Septbmbke 27, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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The Exhibition. 



The exhibition was held in conjunc- 

 tion with that of the American Institute 

 and is said to have been the best show 

 of dahlias ever staged in America, in 

 spite of the unfavorable season and 

 early frosts. Probably 10,000 blooms 



were staged. The show opened at 7 p. m. 

 September 25 and the attendance of the 

 l)ublic was large the first evening. 



The Banquet. 



The annual dinner of the society was 

 held at Hotel Navarre during the eve- 



ning of September 25. Among those 

 present were Messrs. Vincent, Stillman, 

 Cottam, Hale, Duthie, Hall, Dick, Lane, 

 Kift, Barron, Duff, Turner, Nichols, 

 Eagleston, Miles, Eickards, Saville, Fra- 

 sor. Peacock, Putz, Austin, James, Roo- 

 ney and John Vincent, also Rhoda Vin- 

 cent and Mrs. Rooney. 



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i TRAMP! TRAMP! OUR BOYS ARE MARCHING 



TRADE TRAINS FOR TRENCHES. 



Forsake Flowers to Fight. 



The trade's quota of fighting men for 

 the new national army, which the 

 United States is training at the various 

 cantonments before sending the men to 

 Europe, continues to grow. Every week 

 a number of florists leave their occupa- 

 tions and go to the camps where they 

 are given intensive training in trench 

 digging, the use of arms and the other 

 activities' necessary in modern warfare. 

 The Review already has printed the 

 names of many of these florist-fighters. 

 The Review will be glad to learn of 

 others who have gone, or are about to 

 go. 



Philadelphlan Goes to Camp. 



J. M. Deutscher, manager of the 

 Philadelphia Wholesale Florists' Ex- 

 change, arranged his business affairs 

 and left for the cantonment at Anna- 

 ])olis Junction, Md., September 18. Mr. 

 Deutscher is now a member of the na- 

 tional army, chosen by selective draft. 

 Through his position in the wholesale 

 market, Mr. Deutscher is well known to 

 the members of all branches of the 

 trade in Philadelphia. 



Ready for Duty. 



Jack Morales, formerly with the 

 Sunnyside Floral Co., Leavenworth, 

 Kan., has been in training with the 

 Forty-fifth volunteer infantry at Fort 

 Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, 

 since June 1, and expects soon to be 

 ordered to the coast to embark for 

 France. Mr. Morales was a grower. 

 When the call came for volunteers, he 

 enlisted, thereby becoming among the 

 first who will reach the European bat- 

 tle fields. 



Vegetable Plant Grower Drafted. 



T. L. Cook, of Greenview, 111., one of 

 the largest growers of vegetable plants 

 in the middle west, has been called up 

 and passed for the draft. He has asked 

 exemption on occupational grounds, be- 

 lieving his services as a producer of 

 vegetable plants are of greater value 

 than his services as a soldier would be. 

 Mr. Cook started as grower for Mrs. 

 Edward Hayden and after twelve years 

 there took over the vegetable plant de- 

 partment for himself. In the last six 

 years he has enlarged it greatly. One 

 of his orders last spring was for a mil- 

 lion tomato plants. 



Bostonlans in Training. 



The spirit of tiie Revolutionary times 

 is being shown by the members of the 

 trade in and near Boston, several young 

 men from that district having joined 

 the colors last week. William McFar- 



land, only son of John McFarland, North 

 Easton, Mass., has gone to camp at 

 Ayer, Mass. Harry A. Benwell, son of 

 Thomas Benwell, who represents A. H. 

 Hews & Co., has joined the officers' 

 training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y. John 

 H. Elliott, son of William H. Elliott, 

 and formerly in charge of the Elliott 

 place at Madbury, N. H., is another of 

 the prominent young men in the trade to 

 join the armj-. A. Gerard Smith, of Car- 

 bone 's staff, has joined the English 

 army and now is in training preparatory 

 to getting a chance to "go over the 

 top." 



San Franciscans Join Army. 



