July 12, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



27 



Jociety of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists 



Very satisfactory progress with the 

 campaign fund was made during the 

 week just past, as our list of sub- 

 scriptions will denote. But such prog- 

 ress must be twice as satisfactory if 

 we are to obtain a consummation of 

 the plans of our committees. There 

 is a large body of florists who have 

 not heeded our many and constant ap- 

 peals for subscriptions, most of whom 

 have the best of intentions, as Is 

 proved when approached by a per- 

 sonal representative. 



Just as an instance: On Thursday 

 of last week, A. L. Miller, chairman of 

 the Publicity Committee for Long 

 Island, N. Y., accompanied by Director 

 Joseph A. Manda and Secretary 

 Young, visited the florists located on 

 the south side of the Island and in 

 every case received a subscription. 

 These florists all seemed to be well 

 posted as to the work of the campaign, 

 and its resulting benefits. Mr. Miller 

 is satisfied that everyone in the trade 

 will subscribe when called upon by 

 special representatives. But why wait 

 until a personal call is made, when it 

 is so easy to mail a check to the Sec- 

 retary? In a few days visits will be 

 made to the florists on the north side 

 of the Island and, without doubt, the 

 same result will be forthcoming. 



Some of our representatives are 

 doing laudable work, particularly Guy 

 French, Chicago; Robert New comb, 

 West and Northwest; L. J. Reuter, 

 New England; Robert Kift, Philadel- 

 phia; A. F. Longren, Chicago, and M. 

 A. Vinson, Cleveland. Our staff of 

 representatives will be materially 

 augmented in the near future. 



The Delay in Signs. 



To the florists who have experi- 

 enced delay in the receipt of the glass 

 signs they have ordered we offer the 

 following explanation, taken from a 

 recent letter from the Rodwell Mfg. 

 Co., Buffalo, makers of the signs: 



"We have had considerable diffi- 

 culty for the last six weeks in getting 

 glass, as the glass situation is in very 

 bad shape. The factories only turn- 

 ing out about 50 per cent of their out- 

 put during the last season has made 

 a shortage of glass and sometimes it 

 takes quite a while to get certain 

 sizes. We placed a contract three 

 months ago for glass and some of it 

 we have not received as yet although 



the contract called for all of it to be 

 delivered by July 1st; however, we 

 think that the glass people now have 

 enough to give us some so that we can 

 get a few of your signs ahead to take 

 care of the shipments more promptly." 



New Subscriptions. 



The following subscriptions have 

 been received and are in addition to 

 those previously announced, annual- 

 ly for four years, unless otherwise 

 stated: 



