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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 10, 1921. 



was it'turning from a trip to California. 

 Shortly after the train left Albany lie 

 conijilained of feeling faint and s()on 

 after fell asleej), passing away in his 

 berth on the Pullman car. Mrs. C'hilds 

 and a son were in waiting at the Grand 

 Central Station to meet him before 

 learning of his death. 



A large sign over the store of the 

 MiicNiif Horticultural Co., ')2 Vesey 

 street, announces the removal, about 

 May ], to the .'j-story building at 19(5 

 (Jreenwicli street, not far from the 

 |)resent location. 



A jiarty of about twenty of the mem- 

 bers of the New York and New Jersey 

 Plant (irowers' Association made a pre- 

 Easter inspection trip among the New 

 Jersey growers Tuesday, March 1, finish- 

 ing the day with a dinner at the H«maii 

 (iardens, Hackensack, N. J. 



Visitors in New York last week were 

 Prank M. Johnson, Eric Johnson and Mr. 

 Olsen, of the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago. 

 The Johnsons ex])ected to leave New 

 York March 12 for New Orleans. 



In the list of new incorporations ])ub- 

 lished last week was that of James 

 Mallon's Sons, retail florists of Brook- 

 lyn, with a capital of $;'),000. The incor- 

 l)orators named were M. J. King, H. C. 

 and H. M. ]*all(.n. 



The Edward T. Bromfield Seed Co. is 

 the name of a new concern which has 

 located at Garden City, L. I., and is 

 sendiivg out a catalogue and other liter- 

 ature to the amateur field. Its advertis- 

 ing pieces so far seen are distinctive 

 through their originality. J. H. P. 



AT CHAMP CLARE'S FUNERAL. 



That the sending of flowers for -fu- 

 nerals has not lost favor with the pub- 

 lic was most elotjuently expressed at 

 the funeral of Champ Clark, ex-speaker 

 of the House of Re{)resentatives, in 

 Washington, D. C, last week. 



Mr. Clark's death occurred March 3, 

 just on the eve of inauguration. It 

 seemed peculiarly significant, as it 

 came just at the end of his many years 

 of service in Congress. Mr. Clark was 

 not reelected last November, having 

 gone down with the Republican land- 

 slide. 



Owing to the prominent part which 

 he has always taken in politics, before 

 Congress, his loss was deeply felt. His 

 body was placed in the chamber of 

 the House of Representatives, where it 

 lay in state for the eulogistic cere- 

 monies which are accorded a man of 

 his caliber.- The bier was j)laced in 





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front of the rostrum. Back of it was 

 an arrangement of palms furnished by»^ 

 the United States Botanical Gardens. 

 A casket cover made of roses, violets 

 and orchids was thrown over the end of 

 the casket. 



A great many floral tributes were 

 sent hy officials, organizations and per- 

 sonal friends. The most pretentious 

 piece was one sent by the Missouri dele- 

 gation of Congress, a photograph of 

 which is shown separately. This was 

 made by Z. D. BlackistOne, Inc., of 

 Washington, D. C. 



GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION. 



The New England Gladiolus Society 

 is completing plans for the se(;ond an- 

 nual exhibition, which will be held in 

 conjunction with the gladiolus exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society in Horticultural hall, Boston, 

 Mass., Saturday and Sunday, August 

 13 and 14. 



The organization is directed by the 

 following officers: President, Charles 

 F. Fairbanks; vice-presidents, S. E. 

 Spencer and John Zeestraten; treasurer, 

 C. W. Brown; secretary, Robert R. 

 Walker. The executive committee is 

 composed of S. E. Spencer, Jelle Roos 

 and A. L. Stephen. Robert W. Walker, 

 B. J. Norley, Arthur Hans and Herbert 

 W. Hayes are members of the exhibition 

 committee. F. H. Goodwin is auditor 

 for the association. 



HINT FOR SEAPORT FLORISTS. 



"These florists are sure lucky fel- 

 lows," says the Oakland, Cal., Enquirer, 

 "for they have found a new use for 

 flowers. Recently, when a large ship 

 was launched it was christened with a 

 bouquet of flowers in place of breaking 

 the customary bottle of wine. Probably 

 one reason for 'using flowers now is to 

 conserve the diminishing supply of pri- 

 vate stock.'" 



TULIP STEMS SHRIVELED. 



We have mailed you a box of tulips 

 and ask you to advise us what is wrong 

 with them. The stems have become 

 shriveled. C. K.— Mont. 



The tulips appear to have been grown 

 in soil that is entirely too rich and to 

 have been forced too rapidly. M. P. 



Wreath at Funeral of Champ Clark. 



Hartford, Conn.— Ernest M. Smith, of 

 the East Hartford Gladiolus Co., 

 l)!anted 1,000 bulbs, February 17. They 

 were put in open ground. This is the 

 earliest jiianting rei)orted here this 

 year. 



Pontiac, Mich. — The Chase Flower 

 Shop is the name of a retail store which 

 opened here March 1. V. H. Mc- 

 Claughry is manager of the establish- 

 ment. The greenhouses are known as 

 the Clarkston Greenhouses and are lo- 

 cated at Clarkston, Mich. 



Crawfordsville, Ind. — The florists ' 

 business of the McDonald Co. has been 

 sold to A. P. Morris and C. W. Jack, 

 owners of the Morris & Jack Lettuce 

 Farm. A. H. Nehrling, president of the 

 old company, will .leave for Florida 

 about April 1 and, on his return, will 

 take charge of the commercial course in 

 floriculture at Cornell university. Miss 

 Jessie Campbell, who was with the Mc- 

 Donald Co. for twelve years, will be, re- 

 tained by the new firm as store man- 

 ager. 



