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BOSTON. 



Juuits K. M. Farnuliar. of H. & .1. 

 Karquliar & Co.. has Konc south for 

 till' winter by advloo of his physician. 



The Boston delegation to the coal 

 supply hearing in Wa.shington this 

 week consisted of Win II. Klliott. E. 

 Allan Pelrce and Thomas Roland. 



As will be noticed in our advertising 

 columns this week. Boston now enjoys 

 the distinction of having a tirstclass 

 manufactory of florists' supplies, bas- 

 kets and other requisites for an up-to- 

 date flower store and .N'ew KuKland 

 florists have at last the privilege, not 

 to say duty, of securins supplies of 

 home production equal in quality to 

 what they have had heretofore to send 

 afar to procure. The Boston Floral 

 Supply Co. fills a long-felt want 



NEW YORK. 



We are informed that the contract 

 for the new greenhouses at the .New 

 York Botanical Garden has been 

 awarded to the King Construction 

 Company. 



The Sunday World for December 

 2nd devoted a full page of its Maga- 

 zine section to a picture in colors and 

 description of the new rose Ophelia 

 Supreme, under the caption of "The 

 .■\merican Beauty's New Rival." 



The New York Florists' Club meet- 

 ing promises to bring out a large at- 

 tendance to participate in the election 

 of officers for the coming year and 

 transact other business of timely 

 import. Date. Monday, Dec. 10. Place, 

 23rd street and Eighth avenue. 



The Alumnae .Association of the 

 New York Florists' Club composed of 

 the past presidents of the club, had a 

 dinner at "Billy the Oysterman's" on 

 December 1 which was well attended. 

 One of the most interesting and enjoy- 

 able affairs ever enjoyed by the mem- 

 bers of this association was a surprise 

 visit on Friday, Dec. 7, to John N. 

 May at Summit. N. .1.. the first presi- 

 dent of the New Yorl; Florists' Club, 

 who is at present intapacitated for 

 attendance at the periodical sessions. 

 They found Mr. May as cherry, hos- 

 pitable and interesting as ever and 

 worried about nothing except his in- 

 ability to get out among the boys. 

 W. A. Manda is the president of the 

 association this year. 



PITTSBURGH. 

 Mr. and .Mrs. Julius W. Ludwig en- 

 tertained at a dinner party on last 

 Sunday evening in celebration of 

 their joint birthday anniversary. 



John .McNamnra has resigned his 

 liosition as superintendent of the 

 I'illshurgh Country Club grounds and 

 now assumes similar supervision for 

 the Pittsburgh Field Club at Aspin- 

 wall. 



Randolph & McClements had a 

 charming Thanksgiving window dis 

 play. A small central table had a 

 centerpiece of white chrysanthemums, 

 bronze and yellow pompons and pink 

 Killarney roses. Round about weii' 

 large jardinieres of yellow and while 

 chrysanthemums and baskets of Eng 

 lish hothouse grapes, finished with a 

 window hedge of bronze, yellow and 



pink pompons. 



CLEVELAND. 

 Frank Brendel. West Side florist, 

 has closed up his shop at 1440 West 

 25tli Street, and gone out of business. 

 "Conditions beyond our control" are 

 given as the reason. 



Carl Bennett, East Side florist, lias 

 given up his location at 1404 East 

 10,5th Street, but will not leave the 

 florist business. Much of his work is 

 funeral and organization work and 

 this Mr. Bennett will continue to do, 

 retaining only his telephone. 



Cleveland florists and seed dealers 

 have received 25 carloads of bulbs 

 from Europe this season, according to 

 the figures of appraisers Josepli I'el- 

 cinsUi, .Most of them came from 

 Switzerland, according to Mr. Pelcin 

 ski. 



Monday evening. December 3. four 

 Cleveland florists left for the coal 

 conference at Washington. This com- 

 mittee was prepared to report to the 

 administrator the approximate invest- 

 ment, coal consumption anil amount of 

 labor employed in the florist trade in 

 this section. The committee were F. 

 C. Brown, of J. M. Ga.-^ser Co.: F. R. 

 Williams, of Cleveland Cut Flower 

 Co.: Herman Knoble and Charles 

 Graham. As one member of tl;e com- 

 mittee expressed it. "We are going 

 down to 'ft'ashington to see whether 

 we can stay in business or not." Flor- 

 ists were told during the summer that 

 they could have plenty of coal when 

 lake shiiiments to the Northwest 

 ceased with the closing of navigation 

 on the Great Lakes. The priority 

 order under which this coal was 

 moved has been rescinded but the 

 growers seem to be no nearer a supply 

 for the winter than before. A few 

 growers are in imminent danger of 

 disaster on account of their meager 

 supplies on hand, and none can go 

 through the winter unless the Govern- 

 ment is prepared to issue a priority 

 order for their benefit. 



CHICAGO. 



.Miss Helen O'Connell. who was 

 known to many In the trade because 

 of her having been employed at 

 Vaughans Seed Store, was run down 

 by an autouKibile and killed on Sun- 

 day. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. Is notifying 

 all their customers uniler which ex- 

 press companies will receive consign- 

 ments that may be injured by frost, 

 that all their shipments will be made 

 the same way; viz., F. O. B. Chicago, 

 at owner's risk. 



.•\. L. Vauglian voices the sentiment 

 of many others when he says the pleas- 

 ure haK been taken out of business 

 since transportation has been ^o un- 

 certain. With express companies re- 

 quiring goods delivered early and 

 orders coming in late the problem is 

 a hard one. If out-of-town order? 

 would be sent in at the earliest possi- 

 ble rather than at the latest possible 

 moment it would help all round. 



Chicago florists, both growers and 

 distrilmtors. have had very unusual 

 conditions to contend with this fall. 

 While November made a record for , 

 warm temperature, which resulted in 

 hurrying on the chrysanthemums and 

 finishing up the supply early, the 

 month of October had been the coldest 

 of that name since 1870. The lack of 

 moisture was another Nov. feature, 

 there being but ..56 inches, with normal 

 amount at 2..50 in. The percentage of 

 sunshine was about normal. 



The office of the Superintendent of 

 wagon service, Chicago, has issued the 

 following instructions to their col- 

 lectors of express shipments: 



"From November 1st and continuing 

 until March 31st of each year, when 

 the temperature is zero or al)ove, ship- 

 ments in less than car lots will be ac- 

 cepted and handled in the usual man- 

 ner. When the temperature is lower 

 than zero, such shipmenis will be re- 

 ceived by the express company when 

 delivered by shippers at their offices. 

 When the temperature is lower than 

 10 degrees below zero, shippers will be 

 required to sign a release relieving 

 the express company from liability and 

 risk from freezing. Please acquaint 

 shippers of this ruling and see that 

 instructions are fully carried out." 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



J. B. Keller & Sons had a very at- 

 tractive window of Thanksgiving 

 baskets filled with assorted fruits and 

 pompon chrysanthemums. 



Geo. Boucher had a very unusual 



