January 15, 1916 



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The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society met at the 

 home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Plath on 

 January 6th, and a very pleasant even- 

 ing was spent playing cards and en- 

 joying other forms of entertainment. 

 Despite the stormy weather, various 

 members were present from the East 

 Bay cities and from down the peninsula 

 as well. 



W. Hoffinghoff of the MacRorle-Mc- 

 Laren Co. calls attention to the fact 

 that a large percentage of gardens be- 

 ing laid out in California at the pres- 

 ent time are typically Californian. He 

 says there is a tendency to get away 

 from the French, English and Japan- 

 ese ideas of landscaping and to use 

 native plants in natural surroundings 

 as much as possible. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



William H. Covill has resigned as a 

 member of the Park Commission to be- 

 come a member of the Fire Commis- 

 sion, to which he was elected in a bit- 

 ter struggle. 



The salary increase recommended by 

 the finance committee, passed by the 

 city council, vetoed by Mayor Gainer, 

 the veto over-ridden by the common 

 council, was finally killed by the Board 

 of Aldermen last week when that body 

 sustained the veto by a vote of 5 to 5. 

 Park Supt. Green loses an increase of 

 $12.05 per week. 



The Westminister Greenhouses, In- 

 corporated, is defendant in two suits 

 filed in the Superior Court in which 

 the damages aggregate $2000. It is al- 

 leged that Giovanni Silvio was hit and 

 injured by the defendant's automobile 

 at the comer of Broadway and Amer- 

 ica street, Oct. 12, 1915. The injured 

 lad is a minor. He sues for $1000 for 

 his injuries and his father, Francesco 

 Silvio, sues for $1000 as compensation 

 for loss of his son's services. 



Florists of this city and other sec- 

 tions of the State are guessing at this 

 time how much they will have to pay 

 for soft coal before the winter is over. 

 The shortage of vessels because of the 

 war has boosted the price of trans- 

 portation of coal from 40 cents up as 

 high as $3 per ton, and coal ihat cost 

 $4.00 a ton at the beginning of the sea- 

 son is now costing $7.50. Providence 

 dealers predict that the price may soar 

 to $10 a ton by the first of next month. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Chairman Cowperthwaite sends in 

 the name of Dooner's Hotel, omitted 

 through an oversight in the list of 

 hotels available for visitors to the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. Dooner's Hotel is 

 located at 23 South 10th street and 

 Convention Hall may be reached by 

 taking the North 13th street car No. 

 53; about 30 minutes' ride. Rates are 

 from $1 per day to $2.50, the latter ac- 

 commodating two persons, with bath. 



Philadelphia loses one of its best 

 known floral artists, and Chicago is 

 the gainer, by the jump of William 

 Graham from Habermehl to Fleiscli- 

 man. Mr. Graham left Philadelphia 

 on the 7th inst. for Chicago, accom- 

 panied by Mrs. Graham and family, 

 where they will locate permanently. 

 Few men have made their mark on 

 big artistic floral decorations for civic. 

 national and international celebra- 

 tions as has William Graham. In 

 fact it is generally conceded that he is 

 unequalled in that particular line. 

 We extend to him our very best wishes 

 for success in his new sphere. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Westerly, R. I. — George L. Stillman 

 has leased six acres of land on Beach 

 street to be devoted to dahlia growing. 



New York, N. Y.— George W. Cohen 

 and M. Hiller have opened a florist 

 supply house at 874 Broadway, under 

 the firm name of Cohen & Hiller. 



Biddeford, Me. — The Norwood vs. 

 Hutchins suit, in which Mr. Norwood 

 sues for a balance of $450 claimed to 

 be due him on a contract for green- 

 house construction for Mrs. Hutchins 

 is being fought out with a persistency 

 worthy of a greater amount than $450. 

 Heating experts, glass men, lumber 

 men and florists are all called in to 

 testify to the efficiency or ineflJciency 

 of the construction details. 



Cincinnati. — At the organization 

 meeting of the William Murphy Com- 

 pany, W. Ray Murphy was elected 

 president, Mrs. Luna Murphy vice- 

 president, and L. L. Murphy secretary 

 and treasurer. W. Ray Murphy was 

 chosen manager and Miss Cora Pher- 

 son assistant manager. 



Albert McCuUough is reported to 

 have recently undergone a serious op- 

 eration at Christ Hospital. 



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Buffalo, N. Y. — J. J. Karins, rep. H. 

 A. Dreer, Phila., Pa.; J. Von Son- 

 nevelt, Holland; H. J. Wise, East 

 Aurora, N. Y. 



Washington — Sidney H. Bayers- 

 dorfer, Phila., Pa.; John Van Zon- 

 neveld, Sassenheim, Holland; C. M. 

 Tolman, Bangor, Me.; E. P. Hoehl, rep. 

 S. S. Skidelsky, Phila., Pa. 



Philadelphia, Pa.^Patrick Welch, 

 Boston, Mass.; Walter A. Reed, rep. 

 Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand 

 Rapids, Mich.: George Asmus, Chica- 

 Go; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass. 



New York — W. S. Woodruff, Orange, 

 Conn.; C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; 

 Lester L. Morse, San Francisco; J. A. 

 Simmers, Toronto, Ont.; A. E. Thatch- 

 er and John Stalford, Bar Harbor, 

 Me.; S. S. Pennock, Phila. Pa. 



Pittsburgh — James Scott, of Scott 

 Brothers, Elmsford, N. Y.; S. M. 

 Rosenfeld, New York; E. R. Dietz, 

 New York; Walter E. Cook, Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., New York; Mr. Farney, 

 Rice Co., Phila., Pa.; I. Rosnosky, 

 Michell Co., Phila.; Milton Alexander, 

 New York; S. Verdegaal, Sassenheim, 

 Holland. 



Boston — George Buxton, Nashua, N. 

 H.; Charles Schwake, New York; 

 Chas. F. Meyer, New York; Mr. 

 Simons, rep. Arthur T. Boddington 

 Co.. New York: Paul Berkowitz, rep. H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; A. 

 E. Thatcher and John Stalford, Bar 

 Harbor, Me.; Charles H. Vick, Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. 



Amherst, Mass. — Senior students In 

 Floriculture at the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College are working on a 

 problem on the Organization of a Re- 

 tail Establishment. Houses four miles 

 outside of Boston have been selected 

 for the work. 



The Tampa Floral Co., Anton FIche, 

 proprietor, Tampa, Fla., sent out one 

 of the prettiest and most appropriate 

 "Greetings for the Holidays" that we 

 have seen this season. 



