May 27, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



13 



Wedding Decoration by William L. Rock Flower Co., Kansas City, with Peonies as the Principal Flower Feature. 



at 4916 South Ashland boulevard as the 

 New City Florist he ordered a com- 



glete set of fixtures of Buchbinder 

 ros. The store opened May 10. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Springfield, Mass. — The principal se- 

 cured creditors of Sidney A. Saunders, 

 whose petition in bankruptcy was re- 

 ported m last week's Review, are Nel- 

 son F. Higgins and the Third National 

 Bank, of Springfield; their claims are 

 for $3,185 and $360 respectively. There 

 are about fifty unsecured claims, the 

 most important of which are those of 

 Nelson F. Higgins, for $301 ; A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., for $678; 

 Elizabeth Puffer, of Springfield, for 

 $233, and Frank Carter, of Springfield, 

 for $194.57. Mr. Saunders has been 

 operating a store at 150 State street, 

 which he purchased of Mr. Higgins 

 about a year ago. His assets were 

 scheduled as $4,711.64 and his liabili- 

 ties as $6,236.23. 



not be used so freely, and then, again, 

 people see so much of lilies at Easter 

 they want some other big, bold, decora- 

 tive fiower for the spring weddings. 

 In the autumn the mum 'a the thing, 

 but in June there's nothing to com- 

 pare with peonies. 



The decoration shown in the illustra- 

 tion was in the Independence Boule- 

 vard Christian church, at Kansas City. 

 In it there were 1,000 pink peonies and 

 1,000 sprays of pink rambler roses, also 

 300 plants of various sizes and kinds. 

 The posts that were the conspicuous 

 feature of the job were ten feet high 

 and the balls surmounting these posts 

 were thirty-six inches in diameter. It 

 was a unique decoration, well done. 



PEONIES FOB JUNE WEDDINGS. 



What would the decorator do, in the 

 season of June weddings, without the 

 peony f What, for instance, would the 

 William L. Bock Flower Co., of Kansas 

 City, find to take the place of the peo- 

 nies in the accompanying illustration f 

 Lilies f But lilies cost considerably 

 more than peonies, so that they can 



THE FIGHT IN ILLINOIS. 



As each day rolls by without the bill 

 for the licensing of firemen of steam 

 boilers having come up for the final 

 reading in the Illinois house of repre- 

 sentatives, the outlook for a victory 

 for the florists becomes brighter, for 

 greenhousemen throughout the state are 

 in the meantime getting in some good 

 work in their fight on the bill. Among 

 others, J. L. Johnson, proprietor of the 

 De Kalb Greenhouses, at De Kalb, 111., 

 has been busy. Upon his presentation 

 of the matter to an ex-representative 

 of his district, the latter offered his 

 services. He wrote to several influen- 



tial members of the legislature, whose 

 replies, appended herewith, will no 

 doubt be of interest to the workers 

 against the bill. For courtesy's sake, 

 Mr. Johnson withholds the signatures, 

 although he has the original letters, 

 but gives permission for the reproduc- 

 tion of the letters, as follows: 



I beg to acknowledge receipt of your 

 letter of May 17 and to say that I 

 have been doing some work to defeat 

 house bill No. 563, which is now 

 on third reading. It was introduced by 

 our friend Lee O'Neil Browne, and he 

 seems to be interested in securing its 

 passage. However, if I remember cor- 

 rectly, he said he introduced it by re- 

 quest. I find considerable opposition 

 to the bill, and, if possible, we will try 

 to defeat the bill on final roll call. At 

 any rate, I will leave no effort undone 

 to bring about that result, as I consider 

 it a very bad bill. 



Your letter of May 17 regarding 

 house bill No. 563 has my attention. 

 I have known this bill for some time 

 and I do not believe that when it is 

 given daylight it will receive attention. 

 I will do all I can to assist in this 

 matter. 



Your letter of May 17 in regard to 

 house bill No. 563 was received. This 

 bill I consider in the same light as you 

 do, and in my judgment it would be 

 an injustice to a great many who oper- 

 ate plants by steam. I will use my 

 influence to defeat it. 



