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11 O HT 1(J U L T U K E 



March 16, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



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CLEVELAND. 



Tht! Cleveland {■lirysiiiiihoiiumi Club 

 Is planning a tlaiu-e U> be hold Wed- 

 II. >il.i.v ,\iimi>:. April 10. I.ovliiK cups 

 will be Klveii to (lie best one-step 

 dancers. 



It Is too eurly as yet to estimate 

 how Miuny Kreenliouse men will give 

 \il> llowers next winter In favor of 

 veKetal>lis but a number are already 

 considering the matter and it Is pos- 

 sible a large pcrcenlaKe of them will 

 no Into the winter vegetable business 

 on a large scale. 



War conditions are given as the rea- 

 sons for the closing of the store of 

 W. R. Parker, in tlie .lames Muilding, 

 .Market street, Sandusky. O.. March 1. 

 .Mr. Parker mentioned the high prices 

 of llowers and the Inability of the ex- 

 press companies to get his shipments 

 through on time. 



The .\merican Peony Society is 

 planning to hold its annual meeting In 

 Cleveland In June, according to word 

 received here from A. P. Saunders, 

 secretary. Arrangements are also be- 

 ing made for a convention of the Flor- 

 ists' Telegraph Delivery Association 

 in Cleveland in October. 



.\nother Cleveland retail shop to go 

 out of business is the Carlrose Flower 

 Shoppe. 1456 Addison road. Action 

 against this shop was taken March 12 

 by the Wholesale Florists' Credit As- 

 sociation of Cleveland. The business 

 was founded originally by Carl and 

 Rose Snitzer, but more recently has 

 been under charge of William F. Hall, 

 florist. The assets are few. 



J. W. Wokral, proprietor of a green- 

 house at 4277 E. 96th street, and a 

 flower store at 8305 Quincy avenue, 

 has sold out his ntire interests after 

 being drafted into the army. He is 

 now in training with other Ohio troops 

 at Chillicothe. O. The greenhouse has 

 been purchased by Martin Corban, 

 and the store by Martin Janoch. Mr. 

 Janoch also has a flower shop at 5804 

 Broadway. 



Members of the Cleveland Florists' 

 Club are preparing to take an impor- 

 tant part in the war garden movement 

 this summer and a committee has 

 been appointed to co-operate with the 

 war garden committee of the city. 

 People of Cleveland have been asked 

 to send bulbs to the Ohio boys at 

 Camp Sherman, the National Army 

 cantonment at Chillicothe. 0., where 

 the soldiers expect to do some exten- 

 sive and intensive planting so that 

 their camp may blossom as the rose. 

 The attention of the American soldier 

 to flowers is a remarkable commen- 

 tary on his humanity and civilization. 



March 12 was named for the first 

 meeting of creditors of the T. .T, Kegg 

 Co., florists, of 7908 Euclid avenue, 

 who were adjudicated bankrupt De- 

 cember 27 on a petition filed by the 

 Cleveland Cut Flower Co. Assets 

 amounted to $600, made up mostly of 

 cash on hand and open accounts, and 

 liabilities to $.3,407, for which $3,396 

 were unsecured claims. The lack of 

 stock and fixtures in the bill of assets 



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WHS In the hands of Its creditors for 

 a short time before It was brought In- 

 to bankruptcy court, and the tixtures 

 and a one-ton delivery truck were 

 sold. .About twenty-live flower and 

 sup|)ly lirms In various parts of the 

 country were represented In the Hat 

 of creditors. 



Having survived the present winter 

 greenhouse men In Cleveland and 

 .Northern Ohio look forward with op- 

 timism to next winter In spite of un- 

 forseen contingencies which may arise 

 on account of the war. They consider 

 that if they can survive conditions 

 like those of the season just passed 

 they are ready for anything the future 

 may have in store for them. Next 

 winter it is figured both the railroads 

 and coal distribution through the 

 pools will be so well organized that 

 everyone will get an ample supply for 

 his needs and no section of the coun- 

 try will be allowed to grab all it can 

 while other sections freeze. This year 

 the fuel administration is not taking 

 any chances with a hard winter. The 

 advice now is to "Lay up your coal 

 early." and greenhouse men in this 

 section are preparing to follow this 

 advice without delay. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Miss Tessie Whitman has left the 

 employment of H. E. Wilson. 



Felix Alberts has returned from 

 liuffalo to take charge of H. P. Neun 

 (lower store. 



