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JfKE 8, 1816 



The Rorists' Review 





21 



Tbe Market. 



Mrs. Albert Bahn. 



Mrs. Martha Bahn, wife of Albert 

 Bahn, of the Eahn & Herbert Co., 

 Clackamas, Ore., has passed away. Her 

 illness was reported by The Eeview's 

 forrespondent at Portland, Ore., a few 

 weeks ago. Her funeral was held May 

 31, the date that would have been cele- 

 brated as her forty-third birthday, had 

 she lived. The funeral was largely 

 attended, especially by members of the 

 Portland Floral Society. Besides her 

 husband, she leaves three children, all 

 (f school age. 



Miss A. K Wilson. 



Miss A. L. Wilson, of Montgomery, 

 Ala., who, with her sister, conducted a 

 florists' business at Mildred and Pleas- 

 ant streets, died Memorial day. Al- 

 though she had been in poor health for 

 some time, the end came unexpectedly. 

 For thirty years she was a successful 

 grower of bulbs, selling at wholesale as 

 well as retail. 



William L. McKay. 



W. L. McKay, 61 years of age, a 

 prominent nurseryman of Geneva, N. Y., 

 where he did a large business under the 

 name of Van Dusen Nursery Co., died 

 of heart failure on the morning of 

 May 25, while working on his grounds 

 west of the city. Mr. McKay was born 

 at Warsaw, N. Y., in 1855. He was a 

 graduate of Cornell and completed a 

 course in law at the University of 

 Michigan. In 1882 he married Miss 

 Edith Van Dusen, of Geneva, and 

 moved to Geneva to engage in the nur- 

 sery business. Outside of his business 

 interests, Mr. McKay's principal activi- 

 ties were in connection with the New 

 York militia. He enlisted as a private 

 in 1892 and was later made lieutenant. 

 During the Spanish war he served with 

 his company. 



The deceased is survived by his wife, 

 two sons, who were associated with him 

 in the nursery business, three daughters 

 and three sisters. 



Ctottlieb Supper. 



The death June 1 of Gottlieb Supper, 

 who for the last fifteen years was con- 

 nected with the retail establishment of 

 George C. Shaffer, of Washington, D. C, 

 came as a great shock to his many 

 friends in the business. He had been 

 ill buj; a short time, suffering from ery- 

 sipelas, and hope had been expressed 

 for his recovery. Mr. Supper was born 

 in Germany about thirty-five years ago. 

 He was brought to this country by his 

 parents when an infant and after com- 

 pleting a common school education he 

 started in to learn the florists' busi- 

 ness under the tutelage of his father, 

 who now conducts an establishment at 

 Lakewood, N. J, It was from that place 

 that Mr. Supper went to Washington 

 to engage in the business. He worked 

 for a short time for the Washington 

 Florists Co. and for Henry Pflster, prior 

 to joining Mr. Shaffer. 



Mr. Supper is survived by his wife, 

 Mrs. Nettie Supper, who for some time 

 has been employed by Mr. Shaffer. In- 

 terment was at Walker's Chapel, Va. 



C. L. L. 



Memorial day business was the best 

 ever. Peonies were the leaders, the 

 supply being 100 per cent larger than 

 last year. Next in demand came mixed 

 flowers, such as daisies, pyrethrums, 

 cape jasmines and other outdoor flow- 

 ers. Carnations were a trifle high in 

 price and only a few were used in boxes 

 of mixed flowers. The cheaper grades 

 of roses were in great demand and a 

 large quantity of pot plants was moved. 

 Any kind of plant with a flower on it 

 sold well. Wagons loaded with flower- 

 ing plants were to be seen at the en- 

 trances of all cemeteries. The excel- 

 lent weather and the easier financial 

 conditions were important factors in the 

 large business done. The cemeteries 

 were crowded. Eetailers report large 

 increases in business for the day. Cut 

 flowers now are cheap. 



Various Notes. 



A. F. Barbe had an unusually large 

 business Memorial day. He sold 5,500 

 peonies, besides other seasonable flow- 

 ers. A fine lot of geraniums in 5-inch 

 pots cleared at 50 cents each. 



Peter Martin had 500 large lights 

 broken in his greenhouse by hail June 2. 

 There was little damage to the stock. 

 William Foith lost about 250 lights. 

 Jacob Tobler, of the Bunker Hill Green- 

 house, also suffered from the hail storm. 

