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JUNB 17, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Gorly and J. J. Beneke. Two members 

 (,f the committee, A. S. Cerny and Wil- 

 ]iam Ossick, were absent. 



The new committee accepted the re- 

 port of the auditing committee and 

 voted that a report of this committee 

 be sent to all florists in the city and 

 vjeinity. This committee has charge of 

 I lie arrangements for the celebration of 

 tlie thirty-fourth anniversary of the 

 Florists' Club. All arrangements were 

 reported completed for the celebration 

 of this event. 



Further contributions were made to 

 the "Say It with Flowers" baseball 

 team, which is winning its share of 

 games in the municipal league. 



A fall advertising campaign was fully 

 (liscussed and will receive further con- 

 sideration at the ne?t meeting. 



The committee then elected L. Jules 

 Bourdet its chairman for the year and 

 J. J. Beneke will be the committee's 

 secretary. 



The report of the old committee 

 showed all bills paid and a good bal- 

 ance in the bank with which to start 

 the work of the new committee. 



The next meeting of the committee 

 will take place Tuesday, June 22, at 8 

 o'clock at headquarters, 1316 Pine 

 street; all members of the publicity 

 committee are requested to be present. 



Various Notes. 



President Jensen, of the St. Louis 

 Association of Gardeners, says that 

 John H. Kellogg will read a paper on 

 "Natural Plant Material for Garden- 

 ing" at the association's next meeting, 

 which will be held in Forest park Sun- 

 day, July 4, at 9 a. m. 



V. J. Gorly, president of Grimm & 

 Gorly, has returned from a week's visit 

 to Indianapolis, Ind., where he attended 

 the convention of the Associated Ad- 

 vertising Clubs of the World, 



Real estate transfers last week 

 showed that Joseph Witek had pur- 

 chased a 51-foot lot on McPherson ave- 

 nue just east of his present location; 

 this lot will be improved in the near 

 future by the erection of a handsome 

 building, which will house his store. 



Miss M. Carroll, who has an attractive 

 store on Euclid avenue, is spending a 

 two weeks' vacation in New Orleans, 

 La., where she has a number of friends. 



Fred W. Ude, in Kirkwood, Mo., has 

 turned over the business to his two sons, 

 Martin and Paul, who are now proprie- 

 tors of this well kept establishment. 

 Mr. Ude will spend much of his time 

 in Florida, where he and his son Emil 

 have large fruit farms. Martin Ude is 

 president of the St. Louis County Grow- 

 ers ' Association. 



J. F. Ammann left for Baltimore, Md., 

 •I'lne 13, to address a meeting of grow- 

 ers. Mr. Ammann has recovered from 

 '"s recent sickness and looks exceed- 

 ingly well since adopting the doctor's 

 •'"ivice to smoke his usual brand of 

 '•'prars. 



Mrs, Henry G. Berning entertained 

 the Lady Florists' Home Circle at her 

 ' "me on McPherson avenue June 9. All 

 ' "'mbers were present and spent a most 

 ' 'Moyable afternoon. 



The big meeting of Missouri growers 

 '"■^t month at the range of the Pine- 

 f'lrst Floral Co., at Pleasant Hill, Mo., 

 ^nould attract a large attendance from 

 ^'J over the state and a large rep- 

 resentation from St. Louis is expected. 

 I'JP^ial efforts will be made in this city 

 '^ "• -^- Howe, vice-president of the 



Missouri State Florists' Association, to 

 insure a good attendance. 



Mrs. William Stemme, of Stemme & 

 Sons, Hattiesburg, Miss., was a visitor 

 last week, stopping with her brother, 

 Martin Seeger, of the MuUanphy Flo- 

 rists. 



A. J. Bentzen, of the Bentzen Floral 

 Co.,. and captain of the Daisy bowling 

 team, is contemplating a motor trip to 

 Cleveland for the convention, taking the 

 team with him to enter the bowling con- 

 test. 



Members of the trade in the city are 

 urged not to forget to make their re- 

 turns for tickets for the anniversary 

 banquet at once. The committee is 

 awaiting their reply. \ 



Theodore Heil, brother of Paul Heil, 

 of Heil & Haizlip, '556 South Kinker 

 avenue, is still with the United States 

 army in France, but writes that he ex- 

 pects soon to receive his discharge; on 

 his return he will be with the firm, 

 where his services are much needed. 



Florists in the south end who report 

 a splendid week, with weddings and 

 school commencements, are Mrs. Fred 

 W. Bruenig, Mrs. Julia Pelletier, W. H. 

 Kruse and A. Meyer, Jr. A few ad- 

 vance orders for weddings during the 

 month will finish up the season's social 

 work. 



