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December 24, 1914. 



The Florists' I^view 



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is no limit to the business that can be 

 done. 



Location counts for little. It is as 

 easily possible for the florist in the 

 sinall town to do a business that covers 

 a dozen states — or the whole country — 

 as it is for the one who is located in a 

 big city. Indeed, in many respects the 

 small town florist has the advantage. 

 It isn 't a question of situation — it de- 

 pends only on ambition and the ability 

 to grow good stock. 



But to realize the necessary profit the 

 most effective selling means must be 

 employed. 



their store there are some fine bushes 

 of English holly, poinsettias, cyclamens 

 and Lorraine begonias. The lighting 

 scheme in the window display is one 

 of the prettiest ever arranged by Chas. 

 F. Edgar, who has made Barr's win- 

 dow displays famous. H. K. R. 



Whites, hyacinths and freesias exten- 

 sively. His paper was one of the best 

 ever presented to our club. Chas. B. 

 Herr, Strasburg, read a paper on ' * Car- 

 nations, " covering the period of time 

 from lifting in the field to the present 

 date. Mr. Herr is one of the most suc- 

 cessful growers in the eastern United 

 States and his remarks were most in- 

 teresting. 



The nomination of officers for 1915 

 resulted as follows: President, B. F. 

 Barr; vice-president, H. B. Weaver, 

 Bonks, Pa.; secretary, Lemar S. Landis; 

 treasurer, Harry K. Rohrer. 



I. Rosnosky, of the Henry F. Mich- 

 ell Co., Philadelphia, was present and 

 spoke on the general business outlook. 

 The banquet committee has secured the 

 Brenneman building, where, January 21, 

 our annual banquet will be held. At 

 1 p. m. on that day the club members 

 will journey to Strasburg by trolley to 

 visit the establishments of Chas. B. 

 Herr and Amos Rohrer. If time per- 

 mits, E. W. Kohr's houses will also be 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Last week's market displayed the 

 usual indifference preceding Christmas. 

 The supply continued large and steady 

 and easily took care of the rather or- 

 dinary demand. From present reports 

 the supply of roses and carnations for 

 the Christmas business this week will 

 be large. The rose supply is holding 

 up nicely and includes many offerings 

 of good quality. American Beauties are 

 alsp in good supply. The carnation 

 cut is large, but for several days they 

 have met with an indifferent demand. 

 Poinsettias are in large supply and 

 the stock is of a high quality. Re- 

 ceipts in lilies, valley, orchids, violeta 

 and narcissi aie large. Other offerings 

 include callas, Roman hyacinths, wall- 

 flowers, primulas and forget-me-nots.. 

 The supply of greens is abundant. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Mulford, of Lebanon, O., is at 

 the Seton hospital, in this city, having 

 undergone an operation for cancer. 



Visitors include Walter Gray, Hamil- 

 ton, O.; E. J. Fancourt, of Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia; Joseph Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind.; Fred Rupp, Lawrence- 

 burg, Ind., and Miss FaHnie White, Lex- 

 ington, Ky. 



Miss Edith Kyrk's window decora- 

 tions catch the eyes of the holiday shop- 

 pers and are among the prettiest in the 

 city. C. H. H. 



OBITUAEY. 



inspected. At 6:30 p. m. the dinner will 

 be served in the Brenneman building 

 and followed by bowling, etc. We shall 

 be pleased to have any neighboring 

 florists join with us, sending their 

 names to our secretary. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel- 

 phia, sent new carnations to be shown, 

 but unfortunately these were delayed. 

 They were shown the following day at 

 the store of B. F. Barr & Co. The va- 

 rieties were Dorner's Pink Sensation, 

 Good Cheer, and the beautiful pink, 

 Mrs. Akehurst. 



Various Notes. 



At the recent dinner given by the 

 Hamilton club to Lieutenant-Governor 

 Frank B. McClain and Senator Pen- 

 rose, Harry A. Schroyer furnished the 

 decorations, which were elaborate, con- 

 sisting chiefly of American Beaiuty 

 roses. 



B. F. Barr & Co., at the recent open- 

 ing of Lancaster's new Hotel Bruns- 

 wick, had beautiful decorations. At 



Mrs. Jessie S. Moss. 

 Mrs. Jessie S. Moss, founder of the 

 Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, at 

 Huntsville, Ala., one of the first of its 

 kind in the country, died at Huntsville, 

 December 17, at the age of 79. With 

 the late Maj. W. F. Heikes, for njany 

 years manager of the concern, she built 

 up one of the largest nursery estab- 

 lishments in the country. She is sur- 

 vived by one son, Milton Moss, who 

 is widely known in the nursery trade. 



Joseph Snyder. 



Joseph Snyder, who conducted a rer 

 tail business at 594 Tenth avenue. New 

 York, died Friday, December 18, of con- 

 sumption. He is survived by his wife, 

 who will continue the business. 



A. Dennison. 

 A. Dennison, formerly a fiorist at 

 Brockport, N. Y., died at the General 

 hospital, in Rochester, N. Y., on Satur- 

 day evening, December 12, after under- 

 going two serious operations within the 

 last three months. 



Baldwlnsville, Mass. — A greenhouse, 

 50x100 feet, is being erected for Her- 

 bert S. Morley. 



Allentown, Pa. — The contract for the 

 city greenhouse was awarded at the last 

 meeting of the council to the Lord & 

 Burnham Co., of Philadelphia. The 

 items were as follows: Greenhouse 

 superstructure, $460.17; greenhouse 

 glass, $124.20; glazing material, $19.94. 