 He lost about one-tenth of his glass, 

 but had little damage otherwise. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report that Memorial 

 day business was far ahead of that of 



any previous year. Out-of-town trade 

 was heavy. They will handle a large 

 number of Colorado carnations. 



Henry Kusik & Co. disposed of more 

 than 50,000 peonies and large quanti- 

 ties of other cut stock. A car of moss 

 has been ordered from the north. 



The Geo. M. Kellogg Flower & Plant 

 Co. reports having had the largest Me- 

 morial day business ever, even exceed- 

 ing the Christmas trade. 



Dry goods stores sold cut flowers for 

 Memorial day and all report that busi- 

 ness this year doubled that of last year. 

 Many of the stores were sold out by 10 

 o'clock May 29. 



Arthur Newell was well satisfied with 

 business, as his books show an increase 

 of forty per cent. He says he did not 

 have to worry about stock being fresh, 

 as he could get plenty at any time. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports the best 

 business in five years. Out-of-town 

 trade was heavy. 



Samuel Murray's receipts for Me- 

 morial day established a new record. 

 Pot plants as well as cut flowers sold 

 well. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. reports 

 an increase in its out-of-town orders as 

 well as in local sales. This concern had 

 more cut flowers for Memorial day than 

 for the same day of any of the years 

 it has been in business. 



W. J. Barnes sold out cut stock en- 

 tirely by noon and had only a few pot 

 plants left. He is getting his green- 

 houses ready for pot plants and mums 

 for the fall. 



Business across the state line was 

 good. All report an increase over that 

 of last year. W. J. B. 



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J. V. Laver, of Erie, Pa., said Me- 

 morial day would surpass any of its 

 predecessors in the total amount of 

 business done. "It was good last year, 

 but there seemed to be a hole in the 

 pocket. Though the volume was there, 

 the profit was not," remarked Mr. 

 Laver. 



William Honeysett flnds the tone of 

 the market healthy. He believes this 

 is the best season of the many he has 

 experienced at Erie. 



Charles Offerle put in a strenuous 

 time, having some large planting orders 

 for JErie's principal cemetery. 



The Bauer Floral Co., at Erie, had 

 no complaint to make and was in line 

 with fine stock that the late season 

 favored. 



C. W. Zuch & Sons were cutting the 

 last of a profitable crop of Lettuce 

 Grand Rapids. "We have put Erie 

 on the map from a vegetable stand- 

 point," remarked George Zuch, in nam- 

 ing the various towns to which they 

 ship. "We really have more business 

 than we can properly take care of, 

 hence the Ijord & Burnham house going 

 up this summer," concluded Mr. Zuch. 

 The cucumber crop is promising. 



J. H. Dann & Son, of Westfield, 

 N. Y., have been somewhat handi- 

 capped by wet weather. Usually some 

 300,000 tomato plants grown for the 

 local planters are disposed of before 

 now. They were going out lively, how- 

 ever, and a good Memorial day business 



fattened the exchequer most satisfac- 

 torily. 



F. E. Selkregg, of North East, Pa., 

 was finishing a hasty meal when I 

 called. "As we journey through life, 

 we must live by the way sometimes," 

 observed Mr. Selkregg. I left him at 

 the entrance of a bank, where he was 

 to make a deposit, and concluded that 

 life for him was really pleasant. 



The Tong & Weeks Floral Co., of 

 Ashtabula, O., is experiencing a good 

 run of funeral work. Herbert Toag, 

 well known to many in the trade as the * 

 superintendent for many years of the 

 Frontier Farm, at Erie, Pa., now is 

 enjoying the fruits of his labors in a 

 semi-independent way. He says he 

 cannot relinquish the reins entirely. 



C. Merkel & Son, of Mentor, O., are 

 adding 75,000 feet of glass, to ac- 

 commodate the stock for an increasing 

 demand. This range is intended for 

 carnations and roses, the older range 

 to be used for pot plants, cyclamens to 

 figure prominently. 



Carl Hagenburger, of Mentor, made 

 an important improvement at his range 

 last fall and is much pleased with 

 the advantage gained. A fine lot of 

 Nephrolepis Bostoniensis and N. Teddy, 

 Jr., was noted, as well as a double 

 pink geranium, Mrs. Barney. Mr. 

 Hagenburger says ' this variety is as 

 free as S. A. Nutt. It is not a new 

 variety, but is not so well known as it 

 deserves to be. W. M. 



