FBBB0ABT 3, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



Carlman Bibsam. 



The death last week is reported of 

 Carlman Eibsam, of Trenton, N. J,, 

 widely known as a grower of nursery 

 stock, especially privet and shrubs. 



John W. B. Hallett. 



John Hallett, for more than twenty- 

 five years a florist at Mamaroneck, 

 N. T.^ died at the home of his son, at 

 Flushing, N. Y., in his seventy-fourth 

 year. He is survived by his wife, two 

 aons and a daughter. 



Thomas Barson. 



Thomas Barson, a retired florist of 

 Johnstown, N. Y., died January 19, 

 after a long illness. He was 54 years 

 of age and was born in England. He 

 came to America in 1888 and for a 

 time was located at Hoosick Falls, 

 N. Y. He later removed to Amsterdam, 

 N, Y., where he was employed as gar- 

 dener by the late Stephen Stanford. 

 About twenty years ago he went to 

 Johnstown, where he established a flo- 

 rists' business. This he sold in 1914 

 to J. H. Frederick, of Schenectady. He 

 is survived by his wife, a brother and 

 two sisters. 



WiUlam H. Ferguson. 



William H. Ferguson, a well known 

 and highly respected florist of Phila- 

 delphia, died January 28, at the age of 

 69 years, the funeral taking place Feb- 

 ruary 1. The business of Ferguson & 

 Son, at Twelfth and Spring Garden 

 streets, will be continued by the sur- 

 viving partner. 



Edward Welch. 



Edward Welch, of Hartford, Conn., 

 died January 19 from pneumonia, after 

 an illness of five days. He was born 

 in Simsbury, Conn,,. April 8, 1862. His 

 wife, four sons, two brothers and a 

 eister survive him. 



Bernard Schramm. 



Bernard Schramm, aged 77, a pioneer 

 florist of Toledo, O., died January 19 

 at his home on Baker street. He was 

 born in Stotzheim, Alsace-Lorraine, and 

 migrated to Toledo in 1863, where he 

 became manager of the old Peter (Lenk 

 greenhouses. Later he established 

 greenhouses in Toledo and founded the 

 business which now is known as 

 Schramm Bros. When Mr. Schramm re- 

 tired from the business his sons, Ber- 

 nard G. and Charles, took charge. Both 

 however, died in 1910. Since then 

 grandnephews of Mr. Schramm have 

 been conducting the business. Mr. 

 Schramm is survived by four daugh- 

 ters, thirty-seven grandchildren and 

 nine great-grandchildren. 



Virginia, 111.— Andrew Eeiter, pro- 

 prietor of the Virginia Greenhouses, 

 has gone to Houston, Tex., where he 

 will spend the winter. 



Lancaster, Pa.— When the epidemic 

 of grip struck Lancaster, J. P. Siebold 

 and son were two of the many who 

 came down with severe attacks of that 

 pestiferous disease. During their ill- 

 ness Mrs. J. P. Siebold was manager 

 of the business as well as the sick- 

 room. 



Toledo, O. — There will be a new 

 flower store at 1502 Broadway about 

 February 15. A. E. Warning, of 812 

 Western avenue, is the proprietor. 



Hagerstown, Md. — January 24 fire to- 

 tally destroyed the boiler room and 

 badly damaged the ends of four green- 

 houses owned by H. A. Bester & Sons, 

 entailing a loss estimated at $1,000. 



Schenecitady, N. Y. — Jacob J. Thelen 

 has a dirt band of his own invention 

 which he has been using for three years. 

 He is considering applying for a patent 

 and putting the band on the market. 



Little Bock, Ark. — A fire originating 

 in the boiler room of the Herman Meyer 

 establishment damaged the greenhouse 

 and adjoining residence to the extent of 

 $2,000, which was partly covered by in- 

 surance. 



Media, Pa. — Fire destroyed a green- 

 house at the George W. Bosler range on 

 Orange street recently, damaging spring 

 stock to the extent of $1,000. Miss 

 Phoebe Baker sustained a loss of $800 

 from a blaze started by an overheated 

 furnace, on the same day. 



Dayton, O. — At the recent industrial 

 exposition in\the Delco building the 

 Miami Floral Co. and the Heiss Co. 

 were large exhibitors. Their adjoining 

 booths had a good showing of poinset- 

 tias, lilacs, boxwood, ferns, palms, car- 

 nations and roses. The tfohn Sieben- 

 thaler Nursery displayed a good line of 

 rursery stock, featuring imported mag- 

 nolias in full bloom. 



London, England. — Announcement has 

 been made that the Journal of Horti- 

 culture has suspended publication ' ' dur- 

 ing the period of the war." All the 

 British gardening papers have been hard 

 hit, but the trade periodicals have got 

 along fairly well. The Journal of Hor- 

 ticulture was founded in 1848 and was 

 a great success until the death of the 

 original editors put the paper into less 

 virile hands. 



Saginaw, Mich. — The Saginaw-Bay 

 City Florists' Society will meet at the 

 store of J. B. Goetz Sons February 7 

 at 7:30 p. m. 



Champaign, HI. — C. F. Swayger, chief 

 gardener for the Hlinois Central rail- 

 road, is visiting in New York and New 

 Jersey this week. 



Oarrettsville, O.— The H. J. Alford 

 Co., which is doing a vegetable and seed 

 business, will erect two greenhouses in 

 the spring and grow flowers for retail. 



Norfolk, Va.— The Manning Floral 

 Co. has a now form of Centaurea Cya- 

 nus to which it has given the name 

 Norfolk Pink. The flowers are shell 

 pink and double, the claim being made 

 that after some years of work it comes 

 true from seed. 



Fort Atkinson, Wis. — A deal recently 

 was consummated whereby A. L. Merri- 

 man disposed of his florists' business 

 to Herbert and Thomas Cloute, who are 

 now conducting the business under the 

 name of Cloute Bros. Herbert Cloute 

 was employed by Mr. Merriman for five 

 years and his brother, Thomas, was in 

 the nursery business for the last six 

 years. Both are young men. 



THE BAUSCHEB FIBE. 



The Review for January 27 contained 

 an account of the fire that recently vis- 

 ited the establishment of John Bausch- 

 er, Freeport, 111., on a night when the 

 temperature was 10 degrees below zero. 

 In this issue a picture is shown, repro- 

 duced from a photograph made next 

 day. The vacant space in the fore- 

 ground formerly was occupied by a two- 

 story service building that burned up 

 inconceivably clean. The houses ran 

 each way from this service building, 

 sixteen of them in the range. The ends 

 were burned off. A large part of the 

 loss, of course, was on frozen stock. A. 

 .T. Bauscher estimates the loss at $25,- 

 000. Repairs were begun immediately 

 and now are well along. 



Where the Service Building Stood Before the Bauscher Fire. 



