Mabch 9, 1916.- 



The Florists' Review 



Further information concerning the 

 A. C. B. A.' tournament can be obtained 

 from Secretary Tom Grant, of the 

 Chamber of Commerce, 1202 F street, 

 northwest, Washington, D. C. 



UHL THE UNTJSUAL? 



No, It's the Editor. 



Here is a column from the Bepublican 

 of Greenfield, O., sent in hj the Mount 

 Gilead Floral Co. It occupied the 

 full right-hand column of the front 

 page and it's worth reading. Appar- 

 ently it is a manifestation of the edi- 

 tor's great good nature and the facility 

 with which he wields his pen, but it 

 might be the work of the advertising 

 department. Anyway, it's easy to read 

 and worth reading; perhaps even worth 

 using for advertising copy in another 

 country paper afar from Greenfield. 



CALLA FOLIAGE SCALDED. 



I am sending you some calla lily 

 leaves which seem to be affected, but 

 I cannot find the cause of the trouble. 

 I have not had any good flowers from 

 these plants, but the foliage looked all 

 right until about two weeks ago. These 

 plants became dried out at one time 

 and I turned the hose on them, and 

 since then they have looked as if 

 scalded. When I put the bulbs in the 

 bed last August I did not cover them 

 as I usually do. Perhaps that had 

 something to do with it. 



E. H. M.— la. 



The leaves have every appearance of 

 having been scalded by the sun. I 

 think your plants are probably stand- 

 ing where the sun's rays strike them 

 through some defective glass. A light 

 shade over the glass would remedy the 

 trouble. Give the plants an abundant 

 water supply, feed liberally and they 

 should still give you a good number of 

 flowers. C. W. 



Huntington, Ind.— George Pastor re- 

 cently suffered a loss by the seepage of 

 illuminating gas from a main broken 

 by sewer diggers. He has brought suit 

 against the sewer digger and also 

 against the gas company. 



Secaucus, N. J. — The will of August 

 Junge, of Secaucus, who retired from 

 the firm of Komitsch & Junge a year 

 ago and who died February 16, has just 

 been probated. After making twenty- 

 two bequests aggregating $32,000 he 

 <lirected that "all the rest, residue and 

 remainder of my estate I give and be- 

 <iueath to the imperial government of 

 Germany to be used for the benefit of 

 the wounded soldiers and the soldiers' 

 widows and orphans in such manner as 

 the imperial government of Germany 

 shall see fit and proper." 



Johnsvllle, Pa. — Fire partly destroyed 

 the upper range of greenhouses of 

 James Moss, early in the morning of 

 March 4. The prompt arrival of the 

 fire company made it possible to save 

 part of the greenhouses and the service 

 buildings, but it was zero at the time 

 and nearly everything in the houses 

 was ruined. The loss is especially un- 

 fortunate from the fact. that Mr. Moss 

 ■was behind in the shipment of many 

 ■wholesale orders for young stock and 

 now will be required to refund a con- 

 siderable sum to those whose orders he 

 can not fill as expected. 



MR. UHL, THE FLORIST. 



Enill Ubl is an enthusiastic florist. Emll Ubl 

 is entliusiastic, for that matter, anywtiere and 

 at any time. 



When be walks downtown he puts enthusiasm 

 into every step. When he says "good morning" 

 be says it enthusiastically, and the smile that 

 accompanies ripples his countenance as the peb- 

 ble dropped in the pool ripples the placid sur- 

 face. 



When Alsace-Lorraine cradled Emll Uhl in the 

 late fifties she was nursing a ray of sansblne 

 that has lost none of Its warmth through the 

 processes of age. 



If Emll ever bad a care, or if fate ever 

 double-crossed him she got none of her delight 

 out of the publicity that he gave to the incident. 

 He's one of those rare specimens that refuses to 

 follow your hard-luck story with one of his own. 



Whenever there is a holiday on, Emll is out 

 with the bloom from the houses of glass. Some- 

 bow or other America will always associate a 

 flower with every gala day, religious, social or 

 patriotic. 



Easter brings the lily in all its loveliness for 

 our admiration. 



Memorial day, as a matter of tribute, brings 

 out all varieties. 



Thanksgiving gives us the chrysanthemum, 

 big and fluCTy and in all the shades which the 

 specialists are able to produce. 



When Christmas comes, then the poinsettia 

 makes its appearance, natural, artiflcial, or 

 both, and on all these days and others of lesser 

 import, Emll Uhl is on hand witt> a downtown 

 store that flower lovers may step in and admire 

 and buy for themselves or their friends. 



That's a fine practice of Mr. Uhl, and* people 

 should encourage the enterprise. Whenever Mr. 

 Uhl opens up a place downtown people should 

 patronize, even though tliey bought but a single 

 bloom, or a blooming plant in pot for table 

 decoration. 



