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PHILADELPHIA. 

 Ricliiiril Koihe of c;icnsldf, I'a.. ad- 

 dressed tho public of iioiirby Jenkin- 

 town on the subject of "Hardy Plants 

 and Perennial Gardens." with stere- 

 opticon illustrations, on Saturday 

 evening, .\pril 13. 



Edward H. Flood, mayor of Atco 

 and glass niosul. has just returned 

 from a two weeks' sojourn in West 

 Viruinia and other imi ortant pro- 

 duoinK centers for the glass trade. 

 He finds business in his line more 

 normal than it has been during the 

 past three years, especially in regard 

 to European demand, but the South 

 American countries are still at high 

 tension and all hands are doins their 

 utmost to liU requirements. 



Visitors from Washington, naltimoro 

 and New York report that trade con- 

 ditions are just about the same as 

 they are here in Philadelphia — rather 

 slow with more crops coming in tlian 

 can he handled. Of course the Lib- 

 erty Rond drive has had its effect, but 

 the general situation in the business 

 would have been largely the same. 

 They are getting a dollar a dozen for 

 marguerites in thumb pots which 

 sounds ridiculous, but Frank Ross 

 (Old Mahogany) thinks it's all right. 

 His idea is "any old price" so long as 

 you can get it. 



FALL RIVER. 

 C. Warburton has a bench of a seed- 

 ling scarlet carnation which promises 

 to be a useful Christmas favorite and 

 has been appropriately named Santa 

 Claus. It is one of the most robust 

 of carnations, the stout stems stand- 

 ing 30 inches high, and a most prolific 

 bloomer. An old favorite carnation 

 not often seen now. Philadelrhia, is 

 doing finely at Warburton's, this sea- 

 son. It is admirable in all the quali- 

 ties of flower, stem and freedom. The 

 rose Hoosier Beauty has made an ex- 

 cellent record here, producing many 

 more blooms than Hadley and the 

 stems are all that could tie desired. 

 The bright pink sport of My Mary- 

 land, W. R. Hearst, which originated 

 here, is grown in quantity at Rud- 

 long's. Auburn, R. I., and has proved 

 a valuable acquisition. Mr. Warbur- 

 ton has been cutting steadily all win- 

 ter from a bench of gardenias in a 

 rose house. The plants look as though 

 they were in a congenial situation, 

 healthy and covered with buds. They 

 are on a shallow bench and in their 

 second year. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Robert Murdock, formerly employed 

 by Gude Bros. Co.. writes back from 

 Fort Leavenworth, Kas., to the boys 

 of the store, telling them of the fine 

 time he is having as a radio operator 

 in the service of Uncle Sam. Before 

 leaving Washington, young Murdock 

 attended a private radio school here, 

 fitting himself for army service. 



CHICAGO. 



kiiiKiiii Swarze, who luis li:nl 

 charge of the Harlem avenue branch 

 of F. Oechslin's greenhouses, has re- 

 signed and gone to Springfield. 111., 

 where he will go into business for 

 himself. 



R. S. Norkowski has moved from 

 917 Milwaukee avenue to 1007 same 

 street. 



The Liberty Loan bonds are being 

 rapidly taken up by the trade. The 

 entire force of many of the whole- 

 salers are buying on the weekly in- 

 stallment plan and a weekly trip to 

 the bank takes care of all. The flor- 

 ists are standing by and showing 

 themselves as patriotic as any other 

 class, if not more so. 



Sober Facts 



VY/ 1:: F.\fl-: a foe hostile to 

 '» American ideals, believ- 

 ing that between nations "there 

 is but one sort of right, the 

 right of the stronger." The 

 Kaiser says he will "stand no 

 nonsense from America after 

 the war. ' The Germans admit 

 that they seek to dominate the 

 seas. "The will to power" is 

 their favorite phrase. 



The threat is against us and 

 our children. The attack is on 

 our commerce and our institu- 

 tions. Germany intends we shill 

 do her will, not our own. These 

 are sober facts. 



Buying Liberty Bonds makes 

 our homes safer, our business 

 more secure, helps maintain 

 America against enemie<; who 

 mock at our power and think us 

 weak because we respect the 

 rights of others. — William C. 

 RcdfieUl. Secretarii of Com- 

 merre. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Randolph & McClements have one 

 of the cleverest Liberty Rond window 

 displays in the city, which was ar- 

 ranged under the supervision of Wal- 

 ter Rreitenstein. 



Abraham Kleinberg has again re- 

 turned to business at the Alpha 

 Flower Shop in East Liberty, follow- 

 ing a several day detention, owing to 

 an attack of la grippe. Mr. Kle-nberg 

 expects to return to Xew York shortly 

 and enter the government service. 



Adolrh Kuppers. who for a time 

 was identiPed with Kaufmann Broth- 

 ers' floral department, together with 

 Walter Barber, has opened one of the 

 most attractive flower shops at 106 

 Fourth street, Steubenville, Ohio. It 

 has been christened the Liberty 

 i'"'lower Shop. 



.John Chisholm has severed his con- 

 nection with Arthur Langhans in 

 Wheeling to affiliate with the Hay- 

 man Greenhouse Company's staff at 

 Clarksburg, W. Va. 



ST. LOUIS. 



.Several thousand blooming plants 

 was the Sunday attraction al Shaw's 

 Garden. 



Oscar Killee. u popular chauffeur 

 at Wm. C. Smith's, resigned and ac- 

 cepted a position with the United 

 Railroad Co. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 monthly meeting .April 11 at Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, ihirty-five members 

 being i resent. .Mr. .Miller, of the Chi- 

 cago Plants & Rulb Co., gave an in- 

 teresting talk on the coal situation. 



We regret to announce the death 

 of Robert B. Beyer, beloved husband 

 of Ida Beyer, father of Wilhelmina. 

 Charles, George and Robert H. Beyer, 

 Jr., and brother of Carl Beyer. He 

 lived at the residence adjoining the 

 greenhouses at 3619 South Grand 

 avenue. Member of the Florist Club. 

 Funeral took place Friday, April 12. 

 Was largely attended. The active 

 pallbearers were .1. ,1. Beneke. F. C. 

 Weber, P'rank Fillmore, Walter Weber. 

 C. A. Kuehn. Theodore Miller. Floral 

 offerings numerous. 



BOSTON. 



With the enlistment in the Naval 

 Reserves of .Tosei h Shuman of Dor- 

 chester, another star was added to 

 the service flag of the H. M. Robin- 

 son Company. When he entered the 

 navy, young Shuman was presented 

 with a purse of gold and a wrist 

 watch by the florists of Boston. A 

 committee consisting of Maurice H. 

 Hanibro, chairman, .1. M. Cohen, V. 

 Hartford and M. Trockman, received 

 subscriptions from the florists. A 

 dinner was held at the Elks' Club, 

 Monday night, .April 8, and Shuman 

 was presented with the gifts. 



NEW YORK. 



The Rosary Flower Co., located for 

 many years on 34th street, will re- 

 move on May 1 to 918 Park Ave. 



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