.IL'.NE 20, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



15 



ii\iy Itaburii. Alex. Hendeifoii. 



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



A. .Miller. 



THE NEW CHICAGO FIRM. 



W'itllill tilt' liist week it li;is i|i'\ cldi u'l I 

 tii:it since .llliii' 1 .\. .Miilrr li;is lu't'U 

 .: ii.iitncr in the lirni of A. I IcMilci'Sdii 

 .V ('(I., ('liicM^d. Lilu' tlir (iri<;in:il 

 'iiciiilu'rs, .\lt>x. Ili'iiclcrsdii mihI (iuy I>;i 

 I'lirn, lie is a j^radiintf ol' tint scliool 

 ■ 'I lUMinifii'ial tl()ri( iiltiiic which has 

 i'lucatcd si) iiiaiiN' successful youny 

 l^n-iness ui< n in this traWc, Xaunhan's 

 Sec, I Store. ' 



The tirui of A. lieiiileison iV < 'o. 

 -l.iited .lanuaix I, liijl. doin;; luisi 

 iic^^ in teiu|'oraiy (|Uarteis at HiL' Xoi'tli 

 Waliasli axcnue. Mr. Henderson says 

 t is the oliject of the linn to lniali' 

 I -uitalde place where they can carry 

 'HI a retail s,.(.il liusiiiess. as sniin a>- 

 "III ai na l)le, in coniieciion witli tiie 

 \\ holesale trade. A\ |iresent they are 

 diiin^ oidy a wliojesa le luisiness with 

 liiiri>ts. 



Aie.x. ileiulersoii, the senior meiniie.r 

 "f the firm, is a iinti\'e of S<(>tland, 

 l"uu in -Mierdeeu, and has s|ieiit o^cr 

 'wenty years in the seed husiiiess. 

 After five years in the business in his 

 iiati\f town and a year in l-ln^iand, 

 he liimo to America and spent a liritd' 

 I'ciidd at llamilton. Out., yoino- tiieiice 

 !" Xew N'orU, Avliere he reniaineil im- 

 two yeais with Peter Henderson ^ L.i. 

 ■Hid \\ ]•:. .McAllist(>r To.. ]ea\iiiy there 

 to take the ]>ositi()n at ('hicayo in which 

 lie remained for fourteen years, rising 

 to lie a department inana>;er and luiyer. 

 ^1 li'aliuru lias lieeii connected with 

 tiic tiade for tW(d\e years, Jiis lirst |mi 

 -iliioi lieiiiti witli l>in<;ee \ (onaiil <'o.. 

 \\c.t (iro\e. I'a. After serxiiiL: that 

 •"iniciny (i\e yeai's he went to the 

 l.'ivciton <;reeiihouses of Henry A. 

 I'lecr. i'liiladelphia. liemoviny to tlie 

 ^\c>t. he was at lii'st empluvt'd in tlie 

 -icenhoiisos, l)Ut was later sent on the 

 I "ad. lie lias tra\eled for the last 

 li \ e years. 



Mr. Miller, th(> new meiiiljer of the 

 'iriii, started his iloricultural work, 

 ■''fer eraduatinj; from the ]>ul)lic 

 -cliduis of New Orleans, as apprentice 

 "I the .Mannard yreenhdiises. Later ho 

 '"id\ a four years' cd\nse in an east(^rii 

 luricultiiral school. ■-peciali/iny in 

 ^icenhotise work. Then lie took a po- 

 'I'i'Ml in one dt' the la|ee~t cemeteries 



in lirodklvn, as an assistant td the 

 superintendent, l>ut greenhouse woik 

 proved more conyeiiial. and I'or three 

 years he uorK<'d in \arioiis cdmmercial 

 plants throuiili the countiy, then spend 

 iiie two years on the roml for the 

 • 'hicajio seed store and later workiii;.; 

 in the same capacity lor Skid(dsky iV 

 Irwin ('o.. of I'hi lad(dpliia. 



.Messrs. Ifalpiirii and Miller will do 

 the travidiny t'or the fiiiii. while .Mr. 

 Ileiidersoii will act ;is Imyer and man- 

 ;ilier df the oliice. 



SOUTH BEND, IND. 



The Market. 



