Ocxom;u 25, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



13 



:ill lloii.sts, ami part iciilarly those ot' tin* 

 inidillc west. Ilic slidw ma iia^i'incnt 

 cxtcmls a conlial insital inn to attcihl. 

 The rere|)ti(ill loiii Ml it t ee pl'Dlnises a 

 l;(iih| welcome t<i \ isitdis and a'^siires 

 theiil tliat tliey will ell.jiiv tlieii' sta>' ill 

 I )e> Mdiiit s. I'loiists ail' reiiiiiiileil that 

 I liil el ( 'haiiilirrhi in will Im' t lir liead- 

 '|iia It i-i> aihl that rcsiMX at inns shniild lie 

 iiiaile til a\iiii| 1 1 isa |i|iiii 11 1 iiieiil >. 



\t a lliei'lili^- 111' till' I lie III ill III rum III it 

 tci', ()rtnlier L'L', at Ames, the schi'i|llli> 



was checked oxer. 'j'lie prdLi la iii, or 

 haiidliiink, is heinu luiiited. It will be 

 .■III' at t lact i\»' and iisct'iil hook, coiitaiii- 

 iiil:, ill addition to the (dasses and 

 pri/i-s, t;ilili's and ;iiti(de-v ot' interest. 

 It i'- the iiiti ntioii oi' the m.'i n.au'enient 

 to |ilac-e this hook in tiie liands ol' show 

 visitors without (diarii'e. i\'es('r\'at ions 

 lor .■i(|\ ert isiii'^' s|iaci:- should lie made 

 ,-it oiice. .1. S. Wilson iv (diairman ol' the 

 I'Xcciit i\ r committee niol m;iiiaL;er ol' 



the show. 



Hydrangea Lilie Mouillere Flowered for Easter, 1916. 



<'rs o)' i;(ii;e l; leenlioiist's, the one he 

 jilaiined tor i)a\id Fourstonlicr^, ot' the 

 Florex iiatdcns, Xortli Wales, I'a., a 

 iiuinhii ot years ago. attracting- niu(di 

 attention at The time l>ecatise of its size, 



TL'xTiMl I'e.T. 



Comfort Kits for Fighters. 



The iloi i^ts ol' Cincinnati are clii|i 

 liing ill to\\ard a fund with whitdi to 

 jmndiase comt'oit kits for those of tlicir 

 fidlow woikeis wlio liavc been callcl 

 into I'lirle .'~^;im's sor\ice. < ". ,|. .lones 

 started the hall rolling, and \V. R. Min- 

 ])liy. ot the William Murphy < 'o., \< 

 fund h;inker. 



Private Piggott. 



The l:m\ eiiniieiit has called another 

 Jlorist to the coloi's. I'eicy Warieii 

 I'iggott. ot' ( 'le\ (d;ind, is one of the 

 ♦ iwners of I'i^'eiitl Son Co. His t'.atlier 

 Avill mis- hiiii. ;i-. it will lie iiard to 

 ■fill his phice. lie Went to (';im|i slier 

 iii;ni, • 'hillicothe, ( )., ( )ctoher L'o. 



On the Briny Deep. 



I.loy.i W . I'olsley. s t' .1. W. I'ols 



ley, yiowei at Wahoo. Xeh.. i^ seiwiiiL; 

 his coiiiitrv ill the meilical department 

 of the n;i\ \'. .1. W. says his son ha^ al 

 way-- h.Miikered tor .-i salt \\;itei exjieii- 

 f 'iii-( . 



Fighting Men of Boston Club. 



Twci mole llieinhei^ o I' tile (i.'irdenels' 



and l"lori-ts" ( luh ot' lio-tmi have yoiie 

 to war. I'axiii II. <Miild, of the Aiiiev 

 Implenieiir iV .Senl ( 'o.. ot' Uostoll, and 

 Donald .1. <ii-litoii, ot h'eadville. Ma--, 

 liotli men are in the medical cor|is oT 

 the army and expert snon tn he sent tn 

 l-'raiici . 



Soldier Stoehl Takes a Wife. 



"The girl I left Ixdiiiid me"' is not 

 exactly the case with Fred Stoehl. of 

 Indianapolis, who recentl\' hecame ;i 

 rooky at Canip Za(diary Ta\lor. near 

 Loiii-v ille, \\\. After a u'eod initiation 



in the hiisiiiesv ol' drilling at Camp 

 T;i\lor. Mr. Stoidil staged a military 

 wedding, with himsidf and an Indian- 

 apolis miss as jii iiicipals. 



DES MOINES SHOW PLANS 



\\ i t h the ap|iroacli ot' the o|ieiiing da\ 

 • it' the show. .Xovemher s, the meetings 

 ot' the show committees ot' the Iowa 

 Societv ot' florists are hecoming more 

 lii'MUeiit. '{''he splendid sjiirit evidenced 

 at these metdings. and The /,eal with 

 which each meniher is entering into his 

 wiiik. assure a s|i]ciidid success. To 



THE BANK THAT FAILED. 



When .losepli I !;i iir rof t . of .Iii-eph 

 llaiiriol't iV .Soil, t'eilar l",-ill-, I;i.. re- 

 ■elillv -oil^ht a -.-irc' pl;oe to hide his 

 irolii y .luring the UlLllit, lu' Seleeteil t lo; 



• iven ot' tiic oas -tove ill iiis home. .Mrs. 



i'.ailrldl't .arose het'ole lor llUshalld, 



mixed up a hatrli ol' mullins and jiut 

 them in till' iiveii. Mr. l->anrroi't ar- 

 rived in the kitrheii -nine time later 

 alol opened the ov'eii door. The eiul'- 

 tins vvcre hrowii, hut The moiiev, sS."), 

 had turned into ;i-lie- and -iimke. Whiidi 

 le;ic|s the florist who relavcd the story 

 to (diseiwe that ■"in view ot' the high 



rosT ot' ro.al Wi' Were W i ill d efi 1 1 g ll O \V 



.any florist muld keep th.at amount of 

 inoiiev lone eiioUi:!i to ^et if to a l;;is 

 -tove'. ■' 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Peoria, 111. - Tli(> D. T'. Augsimrgor & 

 Sons C^o., doing a wholesale and retail 

 florists' hiisiness, tiled a pi'tition in 

 h.aiikriiptry Octoher L'n. The assets are 

 estimated at .■f'Ki.niHi. wirh liahilitios of 

 *10,.'')(KI. The creditor- will hold a meet- 



illtr soon to eject a Tril-tee. 



Hydra igea E. G. Hill at Ejster, Wlb. 



