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The Florists^ Review 



23 





The F. T. D. Painting Now on its Tour of America Following the Auction Sale at Detroit. 



bid \V. J. rainier ainl iKHight tiic ])aiiit- 

 iii<i^ I'or $150. Mr. ]'almer's lii(l was 

 $12.") and he j^avo that sum to tiio pub- 

 licity iuiid even though lie did not got 

 the picture, a jiliotoi^rajdi of which is 

 reproduced herewith. The paintiiifr was 

 by one of the artists in the supplies dc- 

 ])artnient of Poehlmaiin Bros. Co., Chi- 

 cago, who oxecuteil tlie idea from a 

 sketch by T. E. Waters. The picture 

 was prescnte<l to the association, so that 

 the entire proceeds go feu- ])ublicity. 

 The ]iicture is sup])Osed to illustrate 

 the telegraph delivery idea in the sale 

 of flowers. The express train is sliowji 

 drawing up at the ]tier hea<l, with a 

 messenger boy getting oil" tlic train with 

 a box of flowers for someone on the in- 

 coming steamship. Mr. Breitmeyer ar- 

 ranged to rent the ]iainting at $2.1 per 

 week to all florists wlio wisli to use it 

 in tlieir window dis]tlays. Mr. Palmer 

 got first (diance, so that the ]ieople of 

 l?uffalo alr(\idy ha\(' seen it. It will go 

 all o\ cr the country in the course of the 

 next year and aiivniic who wants to use 

 tlie |iirture ran olitain his turn in rota- 

 tion liy addressing I'rank Dan/.er, 

 .T. I'.icitnii'yiT 's Sons, Detroit. 

 For the use of the )>ainting $1'.") 

 payable, tlie nuuu'y to go to the 

 publicity fund. 



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S. A. r. PUBLICITY FUNDS. 



<ieorge Asmus, chairman of tlie jmb 

 licity linance committee, rr|M)rts the i'u\- 

 lowing aiMitii)nal suli^criptiiuis : 



J?,v WilliMtn V. KUas. -.■civlary ,,) ih.- Ma i\ l.in.l 

 i-.iniiiiil Ici-. .\niiiiall\ I'lr Idiii- \.'ar~. 

 Isaac II. M.-.s*. 111... (...van-.. Md S .Ml.llii 



.liilui P.. Ilariiiiiii. ' ■al"ii^\ lllc. Mil 



HoliiTt li. (Iraliaiii. I'.a It iiimr.-, Mr| 



William .7. K.'iiii,i|.v. I'lki-villr. .M.I..,. 

 K. \'iii<i'iif. .Jr., \- S.iii~ ('..,. Willi. • 



Mar-li. M.l 



ITarrv KUa-, Ha II iiiM.r.', M.i 



William i;. I..'lir, r.r....Kl.i n. M.l 



.stcvi'U-dii j'.r.i^.. ■r..\\~.iii. M.l 



Jam.-: Ilaiiiilt..!;. Mt. W.i-lii iii; I..m. M.l . 



All.-Tt (;. I'i.'.ll.r. Il.iltiiii.ii-.'. .\l.l 



K.lwarU Kr.'-s. li.ili Iiipt.'. .M.l 



JI. (Irahl, llaLlli.Tp. M.l 



William riiristii', I'..ilt iiii..r.'. M.l 



F. ('. Itaiicr, li.ivan^. .M.l,.... 



M. .^. IIaiini;:aii. Sii.|lir....k Tafk. .M.l. . 



.luliii A. Nulli. i;as|i,.l,iii-L-, M.l 



V,\ Wallace II. i;i>s. cli.iirmaii ••( lli.' 



ItiilTalo. N. v.. •■ iiltl.i'. 



Win. F. Kastintr Co.. I!iiir,il.>. N. \... 



William s.-i.tt Co. I'.nlTal... .\. V 



*'. '!'. <;iiciiihcr. Ilaiiiliiiru'. X. V 



V,y Wallace K. ri.r-i.n. Cr.imw.-ll. i'..iiii. 



DooKiio A: Cii.. Ilartf.T.I. ('..iiii 



.lohn L. Alil.inist, ri.ilnvill.'. (..1111 



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Jlawurtirs i;rci'iiliou--c>. KariMiimt'Hi. 



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I'aiil M. IliililianI Co., Hrislol, Ciiiri.... l.-..(Hl 



Kowdcii iV .MilclicU, Walliiitiford, roiiii. 5.00 

 Itcccivcil tliroiit;h till" scci'clarv's iiflicc. 



.lolm F. Ilmai iV- lir.is., Allii.tdwii, I'a. 2."). 00 



H. ('. .Toliiisdii. StciliiiK. Cclii 10.(10 



Kolicrt KdcIimc, New Vnrk cit.v 10. (10 



Fallon, Florist. Koaiioki'. \'a lo.do 



Itoliort T. .Miller, Farmiiintoii. Itali... l(H».(l(l 



C. W. Ward, Kurcka, Cal U.'jO.CKI 



Total .$872.00 



CORRECTIONS. 



