NOVKMBEB 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1331 



ADAM GRAHAM, BANKER. 



When the Society of American Flo- 

 rists met in Cleveland, in 1896, under 

 the presidency of William Scott, of 

 Buffalo, the members cast about for 

 Ohio's leading member as his successor. 

 The call naturally fell to Adam Gra- 

 ham, who was one of the charter mem- 

 bers and a veteran of the craft.. There 

 are few more popular members than 

 Mr. Graham, His presence is looked 

 for at each annual gathering, and, al- 

 though no longer in so vigorous health 

 as in the days when he did his greatest 

 work for floriculture, still he is count- 

 ed a regular attendant and none en- 

 joys the renewal of old acquaintances 

 more than he. 



Adam Graham was bom at Dun- 

 fermline, Scotland, in 1840. His par- 

 ents emigrated to America in 1850, lo- 

 cating at Philadelphia. Mr. Graham's 

 first employment in the trade was at 

 Peter McKenzie's establishment under 

 Alexander Craig, the father of Robert 

 Craig. After spending several years 

 there Mr. Graham went to Dr. Bush's 

 place, where fortune made him assist- 

 ant to James Eadie. After three years 

 there he took charge of Gen. Patter- 

 son's establishment where he remained 

 for another three years, relinquish- 

 ing the position to go toi, Cleveland to 

 lay out a property for J. H. Wade, 

 one of Cleveland's leading citizens, 

 with whom he remained for seventeen 

 years. When he left it was to go into 

 business for himself. This was twenty- 

 five years ago. Being a thorough 

 plantsman and possessing the Scottish 

 predilection for a square deal, he soon 

 established a prosperous business. A 

 number of years ago he admitted his 

 son, A. H. Graham, to partnership and 

 the firm has since been known as A. 

 Graham & Son. They have a hand- 

 some store at 1263 Euclid avenue, the 

 greenhouses being on the site, opposite 

 Lake View cemetery, which Mr. Graham 

 chose for his first venture a quarter 

 of a century ago. 



Besides being an ex-president and 

 active worker in the S. A. F., Mr. Gra- 

 ham has been president of the local 

 Florists' Club and president and for 

 several years -treasurer of the local 

 branch of the St. Andrew's Scottish 

 Benevolent Association. Aside from 

 his many business connections as a 

 florist, Mr. Graham has for some years 

 been vice-president of the Reserve 

 Trust Co., a rich and well known local 

 banking establishment in which he 

 holds a considerable interest and of 

 which he has just been elected presi- 

 dent. He is also vice-president of the 

 Adams Bag Co., a prosperous paper bag 

 factory in Cleveland. 



NEWPORT. R. L 



End of the Season. 



Newport's season is a short one — that 

 is the weeks when the full swing is on, 

 and society's fashionable entertainments 

 are at their height — it is the fourth of 

 July when they all get here, and after the 

 horse show, which always opens Labor 

 day, the summer places close rapidly 

 for the winter. Of course a great many 

 of the cottagers come much earlier, and 

 many estates are opep until Thanksgiv- 

 ing, but the season's gayety is at its 

 best through the hot days of July and 

 August. This is our harvest time, and 

 every effort is made the rest of the year 



Adam Graham. 



to have plenty of stock ready for the 

 "Avenue" people. 



Besides our own florists there are four 

 New York firms that have branch estab- 

 lishments here for these summer months, 

 namely, Leikens, Siebrecht & Son, Wadley 

 & Smythe, and J. M. Hodgson, Inc. But 

 in a good season there is business enough 

 for all, as when Newport is entertain- 

 ing an enormous amount of stock and 

 much expert labor is required in a very 

 short time. The season just past has 

 been fairly good, but it has now been 

 several years since we have had a real 

 boom summer. 



At the end of the summer season 

 there is always a dull time before the 

 regular all-the-year-round fall and win- 

 ter trade starts in. We have been hav- 

 ing such gorgeous weather for the past 

 month that, except for the usual wed- 

 ding and funeral orders, there has been 

 very little doing, especially as we have 

 had no frost to do any harm as yet, 

 which still leaves every one with plenty 

 of garden blooms and reduces the 

 florists' cut flower trade to small limits. 

 A good hard frost, which may be ex- 

 pected any day now, will change all 

 this and mak« the craft again happy. 



Violets and chrysanthemums have ap- 

 peared and they always freshen up 

 things and start up the cut flower busi- 

 ness for the autumn. We try to get 

 $1.50 and $2 per hundred for Marie 

 Louise and Princess of Wales violets, 

 putting them up in bunches of all sizes. 

 Mums start at $1 a dozen and go to 

 $5 for the very best. Of course, at 

 present we have only a few early sorts. 

 Roses fetch from $1.50 a dozen to $6 

 for the very choicest long-stemmed 

 American Beauty that the craft get from 



Carl Jurgens. Carnations are now com- 

 ing better both in size of flower and 

 length of stem and bring 60 cents to 

 $1 a dozen. Dahlias are about the only 

 outdoor stuff there is now any demand 

 for, and these are such a flood that 50 

 cents a dozen is the limit. We noticed 

 a little very nice mignonette. 



Horticultural Society. 



The meetings of our society have late- 

 ly been better attended, as through the 

 summer months our members are so busy 

 that it is almost impossible to get to- 

 gether a large gathering. As winter 

 draws near it is always planned to have 

 some subject of interest discussed at 

 each meeting. Joseph Gibson has been 

 asked to prepare a paper for the next 

 meeting on "Landscape Art, Past and 

 Present. ' ' 



Since our last regular exhibition some 

 very worthy exhibits have been made. 

 John Marshall, the manager of the 

 Bythesea Greenhouses, exhibited several 

 very promising seedling carnations; the 

 committee requested Mr. Marshall to ex- 

 hibit these again later in the season, 

 when an award will be made. A very 

 interesting exhibit was made by David 

 Mcintosh, consisting of some branches 

 of cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus Crus- 

 galli. This hawthorn at this season of 

 the year makes a flne show, being cov- 

 ered with large and brilliant red ber- 

 ries. Its long thorns and bushy growth 

 adapt it well for hedging. 



The following persons have been re- 

 cently chosen to active membership : Miss 

 M. C. Codman, Mrs. Hamilton Fish 

 Webster, Frank L. Peckham, Mr. and 

 Mrs. De Lancey Kane, and James 

 Sharkey. 



Various Notes. 



F. L. Zeigler has for several weeks 



