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The Florists^ Review 



Jui.i 24, im 



its iiic('tiii<;', M'itli I'lCsiiliMit W. \V. Cok-s 

 ill tilt' i-li;iir. 'JMu- cuiiiiiiitti't' 's icport 

 w;is rt'ccivod and t'oiH-uiicd in, and tlic 

 c-oniMiittcc was dis(diaij;t'd witli tlianixs. 

 A N'ttri was read fioin 11. T. Jkinics. 

 askiiii^ till- assoi-iat ion to visit his |da<'(i 

 early in < »c-t oIht to \ icw tiic ilaiilia'^. 

 'I'liis ( lianyt' was af^rci'd t(i and the tiiji 

 will ]ir. niadt! in <)rt()ln'i- instead uf Sep 

 toinhcr, as liad Iuh'II at lirst airaniifd. 

 A rcscdnt ion was iiit roilnii'd, jiidposjiii: 

 thai a )Mdition lie sent to tlic S, A. !'. 

 asking that bocly to ado]it some sehenie 

 wlnrcdty an\one who joins a local or 

 yani/atioii may theiidiy also liecoiiu' a 

 tneinlic r of the national society. This 

 i('s<dution was made the >|)eidal oidiT ol' 

 business of tlie Auynst mectiiiir. liy 

 this time it was train time for many of 

 the mend)ers ami the meetinji was 

 brought to a close, everyone fecdiiijj 

 that the day marked a biy, stei» forwarci 

 in the all'airs (d' tlie associiition. The 

 writer wishes to express his personal 

 apl're( iation (d" the courtesies shown 

 and the fair inindediiess of the northern 

 Jndiami bumdi. A. I". .1. iiaui. 



Port Richmond, N. Y. Kie.i (i. ilaw 

 kins, of Staphdon, lia-' moved to this 

 city and is doinji liusiness at the place 

 formerly ()ccu)iicii by Win. Mt I'arland. 



Jamestown, N. Y. .1. D. Woodard. 



who formerly conducted thi' Woodard 



l''lo\ver Shop, .-It Warren. I'a.. i> now a 

 resi<lent ot' this place. 



Washington, la. I'lank T. Wolf has 

 bought an interest in the Keck J'loral 

 < 'o. The now firm will be known as 

 the Ke( k Wolf I'loral < o. and will move 

 tlie ^icenliouses fl'om tin ir present site 

 on West Washington ^tii'Ct to Mr. 

 Wolf's tract (d' two .'iiid a hall' acre- 

 >iMitheast «d" town. 



Dayton, O. - Warren C Matthews, 

 propiii'tor of t!u> Dayton I'loral <'o., has 

 comjdeted ne^otiation> with thi' Kin;,^ 

 < 'oiislriict ion Co. for the con-truction 

 of his new i^rei'iihoii^es. comprisin;f 

 ::.',n(lll fei't of lilass, to leplace the plant 

 winch was d<"-tr(>yed by the tlond thi^ 

 >prin^. We. e\pe(t> to ha\e the work 

 ■ ■omid'.ded in lime to take cure ol the 

 fall bu--ines.s. 



Nashville, Tenn. TIh him ■■i Mc 

 Intyie I'.ro.s. hii> been incorporated a- 

 the Mclntyre I'loral <'o.. cai'itali/ed at 

 ■i-llT.lHiO. The incorjioi alor- are l)an 

 Mclidyre, Thoma.- Mclnl\re. N.dlie 

 Mclntyre and William Mchitsre. In 

 the last ye:ir Mcliityie l!io<. added to 

 th(dr real estate and biiildini:^ to the 

 amount id' about $l'.'j,i'Uii, and the com- 

 pany now plans to be^^in the erection 

 of irreeiihouses next March whi(di will 

 d(nible the pri'sent (•ai)acity of tin- plant 

 and co-t $L'.'.,ObO. 



Muncie, Ind. Souje important 

 chanijes lia\e lieeii madi' ainon;; tlorists 

 of the city as a result of tlie appoint- 

 ment (d' a receiver for the Muncie I'lo- 

 ral ('o. The (lower store formerly owned 

 by the .Muncie Floral (^o., locatecj at the 

 corner (d' Main and Walnut streets, is 

 now known as .Miller's Flower Shop, 

 and has been taken over by Mrs. A. I'. 

 Andrew, formerly .Mrs. Ceortte F. Mil- 

 ler. She has secured the ser\ ice> of 

 Miss Lauretta .Miller, of liulfalo. N. Y., 

 who is an experienceil woman in all 

 phases of the liusine>;s and will have 

 charye of the shop. Claude C. Clark, 

 lonnerly of the Williams k Clark Co., 

 is now inanatjer of the .Mumie Floral 

 Co. and the Miller's (ireenhouse. the 

 two having f.onsolidated. 



The alarm clock went off at 

 four o'clock in the morning. 



"I fooled you that toime,'" 

 said Mike with a grin, "for 

 I wasn't aslape at all.' 



