October 9, 1915 



HOBTICULTURE 



483 



Merit Recognized 



We won a Certificate of Merit 

 land the 



ONLY MEDAL AWARDED 



for Florist Supplies at San Francisco. We offer for the fall trade the finest 

 assortment and highest quality of goods to be found in the American Market. 



A splendid line of new Flower Baskets. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia 

 Leaves, Preserved Adiantum Sprays, etc., etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 

 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., ^ifiio^u^^TS!: 



trated with beautiful stereopticon 

 views. Among the guests on this occa- 

 sion was John Dunbar, of the Roclies- 

 ter, N. Y., parks. The table was lav- 

 ishly decorated with new dahlias by 

 W. A. Manda. and a vase of the new 

 rose Mrs. Bayard Thayer, by Alexan- 

 der Montgomery. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Charles E. Meehan of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. has not been seen around 

 his usual haunts for a week back. 

 They say he is off rusticating some- 

 where. 



S. S. Pennock was one of the judges 

 at the Lancaster Co. Flower Show last 

 week. He went also to the Vincent 

 show at White Marsh, Maryland. A 

 very busy man is Samuel. 



Congratulations are in order to a 

 new recruit in the wholesale cut flower 

 trade. Walter Davis opened on the 4th 

 Inst at 1713 Ranstead street, succeed- 

 ing John Mclntyre. Mr. Davis has 

 been twenty-eight years in the busi- 

 ness in this city, having started at the 

 Gracey store (then Goff & Magee) at 

 21st and Columbia avenue. For the 

 past eleven years he has been associ- 

 ated with the Leo Niessen Co, so he 

 knows retailing as well as wholesaling. 

 An able man, of fine character and 

 bound to succeed. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Miss Eliza McKinley has the sympa- 

 thy of her many friends and acquaint- 

 ances in the death of her mother, 

 which took place in New York, where 

 she was visiting relatives. Miss Mc- 

 Kinley is the head saleswoman for 

 Randolph & McClements, and one of 

 the best known women in trade circles. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams' entire force 

 was on duty all of last Thursday night 

 and Friday morning arranging the flo- 

 ral designs for the funeral of Mrs. An- 

 drew I'leniing. Seven hundrfrd and 

 fifty cattleyas were called into requi- 

 sition, also 500 American Beauties, 

 1500 lilies of the valley and numerous 

 clusters of chrysanthemums, roses, 

 lilies and dahlias. 



Hutchinson, Kans.— J. Ralph Soudu 

 has started business here with three 

 houses, two of them 27 x 110 and one 

 10 X 100, with ofllce, etc., just com- 

 pleted, at 521 Eleventh avenue, east. 



Obituary 



Matthew Macnair. 

 Matthew JIacnair of Providence, R. 

 L, one of the city's leading and oldest 

 florists, died very suddenly Sept. 29. 

 Mr. Macnair had just left his store and 

 was walking down the street with his 

 son, Charles, when he suddenly col- 

 lapsed and would have fallen headlong 

 to the concrete walk had it not been 



Matthew Macnaib 



for the protecting arm of his son. By 

 an unusual coincidence, the funeral 

 was held Saturday from the church in 

 front of which .Mr. Macnair died and 

 the service was at 2,30. the same time 

 that he was fatally stricken three days 

 before. There was a large attendance 

 of relatives, friends and former busi- 

 ness associates present and many flow- 

 ers were sent. 



Mr. Macnair was widely known as a 

 florist, having been in the business in 

 this city for more than a quarter of a 

 century. He was the founder and pro- 

 prietor of the two stores that bore his 



name, one at 322 Weybosset and an- 

 other at 2 Broad street. He was born 

 in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1845, and 

 came to New York in 1870. About 25 

 years ago he started in the flower busi- 

 ness in Providence with a store on 

 Westminster street, removing three 

 years later to Weybosset street. This 

 venture was a success and in 1900 he 

 opened a second store on Broad street. 

 He was a firm believer in window ad- 

 vertising and his show windows were 

 said to be the most attractive in the 

 city. 



Of a cheerful disposition, Mr. Mac- 

 nair made many friends in and out of 

 his professional calling. He was a 

 great lover of music and was well- 

 known for his Scotch songs. He was 

 a member of the Arion Club of Provi- 

 dence, and frequently referred with 

 happy recollections to his associations 

 with Beechcr's Choir of Brooklyn, N. 

 Y. Mr. Macnair had traveled exten- 

 sively in Europe. He leaves a widow, 

 two sons. Charles and Thomas; also 

 five brothers and two sisters. S. A. G. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Portland, Ore. — Henry Clemmena, 

 florist. Incorporators: Henry Clem- 

 inens, C. R. Langstaff and Julius Cohn. 



Chicago, III. — National Plant & 

 Flower Co., capital stock $10,000. In- 

 corporators: Edward R. Newmann, 

 Geo. S. Pines and Martin W. Reiss. 



Stamford, Ct.- The Stamford Seed 

 and Nursery Company has filed 

 a certificate showing an increase of its 

 capital stock from $15,000 to $20,000 

 and an increase of shares from 600 to 

 1,200, par value, $25, all common stock. 



Cleveland, O. — Holmcs-Letherman 

 Seed Company, Canton, has been In- 

 corporated by George M. Letherman, 

 H. L. Holmes, Jr., Edwin L. Gehman, 

 H. W. Shrlver and Minnie L. Lether- 

 man, with a capital of $25,000, In land- 

 scape gardening business. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 New Castle, N. H. — The Eaton 

 Greenhouses have been purchased by 

 C. W. Lefeber. 



Ludlngton, Mich.— Martin Lunde has 

 purchased the greenhouses of the B. 

 I.,. Brlllhart bankrupt estate. 



