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The Florists' Review 



July 11, 1912. 



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entered into business with Henry C. 

 Muskopf, under the firm name of Mus- 

 kopf & Irish Co., landscape architects 

 and engineers, with offices in the Title 

 Guaranty building, at Seventh and 

 Chestnut streets. We wish the new 

 firm much success. 



Charles Young, of the C. Young & 

 Sons Co., has been confined to his home 

 with sickness, but it is not of a serious 

 nature. He says he will be on hand 

 next week to help make a success of 

 the florists' picnic. 



The sad news of the death of William 

 K. Smith, at Washington, came to us on 

 Monday, July 8. Mr. Smith was well 

 known to the local trade and was presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. when the society 

 held its convention here in 1893. 

 Friendship with such a man was a joy 

 indeed. We extend our heartfelt sym- 

 pathy. 



Eobert Wolfsberger, of Kirkwood, 

 says his Mazzurd violets are in fine 

 shape this year, as the recent rains 

 have done them a world of good. Last 

 year plants were scarce; the long dry 

 spell killed over half of them. 



R. J. Windier, one of the many flo- 

 rists along Grand avenue, had a fine 

 Fourth of July window display, which 

 attracted a great deal of attention from 

 the crowds that pass this busy corner. 



All the local florists, as well as our 

 suburban brothers, should remember the 

 club's annual picnic, which takes place 

 next week, Wednesday, July 17, at 

 Preister's park, near Belleville. Take 

 Belleville cars at Eads Bridge, direct to 

 the park; 30 cents for the round trip. 

 Everything is in readiness and a good 

 time is in store for all who attend. 



J. J. B. 



The Coles wedding brought to Mrs. 



M. M. Ayres one of the best orders of 

 the season. It called for the decoration 

 of the residence on Lindell boulevard, 

 as well as the bouquets for the bridal 

 party. The ceremony was performed 

 under a canopy of white roses. The 

 parlor was profusely decorated with 

 vases of Beauties. The dining-room 

 was done with sweet peas and valley, 

 with daisies in the other open room on 

 this floor. Upstairs all the rooms were 

 decorated with pink roses and smilax. 

 The bride carried the usual bouquet of 

 valley and there were five bridesmaids 

 who carried bouquets of pink roses. All 

 the bouquets were showered. W. E. 

 Schaeffer is now right-hand man for 

 Mrs. Ayres. 



SPRINGFIELD, O. 



Club Meeting. 



An animated meeting of the Spring- 

 field Florists' Club was held at the 

 office of the Good & Reese Co., Monday 

 evening, July 8. The catalogue florists 

 have suddenly awakened to the fact 

 that they have been caught "asleep at 

 the switch" in the matter of Senator 

 Bourne's parcel-post bill recently in- 

 troduced in the senate, seemingly with 

 the cooperation of the postoffice depart- 

 ment. The effect of this bill, should it 

 ue enacted into a law, would be to 

 double the postage on catalogues, 

 plants, seeds, bulbs, etc., and the adop- 

 tion of a scheme of distance zones, 

 with correspondingly increasing rates, 

 would make the cost of sending a pack- 

 age to certain points in the United 

 States greater than for sending the 

 same to Germany. Aside from the 

 doubling of rates, the distance zone 

 rates would cause such complication as 



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to make the compilation of a trade 

 catalogue, and the computation of post- 

 age on thousands of orders in the rush 

 season, practically physical impossi- 

 bilities. These features of the case are 

 certainly not realized by the promoters 

 of the proposed bill. 



A prompt and determined fight 

 against the bill will be conducted by 

 the various floral concerns and by the 

 club, and will be carried to Washing- 

 ton if necessary. A special committee 

 was appointed to have charge of the 

 matter, consisting of Roy McGregor, 

 John M. Good, Geo. H. Mellen, Charles 

 W. Schmidt and Leman Bradford. The 

 matter will be presented to the Com- 



