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The Florists' Review 



Makcu 27, 1913. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Chicago, 111. — On application of 

 Bowles & Bowles, attorneys for Clifford 

 Pruner, A. F. Longren and W. F. Dunte- 

 man, Judge Dover, in the Superior Court 

 of Cook county, March 24 appointed 

 T. T. Clark as receiver for E. H. Hunt, 

 Inc. The petitioners are minority stock- 

 holders in the Hunt corporation. Their 

 petition alleges insolvency and misman- 

 agement threatening the interests of 

 the petitioners. Holden & Buzzell, the 

 attorneys for the Hhnt corporation, de- 

 nied that the corporation is insolvent, 

 but did not oppose the appointment 

 of a receiver, as some of the creditors 

 were pressing for settlements. Holden 

 & Buzzell state that an accountant, who 

 has just completed an audit of the 

 books, reports net assets of $6,000 to 

 $7,000; bills payable, about $9,000; ac- 

 counts receivable, $7,000; stock, $8,000, 

 after liberal allowances for shrinkage. 

 The principal creditor is said "to be F. 



A. Thompson & Co., of Detroit, the 

 To-bak-ine people, who have instituted 

 two suits, one for about $4,000 and the 

 other for about $500. There is one 

 small judgment unsatisfied. The re- 

 ceiver now is in charge and continuing 

 the business in the interest of all par- 

 ties concerned. 



The E. H. Hunt corporation was 

 formed in 1906 to take over the business 

 established in 1876 by the late E. H. 

 Hunt. The capital stock is. $25,000. 

 The officers of the company arc: Presi- 

 dent, K. M. Hunt; treasurer and man- 

 ager, C. M. Dickinson; secretary, T, T. 

 Clark. It is Mr. Clark who is receiver. 

 For many years seeds, cut flowers and 

 florists' supplies were handled. A few 

 years ago seeds and bulbs were dropped 

 to permit of concentration on the other 

 lines, the cut flower business being the 

 oldest in Chicago. A few months ago 

 the cut flower department was disposed 

 of to Erne & Klingel, Mr. Erne being 

 an employee of many years ' standing. 



Des Flaines, ni. — The George M. Gar- 

 land Co. filed a petition in bankruptcy 

 March 20 in the United States District 

 Court at Chicago and George T. Whit- 

 ney was appointed receiver. The peti- 

 tion included the following summary of 

 the condition of the company: 



LIABILITIES. 



Wages due 24 employees $ 2,569.70 



Bond Issue 4,500.00 



Chattel mortgage 1,413.50 



Unsecured claims 13,737.68 



Total $22,320.47 



ASSETS. 



Real estate $27,000,00 



Cash on hand 87.00 



Notes and securities 1,000.00 



Stock 10,000.00 



Bills due .1,000.00 



Insurance policies 5,000.00 



Patents 5,000.00 



Total $52,087.00 



Among the largest unsecured cred- 

 itors the petition shows the following: 



Quaker City Machine Co. (note) $1,764.07 



B. L. Langenbauser (note) 1,356.24 



J. L. Schiller (nUte) 1,106.01 



Illinois Steel Co. (note) 1,000.00 



John C. Moninger Co. (note) 807.13 



Geo. M. Garland (wages) 900.00 



H. S. Garland (wages) 600.00 



L. C. Foyer (wages) 800.00 



Schlllo Lumber Co. (Judgment) 522.18 



Sharp, Partridge & Co. (note) 328.40 



James H. Rice Co 155.80 



Wbltsett Coal Co 151.64 



Otto B. Hedrick i- 162.93 



The creditors had been pressing for 

 several days and the filing of the volun- 

 tary petition was to forestall an involuii- 

 tary petition. The appointment of Mr. 

