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June 8. 1918 



THE PFALTZGRAFF POTTERY CO., York, Pa. 



Manufacturers of Florists' Pots, Bulb Pans, Fern Dishes, etc. 

 WE LEAD IN QUALITY. FINISH AND SERVICE 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 51 Barclay Street, NEW YORK CITY 



Our Selling Agents in N. Y., N. J. and E«itern States Territory 



BOSTON. 



CJeu.:;-- W . U. W'llsciii of the siiu: m 

 R. & J. Farquliar & Co., enters V.'esi 

 Point Military Academy on June 14Hi 



James P. Thornton, a florist of East 

 Broadway, South Boston, recently en- 

 listed in the merchant marine. He 

 has appointed his brother, manager, 

 until bis return. 



The Service Flag flying over the 

 South Market Street store of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co.. bears two new stars 

 to honor their latest entrants into the 

 Country's service. The new men are 

 AVilliani Lawrie, who entered the Coast 

 Artillery Corps, and Bror Gunson, who 

 went to Fort Slocum, X. Y. as a Selec- 

 tive service man. 



About thirty members of the vari- 

 ous branches of the florist business 

 gathered at the Boston City Club on 

 Wednesday evening of this week, up- 

 on invitation of Maj. P. F. O'Keefe, to 

 meet Secretary Young of the S. A. F., 

 who is making a tour through the 

 state in the interest of the national 

 publicity campaign fund. 



Both the wholesalers and retailers 

 report an exceptionally good business 

 for Memorial Day, while the plants- 

 men were practically cleaned up of 

 anything saleable. Welch Bros. Co. 

 had one of the best days in recent 

 years; B. A. Snyder & Co. worked 

 late to fill their orders and H. M. 

 Robinson & Co. had a large force on 

 hand who were kept busy, not alone 

 shipping cut flowers but also filling 

 many orders for wax flowers as well, 

 this concern having made a specialty 

 of them. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held on June 6th at Ed- 

 wardsville. 111. 



Arthur Wors, second son of C. W. 

 Wors, who is with the Canadian forces 

 in France, has sent postcards from the 

 front battle line to his St. Louis 

 friends. 



CHICAGO. 



.Mrs. Frank Ayers is recovering from 

 a recent illness. 



Mrs. A. L. Vaughan, who recently 

 underwent an operation is doing nicely 

 and her friends are glad to see her 

 about again. 



Frank Gorley of St. Louis. Mo., had 

 a big wedding this week which made 

 him a visitor to the Chicago market, 

 where he found plenty of stock from 

 which to make his selection. 



Joseph Mendel, W. 18th street flor- 

 ist, has the sympathy of the trade in 

 the loss of his wife, whose death oc- 

 curred May 30th. Further notice will 

 be found in the obituary columns. 



John Enders, whose son, Clarence, 

 is with the 3.3rd Division of the 122nd 

 Field Artillery, under Col. Foreman, 

 has a letter saying he is at Camp Mer- 

 ritt and will leave for France very 

 soon. 



A. L. Vaughan says the present state 

 of the peony crop is most favorable 

 for the local buyers, there being many 

 first-class blooms coming in but too 

 open for reshipping. and very attrac- 

 tive prices are being made on them. 



A letter from Sam Cohen, formerly 

 with Poehlmann Bros., but now sta- 

 tioned at San Francisco, says he is 

 sergeant now, and expects to be sent 

 "over there" very soon. Phil Wein- 

 berg, also with this firm, is leaving for 

 Jefferson Barracks. 



A. J. Tierney, proprietor of the 

 West End Flower Shop, has been 

 called to the service and is trying to 

 dispose of his store. He should have 

 left for Camp Wheeler. Macon, Ga.. 

 this week but has had an extension of 

 thirty days granted him to close up 

 the business. 



It the home gardeners are not suc- 

 cessful this year, it will not be from 

 lack of opportunity to learn how to 

 plant and care for their gardens, if 

 lectures will make them efficient. 

 There are demonstration beds at the 

 various parks and at the University of 

 Chicago where in addition to the lec- 



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tures people are shown just how to 

 plant and care for their gardens. 



That the soldiers abroad would 

 not like to have the florists go out of 

 business is evidenced hy the orders 

 that come for flowers for the ones left 

 at home. This week Zech & Mann had 

 an order from a soldier somewhere in 

 France for flowers to be sent to his 

 sweetheart in the west. Probably many 

 appreciate as never before the oppor- 

 tunity of "saying it with flowers." 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 A bill has been introduced into the 

 House of Representatives by Congress- 

 man Sherley, of Kentucky, to make 

 the American mountain laurel the 

 National flower of the nation. 



Consumers of coal are being urged 

 to secure their next winter's supply 

 now, and Fuel Administration officials 

 declare that failure to take advantage 

 of this opportunity may result disas- 

 trously later in the year. A warning 

 lias been sent broadcast that the early 

 ordering of coal is not intended merely 

 to give consumers a chance to make 

 sure of their supply, but is part of a 

 well-laid plan for the coming winter's 

 fuel situation. State fuel administra- 

 tors have been advised to induce their 

 consumers to buy now, and the admin- 

 istrator for the State of Washington 

 has but recently sent out the follow- 

 ing warning: "In case there is a coal 

 shortage next winter, the consumer 

 who has storage space, or who could 

 have provided for the storage of his 

 coal and did not, will not be supplied 

 until all booked orders have been fill- 

 ed, and then he will be obliged to take 

 his chances." 



