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The Florists^ Review 



NovBMBEn IS, 1920 



the liiai'kct Air. Wriss cMily calilt' to 

 aiijircciatc that a well l)alaiiccil sii]i|i|y 

 .is I'.s.sriit ial I'or the sak" to Ijcst ailvaii- 

 tayc of cacli itoiii in tliat sii])|>ly. tSo 

 lie joiiit'il with some of tlioso as.sociatcd 

 with Ills other eiiterjirises and ])oii)j;lit 

 onr ot' .lcisc|i!i Hill's ]il;ices at Hiih- 

 nionil, \vhcr<> carnations are yrown. The 

 Ricliinoinl (Ireeuhouse Co. was orfianizeil. 

 W. .1. Keiinel is jircsident . Air. Wiiss 

 as-'ii'i liecmniiig secretary ;ini| jicneral 

 inanaj,M'i-. The I'esiilent nianau<'r is 

 Lawrence l^ahniann. There are T'lHhii 

 feet of yiass in excellent coiidition. 

 anion^j the varieties lieiii<i' the lar;;cst 

 lil(M-l< of linviicr's l.aildii' that has c\cr 

 Lecn wnrla'(l up. 



Organizing a Coal Company. 



Hut these .are ikjI hy any means the 



total ol' this voun^' man's activities, 



thouj^h they would lie ])lenty for one 



less skilled as a maiiaj,'<r. Coal always 



is near to the first jdace in a trrower's 



thou<,')its and another enert;etie yo\iny; 



man in Maywood had a thoroii<;h knowl- 

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m 



('due of 1 h 



irs 



Premier Rose Gardens, Maywood, III. 



And then, only a few wetdis ago the 

 I]. C. Amlini^ Co., whicli handles all 

 the cut llowers j)ro<lnced by tlie com- 

 jianies with wliitdi Mr. Wcdss is asso- 

 (dateil, needed to enlarge its staff of 

 ollicers, so what could l)e more natural 

 than that Air. Weiss should be drafte<l 

 t'or the job of keeping the stockholders' 

 iiiiuut es book and the seal.' Hix sec- 

 retaryships! Count tliem. Sixl 



Of a Family of Florists. 



It may be that many of those who 

 h;i\r watched the reci'Ut rajiid develoji- 

 iiiciit of the Weiss c()r|>orat ions do not 

 appreciate that he comes of a family 

 ainays up ami doing. Air. Weiss was 

 liorn in Alilwaukec, August 7, 1SS9. Ilis 

 mother was one of the Amling girls, a 

 sistci' of E. C. Amling, of Albert F. 

 Amling and of the late W. II. Anding. 

 That ties him uj) jiretty (dosely with 

 some of the largest florists' interests in 

 the middle west, not to mention his 

 own. In the schools of Alilwaukee the 

 lad received a better than average edu- 

 cation. His first ,iob was as messenger 

 on the Roard of Trad(> there, then in a 

 bank, and at 120 he was ])ri\ate secretary 

 to a banking of1i(dal. It was a business 

 training that was to be of great value. 

 Alany visits were paid to his uncles' 

 l)laces at Alaywood and Chicago and two 

 years were sjient in an a])prent iccshiji 

 in the gre(>nhouses btd'ore he made the 

 start for himself, in IIU 1. 



Always progressive, Air. Weiss is a 

 great belic\er in advertising flowers. 

 He was one of the first to advocate the 

 cooperative jilau of traile jmblicity and 

 all the coini)anies with wdiich lie is asso- 

 ciated are members of the Allied Flo- 

 rists' Association of Illinois. Mr. Weiss 

 himself is an active worker in many 

 trade organizations and is an ardent 

 supporter of the national jiublicity cam- 

 paign. A'ote the "Say It with Flowers" 

 signboard facing the highway in the 

 Premier Rose Gardens picture, lie is 

 just completing a term as treasurer of 

 the Chicago l-'lorists' Club, is a member 

 of the National Growers' Association, 

 the y. A. V. and others. 



At 31 Air. Weiss carries the duties of 

 the secretaryship of six corjiorations, of 

 four of which he also is general manager, 

 but he has time for ideal homo life. lie 

 an<l Airs. Weiss have three children, a 

 boy and twin girls. Their home as well 

 as the general (dlice of the four green- 

 liouso comjianies is on the grounds of 

 the Wciss-Aleyer Co., at Alaywood. 



GOODS TO BE "DELI'TERED." 



A decision id" the Court of Apj)eals at 

 Springfield, AIo., {>robably accords with 

 common understanding in holding that 

 a contract to scdl goods "delivered" re- 

 quires the seller to transport them to 

 the town or city where the buyer lives 

 ami not merely to ]>ut them on board 



Richmond Greenhouse Co., Richmond, Ind. 



