Joke 4, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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NEWS NOTES 



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Covington, O. — J. M. Petersime has 

 had a good season in vegetable and bed- 

 ding plants, having closed out all his 

 stock. 



Wyomlssing, Pa. — The large fields of 

 outdoor flowers now in bloom at Bert- 

 rand H. Farr's place attract large num- 

 bers of visitors Sundays and holidays. 



Forth Worth, Tex. — J. E. McAdam, 

 815 Main street, is adding a house, 

 27x200 feet. Mr. McAdam has been 

 much in need of additional space for 

 some time. 



Norwalk, O. — Arthur Doebel says his 

 advertisement in The Review has al- 

 most cleaned him out of stock and he 

 intends growing more, largely for the 

 trade. His specialty just now is rooted 

 cuttings. He has plans for an addi- 

 tional house. 



Deer Park, Ala. — L. H. Bead was ap- 

 pointed postmaster of Deer Park, May 

 26. The drought of six weeks, which 

 has done an immense amount of damage 

 in this vicinity, was broken May 27. 

 Maximum daisies and gladioli, which 

 are grown here extensively, will be late 

 on account of the dry weather. 



Woburn, Mass. — A loss estimated at 

 $12,000 was suffered by Everett E. Cum- 

 mings when fire destroyed his three 

 greenhouses and a barn and damaged 

 his house shortly after midnight on the 

 morning of May 26. Mr. Cummings 

 said he was certain the fire was incen- 

 diary, as it could have started no other 

 way. 



Storm Lake, la. — J. L. Munson, pro- 

 prietor of the Storm Lake Floral' Co., 

 has been surprised at the way cut fiow- 

 ers and bedding plants have been mov- 

 ing lately. Mr, Munson now has 5,000 

 feet of glass and plans to double the 

 size of his range next year, in order 

 to take care of the rapidly increasing 

 business. 



Austin, Tex. — H. B. Beck, president 

 of the Austin Florists' Club, says the 

 heavy rains this spring have made 

 natural vegetation so luxuriant that the 

 florist finds little call for his stock, 

 "but," says he, "the spring will pass, 

 and the florist come back as a public 

 necessity with his line of dependable 

 staples. ' ' 



Columbia City, Ind.— Miss Ruth Stan- 

 ton and Fred A. King, of the new firm 

 of Stanton & King, were married May 

 20. The bride is the daughter of E. A. 

 Stanton, Mr. King's partner. Mr. King 

 was superintendent of the grounds of 

 the Winona Lake Assembly, at Winona 

 Lake, Ind., until he and Mr. Stanton re- 

 cently purchased the North Side Green- 

 houses here from Benjamin Lipman. 



Garrettsvllle, O. — S. C. Templin, in 

 speaking about advertising, recently 

 said: "In successful advertising there 

 are three factors, proper medium, popu- 

 lar goods and honest dealings." In the 

 case of the new pelargonium, Easter 

 Greeting, which he has popularized this 

 season, he has used but one medium in 

 advertising, The Review, so it is easy 

 to place the credit for the orders. He 

 hints that, for the amount spent in ad- 

 vertising, the returns would show up 

 favorably with anything yet reported in 

 The Review. 



UNDfR THE 

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In the words of the New York World, 

 the MacNiff Horticultural Co. probably 

 offers some MacNifficent opportunities at 

 its auction sales. 



Florists are somewhat concerned 

 about the new fashions, reports the St. 

 Paul News, because some of the new 

 blouses do not contain enough material 

 to pin a rose on. 



Attention, Vegetable Growers! 



My neighbor, who is noted for his 

 fine, large stock, says he always praises 

 his cabbages to all who come into the 

 garden. For, says he, it gives them the 

 big head. J. C. G. 



Look Out the Ventilators! 



A high wind was blowing, and in 

 his excitement to get the ventilators 

 lowered, this is the way the foreman 

 got it off: 



"Zoo many windt! Zoo many 

 windt! Peter Peterson, you look out 

 the ventilators." A. E. 



What If She Gave Him Hop Seed? 



A Brooklyn lady recently said to her 

 maid: 



"I don't know what's come over my 

 husband. Instead of starting off for the 

 office cursing and swearing as usual, he 

 went out just now happy and twittering 

 and whistling like a bird. ' ' 



"It's my fault, madam," said the 

 maid contritely. "I got the wrong 

 package and gave him canary seed for 

 breakfast food. ' ' — Southern Merchant. 



