December 4, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



739 



ALWAYS LEADERS! 



When you buy Bajersdorfer & Co. goods )ou get the best in the country. 



We offer for This Season's Trade a splendid Hne of new Flower Baskets. Chry- 

 santhemum Baskets in Japanese novelty tints. RED — RED — RED — specialties for 

 Holiday trade. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, Preserved 

 Adiantum Sprays, etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 



Our Silent Salesman's Supplement is Out. Send for a copy and you will be 

 astonished to see how much you can do with a little money when you go straight 

 to headquarters. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., PHiLADELPHiArpl! 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Washington, D. C— C. W. Ward, 

 Eureka, Cal.; Palmer Gordon, Ashland, 

 Va. 



Pittsburgh — C. B. Knickman, rep. 

 McHutchison & Company, N. Y.; Mr. 

 Lempke, of \V. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



San Francisco — Mr. Currier, bulb 

 grower of Santa Cruz. Cal., accom- 

 panied by Mrs. Currier; .1. W. Kon- 

 ing, representing the Holland bulb 

 house of Baartman & Koning; C. W. 

 Howard, of Howard & Smith, Los 

 Angeles, Cal., and wife. 



Boston — C. E. Wildon, Amherst, 

 Mass.; George B. Hart, Rochester, 

 N. Y. ; Eugene Schaettel, of Vilmorin 

 & Co., Pr.ris, Prance; A. K Thatcher 

 Bar Harbor, Me.; Leonard Barron, 

 Garden City, N. Y.; Walter R. 

 Siebreiht, New York; L. .1. Renter, 

 Westerly, R. I. 



Cincinnati — Frank Farney, of M. 

 Rice & Co., Phila.; J. C. Sisley, rep- 

 resenting The AlcCallum Co., Pitts- 

 burgh. Wni. Geilach, Jr., Piqua, 0.; 

 .Tos. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; G. A. Beck- 

 man, Middletown, Ohio; Fred P. 

 Collyer. Falmouth, Ind.; W. J. Cox, 

 repre.-enting The Sefton Co., Chicago; 

 Sam Seligman, New York; .Miss Lam- 

 pert, Xen^a, O.; J. T. Heidegen, Aurora, 

 Ind. 



Chicago — E. R. Sackett, Fostoria, 

 Ohio.: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Johnson, 

 Memphis. Tenn.; W. K. Palmer, Jr., 

 Champaign, 111.; A. H. Burger, Elgin, 

 111.; George A. Kaup, Urbana, 111.; A. 

 Owens, Gary, Ind.; M. D. Bullock and 

 son Otis, Elkhart, Ind.; C. B. Knick- 

 man, of McHutchison & Co., New York: 

 W. De Ruyter, Noordwyk, Holland; 

 Robt. Groves, Adams, Mass.; Mrs. Lord 

 of Mrs. Lord's Flower Shop, Topeka, 

 Kansas. 



Cincinnati — Alex. Ostendarp of the 

 Cincinnati Cut Flow-er Exchange who 

 was on the sick list for a time last 

 week is now at his work and bustling 

 to make up for the time he lost. 



Harry Sunderhaus of C. E. Critch- 

 ell's accidently shot himself in the 

 thumb last week. 



Jim Allen, after successfully pass- 

 ing a civil service examination and 

 heading the list of eligiblos with a 

 grade of 98.1 per cent., was recently 

 re-appo''nted to his position In the 

 Park Department. 



Obituary 



Mrs. Emma Critchell. 

 Mrs. Emma Critchell. wife of C. E. 

 Critchell, died on Jlonday morning, 

 November 29, at her home in Cincin- 

 nati, O. She had been ill but a few 

 days and her demise was unexpected 

 and a shock to her many friends who 

 mourn her death and give their sym- 

 pathy to her husband C. E. Critchell 

 and son C. E. Ciitchell, Jr., who sur- 



.Mk.s. Emma Critchell. 



Vive her. Mrs. Critchell was 42 years 

 of age. She was a life member and 

 former president of the Ladies' So- 

 ciety of American Florists. She was a 

 charming lady who made friends 

 everywhere she went and her death is 

 a great loss to her family and the com- 

 munity. 



Otto Stumpp. 

 Otto Stumpp. a well known New 

 York seedsman, died at his home in 

 West Hoboken. N. J., on Monday, No- 

 vember 15. He was born in Gonningen, 



Germany, on March 9, 1846, and came 

 to this country in 1865. He worked in 

 various seed houses, but for the last 32 

 years he has been associated with 

 Peter Henderson & Co. at 88 Ganse- 

 voort street. He is survived by his 

 widow, one daughter and two sons. 

 Otto J., who has been in business with 

 his father and who will continue the 

 business at Gansevoort street, the con- 

 nection with Peter Henderson & Co. 

 having been discontinued on Septem- 

 ber 20th of this year, and George G. 

 Stumpp, of Stumpp & Walter Co., New 

 York. 



EXCLUDING FLOWERS AT 



FUNERALS. 

 Editor Horticulture: 



In Horticulture of Nov. 27 is an 

 article about a priest in Waltham con- 

 demning the use of flowers at funerals. 

 Is it not about time Uiat the trade start 

 in to protest or do something against 

 all this ignorant argument? In this 

 city we got last winter the "knockout" 

 friiin the City Hall, besides the school 

 graduations, the money to go to the 

 "poor" and the florists lost about two 

 thousand dollars in business and 

 "the poor" got about twenty dollars. 

 -Nothing was said about it, with the 

 e.xception of the comment in Horticul- 

 TiuE at the time. Now comes this 

 priest. I would say that the florist 

 business is just as important and 

 necessary as the church, and certainly 

 gives as many a living. Now the flor- 

 ists do not interfere with the church, 

 so if we all mind our own business 

 there won't be any hard times or 

 feelings. Yours very truly, 



John C. Linobloh. 



279 Mass. Ave., 

 Providence, R. I. 



Detroit— General business in the 

 (lower stores has increased in a grati- 

 fying manner for the past two months, 

 owing to an unusual number of debu- 

 tante afiairs and promises to so con- 

 tinue all through December. Breit- 

 meyer reports an advance of about 

 150 per cent, over last year for the- 

 same period. 



