JL-Nii 26, 1914. 



The Ffotists' Review- 



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factory merchandise. The making of a 

 flow«r store depends not on one detail 

 onlj^ lMt».«% aik. 



It is w«dlik- iviii^ sttfeiaijl^ that the 

 memory of priea qwigM^MnMSr while 

 the recollection of quatity i)fc«id)Hni£^. 

 A fair price can be charged for cpiality, 

 where inferior ftower» will not pass, 

 even if cheap. 



A SOLDIER'S WREATH. 



For the funeral of Corporal Daniel 

 A. Haggerty, of Cambridge, Mass., the 

 first American soldier killed at Vera 

 Cruz, the Boston Cut Tlower Co., of 

 Boston, Mass., made th« wreath shown 

 in the accompanying illmtrTitiwi, The 

 flowers used were Hadley roses aaoL 

 Double Pink Killarneys, the latter on 

 the inside, and double blue cornflowers. 

 The bow of tricolored ribbon on the 

 right side served as a token of his 

 calling. 



STORE TREBLED BUSINESS. 



Two years ago the Mclntyre Floral 

 Co., of Nashville, Tenn., then known as 

 Mclntyre Bros., opened a store, which 

 in arrangement and design was the most 

 up-to-date in that part of the country. 

 Since the opening the company's busi- 

 ness has rapidly increased, and the 

 records show that in the last eighteen 

 months it has grown to three times its 

 previous size. 



This is the more remarkable because 

 the concern is by no means a young one. 

 In 1862 Daniel Mclntyre, Sr., who had 

 received his training as a gardener and 

 florist in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then 

 came to America to apply it, established 

 a business in Nashville, which included 

 market gardening and the growing of 

 flowers and ornamental shrubbery. He 

 was a master hand with hardy orna- 

 mentals and landscape work, and so 

 never built up so large a cut flower busi- 

 ness as others who gave most of their 

 efforts to that line. Mr. Mclntyre served 

 in the confederate army and while im- 

 prisoned in Nashville at one time was 

 lamed by an accident. 



Upon his death in 1913 his four sons 

 succeeded him. All were trained in the 

 business and each took charge of a 

 separate department. Daniel is foreman 

 at the old range, where William also has 

 headquarters. Thomas has charge of 

 the range built two years ago, where 

 most of the cut flowers are grown. The 

 older establishment is devoted largely 

 to shrubbery and bedding plants. Hugh 

 has charge of the store. The combina- 

 tion of these four makes the business a 

 strong one. 



The production of new, improved va- 

 rieties of plants is a work of much in- 

 terest to the members of this concern. 

 This season they introduced the new 

 geranium, Nashville, and a new vinca 

 at their range is the best variegated- 

 leaved bedding plant I have seen for a 

 long time. F. B. 



LARGE LOSSES FROM HAIL. 



Even if there were no calendar hang- 

 ing on the wall, the editor of The Re- 

 view could tell the time of year from 

 his daily mail. Spring is here, and 

 hail storms are inflicting their annual 

 losses upon greenhouse owners in all 

 parts of the country. Each day brings 

 the record of some grower's loss and a 

 photograph showing the destruction 

 wrought by the storm. Were room 

 given to each one of these photographs, 

 the readers of The Review would see 



Wreath of Hadley and KiUamey Roses and G>railowers. 



but little else as illustrations at this 

 season, and it is for this reason only 

 that each one is reluctantly put aside. 



Frans O. Santheson, manager of the 

 Roswell Floral Co., at Roswell, N. M., 

 lost about one-fourth of his glass in the 

 hail storm of May 26. The loss, how- 

 ever, is covered by insurance in the Flo- 

 rists ' Hail Association. 



In the terrific storm that struck Mil- 

 waukee and vicinity May 31, F. P. Dil- 

 ger, of 418 Pryor avenue, Milwaukee, 

 was one of those who suffered most. Be--' 

 tween 7,000 and 8,000 lights in his 

 houses were broken and his outside 

 stock was badly injured. 



The fact that the houses in the range 

 of Hamilton & Plummer, at Kewanee, 

 HI., run east and west made the loss of 

 this firm much larger than that of those 

 whose houses run north and south. The 

 storm came from the east and as it 

 swept over the house broke the glass on 

 both sides almost completely. 



The Florists' Hail Association meets 

 losses promptly. It is a purely mutual 

 organization of greenhouse owners, run 

 at nominal cost, and every florist not in 

 position to stand a loss without incon- 

 venience should be a member. The sec- 

 retary is .Tohn G. Esler, Saddle River, 

 N. J. 



THE SMITH MEMORIAL. 



A Call for Funds. 



As the committee appointed at the 

 Chicago convention, with regard to the 

 erection of a suitable memorial to the 

 late Willianx Robertson Smith in the na- 

 tional capital, has been, continuously at 

 work since appointment and has decided 



that the monument should take a form 

 useful as well as ornamental, in the 

 shape of a memorial building to the 

 father of our charter, the committee 

 therefore asks that you now send in 

 your subscriptions, addressed to William 

 F. Gude, chairman, 1214 F street, N. W., 

 Washington, D. C, so that the memorial 

 may take tangible form at the earliest 

 possible date. 



The committee trusty that your con- 

 tribution will be a liberal one for thia 

 worthy cause, in order that the florista 

 of the United States may show to the 

 world their appreciation of a man who 

 did so much to promote and uplift our 

 favorite calling. 



Wm. F. Gude, Chairman, 



Richard Vincent, Jr., 



Harry Papworth, 



J. A. Valentine, 



John K. M. L. Farquhar. 



A Note From Mr. Oude. 



In sending the above Mr. Gude writes 

 in part: "The scheme is now definitely 

 settled to have something praetieable 

 and useful erected to Mr. Smith, rather 

 than a stone monument, which Mr. Smith 

 himself never cared for. The committee 

 is extremely desirous of obtaining sub- 

 scriptions. The chairman of the com- 

 mittee will be pleased to receive them, 

 no matter how small, and will give 

 proper receipt for them and place the 

 money in bank at four per cent interest 

 until such time that the memorial can be 

 erected or contract awarded. The com- 

 mittee has hopes of receiving some large 

 subscriptions, but feels that the florista 

 of the United States should show their 

 interest first, before the large contribu- 

 tions are called for." 



