August 4, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



Members of the St. Louis Florists' Club and Their Families on Their Annual Outing, July 21, 1910. 



describing unusual privileges to all who 

 take the convention special train at 

 0:40 a. m. Monday, August 15, includ- 

 ing a dinner at the Glen Summit Springs 

 liotel at 1:45 p, m., and time to enjoy 

 the magnificent scenery of the Lehigh 

 railroad. Chairman Traendly says re- 

 quests for rooms in the Seneca hotel are 

 coming by every mail and the responses 

 as to attendance are ahead of expecta- 

 tions. It surely will be a record crowd 

 trom New York. The sum of $11.45 

 covers all expenses, including the return 

 ticket. 



Andrew Cova, manager for the Greek- 

 American Florists' Supply Co., has had 

 much experience in Europe in the sup- 

 ply department of the business and iz 

 also a practical florist, having been for 

 three years with Charles Weber, at 

 Lynbrook, L. I. 



Miss Perle B. Fulmer, of Des Moines, 

 la., is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. 

 Powell, of Millbrook, N. Y., on her way 

 to the convention. 



Miss Bowe, secretary for her brother, 

 M. A. Bowe, has returned from a three 

 weeks' holiday in the Berkshire Hills. 



The employees of James McManus 

 have adopted the unique plan of two 

 ilays' rest each week during the heated 

 term, in preference to a continuous holi- 

 <lay in the mountains. 



The Gunther brothers are trying the 

 local vacation plan this year, with satis- 

 factory results, and they are not the 

 only baseball fiends in the business. 



Mrs. Victor Morgan, wife of the rep- 

 resentative of Bobbink & Atkins, re- 

 turned August 1 from a holiday at Lake 

 George. Mr. Morgan will have charge 

 of his firm's exhibit at Rochester. 



A fatal shooting occurred at Mamar- 

 oneck last week, when one employee of 

 ''arrillo & Baldwin mistook another for 

 a robber. 



E. Bonnot, of Jersey City, has re- 

 turned from his annual European tour. 



Charles A. Cards is enjoying a pleas- 

 ure trip through France and Great 

 Britain. 



Sigmund GeUer is celebrating the 

 fifth arrival of the stork, and Joseph 

 Valke the first, both girls. 



John Krai has completed his three 

 weeks' cruising in his motor boat on 

 the Sound and his return has permitted 

 Jonathan Nash, of Moore, Hentz & 

 Nash, to begin his yearly vacation with 

 his family. 



James Maloney, bookkeeper for H. E. 

 Froment, is back from a three weeks' 



visit at Delaware Water Gap. George 

 Orth is back from Highland Beach. 

 James Coyle, of the same firm, returns 

 August 9 from Sullivan county and 

 Phil Ditzenberger leaves next week for 

 a month 's stay with his family at Nar- 

 ragansett Pier. Mr. Froment hopes to 

 begin his recreation at the Rochester 

 convention. 



A. L. Young, the Kervan brotlicrs, 

 George Killivan, Al Funke, Hengsten- 

 berg and several other florists have 

 formed the Schnitzel Bank fishing club 

 and are telling some large stories of 

 their prowess, showing snapshots to 

 prove the accuracy of the tales. 



George Saltford is back at his desk 

 from Rhinebeck and his old home in 

 the violet section. He says fifty new 

 violet houses are being built in Dutchess 

 county, largely by the farmers. Violet 

 planting was late compared with last 

 year and the growth is backward, but 



there will be no shortage in supply. He 

 is delighted with his new store and the 

 increase in business. Clarence Saltford 

 and wife are enjoying a week 's fishing 

 at Perth Amboy. 



L. W. Kervan, Sr., is taking his holi- 

 days at the Grand Army reunions. All 

 the employees of the firm — ten of them' 

 — receive each a two weeks' vacation 

 with pay. The three sons, Fred B., 

 Lawrence, Jr., and John, take their 

 recreation in Maine, Florida and the 

 Adirondacks. 



M. C. Ford spends his week-ends with 

 his family at Stamford, N. Y., in the 

 Catskills, seventy miles beyond Kings- 

 ton. His new office is aristocratic and 

 his new store is now a delight to the 

 eye and perfect in every detail. Charles 

 J. Kelly, bookkeeper for Mr. Ford, 

 leaves August 8 for a two weeks ' ocean 

 trip to the Maine resorts. Patrick Dona- 

 gan goes to Saratoga and Charles 



Top row-W. J. Pitcher. Frank Windier, Albert Gums. E. W. (Juy. 

 Bottom row— Frank FUmore. Chns. Schoenlc. 04t'<»r Kiiehn, W. C. Sinltli. i. 1. Benckc. 



Committeemen in Charge of the St. Louis Club's Picnic. 



