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February 19, 1916 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Culndlums iiiul mbcrosos an- . \ 

 peeled by A. Henderson Co. from 

 South Carolina this week. 



John Poehlniann Is feelins nm. li 

 stronger and has enjoyed shorl walks 

 about his home on the north side. 



The ChlcaKo Florists' Club reports 

 the sale ot tiiree hundred tickets to 

 date on the large silver punch bowl. 



Chas Krne. of Krne & Klingle Is at 

 the Mi<liael Heese Hospital where he 

 underwent a successful operation for 

 rupture, on the 14th. He is reported 

 as doing niiely. 



Chicago is livin.i; up to its title of 

 the great central market with cut 

 acacia from California, violets from 

 New York and daffodils from the Gulf 

 coast this week. 



W. A. Manda, who has been making 

 a tour of the Middle West, went from 

 St. Louis and Kansas City to Min- 

 neapolis and then spent the latter part 

 of the week in Chicago. 



William Wolf, for many years a 

 popular salesman at A. Lange's, and 

 Miss Schmidt, will be married at the 

 residence of the bride on Normal Park 

 avenue. Saturday February 19. 



The West End Floral Co. is now en- 

 tirely owned by Al. J. Tierney, who 

 has purchased the Leslie interest in 

 the business. Mr. Leslie was a part- 

 ner of Mr. Tierney's brother, who died 

 during the holidays. 



John Michaelson states that his firm, 

 the E. C. Amling Co. used 680,000 vio- 

 lets for Valentine business. The best 

 singles sold from 'Me. to 75c. per 100, 

 the best doubles from 50c. to 60c. and 

 the poorer doubles all the way down 

 to 10c. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 The Sheldon School for their Mr. 

 ToUes to speak before the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, March 9. The lectures 

 last year were plain talks on practical 

 questions of salesmanship and were 

 greatly appreciated by the club mem- 

 bers. 



Little apple trees in full bloom, run- 

 ning from 18 to 30 inches in height, 

 are very pretty window novelties. The 

 lack of foliage is concealed by the use 

 of sprays of Asparagus plumosa in- 

 serted around the plants. Pussy wil- 

 lows also add a harmonious touch. 

 These appeared in Valentine week. 



A. Henderson Co. are rapidly get- 

 ting settled in their new store at 211 

 North State street. The main room is 

 being fitted up for a first-class seed 

 store and all will be in readiness for 

 early spring trade. Back of the store 

 are the offices. All kinds of seeds, 

 plants and bulbs will be handled and 

 a store of this kind will be a great 

 convenience to State street shoppers. 

 G. M. Reburn has just returned from 

 a trip and reports good business. He 

 win represent his firm at the 111. State 

 Florists' Association at Moline, Marcli 

 7 and 8. 



NEW YORK. 



Charles Schwako returned last Mon- 

 day from a successful western busi- 

 ness trip. 



Anglin & Walsh Co., dealers in 

 plants, seeds and bulbs, have opened 

 an office at 335 Broadway. 



George W. Cohen, formerly with 

 Wertheimer Bros., and M. Hiller, have 

 opened at S74 Broadway, as importers 

 and commission merchants in silk rib- 

 bons and novelties for fiorists' use. 



The Schedule Committee of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show held a meeting on 

 Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the office of Sec- 

 retary Young, and will hold sessions 

 each Wednesday afternoon from now 

 on. 



Goldstein & Futterman is the name 

 of a new wholesale flower commission 

 firm at 102 West 28th street. Mr. 

 Goldstein has been for the past six 

 years in the employ of Guttman & 

 Raynor and Mr. Futterman has been 

 with Gunther Bros, for eighteen years, 

 ever since he was a boy. The new- 

 place is the first store from Sixth ave- 

 nue, in the long row of wholesale flor- 

 ists in the block west of Sixth avenue 

 and the young firm starts out under 

 most favorable auspices. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 William F. Glide was the guest of 

 honor at the banquet of the Atlantic 

 Coast Bowling League, of which he is 

 president, which was held in New 

 York City on Saturday evening last. 



