﻿APRIL 15, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Henry Frltchard. 



Henry Pritchard, long and well known 

 in the trade about New York city, died 

 at his home, 356 Thirteenth avenue, 

 Astoria, L. I., after a lingering illness. 

 He was in his seventy-sixth year. 



Mr. Pritchard was born in Stafford- 

 shire, England, April 17, 1844. He was 

 a grower of grafted fruit trees and gen- 

 eral nursery stock at Birkenhead, Eng- 

 land, for a number of years. He sold 

 his business there in 1877 and came to 

 the United States in 1878. He began 

 in this country as head gardener on the 

 estate of the late Joseph Towl, at Pater- 

 son, N. J. In 1880 he went to Long 

 Island City and started in business for 

 himself, growing cut flowers and bed- 

 <3ing plants. He was quite successful. 

 He won prizes for English cucumbers. 



Mr. Pritchard is survived by his wife, 

 Ehoda Pritchard; three sons, Albert E., 

 Arthur H. and Walter Pritchard; two 

 daughters, Mrs. George Keneuth and 

 Mrs. Jacob Weimann; twenty-eight 

 grandchildren and nine great-grandchil- 

 dren. 



Interment was in the family vault at 

 Cedar Grove cemetery, Flushing, L. I. 



John T. Cochran. 



John T. Cochran, for many years in 

 business at Claymont, Del., died April 3. 

 He is survived by his son, Paul T. 

 Cochran. The business is being con- 

 tinued by William L. Hobbart. 



Josiah W. Day. 



Josiah W. Day died March 20 at the 

 residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. B. 

 Hall, at Omaha, Neb. He was 85 years 

 of age. 



Mr. Day was born in Tarcntum, Pa. 

 He served in the Civil war and was 

 twice wounded. He went to Omaha in 

 1882 and engaged in the nursery busi- 

 ness until his retirement, two years ago. 

 He was a member of the Methodist 

 church and Crook Post, G. A. K. He 

 \va.5 buried beside his wife at Forest 

 Lawn cemetery. 



Charles Clegg. 



Charles Clegg, a resident of West 

 (Grange, N. J., for the last forty-seven 

 years, dropped dead at his home, 305 

 ^'alley road. 



Mr. Clegg was engaged in the florists' 

 l"Hiness for over thirty years in that 

 'ity. His death resulted from heart dis- 

 c^^i-' and hardening of the arteriesT' 



E. B. M. 



Mrs. Carrie Lange. 



Mrs. Carrie Lange, widow of the late 

 ^'lUiam Lange, died April 6 at her 

 home on South Meridian street, Indian- 

 •'P^ilis, Ind. She was 65 years of age. 

 Mrs. Lange had been in the business 

 ^"^ the last forty years. Her husband 

 |^"'»s one of the first members of the 

 trade in Indianapolis. She is survived 

 y lour children and seven grandchil- 

 '''■'^"- E. E. T. 



Mrs. Laura Anthony Hammond. 



Mrs. Laura Anthony Hammond, of 



'•"■icon, N. Y., whose death was briefly 



''ff'rded in the obituary column of The 



«' viow last week, died earlv Thursday 



morning, April 1. About a month be- 

 fore her death Mrs. Hammond con- 

 tracted a severe cold, which later de- 

 veloped into the pneumonia which 

 caused her death. Every possible care 

 was taken and two nurses were in at- 

 tendance, but, just when it was thought 

 that she had begun to recover, her 

 heart gave way under the strain. 



Mrs, Hammond was born in New York 

 and her early life was spent in Harri- 

 son, Westchester county. In 1898 she 

 became the wife of Bonjamin Hammond, 

 now president of the Hammond Paint 

 & Slug Shot Works, at Beacon, N, Y, 

 During her years of residence there she 

 became prominently known and highly 

 esteemed by all. She was deeply in- 

 terested in the local hospital, in her 

 church and in charity; while of a quiet 

 disposition, she was constantly active in 

 the philanthropic enterprises which 

 seemed worthy of her support. 



She is survived by her husband, two 

 sisters, Mrs. George C. Park and Miss 

 A. D. Anthony, of Harrison, N. Y,, and 

 three stepdaughters, of Fishkill, N. Y. 



The funeral services at the home Fri- 

 day evening, April 2, were conducted 

 by the Eev. William H. Wheeler, rector 

 of St. Andrew's church, of which Mrs. 

 Hammond was a communicant. Inter- 

 ment took place the afternoon of the 

 following day in Greenwood Union 

 cemetery. Rye, N. Y. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Stock is abundant. Although every- 

 thing is in plentiful supply, there would 

 not be a glut if business were good. 

