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The Florists' Review 



May 21, 1914. 



want the real artiole, aeffl get it. He 

 has the right idea — he sells what he can 

 and he looks and works for better 

 thipgs. No florist should offer artificial 

 stock where flowers would »b^|^«giit if 

 shown. • ,_ ^..- , ' *■" "'/' ' 



BOtf VOYAGE TABLE DECORATION 



An exceedingly valuable as well as 

 novel table decoration is that shown 

 in the illustration on this page. It was 

 furbished for a bon voyage party given 

 reciently at the Virginia hotel, Colum- 

 bus, O., in honor of two society women 

 who were shortly to sail for Europe 

 on the steamer Eotterdam. A minia- 

 ture reproduction of this vessel formed 

 the; center of the decoration. This min- 

 iatiire steamer, the property of the Hol- 

 land-American line, and at the time tem- 

 porarily in Columbus for display, is se.ven 

 feet in length and valued at $2,300. 

 Canvas, hand-painted in water colors, 

 represented the ocean waves on which 

 the: steamer rode. Killarney ros(es, mar- 

 guerites and asparagus ferrf :\^ere the 

 floyrers used on the table. Miniature 

 steamer trunks, labeled with the name 



A TEXAS LEAQUEB. 



The florists at the Texas convention 

 passed a resolution thanking The Re- 

 view for its efforts and cooperation in 

 our work of organizing. Personally, I 

 think the issue of May 7 is the most 

 attractive issue ever published since 1 

 have been taking the paper. 



L. J. Tackett, of the Southwestern 

 Horticulturist, has been appointed 

 press reporter of the Texas Florists' 

 Association, and I hope that you will 

 t^ke the matter up with him immedi- 

 ately^ as he. will from time to time send 

 you news items. 



We had a most euthysiastic meeting 

 in Waco, and we feel that we have a 

 great field before us. 



We ask your cooperation, and hope 

 that you will give all news items as 

 much publicity as possible. 



R. C. Kerr, 

 President Texas Florists' Association. 



MANDA CASE REMANDED. 



A claim by W. A. Mauda, Inc., 

 against the United Express Co., for 



that the car in which the shipment' in 

 question was made contained a stove, 

 and that one of the plaintiff's em- 

 ployees accompanied the plants, pre- 

 sumably for the purpose of keeping a 

 fire going in the stove, and that the 

 connecting railroad company which was 

 to haul the car containing the stove re- 

 fused to attach it to a passenger trkin 

 if a fire was kept burning in the stoVe; 

 that Manda was notified of this fact, 

 and authorized the fire in the stove, to 

 be dumped, and the car sent forward 

 without a fire being kept up in the 

 stove. It is difficult to understand upon, 

 what theory this oflfer of proof of liu- 

 thority given by Mr. Manda in respect 

 to a matter seemingly so material to 

 the plaintiff 's "i^ht to recovery of dam- 

 ages for the freezing of the plants in 

 question was rejected by the court. We 

 think the court fell into error in so 

 doing. Finally, from the mere fact 

 that th-e plants were injured, even on 

 the case which was permitted to be 

 put in evidence by the court, it did iiot 

 necessarily follow that the defendant 

 company was responsible. It was for 



Steamer on the Ocean Waves in a Bon Voyage Table Decoration by the Livingston Seed G>., Columbus, Ohio. 



of the boat and also with the names 

 of the guests, were given as favors. 

 The man who conceived and carried 

 out this decoration was F. M. Browne- 

 well, decorator for thcrj-iivingston Seed 

 Co., of Columbus, 0. * * 



DIVIDING U. S. ROUTES. 



Competition am</ng the express com- 

 panies to get the railroad contracts 

 which wilt be relinquished July 1 by the 

 United States Express Co., it is said, is 

 keen, notwithstanding the expected in- 

 jury to be done the express business by 

 the parcel post. vVhen the United 

 States express liquidates it will throw 

 open several railroads, among which are 

 the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the 

 St. Louis & San Francisco,- the Balti- 

 more & Ohio and the Lehigh Valley. 

 These lines are said to represent the 

 cream of its businisss. The Wells-Fargo 

 and the American are expected to 

 divide the business, the American con- 

 cern getting the eastern and the Wells- 

 Fargo the western. The Frisco busi- 

 ness may go to the Adams. 



damages sustained through the freezing 

 of a carload of plants shipped from 

 Orange, N. J., to Boston for exhibition 

 at the National Flower Show of 1911, 

 was recently before the New Jersey 

 Court of Errors and Appeals. The 

 plaintiff's contention at the trial was 

 that the transportation of its plants by 

 the car shipment in question had been 

 unreasonably delayed by the express 

 company, and that the car had not been 

 kept properly heated during the jour- 

 ney to Boston, and, because of this, as 

 well as the delay, the plants had been 

 frozen and damaged. The trial judge 

 directed the jury to return a verdict in 

 plaintiff's favor for $710, and the ex- 

 press company appealed to the Court 

 of Errors and Appeals, which reversed 

 the judgment on the grounds that the 

 judge should have left the question of 

 the amount of damages to be deter- 

 mined by the jury, and that certain evi- 

 dence offered on the part of the ex- 

 press company was improperly ex- 

 cluded. On the latter point the Court 

 of Errors and Appeals said: 



"The defendant also offered to prove 



the jury to say, under the circum- 

 stances in evidence, as to the manner 

 the plants were taken and loaded by 

 the plaintiff from its greenhouse to 

 the car at Orange while the plants 

 were in its custody and care, and their 

 subseque^it unloading and transporta- 

 tion by the plaintiff at Boston to the 

 flower show there, whether or not the 

 injury complained of did not occur on 

 those occasions, while the property was 

 in plaintiff's own possession." 



In concluding its opinion, the court 

 adds this significant statement: 



"Important questions relating to the 

 construction of the federal interstate 

 commerce law may arise upon a retrial 

 of the issues, when the additional evi- 

 dence which we have held to be admis- 

 sible shall come in. It would, we think, 

 be premature and unwise to attempt 

 now to anticipate them. ' ' S. 



Fessenden, N. D.— Geo. T. Seymour 

 has taken over the Fessenden Green- 

 house, formerly run by Richard Olson, 

 and is supplying the local demand for 

 bedding and garden plants. 



