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The Flbrists^ Review 



Decbhbeb 17, 1914. 



od is, howcA^r, used to some extent. 

 The quantitjT of each Jiquid va- 

 ries with users. One says dissolve the 

 glycerine in €3 per cent alcohol; an- 

 other says take two parts of the latter 

 to one of the former; still another recom- 

 mends an equal amount of each. One 

 recipe calls for the addition of some 

 oil of amber to improve the odor. From 

 one of the housewifely sex comes the 

 suggestion that olive oil be used as a 

 coating. For any and all of these, 

 linen cloths — old napkins, one suggests 

 — should be used to rub the liquid on 

 ;he glass. 



There are, also, preparations for sale 

 which are rubbed on the glass with a 

 soft cloth or chamois. Acting in the 

 same manner as glycerine, these in- 

 sure clear windows in the coldest and 

 dampest of weather, according to those 

 who make them. Some readers may 

 have already used something of the 

 kind to prevent the fogging of their 

 spectacles or eyeglasses in cold weath- 

 er, and know their worth. 



APPLES AS ATTRACTION. 



When the national apple show came 

 to Spokane, Wash., last month, the win- 

 dow artist of Hoyt Bros. Co. still had 

 An mind the article on timeliness in 

 window displays which had occupied 

 the front page of The Review shortly 

 before. So he set about to produce 

 an up-to-the-minute window, and the 

 decoration shown in the illustration on 

 the preceding page was the result. With 

 the weight of her heaping cargo of 

 apples, the good ship Columbia is list- 

 ing slightly, but whether to larboard 

 or starboard it is hard to state, for 

 the vessel is canoe-shaped. From the 

 rigging hung baskets of flowers, asso- 

 ciating things pleasing to the eye with 

 those pleasing to the palate. Cloth 

 and wax paper in the foreground were 

 used to produce an impressionistic 



his father. He worked most of his time 

 with his father, who is a butcher, and 

 could devote only his spare time to 

 greenhouse ■♦vork. He made the business 

 successful, however, and this last sum- 

 mer built the addition and store that 

 are shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. Although the town has only a 

 population of about 5,000, Mr. Obergfell 

 believes the store will prove a good in- 

 vestment. 



GOTHAM BETAILERS ORGANIZE. 



A number of the prominent retail flo- 

 rists of New York city have formed 

 and incorporated a new association 

 called the Associated Retail Florists, 

 Inc. The first meeting was held at 

 the Hotel Woodward, December 8, at 

 which the following officers were 

 elected: President, Michael A. Bowe; 

 vice-president. Max Schling; treasurer, 

 George E. M. Stumpp; secretary, Wil- 

 liam H. Siebrecht, Jr.; directors, Mar- 

 shall Clarke, Max Schling, George E. 

 M. Stumpp, Michael A. Bowe and Will- 

 iam Burns. 



At the first meeting resolutions were 

 adopted, appealing to the commissioner 

 of labor for his approval for the ex- 

 emption of the florists in the city of 

 New York and their employees from the 

 operation of the rest clause of the labor 

 law, which requires them to give em- 

 ployees twenty-four consecutive hours' 

 rest each week; and also appealing to 

 the industrial board for an order ex- 

 empting florists from the provisions of 

 the said law. 



The following resolutions, showing 

 the spirit of the association toward 

 other organizations, were unanimously 

 adopted: 



Whereu, it is one of the purpones of this 

 organization to promote a more enlarged and 

 friendly Intercourse between retail florUts and 

 Ijorticulturists generally, as set forth In the 

 first article nf the certificate of incorporation, 

 and more fully .set forth in the by-laws, and. 



Whereas, the meml>erH of this corporation be- 

 lieve that tlie true interests of all branches of 



New Store of Frank Obergfell, at Egg Harbor City, New Jersey. 



effect of sea waves. Plants of various 

 kinds formed an effective background, 

 while others were placed in conspicu- 

 ous positions in the front of the win- 

 dow. 



