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NOVEMBBR 2, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Schwarz. 



Henry Schwarz, of Norwood, Cincin- 

 nati, passed away October 28. Mr. 

 Schwarz was born in Germany, in 1864. 

 After coming to this country in 1882 

 he worked first at Knightstowu, and 

 then at Anderson and Richmond, Ind. 

 In 1890 he removed to Cincinnati, O., 

 where he spent the remainder of his 

 life. He settled at Price Hill and en- 

 gaged in business there for eleven 

 years. At the end o^ this period he 

 moved his range to Norwood, where he 

 did business for the last fifteen years. 



The deceased was married twice, the 

 first time to Miss Lottie Schweibert 

 and the second time to his first wife's 

 sister. Miss Ophelia Schweibert. 



From the time Mr. Schwarz first ar- 

 rived at Cincinnati he took an active 

 and prominent part in the florists' af- 

 fairs and at one time was president of 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society. When 

 anyone, particularly a florist, suffered 

 a misfortune, Mr. Schwarz was the first 

 to come to his assistance. He had many 

 friends, and no matter when or where 

 they met him they always found him in 

 a good humor. In a business way he 

 was successful and this success is at- 

 tributed to his thorough and conscien- 

 tious methods. His wife and son, 

 Edward, survive him. C. H. H. 



CHICAOO'S SUNDAY SHOW. 



The retailers of Chicago are invited 

 by the Chicago Florists' Club to make 

 an exhibit Sunday, November 12, at 

 the Art and Novelty Display at Hotel 

 La Salle. There will be no charge for 

 space, no prizes, no awards, no exhibits 

 for competition. This is to be strictly 

 an art show, to give the retailer an op- 

 portunity to display to the public, nov- 

 elties in flowers and plants, and feature 

 their adaptability for dainty and 

 charming floral arrangements for all 

 social occasions. 



The grand ballroom of Hotel La Salle 

 is an admirable place to hold this ex- 

 hibition. The room is 46x140 feet, deco- 

 rated in ivory, gold and old rose. The 

 lighting eflfect is superb. The show 

 management has arranged to looate all 

 retail exhibits in the center of the room, 

 which will afford the exhibitor every 

 advantage to display his art. Let's 

 make this show an overwhelming suc- 

 cess. It is the retailers' opportunity 

 to show what is possible with flowers 

 and plants. Only natural flowers and 

 plants are to be used, but all kinds of 

 accessories will be permissible. 



Growers of novelty plants and cut 

 flowers, send us your exhibits and we 

 will have artists on hand to arrange 

 them. The Chicago examining com- 

 mittee of the C. S. A. will be on hand 

 to score new chrysanthemums. Grow- 

 ers sending flowers for this purpose 

 should address N. J. Wietor, chairman. 

 Novelties of other flowers and plants 

 should be addressed to C. W. Johnson. 

 Have all shipments arrive Saturday 

 afternoon, November 11, or Sunday 

 morning, November 12, sending all 

 shipments express prepaid to the gen- 

 tlemen mentioned above, care of the 

 Floral Art and Novelty Display, Hotel 

 La Salle, Chicago. Our representative 

 will be on hand to take charge of all 

 shipments upon arrival. 



F. Lautenschlager, 

 Chairman of Publicity. 



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"Mum's the word," the saying is, 

 That we so often hear; 



But it should be chrysanthemum 

 About this time of year. 



Thus versified Samuel Murray, of 

 Kansas City, Mo. "We already have 

 had some stock to inaugurate the sea- 

 son," said he, "but the best is yet to 

 come." 



Fine window displays are being made 

 by the Alpha Floral Co., the W. L. 

 Rock Flower Co., the Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co. and Arthur Newell. 



W. J. Barnes keeps a supply of high- 

 grade palms for the big decorations. 

 He says Phoenix Roebelenii will stand 

 as much hard usage as the common 

 varieties. I noted plants in tubs in a 

 hotel that were extremely dry, yet the 

 foliage was luxuriantly green. 



