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July 31, 1913. , 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Enjoy Your Trip to Minneapolis, Minn., When You Attend the 

 Convention of the Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists, to be held August 19-22. 



Members of the Society of American Florists and their friends who contemplate attending the above Convention should 

 be sure to take advantage of the splendid features of comfort and convenience provided by the Chicago and Northwestern 

 Line between Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis. 



Your train leaves from the new Passenger Terminal, located on Madison Street between Canal and Clinton Streets, 

 where every modem appointment and travel convenience is afforded to you, and the route of your train lies through the beau- 

 tiful suburban district adjacent to Chicago and through the rich agricultural and dairying region of Northern Illinois and 

 Southern Wisconsin, and on through some of the most picturesque and beautiful scenery to be found in the West for the balance 

 of the distance to Minneapolis. It is the picturesque route by day and the comfortable route by night The smooth, heavy, 

 double-tracked roadbed insures restful sleep and your safety is guarded by automatic electric signals covering the entire 

 distance. 



The Florists' and Horticulturists' Special Convention Train will leave Chicago from the new Passenger Terminal at 

 6:45 P. M., Monday, August 18th, arriving at Minneapolis early the following morning. This train will consist of the very 

 highest class of modern train equipment. All members and their friends should not fail to take advantage of the special 

 appointments provided for them on this train and the splendid opportunity offered them to enjoy congenial [companionship 

 en route. 



Other modernly equipped regular trains leive the new Passenger Terminal daily at 2:.50 A. M., 8:4.5 A. M..- lO-A'vA. M., 

 10:00 P. M. and 10:10 P. M. 



Special care should be given to making sleeping car reservations early, applying to H. A. Gross. General Agent, Pas- 

 senger Department, C. & N. W. Ry., 148 S. Clark St. (Telephone Randolph 4221, Automatic 53-251). Chicago. 



high places" and then had skipped, 

 leaving worthless notes ranging from a 

 few thousand dollars up to $25,000. He 

 has not been caught. The business and 

 store have been taken over by other 

 parties and incorporated with a capital 

 of $500, under the name of the Evans- 

 ville Floral Co. The incorporators are 

 Adolph Winter, Paul H. Schmidt and 

 E. V. Hitch. E. L. F. 



PITTSBUEQH. 



The Market. 

 The florists in general report that 

 the month of July was the best they 

 have had for many years. The demand 

 and supply with the wholesalers were 

 at most times equal. A noticeable fact 

 was that the quality of roses and car- 



Mentlon The Review when yon write. 



nations held up longer and better than 

 heretofore. There is a scarcity of good 

 white asters at the present time. 



Various Notes. 



Everyone in the trade is looking for- 

 ward to a good time at the Florists' 

 Club 's picnic, a boat excursion up the 

 Monongahela river. It will be a real 

 basket picnic. The committee in charge 

 announced that the strongest beverage 

 that will be served will be hot coffee. 

 An elaborate athletic program has been 

 arranged and there will be dancing on 

 the boat and at the grove. The steamer 

 Morning Star will leave the foot of 

 Market street at 9 a. m. Tuesday, Au- 

 gust 5. Tickets to all members in good 

 standing have been mailed by the sec- 

 retary, H. P. Joslin. Extra ones may 



be purchased of any of the wholesale 

 florists, or of the committee. 



The wholesale houses have decided to 

 close their places of business at noon 

 the day of the florists' picnic, to permit 

 their employees to take the train at the 

 Union station leaving at 1:05 p. m. for 

 Coal Valley station. 



J. A. Koenig, with the A. W. Smith 

 Co., a follower of Isaak Walton, will 

 try his luck at the lakes at Edinboro, 

 Pa. Mr. Koenig has a patent lure, his 

 own invention, which he will try on the 

 big muskelonge. 



W. A. Clarke, treasurer of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., and Mrs. Clarke 

 left July 28 on an extensive trip, Yel- 

 lowstone Park being their destination. 



Pittsburgh will be represented at the 

 S. A. F. convention by Fred Burki and 



