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The Florists^ Review 



August 26, 1916. 



events and was won by a team com- 

 posed of Messrs. Kluteh, "Wagner, Han- 

 nigan, Teipe, Bauer, Rosnosky, Seidlich 

 and Hambruck. A. McGuire officiated 

 efficiently as umpire, and at the close 

 of the game a prize was presented to 

 him by the winning team for his assist- 

 ance. The score — oh, I guess it would 

 better be kept secret. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club was held August 

 23, President Hamilton in the chair. 

 The outing committee submitted its re- 

 port on the picnic held August 18, and 

 received the thanks of the club for the 

 efficient manner in which the arrange- 

 ments were carried out. The premium 

 Sadist of the fall flower show was dis- 

 tributed to those present. I. H. Moss, 

 on behalf of the Maryland Horticultural 

 Society, asked for the assistance and 

 cooperation of the club members in 

 making the fall show a success. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to supervise the 

 work of beautifying the home gardens 

 of the city, which is being fostered by 

 the club. The committee consists of 

 .Tames Hamilton, chairman; F. C. Bauer, 

 George Talbot, James Glass and W. F. 

 Ekas. 



Hail Storm. 



The hail storm of August 21 passed 

 over the northeastern section of the 

 city, but only greenhouses in the vi- 

 cinity of Hamilton were damaged. 

 John Muth, on Belair road, lost about 

 250 lights, but his stock was only 

 slightly damaged. Charles Hochstedt, 

 on Harford road, and Edward Van 

 Reuth, Hamilton, suffered broken glass 

 and slightly damaged stock. This is 

 the second hail storm of the season to 

 break lights and ruin stock, but the 

 first storm, four weeks ago, was much 

 more severe. W. F. E. 



WESTERLY, E. I. 



Victor Schousboe, foreman at S. J. 

 Renter & Son's greenhouses, has gone 

 on a vacation to Chicago, on a visit 

 to his brother. Mrs. Effie M. Hall, 

 employed in the store, has gone to 

 West Bethel, Me., on a visit to her 

 mother. Frederick Wilcox, until re- 

 cently local manager of the Adams 

 Express Co., has secured a position as 

 head shipping clerk for 8. J. Renter & 

 Son. iLouis J. Reuter was a business 

 visitor in New York and Philadelphia 

 last week. 



C. Schultz is making a thorough 

 overhauling of his gree^ouses, at 

 Beach and Elm streets. 



Herbert Pascoe is suffering with 

 blood poisoning in his right hand, 

 caused by a rose thorn. 



Mr. and Mrs. George L. Stillman 

 have returned from a trip to the Pa- 

 cific coast and the expositions. Mr. 

 Stillman has arranged to send a large 

 exhibit to the Rochester exposition 

 flower show, August 30 to September 

 11. 



Peter S. Byrnes, of Wickford, had 

 the decorations of the Casino at Narra- 

 gansett Pier last week for the big an- 

 nual costume ball. W. H. M. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 



CONVENTION HALL PLANTINGS. 



The gardens and lawn in front of 

 Convention hall, at Philadelphia, where 

 the National Flower Show will be held 

 next spring, are in a flourishing condi- 

 tion. The section planted by Henry A. 



The Market. 



Summer business has been about as 

 usual; rather more stock than in pre- 

 vious summers and just about the cus- 

 tomary demand, with the result that 

 prices have been lower and more ef- 

 fort has been made in the way of 

 special sales to avoid the waste of 

 stock. Funeral work has been fairly 

 frequent and has been the main re- 

 liance of some of those in the trade. 



The growers are busy. Not only are 

 they cutting more stock than usual, 

 but they are hard at work preparing 

 for next season. The bedding busi- 

 ness this spring broke all records and 

 sales continued until late in July, 

 when practically all local supply was 

 cleaned up. Salvias were short of the 

 demand. For next season a still larger 



CoDvention Hall, Philadelphia, Showing Planting by Henry A. Dreer, Inc. 