WcrtliciiiuT I{ros.' coiitrilnition slioiilJ read 

 '■.\iimiallv for a period of four years." 



W. II. Kruse, St. l.ouis, Mo., $1.'..00 aiimiall.v 

 for u term of two .vears; formerly Kiveii as 

 •W. II. liiirst." 



'I'll.' f.illow iiiir .liaii^ics ill til.' .Marylaii.l coni- 

 niitt.-i- hav.' Ii.vji 111.1. 1.': Cliarli's F. I'east lias 



icsi>;iii'.| an. I III.' f.ill.miiii.' have I ii added: 



W. K. .M.-Kissi.k. Ilalliiii.,re; Isaa.' II. Moss, 

 (lovans. M.I.: .I.imicx I la luiltoii, Mt. Wasliiimloii, 

 Md.: William !•'. i:kas. s.'creta r.v, Haltimore. 

 Md ; .1. .1. l'.'ii> . r.alt iiii..r.'. an. I ile.ir^'.' .Morri- 

 son, Hall ini.iie. 



Stationery is hciiii; |ii-('|iared and will 

 b(! distributed to the cliairnicn of all 

 local committets iiiiin(Mli;it(dy. Addi- 

 tional subscription blanks or literature 

 may be obtained upon ajipiication to the 

 secretarv. 



Eagle Grove, la. -The formal (ipeiiing 

 of the .lohn Ptiliiicr establishment 

 (Ictiibcr 1. in the erection of which Mr. 

 liulintT li;iis expended $2(1.000, was a 

 great succt'W,^ Ih.-inks, |iei-|i;i[is, to the 

 llower souNcnir which Mr. lliihner had 

 ready for each f.air \ isitor. .\Ir. Huhuer 

 li;i-. built ;i greeiihiiuse .'iSxllO feet, a 

 sjiow house 2nx4s ;in.l a building con- 

 taining (iflice, li\iiiu i.i.iiijs ;iii.l heating 

 [d.-iiit. 



Kokomo, Ind. — Liglitning -t ni(d< the 

 20 I'oiit liii.k cliiniiu-,\' at the establish- 

 uuMit of W. M. Tiplady, Octnlor IS. tear- 

 ing away ten feet of it, ;iiiii c;iirying the 

 lieaN'y cement cojong and luicks lifty 

 feet. About t wciit.x-lixc el' the bricks 

 hit the griMMiliiiuse. causing a d:image of 

 about $"i(i. Mr. Tiplady was in the 

 building ;it the time, ;iii.l ;i It limigh he 

 was only twenty-lixe feet from the chim- 

 ney, w;is unliiirt. 



Waterloo, la. -T'he K( mble I'b.ral Co. 

 Ii.as moved its disphav amf salesrooms 

 til the newl.v remixieled store at 1.87 

 Uii.lge street. The idiange was made 

 liecause of the greatl.v increased retail 

 .iiid wholesale business. The .-ompany 

 iiiiw has two motor trucks for deliveries. 

 M. K. Terry is manager of the business, 

 whiidi was pundiased six years ago from 

 Williams \ Crittenden, the oldest 

 established llorists in Waterloo. 



La Crosse, Wis. — The .John A. Salzer 

 Seed <'ii., I. a Crosse, Wis., conducts a re- 

 t.'iil llorists' business at the greenhouses. 

 The house; adjoining the salesroom is 

 .iiranged in the form of an Italian gar- 

 .leii, with a pool containing goldfish. 

 The space is valuable, but is considered 

 well appropriated. Golden Glow heads 

 the list of a well-grown lot of chrysan- 

 themums. Other stock is in tijitop sha[ie, 



Eljrria, O. — Mrs. P>essii> I'eani has 

 undertaken the business manageiiieiit of 

 the J'll.vria Flower store and is jilanning 

 ini[iortant idianges .and impro\(Miieiits in 

 the conduct of the wor]<. S. P. (iill, lor 

 the, last li\'e >'ears with the .Imies Rus- 

 sell Co., of Cleveland, ().. will be her 

 ;issociate as store inaiiaLicr. lie succeeds 

 I.eo Siii.-jll woo. I, who has resigned to l;(i 

 oil the ro;i,| as the l-e[ii .si'iit ;it 1\ c n\' the 

 Sin.allw (Kill Stone < n. 



Omaha, Neb.- At Stewart's Seed 

 Stor.' thei'e is .-i Moral assistant who is a 

 fdll-bloo.lcl linliaii maiden, a descend- 

 ant of Sitting Pull, of the Sioux tribe. 

 Charles Stewart observed that, though 

 tiiC siminier triide was good, \\ith an 

 abund.ant suppl.v, he anticipates with 

 trepidation the approaching season, giv- 

 ing many reasons for his fears. The new 

 store is most complete. Mrs. Siimuel 

 Stewart was resting while the good man 

 himself was hustling in the stoidv from 

 outijdors. 



