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January 25, 1912. 



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Princess of Wales violets and sweet 

 peas in variety to the Boston Co- 

 operative Market. R. H. Little, of 

 "Winchester, at the same market, is 

 strong on single violets. 



W. W. Edgar Co., of Waverley, has 

 some excellent white lilacs and azaleas 

 among other pot plants, and now has 

 the houses filled to overflowing with 

 plants for the Easter trade. 



David Fairchild, of Washington, D. 

 C, gave the regular Saturday lecture 

 at Horticultural hall January 20, his 

 subject being ' ' Plant Introduction As a 

 Government Policy." He had a large 

 and interested audience. 



The store of Mrs. J. W. Rogers, on 

 Summer street, near the South Ter- 

 minal station, always looks neat and 

 attractive. I noted a fine vase of 

 John Barr's new carnation, Mrs. B. P. 

 Cheney, January 20, also a fine assort- 

 ment of flowering and foliage plants. 



W. K Craig. 



A. LLOYD VAUOHAN. 



No great number of florists have a 

 wider acquaintance than has A. L. 

 Yaughan, who has just arranged to 

 take over, February 1, the interest of 

 his partner, I'rederick Sperry, in the 

 Chicago commission house of Vaughan & 

 Sperry. He has traveled widely, and, 

 though it is some years since he left 

 the road, he is remembered pleasantly 

 by florists from one edge of the country 

 to the other. 



A certain disposition to fight out a 

 proposition on which he believes him- 

 self to be right may be accounted for 

 by the fact that Mr. Vaughan was born 

 at Bastrop, La., June 1, 1864, when 

 hostilities between old friends were the 

 order of the day. He had three broth- 

 ers who were fighting on the Con- 

 federate side, and as many uncles who 

 wore the blue. Arriving simultaneously 

 at Chicago and the age o^ 24, the 

 young southerner began his horticul- 

 tural course in the Randolph street 

 training school from which so many of 

 the florists now in business at Chicago 

 have graduated. In 1897 the firm of 

 Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson was 

 formed. It proved an aggregation of 

 too much talent for those compara- 

 tively early days and in the course of 

 time split into three concerns. After 

 leaving Messrs. McKellar and Winter- 

 son, Mr. Vaughan spent three years 

 traveling for the then firm of Hage- 

 mann & Meyer, New York, and later 

 was on the road for E. H. Hunt. The 

 firm of Vaughan & Sperry was formed 

 October 1, 1904. The partnership will 

 end February 1, after which date Mr. 

 Vaughan will continue the business in- 

 dividually. He has a pleasant home at 

 Oak Park, where a charming wife and 

 daughter delight in offering hospitality. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 

 Trade was not particularly flourish- 

 ing last week; with the exception of 

 funeral work, it has been quite light. 

 The recent cold and cloudy weather 

 has shortened the carnation crop, but 

 roses are still of first-class quality. 

 Quantities of orchids are to be had, 

 but the demand is light. Yellow jon- 

 quils are quite in demand this year, 

 but there are not enough to go around. 

 Sweet peas, snapdragons, daisies and 

 mignonette are to be had in limited 

 quantities, while violets and valley find 

 a steady demand. 



A. Lloyd Vaughan. 



State Association Meets. 



The annual meeting of the State Flo- 

 rists ' Association of Indiana was held 

 at the Commercial club, Wednesday, 

 January 17, with about thirty-five 

 members present. President Gause was 

 in the chair, but, owing to sickness. 

 Secretary Baur was unable to attend, 

 and Oliver Steinkamp was appointed 

 secretary pro tem. President Gause 

 read a well-prepared address, going 

 over the last year, also offering a num- 

 ber of valuable suggestions. Secretary 

 Baur's report also contained many im- 

 portant ideas for improvement, and the 

 treasurer's report showed the associa- 

 tion's finances to be in a healthy con- 

 dition. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, George 

 Gause, of Richmond; vice-president, 

 Charles Pahud, Indianapolis; second 

 vice-president, M. A. Barick, Seymour; 

 secretary, Herman ,Junge, Indianapolis; 

 treasurer. Homer Wiegand, Indianapo- 

 lis. John Hartje was elected to member- 

 ship. H. A. Maxiner and Robert Ellis 

 were appointed to judge the exhibits, 

 among which were vases of Princess of 

 Wales and California violets, shown by 

 Roepke & Rieman, and Governor Her- 

 rick violets, by H. A. Maxiner. A vase 

 of Baur & Steinkamp 's new red carna- 

 tion, St. Nicholas, received a favorable 

 report, also a vase of a seedling pink 

 carnation, No. 843, which was scored 85 

 points. 



The meeting was followed by a ban- 



quet and vaudeville. Considerable 

 speech making was indulged in and 

 the evening was enjoyed by all. Among 

 the out-of-town members present were: 

 George Gause, of Richmond; J. S. 

 Stuart, J. E. A. Haugh, of Anderson; 

 M. A. Barick, of Seymour; H. A. Maxi- 

 ner, of Alexandria; H. Woodard, of 

 Edinburg. Owing to the cold weather, 

 the out-of-town attendance was not as 

 large as expected. 



Various Notes. 



L. F. Benson's delivery automobile 

 was demolished by a collision with a 

 street car last week. 



Bert Stanley has accepted a posi- 

 tion with the Indianapolis Flower & 

 Plant Co. 



George Welner is back at E, A. Nel- 

 son's again. Mrs. Nelson is now able 

 to be about, following her recent serious 

 illness. 



Henry Backmeyer, with A. Wiegand & 

 Sons, is confined to his home with the 

 grip. 



The Pahud Floral Co. has ordered 

 material for several new greenhouses 

 and intends to start building in April. 



The Smith & Young Co. is cutting 

 some fine Killarney, and the Brides and 

 Maids are also first-class. 



Adolph Baur is back at work again 

 after being confined to his home for a 

 week with the grip. 



S. S. Skidelsky called on the trade 

 last week. H. L. W. 



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