 Stock moves slowly. 



Carnations, in any number, can be 

 obtained in all qualities. In small quan- 

 tities they are selling for $4 per hun- 

 dred, but in large quantities can be 

 had at almost the buyer's own price. 

 Roses have been about equal to the de- 

 mand and range from ,$4 to $30 per 

 hundred. Snapdragons are now plenti- 

 ful and sell fairly well. Plenty of 

 bulbous stock is still available, such as 

 ionquils, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. 

 Both Easter and calla lilies are in good 

 supply. A few freesias remain in the 

 market. 



Sweet peas are, as usual, popular, but 

 are not so plentiful as they were. Ca- 

 lendulas hav« been in unusual favor this 

 winter and are still in demand. Del- 

 phinium is a newcomer in the market, 

 but is short in supply. 



On account of the railroad strike, 

 green goods have been scarce. The em- 

 bargo on ferns has been lifted, but they 

 have been arriving slowly. 



Various Notes. 



The death of Mrs. Carrie Lange, wife 

 of the late William Lange, is reported 

 in this week's obituary column. 



Albert Joackimi, who for several 

 years has been with Bertermann Bros. 

 Co., has sold his home and, with his 

 family, will move to Portland, Ore. 



The Indianapolis Flower & Plant Co. 

 is cutting some good roses. 



Tuesday, April 13, there was a meet- 

 ing of the local committees that were 

 appointed for the October meeting of 

 the F. T. D., which is to be held in 

 Indianapolis. 



Albert Stanley is the first in the city 

 to cut delphinium. 



Mr. Herleman, of the M. Rice Co., and 



Mr. Huddleson, of the Ove Gnatt Co., 

 called on the trade last week, 



W, Denny, of Cloverdale, Ind., was 

 visiting the city last week. 



While complaint about business was 

 general among the store men last week, 

 the city market enjoyed active trade. 



Joseph Schoey, formerly with Berter- 

 mann Bros, Co., is now with A, Wieg- 

 and's Sons Co, 



Bertermann Bros, Co. is cutting a fine 

 lot of Darwin tulips, 



Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Greene have 

 a new baby daughter, born Sunday, 

 April 11. E. E, T, 



NEWPORT, R, I. 



Joseph Leikens, Inc, has leased his 

 former place of business on Bellevue 

 avenue for the present season. 



Mr. and Mrs. John K. MacLennan are 

 in Canada for their annual month's va- 

 cation. 



Arthur T. Bunyard will be found at 

 his former location, on Bellevue avenue, 

 having leased again for this season. 



W. H. M. 



CHIClAaO, 



The Market. 



As often happens, the rush of Easter 

 was followed by several days of dull 

 business. It has been noted that each 

 of the special flower days, especially 

 those on which plants are of prime im- 

 portance, results in so stocking the pub- 

 lic with flowers that the next few days 

 see little demand except for funeral and 

 other special uses. This time the con- 

 dition was aggravated by the fact that 

 large numbers of those who look to this 

 market for their flowers had more or 

 less stock left from Easter, which it 

 took them several days to work off. 

 Then the demand began to improve and 

 at the beginning of this week flowers 

 were being sold in large quantities, 

 though at rather low prices. The ship- 

 ping business again has become active. 

 In spite of the difficulties of transpor- 

 tation, which still are a distinct handi- 

 cap, the volume of shipping business is 

 large. There have been times when the 

 individual orders were larger, but the 

 number of orders has increased so that 

 many besides the regular buyers are 

 being heard from. 



There is an abundance of stock in 

 most lines. Orchids are scarce, almost 

 as scarce as in winter, and there has 

 been almost a shortage of sweet peas. 

 The latter are the principal corsage 

 flowers at present and the dark, cold 

 days following the cooking hot ones 

 just before Easter have cut down the 

 supply of peas to a surprising extent. 

 Jonquils are on the wane, the present 

 supply being principally from outdoors, 

 and early tulips also are about at the 

 end of their season. 



The leading flower in the market at 

 present is the carnation, the anticipated 

 spring crops having come on in full 

 force. Most of the stock is of fine 

 quality and the carnations are selling 

 well, though at low prices. The Allied 

 Florists' Association has been making 

 a trial this week of a new plan of re- 

 lieving the market. It was arranged 

 between wholesalers and retailers that 

 good stock should be supplied at $30 

 per thousand for an advertised special 

 sale in every flower store in Chicago at 



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