July 31, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



ley, Biedel & Meyer, will spend his two 

 weeks' vacation with his family in 

 northern New Jersey. Louis Enne, of 

 Flushing, one of this firm's growers, 

 spent several days last week fishing 

 with Mr. Biedel in Long Island sound, 

 near Port Washington. 



The representative of The Review 

 called at the new establishment of Wert- 

 heimer Bros, and was really astonished 

 at some of the innovations shown. He 

 was particularly impressed with the 

 beautiful show rooms and the original 

 show-case arrangement for displaying 

 complete lines of merchandise without 

 the slightest handling. The lighting ar- 

 rangements are unsurpassed, natural 

 light being had on all four sides of the 

 building. After going through the es- 

 tablishment, he made a trip to the roof, 

 which is fitted up with shower baths for 

 both ladies and gentlemen. From there 

 a view of the surrounding country 

 stretches out for many miles, with the 

 wooded section of Long Island in the 

 dim distance. Sydney Wertheimer has 

 just returned from Europe. 



Miss Broder, bookkeeper for Lion & 

 Co., enjoyed her two weeks' vacation 

 in the Catskills. 



Louis Goodfriend and Elbert O. Stein, 

 of San Francisco, were in the city last 

 week visiting the retailers, Messrs. 

 Schling and Stumpp. Mr. Goodfriend is 

 the western agent of Wertheimer Bros. 



Henry Van Gelder, president of P. 

 .Tones, Inc., Chicago, was a recent visit- 

 or and spent the week end at Atlantic 

 City. 



John J. Foley has moved to the cor- 

 ner store at 230 Bowery, at Prince 

 street. His residence and greenhouses 

 are at Madison, N. J. 



Convention days are near. H. A. 

 Bunyard and his transportation commit- 

 tee have made every arrangement for 

 the comfort of the travelers, including 

 a special car. There should be no delay 

 in securing bertlis. A goodly number 

 have already decided to attend. 



M. J. Galvin's new building, at Forty- 

 sixth street and Fifth avenue, is rap- 

 idly nearing completion. It will be a 

 handsome store and a notable addition 

 to the florists in this aristocratic section. 



E. W. Newbrand, of the F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown, has returned from a 

 visit to his parents at Webster, N, Y. 



Oscar Lion, of Lion & Co., has re- 

 turned from his European trip and says 

 he will have some of the latest novelties 

 in ribbons, and several surprises for the 

 trade at Minneapolis. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUABY. 



Jacob Cramer. 



Jacob Cramer, for many years a well- 

 known figure in the trade at Eochester, 

 N. Y., died July 25. He had been in 

 ill-health for some time; recently he 

 was taken to Dr. Lee's hospital and it 

 was there that he died from typhoid- 

 pneumonia. He was 42 years old, and 

 is survived by his wife, his mother and 

 three brothers. Mr. Cramer had an al- 

 most life-long connection with the flo- 

 rists' business. For nearly twenty-five 

 years he worked for J. B. Keller Sons 

 and for another five years he was with 

 Salter Bros. 



Waterbury, Conn. — A. 8. Nodine, who 

 was operated on for a tumor at Mt. 

 Sinai hospital, New York, July 12, is in 

 quite a favorable condition. * 



Superior, Neb. — Binding 's Green- 

 houses, at Hardy, Neb,, have been torn 

 down and a new range, under the same 

 name, is being built here. 



Scranton, Pa. — The florists of this 

 city are closing Thursday afternoons 

 during July and August, to give their 

 employees a half-holiday during the 

 hot season. 



Columbus, O.— The Graff Bros. Co., 

 of this city, has been incorporated to 

 do business in flowers, seeds, trees, etc., 

 with a capital of $2,500. The incorpo- 

 rators are Theresa Flynn, Ben Plynn, 

 Charles H. Wheeler, Edward L. Taylor, 

 Jr., and Nathan Gumble. 



Bluffton, Ind. — Dillon Myers has 

 leased the interest of Mr. and Mrs. A. 

 L. Myers in the business of Myers & 

 Co., for one year. Mr. and Mrs. Myers 

 will leave for the west August 15, to 

 spend the year at Portland, Vancouver 

 and other Pacific coast points. 



Evansville, Ind. — The Evansvill^ 

 Floral Co., which was recently declared 

 insolvent, has closed up affairs by a 

 settlement with its creditors and has 

 been reorganized with a capitalization 

 of $500. The incorporators are Adolph 

 Winter, Paul H. Schmidt and E. V. 

 Hitch. 



