

 a few days ago we were impressed 

 with the remarkable number of new 

 and really beautiful flower baskets 

 and vases there displayed. There are 

 willow basket vases glass-lined which 

 will prove very serviceable in floral 

 decorative work. Some heavy gar- 

 lands of preserved bay loaves flashing 

 with bronze and golden poppy heads, 

 humming birds and other accessories 

 for showy decorations were very ef- 

 fective. All these and many other 

 useful things will bo shown at Minne- 

 apolis. Mr. Bayersdorfer says that all 

 those who want French immortelles 

 this year should buy early or they nm 

 the chance of getting loft as the Im- 

 mortelles all rotted In the field and 

 there is the shortest crop on record. 



