Apbil 2, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



61 



Shenandoah, Pa. — The sympathy of 

 the trade is with Wallace Payne, who 

 recently lost his wife. 



Glenwood, Mich. — N. M. Hitchcock 

 la now managing the business of E. H. 

 Hitchcock in the latter's absence and 

 expects to take over the business soon. 



Cleveland, O.— Bramley & Son, of 

 1181 East Seventy-first street, will 

 open a new store in the Leader-News 

 building, at 1876 East Sixth street, 

 April 6. 



Medina, N. Y.— Lee O. Smith, for- 

 merly manager and grower for White 

 Bros., has moved to Gasport, N. Y., 

 where he is starting in business for 

 himself. 



Thief River Falls, Minn.— A fire 

 which broke out at 2 a. m. February 

 28 destroyed a number of buildings, 

 among them the one occupied by the 

 Lang Floral Co. 



Westboro, Mass.— At the recent ex- 

 hibition of the industries of Westboro, 

 Paul Brigham had a display of wreaths, 

 carnations and roses, and Arthur George 

 had a large exhibit of violets. 



Mansfield, O. — Lee E. Berno, man- 

 ager of the Berno Flower Shop, has just 

 returned from a month 's trip to Florida. 

 The store has been in the charge of 

 Mrs. Berno, who reports a heavy busi- 

 ness. 



Bron River, Mich. — The new green- 

 house built by Llewellyn Phillips was 

 formally opened to the public March 

 24, and souvenirs were presented to 

 the visitors. Potted plants, roses and 

 other flowers have already been started. 



Raleigh, N. C— A record winter, 

 with eight heavy snowfalls to date, 

 has made this city seem far from the 

 "sunny south" of other years. In 

 spite of the unusual weather, however, 

 J. L, O'Quinn & Co. report cut fl^ower 

 business good. The prospects for 

 Easter are quite promising. 



Medina, O. — Hammerschmidt & Clark 

 declare that system and printed matter 

 count, and their order blanks, an- 

 nouncement cards and suggestion cards 

 enclosed with orders bear out this as- 

 sertion. Since their start in 1901 they 

 have kept daily notes of every cutting 

 taken, potted, repotted, etc., with full 

 details, and find them of great value 

 in the daily work in the greenhouse. 



Diduth, Minn. — A telephone call pur- 

 porting to be from the pastor of a 

 church, asking for $4 worth of fiowers 

 and change for a $20 bill, cost Eischen 

 Bros, the flowers and the $16. The 

 flowers were received at the church by 

 a stranger, who gave the messenger a 

 $20 check, bearing the signature of 

 ' ' Charles B. Hanson, " on a Minneap- 

 olis bank. It turned out to be bogus. 



Erie, Pa. — During the flower show 

 here a week ago the Erie Floral Co. 

 put up in its exhibit a vase of a strain 

 of Double Pink Killarney that was 

 originated in its houses a year or two 

 ago. This is a quite double, well 

 shaped flower, of good lasting qualities 

 and large size. It has been propa- 

 gated largely during the winter and 

 will probably be heard from next 

 season. 



I^^UNDBR THE % \ 



SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE" 



. Perry Onion grows fragrant flowers 

 at Las Vegas, N. M. 



Contributors to this column should 

 note that th« jokes (pardon) here all 

 have some | connection with the trade. 

 Send quips on the servant-girl question 

 to Life, or B. L. T. 



This Is No Joke. 



Wo florists are hustlers; 



We wish to progress, 

 And this we must do 



If we'd meet with success. 

 To be most successful. 



As you all well know. 

 We most flrst grow the stock, 



Then sell what we grow. 

 So the next step Is selling 



The stork that we grew. 

 And we place a. small ad 



In the Florists' Review. 



Then In come the orders. 



From here and from there, 

 For the Florists' Review 



Is read everywhere. 



Your surplus Is moved. 



And you feel well repaid 

 For your ad in the paper 



And its welcome aid. 



So here's wishing you well. 



For you know what to do; 

 Just advertise stock 



In the Florists' Review. 



f!. C. S. 



More Footwork Than Headwork. 



Sir: A piano company moved out of 

 a store in Aurora and a florist moved 

 in. Now a sign in the window reads, 

 "54 pedals on this beautiful rose." 

 Yet they say there is nothing in hered- 

 ity. J. J. 



The Wish is Father of the Dream. 



(From the Providence tribune — with alterations.) 

 Last evening I was talking with a florist aged 



and gray. 

 When he told me of a dream he had — I think 



'twaa Christmas dsy. 

 While Knoozing in his otSce, this vision came to 



view : 

 He saw a radiant angel, dressed In garments 



white and new. 

 Said the angel: "I'm from heaven; the Lord 



Just sent me down. 

 To bring you up to glory, and put on your golden 



crown : 

 Y'ou've been n friend to everyone, and worked 



hard night and day: 

 You've made happy many thousands, and from 



few received your pay. 

