Apbil 16, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Take no Chanees When SelectSnf 

 Your Heating Apparatus. 



BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



Have a 



FlorenceHeater 



installed and then you can 



burn any kind of fuel with 



the most economical results. 



Write for catalog^te to 



Colombia Heater Co. 



DELVIDERE, ILL. 



ORm 



CniCAGO 8ALK8 DKPABTIIBHT 

 LOCATXD AT 



85 East Lake Street. 



MONEY 



SAVED 



and better flowers 

 grown by installing the 



Norehead Trap 



Hundreds of our trax>8 are in nse in 

 Kreenhouees throuKhout the country. 

 They can do for you what tbey are 

 doing for.otbers— Every pipe in your 

 fiteam eyBtem of equal heat. Write 

 for florists' booklet. 



MOREHEAD MFG. CO. 



1043 Grind River Ave.. DETROIT, MICH. 



Mention Th>» RpvVw wh»n ynn wrlt». 



a Big Four freiglit train, which block- 

 aded the way. Consequently the flames 

 had made such headway as to be uncon- 

 trollable. Any of the stock that was not 

 totally destroyed in the fire was 'so badly 

 damaged by the smoke and heat a^ to be 

 rendered worthies^ There was no insur- 

 ance on the property burned and the loss 

 ^as in the neighborhood of $2,000. 



Mr. Tau^r's misfortune has aroused 

 Sincere sympath,'*^ in the community, and 

 some of his neighbors have expressed 

 their willingness to aid him financially, 

 '"lis enabling him to begin rebuilding at 

 once. 



WASHINGTON. 



State of Business. 



Business is about the same as last re- 

 T'^rted. Evervone is getting stock in 

 Shape for Easter. There will be plenty 

 f*t stock to go around. 



Club Banquet. 



The club had a meeting April 7, before 

 'he annual banquet. E. Garden and 



Three Times 

 The "Burnham's" Length 



the fire travels, and in its travel is constantly 

 in contact with heat absorbing water- ways. 

 Every possible imit of heat is harnessed. 

 The water is heated and not the chimney. 



57 Sizes— Bums hard or soft coal 

 Send for new catalog: 



Lord & Burnham Company 



BOSTON 

 819 Tremont Buiidina: 



MAIN SALES OFFICE : 

 NEW YORK, - - 1133 Broadway 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1215 Filbert Street 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



The Standard 

 Steam Trap 



ia acknowledged the best for the 

 florist because it is durable, and does 

 its work without trouble and annoy- 

 ance, saviDK its cost by the economy 

 in coal bllla. 



E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio 



Charles Smith, rose growers for J. E. 

 Freeman, were elected members. 



Flowers of speech vied with rare and 

 fragrant blossoms at the annual dinner 

 of the club in Freund 's banquet hall. 

 Good fellowship permeated the atmos- 

 phere, and the florists enjoyed themselves 

 to full measure, the dinner being the 

 most successful in the history of the 

 club. 



The retiring president, Peter Bisset, 

 introduced the new incumbent, F. H. 

 Kramer, who was given an ovation. He 

 said that the club made great strides 

 during the last year, but he hoped to 

 promote an even better spirit of good 

 will and increase the membership to 



twice the present number on the books. 



An orchestra played throughout the 

 evening, and E. Lawrence Phillips sang 

 several popular songs. Prof. Charlemagne 

 Keehler, who was elected to honorary 

 membership in the club, entertained the 

 banqueters with a rose poem, burlesque 

 on an Italian opera and other character 

 work. 



Joseph Freeman was toastmaster. 

 William Gude, who presented Prof. 

 Keehler with the certificate of honorary 

 membership, spoke feelingly of the good 

 fellowship prevalent in the club and 

 heartily congratulated retiring President 

 Bisset and Secretary McCauley for their 

 earnest and untiring efforts. In present- 



