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HOETICULTUEE 



September 7, 1912 



DID YOU SEE IT? 



/^UR exhibit during the Convention of the Society 

 ^-^ of American Florists at the Coliseum, August 

 20-23 was the only one of its kind awarded a 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT 



The Mechanically Cooled Refrigerator was the first ever 

 exhibited at a Florists' convention. 



BRECHT'S FLORISTS' REFRIGERATORS ALWAYS RECEIVE.HIGHEST AWARDS 



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Established 1853 



The Brecht Company 



Main Offices and Factories: 1216 Cass Ave., ST. LOGIS, MO. 

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CHICAGO NOTES. 

 The Retailers. 



Special advertising in tlie daily pa- 

 pers by the local florists has about 

 ceased, the demand being so unusual- 

 ly light this summer. The retailers 

 generally report a lighter summer 

 trade than for many years. Some of 

 our well known members of the trade 

 are showing a good example at the 

 opening of the fall season. Two wed- 

 dings are booked, one on Sept. 4th 

 and the other later in the month. 



Ganger & Gormley's new store in 

 the Fine Arts Building on Michigan 

 avenue, is receiving the finishing 

 touches and it will be one of the finest 

 in the down town district. The sales- 

 room on the main floor is handsomely 

 fitted up and is supplemented by a 

 work room four times its size in a 

 light basement. This room has wall 

 cases on all sides and everything is 

 finished in mission style. 



Trade Notes. 



Andy McAdams, one of the south 

 side's oldest florists, is about to retire 

 from active management and W. La 

 Grotta will assume charge. 



It is stated on good authority that 

 there will be about $2,500 to return to 

 the generous contributors to the con^ 

 vention expenses. The distribution 

 will be made pro rata. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. are cutting a 

 few dozen cattleyas now and their 

 plants give promise of a full crop in 

 the near future. Some dendrobiums 

 are also coming on at this time and 

 of fine quality. 



Labor Day brought an agreeable 

 surprise to many of the florists in the 

 shape of a brisk trade. After one of 

 the dullest weeks in the history of 

 the market, Sept. 2nd kept all hands 

 busy past the noon hour. 



P. J. Foley and Philip, Jr.. spent the 

 week end at Lake Geneva. Since the 

 convention all the salesmen of the 

 Foley Mfg. Co. have been kept busy 

 looking after the business resulting 

 from their exhibit at the convention. 



George Schwing has been very suc- 

 cessful in growing nymph^as and they 

 find ready market here. His Schwing's 

 hybrids are excellent and though he 

 follows the occupation of a market 

 gardener rather than that of florist, 

 he is the only one in this vicinity to 



The C. A. Kuehn Building 



grow these flowers for commercial 

 purposes. 



Personal. 



J. W. Breakey, 3907 Cottage Grove 

 avenue, has nearly recovered from a 

 long illness from blood poisoning. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oechslin put in 

 the week following the convention in 

 an auto trip to the famous Lake Gen- 

 eva resorts. 



Mrs. A. Mosely of Kansas City, Kas., 

 spent a week visiting relatives after 

 the convention and also in seeing 

 some of the large greenhouse estab- 

 lishments about Chicago. She re- 

 turned home Aug. 31st, making the 



trip in company with Miss Franc Han- 

 cock, who will teach the coming year 

 at Pittsburg, Kas. 



Tom Fogarty begins this week a 

 more eventful vacation than any here- 

 tofore, for during it Miss Hertha Ten- 

 ner will become his bride. Mr. Fo- 

 garty has been buyer for O. Friedman 

 for many years and Miss Tonner is 

 well known as doing a successful 

 wholesale commission business in the 

 Atlas Block. They will live at 53rd 

 and Wallace street, Austin. 



Henry Kruchten and Rose Parker- 

 son were married Wednesday, Sept. 

 4th, at the home of the groom's broth- 

 er, John Kruchten, 5058 N. Western 

 avenue. Chicago, the ceremony taking 

 plac» at 4 o'clock in the presence of 

 the family only. They will live at 

 Leavitt street and Wilson avenue. 

 The florists of the Atlas Block and 

 the express boys presented a hand- 

 some set of silver. HORTICULTURE 

 extends congratulations. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



We are to have a new wholesale 

 cut flower and supply house to be 

 known as Windier Company. They 

 are to open up on Monday, September 

 16. The officers will be: Albert J. 

 Windier, president; Frank A. Windier, 

 vice-president and treasurer; A. W. 

 Gunez. secretary. A. J. Windier has 

 never been identified with the flower 

 business, although well known through 

 his brothers, who are local florists. 

 Frank A. Windier, his brother, was 

 until a week ago vice-president of the 

 W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co., 

 well-known and much-liked in local 

 trade circles. A. W. Gunez has been 

 connected for the past five years with 

 Geo. H. Angermuller and a favorite 

 with many buyers in the wholesale dis- 

 trict. All three are young men of 

 good habits and business qualities. 

 The new house will be located at 1310 

 Pine street, where they will have a 

 large roomy store all on the ground 

 floor. 



After the 16th of this month all the 

 wholesale houses w'ill again go back 

 to the old closing hours. The em- 

 ployees enjoyed the early closing 

 hours very much during the hot 

 months. 



The McCray Refrigerator Company 

 are installing through their local rep- 



