October 7, 191i; 



HORTICULTURE 



483 



BUY YOUR FALL SUPPLIES NOW 



New Stock is in. Ready for You. A Rare Shipment of Im- 

 ported Goods Just Received. Hampers and Flower Bow^ls 



Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. 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. 



Manufacturers and 

 Importers 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Write for 

 Catalogue 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Martin Gannon, late with tlie Leo 

 Niessen Co. started Oct. 2nd witti 

 Alfred M. Campbell as manager of 

 the commission department at 1.519 

 Sansom street. 



Whetstone & Co., pipe experts, well 

 known among the greenhouse men 

 from their elucidations before the Flor- 

 ists' Club years back have been suc- 

 ceeded by E. W. Koons & Co. at 911 

 Filbert street, who continue in the 

 same line. 



S. S. Pennock and family arrived 

 home from a month's vacation in 

 Rhode Island on Sept. 28th. Mr. Pen- 

 nock reports that nothing has been 

 heard of Mr. Rankin, who disapiieared 

 from his home in Westerly, R, I., 

 Sept. 12, and that the greenhouses 

 consisting of about twenty-five thou- 

 sand feet and stocked with roses are 

 for sale or rent on very favorable 

 terms. The agents for the property 

 are The Washington Trust Co., Wes- 

 terly, R. I., and Mr. Pennock. 



On Saturday afternoon and even- 

 ing, Oct. 7, there will be a flower show 

 at the Twentieth Century Club House, 

 Lansdowne — free to the public. It 

 promises to be one of the best of the 

 suburban exhibitions which are doing 

 so much for the advancement of horti- 

 culture. Samuel S. Pennock is the 

 president of the Flower Exhibition 

 and he wants as many of his flor- 

 ist friends from outside points as 

 possible to honor the show with a 

 visit. Twenty minutes out from 

 Broad Street Station. 



CLEVELAND. 



Market conditions remain very tight, 

 there being hardly enough stock avail- 

 able to supply the demand. 



Retail florists, who will attend the 

 meeting of The Florists' Telegraph 

 Delivery at Chicago this month, in- 

 clude F. C. W. Brown and H. P. 

 Knoble. 



Herb. Bate and Frank Williams, of 

 The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. and 

 Al. Barber of The Jones-Russell Co., 

 will return home this week from a 

 trip up the lakes. 



F. J. RiTEENTH.iLER. 



Obituary 



Reinhardt Cook. 

 Reinhardt Cook, a well known re- 

 tail florist of New Orleans, La., died 

 on September 19, at the age of 38 

 years. His demise while so compara- 

 tively young is a shock to his many 

 friends in the trade by whom he was 

 held in loving esteem. He leaves a 

 widow. 



Henry KIrke White. 



Henry Kirke White, vice-president 

 of the seed firm of D. M. Ferry & Co., 

 Detroit, Mich., died suddenly of heart 

 disease Sept. 23, aged 77 years. Jlr. 

 White was born in Unadilla, N. Y. In 

 1865, he was admitted to the firm, 

 and in 1905 was made vice-president. 

 He is survived by his wife, one daugh- 

 ter and three sons. 



Edward Mawley. 

 We learn from the English journals 

 of the death suddenly on September 

 14 of Edward Mawley, V. M. H., presi- 

 dent of the National Rose Society. Mr. 

 Mawley was seventy-four years of age. 

 He \vas elected president of the Na- 

 tional Rose Society two years ago 

 after serving faithfully as secretary 

 for thirty-seven years. He was a man 

 greatly beloved by his associates. The 

 phenomenal progress of the National 

 Rose Society was in a large measure 

 due to his ability and zeal. 



in the business life of the state by his 

 industry and honesty. As a member 

 of the State Horticultural Society, the 

 Florida Nurserymen's Association, an 

 active member of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen and of other 

 national horticultural organizations, 

 he was well and favorably known, and 

 in Jacksonville his connection with the 

 Chamber of Commerce and the First 

 Christian Church brought him into 

 close relations with the many phases 

 of work for the upbuilding of the city, 

 in all of which he was deeply in- 

 terested. 



For years Mr. Griffing has been a 

 consistent advocate of diversified 

 agriculture and horticulture. Along 

 this line he had contributed a number 

 of articles to the farm press of the 

 South. At the time his last illness 

 came on he was engaged in the prepa- 

 ration of additional material of this 

 nature, under arrangements which 

 would have given it very wide circu- 

 lation. The deceased left an aged 

 father, one sister, four-brothers, a wife 

 and several children, to whom has 

 been extended the sympathy of a wide 

 circle of friends and acquaintances. 



FOR 



Charles M. Griffing. 



In the death of Charles M. Griflang, 

 of the Interstate Nurseries, Macclenny. 

 Florida, the horticultural interests of 

 the state have sustained a severe loss. 

 Mr. GriflSng's departure came as a 

 severe shock to his friends, as he was 

 in the prime of life and had been in 

 good health until a few weeks before 

 the end. 



Coming to Florida from New 'Y'ork 

 State in early boyhood Mr. Grlfltag 

 had made for himself an enviable place 



SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS 

 DAMAGED MAIL 



It is expected that as a result of 

 the action taken by Assistant Post- 

 master General Dockery those florists 

 having claims against the Post Office 

 Department growing out of the loss 

 or damage of insured and C. 0. D. 

 mail will have less cause for com- 

 plaint over apparent unnecessary de- 

 lays in arriving at a settlement. Mr. 

 Dockery says that examination of ap- 

 plication.s for indemnity in such cases 

 shows that in a great many instances 

 postmasters are not complying with 

 the provisions of the Postal Guide re- 

 quiring immediate attention to indem- 

 nity claims and to all inquiries re- 

 ceived from the department in regard 

 thereto. Employees handling claims 

 are instructed to familiarize them- 

 selves with these provisions, and see 

 to it that all documents and required 

 information are complete before send- 

 ing the claims for final settlement. 



