GCTOBBB 18, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



15 



Flowers in the Old St. Louis Cemetery^ New Orleans, on All Saints' Day. 



office, is a member of the medical corps. 

 George B. Palmer, son of F. E. Palmer, 

 of Brookline, Mass., left October 5 for 

 the National army cantonment at Ayer. 

 James Anderson, son of William Ander- 

 son, of South Lancaster, superintendent 

 of the Bayard Thayer estate, is a lieu- 

 tenant of the coast artillery stationed 

 at Fortress Monroe, Va., a regular army 

 unit. 



J. B. Cowgill Seeks Commission. 



J. R. Cowgill, who, with his brother, 

 V. G. Cowgill, has flower stores at 

 Canton and Salem, O., went to the sec- 

 ond officers' training camp at Fort 

 Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, 

 eight weeks ago, and is confident that 

 when his training is over near the end 

 of November he will be given a com- 

 mission. Mr. Cowgill had been a mem- 

 ber of the Eighth O. N. G. regiment, 

 being discharged at the end of his en- 

 listment period with the rank of cor- 

 poral, so that the training camp was no 

 new experience to him. 



Besides the two named, there is a 

 third, younger and unmarried brother 

 in the family. The latter tried to en- 

 list in the army, but was refused 

 through physical incapacity. It was 

 then that J. R. Cowgill felt that it was 

 the duty of one member of the family 

 to go, and he enlisted at the officers' 

 camp, although he is over draft age, is 

 married and has one child, a son. 



Mr. Cowgill has been in the florists' 

 business since 1907, when lie became 

 associated with V. G. Cowgill in the re- 

 tail and wholesale establishment at 

 Lima, O. In 1910 he purchased the 

 Canton store of L. L. Lamborn, of Alli- 

 ance, O., and has been in the business 

 since. The brothers have ,30,000 feet 

 of glass in addition to the two retail 



establishments. Another brother, Carl, 

 who during the last four years was 

 associated with the Lamborn Floral Co., 

 at Alliance, is now with his brother. 



Mr. Cowgill is a member of the S. A. 

 F. and F. T. D. He also is an Elk, be- 

 ing the Past Exalted Ruler of the Can- 



J. R. Cowgill. 



ton lodge, and a Mason, having taken 

 the Shrine degree. He is widely known 

 in the trade and has been exceptionally 

 successful. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the 

 C. S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At IMiil!i<lt>l|))iin. OototH>r 0, Delaware, pink, 

 Japanese iiuurveii, a cross of Advance and 



Unaka, submitted by George Fountain, "Wilming- 

 ton, Del., scored as follows on the commercial 

 scale: Color, 18; form, 13; fullness, 9; stem, 

 12; foliaRc, 12; substance, 13; size, 8; total, 85. 



At New York, October 6, Bronze Unaka, Japa- 

 nese incurved, a bronze sport of Unaka, 8\ib- 

 mitted by E. W. Fengar, Irvington, N. J., 

 scored as follows on the commercial scale: Color, 

 17; form, 13; fullness, 7; stem, 14; foliage, 14; 

 sut)stance, 13; size, 8; total, 86. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec 'y. 



THE CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



IT. V. Knoblo, chairman of the general 

 committees of the Cleveland flower 

 show, called a special meeting October 

 15 of all the committeemen in charge of 

 the various departments of the show 

 work. One of the most important things 

 decided upon was to appoint special rep- 

 resentatives of the Cleveland flower 

 show in each of the large shipping cen- 

 ters for the purpose of working out de- 

 tails with the express companies for spe- 

 cial car service so that all exhibits will 

 reach Cleveland before 8 a. m. Novem- 

 ber 8, when the chrysanthemums will 

 be staged, and again November 9, for 

 roses and carnations. The following 

 men have been appointed in the different 

 districts: 



Roston: Patrick Wdcli. Allan Peirce. 



N'<>w York: John Voiinj;. Alex. J. Guttman. 



riiilndclphia: K. J. Fancourt, Adolph Faren- 

 wald, Frcii ("owptTtlnvaite. 



PittsburKh: W. A. Clark. E. J. McCallum. 



Coliunbns. O.: T.ivintrston Seed Co. 



Cinciiiniiti: C. K. Critcht-ll. 



Iii(Iiiiiiai)()lis: O. E. Stcinkanip. 



ChiciiK": C. J. Miclielscn, J. C. Vaughan, 

 F'rcd T.initcnst lilatfpr. 



St. Louis: J. J. Renoko. 



Milwaukee: Holton & llunkel Co. 



I>ctroit: Holit. Kalialey. 



liulTalo: Wm. F. Kasting Co., S. A, Ander- 

 son, W. J. Palmer. 



Uochcster: GeorKc R. Hart. 



Toronto: G. M. Gcraclity. 



Special representatives ut largo: Sam Sellg- 

 man and Walter Cook. 



They have all been asked to obtain as 

 soon as possible the time of leaving for 



