JBNB 1, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. A. I. Simmons. 



Mrs. A. I. Simmons, aged 39 years, 

 died of heart failure while telephoning, 

 May 27, at 11:30 a. m. in the store of 

 her husband at 242 West Sixty-third 

 street, Chicago, 111. The funeral was 

 held from the home. May 29, and inter- 

 ment was in Oakwood cemetery. The 

 deceased is survived by her husband, 

 a 17-year-old daughter, Kuth, two sis- 

 ters and a brother. She had been her 

 husband's chief assistant in the store 

 for years. 



Jonatlian Nash. 



Jonathan Nash, of the firm of Moore, 

 Hentz & Nash, 55 West Twenty-sixth 

 street, New York city, who had been 

 ill during the last two weeks with pneu- 

 monia, died at his home Saturday morn- 

 ing. May 27, aged 63 years. He leaves 

 a widow, one daughter and three sons. 

 The funeral services were held at Grace 

 church. Tenth street and Broadway, 

 Monday, May 29, and were largely at- 

 tended by his friends in the trade. 



Mr. Nash came to this country from 

 Hillingdon, near London, England, 

 twenty-two years ago. The Hillingdon 

 rose was his favorite always. He was 

 a member of the English Yeomanry and 

 was in the horticultural business all his 

 life, being known as " a Covent Garden 

 man." His first experience in America 

 was with Slaughter, the rose grower of 

 Madison. He then was connected with 

 the New York Cut Flower Co. and two 

 years later formed a partnership with 

 F. L. Moore and Henry Hentz as Moore, 

 Hentz & Nash. This partnership has 

 continued for eighteen years. Among 

 the many beautiful floral pieces at the 

 funeral was a blanket of valley by the 

 surviving members of the firm, besides 

 dozens of wreaths from all sections of 

 the city and his hosts of friends in the 

 trade. J. A. S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There was a big Memorial day busi- 

 ness up to noon May 29. The latter 

 part of last week summer temperature 

 prevailed, but the peony season is a 

 week late and there was a large short- 

 age for Memorial day. The advance 

 orders for peonies were enormous, espe- 

 cially from the smaller cities, and the 

 few peonies that arrived were absorbed 

 quickly at $1 per dozen. A few days 

 after Memorial day, one of the special- 

 ists prophesies, $2 toM^S. per hundred 

 will be the price an d^P million flowers 

 will be sold before the first ten days of 

 June are over. 



Last week's values were maintained, 

 many declare, only by the lighter ship- 

 ments. Carnations, however, held up 

 in price phenomenally, a few selected 

 flowers bringing 6 cents May 28, when 

 the average quotations ranged from 

 $2.50 to $5 per hundred. These steadied 

 the whole market. The price of carna- 

 tions, however, broke badly late 

 May 29. 



Eoses are arriving in greater numbers 

 and the general quality still is superb. 

 The hot wave has not yet affected 

 them. American Beauties are none too 

 plentiful and there was no diflSculty 

 in securing $25 per hundred for the 

 selects. The rose demand was heavy 

 May 28, especially for the lower grades. 

 Hadley, Brunner and Prima Donna still 



are great favorites. There are plenty 

 of orchids and prices range from $10 

 to $35 per hundred. Gardenias have 

 followed violets into the realm of "in- 

 nocuous desuetude." [Lilies rose to 10 

 cents each May 28, with a few selling 

 at $1.50 per dozen, but inferior flowers 

 sold as low as $4 per hundred. Valley 

 sells at $4 down to $1, the latter figure 

 for the outdoor stock. There will be 

 no drop while the June weddings last. 

 There are plenty of callas and gladioli, 

 less iris, but oceans of sweet peas, the 

 Spencers only selling rapidly. The 

 usual assortment of spring flowers, 

 plenty of ramblers and a glorious col- 

 lection of tulips in great variety and 

 beauty, are in evidence. 



Many orders reached the New York 

 retailers from other cities, for Memo- 

 rial day delivery here. 



Various Notes. 



It was a great shock to his many 

 friends in the trade when the death of 

 Jonathan Nash was announced May 28, 

 as every hope had been entertained for 

 nis ultimate recovery. He was a man 

 of charming personality and universally 

 beloved. Further particulars will be 

 found in the obituary column. 



The weekly exhibition of plants and 

 cut flowers took place May 27 and 

 28 at Bronx park. On Saturday Prof. 