Supply and Demand. 



FAIR DANDELION. 

 Golden emblem of redundance, 



Were you 



But few. 

 Rather than of great abundance, 



The fair 



Their hair 

 Would deck with you in selfish mood; 



And then 



With pen 

 Would poets rave and lovers brood 



O'er you, 



So few. — Illinois Advance. 



Then florists in their stores would show 



A few 



Of you. 

 And in their houses thousands grow 



To sell 



As well. 



Where to Send Them. 



Singers to Alto, Ga. 



Bakers to Cakes, Pa. 



Jewelers to Gem, Ida. 



Smokers to Weed, Cal. 



Printers to Agate, Colo. 



The sleepers to Gap, Pa. 



The idle to Rust, Cal. 



Cranks to Peculiar, Mo. 



Poets to Parnassus, Pa. 



Deadheads to Gratis, O. 



Actors to Star City, Ark. 



— The First Assistant. 



And florists to Flowers, Miss.; 

 Floral, Ark.; Floral City, Fla.; Plant, 

 Ark.; Plant City, Fla.; Floral Park, 

 N. Y.; Floradale, Pa., or Flowerfield, 

 Mich. 



Winsted, Conn. — Joseph Durand has 

 opened a store in the Geraty block, on 

 Main street. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Arthur A. Schu- 

 mann, clerk in Judge C. M. Fritz's 

 court, resigned June 1 and will start ar~ 

 store at 714 Center avenue. ' 



Elkhart, Ind.— William and Ella Cur- 

 rier have filed suit against E. A. Skin- 

 ner and F. R. Flynn for $2,000 damages 

 for allegations which the defendants 

 made in a recent suit. These the plain- 

 tiffs declare were untrue and harmful to 

 their characters and business. 



St. Thomas, Ont. — The Horticultural 

 Society of St. Thomas, headed by 

 President Frank E. Bennett, paid a 

 visit to Rochester May 24 to see the 

 lilacs in . Highland park and other 

 things of horticultural interest. The 

 members of the society were the guests 

 of the Rochester park board. 



VaJencia, Pa. — G. L. Curry & Sons 

 are working from daylight to dark try- 

 ing to get out the orders on hand for 

 bedding stock and, from present esti- 

 mates, will not have enough plants to 

 meet the demand. They are going to 

 add to their range this summer and will 

 have, when the additions are completed, 

 triple the present amount of glass. 



Marlon, Ind. — Last year F. M. Mead- 

 ows and wife, Katherine Meadows, be- 

 gan business here under the title The 

 Meadows, market gardeners and florists, 

 growing lettuce in the winter and bed- 

 ding plants for spring sales. Demand 

 having developed beyond their expecta- 

 tions, they now are establishing a gen- 

 eral florists' business, handling cut 

 flowers, designs, etc. 



Astoria, L. I. — H. Pritchard and wife 

 celebrated their seventieth birthday an- 

 niversaries May 24 by giving a garden 

 party. There were a great many guests 

 and the gifts were numerous, including 

 a bouquet of seventy American Beau- 

 ties and another of seventy Victory 

 carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard 

 will celebrate their golden wedding 

 next St. Valentine's day. 



Cleveland, O. — The residence and ga- 

 rage erected for J. C. Pettee, secretary 

 of the J. M. Gasser Co., fronting on 

 the lake, at West One Hundred and 

 Seventeenth street and Lake avenue, has 

 just been completed. Surrounding the 

 large, elaborately-planned house are 

 spacious grounds carefully laid out. A 

 Japanese garden, terraces and a rose 

 garden, 65x120 feet, are features of the 

 grounds, and at one end will be a vege- 

 table garden and orchard, 120x300 feet. 



Princeton, HI. — George H. Jennings, 

 foreman of the Trimble Greenhouse Co., 

 reports that all the glass on the large 

 rose range has been replaced and the 

 crop for Memorial day broke all records 

 since the company began business, not- 

 withstanding the recent hail storm. Al- 

 though the weather was extremely hot, 

 business was exceptionally good all the 

 week. By June 6 the glaziers will have 

 the carnation ranges fully restored to 

 their former appearance and will return 

 to Chicago. The foreman and his force 

 are busy planting carnations and- young 

 rose plants in the benches, so as to be 

 ready for an early crop. 



