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AFEIL 22, 1920 



The Rorists' Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Iifrs. Elizabeth D. Oook. 



Mrs. Elizabeth D. Cook, the wife of 

 robn Cook, internationally known as a 

 jroducer of some of the best roses 

 inown to floriculture, died at her home, 

 Bdmondson avenue and Cook's lane, 

 Pen Hills, Baltimore, Md., on the morn- 

 ng of April 14, at the age of 81 years. 

 !kirs. Cook had been ill for over a year, 

 )ut from time to time had rallied, when 

 lew hopes were aroused in the hearts of 

 ler family for her ultimate recovery. 

 3he passed peacefully away, surrounded 

 )y her large family. 



The writer made a trip to the home 

 he day before the funeral,, and saw in 

 ;he parlor a mass of the finest funeral 

 jfferings he had ever seen. A great 

 nany of the offerings were made from 

 lowers grown at the Cook range, by 

 ;he hands of her children, all of whom 

 ire connected with the business. 



Mrs. Cook was extremely proud of her 

 lusband's success as a rosarian; she 

 vas the inspiration which prompted him 

 ;o delve into the unknown in the rose 

 vorld. In recent years, since Mr. Cook 

 lad, in a measure, relinquished the ac* 

 ;ive management of the business, he 

 ind his wife had been much like boy 

 ind girl again, always together. In the 

 !all of each year they would go to Flor- 

 da and spend the severe winter months 

 it play in that balmy climate. Mr. 

 Dook, though five or six years her senior, 

 s still hale and hearty, but naturally 

 nisses the companionship of his life 

 Dartner. 



The funeral was held Saturday, April 

 17, from St. William's church, just op- 

 Josite the Cook residence, where solemn 

 ligh mass was offered by the rector, 

 Sev. T. D. Williams. 



Besides her husband, she is survived 

 )y seven daughters and three sons : Mrs. 

 ^has. Egner, Mrs. Thomas McCormick 

 ind Mary, Catherine, Anna, Ida, Belle, 

 rohn, Joseph and Herman Cook; thir- 

 een grandchildren and two great-grand- 

 ihildren. The funeral was largely at- 

 ended by members of the trade. The 

 lallbearers were John Gerwig, Thomas 

 tfcCormick, Christopher McCormick, 

 'ohn LaBrau, John Egner and Frank 

 ^I(?Hugh. Tate. 



Bichard Jaenicke. 



^ Ri( lifinl .Taonickc, foreman of the 

 '"It Wayne, Ind., city greenhouse, son 

 |f the city forester, Adolph Jaenicke, 

 'orinerly of St. Louis, Mo., was killed 

 ^ an accident March 29, when an auto- 

 nohile which he was driving crashed 

 'ito an interurban car. He was 28 

 ^erirs of age. 



^r. Jaenicke was the only occupant 

 'f the automobile and witnesses said 

 nat he was driving at a moderate rate 

 •f speed when he crashed head-on into 

 he interurban car. The automobile 

 ^•is demolished and he was thrown with 

 jreat force against the car. He was 

 rented with first aid and placed in a 

 'ob.ce ambulance, but died before a hos- 

 >ital was reached. The coroner, on 

 'Xfimining the body, found that death 

 vaj caused by a compound fracture of 

 he skull and a broken neck. The right 

 ^P was also broken just below the hip. 



Mr. Jaenicke is survived by his par- 

 ints, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jaenicke, 



three sisters and one brother. The fu- 

 neral services were held March 31, at 

 the residence, 4025 Calhoun street, and 

 at St. Patrick's church. Burial was in 

 Lindenwood cemetery. 



Oliarles Ammann. 



Charles Ammann, a veteran florist of 

 New York, died at his residence, Central 

 avenue and Tuckahoe road, Yonkers, 

 N. Y., Saturday evening, April 17, at 

 80 years of age. 



Mr. Ammann established himself in 

 business many years ago, before the 

 days of elevated railroads and with no 

 other transportation facilities than one 

 street car line anywhere near him, on 

 Seventh avenue, in the block between 

 One Hundred and Nineteenth street and 

 One Hundred and Twentieth street. In 

 his time he was one of the best known 

 men in Harlem. 



Funeral services were held at his home 

 Wednesday, April 21. 



He is survived by one son and one 

 daughter. J. H. P. 



WUliam N. Orompton. 



William N. Crompton, one of the old- 

 est gardeners in Bhode Island, died at 

 his home in East Greenwich, B. I., Tues- 

 day, April ^, at the age of 75 years. 



Mr. Crompton had been a resident of 

 East Greenwich practically all his life 

 and for many years was head gardener 

 for the late Thomas P. L Goddard. 