 Lo, we want you up in glory, for you have lnl)ored 



hard, 

 .\nd the goo<] Lord is preparing your eternal, just 



reward." 

 Then the angel and the florist started np toward 



glory's gate. 

 But, when passing close to hades, the angel mur- 

 mured: "Wait; 

 I've a place I wish to show you, it's the hottest 



place in hell. 

 Where the ones wlio never paid you In eternal 



torment dwell." 

 And, behold! The florist saw there ills old pa- 

 trons by the score; 

 And, grabbing up a chair and fan, lie wished for 



nothing more. 

 He desired to sit and watch them as they'd slulc. 



singe and burn. 

 And his eyrs would rest on debtors whichever 



way they'd turn. 

 Said the angel: "Come on, florist; there are 



pearly gates to see." 

 But the florist only muttered, "This is heaven 



enough for me." 



IN WHICH MR. ELLIS SCATTERS PEACHES 

 AND MELONS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 



(From the Windsor, Ont., Record.) 

 R. H. Ellis, of greenhouse notoriety, very roy- 

 ally entertained tlie bowlers and the ladies who 

 accompanied them. At 8:30 Tuesday morning, 

 with a large number of automobiles, he took the 

 bowlers to bis greenhouses and had them visit 

 the peach orchards In the vicinity. He gave them 

 a very pleasant auto trip and treated them to all 

 the luscious peaches and melons they wished. In 

 the afternoon he took the ladirs in a number of 

 nutomobiles to bis greenhouses and to many of the 

 peach orchards and melon fields about and treated 

 them to a delightful motor ride through the most 

 beautiful part of the country. On their return 

 he entertained them at the restaurant to peaches, 

 melons, and ice cream. ^ 



Manhattan, N. Y. — The United Cut 

 Flower Co. was incorporated March 24 

 with a capital stock of $15,000 by J, T. 

 Eyford, N. J. Lales and Demetrius J. 

 Pappas. 



North Milwaukee, Wis. — ^Albert Grun- 

 waldt, formerly in the employ of Bas- 

 sett & Washburn at their greenhouses, 

 has gone into business here with his 

 brother under the firm name of Grun- 

 waldt Bros. 



Hartford, Conn. — Theodore Wirth 

 gave a fine illustrated lecture March 

 19 at Jewell hall on "The Gardens at 

 the Convention of the S. A. F." Mr. 

 Wirth was for ten years superintendent 

 of the parks of the city. 



Rochester, Minn. — D. M. Wigle, who 

 started in business here a short time 

 ago, plans to open a store in the Amer- 

 ican Express Co. building soon. The 

 success he has had so far leads him to 

 believe the field can be further de- 

 veloped by means of a store. 



Toronto, Can. — Dunlop's Easter price 

 list, which is issued to patrons at this 

 time annually, is a neat and attractive 

 little booklet, containing prices of flow- 

 ers and plants for Easter, as well 

 as suggestions in regard to delivery 

 abroad, on board steamers, etc. 



Princeton, HI. — March 23 the em- 

 ployees of the W. E. Trimble Green- 

 house Co. and thirty-one of his per- 

 sonal friends here gave a surprise party 

 in honor of the thirty-first b.irthday of 

 George Jennings, the company's fore- 

 man. Music, cards and dancing whiled 

 away a pleasant evening. 



Wenona, HI. — The Wenona Green- 

 houses, of which William Metzger is the 

 proprietor, were damaged by the hail 

 storm Thursday morning, March 26. Be- 

 sides the breakage of about 2,000 feet 

 of glass, there was a good deal of dam- 

 age done to the plants by the rain, 

 wind and falling glass. 



Dixon, lU.— The Dixon Floral Co. has 

 been incorporated with a capital of 

 $10,000, to deal in flowers, seeds and 

 plants at wholesale and retail. The 

 incorporators are Charles H. Fallstrom, 

 Louis Knicl and John E. Erwin. The 

 first two have been conducting a good 

 business under the name of the Dixon 

 Flower Shop. 



Birmingham, Ala. — In connection with 

 the movement to beautify the city, for 

 which the city has engaged Warren H. 

 Manning, of Boston, Mass, the florists 

 have organized and elected W. H. Kes- 

 sler president and D. P. Durban secre- 

 tary. A committee composed of .John 

 Colmant, H. C. Wood and W. H. Luther 

 has been appointed to draft a constitu- 

 tion and by-laws. 



Sioux City, la.— Rocklin & Lehman 

 have obtained a long time lease on 

 the property at 402 Fourth street, 

 where they will open a retail store, to 

 be in charge of Daniel Sullivan. The 

 store at 405 Douglas street will be 

 used exclusively for wholesale trade 

 and will be in the charge of William 

 Newton, of New York. The branch in 

 the Martin hotel will be retained. 

 Michael E. Rocklin expects business in 



I the new store to be well started by 



J the arrival of Easter, 



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