Robert S. Brown is in his eightieth 

 year, and the larger part of the many 

 years has been spent at Thirteenth 

 street and Wabash avenue, where I 

 found the grand old veteran watering 

 a century plant. "I don't know why 

 I do it," said Mr. Brown, looking at 

 me with that keen eye of his, "drag- 

 ging this hose over what is taxed as 

 thirty-two city lots, and it is all my 

 own." 



The Guthrie-Lorenz Co., Des Moines, 

 report good business through the many 

 .conventions held in the city. 



"Did you ever see carnations so 

 scarce at this time?" asked J. S. Wil- 

 son, of the Wilson Floral Co., Des 



Moines, la. It seems that conditions 

 are the same everywhere. The roses 

 and chrysanthemums are fine and busi- 

 ness is excellent. 



The Kirkwood Floral Co., also of Des 

 Moines, makes a fine display at the new 

 store, which is one of the best locations 

 in town. 



"Omaha is having a goodly share of 

 the general prosperity,^' observed J. J. 

 Hess, of Hess & Swoboda. "The car- 

 nival and funerals have every one busy. 

 We have been sending out some un- 

 usually fine pieces of late, in which 

 chrysanthemums from California figured 

 largely and helped out splendidly. Our 

 own stock is now coming in and never 

 was better." 



The C. H. Frey Co., of Lincoln, Neb., 

 is having great success with its scarlet 

 carnation, Nebraska. I sa\^ the icebox 

 in the downtown store filled with 

 scarcely anything else, and was told 

 that this variety came into bloom 

 around August 1, ahead o* any other 

 variety, and will continue in full crop 

 until after Christmas. 



The Homewood Greenhouses, of At- 

 chison, Kan., are supplying finely grown 

 Boston and Whitmani ferns to the 

 Atchison Seed & Flower Store, one of 

 the most up-to-date stores, which has 

 its seed department on the right and 

 flower department on the left, which is 

 approached by a pergola on a raised 

 tiled floor. A brick wall three feet high 

 acts as a partition. W. M. 



Hamilton, Bermuda.— The decline of 

 the Harrisii lily bulb industry in the 

 island is shown by the fact that the 

 value of shipments to the United 

 States, invoiced at the consulate , here, 

 in 1914 amounted to only $9,079, and 

 in 1915 the value shrunk to only $4,163. 



Ohent, Belgium. — ^The efforts of the 

 Syndicat des Horticultures have result- 

 ed in releasing for export most of the 

 azaleas, etc., intended for America, the 

 requirement of the German authorities 

 as to cash payment being abrogated. 

 Labor is scarce and the supply of stock 

 is less than in previous years, but is 

 equal to the requirements of the Ameri- 

 can trade. 



Marseilles, France. — With reference 

 to the large flower-growing industry in 

 this section, U. S. Consul General 

 Gaulin recently reported to Washing- 

 ton: "The scarcity of skilled labor, 

 coupled with a reduced demand, result- 

 ing in a large measure from the cessa- 

 tion of trade Mth belligerent countries, 

 caused a heavy decline in the produc- 

 tion of flowers, while prices were gen- 

 erally lower than during the year that 

 preceded the war." 



London, England. — In a report to the 

 Agricultural Relief of the Allies Com- 

 mittee, Sir Herbert Matthews, referring 

 to the Somme section recently fought 

 over, says: "The condition of this 

 area is diflScult to describe. It has been 

 said that an enemy army may wreck 

 every Jiouse and building, burn all the 

 crops, and drive off all the live stock, 

 but that he cannot permanently damage 

 the soil. In this case a large propor- 

 tion of the surface soil has simply dis- 

 appeared, partly by the trenching of 

 the Germans, partly by the action of 

 high-explosive shells, and the mining of 

 our own army. It appeared to be a 

 curious mixture of a thin chalky clay, 

 with pure chalk underneath, inter- 

 spersed with a loam over gravel. It 

 does not seem to me to be commercially 

 feasible to reclaim this area. The cost 

 of leveling it would be considerable, 

 though not excessive per acre over the 

 whole area. But when leveled the top 

 soil will be gone. It will take a gen- 

 eration at least to get suflicient cover 

 on the chalk to carry vegetation; a cen- 

 tury to make it of any appreciable 

 value. How large this area may be it 

 yet is impossible to say." 



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