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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 4, I&IT. 



PREPARE TO FIGHT FOR U. S. 



Many Florists In Training. 



The mobilization of the new national 

 army at the various cantonments con- 

 tinues to take many florists from their 

 peaceful occupations to transform them 

 quickly into trained fighting men. The 

 Eeview each week prints the names 

 of those who have gone. Others will go 

 soon. Information about them will be 

 appreciated by both The Review and 

 the friends of the men. 



Preparing to Fly. 



James C. Warner, assistant to his fa- 

 ther, J. W. Warner, as manager of the 

 Miami Floral Co., Miami, Fla., enlisted 

 in the aviation department of the U. S. 

 army signal corps two months ago and 

 went to Fort Screven, 6a., where he was 

 given the preliminary training in the 

 art of flying. Recently his company 

 was transferred to "somewhere in Tex- 

 as," where the finishing touches will be 

 put on this young army aviator. Mr. 

 Warner is the oldest son of J. W. War- 

 ner and had been associated with the 

 management of the Miami Floral Co. for 

 several years. 



Beckrvitli, of Blnghamton, at Camp Dlx. 



T. W. Beckwith was one of the con- 

 tingent that left Binghamton, N. Y., 

 recently for Camp Dix, the national 

 army camp at Wrightstown, N. J. Mr. 

 Beckwith is vice-president of the 

 Binghamton Florists' Association. 



New Yorker with Canadians. 



One of the many New Yorkers who 

 heeded the call of the Canadian drive 

 for recruits in the United States re- 

 cently was A. H. Pike, of the Wadley 

 & Smythe force. Mr. Pike enlisted and 

 has gone to Europe. He was made a ser- 

 geant. Before he was with Wadley & 

 Smythe, Mr. Pike was with the Bryn 

 Mawr Flower Shop, Philadelphia. Mrs. 

 Pike has joined the Wadley & Smythe 

 force during the husband's absence. 



Iiee Betz, of New Orleans, Goes. 



"We are proud to advise that Lee 

 Betz, who was in our employ for a long 

 period, has just severed his connection 

 with us to join the army. Mr. Betz is 

 a fine physical specimen and is anxious 

 to go to the front. He is now stationed 

 at Fort Pike, Ark." Thus does Harry 

 Papworth of the Metairie Ridge Nurs- 

 ery Co., New Orleans, La., write to The 

 Review. 



Clody Is Ambulance Driver. 



It is a far cry from delivering flow- 

 ers in Chicago to delivering wounded 

 soldiers to hospitals "somewhere" in 

 France, but that is the shift in the am- 

 bulatory career of L. E. Clody, son of 

 Edward Clody, the Chicago retailer. 

 Young Clody was driving his father's 

 delivery car when an ambulance com- 

 pany was being formed at Northwest- 

 em University, and, being possessed of 

 a spirit for the adventurous, and a de- 

 sire to do his "bit," he enlisted as a 



driver. That was months ago, and now 

 young Clody is at the base hospital at 

 Chillicothe, O., after a period of train- 

 ing at Fort Sheridan, 111. 



Dayton Florists to War. 



Dayton, O., has contributed several 

 members of the trade to the various 

 fighting forces of the United States. 



Student Aviator James C. Warner. 



G. Hirsch, of the Dayton Floral Co., 

 will join the field artillery, and C. Died- 

 rick, of the same company, will become 

 a member of the naval reserve. Tony 

 Lewis, chauffeur for the Heiss Co., left 

 September 19 for Camp Sherman. Her- 

 bert Bartholomew, son of George W. 

 Bartholomew, is at Fort Sheridan, 111., 

 with the hospital corps. J. Hendrick, 

 a brother of Mrs. L. B. Johnson, has 

 joined the Twelfth Aero Squadron at 

 the Wright flying field, Fairfield, near 

 Dayton. 



Ohioans Called. 



Thomas Zetlitz, of Lima, 0., a member 

 of the family of that name which is 

 prominent in the florists' trade, has 

 joined the colors. Mr. Zetlitz now is at 

 Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, O., under- 

 going the training preliminary to being 

 sent to Europe. Two other Ohioans 

 who have answered the call are the two 

 sons of Mr. Magee, part owner of the 

 Scottwood Greenhouses, Toledo. 



Two Go from Los Angeles. 



Howard Turner, son of H. W. Turner, 

 Los Angeles, Cal., has been drawn into 

 service and now is at the training camp 

 at American Lake, Washington. J. 

 Whitehead, foreman at the Beverly 



Hills Nurseries, Los Angeles, was also 

 among those drafted. 



Lancaster, Pa., Sends One. 



P. K. Murphy, with B. F. Barr & Co., 

 Lancaster, Pa., has left for the train- 

 ing camp at Augusta, Ga. The Lan- 

 caster County Florists* Club at a re- 

 cent meeting expressed its apprecia- 

 tion of Mr. Murphy's patriotic action 

 in going to war. 



Denver Man Called. 



Among those drafted from Denver, 

 Colo., and ordered to report for duty 

 October 3 was W. W. Wilmore, Jr., well 

 known among the florists of that city. 

 Mr. Wilmore left for Fort Riley, Kan., 

 where he will undergo training prepar- 

 atory to sailing for Europe. 



« Walter Mott's Son Called. 



Walter C. Mott, son of Walter Mott, 

 representative of Hammond's Paint and 

 Slug Shot Works, Beacon, N. Y., has 

 been drafted into the new national 

 army, and soon leaves his home at 

 Schenectady, N. Y., for Camp Nivens, 

 near Ayer, Mass. Probably no one man 

 is better known to the trade than the 

 elder Mr. Mott, whose acquaintance is 

 as wide as the country, while his writ- 

 ings in The Review are eagerly read. 



Retailer a Staff Officer. 



I. A. Simmons, retail florist on West 

 Sixty-third street, Chicago, long con- 

 nected with the Illinois National Guard, 

 is in active service as a captain on the 

 staff of General Dixon, adjutant general 

 of the state of Illinois. Captain Sim- 

 mons has his headquarters at Spring- 

 field, but his duties require frequent 

 trips to Houston, Tex., and other camps 

 where Illinois troops are training for 

 the great adventure. During Captain 

 Simmons' absence his store is being 

 carried on by his daughter. 



CLEVELAin) FLOWER SHOW. 



F. R. Williams, chairman of the trade 



display committee of the Cleveland 



flower show, reports that the following 



firms have reserved space in the trade 



display section: 



Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich. 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 

 Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J. 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. 

 Carl HascenburKer, Cleveland. 

 The Friedley Co., Cleveland. 

 The Naumann Co., Cleveland. 



The final premium list has been 

 mailed to 2,000 members of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, American Carnation 

 Society and Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America. Growers who may not be in- 

 cluded in this list and are desirous of 

 securing copies of it, are requested 

 to send names and addresses to M. A. 

 Vinson, 402 Leader-News Bldg., Cleve- 

 land, O. There is a total of more than 

 $2,800 in cash prizes, cups and medals. 



Lubbock, Tex. — J. A. Brown, former- 

 ly with the Baker Bros. Co., of Fort 

 Worth, Tex., has started a florists' busi- 

 ness here. 