YOUNG NEW JERSEY FLORIST. 



Only two years ago last October 

 Frank Obergfell started in the florists' 

 business, at Egg Harbor City, N. J., 

 with a 30-foot greenhouse erected by 



the trade, including the retail florists, the whole- 

 sale florists and the growers, are Identirnl, nod, ' 

 Whereat, the roiiioration believes that what- 

 ever is for the true benefit of any one branch 

 of the flower business will be for the beoeflt of 

 all, therefore be it 



Sesolved, that this corporation shall, and 

 hereby expresses its Intention, to work In com- 

 plete harmony with the other branches of the 

 flower business, namel.v, the wholesalers and the 

 growers: and further be it 



Resolved, that no Important action for the 

 benefit of the trade generally shall be consum- 

 ninted until the IiIhu thereof shall have i>een 

 Bubniitted fo the other two brnnclK » of the trade, 

 as represented J)y their organizations, and the 



results of their deliberations can be placed before 

 this corporation. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Stumpp, Schling and Kottmiller was ap- 

 pointed to confer with the New York 

 and New Jersey Association of 'Plant 

 Growers, the Wholesale Florists' Pro- 

 tective Association and the New York 

 Florists' Club, and to obtain their co- 

 operation for the passage of an amend- 

 ment to the section of the labor law 

 above mentioned and to exempt florists 

 from the operation thereof. The' mat- 

 ter of closing hours on evenings and 

 Sundays, steamship rates, and many 

 other items came up for discussion and 

 action. 



This new association, which is being 



promoted by the Or-Man Corporation, 



already has over thirty members and 



new applications are coming in daily. 



W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., Sec'y. 



PLANTING IN CEMETERIES. 



Lot Owners' and Florists' Rights. 



It has become the practice for the 

 larger cemeteries to bar florists from 

 doing work for lot owners, the purpose 

 of course being to pocket the profit 

 that comes from the planting of graves 

 and the care of lots. To settle the 

 question whether cemetery companies 

 have the right to enforce regulations of 

 this character, the suit of Gen. R. Dale 

 Benson and 175 other lot owners against 

 the Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia, 

 was given a bearing December 9, before 

 Judge Ralston in Court of Common 

 Pleas No. 5. 



The court was asked to enjoin the 

 cemetery company from enforcing a 

 resolution requiring that all plotting 

 work and floral decoration of graves 

 be done exclusively by gardeners 

 selected by the management. This rule 

 was adopted in November, 1913, and, 

 unless declared void, will go into effect 

 January 1. 



Counsel for the lot owners contended 

 that the resolution was a manifest at- 

 tempt to shut out gardeners employed 

 by lot owners, and if not enjoined, 

 would give the company's florists and 

 gardeners an unwarranted monopoly 

 of work in the cemetery, and result in 

 discrimination against independent gar- 

 deners. 



Testimony was produced to show that 

 the special corps of gardeners favored 

 by the management charge higher 

 prices for their work and, in many in- 

 stances, the lot owners assert, were not 

 as efficient an^ satisfactory as their 

 own gardeners. *^ 



Counsel for the Laurel Hill manage- 

 ment urged the necessity of a strict reg- 

 ulation in the employment of garden- 

 ers for the protection of the entire 

 body of lot owners. Otherwise, he said, 

 there would be undesirable invasion of 

 the cemetery by irresponsible garden- 

 ers, whose work might not conform to 

 requirements. As to the prices for the 

 work desired by lot owners, it was 

 pointed out this would not be to the 

 disadvantage of the complainants, as 

 alleged, but would be entirely regulated 

 according to the quality and extent of 

 the work done. 



TELEGRAPH ORDERS GOOD. 



Secretary Albert Pochelon, of the 

 F. T. D., has sent out the following 

 circular letter: 



In view of the war conditions in 

 Europe there will undoubtedly be an 



