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1 he Florists Kevicw 



OCTOBBU 4, 1917. 



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TRAMP! TRAMP! OUR BOYS ARE MARCHING 



PREPARE TO FIGHT FOR U. S. 



Many Florists in Training. 



The Jii()l>ilizat ion of (lie now national 

 army at the various cantonnionts con- 

 tinuos to tako many florists from tlieir 

 peacoful occujiatioiis to transform tluMii 

 <(iiicl\ly into trained li^litin<^ moii. The 

 Keviow each week prints the names 

 of those who have gone. Others will go 

 soon. Information al»out them will be 

 a{)iiro(iate(l by both Tlie l{e\ itnv and 

 tlie friends of tlie 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 (le])artment of tlie U. S. 

 army signal corps two months ago and 

 went to Port Screven, Ga., where ho was 

 given the ])reliminary training in the 

 art of living. Recently his company 

 was transferred to ''somewhere in Tex- 

 as," where the finishing touches will be 

 put on this young army aviator. ^Ir. 

 Warner is the oldest son of .1. W. War- 

 ner and had lieen associated with the 

 management of the Miami Floral Co. for 

 several years. 



Beckwith, of Binghamton, at Camp Dix. 



T. W. Iie(d\with was one of the con- 

 tingent tliat left Binghamton, N. Y., 

 recently for Camji ])i\-, the national 

 army camp at Wriylitstowii. X. .1. ]\Ir. 

 Beckwith is vice picsideiit of the 

 Binghamton Florists' Associjit ion. 



New Yorker with Canadians. 



One of the many .\(mv Yorkers who 

 heeded the call of the ('nn-'idian drive 

 for r(>cruits in the Fnited States re- 

 cently was A. ]]. I'ike, of tlic Wadley 

 & Smythe force. Mr. I'ii<e enlisted and 

 has gone to Kuropf. lie wa^ made a ser- 

 geant. B(d'ore lie was with Wadley & 

 8mythe, Mr. Bike wa-< with the Bryn 

 Mawr Flower Shop, I'hilndelidiia. Mrs. 

 Pike has joineil the Wadley \ Smythe 

 forc(! (lurini; tln^ husband's absence. 



Lee Betz, of New Orleans. Goes. 



" ^\'e .are jiroud to ad\ ise that Lee 

 Betz, wild was in our enijdoy for a long 



period, has just se\t'red his com lion 



with us to .loin the army. Mr. liid/ is 

 a fine jdiysical specimen and is anxious 

 to go to the front. He is now stationed 

 at Fort Pike, Ark.'' Thus does Harry 

 Pajiwortli of the Metairi(> Ridge Nurs- 

 ery Co., New Orleans, L.a., write to Tht^ 

 Review. 



Clody Is Ambulance Driver. 



It is a far cry from delivering flow- 

 ers in Chicaiio to d(divering wound(>d 

 soldiers to hospitals ' ' s<imewhere ' ' in 

 France, but that is tlie shift in the am- 

 bulatory career of L. E. Clody, son of 

 Fdwaril Cloily. tlie Chicai,n) retailer. 

 Young Clody was driving his father's 

 delivery car when an ambulance com- 

 pany was being formed at Northwest- 

 ern University, and, being possessed of 

 a sjiirit for the adventurous, and a de- 

 sire to do his "bit," he enlisted as ;i 



drivt'r. That was months ago, and now 

 young Cloil\' is :it the ])ase hospital at 

 Chillicothe, ()., after a ])eriod of train- 

 ing ,at I'ort Sheridan, 111. 



Dayton Florists to War. 



l)a.\'ton, ()., has contril)ut(>d several 

 members of the trade to the various 

 fiLThtinu forces of the United States. 





Student Aviator James C. Warner. 



(;. llirsch, of the Dayton I'loral Co., 

 will join the field artillery, ami C. Died- 

 ri(d\, of the s.ame company, will become 

 a member of the na\'al reser\ c. Tony 

 Lewis, (diauffeiii' tor the Heiss <'o., left 

 Se]>ti'nibei' 11> lor Camp Sherman. Her 

 liert lia rt hidouiew. -^on of (leorge W. 

 r.ai tlicdomew, is at I'ort Sheridan, 111., 

 with the ho--|iital corp^. .1. Ileiidri.-k, 

 .•I lo'otlier of Mi-;. 1>. !'>. .lohiisoii. has 

 joined the Twelfth .Xi^ro Sipiadron ;it 

 the Wi-iglit flying field, r.-iirfield, near 

 1 )ayton. 



Ohioans Called. 



Thomas /et lit /, of Lima, < )., ;i memlier 

 of the family ot' that n;uni' whiidi is 

 prominent in the florists' tra<le, has 

 joined the colors. Mr. Zetlitz now is at 

 ('am|i Sheinian. < 'hillicothe, ()., under- 

 goin^r the training ]>reliminary to being 

 sent to IJirope. Two other Ohioans 

 who lia\e ans\\('reii the call are the two 

 sons of Mr. Magee, |i:irt owner of the 

 .Si-ottwood (> r'eell houses, T(dedo. 



Two Go from Los Angeles. 



Ilowju'd Turner, son (d' II. W. Turner-, 

 Fo>- .\n;^( le-;. r.-il., has been drawn into 

 ser\ ice and now is at the training camp 

 at .\merican Lake, Washington. J. 

 \Vhitidiea<l, foreman at the Beverly 



Hills Nurseries, Los Angeles, was also 

 among those drafted. 



Lancaster, Pa., Sends One. 



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

 Lancaster, Pa., has left for tlio train- 

 ing cam]) at Augusta, Ga. The Lan- 

 caster County Florists' Club at a re- 

 cent meeting expressed its apprecia- 

 tion of Mr. Murphy's ])atriotic action 

 in going to war. 



Denver Man Called. 



Anu)ng those drafted from Denver, 

 Colo., and ordered to report for duty 

 October .'5 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 Euro^ie. 



4 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 

 armj', and soon leaves his home at 

 Schenectady, N. Y., for Camp Nivens, 

 near Ayer, ]\Iass. Probably no one man 

 is better known to the trade than the 

 eM(>r 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- 

 inons has his headquarters at Spring- 

 field, 1)ut his duties require frequent 

 trijis to Houston, Tex., and otlier camps 

 where Illinois troops are training for 

 the great adventuri\ During Captain 

 Simmons' absence liis store is being 

 carried on bv his daughter. 



CLEVELAND FLO^WUR SHOW. 



F. K. Williams, chairman of tlie trade 



display committee of the Cleveland 



flower sliow, rejiorts that the following 



firms have reservcMJ sjiace in the trade 



disjilay section : 



Elmer D. Smitli A: <"<>.. .VilriMii, Midi, 

 A. .N. I'icrsoii, Inc.. < loinw ell. (omi. 

 .Julius IJiii'lirs Co., KiitlicrfonI, N. J. 

 f'liiirlcs II. 'I'ott.v, Madison. .\. .1. 

 Stuiiipii i*i Walter ("o.. -New VorU. 

 Cirl II.iL'eiiliui u'cr, ("levclainl. 

 Tlie FrieiUcv (■(!.. ricvclaiid. 

 I'lie Naiiinanii Co., CU'Vclaiiil. 



The final premium list has been 

 mailetl to 2,000 members of the Ameri- 

 c.aii 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. 