In this city dt' Ide ma nufai-t ories the 

 • Iniie luisiness h;i> lieen cNctdleiit in 

 some respects and pnor in others, lid 

 iiiy \i;ifU as far ;i-- .MeiiKirial day. there 

 w.as a t'alliny otV from last year, partly 

 liecause last year w.as lietter than usual 

 .and p.artly liecause df the extreme Ik at 

 that came in the end of .May this se;i 

 son. There have lieeii inori' wei|iliii^'~ 

 in .luiie this ye.ar lli:iii in any pre\ ion-- 

 .lune, and the lieddine dut lias I, ecu 

 hea\ier in .lime than it wa-^ in ntlicr 

 years. hast seasdii thusc who put diit 

 tlicdr lieildin^ stock e:iily lo-t ;i eiioil 

 Jiart of it ill the late flost ami tlii- 

 >ear I'lantini; was didayed iiiilil .after 

 Memorial day. There have liecii iiimic 

 lieddiliy jdaiils soM than e\cr liel'dii-. 

 liut there is still simie stock dii hand. 

 thdUj^h the ilein.and Idcillv lia^ prac 

 tii-all\' ceased. In the cut llciwer line 

 the wedilinys have made the priioi p;i I 

 ilemaiKl, the weather lia\iiii: lieeii tdci 

 hot for transieul trade. 



Little is expected after .liilv 1 until 

 Septemlier, luit everyone lieri' li.i-- con 

 lidence that the luisiness ii<'\I -eason 

 will lieat all records. The deni.inil i~ 

 Uidwinc iioticealdy year li> year. 



Various Notes. 



The Iteyei' I'loral ( 'o. reports more 

 weddiii;; work this .luiie than in any 

 previous year. Tlii^ ccuic-ern makes a 

 speciait\' (d' birds and edldlish ami linds 

 this a profitable side line. riifortu- 

 iiately, lodther birds nor fish are in 

 yood --upply or in eood demand in s\im- 

 mer. when the tbiwer business itself is 



dullest, but a side line ill tile ij^ii de- 

 partment is miiiiidWs Idr li-heriuen 's 



bait. .Mlhl these sell -Teailily- Tliri.PUuh 



.lul\. .\ni;iist ami Septembi'!'. The 

 I'.eyer's c-arry a lari:e stock ol il"ii-l-' 

 -applies. 



At Willis b'. K ili.\ on '~ it i- -;.;■: that 

 tlidP^h busiiies- UdW is (pliet. it iia- 

 bec^n the best sea-^on his e-t a 1 il islimeii t 

 ever has known. There has been i^ood 

 tradi' at the store ,aiid mudi beddin^j 

 dUt has been ddlie. The ^reeelidU-e-- 

 are UdW beiny put in shape l^r next 

 -easdu. 



A. \ < ■. IxinvdU arc new pidpfietdi- 

 df the SdUtli I'.end bldi'.il i ci. rerineriy 

 the three Kiiixon brothi'r- were in 

 business tdyethei'. Willi- Kiuvlui i- 

 runniiid that busiiie-- ldda\. .\fter 

 -I'lliii" out to him. the iithei- twc broth 

 efs took o\ er 1 he ^reeii lioU-e- atel -tiU'e 

 i'\' the Sout h Lend I'loral < ■■. The 

 bu-iiiess wa- then in a rather Ml' •biwii 

 cdi|.|iti(Ul. but it i- s.iid tlie\ lia\e thi- 

 ipriiiLi' done twice a- much liu>ir,e-- a- 

 last spriijd and tlie\ .-ire well iije,<-e,| 



with the proere-- made. The lieeii 

 hdii-es are in ;;ddd shape. 



W. I». b'eftic ha- had a Im^ ^pnii- 



bu-ine-s in beddiiiy -tii(d, in hi- i^reen 



liiUlses (III .\(M'th Laf.iyette -tre.>'. 



Ir\iiii; (iiiiurich i- now uixiiii. ■.uc.ii 



le--d|l- in SdUth llelid :illd liei'^!:'.. .;■! ii ^ 

 lew 1I-. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



'i lie bll-ille-- ddlie l:i-1 Week .■.|:ld||e 

 the retailer- wa- ^ooil. in -pit<' et the 

 i-iei that ^r.adua t i Ul: eXerci-e- aiei \\e,| 

 diiie^ ;il-e abdUt at .an end. 'i'here wa- 



.1 u I d;'al (d' shippiui: trade t" iie.arbx 



lew lis for uciidiiiii' ilei-orat ion- ani tu 

 iieial work, but not much of anvthiiie 

 I- expected UUtil fall. Sdnie dl the iMii 

 pldxee- df the retail stores have already 

 -tarteil oil tlitdr Nacatidiis. The wlude- 

 sale houses have bei'u (deanine up dail\ 

 (01 their roses of yood i^raije. ( ariia 

 tioiis ;inil peas went at tairly enod 

 prices. (Ibadidii ,a re in \i\ij, demand and 

 briiii; as hi^ih .as *S per hundred. The 

 daily supply is not nearly eiiouyii inr 

 the demand. .\11 outdoor -totk is com 

 iliU in poorly. ;is the buii; dry -pidl ha- 