 Whitney as receiver, and the schedules of 

 assets and liabilities aroused some of the 



largest creditors, who assert that the 

 placing of an employee in charge of the 

 affairs of the bankrupt is prejudicial to 

 their interests, while the Garlands, 

 father and son, are as emphatic in de- 

 claring that the appointment of a trus- 

 tee not friendly to them will defeat 

 their hopes of reorganizing the concern 

 and putting the business on its feet 

 again. The matter will come to an 

 issue April 1, when the first meeting of 

 creditors will be held before Referee 

 Eastman. 



The George M. Garland Co. is one of 

 the most widely known concerns in the 

 greenhouse building line. George M. 

 Garland was the inventor and patentee 

 of the CTarland cast-iron gutter and at 

 the time he brought it out attracted 

 wide attention, for he was a step in 

 advance of the times. Establishing a 

 foundry at Des Plaines some fifteen 

 years ago, the business grew steadily 

 until incorporation became desirable. 

 The officers of the company are: Presi- 

 dent, George M. Garland; secretary and 

 manager, Harry S. Garland; treasurer, 

 L. C. Foyer. Various other patented 

 features of greenhouse construction 

 were introduced from time to time, in- 

 cluding a truss house and a movable 

 house, on wheels, a large range of which 

 has been built near Detroit. Eecently 

 an expansion of the business had been 

 undertaken, with representation on the 

 Pacific coast and in New England, and 

 with a Minneapolis office in charge of 

 S. A. Jamieson; also the factory facili-« 

 ties were being increased at the time 

 the financial troubles became acute. 

 George S. Garland and his wife have 

 been on the Pacific coast for their 

 health this winter. Mr. Garland was 

 summoned home last week and states 

 that he has plans which he expects to 

 result in the reorganization of the com- 

 pany and the continuation of the busi- 

 ness. 



' Portland, Ind.— The Portland Nur- 

 sery Co. has been made defendant in a 

 suit for an accounting and for the 

 appointment of a receiver filed in the 

 Circuit Court here by Charles W. Mc-' 

 Donald, receiver for the T. W. Meneray 

 Co., of Pottawattamie county, Iowa. 

 The complaint alleges that the defend- 

 ant company is indebted to the con- 

 cern of which the plaintiff is receiver, 

 in the sum of $260.50, and that it is 

 unable to meet aU financial obligations. 



Boston, Mass. — Enoch E. Fletcher 

 filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 

 in the United States District Court 

 March 17, scheduling liabilities at $2,- 

 822.24, with assets of $993.79. 



BEST SWEET PEAS OUTDOOBS. 



In his lecture on sweet peas before 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, March 18, Edwin Jenkins, of 

 Lenox, gave the following as his selec- 

 tion of the best sweet peas, one of each 

 shade: Mrs. Sankey Spencer, Hercules, 

 Thomas Stevenson, Nubian, Scarlet Em- 

 peror,>^Loyalty, Helen Pierce Spencer, 

 Clara Curtis Spencer, John Ingman, 

 Mrs. Cuthbertson, Aurora Spencer, King 

 Edward Spencer and Navy Blue. 



mond, twenty-five Killarney and twen- 

 ty-five yellow roses. 



Harry O. May offers $25 for the best 

 new rose not yet on the market. 



The Florex Gardens, North Wales, 

 Pa., registers rose The Mavourneen, a 

 sport of Killarney, large bud, averag- 

 ing thirty petals, color deep pink, re- 

 verse side of petal almost as dark as 

 the inside of petal, fragrant, good . 

 foliage. 



The judges so far appointed for the 

 rose section of the New York show are 

 John N. May, Adam Graham, Patrick 

 Welch, Philip Breitmeyer, Robert Pyle, 

 George Asmus, A. B. Cartledge and 

 Alexander Cummings, Jr. 



An illustrated lecture will be given 

 Tuesday evening, April 8, on "Roses 

 as Decorative Plants," by Robert Pyie, 

 president of the Conard & Jones Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



AMEBICAN BOSE SOCIETY. 



