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Jdnb 29, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



Guy Kaburn. Alex. Hendereon. 



Members of the New Chicago Firm of A. Heoderson & Company. 



A. Miller. 



THE NEW CHICAGO FIEM. 



AVithin the last week it has developetl 

 that since June 1 A. Miller has been 

 ii partner in the firm of A. Henderson 

 & Co., Chicago. Like the original 

 members, Alex. Henderson and Guy Ka- 

 burn, he is a graduate of that school 

 of commercial floriculture which has 

 educated so many successful young 

 business men in this trade, Vaughan 's 

 iSeed Store. 



The firm of A, Henderson & Co. 

 started January 1, 1911, doing busi- 

 ness in temporary quarters at 162 North 

 Wabash avenue. Mr. Henderson says 

 it is the object of the firm to locate 

 a suitable place where they ca9 carry 

 on a retail seed business, as soon as 

 obtainable, in connection witli the 

 wholesale trade. At present they are 

 doing only a wholesale business with 

 florists. 



Alex. Henderson, the senior membey 

 of the firm, is a native of Scotland, 

 born in Aberdeen, and has spent orer 

 twenty years in the seed busine'ss. 

 After five years in the business in his 

 native town and a year in England, 

 he came to America and spent a brief 

 period at Hamilton, Ont., going thence 

 to New York, where he remained for 

 two years with Peter Henderson & Co. 

 and F. E. McAllister Co., leaving there 

 to take the position at Chicago in which 

 he remained for fourteen years, rising 

 to be a department manager and buyer. 

 -Mr. Kaburn has been connected with 

 the trade for twelve years, his first po- 

 ^<ition being with Dingee & Conard Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. After serving that 

 • ompany five years he went to the 

 Kiverton greenhouses of Henry A. 

 Hreer, Philadelphia. Kemoving to the 

 west, he was at first employed in the 

 greenhouses, but was later sent on the 

 road. He has traveled for the last 

 five years. 



Mr. Miller, the new member of the 

 •irm, started his floricultural work, 

 after graduating from the public 

 schools of New Orleans, as apprentice 

 ill the Mannard greenhouses. Later he 

 took a four years' course in an eastern 

 •tgricultural school, specializing in 

 yreenhouse work. Then he took a po- 

 ^>ition in one of the largest cemeteries 



in Brooklyn, as an assistant to the 

 superintendent, but greenhouse work 

 proved more congenial, and for three 

 years he worked in various commercial 

 plants through the country, then spend- 

 ing two years on the road for the 

 Chicago seed store and later working 

 in the same capacity for Skidelsky & 

 Irwin Co., of Philadelphia. 



Messrs. Kaburn and Miller will do 

 the traveling for the firm, while Mr. 

 Henderson will act as buyer and man- 

 ager of the office. 



SOUTH BEND, IND. 



The Market. 



In this city of big manufactories the 

 June business has been excellent in 

 some respects and poor in others. Go- 

 ing back as far as Memorial day, there 

 was a falling off from last year, partly 

 because last year was better than usual 

 and partly because of the extreme heat 

 that came in the end of May this sea- 

 son. There have been more weddings 

 in June this year than in any previous 

 .Tune, and the bedding out has been 

 heavier in June than it was in other 

 years. Last season those who put out 

 their bedding stock early lo'it a good 

 part of it in the late frost and this 

 year planting was delayed until after 

 Memorial day. There have been more 

 bedding plants sold than ever before, 

 but there is still some stock on hand, 

 though the demand locilly has prac- 

 tically ceased. In the cut flower line 

 the weddings have made the i)rincipal 

 demand, the weather having been too 

 hot for transient trade. 



Little is expected after July 1 until 

 September, but everyone here has con- 

 fidence that the business next season 

 will beat all records. The demand is 

 growing noticeably year by year. 



Various Notes. 



The Beyer Floral Co. reports more 

 wedding work this .Tune than in any 

 previous year. This concern makes a 

 specialt}- of birds and goldfish and finds 

 this a profitable side-line. Unfortu- 

 nately, neither birds nor fish are in 

 good supply or in good demand in sum- 

 mer, when the flower business itself is 



dullest, but a side line in the fish de- 

 partment is minnows for fishermen's 

 bait, and these sell steadily through 

 .luly, August and September. The 

 Beyers carry a large stock of florists ' 

 supplies. 



At Willis R. Kiuyon's it is said that 

 though business now is quiet, it has 

 been the best season his establishment 

 ever has known. There has been good 

 trade at the store and much bedding 

 out has been done. The greenhouses 

 are now being put in shape for next 

 season, 



A. & C. Ivinyon are now proprietors 

 of the South Bend Floral Co. Formerh" 

 the three Kinyon brothers were in 

 business together. Willis Kinyon is 

 running that business today. After 

 selling out to him, the other two broth- 

 ers took over the greenhouses and store 

 of the South Bend Floral Co. The 

 business was then in a rather run-down 

 condition, but it is said they have this 

 spring done twice as much business as 

 last spring and they are well pleased 

 with the progress made. The green- 

 houses are in good shape. 



W. D. Eettie has had a big spring 

 business in bedding stock iu his green- 

 houses on North Lafaj'ette street. 



Irving Gingrich is now giving vocal 

 lessons in South Bend and neighboring 

 towns. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



'liic business done last week among 

 the retailers was good, iu spite of the 

 fact that graduating exercises and wed- 

 dings are about at an end. There was 

 a good deal of shipping trade to nearby 

 towns for wedding decorations and fu- 

 neral work, but not much of anything 

 is expected until fall. Some of the em- 

 ployees of the retail stores have already 

 started on their vacations. The whole- 

 sale houses have been cleaning up daily 

 on their roses of good grade. Carna- 

 tions and peas went at fairly good 

 prices. Gladioli are in big demand and 

 bring as high as $8 per hundred. The 

 daily supply is not nearly enough for 

 the demand. All outdoor stock is com- 

 ing in poorly, as the long dry spell has 



