Fbbkuauy 10, 1922 



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porter on the membersliip committee in 

 Mr. Koester. 



Carl Hagenburger gave a report on 

 the Hartford convention. We adjourned 

 late, to meet again the first Monday in 

 March. A. F. F. 



NAUKAM GOES TO BOSTON. 



The executive committee of the New 

 Kngland Florists' Alliance announces 

 that the services of Eugene M. Naukam 

 as secretary have been obtained. Mr. 

 Naukam has had considerable experi- 

 ence in this line of work, having been 

 secretary of the Western New York 

 Florists' Publicity Committee and of 

 the Western New York district of the 

 National Flower Growers' Association 

 for the last two years. The committee 

 feels it has been fortunate in ()btaining 

 a man who has had such experience and 

 believes that with the cooperation of 

 the florists in New England the alliance 

 will prove a wonderful success. It is 

 asked that all those interested in pro- 

 moting the best interest of the florists' 

 trade cooperate in. putting the alliance 

 on a strong foundation. It is expected 

 that Mr. Naukam will assume his duties 

 February 20 and that he will devote 

 most of his time to Boston and surround- 

 ing territory. However, he will con- 

 tinue to handle the western New York 

 work for the next few months. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



The Market. 



Last week was exceptionally slow on 

 the local market, with the exception of 

 Saturday, February 11, when the market 

 experienced one of the old-time rush 

 days. Even though business was good, 

 the market did not clean up, there being 

 an overabundance of white, including 

 carnations, which are moving slowly; 

 narcissi, white roses and hyacinths. 

 Daffodils are becoming a drug on the 

 market and are moving slowly. Good 

 pink and Ophelia roses are much in de- 

 mand, but the supply is not nearly largo 

 enough to take care of the demand. 

 Sweet peas are making their appearance 

 spasmodically, but have been going 

 slowly. Prices have come down slightly, 

 especially in quantity. Calendulas and 

 locally grown valley have made their 

 appearance. Easter and calla lilies are 

 scarce, while a good crop of orchids is 

 to be found at present. Double violets 

 are coming in regularly, but have moved 

 slowly. 



Various Notes. 



George Beban and his company in- 

 vaded Cleveland and put on the flower 

 play, "The Sign of the Eose," at the 

 State theater, while the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club put on a small flower show 

 in the lobby, in conjunction with the 

 play. The florists of Cleveland also 

 were guests of the management one 

 evening during the engagement and, in 

 .■ill, the outcome was a. huge success. 



William E. Pennick, of Woostcr, O.. 

 was a recent visitor. 



Mr. Dixon has opened a new flower 

 store at 4701 Central avenue. 



Steve Bcrthold, of the Cleveland 

 Plant & Flower Co., has returned from 

 a trip to Florida and reports an enjoy- 

 able time. 



James MacLaughlin was called to his 

 home suddenly, on account of the ill- 

 ness of his mother. 



Mrs. Walter Priest has just undergone 



FREDERICK BXJRKI. 



FEBRUARY 19 Frederick Burki will retrospect over a line of milestones that 

 measure seven-tenths of a century. The first of these was laid in Switzerland; 

 there he was born in 1852. Of the others stand out prominently the year that 

 brought him, Ji young man, to this country; then the year 1874, when he engaged 

 for himself in the florists' business at Woods Run, Pittsburgh; the year 1877, 

 marking the removal to Bellevue, his marriage Jind the new business of growing 

 vegetable and bedding plants; 1884, when he purchased more land and conceived 

 the idea of growing solely for the wholesale market, and notably 1898, when he, 

 with W. A. Clarke and T. P. Langhans, organized the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 the first wholesale cut flower commission house in western Pennsylvania. In 1901 

 the smoke of the steel mills demanded that the company move to a large site, 

 twenty miles from Pittsburgh, where today is more than 500,000 square feet of 

 glass. Always in close touch with the company 's affairs, even during the winter 

 months spent at Los Angeles, the able president looks forward to celebrating soon 

 the golden anniversary of his entry into business in Philadelphia and the silver an- 

 niversary of the Pittsburgh Cut ^^owe^ Co. In energetically working in trade or- 

 ganizations Mr. Burki 's executive capacity has been likewise displayed. Chief 

 among the offices he has filled were the presidency of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety and also of the Pittsburgh Florists' Club. 



:\n operation. Latest reports are that 

 she is doing finely. 



Oscar Leistner was a recent visitor. 



The Cleveland Florists' Club is to hold 

 its first monthly dance at Sojack's Danc- 

 ing Academy, I^uclid avenue, February 

 -0. Tlie charge will be nominal. 



W. A. R. 



iliustriitiiig what might be called "The 

 Seven Ages of Man in the Use of 

 Flowers." As this house has an excep- 

 tionally l)eautiful and large lobby, there 

 will also ))e a large exhibit by the va- 

 rious ijrowers. 



The Cleveland branch of the Ohio dis- 

 trict of the National Flower Growers' 

 Association is planning to hold a "Say 

 It with Flowers" week at one of the 

 leadin.g moving picture theaters. This 

 will include a big spectacle or tableau 



FEAR ANTHRACITE DEADLOCK. 



The anthracite coal question is one 

 wliieli looks as if it might prove se- 

 rious for those who are in the habit of 

 laying in their coal in April, May, June 

 or early summer, not knowing how long 

 ;i strik" wiV '^•ontinue if there is one 