The Wholesale Florists' Association, 

 at a recent meeting, decided to start 

 early Saturday closing, beginning June 

 19, when they will close at noon, but 

 they will be open for business Sunday 

 morning as usual up to noon. 



Matthew Schoenberger, of Belleville, 

 111.; J. F. Ammann and H, Blixen, of 

 Edwardsville, 111.; M. F. Widener, of 

 Highland, 111.; George Madsen, of Alton, 

 111.; Charles Jobann, of Collinsville, and 

 A. Jablonsky, John Steidle and C. E. 

 De Wever, of Olivette, Mo., spent June 

 10 in the city and attended the club 

 meeting in the afternoon. J. J. B. 



PEKIN, ILL. 



Mell Augspurger, who has been with 

 George A. Kuhl for the last year, will 

 resign July 1 and start in business for 

 himself in the state of Indiana. 



Haase Bros., who built a new range 

 of greenhouses three years ago, have 

 been adding new glass eaeh year until 

 at present they have 25,000 square feet. 

 Work was begun on a new, modern resi- 

 dence, located near the greenhouses 

 and estimated to cost $8,000 when com- 

 pleted. 



DENVER, COLO. 



The Market. 



Carnations, always of fine quality 

 here at this season, seem to be even 

 better than usual. Prices are somewhat 

 lower since Memorial day and shipping 

 continues steady. In the retail stores 

 business has fallen off somewhat since 

 the holiday, but there has been the 

 usual demand for weddings and enter- 

 tainments. Owing to the discontinu- 

 ance of the use of flowers at gradua- 

 tions in the schools here, those occa- 

 sions do not mean much to the florists. 



Roses are of fine quality and have a 

 good demand. Columbia is the strong- 

 est. Columbines and peonies have put 

 in their appearance. 



Various Notes. 



The Elitch Gardens Co. is cutting fine 

 crops «f Premier, Columbia and Francis 



Scott Key roses that were planted early. 

 It has just finished planting its new 

 rose house. It is expected that this 

 house will take care of the increasing 

 trade. 



Fred Hall, who has been seriously ill 

 for several months, is now regaining his 

 health rapidly. ^ 



Russell Emsbach became the proud 

 father of a boy last week. 



E. L. Hill, who has been growing 

 carnations for Conrad Lengenfelder 

 since his discharge from the navy last 

 fall, was married last week and has left 

 for a short trip through Estes park. 



Shortage of labor is causing delay in 

 planting. R. E. H. 



Middletown, O. — The business of Selby 

 the Florist has changed its name to the 

 Arcade Floral Shop. 



OBITUARY 



Benjamin Eozminsky. 



Worrying because of his imagined ill 

 health, Benjamin Kozminsky, a former 

 member of the A. E. F., shot and killed 

 himself at his store, 2190 Washington 

 street, Roxbury, Boston, Mass., June 12, 

 leaving a note of love and regret to his 

 bride of four days, who before her mar- 

 riage was Miss Ella Horrigan, pro- 

 claimed the prettiest girl in Dorchester 

 in a recent beauty contest. 



The deceased visited the Boston 

 wholesale market in the morning, se- 

 cured a large supply of flowers for 

 funeral orders which he had to fill and 

 completed making up the wreaths be- 

 fore committing suicide. He left sev- 

 eral letters to his wife, his mother and 

 intimate frionds, saying farewell, and 

 in them he stated that his nerves were 

 high-strung and that he could not stand 

 it any longer. He had never regained 

 his normal health since returning from 

 France and worried greatly over his 

 constant loss in weight. 



Mr. Kozminsky had a good business 

 .and was held in high regard by all who 

 knew him. His brother, Harry Koz- 

 minsky, is also in the trade and con- 

 ducts a store at 8 School street. 



Funeral services wore held June 15 

 from the Temple Mishkin Tefila, More- 

 land street, Roxbury, of which the de- 

 ceased was a member, and many of his 

 former business associates attended to 

 pay him a last tribute of esteem. 



W. N. C. 



Mrs. Mary Grace Bell Higgins. 



Mrs. Mary Grace Bell Higgins, mother 

 of J. J. Higgins, Toronto, Ont., died 

 June 4. 



The floral offerings at the funeral in- 

 eluded a sheaf of wheat and roses from 

 the Parkdale store, a silver basket and 

 roses from the Yonge street store, a 

 pillow from the grandchildren, a basket 

 of roses from George M. Geraghty; a 

 broken column on a base and stand of 

 white carnations, pansies, Easter lilies 

 and Dunlop voses, from Dunlop's, Ltd.; 

 a 35-inch cross from the Lailey Trimble 

 employees, a gates-ajar design from the 

 Retail Florists' Club; a wreath from 

 George Yavner, the Arcade Florist; a 

 spray from S. A. Frost, a spray from 

 H. G. Dillemuth and many beautiful 

 designs from other friends. 