Xowack the Florist, of Batavia, is 

 growing a few bulbous plants, but the 

 greater part of his range is closed. 



Walter Stroh, of Batavia, N. Y.. is 

 growing good carnations but has 

 closed a number of his houses on ac- 

 count of the coal shortage. 



H. R. Wilson Co. had the decoration 

 for the spring opening at Duffy Pow- 

 ers department store, in which 350 

 flowering plants and palms were used 

 with bark boxes of spring flowers. 



Private Charles Gow. of Co. C. 4th 

 Canadian Mounted Rifles, in France, 

 in a letter to Charles E. Sharp, of 

 Rochester Floral Co., wTites that at 

 Christmas the bushes were white with 

 pussy willow^s and buds had formed 

 on the trees, and in the middle of De- 

 cember roses were in bloom outside. 



The first order received for Easter 

 flowers by tlie Rochester Floral Co. 

 came from "over there," evidently 

 written from the mud-soaked trench. 

 It ordered a large bouquet of flowers 

 to the Sammy's best girl here in Roch- 

 ester on Easter morning. For years 

 the flowers have been sent to the lady, 

 but this year it is safe to say their 

 mesage will be a bit more potent than 

 those of former Easters. 



NEW YORK. 



The Greek-American Florists' ball 

 on February 27 was, as usual a huge 

 success, creditable to all concerned. 



Arthur Schloss, formerly of Schloss 

 Bros., has opened under the title of 

 Arthur Schloss & Co., at 22-26 West 

 32nd street. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Councllmen ( Innid llohinunn and 

 Charles H. Howe have been appointed 

 the committee on the .McKeesport war 

 gardens for the coming season. 



.lohn Conomon, formerly with P. 

 Glukas, New York City, has succeeded 

 Norbert Hutllnger at the M. Kronls' 

 Alpha Flower Shop, East Liberty. 



■\. Krongold, proprietor of the Vic- 

 toria Flower Shop, has opened an ad- 

 ditional large store room on Liberty 

 avenue for a special Easter display. 



William A. Clarke, of the Pittsburgh 

 <-Ut Flower Co., who has been sojourn- 

 ing at the Battle Creek (.Mich.) Sani- 

 tarium for several weeks, expects to 

 return home in a few days. 



John P. Kuntz, assisted by Joseph 

 Fineberg, formerly at the Victoria 

 Flower Shop, is proprietor of an at- 

 tractive little shop in the new Davis 

 Grand Opera House lobby. 



Albert Niggel has resigned his posi- 

 tion with George E. Hallam and 

 severed his connection with the floral 

 trade to enter the employ of the 

 Pressed Steel Car Company. 



The wind storm of last Sunday 

 morning caused the breakage of the 

 plate glass front of the Empire Build- 

 ing Flower Shop and the freezing of 

 between sixty and seventy dollars' 

 worth of flowers. 



Henry L. Blind, formerly manager 

 of the McCallum Company, has asso- 

 ciated himself as firm manager of the 

 Arcade Flower Shop In the Jankins 

 Arcade. Carl Doeker, head salesman 

 for the same firm, expects to leave for 

 military duty ere long. 



At the recent meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Western Pa. and 

 the Pittsburgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club, Thomas Edward Tyler gave 

 an interesting talk on the culture of 

 cyclamens. Mr. Tyler has charge of 

 the Charles D. Armstrong conserva- 

 tory. 



Merlin Harris, wiio for some years 

 past has had charge of Dr. John Fre- 

 mont Shaffer's orchid house, has ac- 

 cepted a similar position at Bakers- 

 town with the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 plant, owing to the Shaffer orchids 

 having been donated to the Phipps 

 conservatory. He succeeds Mr. Har- 

 rison, who has taken up independent 

 farming. 



Oliver H. Langhans. who recently 

 enlisted in government work, has just 

 been commissioned a corporal. He Is 

 located with the spruce pine produc- 

 tion squadron for aeroplane service in 

 the timber country above Portland, 

 Oregon. Young .Mr. Langhans is the 

 only son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. 

 Langhans and is a graduate of the 

 Agricultural Department of State Col- 

 lege. 



Cincinnati. — The regular meeting of 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society was 

 held last Monday evening. The at- 

 tendance was good. Only routine 

 business was transacted. 



T. Ben. George, Jr.. has joined the 

 colors and gone to Texas for training. 

 His brother, Arlington, was home last 

 week on a furlough. 



