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The Florists^ Review 



March 10. 1921. 



u.i^ iitiiiiuif: Irom ;i tii|i to ( ';ilit'()fiii;i. 

 sliiiitiv ;:»t>r tlic ti:iiii I. 'ft AlVciny ln' 

 • •iiiii|ilaiiii (1 (it' t'cfliiifi t'liiiit .-iiiil sddii 

 .liter t''il ;islii-|i, |i;issirit; ;i\\;iv in lii^ 

 lifilli oil till- I'lilliiian ciir. M ?-s. ('hilrU 

 :iMi| ;i --(111 Wile ill wiiitiiiu :it tlii' (liainl 

 <'('llti:il Ntlltidll to inert llilll Ix-t'dle 

 le:i III in;: i-t hi^ i|e;it li. 



A l;irj;e -i;;ii ii\el' the stnre ot' the 

 M.icXitr llditiciiltuiiil Co., .">•_' \'esey 

 street, :; !. 'iiiuiiie~^ tile reino\:il, .•ilioiit 

 M;i,v 1. •" the .", vtdiy ImiMino .-.t \\h\ 



< i leellU ill. -tleef, net I'll r I'ldlll tile 



liii'--en! I<ii;iti<ni. 



A |':irT\ (.f ;iliiiiit t\\eiit\ i>\ tlie iiiein 

 liels 111 til' New ^'(ll■k ;illi| New .lersev 

 I'hiiit iTrinei>' AssociMt inn iiijide :i jire 

 h!;i>tei iii--|.ect idii trip iiinoiiy tlie New 

 -leiMv t:ri.\vei> TiH'scJay, Maieh I. finish- 

 in;: tht liny witli :i diniiei- at tlie Koinan 

 'laideii^. H;.ikeii'-a(l\, \..l. 



\'i^itdi^ in New ^'ll^k last week were 

 I'laiik M, .liiliiiMiii, Kric .Icihnsun aiiij Mr. 

 UNen,..! •lie A. !.. Haiidall < '<i., < hica^in. 

 Till' .[nhliMills e.\|iect('il til leave New 

 ^■|lrk Man h 1 L' t'or New ()ileaii>. 



Ill till- list lit' new iiii'or|)(ii :i t inns [iiili 

 lishi.l las; Week was that nt' .lames 

 Malhiii^ ^^niis, retail tlorists nl' Hr<iok 

 l,\ii. with a r-ajiital nt' lit.'i.DOd. The iiieni 

 'liniatnts iiaiiieil Were M . .1. l{iiiy, H. <\ 

 ami H. M. •fallen. 



The Kdwaiil T. Uroiutit-ld Soed Co. is 

 the name nt' a new coiiccni whi(di lias 

 located at (iarden < it\-, I,. I., and is 

 sending out a catalo^iiie and other liter 

 atiire to the .imatenr (iehl. Its advt'rtis 

 iii;> pieces so far seen ari' distiiicti\c 

 through their (iriirinalitv. ,1. H. 1'. 



AT CHAMP CLARK'S FUNERAL. 



That the sending; of flowers for fu- 

 nerals li.is not lost tavor with the piili- 

 lic was most elo(|iieiit ly cxprcsseil at 

 till' fnner.il of ('hamp Clark, cx-sjieakei' 

 of the House of Kcpresciitatives, in 

 Washington, 1). C., last week. 



Mr. Clark's death occurred .March ;'■. 

 just on the exc ol' inau;:nrat ion. It 

 seemeil peciili.'irly si^'iiiHcant, as it 

 came just at the end of his many years 

 of service ill Con^^ress. Mr. ('lark w:is 

 not rei'lected last Novcnilier, lia\in;: 

 ;:()ne down with the Hepulilii'an l;iiid 

 slide. 



