July 15, 1916 



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PROFITS PROFITS PROFITS 



There's Money in Summer Business for the Florist 

 Who Knows How to Please 



We can supply you with strictly up-to-date accessories, which you must have if 

 you want to give satisfaction. Stock up now and have the goods to show cus- 

 tomers. 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. 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Ludwig expect 

 to attend the Florists' Convention at 

 Houston, Texas. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ludwig are plan- 

 ning a trip to Baltimore, Trenton, 

 New York City, Rochester and Buffalo. 



Augustus Frishkorn, manager of 

 Beckert's Seed Store, left last Monday 

 for a trip through West Virginia in 

 the interest of the firm. 



H. P. Joslin is visiting his brother 

 at Oxford, Mass.. during which time 

 his duties as secretary of the Florists' 

 Club are assumed by T. P. Langhans. 



Accompanied hy his family, Fred 

 Reigelmaier, of the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co., is on a motoring trip to 

 Atlantic City. W. T. Usinger is at 

 Ruggles Beach, Ohio, and Samuel 

 Capes is at Atlantic City. 



BOSTON. 



The Children's Museum on the 

 shores of Jamaica Pond, Jamaica 

 Plain, has offered prizes of $25 in gold 

 and silver to boys and girls under 17 

 years of age for collections of leaves 

 of trees and shrubs. The conditions 

 are liberal. They state merely that 

 the leaves must he pressed and mount- 

 ed on sheets of paper 11% by 16% 

 inches. Any paper stiff enough to hold 

 the leaves may be used and several 

 leaves may be mounted on the same 

 sheet. Each leaf must be labelled with 

 name, date and place of collection, and 

 all collections must be deposited in the 

 . mueseum by Sept. 10. Hundreds of New 

 England boys and girls have an- 

 nounced their intention of competing 

 for the ijrizes and it is expected that 

 an unusually large number of collec- 

 tions will be received. 



W^ASHINGTON. 

 J. Louis Loose is spending a couple 

 of weeks with Mrs. Loose, at Berkeley 



Springs, W. Va., where they are enjoy- 

 ing a very pleasant vacation. 



Five employees of Gude Bros. Co. 

 will go to Bisbee. Arizona, with other 

 members of the District of Columbia 

 National Guard. These are Edward 

 Wilson, who is a commissary sergeant; 

 and Privates Edward Henning, Robert 

 Baggott. Norman Padgett and Leslie 

 A. Dix. 



George W. Hess, superintendent of 

 the Botanical Gardens, is to have his 

 domain largely increased if Congress 

 follows the recommendations of the 

 Senate Committee which has favorably 

 reported a bill to devote to the use of 

 the gardens what is known as East and 

 West Seaton Parks. 



Several florists were among the large 

 number of Elks who have been in con- 

 vention in Baltimore and who came to 

 Washington to pay a fraternal visit. 

 William F. Gude is the exalted ruler 

 of the Elks in the District of Colum- 

 bia and as such was called upon to 

 welcome the visitors. 



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