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▲uauBT 5, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



23 



dated f How about the small fellow who 

 has not the modern facilities f Get 

 out your pencil and do some figuring 

 on your own account; look the situa- 

 tion squarely in the face. Then go to 

 Cleveland; look up some member of the 

 committee and ask him to keep you 

 posted on the meetings of the new asso- 

 ciation. You will hear things in com- 

 parison with Whieh this is but a fairy 

 tale. / \ -Tate. 



HEADS SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The presidency of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society is an oflSce which 

 marks the incumbent as one of no mean 

 reputation in the horticultural world. 

 In the eleven years of the society's his- 

 tory the list of the men who have held 

 that title is not long, but it is extremely 

 select. It includes the names of Harry 

 Turner, W. Atlee Burpee, William Sim, 

 Lester L, Morse, William Gray and 

 George W. Kerr as those who have 

 served in the past, Mr. Kerr ending a 

 service of three terms in that office. 



To the post so honorably filled in the 

 past succeeds this year William A. 

 Sperling, one well fitted to lead the 

 society after the keen personal interest 

 he has taken in it since its inception in 

 1909. As secretary of the widely known 

 seed house of Stumpp & Walter Co., 

 New York, Mr. Sperling is familiar to, 

 as well as familiar with, the trade in 

 general. The society receives addi- 

 tional impetus in its forward course by 

 his election. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Kansas City Wholesale Cut 

 Flower Co. received its first asters last 

 week. The company also has a large 

 supply of choice roses, new stock. The 

 roses are especially good for hot weather 

 and showed no ill effects from shipping. 



J. Valkenburg, who has been in charge 

 of Vaughan's Nurseries, at Western 

 Springs, HI., for fifteen years, has signed 

 a contract for three years as general 

 manager of Rock's Gardens and will as- 

 sume full charge next week. He also 

 has taken an interest in the company. 

 They are cutting 1,000 gladioli a day, 

 also asters, scabiosa, buddleia, ageratum 

 and zinnias. 



T. J. Noll, general manager of the 

 T, J, Noll Floral Co., gave a talk on 

 "Prospects for Next Season's Busi- 

 ness" at the convention of the Texas 

 State Florists' Association at Fort 

 Worth. 



S. Bryson Ayres has been cutting 

 sweet peas all summer. He has taken 

 the glass out of one house and the plants 

 are practically outdoors. 



Roses are being planted in the new 

 greenhouses at Longview Farm. 



M. P. Carter, manager of the W. L. 

 Rock Flower Co., has returned from 

 Nevada, Mo., where the Seventh Regi- 

 ment was in camp two weeks. 



Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cane, of the Peter- 

 son Floral Co., are spending the summer 

 at their country place, near Little Blue, 

 twenty-five miles from town. Mr. Cane 

 drives in every day and Mrs. Cane is in 

 for two weeks, as Miss M. Durkop is on 

 her vacation. 



Miss Mary Zeiglcr, of the W. L. Rock 

 Flower Co., is visiting her sister at 

 Oklahoma City. Arthur Mohr is spend- 

 ing his vacation in Denver. Mrs. M. 

 Brown is back after two weeks' rest at 

 home. 



Tucker Smith and P. A. Manson, of 



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SYDNEY H. BAYESSDOBFEB. 



THE son of the senior member of the firm of H. Bayersdorfer & Co. has made 

 himself well known in the florists' trade both before and since his admission 

 to the firm seven years ago last month. His efforts to secure the latest in supplies 

 are not confined to Philadelphia or even to the United States. As soon as condi- 

 tions permitted after the war, he went to Europe to gather what stocks he could 

 there, following the trails where l^is father had made himself welcome in other 

 years. On his recent journey abroad he shipped home many cases of supplies 

 for the florists' trade in this country the coming year. In the photograph repro- 

 duced here he is seen packing baskets in Europe for use in the United States. 



the Pinehurst Floral Co., were in Kan- 

 sas City July 29. Gladioli are sold 

 clean nearly every day. 



The Lippman automatic refrigerating 

 machine of the T. J. Noll Floral Co. is 

 being installed. Mr. Noll has had a pipe 

 installed to supply drinking water. 



W. L. Rock will attend the Cleveland 

 convention. 



Mrs. E. H. Hedges returned July 31 

 from a week's visit at St. Joseph, Mo. 



Miss Mamie Klein, of A. Newell 's 

 shop, is home after two weeks' vacation 

 at Colorado Springs. 



When the Fidelity National Bank & 

 Trust Co. moved into the building at 

 Ninth and Walnut streets, officials found 

 a barren space between the street and 

 the Ninth street side of the building. 

 They utilized the spot and made it a 

 place of beauty. The bank custodian's 

 duties now include grass cutting, and he 

 is the only custodian of an office build- 

 ing in Kansas City who has such a job. 



L. H. Archias and daughter stopped at 

 Kansas City on their way home to Se- 

 dalia. They have been in California for 

 the last two or three months. 



Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Bohannon, of the 

 Kansas City Wholesale Cut Flower Co., 

 spent July 29 at St. Joseph, Mo. 



Miss Robena Faulkner, of the Apollo 

 Flower Shop, has returned after a 

 month's visit with relatives in New 

 York. 



The Muehlebach Flower Shop ha» 

 bought some real Chinese novelties, in- 

 cluding carved stone vases and sandal- 

 wood incense. Their Raskin ware is 

 selling well. Parchment lamp shades 

 are sold out and Mr. Neff has ordered 

 more. The wholesale business in or- 

 gandie flowers is growing. A guest from 

 Montana at the hotel last week said she 

 had not seen any of these flowers out 

 west and ordered some for her women's 

 wear shop. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ed. A. Humfeld left 

 August 2 for their farm in the Ozarks, 

 to remain two weeks. While they are 

 away Mrs. Edith Roberts will take care 

 of their retail store. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomas, of the 

 Rosery, are home from their California 

 trip. They stopped at Denver, Colorado 

 Springs and Salt Lake City. Mr. Thomas 

 brought home some mountain barley 

 from Catalina island and ordered a ship- 

 ment of strawflowers. 



Henry Kusik & Co. are doing good 

 summer business. J. E. K. 