Did yon ever take a blooming plant as a lit- 

 tle surprise to the queen of your household? 

 Well, as a surprise, it is unmatchable. Try it. 



The next time yon have a chance to buy a 

 plant In bloom, take it home and say to friend 

 wife: "Saw this downtown and thought it 

 would look awfully pretty in the center of our 

 dinner table. Fix it up kind o' tasty like." 



Better have a bottle of smelling salts in yonr 

 pocket, for she might faint. Better, also, set 

 the plant down before you make your little 

 speech, then you can have the use of both arms 

 to catch her as she falls. 



When she recovers she will forthwith become 

 your press agent. She'll run all over the neigh- 

 borhood to tell the neighbors that you brought 

 home a blooming plant as a table decoration. 



Of course she won't say it is the first one you 

 ever brought home. She'll tell It as if it was 

 your daily practice. Therein is the sting for the 

 poor woman next door, who is married to a cold- 

 hearted mutt that wouldn't think of a plant 

 for the table in a million years. 



The next day when you walk downtown the 

 children next door will part the lace curtains 

 and point yon out as the man who bought a 

 blooming plant and took it home as % gift to 

 his wife. 



Now don't spill the beans by telling friend 

 wife that the next time Mr. Uhl brings some 

 flowering plants downtown you'll buy one and 

 bring It home. Act wise when you read this 

 and exhibit a rank indifference. Might say 

 by way of comment, that you've got other use 

 for your money. That will sound natural to 

 friend wife. 



But down deep In your heart make an eight 

 by ten resolution that the next time Emll gives 

 yon a chance, plunk goes two-bits or a half for 

 a pretty plant in bloom, and don't forget the 

 smelling salts. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



Tho Imlay Co., of Zanesville^.Q., has 

 remodeled its store to meet tVe re- 

 quirements of a combined flower and 

 seed business. The new plan is excel- 

 lent in arrangement and saving of 

 space. Along the entire counter and 

 facing the customer is an extension of 

 about six inches, divided into sections 

 and covered with what are best de- 

 scribed as miniature greenhouse venti- 

 lators. The seeds are arranged in con- 

 secutive order, plainly labeled with the 

 percentage of germination, which gives 

 the buyer a correct estimate of the 

 quantity needed. Arranged in draw- 

 ers and on shelves opposite, the stock 

 is carried in packet and package to 

 correspond with the seed compartments, 

 as far as possible. This plan does 

 away with bins and bags, so often seen, 

 and insures stock from getting mixed> 

 as is often the case in busy times. 

 Both branches of the business are stead- 

 ily increasing. 



T. M. Fitzgerald, of Beaver, Pa., has 

 noted the cut of carnations from the 

 range built last year and is positive it 

 pays to keep the houses as light as 

 possible by cleaning and painting. A 

 branch store has been opened at Beaver 

 Falls, and as there are several promis- 

 ing junior Fitzgeralds, it is possible a 

 chain of stores may be established in 

 nearby towns, to be supplied, in part, 

 by the home range. 



Thomas Bolton, of Beaver Falls, Pa., 

 reports a good season. A local club 

 patterned after Pittsburgh is a pos- 

 sibility, with Mr. Bolton as its hustling 

 president. 



J. S. Hennon & Sons, of New Castle, 

 Pa., owing to the heavy demand, will 

 be unable to make a display at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show at Philadelphia, 

 but they intend to hold a local spring 

 show. Funeral work keeps all hands 

 busy. 



Butz Bros., of New Castle, Pa., were 

 arranging to fill an order at San An- 

 tonio, Tex., through the F. T. D. when 

 I called. 



B. F. Engle, of Rochester, Pa., says 

 the French and Dutch bulbous stock 

 certainly was never more welcome than 

 this season. It has helped in many a 

 pinch. 



George Huscroft, of Steubenville, O., 

 is devoting all of his time to his new 

 store. His many friends will be sorry 

 to know that he suddenly has become 

 deaf, which afSiction, it is hoped, may 

 be overcome. 



The Bell Floral Co., of Franklin, Pa., 

 has adopted "Bells" for a trade-mark. 

 Valentine's day orders caused a merry 

 jingle. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons, of Cincinnati, 

 are enjoying a good share of the sea- 

 son's prosperity. Mr. Peterson, accom- 

 panied by Miss Peterson, is at French 

 Lick Springs for a rest previous to 

 visiting the National Flower Show at 

 Philadelphia, for which Roger Peterson 

 says he is getting in his best licks to 

 produce some prize-winning stock. 



In Cincinnati I met S. S. Skidelsky, 

 of Philadelphia, who incidentally was 

 booming the National Flower Show and 

 prophesying a positive success. We 

 both were reminiscent, as old travelers 

 from the Quaker City, and agreed with 

 John E. Angle, of Mansfield, O., that 

 at whatever angle one looks at the 

 business prospect, it points upward and 

 onward. W. M. 



