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MAT 15, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



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TWtNTY-NlNTM AHNUAl. CONVENTION 



SOCIETY or AMERICAN FLORISTS R ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



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Ground Plan for the S. A. F. Trade Exhibits at thelkflinneapolis Convention Next Aug;ust 



Wanamaker. Every customer May 10 

 was presented with a flower. The total 

 purchase made by Wanamaker was 

 64,000, of which 20,000 were supplied by 

 "William Kessler. Prices ranged from 

 $30 to $60 per thousand. 



Victor Warendorff has returned from 

 a long southern trip, which included 

 Vera Cruz, Panama, Jamaica, San Diego, 

 Isle of Pines, Havana, Key West and 

 the Bahamas. Mrs. Warendorff, Sr., 

 who has been quite ill for some weeks, 

 is now convalescent. 



An important rule made at the annual 

 meeting of the New York Cut Flower 

 Exchange last week provides that those 

 renting space are prohibited from using 

 any tables that may be unoccupied and 

 must confine themselves to the number 

 of square feet they pay for. Only one 

 notice is to be given before canceling 

 of a violated contract. 



Frank Millang and family are spend- 

 ing their week ends at their farm in the 

 Amawalk mountains, in Westchester 

 county. 



The death of A. L. Don, of Weeber & 

 Don, is reported in this week 's obituary 

 column. 



A. H. Langjahr is back at his head- 

 quarters after a severe attack of rheu- 

 matism. 



The improvements on West Twenty- 

 eighth street are progressing slowly, but 

 the inconveniences caused by widening 

 the street and cutting down the store 

 fronts are lessening and when finished 

 this busy floral thoroughfare will be 

 one of the most attractive and popular 

 streets in the city, with its wealth of 

 color in almost every window. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



The eighty-second annual exhibition 

 of the American Institute of the City of 

 New York will be held in the Engineer- 

 ing building, 25 to , 33 West Thirty- 



ninth street, Se{)tember 23 to 25. Pre- 

 miums will be awarded for dahlias, or- 

 chids, gladioli, roses, carnations, orna- 

 mental plants, fruits and vegetables. 

 November 5 to 7 chrysanthemums, or- 

 chids, roses, carnations and other orna- 

 mental plants will be shown at the 

 autumn exhibition. 



THE LAST CALL. 



Under separate cover I am sending 

 Ij^lQ Beview a print showing the space 

 so ^ar taken for the outdoor exhibit at 

 the S. A. F. convention at Minneapolis, 

 August 19 to 22. This print differs 

 from the previous ones sent, inasmuch 

 as it shows the ground plan of the con- 

 vention halls and the outdoor exhibition 

 space in front of the two buildings. 

 This is the last time I will trouble you 

 to publish a sketch of the garden, as 

 planting time is now at hand and unless 

 we get the exhibits between now and, 

 say, June 10 it will be too late to plant 

 for effect during convention week. I 

 hope you will kindly grant my request 

 and make use of this print. 



Theodore Wirth, Chairman. 



OBITUAEY. 



Alexander L. Don. 



Alexander L. Don, the New Yofjt seed 

 merchant, died May 8 at his Mime at 

 Eidgewood, N. J., as the result of a 

 somewhat prolonged illness with a com- 

 plication of diseases. 



Mr. Don was 58 years of age, a native 

 of Brechin, Scotland. His training was 

 in some of the representative Scottish 

 seed houses and on coming to New York 

 at the age of 21 years he became the 

 agent for European seed firms. Over 

 thirty years ago the firm of Weeber & 

 Don was established and long since be- 

 came one of the institutions of Cham- 

 bers street, Mr. Weeber retired some 



years ago, but for the last fifteen years 

 Mr. Don has had associated with him 

 two sons, who will continue the busi- 

 ness. Mr. Don has for many years been 

 looked upon as one of the leading seeds- 

 men of the country and was universally 

 respected. 



The funeral services were held May 

 10 at Christ church, Ridgewood, and 

 were largely attended, there being many 

 flowers. Mrs. Don survives, with her 

 two sons and three daughters. 



E. O. Moore. 



Elbridge G. Moore, aged 78 years, 

 died May 1 at his home in Milford, 

 Mass. He suffered a sunstroke in July, 

 1910, and never recovered from the ef- 

 fects. He had been a resident of Mil- 

 ford nearly fifty years, and had been 

 a successful florist for thirty years, 

 being the city's first grower. He was 

 born in Eaymond, N. H., the son of 

 John and Abigail Moore. Before go- 

 ing to Milford he was in the lumber 

 business with his father and brother 

 in New Hampshire. He married Lucy 

 A. Miller, who, with his brother Wil- 

 liam, survives him. The I. O. O. F. 

 and G. A. R. conducted the funeral, 

 May 4. 



New Haven, Conn. — ^Ludwig Wolff 

 has sold out his business at 158 Meadow 

 street. 



CouncU Bluffs, la.— Work is well un- 

 der way in the rehabilitation of the 

 1,000-foot houses of the J. F. Wilcox 

 Co., so seriously damaged in the Easter 

 cyclone. The iron is being straight- 

 ened and most of it is fit for use, some 

 without even taking out of the roof. 

 New woodwork has been shipped by 

 the John C. Moninger Co., from Chi- 

 cago, and the big houses will soon be 

 in operation again. 



