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The Florists' Review 



August 9, 1917. 



of his interest and the name of the cor- 

 poration was changed to Hugo Schroeter, 

 Inc. At that time the corporation was 

 carrying a considerable load of debts 

 and Mr. Schroeter states that it has not 

 been possible to lighten this to any 

 great extent except as he has raised 

 money on his personal credit. "Among 

 our many creditors," says Mr. Schroe- 

 ter, "were some who made it possible 

 to accomplish what we did, and to these 

 I wish to say that I regret very much 

 that they should be losers through their 

 continued kindness." No court action 

 has been taken; the business simply has 

 been discontinued. 



A. B. Barber, F. J. Rit«enthalcr, C. E. Ruisell and F. A. Friedley, of Ckveland» Vacationing. 



body of the trade." Inasmuch as this 

 is a mild criticism of the policy adopted 

 by the board of directors of the F. H. A., 

 a few words of explanation may be 

 necessary. 



The F. H. A. is an association which 

 is purely mutual and is operated without 

 profit to any one, because insurance is 

 effected at actual cost. Allow me to ask, 

 for example, if the Editor of The Re- 

 view were altruistic enough to hand 

 out his advertisements without profit, 

 how much money would he be willing 

 to appropriate to advertise the fact? 



To my mind, the directors of the F. H. 

 A. have adopted a wise policy in using 

 the money placed in their trust for the 

 benefit of F. H. A. members, rather than 

 use it in inducing others to share the 

 benefits which the members have been 

 wise enough to secure. 



Equitable adjustments, prompt pay- 

 ment of losses and methods of promotion 

 that have never conflicted with the in- 

 surance laws of any state, have given 

 exceedingly satisfactory results. 



John G. Esler. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



All those contemplating going to New 

 York for the S. A. F. convention should 

 get in communication with W. H. Eiss, 

 vice-president for Western New York, 

 568 Washington street, Buffalo. Ar- 

 rangements will be made to have a 

 special car leave Buffalo Monday, Au- 

 gust 20, which will take care of those 

 going from Buffalo, also any who are 

 going from the surrounding towns and 

 from Rochester. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



A meeting of the officers and board 

 of directors is called at the Hotel Mc- 

 Alpin, New York city, the headquarters 

 of the society, Tuesday evening, August 

 21, by order of the president, Miss Ful- 

 mer, and Mrs. J. G. Hancock, chairman 

 of the board. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



Tho eighth annual exhibition and con- 

 vention of the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety will be held August 23 to 26 in 

 the Museum building, New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, Bronx park, New York. 

 The exhibition will be given under the 

 auspices of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, the Horticultural Society of 

 New York and the New York Florists' 

 Club, each organization having contrib- 

 uted to the prize fund. In addition to 

 the general prizes, many special prizes 



are offered. Schedules may be had on 

 application to the secretary of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx park. 

 New York. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Gladiolus Society will be held at the 

 Museum building, Bronx park, at 2 p. m., 

 August 24. H. Youell, Sec'y. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Fort Recovery, O. — The Fort Recov- 

 ery Dahlia Gardens, because of flood 

 losses and other reverses, filed a volun- 

 tary petition in bankruptcy July 28. 



Detroit, Mich. — Hugo Schroeter, Inc., 

 has closed its store. The business was 

 started a few years ago as the Schroeter- 

 Stahelin Co.^ the interested parties being 

 Hugo Schroeter, son of B. Schroeter, 

 one of the oldest and most highly re- 

 spected Detroit florists, and A. J. Stahe- 

 lin, a highly successful young grower 

 at Redfield, Mich. The business did not 

 realize the hopes of the founders and in 

 the course of time Mr. Stahelin disposed 



FOUR CLEVELANDERS AT PLAY. 



After you have worked hard all win- 

 ter, spending ten or more hours in the 

 store, hustling out bouquets and de- 

 signs, and being on the job seven days 

 a week, and then, when summer comes 

 and you have a chance to take a vaca- 

 tion, you go on a fishing trip with some 

 good fellows, and have excellent luck, 

 "ain't it a grand and glorious feel- 

 ing?" 



The faces of the four Clevilanders 

 shown in the accompanying illustration 

 prove conclusively that they were feel- 

 ing grand and glorious. They were at 

 Pine lake, which is near Youngstown, 

 O., and assert that during their stay 

 they caught thirty-six black bass and 

 ns bluegills. 



The barefoot fisherman is A. B. Bar- 

 ber, of the Jones-Russell Co., and sec- 

 retary of the Cleveland Florists' Club; 

 the two in the center are Frank J. Rit- 

 zenthaler, of Knoble Bros., and Charles 

 E. Russell, of the Jones-Russell Co.; the 

 other is Frank A. Friedley, who needs 

 no introduction. 



Needless to say that these four re- 

 turned to Cleveland full of energy, and 

 ready for a strenuous season. Work, 

 they say, is worth while when at the 

 end of the season there waits such a va- 

 cation as this one. 



INDOOR SWEET PEAS. 



There is no advantage in sowing the 

 early indoor sweet peas befdre the mid- 

 dle or end of August. If started too soon, 

 the intense heat half ruins them, and 

 while the flowers may be had as early 

 as October, they are not specially 

 needed so early in the season, when 

 mums and other flowers are abundant. 

 From Thanksgiving onward, however, 

 the market takes to them more kindly. 

 Christmas Pink Spencer sells as well as 

 anything, and if its white companion is 

 also grown you will have two really good 

 varieties. It is true that the old gran- 

 diflora varieties will bloom earlier and 

 more abundantly, but their flowers will 

 not command the same prices as the 

 Spencers. 



It is no use trying to grow sweet peas 

 in small, narrow, dark and stuffy houses. 

 Give them a house as roomy as possible, 

 with plenty of head room, and remember 

 that they succeed best in solid beds 

 which have been well enriched with 

 rotted cow or horse manure. Start the 

 seeds in flats or pans of clear sand. 

 Plant these out carefully four inches 

 apart in the rows, and if you are grow- 

 ing any new or expensive sorts go to the 

 trouble of potting off the seedlings 

 singly in 2Vi>-inch pots before planting 

 out. You are sure, then, to lose none. 

 Of course, you can sow them directly 

 in the rows, but good winter sweet pea 

 seed is costly, and I think it true econ- 

 omy to start them in sand and trans- 

 plant them later. Sand gives a better 

 germination than loam. 