The florist fools himself who 

 thinks there is any w^ay of 

 selling goods in the trade 

 more effective than adver- 

 tising in The Review. Also, 

 it's the most inexpensive way 

 in proportion to results, 



"We arc compU'iel.s sold out and have 

 hiul to ^eiiil mone.v back The Review 

 is. without (ionl)t. tlic best advenisinjf 

 niedium in tlic trade ' .1. (' Hinm 

 -OS Co . SioiiN Citv, la , 'illy \i\. I'M:; 



Review readers aie not 

 asleep. Note tliis: 



"IMea'c tell u.-; conrMicntially what you 



ttdnk of Why doesn t he 



a(lv>-rti>c in Tlic Kc\ icu if lie is (i 

 K.',' ' — Mil mi: 1-"iip|;\i Cm. Farniiinr 

 ton. Itali. July ■, l''l . 



The alarm clock rings in I'he 

 Review oHice at 4 o'clock (p.m., 

 not a.m.) every Tuesday. It is 

 to let everybody know adver- 

 tising forms close for that 

 week's issue in just sixty 

 minutes. 



MontiL-ello, la. ( . L. \ 



Meter i- 



bll^y with the election ol' two lioU^e^. 



Iowa City, la. II. .1. l'aii-( h and liiN 

 wife have returned from a two we(d<-^' 

 \ jvit to Spencer, I a. 



Glen Ridge, N. J.- A lire in the cdlar 

 of .\.xe| Stanley's tlower sho|> .luly II 

 caused damage to the amount (d' several 

 hiindrecl didlars. 



Atlantic City, N. J.- IMans are being 

 made by the .\tlantic Cut Flower Mar- 

 ket to plai'e cut flower stations along 

 the I'.oardwalk and in the hotels. The 

 stations will occupy spaces about five 

 feet sipiare and will be of artistic de- 

 sij^n. constructed entirely of ornamental 

 iiMdal and beautifully decorateil. Space 

 will be rented from liotids and jiroperty 

 owners alont; the lieaidi front. 



OBITUAEY. 



Peter Morel. 



I'(der Morel, of the firm of i' 

 liros.. Scranton, I'a., died of pulm. 

 trouble early in the morning of Ju 

 He h;id been ill for only a few da.\ 

 his friends were greatly shocked i 

 unex}iected news of his death. lb 

 the Junior member of the firm aie 

 been more active than his br 

 Louis, for the last few years i 

 maiiiiging of the selling end of tin 

 ness; hence he had a wide acquain' 

 esjK'cially among the florists o' 

 Lai kawiiniia and Wyoming valley- 

 will be greatly missed in the tra.i. 

 is believed that his characteristi 

 ergy, which persisted almost ti) 

 end, was one of the causes 

 hasteneij his <leath. Contrary t^ 

 ]diy.-sieian 's advice, he arose on > 

 day morning, .luly 12, and left his 

 but was soon compelled to retir 

 bed, ;is his lungs could not endui 

 rajdd heart action which the ex- 

 occasioned. The strain of the inci. 

 heart action (piickly brought on ii 

 matioii of the Inngs, which tool 

 away .Monday morning at 2 o'clo. 



Mr. Morid was of a'genial disp..- 

 aiid was an .-issiduous worker, sjier 

 many hours of eaidi day in his bii.- 

 With his brother, he built up ;i 

 \eeetal le ;nid tlower trade, addo 

 their greenhouses until the ran;:, 

 ered an extensive area. He is sm 

 by hiv wife, his broth. -r, houi- 

 three sisters. 



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Joseph Clarke. 



'he le.-ith ..f tin; well knowi 

 ener, .loseph <'larkc, occurred at 

 luly 13, tk 



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ceased being in his seventy eight I 

 Mr. Clarke, who was of Irish 

 caim> to Anieiic.-i when a youth 

 one(. engaged in horticultural ju 

 His first cliaige was at Canton, 

 but he later moved to Mam 

 -Mass., to design, plant and i-are 

 estate of M. 1,. Higginson, wheri 

 mained until his retirement a lev 

 ago. This estate was the most 

 fully laid out and planted on the 

 ( hu-eits north shore and it was a 

 ending dellL'ht to go over tlu^ be 

 winding walk^ there, viewing tl 

 gardens ami other uniipie fc 

 liock plants, haiily herbaceous 

 lilies and other bulbous plants, n 

 them rare and dillicult of cultur. 

 be seen growing there with a ' 

 abandon, while many choice 

 shrubs and greenhouse jdaiits Wi 

 to be found. Mr. Clarke kne 

 m.ately the jiaiticiilar needs of 

 plants and they seemed to aji) 

 liis kindly attentions. 



I'or many years he was a men 

 the M.'issachusetts Horticultural " 

 showing greenhouse plants and 

 plants at almost every exhibitit 

 acted as a member of the pla 

 tlower committee of the society ' 

 years ago, his knowledge of 

 plants being invaluable to the < 

 tee. The North Shore Horticult' 

 cicdy owed much to him and hi 

 as its first president. He never : 

 a meeting or exhibition until q 

 cently and was lieloved by the 

 horticultural fraternity there, . 

 fact, wherever he was known. 



He was a member of the Gar 

 ntid Florists' C|ub id" lUiston, an 



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