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July 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



The Races at the Annuat Picnic of the St. Louis Florists' Club, July 15, 1908. 



bells were the invention of B. Rosens, 

 now on West Twenty-ninth street. 



McHutchison & Co. are shipping large 

 quantities of seedling ferns. C. B. Knick- 

 man, of this house, has postponed his 

 European trip until August 15. 



Four years ago the Yuess Gardens 

 were established at Newburg by B. H. 

 Cathcart, Sr. Ten acres will be devoted 

 to nursery stock and already 25,000 

 square feet of glass are utilized in 

 growing roses, carnations and a general 

 line of palms, ferns and plants for the 

 retail trade. The greenhouses were 

 built by Mitchell, of Poughkeepsie, and 

 are thoroughly up-to-date. Bride, Maid 

 and Richmond are the varieties of roses 

 grown, and all the new carnations, as 

 well as a complete line of herbaceous 

 stock. Donald Cameron, a veteran grow- 

 er, is in charge of the greenhouse depart- 

 ment. R. H. Cathcart, Jr., is president 

 of the company. The firm has two 

 stores in the city, the largest on Water 

 street, where the whole three-story build- 

 ing is to be utilized. In the wholesale 

 department, of which Walter Mott is 

 manager, bulbs, plants and seeds will be 

 handled extensively and a large cata- 

 logue trade established. Travelers will 

 be employed and no expense spared to 

 build and increase the business. A gen- 

 eral line of nursery stock will be im- 

 ported this falU Mr. Mott has moved 

 his family to Newburg. A. M. Henshaw 

 has handled the company's surplus in 

 Xew York. Mr. Cathcart, Sr., is one 

 of the leading and wealthy citizens of 

 Newburg and a resident "&f the city for 

 a quarter of a century. V 



Harry Bunyard, with A. Y. Bodding- 

 ton, is on a western trip. 



Julius Roehrs and the Lord & Bum- 

 ham Co. are among those who have en- 

 gaged space for exhibits at the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



L. W. C. Tuthill and wife are holi- 

 daying in New England. 



Alex. J. Guttman, who has been severe- 

 ly ill for a week, from ptomaine poison- 

 ing, is convalescing. 



Weigel & Ujfalussy report a good 

 trade at their new stqre, 136 West Twen- 

 ty-eighth street. They succeeded Emil 

 Steffens, a supply house established over 

 forty years ago, and have issued a new 

 catalogue. 



Congratulations are due E, McKay 

 Whiting, of the Florists' Board of Trade, 

 who lately appropriated one of Chicago's 

 fair daughters, and Michael Ford, of 

 Ford Bros., who, with Mrs. Ford, a 

 charming bride from the city of churches, 

 has just returned from a honeymoon trip 

 to Niagara Falls and Canada. 



The New York and New Jersey Asso- 

 ciation of Plant Growers has settled 

 upon September 15 as the date of its 

 second outing this season. It will be a 

 clam bake at Whitestone, L. I. 



The Johnson brothers, of the Johnson 

 Heating Co., are enjoying a brief holi- 

 day in the Adirondacks. 



BowIln£. 



The interest in the bowling club in- 

 creases as the convention approaches. 

 Many visitors attend the strenuous con- 

 tests weekly. Among the official visitors 

 last Friday were the secretary of the 

 New York Florists' Club and the presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. The team to rep- 

 resent New York at Buffalo has not 

 yet been completed. Three early games 

 of July 24 were: 



Berry 130 123 174 



Donaldson 116 101 



Fenrlch 142 130 



Irwin 168 144 130 



Manda 144 119 147 



Scott 140 125 133 



Shaw 168 170 124 



Zangen 05 125 128 



J. Austin Shaav. 



The Boston Florist has been incor- 

 porated to do a retail flower business. 

 The capital is $1,000 and the directors 

 Spiros Calamaras, 267 West One Hun- 

 dred and Twenty-sixth street; James T. 

 Caparell, 112 East Thirty-second street, 

 and Peter Caparell, 124 Third avenue. 



OBITUARY. 



Albert Galloway. 



Albert Galloway, one of the best 

 known carnation growers in the vicinity 

 of San Francisco, died at his home in 

 Fruitvale, Cal., July 12. He was a na- 

 tive of England and had resided in Cali- 

 fornia for the last ten years. His wife 

 died about two years ago and he was 

 laid beside her in Holy Cross cemetery, 

 July 16. Mr. Galloway was 40 years of 

 age and had no family. He leaves prop- 

 erty interests in Fruitvale valued at 

 $15,000. 



John A. McCanp. 



John A. McCann, of Nashville, Tenn., 

 who has been connected with the Lischey 

 Nursery and Greenhouse for the last six- 

 teen years, died July 22 at the home of 

 his son, F. S. McCann, 708 John street, 

 Birmingham, Ala. Mr. McCann was tak- 

 en suddenly ill while on a short visit to 

 his son, and was not able to overcome 

 the attack. He died in a short time 

 after he was taken sick. Mr. McCann 

 was originally from Williamson county, 

 where he had many friends, who will 

 regret very much his sudden death. He 

 is survived by two sons, F. 8. McCann, 

 of Birmingham, and James McCann, who 

 is with the United States army now in 

 Cuba. The funeral ser\-ices and inter- 

 ment took place in Birmingham July 24. 



Council Bluffs, Ia. — The Herman 

 Bros. Co. has been incorporated, with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. Fred L. Her- 

 man, Oscar H. Herman, Louise Herman, 

 Bertha Gardiner and Pauline Herman 

 are members of the company. ' 



LovTELLViLLE, O. — Tlie Darrow Gar- 

 dening Co. has received, a large boiler, 

 which will be added to the heating ap- 

 paratus at the greenhouses west of town. 

 When installed it will be one of the most 

 complete of its kind in the Mahoning 

 valley. 



