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April 25, 1914 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



The condition of Fred H. Kramer, 

 who for a number of days has been 

 confined to his home by illness, is said 

 to be greatly improved. Mr. Kramer 

 was threatened with pneumonia and 

 his many friends are expressing grati- 

 fication over his recovery. . 



The commissioners of the District 

 of Columbia have instructed the police 

 officials to give particular attention to 

 the matter of licenses. It is said that 

 there has been a marked dropping off 

 of applications for pedlars' licenses 

 this year. From the number of street 

 vendors, this hardly seems possible. 

 One month prior to the time of expi- 

 ration of the present licenses, the po- 

 lice will distribute blank applications 

 for renewals thereof and will shortly 

 after investigate to see to what extent 

 the law providing for licenses is being 

 obeyed. 



Gude Bros. Co., handled the church 

 decorations and those at the Pan 

 American Building last week on the 

 occasion of the Floyd-Portner wedding. 

 The color scheme was carried out in 

 pink and white. The edifice was 

 banked forty feet high with palms and 

 ferns and there was an arch fourteen 

 feet high from which was suspended 

 a cluster of wedding bells, trailed with 

 Lady Gay roses. Along the sides and 

 on the balconies in the rear, at inter- 

 vals of eight feet, were wall pockets 

 filled with huge clusters of Easter 

 lilies and snapdragon. Pewmarkers 

 and standards at alternate pews were 

 surmounted with clusters of these tied 

 with pink ribbon. The balconies were 

 festooned with smilax. At the Pan 

 American Building, the decorations 

 were mainly of American Beauty 

 roses, palms and terns. This building 

 is so very beautiful of itself, both as 

 to architecture and interior fittings. 

 that it needs but little in the way of 

 flowers to add to its attractiveness. 

 However, the American Beauties stood 

 out in bold relief against the rich ma- 

 hogany with which the rooms are 

 fitted. The bride's bouquet was of 

 white orchids and lily of the valley. 

 while those of the nine bridesmaids 

 were arm showers of Radiance roses 

 together with Lady Gay roses. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Yellow primroses bunched like vio- 

 lets are a feature of the Battles dis- 

 play this week. This is an old-fash- 

 ioned Boston notion seldom seen here. 



Mr. and Mrs. John N. May of Sum- 

 mit, N. J., have been on a visit to Rob- 

 ert Craig and many old friends, in- 

 cluding Commodore Westcott, had the 

 pleasure of greeting them. 



Howard M. HofEraan Jias been ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the poultry 

 supply department in the Michell seed 

 store, succeeding Dr. Riegler in that 

 connection. Mr. Hoffman has made a 

 fine record as a salesman since com- 

 ing from Norwich, N. Y., to Michells, 

 and he is now occupying that deserved 

 promotion which comes to all young 

 men with brains and hustle. 



John Clark, late of Mt. Desert Nur- 

 series and well known among the fra- 

 ternity in New England, has been ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the county 

 residence of William Ij. Austin. Rose- 

 niont. We welcome Mr. Clark to our 

 midst and feel sure that all in the 

 trade around Philadelphia will he glad 



to make his acquaintance and extend 

 friendly greetings as befits the City 

 of Brotherly Love. 



William Robertson was presented 

 with a gold watch trophy at the month- 

 ly meeting of the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. Secretary Rust ex- 

 plained in making the presentation 

 that the watch had been given by the 

 Lord & Burnham Co. for the best 

 group of foliage and flowering plants 

 at the spring show. He added that it 

 gave him great pleasure to hand this 

 distinctive and beautiful trophy to Mr. 

 Robertson, whose skill as a grower 

 and worth as a man were known far 

 beyond local confines. What time Mr. 

 Robertson got home that night we do 

 not know, but we hear that he caught 

 the last train all right— thanks to the 

 watch. The Lord & Burnham Co. did 

 a fine thing. It will bear good fruit- 

 Greenwich time. 



Visitors:— B. Delaney, i-ep. J. Chas. 

 McCullough, Cincinnati, 0.; W. C. 

 Langbridge. rep. Jerome B. Rice Co., 

 Cambridge. N. Y.; M. C. Ebel, Madison, 

 N. J.; Prof. Nissley, State College, Pa.; 

 Ed. Welch, Boston, Mass.; Edward To- 

 will, Hillside, Pa. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Heating Demonstration. 



The John C. Moninger Co. have set 

 up one of their cast-iron section boil- 

 ers, at their factory this week for 

 like purpose of testing the capacity or 

 potential energy of steam and hot 

 water. They expect to demonstrate 

 by this test, the ability of their boilers 

 to produce the greatest amount of heat 

 from the coal con.sumed and invita- 

 tions have been extended to all flor- 

 ists to witness the test. Mr. McKee 

 had provided lunch for all visitors at 

 a nearby restaurant on Tuesday. The 

 dpmonstration covers three days. 



Personal. 



Clifford Pruner, one of the best 

 known traveling salesmen in the 

 trade, is home for a few days. He 

 says the Dickinson embezzlement 

 case will be taken up again as soon 

 as opportunity offers. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kurowski left 

 .\pril 17th for an extended European 

 trip. They sail from New York, 

 April 23rd, on the Amerika of the 

 Hamburg American line. Mr. Kurow- 

 ski is president of the John C. Mon- 

 inger Co. 



Following the Easter rush at the 

 Alpha Floral Co.'s retail store, the 

 proprietor, George Economopolus, had 

 an attack of appendicitis. His condi- 

 tion was so serious, on Wednesday, 

 that he was taken to the University 

 Hospital, where an operation was per- 

 formed April 16th. At this writing 

 his condition is reported favorable. 

 His partner, August Papas, of the 

 Alpha Floral Co. of Des Moines, la., 

 came immediately to Chicago, where 

 he is now ill with grippe at the 

 Palmer House. 



Trade Notes. 



Poehlmann Bros, are sending out a 

 very neat reminder of Mothers' Day 

 to their patrons, the work of T. Waters. 



The spring exhibit at Garfield Park 

 Ccnservatories has had an encourag- 

 ing number of visitors each day since 

 the opening, when over fourteen thou- 

 sand were counted on that day. 



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