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ALLIE ZECH. 



Allle Zech is probalily the youngest 

 man in the wholesale flower business 

 in Chicago. Upon the death of his 

 father, the late John Zech, he suc- 

 ceeded him as head of the firm of Zech 



Al I.IE Zeh( 



& Mann, one of the best known of the 

 Chicago wholesale commission houses. 

 Mr. Zech has a number of years' ex- 

 perience to his credit, as he was right 

 hand man to his father, who was 

 known as one of the most capable 

 men in the trade. This firm stands 

 well with the trade of Chicago and has 

 the disposition of some of the best cut 

 flower stock coming into the Chicago 

 market. 



PERSONAL. 



John S. Doig has been appointed 

 head gardener to Mrs. J. M. Sears, 

 Southborough, Mass. 



P. J. Donahue, of Boston, has just 

 returned from a two weeks' vacation 

 at Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vinyard. 



Charles Kichardson of the Wynd- 

 hurst greenhouses, Lenox, Mass., has 

 accepted a position in the Brookside 

 greenhouses at Great Harrington. 



Kdward W. Breed of Clinton, Mass., 

 president of the Worcester County 

 Horticultural society, and Mrs. Breed, 

 have returned after a trip to the Pan- 

 ama-Pacific Exposition. 



St. Louis. — Miss Julia Mottell. cashier 

 of the Nicotine Mfg. Co.. had a tussle 

 with a robber last week when she was 

 returning from the bank with the 

 weekly payroll. Miss Mottell wrenched 

 herself from his grasp, thus saving the 

 money. She is a basket ball cham- 

 pion and an athlete and surprised the 

 robber with her strength. Her boss, 

 J. S. Carter, Is away attending the 

 S. A. F. convention with the St. L/Ouls 

 delegation. 



Not A Competitor 



of the 



Florist Telegraph Delivery 



porist 



"\ V THEN the telephone began cut- 



\\ ting into the business of the 



telegraph, they introduced 



night letters of 50 words for the cost of 



10 day words. 



And what happened ? Tht telephone 

 was not used any less, but the tele- 

 graph was used more. 



There are some people who want to 

 do what they do quickly. The snap 

 and go of life is for them. The F.T.D. 

 suits their needs exactly. 



There are others who never use the 

 telegraph unless very urgent, but they 

 use letters freely. To these people the 

 National Florist strongly appeals. 



It is also appau'ent that one will help 

 the other, because both will help people 

 to form the habit of ordering floral gifts 

 for distant points. 



Send for booklet giving full particu- 

 lars about the National Florist plan. 



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Obituary 



John M. Clark. 

 Information comes to us briefly of 

 the death of John M. Clark, secre- 

 tary of the Leonard Seed Company of 

 Chicago, which occurred on Sunday 

 morning, August 15. after an operation 

 lor ulcers of the stomaih. Further 

 particulars next week. 



and retired on the pension list some 

 three years ago owing to impaired 

 health and infirmities due to advanced 

 years. 



Nicholas Hallock 

 Nicholas Hallock, well-known to the 

 older generation of seed growers and 

 florists of New York and Long Island, 

 (lied of pneumonia on August 5, while 

 on a visit to relatives in Seattle, Wash- 

 ington. Mr. Hallock was a native of 

 .Milton, Ulster County, N. Y., and was 

 88 years of age at the time of his death. 



Fred B. Barrlngton. 

 Fred B. Harriimton a well-known 

 florist, died on August 14 at the Ad- 

 dison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, 

 Mass., after several days illness. He 

 wa.s born in Cambridge and was 56 

 years old. He came bore about 25 

 years ago and succeeded to the florist 

 i)usiness of the late Seth Cole. He 

 leaves a wife and a son. 



James L. Green. 

 James L. Green, an old employee of 

 the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. died on 

 the 10th inst. at 6166 Upland street. 

 West Philadelphia, aged 75. He was 

 with the company eight or ten years 



Henry Arnold. 

 Henry Arnold, head ilesigner In the 

 Hack Bay establishment of Thos. F. 

 Galvin. Boston, died at the Eliot Hos- 

 pital on Tuesday morning. August 17, 

 after a three days' Illness with acute 

 llrlght's disease. Mr. Arnold was form- 

 erly located In Rochester, where he 

 worked for VIck and for Wilson, and 

 has been with Galvin for the past 

 eight years, a competent and well-Uked 

 emi)loyeo. Ills age was 51 years. He 

 was unmiirried 



