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The Florists' Review 



October 14, 1915. 



West Hoboken, is again back in the 

 service of C. C. Trepel. He has the 

 management of the retail branch at 

 One Hundred and Seventh street and 

 Broadway. 



The conservatory of Mr. Trepel 's 

 store at Eighty-ninth street and Broad- 

 way is now open. This is one of the 

 show places of upper Broadway and 

 reflects much credit on, the builders, S. 

 Jacobs & Sons, of Brooklyn. 



Mr. Dean, head salesman for Charles 

 Millang, has been seriously ill with 

 intestinal inflammation. He is a son 

 of James Dean, former president of the 

 S. A. F. 



Biedel & Meyer, Inc., opened their 

 new store, at 49 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, October 11. The usual floral 

 and gold-plated horseshoes were in evi- 

 dence, and congratulations were many. 



Badgley & Bishop, Inc., have suc- 

 ceeded Badgley, Riedel & Meyer. The 

 company has a iiew auto, which Mr. 

 Badgley says is the first auto delivery 

 car used in the wholesale cut flower 

 business in New York. 



Joseph Trepel has one of the hand- 

 somest stores in Brooklyn, at his head- 

 quarters on Lewis avenue and Han- 

 cock street. 



The New York Florists' Supply Co. 

 is already quite at home in its large 

 new store, at 103 West Twenty-eighth 

 sti-eet. Five rooms are devoted to the 

 cold storage department. 



Young & Nugent have been busy 

 with funeral work. One large delivery 

 coach last week carried over a dozen 

 wreaths and designs, with orchids and 

 roses, to fill one family order. 



A. Kottmiller's store has been en- 

 tirely made over and is now one of the 

 neatest and prettiest on Madison ave- 

 nue. His prize-winning conceptions 

 at the dahlia show were a practical ad- 

 vertisement that will bear fruit. 



A. T. Bunyard is back from his suc- 

 cessful summer season at Newport, 

 R. I. 



Gunther Bros, have done their share 

 again this year in popularizing the 

 dahlia. John Gunther, who is a base- 

 ball fan, journeyed to Philadelphia 

 last week to root for the Boston Red 

 Sox. 



Charles Millang is still bringing to 

 the market his own growing of gladioli. 



There is a daily novelty window at 

 William Kessler's, the handiwork of 

 Mr. Bradshaw. It was stated er- 

 roneously in The Review last week 

 that William Kessler had been with 

 his brother, Louis, on a trip in the 

 west. 



A. Herrmann, of 404 East Thirty- 

 fourth street, says business is making 

 its usual advance for the year. For- 

 eign importations are greatly restrict- 

 ed, but he finds that the demand for 

 local stock is steady and increasing. 

 Mr. Herrmann is represented on the 

 road by his son, who has just returned 

 from a southern trip. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society held a meeting Octo- 

 ber 11, at the offices of Traendly & 

 Schenck, 436 Sixth avenue. 



Samuel A. Woodrow is out of town, 

 superintending the landscape contracts 

 on several large estates. 



C. H. Totty's wonderful mums are 

 arriving in the New York market. As 

 usual, they top the metropolitan dis- 

 play. 



Two new retail flower stores were 

 opened last week on Madison avenue. 

 The stores, respectively, are those of 



H. H. Burns, at Fifty-second street, 

 and A. M. Rigo, at Sixty-eighth street, 

 both excellent locations. 



The bowling experts of the New York 

 Florists' Club will open the season at 

 Thumm's alleys November 1. John 

 Miesem and John Donaldson were in 

 the city last week from Elmhurst, 

 N. Y., attending the preliminaries. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Early mums are coming in now in 

 much better quantity. Chrysolora is 

 arriving and it is such an easy doer that 

 everybody grows it. Roses are improv- 

 ing, as are carnations. Valley and 

 lilies remain scarce. 



Show Publicity and Plans. 



Among the many novel advertising 

 plans being carried out by the publicity 

 committee of the Cleveland flower 

 show is the use of the popular poster 

 stamps. These small stickers are repro- 

 ductions in miniature of the post cards 

 used by the show. It is the commit- 

 tee's aim to get the widest circulation 

 possible for these stamps and a quan- 

 tity will be sent to anyone, anywhere 

 in the United States, upon request. The 

 local growers and dealers connected 

 with the show and all exhibitors will 

 be provided with them for use upon 

 their business correspondence between 

 this time and the date of the show. 



Permission has been granted the 

 show committee to place bay trees 

 along Euclid avenue, from Public square 

 to the Coliseum entrance, during the 

 exposition. Each bay tree will sup- 

 port a small card directing the observer 

 to the show. The publicity committee 

 expects to make this the most attrac- 

 tive and novel scheme of street adver- 

 tising that has ever been used in the 

 city. 



