June 26, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



855 



"HERE GOMES THE BRIDE" 



and she can't get along without the florist. June should 



be your Busy Month. 

 FOR THE JUNE WEDDING 



we have Lace Bridal Holders, Wedding Cords, Wedding Posts, Wedding 

 Gates, Kneeling Stools, Gauze Chiffons for Shower Bouquets ; Bridal Scarfs, 

 Resting Baskets, Shepherd's Crooks, Directoire Staffs. 



Stunning Novelties— Our New Decorative Bird Cages on Stands and Single 

 Bird Cages are the sensation of the season. 



FOR COMMENCEMENTS AND GRADUATION GIFTS 



Hi-Art Decorative Commencement Baskets and all other accessories. 



Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. Send for prices and you 

 will be astonished to see how much you can do with a little money when you 

 go straight to headquarters 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



112 9 Arch Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



A committee of florists is actively 

 engaged in tlie preparation of plans 

 tor what may prove to be the most 

 successful outing ever held by the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, D. C. 

 The affair is to be held at Great Falls. 

 Va., early next month. 



George W. Hess, superintendent of 

 the United States Botanic Gardens, 

 and William F. Gude just returned 

 from a visit to Barnegat Bay where 

 they were the guests of Commodore 

 Wescott upon the opening of the rod 

 and gun club at that place. 



Congratulations are being heaped 

 upon the popular young manager of 

 the Washington Floral Company, J. 

 Harper Hetherington, who was last 

 Wednesday evening married to Miss 

 Alice Cramer, formerly in the employ 

 of the same concern as bookkeeper. 

 Mr. Hetherington has been connected 

 with the firm for the past five years, 

 having previously been employed by 

 Fred H. Kramer. He is the son of 

 Joseph H. Hetherington, who is em- 

 ployed by the Robert Craig Company 

 in Philadelphia, and has had a long ex- 

 perience for so young a man in the 

 florists' business. He was made man- 

 ager of the company following its re- 

 cent reorganization. Miss Cramer at 

 first acted as salesgirl and some little 

 time ago she was made bookkeeper 

 and cashier, remaining in that ca- 

 pacity until a week or so previous to 

 her marriage. The young couple are 

 at present spending their honeymoon 

 in Atlantic City. 



PITTSBURGH. 



C. F. Mancke, of the Zieger Com- 

 pany, will leave shortly to spend his 

 vacation at Atlantic City. 



Vorbert Huttinger, who is in the 

 store of Mrs. E. A. Williams, has the 

 sympathy of his friends and acquaint- 

 ances in the death of his mother. Mrs. 

 Huttinger, of the North Side, last .Mon- 

 day evening. 



Randolph & McClements have i)lant- 



ed the grounds of their next door 

 neighbor, the East Liberty Presby- 

 terian Church, with a large bed of 

 holyhocks, poppies, larkspur, fox glove, 

 etc., with a border of pinks. Nearby 

 is a mound of crotons and a crescent 

 of coleus. 



The horticultural department oi.ened 

 by the Rosenbaum Company in the 

 basement of and simultaneously with 

 the new store, has been abandoned. 

 McCreery & Co., who began the sale 

 of cut flowers a few weeks ago, have 

 also dispensed with this feature "as 

 long as there are so many outdoor 

 flowers." 



Those who visited the .Joseph Home 

 Company store's celebration of Rose 

 Day expressed the keenest admiration. 

 These displays comprised some set 

 pieces planned and executed by the 

 young women and men of the store. 

 For these the firm awarded several 

 prizes through a committee. Many 

 thousands of roses were used in eon- 

 junction with merchandise and store 

 displays. Rose Day will be a recog- 

 nized feature to continue in years to 

 come. 



BOSTON. 



P. Welch has been away for the past 

 week looking after his interests in 

 Montreal and Albany. 



OBITUARY. 



The Garden Committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, under 

 the personal conduct of President Far- 

 quhar visited the rose gardens of Miss 

 Fay and M. H. Walsh at Woods Hole 

 en Thursday, June 24. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, have won 

 the gratitude of the public and a nice 

 amount of newspaper publicity by an- 

 nouncing that on a certain day they 

 would give away 10,000 rose "plants 

 which had been growing in then- 

 houses for the past season, the distri- 

 bution taking place at three i)ublic 

 school buildings. 



D. U. Augspurger. 



D. U. Augspurger, senior member of 

 the firm of Augspurger & Sons, Peoria, 

 111., died on June 2o. 



Karl Koenig. 



Following a brief attack of pleuro- 

 pneumonia the death of Karl Koenig 

 took place last Saturday at his home 

 in Millvale, Pa. Mr. Koenig. who was 

 aged 44, came from Germany in 1889. 

 since which he has been engaged in 

 the floral business. At the time of his 

 death he was the largest and most suc- 

 cessful wholesale grower of bulbs and 

 lilies in the Pittsburgh section. Mr. 

 Koenig is survived by his widow, Mrs. 

 Mary Elizabeth Fisher Koenig; four 

 sons and five daughters. 



Albert C. Rott. 



Albert C. Rott. retail florist of 

 Joliet, 111,, passed away at his home 

 in that city, June 18, after a few^ days 

 illness. Mr. Rott has been connected 

 with the florists' business practically 

 all his life, first in Chicago, then with 

 the Thompson Carnation Co. and then 

 taking over their store for himself. 

 He was ably assisted by Mrs. Rott who 

 will continue the business. .Mr, Rott 

 had not been well lor some time, but 

 was able to attend to business up to a 

 week ago. Interment took place at 

 Filoomington, 111. 



James H. McKay 

 One of the victims of the serious 

 drowning tragedy at Atlantic City last 

 Sunday. June 20, in which "eight 

 bathers lost their lives, was James 

 H. McKay, a well-known retail florist 

 of Philadelphia, whose store was lo- 

 cated in the Kensington district for 

 many years. He was a successful 

 business man and highly respected in 

 the trade. He was born in Scotland 

 51 years ago and came to this country 

 when about twenty, .A widow and 

 four children survive him. also a 

 brother, who is in the real estate 

 business and with whom .Mr. .McKay 

 was associated. 



