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HOETICULTUEE 



February 28, 1914 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The West Philadelphia Rod and 

 Gun Club, of which Marie Mills and 

 W. K. Harris, Jr., are among the rul- 

 ing elders, gave a theatre party on 

 the 17th inst., which was largely at- 

 tended by members of the craft. We 

 are informed that the affair netted the 

 club two hundred dollars. 



The sympathy of the trade goes out 

 to George W. Kerr of the Burpee staff, 

 whose mother passed away on the 18th 

 inst. She made her home with her son 

 at Doylestown, Pa., and for a number 

 of years was his housekeeper in Wol- 

 verhampton, England, where Mr. Kerr 

 was in business previous to coming to 

 America. The Kerr family have been 

 established for many generations in 

 the seed and nursery business in Dum- 

 fries, Scotland. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report the 

 largest mid-winter movement of bas- 

 kets and other standard florists' 

 material in their experience. Two to 

 three hundred cases are now due on 

 three steamers, much of which will be 

 forwarded at once to fill urgent orders. 

 Rattan vases with glass receptacles 

 are having a tremendous run. These 

 and much of the basket stock are now 

 received in natural color and are fin- 

 ished up to order in various tints and 

 duocolors by the color spray process, 

 as required by customers. 



"A valuable etching of a distin- 

 guished face" is the way H. H. Battles 

 sends his customers a little leather 

 case about the size of a railroad ticket. 

 When opened it's a mirror, and the 

 pleasant joke is on the customer. The 

 latter swallows it of course — that is, 

 he puts it in his pocket. Good adver- 

 tising. It takes H. H. of Phila. and 

 Penn of Boston to show them the way. 

 We understand, however, the "Black- 

 board Association" intend to do some- 

 thing some day that will vindicate 

 their standing and prove an alibi. 



Any one who has novelties to show 

 the trade should not forget the excel- 

 lent opportunity furnished by the 

 monthly meetings of the Florists' Club 

 — first Tuesday every month. No mat- 

 ter whether you are or are not a mem- 

 ber. Come along and show what you 

 have. If you are not careful you 

 might sell some of it — and at no cost 

 for advertising. Just think of the joy 

 of beating out those trade paper 

 people and getting space for nothing! 

 The feature at the next monthly meet- 

 ing will be an illustrated lecture on 

 geraniums by R. A. Vincent, of White 

 Marsh, Maryland, Tuesday evening, 

 March 3rd. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



Vandevoort's department store will 

 on March 1st open a department for 

 nursery stock of all kinds. W. S. 

 Wells will have charge of this de- 

 partment. 



Chas. Beyer had a narrow escape 

 from freezing out last week when their 

 boiler burst. Several dozen coal oil 

 stoves were employed at once and a 

 new boiler was soon installed. Some 

 of the stock suffered greatly but from 

 reports the loss was only small. 



New Orleans has been luxuriating, 

 so the press dispatches state. In her 

 first snow storm in ten years. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



The sympathy of the entire trade is 

 with Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bowdler on 

 the loss of their little daughter, Janet 

 L. Bowdler. The little girl was nine 

 months old. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 Tuesday evening. March 3, the annual 

 election of officers will take place. At 

 this meeting also the proposed 

 Smith Memorial will be taken up as 

 will other matters of equal im- 

 portance. 



The Retail Merchants' Association, 

 of which a number of local florists are 

 members, held their third annual get- 

 together dinner at the Shoreham Ho- 

 tel. William F. Gude, William 

 Marche, Frank Miller and S. D. 

 Blackistone were among those pres- 

 ent. 



William P. and Adolphus Gude have 

 conveyed their individual holdings in 

 thirty-seven acres of property in Ana- 

 costia and in this city, improved by 

 about 350,000 square feet of glass, 

 dwellings and other buildings, to 

 Gude Bros.. Inc. While the consider- 

 ation is not named in the deed, it is 

 said that the corporation has given 

 them a mortgage for part payment on 

 the property of about $120,000. 



Members of the House of Represen- 

 tatives are continuing to introduce 

 bills looking to the inclusion of seeds, 

 bulbs, scions and cuttings into the 

 parcel post system and all such bills 

 are going the same route— to the Com- 

 mittee on Post Ofllces and Post Roads. 

 If it is the desire of those who use 

 the mails for the transmission of such 

 merchandise that a bill of this nature 

 be enacted into law, they should in- 

 form their Congressmen of the fact. 



The eight-hour law for women came 

 into being on Tuesday afternoon last, 

 when President Wilson placed his 

 signature on the Congressional Act. 

 The stores have all prepared to meet 

 the requirements of the law. Under 

 its provisions records must be kept of 

 the hours at which all female em- 

 ployees report for duty, go and re- 

 turn from lunch, and of their dis- 

 missal at the end of the day, as well 

 as of salaries paid and other Informa- 

 tion. Three inspectors are to be em- 

 ployed to see to the enforcement of 



the law. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



John Steinmetz of 1643 N. Halsted 

 street is acting as local salesman for 

 R. M. Ward & Co., New York. 



Mrs. Chas. McKellar was brought 

 home from the Henrotin hospital last 

 Thursday and is slowly recovering 

 from a severe operation. 



Guy French, who recently broke his 

 shoulder, is getting about again. Mr. 

 French is manager of the carnation 

 ranges of the Poehlmann Bros. 



Fritz Bahr who has been in Califor- 

 nia most of the winter is back to his 

 home at Highland Park, 111., where his 

 four children are ill with diphtheria 

 and scarlet fever. 



The Foley Greenhouse Co. has de- 

 livered its first carload of wood work 

 to Morton Grove, for the new Poehl- 

 mann range. The rest is being turned 

 out rapidly and the new factory is 

 proving in some ways superior to the 

 old one in facilitating rapid work and 

 convenient handling. 



A CORDIAL INVITATION 



l8 extended to the trade t« rlsit and 

 Inspect our new ef^tabllsbment. Fifth 

 Avenue at 46th Street, New York City. 



IMSF'IER 



by Telegraph or otherwise fur delivery 

 of Flowers to Steamers, Theatres, »t 

 Residences in New York and vlclnUy 

 executed In best manner. 



Thos. F. Galvin, Inc. 



EsUblished 1847 



Fifth Ave., at 46th street, NEW YORK 

 THREE STORES IN BOSTON 



CHICAGO 



And Neighboring Towna 



Are Thoroughly Cavered by 



SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member Florists Telegraph Dellrery). 



Flowergrani or Mail Orders from florist* 

 anywhere carefully filled and delivered 



under the supervision of 



GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



2221-2223 W. Madison SL, CHICAGO. 



•Phone West 822 



REDTER'S 



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Delivery 



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We cover the territory between 



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A. GRAHAM & SON 



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Will take good care of your orders. 



Members of F. T. D. AssociattQn. 



RANDALL'S FLOWER SHOP 



HARRY I. RANDALl,, Proprietor. 



Phone: Park 94 

 3 PLEASANT ST.. WORCESTER, MASS. 



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The outlook here is favorable to a 

 large attendance at the joint meet- 

 ing of the State Florists' Asso- 

 ciations of Illinois and Indiana, at 

 Danville, 111., March 10-11. A. Kohl- 

 brandt, who is interested in its pro- 

 motion, says the success of the Illinois 

 meeting last year is waking up all 

 connected with the trade to its possi- 

 bilities as a place to exhibit their 

 flowers and to meet prospective cus- 

 tomers. This territory is very desir- 

 able to the shippers in the Chicago 

 market. 



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