The entertainment committee is busy 

 with the plans for the varied entertain- 

 ments and arrangement of the business 

 and semi-social program during show 

 days. This committee is headed by 

 G. W. Smith, and his aids are C. J. 

 Graham, George Jacques, S. N. Pente- 

 cost and F. C. Witthuhn. The rooms of 

 the Cleveland Florists' Club, Hollenden 

 hotel, will be the meeting place of the 

 various organizations as well as the 

 scene of many social events. 



Provisions will be made for the meet- 

 ings of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, which has its annual exhibi- 

 tion and convention in conjunction 

 with the show; for the fall exhibition 

 and meeting of the American Rose 

 Society, and other important events. 

 The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society will have a 

 place on the program, as will the Flo- 

 rists' Telegraph Delivery Association, 

 which comes for an adjourned meeting, 

 and the adjourned meeting of the Gla- 

 diolus Society of Ohio. 



Various Notes. 



The Jones-Russell Co. opened its 

 branch store, at Euclid avenue and the 

 Taylor Arcade, October 9. It occupies 

 half of the 'room with a confectioner. 

 Tasteful corsages filled the window, and 

 the icebox and counter were well sup- 

 plied with choice cut stock, crotons, 

 cyclamens, begonias, ferns, etc. The 

 store is in charge of H. G. Evans, for- 

 merly of Holm & Olson, Inc., Minne- 

 apolis. 



T. J. Kegg & Co. opened their new 

 store at Madison square, Seventy-ninth 

 street and Eliclid avenu", October 9. 



Frank Ritzenthaler is rapidly im- 

 proving. He is able to sit up now and 

 begins to talk of bowling in the flower 

 show tournament. Let us hope he does. 



Charles Balluff, formerly of Chicago, 

 Springfield, 111., and Indianapolis, is 

 now with C. M. Wagner, 1327 Euclid 

 avenue. 



Headed by Frank R. Williams, of the 

 Cleveland Cut Flower Co., and George 

 W. Smith, of the Cleveland Florists' 

 Exchange, about forty wholesalers, store 

 men and growers met at the Hollenden 

 hotel, October 12, to attend a farewell 

 dinner given to L. F. Darnell, who, for 

 twenty-seven years, has been treasurer 

 and general manager of the J. M. Gas- 

 ser Co. Songs were sung, speeches 

 made and a general good time was en- 

 joyed by all. Mr. Darnell leaves in a 

 few days for a trip to his old home in 

 Maryland. 



Visitors this week were Charles 

 Loechner, New York; Edwin J. Fan- 

 court, Philadelphia; W. E. Cook, of the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. 



Bowling. 



The preliminary tournament of the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club, to decide the 

 make-up of the team to represent Cleve- 

 land in the national bowling tourna- 

 ment, which will be rolled during the 

 week of the flower show, came to an end 

 October 11, with the following results: 



1st 2(1 3d T'l 



F. Friedlev 221 164 188 B7S 



J. Strejcek 204 137 177 518 



H. P. Knoble 154 190 170 514 



H. Bate 151 157 205 613 



J. Kowlands ItiO ]44 112 41H 



C. Graham 141 135 138 414 



A. Llngmen 140 114 154 408 



P. Bachofen 123 108 122 353 



The five men who compose the Flo- 

 rists' Club team, with their averages 

 for nine games, are as follows: 



Pins Av. 



F. II. Adgate 1,057 184 



H. P. Knoble 1,548 172 



.1. Strejcek 1,.'>42 171 



H. Bate 1,524 ICO 



F. Frlodlcy 1,500 167 



F. A. F. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



During the last week the tempera- 

 ture several times nearly reached the 

 freezing point. Many of the carna- 

 tion growers are cutting fine stock for 

 this time of year. The early mums 

 are at their height, with Chrysolora all 

 aglow with big, bursting buds. 



Rudolph Nagel is erecting two fine 

 new houses. His mums are among 

 the best seen so far. 



Fred Ritchy is erecting two houses, 

 each 24x117. 



Charles M. Weaver, of Ronks, Pa., 

 is finishing a new house, 50x400, which 

 is already planted to peas. 



Peter Brown's establishment, where 

 geranium cuttings and pansy plants 

 are the specialties, is in the pink of 

 condition. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Landis, of Para- 

 dise, are receiving the congratulations 

 of their many friends. It's a boy. 



A number of (Lancaster county flo- 

 rists motored to the York county fair 

 last week. The exhibits of H. S. 

 Brandt, the Schaeffers and August F. 

 Plitt were especially noteworthy. 

 Harry A. Schroyer again judged the 

 floricultural classes, in his usual able 

 manner. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 held a dahlia show in the department 

 store of Watt & Shand, where many 



