Angust 5, 1916 



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EVERYWHERE 



CHICAGO. 



Harry Conn, now in charge of the 

 Harry Rowe Co.'s store has the sympa- 

 thy of his friends in the loss of his 

 wife. 



The little son of Timothy Courtney, 

 superintendent of the Foley Green- 

 house Manufacturing Co., had the mis- 

 fortune to fall and break his elbow on 

 July 27th. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Adams of Rush 

 St. and Bellevue PI. are vacationing 

 at Macatawa, Mich. Miss O. A. Ton- 

 ner and Miss Nettie Parker are in 

 northern Wisconsin. 



C. A. Samuelson is taking his vaca- 

 tion on his apple orchard in Idaho 

 from which place he writes friends 

 that crops are looking fine and there 

 is no lack of water for irrigating. 



Off-rek.s of iHt; La-Nca.siek CoUNIY Flokists' Cixb. 

 Readinjr Left lo Kigbt : Harry K. Rohrer, Treasurer; Elmer Weaver. Vice-PresiJent ; 

 II. A. Schroyer, President; Frank Kohr. Seeretary. 



3TS' Club Picnic. 



Clara Burkhardt of the Poehlmann 

 Bros, supply department returned 

 from two weeks in Wisconsin, which 

 favorite state for vacationists she re- 

 ports as too hot and dry this year for 

 real pleasure. 



Sam Seligman's presence in Chicago 

 and his recent severing of relations 

 with the New York house he has so 

 long represented, give color to the per- 



sistent rumor of a new wholesale 

 house in Chicago. 



The University of Wisconsin is 

 erecting a greenhouse for its Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Haven Metcalf, 

 pathologist. The J. C. Moninger Co. 

 has the work underway and a new all 

 steel house, 28x70 feet, was complet- 

 ed August 1st. 



Edw. Amerpohl says his home town. 

 Janesville. Wis., which is a tobacco 

 raising center, has had an unusual ex- 

 perience this summer. Since planting 

 time one-halt the place has had suffici- 

 ent rain to be in splendid condition, 

 while the other half has not had a 

 drop of water all summer. 



Cool looking windows of ferns and 

 water lilies were very inviting in the 

 down town district during the extreme 

 weather of the past week. Passers-by 

 would linger beside these windows and 

 the unusual trade through July may 

 be partly due to the extra effort to 

 keep the windows looking cool and re- 

 freshing. 



James P. Foley, secretary of the 

 Foley Greenhouse Manufacturing Co., 

 spent Sunday at the beach, where he 

 found the water delightfully cool. The 



next day he discovered the sun had 

 been busy too, and for several days 

 has not been able to visit the office. 

 This firm is Just completing four pieces 

 of work, including the George Weiland 

 range. 



William J. Smyth, at 31st street and 

 Michigan avenue, has just renewed his 

 lease at an advanced rental, and the 

 store is undergoing marked changes, 

 which, when completed, will give the 

 largest window space among Chicago's 

 flower stores— 7.5 feet on Michigan av- 

 enue and 40 feet on 31st street— with 

 entrance at the corner. It will pre- 

 sent an impressing sight to passersby 

 on that famous thoroughfare. The 

 windows will not be separated from 

 the store proper, but will be a part of 

 the salesroom and fitted so as to show 

 plants and flowers to the best possible 

 advantage. Mr. Smyth says that in 

 spite of the torn up condition of the 

 store he has found this season the best 

 summer business in 25 years, and has 

 not had time to leave the city for his 

 vacation. Mrs. Smyth and daughter, 

 I'"lorence, who have been in California 

 for six weeks, leave for home a few 

 days hence. 



JosTON ON Their Annu.4.l Picnic. 



For Account of Games, etc., See Issue of Last Week. 



