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ALEXANDER McCONNELL 



611 FIFTH AVENUE 



NEW YORK CITY 



CONVENTION VISITORS WELCOME 





NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



ST. LOUIS. 



Vincent Gorly is at his desk again. 



H. G. Berning and wife are having a 

 nice time in Colorado. 



F. C. Weber, Jr., has gone north on 

 a visit to his father, F. C. Weber, Sr. 



There is considerable talk around 

 about another wholesale house for St. 

 Louis. 



Joe Wors, son of C. W. Wors, is now 

 at Boston Navy Yard prior to his go- 

 ing to sea. 



Young Bros, are moving and an auc- 

 tion of ferns and palms will be held 

 previous to removal. 



Through the courtesy of Ernst 

 Strehle, superintendent of parks, the 

 Florist Club held their meeting up the 

 river on the harbor boat, Erastus 

 Wells. They landed at Chain of Rocks 

 and w^ent through the nursery depart- 

 ment there. There were 75 members 

 present. Election of officers was the 

 feature, all the old officers were elect- 

 ed. The committee reported the re- 

 cent picnic a success. George Wald- 

 bart and Joe Witeck sent in their ap- 

 plications for membership. After the 

 meeting a luncheon was enjoyed. The 

 next meeting will be held at Joe Hau- 

 ser's at Webster Grove. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Milton Redman has just returned to 

 the S. S. Pennock Co. store after a va- 

 cation at Atlantic City. 



The S. A. F. convention and the 

 officers that will be nominated held the 

 attention of the IoctxI club at its regu- 

 lar meeting last week. Harry B. Lewis 

 was appointed chairman of transporta- 

 tion and considerable enthusiasm was 

 manifested. 



A large number of local florists are 

 expected to attend the S. A. F. con- 

 vention in New York. Harry B. Lewis 

 has been rounding up florists and 

 gardeners and reports that fully fifty 

 will take the eleven o'clock Pennsyl- 

 ^•lania on P.Ionday. Private cars have 

 been set aside and Mr. Lewis is urging 

 all who intend going to so arrange 

 that they will join the big party. 



There is a possibility of two others 

 of Washington's florists being sum- 

 moned to join the new army service in 

 France, for the names of J. Harper 

 Hetherington, manager, and Clifford 

 Wilson, both of the Washington Floral 

 Company, have been drawTi. Mr. 

 Hetherington has two brothers, one a 

 sergeant, the other a private, already 

 serving Uncle Sam; two others are 

 awaiting the call, while a fifth brother 

 failed to pass the physical examina- 

 tion. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Ernest C. Ludwig entertained the 

 men of the Pittsburgh Florists' Club 

 on Aug. 9 at his farm at Ludwig Sta- 

 tion, Mars, Pa., about twenty members 

 were present. 



Willard S. Hagar of Canton, Pa., a 

 State College graduate, has been en- 

 gaged as assistant to Agriculturist 

 Norman S. Grubbs of the Allegheny 

 County Farm Bureau. 



August Frishkom, manager of the 

 Beckert Seed Co., is spending a few 

 weeks at Cambridge Springs, Pa., Dan- 

 iel H. Grabert. an attache of the same 

 firm, is at the St. Clair Flats, Mich., 

 and Miss Elizabeth Smith, is at the 

 Oakmont Boat Club, Oakmont, Pa. 

 Leon Henry Bergman is again on duty 

 at the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., after 

 a vacation at Geneva-on-the-Lake 

 Ohio. Miss Alice Gast and Miss Ger- 

 trude Renziehausen, have returned 

 from pleasure trips, the latter at Ash- 

 tabula Harbor, Ohio, and the former 

 at Burgettstown, Pa. Miss Corry De 

 Pries, has returned from a year's visit 

 at her home in Amsterdam, Holland. 

 Miss De Pries was formerly identified 

 with Jacs Smits & Co. in Amsterdam. 