 Under Mr. Crompton *s supervision the 

 grounds of the Goddard estate became 

 famous throughout New England. He 

 is survived by his widow and several 

 adult children. The funeral was held 

 Friday, April 9, at St. Luke's Episcopal 

 church. East Greenwich, and burial was 

 at Greenwich cemetery. W. H. M. 



John H. Winter. 



John H. Winter, only son of Herman 

 F. Winter, proprietor of the Winter 

 Floral Co., Charleston, W. Va., died 

 April 11, after a short illness. He was 

 19 years of age. 



Mr. Winter's mother had died only a 

 short time before him. The funeral 

 services were held April 12 and the 

 body was taken to Newcastle, Ind., for 

 burial. 



Charles B. Steinbach. 



Charles R. Steinbach died at his home 

 on Mechanicsville turnpike, Richmond, 

 Va., March 25, after an illness of sev- 

 eral years. He was 49 years of age. 



Mr. Steinbach, who had been a resi- 

 dent of Richmond during his entire life, 

 is survived by a widow, three daughters, 

 a sister and a brother, Frank Steinbach, 

 also a member of the trade. 



Mrs. Sophie H. Dole. 



Mrs. Sophie H. Dole, founder of the 

 Dole Floral Co., Beatrice, Neb., died 

 suddenly at the age of 83 years at her 

 home in that city. 



Mrs. Dole, with an investment of $1 

 for flower pots and 75 cents for seeds 

 and a hotbed sash for a greenhouse, 

 established what is now known as the 

 Dole Floral Co. in 1891. 



BBJDGEPOBT, CONN. 



violets, snapdragons, etc., are plentiful 

 enough to meet all demands. With the 

 exception of wedding, funeral and table 

 decoration orders, general business is 

 quiet. However, now that the Easter 

 rush is over, this is to be expected. 

 Prices also have dropped and are again 

 normal. Some of the stores, depending 

 on the wholesale tmarket for supplies, 

 had some dif&culty in getting shipments 

 on account of the railroad strike. 



Bedding stock is coming along in good 

 shape for the spring trade. 



Variotut Notes. 



James E. Beach is preparing for the 

 spring trade. Funeral work still holds 

 up. 



The Park Gardens & Flower Shop re- 

 ports that it has been difficult to get 

 roses from out of town, because of the 

 difficulty of transportation. 



James Horan & Son furnished flow- 

 ers for a number of small weddings in 

 the last few weeks. They had a num- 

 ber of large floral designs for the Bishop 

 funeral, among them a huge wreath of 

 tulips. 



Robert Hawkins says that business is 

 quiet, but that cut flowers are plentiful 

 and prices much lower than those asked 

 at Easter time. He designed a beauti- 

 ful casket cover for the Bishop fu- 

 neral. 



John Reck & Son used large quanti- 

 ties of roses, Easter lilies, southern 

 smilax and sweet peas in the home and 

 church decorations for the Lasher- Weed 

 wedding. I. L. B. 



CHXCAGO. 



The Market. 



Carnations are in plentiful supply at 

 the present time. Although bulbous 

 stock has nearly disappeared from the 

 market, sweet peas, calendulas, roses. 



The Market. 



There has been a considerable recov- 

 ery in business since last report, but the 

 demand has not yet become sufficiently 

 strong to create anything approaching 

 a shortage of cut flowers or to mate- 

 rially advance the prices. There is a 

 big volume of shipping trade and city 

 demand is consuming large quantities 

 of flowers, but there is room for much 

 further improvement. It is the general 

 report, however, that the situation has 

 been growing better day by day and 

 that Saturday, April 17, saw the market 

 more thoroughly cleaned up than at any 

 time since Easter. The present week 

 opened with a good Monday, April 19, 

 and reduced receipts due to cold, dark 

 weather. 



The carnation continues to occupy the 

 leading place in the market. Since 

 Easter the quality of the stock has been 

 of a character to make it easy to fill or- 

 ders and the supply has been so great 

 that it has not been possible to sell out 

 at any price without having recourse to 

 the department stores, something the 

 wholesalers seem determined to stay 

 away from this year. It is said by most 

 growers that their carnation crops now 

 are going down and that the probability 

 is for slightly reduced supplies from 

 this time on. The carnation is the prin- 

 cipal item of interest as regards Moth- 

 ers' day and there is a wide variety of 

 opinion as to what may be expected. 

 Bearing in mind the experience of 

 Easter, most of the wholesalers are dis- 

 posed to book up a good share of their 

 expected supply at moderate prices, 

 counting on bringing up the average by 

 charging the late comers whatever the 

 traffic will bear. 



The supply of roses also is on the 

 down grade, A number of the large 

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