 E. H. Wilson, of Arnold Arboretum, 

 lectured to a large audience on "Plant 

 Hunting in China. ' ' J. Otto Thilow, of 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, will 

 lecture June 3, at the same place, his 

 subject being "Flowers from Snow to 

 Snow." 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, the last for the season, will be 

 held June 12, 



Anton Schultheis and wife, of Col- 

 lege Point, are enjoying a brief holiday 

 at Cherry Valley, Pa. 



Mr. Hanfling, of Russin & Hanfling, 

 is recuperating for a week in the Cat- 

 skills. 



The woman's suffrage folks had a 

 gala day May 28, with decorated autos 

 at every corner on Fifth avenue, where 

 many thousands of roses^and other flow- 

 ers were sold for the "cause." 



A. A. Young, of Jewett City, Conn., 

 is shipping some exceptionally good 

 carnations to the Growers' Cut Flower 

 Co. 



William Kessler and wife have re- 

 turned from a week's rest in the moun- 

 tains. Now Mr. Kessler and his force 

 are busy completing the improvements 

 in his store, building a new icebox lOx 

 18 feet, enlarging the office and the 

 department for cut flowers and elimi- 

 nating the conservatory. 



George Siebrecht's sales of lilies May 

 28 were over 4,000. 



June 3 the bowling club will play a 

 match game with and enjoy the hospi- 

 tality of the Patchogueians, under the 

 protecting wings of John Donaldson & 

 Co. The Club 's fishing trip to Barnegat 

 bay will take place in August. 



Sunday closing by all the florists is 

 under serious consideration^ 



W. P. Ford expects to cut many thou- 

 sands of peonies from his own farm 

 during the first few days of June. Their 

 failure to bloom for Memorial day was 

 a great disappointment. 



R. B. Holmes, of Madison, N. J., is 

 sending choice Ophelia roses to J. K. 

 Allen, who also calls attention to the 

 pond lilies in variety from J. W. Cori- 

 don, of Tuxedo, Md. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., spent 

 Memorial day in New York. 



The father of Joseph Volke, manager 

 of W. H. Siebrecht's business in the 

 Coogan building, died May 28. 



A. L. Young's father is dangerously 

 ill. J. Austin Shaw. 



Brussels, Belgium. — Large quantities 

 of nursery stock are being moved to 

 Germany under special permit, the min- 

 ister of agriculture at Berlin being ac- 

 tively prosecuting the work of hus- 

 banding and developing that efficient 

 nation's agricultural resources, 



London, England. — Official notice has 

 at length been given of the long pre- 

 dicted action of the government in the 

 matter of bulb imports. By an Order 

 in Council, signed by the king May 10, 

 the importation into the United King- 

 dom of bulbs, fiower roots, plants, trees 

 and shrubs is restricted to cases in 

 which special license is granted by the 

 Board of Trade. 



Paris, France. — The French govern- 

 ment since December 26, 1914, has com- 

 pensated those whose property suffered 

 from German air raids, but the peren- 

 nial disagreement has arisen over the 

 value of greenhouse property. The Na- 

 tional Horticultural Society of France 

 has been appealed to and insists that 

 each board of appraisal shall contain 

 at least one member competent to place 

 values on growing plants. 



Yokohama, Japan, — While it does not 

 appear that freight on bulbs to the 

 United States will show an early de- 

 cline, there should be no great difficulty 

 in finding space for the movement of 

 the 1916 crop, since the Nippon Yusen 

 Kaisha is to add a seventh steamer to 

 its service. Four of these liners run 

 between Hongkong and Seattle, but 

 three will be employed solely between 

 Japanese ports and Seattle, giving 

 three steamers per month instead of 

 twice a month as heretofore. 



London, England. — At the meeting of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society May 2 

 an award of merit was recommended 

 for Ribes cruentum, a Calif ornian species, 

 forming a dwarf, diffusely branched 

 shrub, spiny, and bearing three or five- 

 lobed leaves a little smaller than those 

 of the gooseberry. The pendulous flow- 

 ers are about an inch long, the re- 

 curving outer petals being crimson- 

 maroon, the inner ones tubular and of 

 shell-pink tint, with white tips. The 

 fruits are covered with long spines. 

 This is a highly ornamental gooseberry, 

 the flowers being like small fuchsia 

 blooms. 