Owin;: to t he ■ proniiiient p.irt which 

 he h;is .alw.ays taken in jiolitics. Iiefore 

 • 'oiinress, his loss wiis dee|)l>' felt. His 

 liody was placed in the cli;uiilier of 

 the House of HepresiMit .'it i\ es, where it 

 l;:y ill st.ati' for the eulogistic cere 

 monies which .are .iccorded a m;in of 

 his calilier. The liier w.is jilaced in 



front of tiie rostrum. Back of it was 

 .■111 arraiifii'inent of palms furnished by 

 the I'liited States Botanical (iardcns. 

 A casket cover made of roses, violets 

 ;iiid orchids was thrown oxer the end of 

 the casket. 



A ;:reat many floral tributes were 

 sent by oflicials, orf^aiuzations and per- 

 sonal friends. The most i)retentious 

 piece was one sent by the Missouri dele- 

 ;;atioii of Con^jress, a photograph of 

 which is shown separately. This was 

 made by 7.. I). Hla<kistoiie, Inc., of 

 Washington, I). < '. 



GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION. 



The .New Kngland (iladiolus Society 

 is comph'ting plans for the second an- 

 nual exhibition, wliieli v^ill be held in 

 conjunction with the gladiolus exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Iloiticultural 

 Society in Horticultural hall, Boston, 

 Mass., Saturdav and Suiida\', August 

 i;; and If. 



The orgaiii/ation is directed by the 

 following oflicers: I'resident, Charles 

 F. Fairbanks; \ice-()residents, S. E. 

 S|ieiicer and .loliii Zeestraten; treasurer. 

 C. W. Brown: secretary, Robert K. 

 Walker. The executive committee is 

 composed of S. K. S]iencer, .lelle Koos 

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

 B. J. Norley, Arthur Hans and Herbert 

 W. Hayes are ineinb(>rs of the exhibition 

 committee. F. 11. (inndwin is auditor 

 for the association. 



HINT FOR SEAPORT FLORISTS. 



'•These florists .are sure lucky fel- 

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

 '■for tlicy have found a new use for 

 flowers. Recently, when a large sliip 

 was launched it was <'hristened with a 

 bouipiet of flowers in place of t)reaking 

 the customarx bottle of wine. I'robablv 

 one re;ison for using flowers now is to 

 cniiser\f the diminishing suppiv of ]iri- 

 \ ale stock. 



TULIP STEMS SHRIVELED. 



\\ I- li;i\e m.iiled ynii a box of tulii>s 

 and .-isk ynii 'n ad\ise us what is wrong 

 with tlieiii. The stems hiive liecome 

 shriveled ( K, Mont. 



The fillips ap]iear to ha\e been grown 

 in soil that is entirely too rich .md to 

 lia\f been forced too rapidly. M. P. 



Wreath at Funeral of Champ Clark. 



Hartford, Conn. - Ernest M. Smith, of 

 the Fast Hartford (iladiolus Co., 



planted I, I buibs, February 17. They 



were Jillt in oliell ground. This is the 

 earliest planting reported here this 

 ve;ir. 



Pontiac, Mich. Th.- chase Flowi-r 

 simp i^ the name of :i retail store which 

 opened here .March 1. F. H. .Mc- 

 Claiighrv is manager of the estalilish- 

 nieiit. The greenhouses are known as 

 till' ('l.nkstnn (ireeuhoiises and are lo- 

 cated at I 'larkstnii. Mich. 



Crawfordsville, Ind. The florists ' 

 business rif the McDontild Co. has been 

 sold to A. 1'. Morris and C. W. .Jack, 

 owners of the .Morris & .lack Lettuce 

 Farm. .\. H. Xehrling. president of the 

 old <-oiiiiiaiiy. will leave for Florida 

 about .\pril 1 anil, on his return, will 

 lake charge of the commercial course in 

 floriculture fit Cornell university. Miss 

 .lessie Canii>bell, who was with the Mc- 

 Donald Co. for twelve years, will be re- 

 tainecl by the ni^w firm as store man- 

 ager. 