For the New York show Henshaw & 

 Fenrich offer three prizes of $25 each 

 for roses from glass devoted to the 

 growing of stock for the New York 

 market, for the best twenty-five Rich- 



NATIONAL SHOW PBOaBAM. 



The following is announced as the 

 program for the week of the National 

 Flower Show at New York: 



SATURDAY. APRIL 5. 



6 p. m. — Show opens. General exhibition and 

 flowering plant day. 



7:30 p. m. — Opening exercises. Address of 

 welcome. Response. 



9 p. m. — Lecture by R. F. Felton, of London, 

 the king's florist, "English Floral Art," with 

 practical illustrations. . 



SUNDAY, APRIL 6. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. General Exhibition and 

 orchid day. 



4 p. m. — Lecture by R. F. Felt«ai, of London, 

 the king's florist. "The Arrangement of Flowers 

 and Color Schemes," practically illustrated. 



9 p. m. — Lecture by E. H. Wilson, of the 

 Arnold Artraretum, Boston, "China and Chinese 

 Plants," with stereoptlcon views. 



MONDAY, APRIL 7. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. Rose day. 



10:30 a. m. — Meeting of the Society of Amer- ' 

 lean Florists. 



4 p. m. — Lecture by R. F. Felton. London, the 

 king's florist, "English Floral Art," with prac- 

 tical illustrations. 



9 p. m. — Lecture by J. Horace McFarland, Har- 

 risburg. Pa., "The Arnold Arboretum," illus- 

 trated with stereoptlcon views. 



TUESDAY, APRIL 8., 



10 a. il(. — Show opens. Carnation day. 



10:30 a. m. — Meeting of the American Rose 

 Society. 



4 p. m. — Lecture and meeting American Bose 

 Society. 



9 p. m. — Lecture by J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Boston, Mass., "Japan and Japanese Flora," 

 illustrated with stereoptlcon views. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. Gladiolus day. 



10:30 a. m. — Meeting American Carnation So- 

 ciety. 



4 p. m. — Lecture by F. C. W. Brown, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., "American Floral Art," illustrated with 

 stereoptlcon views. 



9 p. m. — Lecture by R. F. Felton, London, the 

 king's florist, "How They Arrange Flowers in 

 England," illustrated with stereoptlcon views. 



THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. Sweet pea day. 



10 a. m. — Meeting Florists' Telegraph Delivery 

 Association. 



11 a. m. — Meeting of the Society of American 

 Florists. 



3 p. ni. — R. F. Felton, London, the king's 

 florist, lecture, "Floral Art in England," illus- 

 trated with practical demonstrations. 



4 p. m. — Lecture by Arthur Herrlngton, Mad- 

 ison, N. J., "Whys and Wherefores of Tree 

 Planting," Illustrated with stereoptlcon views. 



9 p. m.— Lecture by J. Otto Thilow, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., "Rocky Mountain Flora," illustrated 

 with stereoptlcon views. 



FRIDAY, APRIL 11. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. Floral art day. 



10:30 a. m. — Meeting American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety. 



4 p. m. — Lecture by Geo. V. Nash, Bronx 

 Botanical Gardens. N. Y. C, "Water Gardens," 

 illustrated with stereoptlcon views. 



9 p. m. -^Lecture by Arthur Cowee. Berlin. 

 N. Y., "The Gladiolus," illustrated with stere- 

 optlcon vfews. 



SATURDAY, APRIL 12. 



10 a. m. — Show opens. General exhibition. 

 10:30 a. m. — Meeting of the Gladiolus Society. 



3 p. m. — Lecture by B. F. Felton, London, the 

 king's florist, "English Floral Art," illustrated 

 with practical demonstrations. 



4 p. m.— Lecture by L. W. C. Tuthlll, N. T. C, 

 "Frames and Greenhouses for the Amateur," 

 illustrated with stereoptlcon views. 