George W. Keyser, Babylon, L. I. $5.00 

 Chatham Floral Co., Chatham, 



N. Y 5.00 



Win. Munt. Sr. Clair. Mich 10.00 



A. .T. Stahelin, Redford, Mich., 



additional year 50.00 



Central Floral Co., Detroit, Mich.. 30.00 

 Frauee & Vandergrift, Monroe, 



Mich 10.00 



Otto II. Cron, Monroe, Mich 10.00 



Schramm Bros., Toledo O., addi- 

 tional 15.00 



Max Spenner, Toledo, 25.00 



Helmar Flower Shop. Toledo, O.. 20.00 



S. N. Peck, Toledo, 5.00 



John Asaa. Chicago, 111 15.00 



J. C. Meier, Morton Groves, 111 10.00 



Chas. N. Miller & Bro., Morton 



Grove, 111 25.00 



St. Adalberts Greenhouses, Niles, 



111 25.00 



T. D. Kefke, Marshtield. Wis 5.00 



W. H. O. Demmler, Eau Claire, 



Wis 5.00 



N. Dahru, Morton Grove, 111 10.00 



O. F. Eskil, Iron Mt., Mich., addi- 

 tional 5.00 



Beaver Floral Co., Beaver Dam, 



Wis 5.00 



Edw. W. Schuster, Crookston, 



Minn., one year 5.00 



LeCluse & LeCluse, Blue Point, 



N. Y 10.00 



The Bool Floral Co., Ithaca, N. Y. 5.00 



Neal E. Boyle, Maiden, Mass 5.00 



Port Alleghany Greenhouses, Port 



Alleghany, Pa., one year 5.00 



J. A. Tapscott, Owensboro, N. Y.. 5.00 



Wm. M. Ferguson, Phila., Pa 10.00 



Chas. B. Stahl, Phila., Pa 25.00 



T. Neilson Geiger, Phila., Pa 10.00 



.1. C. Rennison Co., Sioux City. la. 25.00 



Groves Floral Co., Atchison, Kan. 5.00 



Adgate & Son, Warren O., one yr. 10.00 



John W. Foote, Reading, Mass... 10.00 

 Leslies Greenhouses, Amesbury, 



Mass., one year 5.00 



Jas. Brown, Jr., Coatesville, Pa., 



one year 25.00 



C. P. Barnard, N. Brook, Pa., 



one year 5.00 



Enos W. Kohr, Lancaster, Pa., 



one year 15.00 



Moraio Bros.. Rye. N. Y 15.00 



John Sykes, Allentown, Pa 25.00 



Wm. F. Barkham, Ridgewood, N. 



J 5.00 



Arthur Dummett, Inc., Mt. Ver- 

 non, N. Y 5.00 



Wollrath & Sons, Waltham. Mass. 20.00 

 H. A. Ryan, Inc., Cambridge, 



Mass., additional 5.00 



W. H. & J. C. Ryder, Wantaugh, 



L. 1 25.00 



W. C. McCollom, Islip, L. 1 10.00 



J. Bennett & Son. Blue Point, L. I. 10.00 



Julius Chevaly, Blue Point, L. I.. 15.00 



Henry Weston, Hempstead, L. I.. 25.00 

 Herman Mamietseh, Rockville 



Centre. L. 1 10.00 



C. R. Ankers, Rockville Centre, 



L I 25.00 



M. Matheron, Baldwin, L. 1 25.00 



George Peters & Sons, Hemp- 

 stead. L. 1 50.00 



('has. Fish. Blue Point, L. 1 5.00 



John Young & Co., New York 



City, N. Y 50.00 



Frost & Spence, Greenville, O., one 



year 5.00 



BenryH. Barrow, Whitman, Mass. 10.00 



II. Staeps, Elm Grove. Wis 10.00 



Max i m Tiling. io. Paterson, N. J. 5.00 



W. II. I 'nip & Co., Wichita, Kan. 10.00 



John Scott Estate, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10.00 



R. A. Elliott. Morristown, N. J... 25.00 



Frank N. Kskcscii, Madison, N. J. 10.00 

 C I' Dndley, Madison, N. J., one 



year 10.00 



Duckham-Plerson, Madison, N. J. 100.00 



900.00 

 Previously reported 39,142.50 



Total $40,132.50 



John Young, Secy. 

 1170 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

 July 5, 1919. 



MR. BLOSSOM OPENS AN OFFICE. 

 Mr. Harold Hill Blossom has opened 

 an office for the practice of landscape 

 architecture at 10 Milk street, Boston. 

 Mr. Blossom is a graduate of Am- 

 herst College. He received the degree 

 of Master of Arts from Harvard Uni- 

 versity in 1906 and the degree of 

 Master of Landscape Architecture in 

 1907, which was the first year this 

 degree was given. Mr. Blossom made 

 a trip to Europe in 1906 for study and 

 on July 1st, 1907, entered the office of 

 Olmsted Brothers, with whom he has 

 been continually connected for twelve 

 years. On the Seattle Exposition 

 work Mr. Blossom was Mr. James F. 

 Dawson's assistant for the last 

 five months previous to the opening of 

 the fair; and a few years later, at the 

 San Diego Exposition, he was the 

 resident representative of Olmsted 

 Brothers. 



BOSTON. 



The flower market is fairly good, 

 considering that this is the month of 

 July. Prices are of course better than 

 a year ago, but the demand is about 

 the same. Carnations are coming in 

 more slowly, some being good but the 

 average running rather poor. Gladioli 

 are fair in quality and more are com- 

 ing in daily. There is a miscellaneous 

 lot of other flowers, but they do not 

 sell readily. 



Manager Thurston of the Flower 

 Exchange leaves Saturday for a two 

 weeks' vacation at Fair Haven. 



P. Welch is spending the summer 

 at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. 



The Florists' Association of Boston 

 is having its first annual outing today 

 (Saturday) at Wardhurst, Lynnfield, 

 with a dinner as one of the features. 



A runaway automobile broke the 

 plate glass window of Penn's, 124 

 Tremont street, last week. Several 

 people were somewhat injured. 



Myron Ford of East Weymouth, a 

 well known flower grower, is spending 

 a vacation at Lake Winnepesaukee, 

 N. H. 



