Fbbedaby 8, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



Jolin H. Getzinger. 



J. H. Getzinger, a well known depart- 

 ment manager of the Scottwood Green- 

 houses, Toledo, O., passed away January 

 24. Mr. Getzinger was in the employ 

 of the Scottwood Greenhouses for twen- 

 ty years and during the last ten years 

 superintended the decorative work of 

 this concern. His zeal and untiring ef- 

 forts early gained for him a reputation 

 as one of the most artistic and versatile 

 decorators in the city. The decedent 

 is survived by his wife, two brothers 

 and several sisters. G. B. S. 



Joe Browne. 



Joe Browne, owner of the Lischey 

 Nursery & Greenhouses, died recently 

 at his home on Mile End avenue, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., in his fifty-first year. Mr. 

 Browne, who was a Negro, was associ- 

 ated with the original owner of the 

 Lischey establishment, who willed it to 

 him at liis death, and was respected by 

 all who knew him. 



Archie H. McMillan. 



Archie H. McMillan, of the Mcivtillan 

 Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga., died January 30 

 at a private hospital. He was 44 years 

 of ase and is survived by a widow, his 

 mother, three brothers and four sisters. 



tion in many instances excessive gasoline 

 and oil consumption, again create a de- 

 livery charge that is almost unbeliev- 

 able." 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



LIMITATIONS OF THE HOKSE. 



It is generally recognized that there 

 is no other line of business in which 

 motor delivery has been so generally 

 adopted as is the case with florists — 

 and yet many florists will be interested 

 in the limitations of equine delivery 

 service as stated by H. B. Larzelere, 

 of Philadelphia, general manager for 

 the Vim Motor Truck Co. Mr. Larzelere 

 says: 



"Delivery experts have, by actual 

 test, proven that the average mer- 

 chant's problem is that of economically- 

 handling loads varying in weight from 

 a few hundred to 1,000 pounds. At 

 first sight, horse-drawn vehicles present 

 thfi ideal means for transporting such 

 light 'loads, but when you consider the 

 fact that a horse's endurance is limited 

 to only twenty miles a day, and at the 

 best he can travel only five miles an 

 hour, to make no mention of necessary 

 stops and starts in delivery work, one 

 can readily see that the cost of such 

 delivery must be excessive. Then 

 there are the stable charges, feed, har- 

 ness and wagon repair, veterinary 

 charges and many other little inci- 

 dentals that are rarely considered. In 

 the aggregate, all these count and pre- 

 sent a delivery charge which is pro- 

 hibitive. 



"Motorized delivery is the ideal 

 solution of the problem; but the aver- 

 age merchant's failing is his inability 

 to buy a truck adapted to his particular 

 needs. Many merchants turn to the 

 converted pleasure car as an avenue of 

 lelief, but time has proven the down- 

 fall of such a method. No car, de- 

 signed/to joy-ride 800 pounds of pass- 

 engers in high gear, can successfully 

 withstand the severe strains of de- 

 livery service. Sudden starts and stops, 

 y jars and jolts of dead-weight loads soon 

 tell on such vehicles and the replace- 

 ment and repair charges, not to men- 



Tlie Market. 



The last two or three weeks have seen 

 a shortage in some kinds of out flowers. 

 Even carnations are short, but their 

 quality is excellent. The larger part of 

 the azalea shipments reached this city 

 absolutely ruined, so there also is a 

 shortage in pot plants. Golden Spurs 

 and hyacinths are coming to the rescue 

 in a measure, and cyclamens are in 

 good supply and more popular than ever. 



Indications point to the use of fewer 

 bulbs next year than ever before in the 

 history of the trade here and to the 

 placing of more reliance on plants that 

 can be grown at home. Cyclamen seeds 

 have been produced by some of the 

 growers here for several years and there 

 are no better strains anywhere. A de- 

 termined effort is being made to be in- 

 dependent of European sources of sup- 

 ply. In the end this will mean the use 

 of a larger line of plants and cut flow- 

 ers, and result in better business. 



Sweet peas now are plentiful, but the 

 dark days of the last two weeks were 

 no help to them. Lilies continue plen- 

 tiful. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Marion Joy, daughter of the 

 late T. C. Joy and a younger sister of 

 the present members of the firm, has 

 been operated on for appendicitis. She 

 was able to return to her home last 

 week. 



