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May 26, 1916. 



The Florists* Review 



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siderable volume of business has the 

 equipment and carries at all times a 

 supply of stock sufficient to permit a 

 day 's selling during a day on which 

 no purchases are made. 



BUSINIiSS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Olevelaud, O. — The trustee of the 

 James Eadie Co., bankrupt, has filed an 

 application with the referee in bank- 

 ruptcy for leave to sell at public or pri- 

 vate sale the stock in trade and fixtures 

 of the defunct company. May 27 is the 

 date of the hearing upon the applica- 

 tion. In its voluntary petition of 

 bankruptcy May 1, the James Eadie 

 Co. scheduled its liabilities at $6,249.27 

 and assets $3,857.21. The claims are 

 scattered among the local and eastern 

 houses. 



Norfolk^ Va. — A petition in volun- 

 tary bankruptcy has been filed by the 

 Art Floral Co., with lip,bilities listed 

 at $2,468.50 and assets at $1,198.86. 

 Martin & Martin, of Norfoll^, are attor- 

 neys for the petitioner. \ 



OUR SYMPATHY WITH THESE. 



Ossinlng, N. Y. — Mrs. Annie B. Duns- 

 comb, wife of John H. Dunscomb, died 

 here May 11 at the age of 59. Her 

 husband, two sisters and two brothers 

 survive. 



Port Huron, Mich.— Mrs. Mathias 

 Ullenbrueh, the wife of Port Huron's 

 pioneer florist, died unexpectedly last 

 week of heart failure. 



Somervllle, Mass. — Mrs. Katherine 

 J. McGarry, wife of William J. Mc- 

 Garry, died at her home, 5 Brook street, 

 Tuesday, April 25. She was born at 

 Cambridge in 1870 and for twenty-five 

 years was associated with her husband, 

 who is a florist on Broadway. 



PLANTS FOR PORCH BOXES. 



Please advise me what plants with 

 yellow flowers or foliage are suitable 

 for porch boxes. F. G. G. — O. 



Such cannas as Beethoven, Butter- 

 cup and Hohenzollern ; yellow abutil- 

 ons, yellow achyranthes, Coleus Golden 

 Bedder, yellow lantanas, yellow nastur- 

 tiums, crotons, antirrhinums, interme- 

 diate strain; yellow tuberoses, be- 

 gonias, if in shades; celosias, calen- 

 dulas, Coleus Yellow Trailing Queen. 

 C. W. 



INTERNATIONAL CLTTB'S SHOW. 



Preparations are completed for the 

 first annual summer flower show of the 

 International Garden Club, to be held 

 at its grounds, Pelham Manor, Pelham 

 bay park. New York, June 1 to 4. Two 

 large tents and smaller tents have been 

 erected on the grounds. Sunken gar- 

 dens will be arranged in the tents for 

 the display of groups of plants, etc. 

 The schedules are ready, with entry 

 blanks, and may be had from the secre- 

 tary-manager of the show, Arthur 

 Herrington, Madison, N. J. 



The grounder are easily reached by 

 automobile, as they are on the main 

 Boston road from New York. The park 

 also is on the Harlem division of the 

 New York and New Haven railroad. 

 Freight and express shipments should 

 be sent to City Island station, which is 

 nearest the grounds. People from the 

 east may change at New Rochelle, or 

 they may take the Third avenue ele- 

 vated trains to One Hundred and 



The Bride's Bouquet De Luxe, of Valley and Orchids. 



Twenty-ninth street, thence by train to 

 City Island station. 



A generous prize list of nearly $5,000 

 is being oft:ered, about equally divided 

 between the trade and the prrvate 

 growers. Additional premiums will be 

 given to owners of meritorious exhibits. 



Governor Whitman opened the 

 grounds last year for the club and it 

 is expected that Mayor Mitchel will 

 be on hand to open the flower show. 

 For further information address Arthur 

 Herrington, Madison, N. J. 



CLEVELAND TO HAVE FAIR. 



Announcement has been made of an 

 industrial exposition and fair to be held 

 September 2 to 9 at Cleveland, under 

 the direction of the Cleveland Chamber 

 of. Industry Exposition Co. The exhib- 

 its have been divided into eight sepa- 

 rate shows, one of them being a flower 

 show. Committees representing organi- 

 zations in Cleveland interested in flori- 

 culture have been invited to cooperate 

 with the management in making the 

 flower show one worth while. 



M. A. Vinson,^ who managed the big 



Cleveland flower show last November, 

 has been secured to take charge of the 

 business end and the general promotion 

 of the event. Through his efforts the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club, the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society, the Cleveland 

 Garden Club, the Lakewood Garden 

 Club and the Shaker Heights Garden 

 Club have been asked to appoint com- 

 mittees to meet and prepare the flower 

 show premium list, which will be 

 printed early in June. Herman P. 

 Knoble, of Knoble Bros., and chairman 

 of the last Cleveland flower show com- 

 mittee, is on the board of directors and 

 a member of the executive committee 

 of the exposition company. As this or- 

 ganization was responsible for a suc- 

 cessful show four years ago, it is pre- 

 dicted that this one also will be a suc- 

 cess. 



Those desiring to receive premium 

 lists are requested to send their names 

 and addresses to M. A. Vinson, care of 

 the Chamber of Industry, 2515 Franjt- 

 lin avenue, Cleveland, O. 



Hutchison, Kan. — Walter Underwood 

 is building a 230-foot house. 



