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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 15, 1015. 



ATLANTA, OA. 



The Market. 



Regular summer business is in line 

 now and the demand for flowers has 

 fallen off. The amateur flower growers 

 are getting theirs now, selling on the 

 streets fine bunches of sweet peas for 

 a nickel, and fancy gladioli for 50 

 cents per dozen. Of course this has a 

 tendency to cheapen the better class of 

 commercial flowers, but I think it is 

 not at all harmful to regular florists. 

 As a rule the class of people who buy 

 on the street ordinarily would not think 

 of entering a first-class flower shop; 

 they buy because cheapness appeals to 

 them. 



The vacation peason is now in full 

 swing and nearly everybody is planning 

 a fishing trip to Florida, or quietness 

 and rest in the mountains of North 

 Carolina. 



; Various Notes. 



The Hollingsworth Co. reports some 

 large funeral orders. On one occasion 

 it had enough work to keep all hands 

 going all night long. 



W. C. Lawrence, of the Lawrence 

 Floral Co., has returned from a pleasure 

 trip down to the Keys in Florida. 



The Dahl Co. is making extensive! 

 preparations for the coming season. It 

 has one of the finest ranges of modern 

 houses in this locality. 



The Nunnally Co. has had an unus- 

 ually attractive window this week, con- 

 sisting of dainty basket and rose ef- 

 fects, not overdone; just enough to 

 attract an art lover's attention. 



J. W. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Kalamazoo, Mich.— Garrett C. De 

 Graff, proprietor of the Kalamazoo Flo- 

 ral Co., filed a voluntary petition in 

 bankruptcy July 6. His liabilities were 

 scheduled as $1,170. His assets, all of 

 which were claimed exempt, were placed 

 at $785.69. 



Atlanta, Oa.— P. C. McDuffie, attor- 

 ney, has advised creditors of the At- 

 lanta Floral Co., 97 Peachtree street, 

 that the company finds it necessary to 

 discontinue business on account of the 

 present financial conditions. "It is ap- 

 preciated," he says, "that a receiver- 

 ,ship would be not only disastrous, but 

 would fail to secure for the creditors 

 even a small part of their indebtedness. 

 "The writer has investigated their ac- 

 counts and feels reasonably sure that by 

 diligent effort sixty per cent, approxi- 

 mately, can be collected. As the ac- 

 counts constitute the only asset of the 

 company, we would like to be advised 

 as to whether or not you would be will- 

 ing to consider an adjustment of your 

 account against them for 60 cents on 

 the dollar, payable in cash within the 

 next ninety days?" The heads of the 

 Atlanta Floral Co. are A. Borg and Ivar 

 Erikson. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



C. G. Anderson says that the business 

 of the Minneapolis Floral Co., of which 

 he recently took charge, has been about 

 twenty-five per cent ahead of last year. 

 Planting has been going on until now, 

 as cold weather has been holding things 

 back. 



The Florists' Club expects to have a 

 glorious picnic at Spring park, Minne- 

 tonka, .July 20, at which everybody "will 

 be welcome. ' '• 



WlUlam Catanese. 



William Catanese, a well known flo- 

 rist of Norristown, Pa., died July 9, of 

 pleuropneumonia, after two months' 

 illness. Mr. Catanese was proprietor of 

 the Ceiltury Flower Show, of Norris- 

 town, He did a good business and was 

 well liked in trade circles. He was 

 about 35 years of age and is survived 

 by a wife and three children. The 

 funeral occurred July 12. 



Mrs. Lula A. Macrae. 



Mrs. Lula A. Macrae, wife of John 

 A. Macrae, Providence. E. I., died July 

 4, after an extended illness. She was 

 born in Leaksville, N. C, and was in 

 her fifty-third year. She removed to 

 Providence with her husband nearly a 

 quarter of a century ago and settled 

 on Smith street, where Mr. Macrae 

 located his range of greenhouses. She 

 was always an active helpmate for her 

 husband in his work. She found time, 

 however, to care for her four children 

 — two sons and two daughters — and 



was active in social and religious work. 

 Previous to living in Providence, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Macrae were located at 

 Anthony, E. I. W. H. M. 



Harlan Sargeant. 



Harlan Sargeant, the 19-year-old son 

 of T. B. Sargeant, who purchased the 

 greenhouse business of Walter S. Hall, 

 at Osage, la., early this spring, was 

 drowned in Cedar river, near Osage, 

 June 30. The young man went in 

 swifiiming in the afternoon with a 

 companion. He got beyond his depth, 

 and could not get back, being not a 

 strong swimmer. The stream was swol- 

 len with spring rains and carried him 

 down, beyond rescue by his companion. 

