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CHICAGO. 



II ;ill rtt:ill llorlsts sImhiIiI ollow the 

 cxiiiii|i|o of Wnltor Adams and rlo8e 

 thoir stores on Sundays diirlni; tlie sell- 

 inK end of the trade would liave more 

 leisure and It is a ijuostion If any less 

 business would be done. 



Miss Edna Frauenf elder, who Is as- 

 sociated with her father in the retail 

 business, says trade in .Inly was re- 

 ntarkably good. Thinking tlie summer 

 quiet was now here Mr. I^'rauenfelder 

 left for a week's rest, but the door had 

 scarcely closed behind him when trade 

 revived and all hands were needed to 

 fill orders. .Miss Edna expects soon 

 to take an extended trip east. 



Mr. and Mrs. Roy Berg. 5729 W. 

 Cnicago avenue, spent a week in Sau- 

 gatuck and Macatawa Beach in Michi- 

 gan. Allie Zech and family have gone 

 on another trip. A. Kohlbrandt. who 

 devotes his business hours to giving 

 E. C. Amiing's shipping trade his un- 

 divided attention, is also on a vacation. 

 Miss Nettie Parker, for several years 

 bookkeeper for A. T. Pyfer Co., left on 

 Saturday with her sister for a tour in 

 the east, stopping first at Washington. 



The opening of a retail flower store 

 at :'.511 W 26th street on August 1st, 

 calls attention to the fact that between 

 Kidzie and Crawford avenues on this 

 street there have been five retail flower 

 stores, all apparently doing a good 

 business. The sixth one is to be 

 owned by Bolumir E. Velisek. former 

 financial secretary of the Bohemian 

 National Cemetery, one who should 

 know the probabilities of success In 

 this neighborhood, the population of 

 which is largely Bohemian. This does 

 not look as if the flower business was 

 suffering any decline from the effects 

 of the war or from any other cause on 

 26th street which is the State street of 

 this part of the city. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Arthur I. Hall with his family, will 

 have his usual sojourn at .\tlantic City. 



William A. Clarke and family are lo- 

 cated for the season at Chautauqua 

 Lake. N. Y. 



Accompanied by his family, Joseph 

 Koenig left last week for a lake trip 

 and the north-east section of the state. 



Ralph F. Pinney. landscape architect 

 for the A. W. Smith Co. has enlisted 

 with the First .Ambulance Corps, N. C. 

 P., while Howard E. Andrews has cast 

 his lot with the Signal Corps. 



Clarence C. Phillips, head salesman 

 for the McCallum Company, has re- 

 turned from a trip through West Vir- 

 ginia, where he reports business condi- 

 tions exceptionally good. 



The Charleston C>it Flower & Plant 

 Co. of Charleston, is adding a 40 x 150 

 addition to their rose section; while 

 the Cameron Co. has three houses in 

 course of construction. 



At Clarksburg the Hayman Green- 

 house Co. has an exceptionally attrac- 

 tive display window; a Swiss mountain 

 scene with a rippling stream and lake 

 and gorgeously colored singing birds. 



NEW YORK. 

 .\ vicious hail storm did consider- 

 able damage to greenhouses, frame 

 sash and exposed vegetation in and 

 around North Bergen, N. J., on Sunday, 

 .luly 22. 



The florist employees in this city, 

 both wholesale and retail, were quite 

 heavily drawn upon In the military 

 conscription. Some of them will be 

 seriously missed. 



Peter Beuerleln. who for over a 

 quarter of a century has been located 

 in the florist business in l-^lmhurst 

 has removed to his farm, near 

 Westwood, N. J. The removal of Mr. 

 Beuerleln's business from Long Island 

 to New .Jersey is the result of the 

 widening proceedings on the south 

 side of Queens boulevard. 



.Max Schling has incorporated his 

 business for $50,000. The floor area 

 which he had at 22 West 59th street 

 was not sufficient for his increasing 

 business, and this he will keep for a 

 seed department moving the flower 

 and landscape department to 785 Fifth 

 avenue as mentioned in our last week's 

 issue. The new premises will give 

 him 9.000 square feet of floor space. 

 The corporate name of ".Max Schling, 

 Inc." will be the same for both places, 

 785 Fifth avenue and 22 West 59th 

 street. 



ROCHESTER. 



Salter Brothers have a unique win- 

 dow- display a large fish pond with a 

 beautiful rockery island, rustic bridge, 

 pergola and aquatic plants. Birds and 

 bears, storks and fish are also in- 

 cluded. 



Asters at the James Vick's Sons' 

 farm, of which about 100 acres are for 

 seed imrposes. are making a good 

 start now. The cold weather has held 

 them l)ack dreadfully, hut this warm 

 spell is doing them a lot of good. 



Among the florists who are on vaca- 

 tion are Miss Bossier, of the I>ord & 

 liurnham Co., who is in the Adiron- 

 dacks; Geo. Prengle, of Salter Bros., 

 who is on an automobile trip to Bos- 

 ton and other points; Mrs. E. C. Arm- 

 brust. at New Britain, Conn.; K. 

 Owens, of the Rochester Floral Co., at 

 the Lake and later to tour to Cleve- 

 land. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Miss Jessie Fay West, of the George 

 ('. Shaffer store, sprung a surprise on 

 her friends recently by becoming Mrs. 

 Wilbur 1. Doty. Mr IJoty was former- 

 ly In the employ of Fred H. Kramer, 

 liut is now a sergeant In the Hospital 

 Corps and Is one of those who 1b 

 shortly to leave for France. As a 

 member of the National Guard. Mr. 

 Doty saw service wiien his outfit was 

 called out to help Uncle Sam settle 

 the Mexican dinicultles. It is said 

 that Mr. Doty is in camp In Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Frank Weaver, of the Leo Nlessen 

 Co. store. Is spending vacation at 

 Colonial Beach, Va. Walter Hawley, 

 of the Gude Bros, store, and .Mrs. Haw- 

 ley. have gone to New England for a 

 month's stay. Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry 

 Small, Jr.. will spend an extended va- 

 cation at Poland Springs, Me. James 

 Dalgleish. of the J. H. Small store, 

 with Mrs. Dalgleish, spent a vacation 

 in Braddock Heights. Md. The name 

 of Charles Bolpiano. only son of F. W. 

 Bolgiano. appears on the Honor Roll 

 of those drawn for service in the new 

 national army. 



BOSTON. 



Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Lincoln of 

 Brockton announces the engagement 

 of their daughter. Frances Ray to 

 Embert F. Oliver of .Won. Mr. Oliver 

 is a well known florist. 



The furious thunder storms of last 

 Friday did a considerable damage to 

 garden crops and in some places was 

 accompanied by hail which in addition 

 to beating outdoor vegetation to pieces 

 broke much glass in Stoneham, Wake- 

 field and Reading greenhouse estab- 

 lishments. S\ich occurrences are Infre- 

 quent In this section and It ie not 

 likely that the Hail Association will be 

 called upon for any considerable 

 amount if any. 



CINCINNATI. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Murphy are on 

 an auto tour through Ohio. 



Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ohmer and 

 son Jim. will spend August visiting In 

 Indiana and Ohio. 



L. H. Kyrk has been under the 

 weather for several days. He expects 

 to be back at his desk by the end of 

 the week. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Manufacturers and Importers 



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