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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



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CLEVELAND. 

 The May I'o. departiiieiit slore foii- 

 ducted u special cut price Kale in bulbs 

 fallowliif; the arrival of belated ship- 

 ments from Holland. 



A. Weaver, florist of .MassiUon, 0.. 

 turned over his stand in the Central 

 Market House to the Uorroughs Na- 

 ture Study Club who conducted a 

 special flower sale for Red Cross re- 

 cently. 



The second week in December saw 

 the reil Christmas windows appear in 

 the downtown florist shops. Smith & 

 Fetters and Gassers were among the 

 first to get into the field with Christ- 

 mas windows. 



W. Q. Potter, wholesaler, main- 

 tained his reputation as humorist dur- 

 Ini; the cold weather by posting a 

 large headline and story from a news- 

 paper of July 31. "105 Degrees. Hot- 

 test Day of the Summer." 



Many florists are speculating on the 

 outcome of the approaching draft. All 

 branches of the trade were touched by 

 the taking of the first quota and those 

 with liable men in their employ fear 

 the second may be still more serious. 



The city of Cleveland recently se- 

 cured $«00 worth of Holland bulbs by 

 paying the .Nickel Plate U. R. $67.40 

 freight charges, about ten cents on 

 the dollar. The florist to whom they 

 were consigned refused to accept them 

 as they arrived late. 



Julius Kish, inventor, when ar- 

 raigned before Common Pleas Judge 

 Powell, pleaded guilty to the charge of 

 murdering Frederick Bartels, superin- 

 tendent of the J. .M. Gasser Co.. green- 

 houses at Rocky River, September 15. 

 and was sentenced to life imprison- 

 ment, through clemency of the court 

 asked on account of the plea of guilty, 

 and the fact that his inventive genius 

 may be of value to the community. 

 He is 20 years old. 



The embargo on express lias become 

 more stringent. The American Ex- 

 press has now declared an embargo 

 both out and in in all directions. Adams 

 Express was in a similar situation. 

 At latest reports Wells Fargo and the 

 Electric Package were accepting goods 

 but it was a question whether they 

 would continue to do so long under 

 conditions. Some of the companies 

 will not collect packages but will en- 

 deavor to handle them if they are de- 

 posited at the stations. 



tlruwns III llii.'i M'lliiiu ;is ii nil' 

 soeni to have woalherod the recent 

 cold spell without any serious results. 

 There are no reports of any green- 

 houses seriously injured through lack 

 of coal. Some florists are getting 

 their coal weekly and others are run- 

 ning only from day to day. but all 

 seem to be getting by. Reports from 

 outlying districts are about the same. 

 .Mr. Hickson, of the Hickson Floral 

 Co.. Elyrla. O.. In Cleveland, Decem- 

 ber 14. stated that he had two weeks 

 supply on hand, but no line on any 

 more after that. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The cry all along the line is "shori 

 crop." Plenty of orders have been 

 booked, but the delivery end is most 

 problematical and everybody is on the 

 anxious bench. 



• Carl of the Heacock Co. said they 

 were shipping no cut roses by express 

 these two months back; parcel post 

 only. What they could not ship that 

 way they would not ship at all 



Robert Craig had an interview with 

 the manager of the Adams Express 

 Company today and they promised 

 him all the help they could on ship- 

 ments and said they had made spe- 

 cial arrangements. 



Deliveries by truck-auto within a 

 hundred miles of this city are much 

 in evidence. Dreer. Craig and others 

 are busy in that connection between 

 New York. Ballijnore and Washing- 

 ton. Today we noticed the big auto 

 of the Edwards Floral Co. of Atlantic 

 City carrying off a load of plants and 

 flowers from the S. S. Pennock Co.'s. 

 well wrapped up, and with a heater 

 they seemed safe enough. 



As is always the case a week before 

 Christmas, retail trade is very slow. 

 The shipping trade seems to be fairly 

 good, especially in the plant line. The 

 campaign of advance shipments so 

 strongly advised by the leading plant 

 growers seems to have borne good 

 fruit. The general outlook for Christ 

 mas very cheerful, but. of course, it's 

 all a guess. We have never gone 

 through a similar proposition before. 

 There was no shipping business to 

 speak of during the Civil war. and the 

 Spanish war was but a ripple com- 

 pared with the present explosion. So 

 there is little to guide us. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Klortsis' .Masquerade on Uecem- 

 bi'r 12tli was a great success. 



George Asmus of Chicago attended 

 a meeting on Dec. 15th at headquarters 

 of National Flower Show here. The 

 chairmen of all committees reported 

 lu .Mr. Asmus. 



.At time of writing, after a very se- 

 vere cold spell. It is moderating. 

 Christmas novelties are selling. Jap- 

 anese frieze, riiscus and all Christmas 

 greens are extensively displayed. 



W'e regret to announce the serious 

 illness of George Waldbart. a promi- 

 nent retailer on Grand Avenue. An- 

 drew Hoft'uian will have full charge of 

 the store during .Mr. Waldbart's ab- 

 sence. 



The St. Louis Florists Club met at 

 the wholesale house of C. A. Kuehn 

 on Dec. 13. forty members present. J. 

 Hubbard of St. Louis Provident Asso- 

 ciation read a paper on "How St. Louis 

 Keliis the Poor. The next meeting. 

 January 10th. IHIS, will take place at 

 Wm. C. Smith & Co.s wholesale floral 

 <-stablishment. 



ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



Dewey Lester, stationed at Corpus- 

 Christi, is now ready to sail for 

 France. 



Tom Sullivan, formerly of G. Hart's 

 has been transferred to the Aviation 

 Corps now in Texas. 



A. E. Kaelber has discontinued busi- 

 ness and will leave for Washington on 

 Dec. 26, where he will take a Govern- 

 ment position. George Boucher has 

 taken over the greater part of the A. 

 K. Kaelber, Inc. stock. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 at its meeting on Dec. 10th. appointed 

 President H. B. Stringer. A. H. Seeker 

 and H. J. Head a committee to send a 

 box of cigars to each of the fourteen 

 members of the Association who have 

 been called to the colors. Jonathan 

 Dunbar, George M. Keller. Charles H. 

 Vick, A. H. Salter and J. .M. Dickinson 

 were appointed to nominate officers, 

 (ohn Dunbar, assistant superintendent 

 of parks, gave an interesting address 

 on Some Hardy Ornamental Fruits. 



Middletown, III. — Otto Larsen has 

 purchased the Capital Greenhouses at 

 Springfield, and will remove them to 

 his range. 