Birmin£;ham, Ala. — .Tohn A. Lambert 

 has sold his interest in the McVay 

 Seed Co. and resigned his position as 

 manager of the company 's flower de- 

 partment. He is now conducting an 

 up-to-date store of his own two doors 

 below the McVay Seed Co., at 2014 

 First avenue. 



Muncle, Ind. — The greenhouses at 

 1124 South Jefferson street froze up on 

 last winter's tenant and there was prac- 

 tically nothing doing in the way of 

 business until Joseph L. McKinley took 

 it in hand. Mr. McKinley is making ex- 

 tensive improvements and everything 

 is beginning to look fine. He will do 

 business as the Southside Floral Co. 

 G. I, Wunderlin, former grower for 

 the Muncie Floral Co., has taken charge 

 of the growing end. 



Pierre, S. D. — Fire, fiood and drought 

 in the last eighteen months have been 

 the lot of Herbert D. Enoe, proprietor 

 of the Capitol Greenhouse. The city 

 has provided neither protection against 

 floods nor an ample water supply, and 

 what outside stock was left after last 

 season 's disastrous flood has been 

 killed by the driest June weather the 

 region has known. Mr. Enoe, however, 

 is still courageously keeping up busi- 

 ness, hoping for better times. 



Olen Bidge, N. J.— Axel N. G. Stan 

 ley, whose florists' shop was one of 

 those in the Glen Ridge stores building, 

 which was damaged by fire July 11, 

 has been arrested and charged with set- 

 ting fire to the building. The fire was 

 discovered in the basement under his 

 store at 2 o'clock in the morning by 

 Mr. Stanley himself, who had been un- 

 able to sleep and went out for a walk. 

 The damage to the building was about 

 $4,000. Mr, Stanley's store was in- 

 sured for $1,500. 



Springfield, HI.— David Allchin, 125 

 North Columbia avenue, who has been 

 in the florists' trade for over twenty 

 years, has leased the establishment of 

 E. Beonett. 



Miflville, N. J.— Mrs. Ralph Parent 

 has purchased from Mrs. Willis Hender- 

 son the lease of her greenhouse planl^ 

 for three months. Mrs. Henderson will 

 continue her business at 507 East Oak 

 street. 



Charles City, la. — The Perry Florists' 

 Association of southern Minnesota and 

 eastern Iowa met here July 22 to 24, 

 Several of the delegates were enter- 

 tained at the home of Mark H. Wether- 

 bee. 



West Boylston, Mass.— Charles Potter 

 is to build an addition to his greenhouses, 

 to replace a smaller one that is now 

 being razed. The addition will be 30x90 

 feet and is to be planted with carna- 

 tions. 



Sedalia, Mo. — Work is progressing 

 well on the new greenhouses of the 

 Archias Floral Co. The company's car- 

 nations and asters in the field were con- 

 siderably damaged by the hot weather, 

 but the recent rains are helping them 

 now. 



Wooster, O.— F. H. De Witt & Co. are 

 building a range of greenhouses on 

 Wayne street and will remove the 

 houses on College avenue to the new 

 location. The new house will enable 

 them to considerably extend their 

 wholesale business in geraniums and 

 pelargoniums. 



Toledo, O. — Bids have been asked for 

 the property of the Perennial Gardens 

 Co., consisting of five greehhouses, ma- 

 chinery and five acres of land. The per- 

 ennial ]ilants, of which the company 

 made a specialty, have been disposed 

 of by the receiver, L. M. Friedman, 

 who was appointed about three months 

 ago, and only the plant remains to be 

 sold. 



Cleveland, O. — David Charlesworth, 

 of the firm of D. Charlesworth & Son, 

 has announced his retirement and will 

 turn over the business to his son, 

 Lloyd F. Charlesworth. At the same 

 time the greenhouses which he first 

 established at Euclid avenue and East 

 One-hundred-fifth street twenty-five 

 years ago are being torn down, as the 

 land is now too valuable to be occu- 

 pied by them. The company's houses 

 in South Euclid will furnish its sup- 

 ply- 



Hamilton, O.— Theo. Bock, for twen- 

 ty-seven years engaged in the florists' 

 business in this city, sold his green- 

 houses, with stock, tools and accessories, 

 at auction and will quit active business 

 on account of his health. Three of the 

 five houses and most of the stock were 

 bought by Karl W. Heiser. The plants 

 have been moved to a fine downtown 

 store where Mr. Heiser is now conduct- 

 ing a retail flower and plant business. 

 It is the same room in which he, as a 

 boy. clerked in his grandfather's gro- 

 cery. The greenhouses are being re- 

 moved from Mr. Bock's ground to Mr. 

 Reiser's place south of the city. 