Daniel Mclntyre is enjoying a decided 

 improvement in health. He seems to 

 have taken a new lease on life. 



Geny Bros, are offering a nice line of 

 azaleas. Their main shipments were 

 totally ruined. 



C. H. Tritschler is propagating bed- 

 ding plants heavily. He also is gradu- 

 ally developing the cut flower end of 

 the business. 



Mrs. M. Bralliar sustained a serious 

 fracture of the forearm and wrist in a 

 fall on the icy road recently. She is 

 making a rapid recovery. 



The Joy Floral Co. has a contract for 

 landscaping the grounds of the Golf and 

 Country Club of this city. Several hun- 

 dreds of shrubs, bedding plants, etc., are 

 being used. F. B. 



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©ana E. Herron, of Clean, N. Y., is of 

 the opinion that carnations, to be sat- 

 isfactory, must be grown from cuttings 

 taken from plants grown especially for 

 that purpose. "It stands to reason," 

 said Mr. Herron, "that cuttings taken 

 from blooming plants have not the 

 requisite vitality to withstand the de- 

 mands made upon them. We reserve four 

 benches entirely for cuttings and at- 

 tribute our heavy crops and the sturdy 

 growth to that fact. Carnations had 

 a hard time last summer; first the ex- 

 cessive rains, then the drought — small 

 wonder the plants have made such slow 

 headway. Those Belle Washburn carna- 

 tions, for instance, were planted out of 

 3-inch pots and were smaller when 

 they were lifted to the bench. One-half 

 the complaints we hear are that the 

 cuttings lack the necessary stamina and, 

 in addition, are raised under too much 

 shade. The less shade the better, we 

 believe; we do not shade ours at all." 

 The rose crops have more than made 

 up for the deficiency. Hadley is espe- 

 cially fine. Some 50,000 geraniums are 

 most promising. Store Manager M. Op- 

 penheim says that Snapdragon Keystone 

 is highly popular, and as it now is here 

 it certainly is a gem. 



"It was the best year in the history 

 of the establishment," responded 

 Charles Cotter, of the Lakeview Rose 

 Gardens, of Jamestown, N. Y., to my 

 inquiry of "How's business!" It 

 was interesting to trace the steady ad- 

 vance of business to the climax of the 

 year just ended, the more ' gratifying 

 when one considers the difficulty under 

 which the stock is grown. At this time 

 a batch of about 60,000 geraniums in 

 21/i-inch pots is interesting. These were 

 potted as the cuttings were taken from 

 the stock plants. The percentage of loss 

 is trifling. Soon the final shift into 3i^>- 

 inch pots will take place. Becoming 



reminiscent, our good confrere traced 

 the profession back to the period when 

 Sargon, the first king of Babylon, was 

 called a gardener-king, 6,000 years ago! 

 Our old friend, Lawrence Cotter, is ex- 

 tremely ill. 



George H. Heelas, of Jamestown, 

 points with pride to the first dollar 

 taken in. It is framed and suspended 

 over the cash register. "At one time 

 it looked ^s though we should need it," 

 remarked our hustling confrere, "but 

 we cleared the rapids and now H is 

 smooth sailing in comparison. The 

 favorite rose with us is Francis Scott 

 Key. ' ' 



The business conducted for thirty 

 years by Daniel Offerle, at Warren, Pa., 

 has passed to a younger son, Victor, who 

 is remodeling the range and bringing it 

 up to date. R. Offerle has launched out 

 on his own account just across the river 

 at Warren. He has built new houses 

 and intends to expand as the business 

 permits. He is adding a delivery auto. 

 Both men have had good experience 

 and undoubtedly will succeed. 



G. L. Graham, of Bradford, Pa., was 

 threatened with pneumonia. Mrs. Gra- 

 ham had charge of the business and 

 said that they never had a better season 

 than the present one. There is a gen- 

 eral shortage of stock, both in cut flow- 

 ers and blooming plants. Much of the 

 imported stock arrived in a damaged 

 condition. 



S. F. Stephens & Son, of Columbus, 

 O., are proud of the new house finished 

 in time for fall business. I found the 

 junior member busily engaged in lining 

 graves. Quoting the "old sexton," he 

 remarked: "We gather them in; the 

 bulk of our work is right here. By 

 pleasing our patrons and trying local 

 advertising, we have increased this sea- 

 son 's business seventeen per cent." 



W. M. 