 The body was found about two hours 

 later, when thefe was no hope of resus- 

 citation. 



John N. Laurie. 



John N. Laurie, one of the best 

 known greenhouse builders in New 

 England, died at his home, 245 Point 

 street, Providence, E. I., July 7, after 

 several weelcs' illness. He was for 

 several years in the employ of the Lord 

 & Burnham Co., for whom he visited a 

 number of the states to superintend 

 the erection of greenhouses. 



W. H. M. 



Pr^jrie Pick-ups^^ 



Dickinson, N. D. — Mrs. E. H. Knapp 

 has succeeded Mrs. R. L. Kennedy in 

 the ownership of the Dickinson Floral 

 Co. Mrs. Kennedy is leaving town. 



Hannibal, Mo. — E. A. Hodge, who 

 came here from Terre Haute, Ind., 

 seven years ago and opened a small 

 house, now has 2,600 feet of glass at 

 1126 Fulton avenue. 



Clinton, 111.— The business of the 

 McKeown Flower Shop, in the Edmis- 

 ton building, has been transferred to 

 Earl McKeown 's greenhouses, four 

 blocks south of the hospital. 



Muncle, Ind. — Wm. M. Treffenger, 

 formerly grower for the Riverside Flo- 

 ral Co., has leased the Carnes Green- 

 houses, at 1126 South Jefferson street, 

 which he is operating as the Southside 

 Greenhouses. 



Sterling, HI. — Harry Bent has sold 

 the Sterling Flower Shop, in the Ean- 

 dolph block, to Robert Lundstrom, of 

 the Sterling Floral Co. Mr. Lundstrom 

 will not run the store, but will close it 

 and move the stock to his greenhouses. 

 Mr. Bent is leaving for Iowa. 



Kokomo, Ind. — W. W. Coles has been 

 busy shipping out young rose stock. 

 Bench roses are in fine shape. One 

 house of Mrs. Russell is in prime condi- 

 tion, and the record of the cut showed 

 up well. Hoosier Beauty has taken the 

 place of Richmond. Ophelia is doing 

 well. 



Decatur, 111. — Henry Gerstenkorn has 

 purchased an interest in the Knight 

 Station Nursery, on the St. Louis 

 Bridge road. The concern, operated by 

 Gerstenkorn & Klumpp, will grow hardy 

 stock, perennials and greenhouse plants. 

 Mr. Gerstenkorn expects also to enlarge 

 his landscaping department. 



Plymouth, Ind. — Good business in 

 garden seeds and bedding and vege- 

 table plants is reported by F. A. Forbes, 

 the proprietor of Forbes' Seed Store. 

 He has also done well with poultry sup- 

 plies. Mr. Forbes expresses satisfac- 

 tion with The Review's classifled ad- 

 vertisers, especially in the matter of 

 refunds for plants not found satisfac- 

 tory. 



Aurora, HI. — A tall man, dressed com- 

 pletely in black and wiping tears from 

 his eyes with a black-bordered hand- 

 kerchief, entered the office of the Free- 

 man Greenhouses not long ago, and 

 told the clerk he wanted to buy a 

 bouquet for a funeral. He picked out 

 one costing $5 and tendered a check 

 for $17.50 in payment. The clerk gave 

 him $12.50 in change. The check came 

 back marked forged. It was made pay- 

 able to R. N. Morrison by the Aurora 

 Brewing Co., per Herman Berthold, and 

 drawn on the Merchants' National 

 bank. The police say the weeping 

 forger has taken in many others 

 through the west. 



Davenport, la. — The store of the 

 Bills Floral Co., at Second and Brady 

 streets, has been purchased from 

 Harry M. Bills and his wife, Florence 

 Bills, by Miss Mary A. Tierney, who 

 has assisted Mrs. Bills in the manage- 

 ment of the place heretofore. Miss 

 Tierney will continue the business un- 

 der the old name. Mr. and Mrs. Bills 

 will continue to Operate ,the green- 

 houses on Brown street under the firm 

 name of H. M. Bills, from which Miss 

 Tierney, under the terms of sale, is to 

 purchase her stock as far as possible. 

 The Bills Floral Co. was founded about 

 thirty-five years ago by F. L. Bills, 

 who diaposed of it to his son when he 

 moved to Florida several years ago. 