Several members of the trade at San 

 Francisco went into the service of the 

 United States last week. John and 

 Joseph Picetti, salesmen in the floral 

 department of the Emporium, a depart- 

 ment store, enlisted and are waiting to 

 be summoned to camp. Both their 

 names appeared in the draft, but they 

 did not wait to be called for the na- 

 tional army. John MacDonough, for- 

 merly in the employ of the Art Floral 

 Co., has left for the training camp at 

 American Lake, Wash., and the chauf- 

 feur for Frank Pelicano, of Pelicano, 

 Rossi & Co., will train at the same 

 place. Mr. Bacigalupi, of Podesta & 

 Baldocchi, also has been drafted and 

 has left for American Lake. 



Chicago Store Closed by Draft. 



The number of retail flower stores in 

 Chicago has been reduced by at least 

 one because of the draft — Weiss Bros., 

 537 East Fortyrseventh street, have 

 closed. Max Weiss has gone to join the 

 national army in the Rockford train- 

 ing camp and Arthur Weiss expects to 

 be sent on the next call. The store was 

 opened last spring. The fixtures have 

 been taken back by Fred Bender. 



Weds on Eve of Departure. 



William Clark, for a number of years 

 connected with the nursery department 

 of the Germain Seed & Plant Co., Los 

 Angeles, Cal., was among those recently 

 drafted. Mr. Clark passed the physical 

 examination and was ordered to report 

 at the cantonment at American Lake, 

 Wash. On the eve of his departure, Mr. 

 Clark and Miss Olive Bronson were mar- 

 ried, the wedding taking place Septem- 

 ber 18. 



Wisconsin Man at Waco. 



H. F. Vlieland, Jr., formerly of River 

 Falls, Wis., is a member of one of the 

 Wisconsin National Guard regiments 

 that were taken into the federal serv- 

 ice. Mr. Vlieland now is training at 

 Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex. Since he 

 went to camp, Mr. Vlieland writes, he 



has been too busy to do anything but 

 keep up with the intensive training the 

 soldiers are undergoing preparatory to 

 being sent to France. 



Edwin Nelson in Army. 



Edwin M. Nelson, a member of the 

 staff of Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., left September 21 for Camp Tav- 

 lor, near Louisville, Ky., where he will 

 train with the national army. Mr. Nel- 

 son has been connected with Baur & 

 Steinkamp for several years and is well 

 known among Indianapolis florists. 



St. Louis Contributes. 



During the last five years Archie Wil- 

 liams was chauffeur "for the Schoenle 

 Floral Co., St. Louis, Mo. September 21 

 he left for Camp Funston, Fort Riley, 

 Kan., where he went into training with 

 the national army. Undoubtedly Mr. 

 Williams will find plenty of opportunitv 

 to guide an automobile while he is iii 

 the army, and will feel much at home. 



A. Shields, Detroit, Goes. 



A. Shields, formerly with the Scrib- 

 ner Floral Co., Detroit, Mich., has joined 

 the colors and is now at Camp Custer, 

 Battle Creek, Mich., learning the meth- 

 ods by which modern wars are fought. 



Ward Perry with Artillery. 



Ward Perry, a son of John J. Perrv, 

 manager of the Baltimore branch of 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., Philadelphia, has 

 joined the field artillery of the United 

 States army. Young Mr. Perry has 

 gone to the training camp at Anniston, 

 Ala., where he will learn the art of 

 making war with big guns before going 

 with the expeditionary force to France. 



Chicagoan in National Army. 



Walter Jensen, of Jensen Bros., 3335 

 Lincoln avenue, Chicago, was one of 

 the members of the new national army 

 whieh left Chicago September 20 for the 

 Camp Grant cantonment at Rockford, 

 111. Mr. Jensen was one of several thou- 

 sand Illinois young men who had suc- 

 cessfully passed tlie physical examina- 

 tion and has been summoned to take the 

 necessary training before being sent to 

 Europe. 



Fort Wajoie Florists Ready. 



Among those at or near Fort Wavne, 

 Ind., who have been drafted for service 

 in the national army, but who have not 

 yet been called, are John Doswell, of the 

 Doswell Floral Co.; Edgar Wenninghoff, 

 vice-president of the Fort Wayne Flo- 

 rists' Club; William Branning* of the 

 F. J. Knecht greenhouses; Henry Freese, 

 of the New Haven Floral Co., New 

 Haven, Ind. 