Mr. Fowler, who was formerly with 

 the Van Lindley Company, of Greens- 

 boro, X. C. is reported to have ac- 

 cepted a position with David G. Gril- 

 bortzer, of Alexandria, Va. Mr. Fowl- 

 er is a rose grower and all around 

 florist of no mean ability, and it is said 

 that he will take over the management 

 of the business under Mr. Grilbortzer. 



The Office of the Foreign Trade 

 Adviser of the State Department has 

 been informed of the issuance by the 

 British Foreign Office of a permit in 

 favor of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila., 

 under which there is guaranteed the 

 unmolested shipment from Rotterdam 

 of artificial flowers, baskets, etc., from 

 Germany to the value of 57,051 marks 

 and from Austria to the value of 4,936 

 kronen. 



The House of Representatives has 

 passed the Johnson "fraudulent adver- 

 tising" bill making it unlawful in the 

 District of Columbia for any person to 

 disseminate untrue or misleading 

 statement or advertising. The House 

 Committee has favorably reported a 

 bill to prohibit the giving of checks 

 when the maker knows, or should 

 know, that at the time he has not to 

 his credit in the institution upon which 

 the same is drawn sufficient available 

 funds to pay the same. 



PHILADELPHIA 



A new flower store will bo started 

 in Lancaster, Pa., very soon. Promi- 

 nent citizens and solid backing are 

 behind the entiTprlse. One of the 

 leading lights will be Charles F. 

 Edgar, well known to the trade in 

 many states. 



When an old blasii like the writer 

 stops selling timothy seed in mid-after- 

 noon to go listen to a lecture on rock 

 gardens and such — civilization and his 

 wife had better sit up and lake notice! 

 But J. Otto Thilow being a colleague 

 on a committee, it was felt that an 

 appearance, at least, was demanded by 

 courtesy. So it was to be a flve-mln- 

 ute stay, and then back to work. The 

 slay was exactly one hour and fifteen 

 minutes. Once seated it was simply 

 a case of spell-bound and hypnotized. 

 The finest lecture of its kind ever. 

 Glad to have been there, and obliga- 

 tions to timothy can go hang. There 

 is such a thing as an unrepentant 



sinner. 



PITTSBURGH. 



DeForest Lndwig. wlio has been 

 critically ill for some time, is slowly 

 convalescing. Mr. Ludwig's recent ill- 

 ness dates from a relapse from an at- 

 tack of grippe in the early winter. 



Miss Eliza McKinley, who has been 

 ill since before Christmas, was able 

 to call at Randolph & McClements 

 (where she is the head saleswoman), 

 early in the week. However, she will 

 not be able to resume business for 

 some time. 



On Tuesday evening, April fourth, 

 John R. Bracken, of the landscape de- 

 partment of the A. W. Smith Company, 

 will speak before the Florists' Club at 

 the Fort Pitt Hotel on the "Laying Out 

 of Private Gardens and the Beautify- 

 ing of the Same." On Thursday morn- 

 ing of last week Mr. Bracken spoke be- 

 fore the Squirrel Hill Garden Club at 

 the home of Mrs. Charles H. Friend 

 on "Shakespeare's Garden." 



Adolph Kueppers, who has been the 

 manager for George L. Huscroft In 

 Steubenville, Ohio, for the past three 

 and a half years, has returned to Pitts- 

 burgh as head salesman in the floral 

 department of Kaufmann's. Mr, Kuep- 

 pers was the manager of the old East 

 End shop of the H. L. Blind Company 

 and at various times was formerly 

 connected witli the sales departments 

 of various down-town shops. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Lincoln, Neb, —The Griswold Seed 

 Co., valued at $114,000, was sold Jan. 

 29, for $23,900. 



Stephen J. Quinn. a florist, of Brook- 

 line, Mass., has filed a voluntary peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy in the United States 

 district court, admitting liabilities of 

 $43,324. and placing his assets at 

 $4,447. The latter consist chiefiy of 

 stock in trade valued at $2,000, debts 

 due amounting to $1980, and real es- 

 tate valued at $200. There are four se- 

 cured creditors and more than 100 un- 

 secured listed in the petition. 



