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HOETICULTUEE 



July 15, 1916 



H. SIVI 



FLORISTS 



& SOIMS 



NEW YORK and 

 WASHINGTON 



Announce the removal of their New York store to 



SOS MADISON AVENUE, AT S2d STREET 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 15th and H Streets 



Floral and Landscape Work 



NEW YORK— Waldorf-Astoria 

 and 505 Madison Ave. 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



NEW YORK. 



George Hildenbrand. of John Young 

 & Co., has been on the Federal jury 

 for the past three weeks. 



of the boat trip to New Orleans- 

 all rail to Houston. 



-then 



all florists, have purchased new auto- 

 mobiles recently. 



It is reported that the joint flower 

 show meeting held at Hotel Manhat- 

 tan was very harmonious. Organiza- 

 tion was completed and dates, etc., ar- 

 ranged for. Secretary John Young 

 was authorized to make public details 

 of the meeting later. 



S. A. F. Secretary John Young 

 started for the Convention City on 

 Friday, July 14, going to Dallas. Texas, 

 where he will meet Vice-President 

 Kerr and other Te.xas florists and will 

 then tour the state with these gentle- 

 men in automobiles in the interest of 

 the society. 



The weather is very hot, stock 

 plentiful and no demand. An unusual 

 attraction in the market at present is 

 a fine lot of the new Lilium myrio- 

 phyllum or regal lily, being shipped to 

 John Young & Co.. by R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co.. of Boston. These lilies 

 are much admired and will undoubt- 

 edly take their place among other 

 suitable flowers for summer use. 



Werner Bros., of Clayton, Mo., are 

 building two new rose houses, 32x150. 

 Mr. A. Werner says they will have 

 nearly 750,000 feet of glass when these 

 are completed. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Andon Bourdet, Peter Phaender, Ed. 

 Buechel, W. S. Wells, A. Senger, all 

 well known in trade circles, are off on 

 their summer vacations. 



Mrs. Ben Westhus has opened a 

 floral store at Skinker and Berlin 

 avenues. The opening took place last 

 week and she started in with a big 

 day's business. 



J. P. Lewis has been added to the 

 New York Florists' Club's Transpor- 

 tation Committee and will soon issue 

 a circular letter as to rates, etc.. tor 

 the trip to Houston. It looks now as 

 if quite a number will take advantage 



The florists' picnic takes place at 

 Romona park, Thursday, July 20, 

 Everybody is invited. The Florists' 

 Club pays all expenses. 



W. J. Pilcher and A. S. Cerny, of 

 Kirkwood, and Frank Windier, W. C. 

 Smith, Aug. Hummert and Al Senger, 



The Florist Club meeting this week, 

 according to Secretary Beneke and 

 President Bourdet. promises 100 in at- 

 tendance. At theotficers' meeting last 

 week an interesting program was 

 mai)ped out. .^_^ 



The St. Louis Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Co., the new wholesale firm, has leased 

 1410 Pine street and will start at once 

 to erect a building to be ready for 

 business Sept. 1. D. S. Geddis and 

 J. J. Beneke will manage this new 

 wholesale market. 



GREEK-AMERICAN FLORI 



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