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The Florists^ Review 



August 17, 1916. 



is coming to the front as a leader in 

 pot plants. Florists' supplies also are 

 handled, but the display is confined to 

 the plant department. It includes prac- 

 tically everything in the way of deco- 

 rative plants and young stock for Christ- 

 mas and Easter flowering. The showing 

 of kentias is especially strong, some 

 seven carloads of these having recently 

 been received from Belgium. 



A. Ij. Randall Co., Chicago, 111. 



Ever since the Texas florists organ- 

 ized their state association and began 

 holding their conventions, this exhibitor 

 has been attending the gatherings in 

 Texas and is well known to the trade 

 in the southwest. This time the dis- 

 play is the largest ever taken to Texas. 

 It is in charge of H. G. Knowlton and 

 Frank McCabe and shows a large as- 

 sortment of Chicago-made baskets and 

 pot covers, embracing a number of nov- 

 elties as well as staple supplies. A 

 conspicuous feature is the motor-driven 

 fountain for table centerpieces or win- 

 dow decoration, which was invented by 

 Edward Galivan, of this house. 



M. Rice Co., PWladelpMa. 

 The M. Rice Co., which covers the 

 country, from Portland, Me., to Port- 

 land, Ore., is as much at home in Hous- 

 ton as in its headquarters city. The 

 line has been shown to Texans many 

 times before. The display consists prin- 

 cipally of baskets, which are shown in 

 many new shapes and colorings, but 

 there also is a selection of the newer 

 things through the whole line of flo- 



rists' supplies, the purpose being to 

 show novelties rather than staples. 



£. E. Stone, Dickinson, Tex. 



This exhibitor shows sprays of As- 

 paragus plumosus, which are produced 

 in quantity at Dickinson. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York, N. Y. 



Probably no other ribbon house in 

 all America has devoted so much atten- 

 tion to supplying the needs of florists 

 as has this exhibitor; special effort has 

 been put on manufacturing for and sell- 

 ing to florists for many years, the flrm 

 now having its own factory in the rib- 



bon section at Paterson, N. J. The line 

 shown includes ribbons, chiffons and the 

 Werbro novelties. 



Recent Trades' Displays. 



At — Sq. ft. sold Receipts Expenses Profits 



Chicago 17,314 $7,412.55 $4,106.67 $3,251.88 



Minneapolis . 9,063 3,976.20 2,248.48 1,726.72 



Boston 9,975 3,990.00 2,470.22 1,519.78 



San Francisco 1,376 550.00 



The number of exhibitors at Chicago 

 in 1912 was 108; at Minneapolis in 1913 

 it was sixty-five; at Boston in 1914, 

 after allowing for the withdrawal of 

 the supply houses that had their stock 

 tied up by the war, it was sixty-eight, 

 and at San Francisco in 1915 it was six- 

 teen. 



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THE SOCIETY'S FUNDS 



t^ECAUSE of his recent appoint- 

 ■'-^ ment to office, Treasurer J. J. 

 Hess, who succeeded the late Wm. F. 

 Kasting, was not prepared with the 

 usual itemized report of the society's 

 financial transactions for the last calen- 

 dar year and for the first six months 

 of the present year. He did not re- 

 ceive the treasurer's books until 

 August 7, they having been in the 

 hands of auditors, who supplied the 



following report of the condition of the 

 several funds as of July 5, 1916: 



PERMANENT FtJND. 



Dunkelberg Bond & Mortgage Co $ 5,000.00 



City and Suburban Realty Co 1,500.00 



Gei-manln Savings Bank, Pittsburgh. . . 770.42 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo 8,222.80 



American Savings Bank, Buffalo 4,422.22 



Bankers Trust Co., Buffalo 1,299.95 



Interest on bank balance 235.41 



Total $21,450.80 



GENERAL FUND. 



American Savings Bank, Buffalo $ 4,800.70 



German-American Bank, Buffalo 3,647.85 



Peoples Bank, savings account, Buf- 

 falo 4,662.49 



Peoples Bank, checking account less 



outstanding checks 8,77p.l8 



Deduct Interest allowed on bank bal- 

 ance and credited to permanent fund 235.41 



Total $21,645.81 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW FUND. 



M. & T. National Bank, Buffalo $ 1,687.68 



Kittenhoute Trust Co., Philadelphia, 



balance less outstanding checks 4.416.55 



Total $ 6,104.13 



COMBINED RESOURCES. 



Permanent fund $21,450.80 



General fund 21,645.81 



National Flower Show Fund 6,104.13 



Total $49,200.74 



Secretary Young reported receipts of 

 $8,275.15 for the year 1915 and vouch- 

 ers drawn on the treasurer for $9,287.43. 



For the period from January 1, 1916, 

 to July 1, 1916, the accounts of the 

 secretary's office show: 



RECEIPTS. 



.Dues, 1913— 2 at $3.00 $ 6.00 



Dues, 1914— 10 at 3.00 30.00 



Dues, 1915— .37 at 3.00 111.00 



Dues, 1916— 789 at 3.00 2,367.00 



Dues, 1917— Sat 3.00 24.00 



Dues, 1918— 1 at 3.00 3.00 



Pees and dues, new members — 160 at 



S5.00 800.00 



Life members — 37 at $25.00 926.00 



Collection included with check .10 



Interest 190.97 



Total $ 4,457.07 



Remitted to Wm. F. Kasting, Treasurer: 



General Fund $ 3,043.10 



Permanent Fund 1,090.97 



Cash on hand 323.00 



Total $ 4,457.07 



Ground Plan for the Houston Convention Garden. 



Springfield, Mo. — A deal recently was 

 consummated whereby the stock and 

 fixtures of the Summerfield Floral Co. 

 store passed to the Springfield Seed Co. 

 Charles Summerfield, president of the 

 Summerfield Floral Co., by the terms 

 of the deal will devote his time to the 

 growing of cut flowers for the Spring- 

 field Seed Co., which will be handled at 

 the latter company's store at Walnut 

 and Campbell streets. The floral com- 

 pany will vacate the store it has occu- 

 pied for many years. 



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