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GEORGE B. HART, 



24 STONE STREET 

 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



proprietress. The A. W. Smitli Com- 

 pajiy furnished the decorations for the 

 "house-warming" of the theatre. 



Randolph & McClemenls furnished 

 the handsome flower decorations for 

 the Thaw-Slade wedding Tuesday 

 afternoon, which was the most notable 

 event of its kind in years. Mrs. E. A. 

 Williams contributed in her line to 

 the bankers' banquet at the Hotel 

 Schenley. Spring blossoms entered 

 largely into the table decorations, 

 while the white lattice screening the 

 orchestra was overrun with Taft 

 roses. Earlier in the week the Bank 

 also at the Schenley. Mr. Daschbach 

 contributing the decorations. His 

 work was also conspicuous at the 

 handsome .Japanese ball of the Rdge- 

 worth Club last Friday evening. 



CHICAGO. 



Miss A. J. Pennock of Sumlcr, S. (".. 

 visited Chicago this week looking for 

 peony hints. .Miss Pennook is a neice 

 of S. S. Pennock of Philadelpiiia and 

 is making a beginning. in the growing 

 of peonies for commercial purposes. 



Ernst Wienhoeber of the north side 

 has found the social events since the 

 holidays to have been fully up to 

 former years in the amount of flowers 

 used. The table decorations for the 

 pre-nuptial dinner given by Mr. and 

 'Mrs. Cyrus McCormick in honor of 

 their son and his bride were furnished 

 by this firm. The tables were set in 

 the ball room of the home and thou- 

 sands of spring flowers arranged in 

 garlands upon the tables. 



The McCormick-Linn wedding on 

 Saturday, Feb. 13. was an event call- 

 ing for the use of many iiowers. The 

 church decorations were confined to a 

 background of Cibotium Schiedei at 

 the altar, and at the front two tall 

 moss-covered vases of lilies. The 

 bride's bouquet was of orange blos- 

 soms cut from dozens of plants se- 

 cured in the East and was lightly 



showered with ribbon. C. A. Samuel- 

 son had the order. In the decorations 

 at the Linn home the tables were 

 beautiful with the double flowering 

 cherries, Prunus triloba, grown by F. 

 Oechslin. 



Fire in Wholesale District. 



The most stirring event in the 

 wholesale flower market in years was 

 the burning, Sunday morning, of the 

 five-story brick building at 66-70 East 

 Randolph street in which were located 

 the K. C. Amling Co. on the main floor 

 and the A. L. Randall Co. on the four 

 upi)er floors. The origin of the fire is 

 unknown, the blaze having been dis- 

 covered at 3.30 A. M., and was under 

 such headway that the stock of flor- 

 ists' supplies was completely de- 

 stroyed and only a small portion of 

 the office furniture of the A. L. Randall 

 Co. was saved. E. C. Amling, who 

 lives at Oak Park and .John Michael- 

 son, manager, at River Forest, were 

 notified and made a quick run in time 

 to save the books and at 7 A. M. had 

 such flowers as they had saved car- 

 ried into the Harry Rowe building. 

 The next day their furniture was 

 moved into the Federal Life building, 

 IfiO North Michigan avenue where they 

 will remain for the present. The A. 

 L. Randall Co. are temporarily located 

 at 177 North Michigan avenue, which, 

 with the Chicago Flower Growers' As- 

 sociation gives Michigan avenue three 

 of the large wholesale houses just 

 now. The walls of the burned build- 

 ing are standing but the inside is a 

 complete wreck. It was an old build- 

 ing and with the light, inflammable 

 stock carried on the upper floors, 

 burned quickly. Poehlmann Bros, oc- 

 cupy the next building east and their 

 private office was damaged by the 

 water coming through the broken front 

 window. E. C. Amling and A. L. Ran- 

 dall are the two largest wholesale com- 

 mission houses in Chicago. There is 

 at present no lack of sujtabl« places 



for renting, which in ordinary years 

 would be a serious proposition. 



No report Is made by the insurance 

 adjusters at this writing. Aside from 

 its papers and books, the loss of the A. 

 L. Randall Co. is practically total. 

 Oiv of the serious losses of the E. C. 

 .\mling Co.'s Is their immense Ice 

 boxes which are water soaked and 

 warped. The newest one cost $1,200.00 

 a short time ago. 



St. Valentine's Day. 



There was no disappointment In 

 store for florists when they went over 

 their books after St. Valentine's Day. 

 Orders came in from outside and ship- 

 ping trade was very good and after 

 this was taken care of, home buyers 

 began and everything was cleaned up 

 at good prices. AH kinds of flowers 

 were used, for there were baskets and 

 boxes both to fill and for a newer. 

 offering there were the Colonial bou- 

 quets, flat or high, made solid, with 

 numerous colors in each and backed 

 with the white lace paper. These are 

 made in -several sizes and they were 

 very popular with buyers for this day. 



Chas. A. Samuelson, who had a very' 

 large trade for St. Valentine's Day, 

 says it is getting to be a bigger day 

 each year, but that florists have to 

 cater to it by having something new 

 each time. This year violets and 

 spring flowers, as usual, were pre- 

 ferred, but they were presented either 

 in the form of Colonial bouquets or 

 in gold baskets adorned with cupids. 

 White boxes in heart shape with fluffy 

 red bows were also popular. 



Long Island City, N. Y. — Martin .lan- 

 neswsky, a florist, living in Ravens- 

 wood, has been awarded $908 against 

 .Morris Goldfarb, a florist of East 

 Thirty- fourth street, Manhattan, by a 

 jury before Supreme Court Justice 

 Benedict. The plaintiff was repre- 

 sented by Attorney Arvine C. Leach. 

 Jannesw'sky worked for Goldfarb from 



