AOODST 6, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



23 



dated? How about the small fellow who 

 has not the modern facilities? Get 

 out your pencil and do some figuring 

 uii 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 now asso- 

 ciation. You will hear things in com- 

 parison with which tiiis is but a fairv 

 tal'.'. Tate. ' 



HEADS SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The presidency of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society is an ofTlce which 

 marks the incumbent as one of no mean 

 rcpulatioii in the horticultural world. 

 In tlic ch'ven years of the society's his- 

 tory the list of the men who have held 

 tliat title is not long, but it is extremely 

 select. It inchules the names of Harry 

 Turner, \V. Atlee Burpee, William Sim, 

 Lester Ij. 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 oflTice. 



To the post so honorably filled in the 

 jiast succee<ls this year William A. 

 Sperling, one well fitted to hvid the 

 soci(!ty after the keen ])ersonal interest 

 lie lias taken in it sijice its incojition in 

 liHii). As secretary of the widely known 

 seed house of Stumpp & Walter Co., 

 New York, Mr. Sperling is I'amiliar to, 

 fis 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 larg(> 

 suj)ply of choice roses, new stock. The 

 roses are esjiecially good for hot weather 

 and showed no ill effects from shijiping. 



.1. Valkenhurg, who has been in charge 

 of Vaiiglian's Nurseries, at Western 

 Springs, 111., for fifteen years, has signed 

 a contract for three years as general 

 manager of Rock's Gardens ami will as- 

 sume full charge next week. He also 

 has taken an interest in the cninpany. 

 They are cutting 1,000 gladioli a day. 

 also asters, scabiosa, bud<ilria. ager.atuin 

 and zinnias. 



T. J. Null, 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 liren cutting 

 sweet peas all summer. He has taken 

 the glass out of one house and the plants 

 are practically outdoors. 



Roses are l)eing jtlanted in iIjc iu w 

 greenhouses at Longview Tarm. 



M. F. (barter, manager of the W. 1,. 

 Rock Flower Co., has r. •turned from 

 Nevada, Mo., where the Seventli Rejri 

 nient was in cainj) two weeks. 



Mr. and Mrs. T. .F. ('aiie, ot the I'eter 

 son Floral Co., are spending the summer 

 at their country jilace, near Littl.' Hliie. 

 twenty-five miles from fnwii. Mr. ("am 

 drives in every d;iy and Mrs. ("ane is in 

 for two weeks, as Miss .M. iMirkop is on 

 her vacation. 



Miss Mary Zeigler, of tlo- W. L. Kock 

 Flow(>r Co., is visiting lier sister at 

 Oklahoma City. Arthur ^Mohr is s].en.l 

 ing Lis vacati(»n in Denver. Mrs. M. 

 Brown is back after two weeks' r(^st at 

 home. 



Tucker Smith .and 1'. A. M:tn-i,n, of 



WHO'S WHO Zlll AND WHY 



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SYDNEY H. BAYERSDORFER. 



THE son of the senior member of the firm of 11. Baveisdorfer & Co. lias 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 sujiplie.s 

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

 tions j)ermitted after the war, he went to Eurojie to gather what stocks he could 

 there, following the trails where his father had made himself welcome in other 

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

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

 duced here he is seen jiackiug baskets in P'urope 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 Liiipman automatic refrigerating 

 machine of the T. .7. Noll Floral Co. is 

 being installed. Mr. Noll has had a pipe 

 install(Ml to supi)lv drinking water. 



W. L. R(.ck will attend the Clevel.-iud 

 convention. 



Mrs. K. IT. Hedges returned July 31 

 from :i week's visit at St. Joseph, Mo. 



Miss Mamie Klein, of A. Newell 's 

 shop, is home after two weeks' vacation 

 .■it Color.ado Springs. 



When the Fidelity National Hank \- 

 Trust Co. moved into the building at 

 Ninth anil Walnut streets, officials found 

 a barren sji.ace between the street and 

 the Ninth street side of the building. 

 They utilized the spot and made it a 

 ]>lace 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 .iob. 



L. H. Archias and daughter stopped at 

 Kansas City on their way home to Se- 

 d.'ilia. They have been in'California for 

 the last two or three months. 



Afr. and Mrs. L. R. Bohannon. of the 

 Kansas City Wludesale Cut Flower Co., 

 spent July L'9 at St. Joseph, Mo. 



^liss Rtdieii.a I'aiilkner, of the Apollo 

 l'"lowoi Shop, has r<'tiirned after a 

 month's visit with relatives in New 

 York. 



The Muehlebadi I'lower Shop ha,-* 

 bought some real (Miiiiest> novelties, in- 

 cluding carved stone vases and sandal- 

 wooil incense. Their Rusk in ware is 

 selling well. Parchment lamj) shadc.<» 

 are sold out and Mr. Neff has ordered 

 more. The wludesale busin(>ss in or- 

 gandie flowers is grow in^. ,\ 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. VA. A. Humfeld left 

 August 12 for their farm in the Ozarks. 

 to remain two weeks. While tlo'V are 

 away Mrs. Fdith Ridierts will take care 

 of their retail store. 



Mr. .and Mrs. C. F. Thomas, of th.- 

 Rosery, are home from their California 

 trip. They stopped at Denver, Colorado 

 Springs and Salt Lake City. Mr. Thom.a:- 

 brought home some mountaiu barlev 

 from Catalina island and ordered a ship 

 ment of strawflowers. 



Henry Kusik & Co. are , doing goo-i 

 summer business. .). E. K. 



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