Dreer, Inc., is shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration. It is ninety feet 

 long and forty-five feet deep. At the 

 rear, next to the building, is planted a 

 large, irregular border, from ten to six- 

 teen feet in depth, of Canna [Louis 

 Reverchon and, in front of it, Canna 

 Gustav Gumpper, with an edging of 

 Pennisetum Ruppelianum. The two 

 large oval beds contain single fringed 

 petunias, and between them is a large 

 specimen Phopnix sylvestris. 



stock will be worked up, of all popular 

 bedding plants. 



Various Notes. 



The old Brown homestead now has 

 a mistress. During his recent trip to 

 the Pacific coast, A. C. Brown and 

 Mrs. A. C. Canfield, widow of the 

 former Springfield florist, were married. 

 The bride was warmly welcomed on 

 their return, as she always has been 

 popular here. 



Preparations are under way for the 

 state fair flower show. The date is 

 two weeks earlier than last year and 

 the premiums have been reduced, but 

 it is expected the local florists will ex- 

 hibit the same as usual. 



The settlement of the estate of David 

 Wirth, who died February 5, 1914, has 

 progressed to the point that called for 

 the public sale of the Wirth & Gaupp 

 greenhouse property and business. It is 

 understood that an appraisal put a 

 value of $18,000 on it, but $13,000 

 was the best offer obtainable and John 

 N. Gaupp bid it in at that price. 



Hembreiker & Cole have the old 

 A. C. Canfield establishment in excel- 

 lent shape. 



George J. Dinkel, who took over Mr. 

 Canfield 's store after spending several 

 years in his employ, was at Chicago 

 last week buying stock. Mr. Dinkel 

 has been in the business here twenty- 

 one years. 



H. F. Janssen, of the Janssen Seed & 

 Floral Co., is on the Pacific coast and 

 was this city's sole representative at 

 the S. A. F. convention. H. O. 



SCRANTON, PA. 



Tlie Maxket. 



Business improved a little last week, 

 on account of several large funerals 

 and receptions. Late asters are arriv- 

 ing in large quantities. Rose-pink and 

 white are the best sellers. Gladioli 

 continue to be plentiful. The market 

 is glutted with sweet peas, which are 

 sold at the buyer's own price. Other 

 offerings include candytuft, snap- 

 dragons, cornflowers and marigolds. 



Various Notes. 



A. L. Besancon & Co. report a busy 

 week. This firm had the decoration 

 for the Rosenbloom reception, consist- 

 ing of palms, ferns and baskets of gla- 

 dioli. The tables had centerpieces of 

 roses and sweet peas. 



Miss Annie Griffiths and her sister. 

 Miss Marion, have returned from a two 

 weeks' vacation at Atlantic City, N. J. • 



Mrs. Burton Park, of Jermyn, Pa., 

 was a caller last week. 



There is to be a new flower store on 

 Lackawanna avenue, conducted by 

 Greeks. It will be the first Greek 

 flower store to open in Scranton. 



Baldwin the Florist has another 

 unique display. One window has a 

 miniature lake with banks and back- • 

 ground of palms, ferns and trailing 

 vines. The other window presents a 

 delightful forest scene. M. L. Ruch, 

 manager, is spending a month at Lake 

 Winola. Miss Jenkins has returned 

 from a two weeks' stay at Crystal lake. 



B. E. & J. T. Cokely report business 

 good. They have received a number 

 of large orders for wire designs, which 

 have been specially priced for ten days. 

 .Fames Gallagher, manager, is enjoying 

 a much needed vacation at Waymart, 

 Pa. Miss Jane Baxter is recovering 

 from an attack of appendicitis. 



Morel Bros, are busy repairing their 

 greenhouses, which were damaged re- 

 cently by a mine cave-in. Their stock 

 looks promising for next year. 



Thomas Arner is cutting some fine 

 asters and gladioli. Mr. Arner was the 

 first in Scranton to pick tomatoes this 

 year, starting July 2. F. .T. M. 



