Fbbbuart 15, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



James King. 



James King, nurseryman at Elmhurst, 

 HI., and well known in the florists' 

 trade in Ofaicago, died at his home 

 February 9. He was 72 years of age 

 and a member of the pioneer King 

 family of Connecticut. He was born 

 in New Haven and removed to the Chi- 

 cago district twenty-six years ago, en- 

 gaging in the nursery and landscape 

 business at Elmhurst, later acquiring 

 property at Wheaton, HI., also used for 

 nursery purposes. In recent years he 

 became something of a peony specialist 

 and in addition to a wholesale business 

 in the roots he shipped large quantities 

 of cut blooms to the Chicago market. 



Mr. King is survived by Mrs. King 

 and a son, George, who will continue 

 the business. 



F. G. Lelunann. 



F. G. Lehmann, for fifty years a florist 

 of Anamosa, la., died last week, at the 

 age of 82. He was born in Germany and 

 emigrated to this country on reaching 

 his majority. Years later he started a 

 florists' business at Anamosa and was 

 successful from the start. In 1915 he 

 turned the business over to his son-in- 

 law, E. L. Harvey, who conducts it 

 today. 



Mr. Lehmann 's ambition to paint was 

 thwarted because of partial blindness, 

 but after 60 years of age this hope was 

 realized, when, under the tutelage of a 

 daughter who studied art, he produced 

 several pictures of real merit. When his 

 residence and paintings were burned a 

 few years ago, Mr. Lehmann received 

 insurance on his pictures amounting to 

 more than that of the house and house- 

 hold goods combined. 



Adam Fehr. 



After several months' illness, Adam 

 Fehr, a resident of Belleville, HI., for 

 more than half a century, died on the 

 first of the month in a Belleville hos- 

 pital, Mr. Fehr was born in Germany, 

 November 30, 1828, and emigrated to 

 the United States in 1850. Subsequently 

 he opened a store at Belleville, which 

 now is conducted by his son, Adolf Fehr. 

 The decedent is survived by three sons 

 and two daughters. 



Calvin H. Coz. 



Calvin H. Cox, aged 45 years, a widely 

 known florist of Springfield, O., passed 

 away suddenly last month, death re- 

 sulting after a short illness from acute 

 diabetes. Mr. Cox was born at Don- 

 nelsville, O., and twenty years ago 

 moved to Springfield. Although by 

 training a bookkeeper, !Mr. Cox soon 

 after his arrival at Springfield aban- 

 doned oflSce work for greenhouse work. 

 Besides his wife, two children survive. 



Washington, Pa. — Feeling the need 

 of an organization through which they 

 could cooperate for the common good 

 of the trade, the florists here February 6 

 formed the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Washington, Pa., with the fol- 

 lowing oflScers: President, J. O. Min- 

 ton; vice-president, Charles McGowan; 

 secretary-treasurer, William J. Warrick, 

 Jr. The meetings will be held in the 

 Community building and will be open 

 to all. 





Dover, N. H. — C. L. Howe intends to 

 erect a rose house as soon as the weather 

 becomes settled. 



New Salem, Mass. — F. D. Cogswell is 

 celebrating his first anniversary in the 

 business as a grower of greenhouse vege- 

 tables and pot plants. 



Needliam, Mass. — With reference to 

 recent inquiries in The Review with re- 

 gard to sources of supply of Tomato 

 Balch's Fillbasket, David McKenzie, of 

 the Needham Conservatories, says he is 

 growing the variety, using seed ob- 

 tained from Henry F. Michell Co., 

 Philadelphia. 



Dover, N. H. — H. E. Meader recently 

 returned from a short business trip to 

 Massachusetts, in which state he called 

 on S. E. Spencer, of Woburn, and L. M. 

 Gage, of Natick. Mr. Meader says that 

 gladiolus bulbs are selling well and be- 

 lieves that there will be a scarcity in 

 the larger sizes before long. 



Natick, Mass. — S. Eugene Colburn, 

 whose specialty has been hardy stock, 

 bulbs, pansies, etc., is preparing to build 

 a small greenhouse. 



Salem, Mass. — A florists' business has 

 been launched here by Harold W, King- 

 ston, who says he intends to erect a 

 large greenhouse in the spring. 



Hebron, Me. — Beginning with hardy 

 perennials and bedding plants, George 

 H. Woodward says he hopes to become 

 a producer of all kinds of stock as the 

 business grows. 



Amherst, Mass. — Prof. Frank A. 

 Waugh, head of the Division of Horti- 

 culture at the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, has been appointed con- 

 sulting landscape architect to the gov- 

 ernment forest service. He has been 

 granted a six months' leave of absence 

 from college work to make a tour of in- 

 spection of the Imperial valley in Cali- 

 fornia. 



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John Walker, of Youngstown, O., will 

 head a quartette of local celebrities to 

 visit the various plantations on the Isle 

 of Pines, West Indies. A heavy crop 

 of grape fruit is promised on the island, 

 but, as remarked one, "It may prove 

 sour, as was a crop of oranges last year, 

 when a storm swept over our lands and 

 blew down the entire crop. ' ' 



Fred Burki, of Allegheny, one of the 

 travelers, has gone ahead. "We shall 

 return for the Easter business," ob- 

 served Mr. Walker, ' ' when we expect to 

 have our usual big stock of potted 

 plants in good shape." 



H. W. Cade, of Youngstown, remarked 

 that, while the town was not the gold 

 mine imagined by some, the florists 

 were certainly doing a good volume of 

 general business. The holiday trade 

 called for a higher grade of stock and 

 the prices were willingly paid. 



Adgate & Son, of Warren, C, report 

 an exceptional run of funeral work. 

 "All of it helps to swell the grand 

 total, ' ' observed Frank Adgate. 



The J. H. Cunningham establishment 

 at Delaware, O., is being conducted 

 along the lines laid down by the founder. 

 George vv., son and successor, mentioned 

 an unusual demand for stock. 



"In our long experience in the busi- 

 ness," observed W. H. Underwood, of 

 Underwood Bros., Columbus, C, "I do 

 not recall a more unsatisfactory situa- 

 tion regarding plant sales during the 

 holidays. This stock," referring to a 

 house of Begonia luminosa, "was the 

 most profitable of all. It was raised 

 from seed, easily grown and in fine shape 

 for the holiday trade. Any plants left 

 over are acceptable for window boxes. 

 We wonder why luminosa is not more 

 largely grown. It is a good plant for 



the house under ordinary conditions. 

 Now look at that fine lot of specimen 

 azaleas in full bloom — no sales at any 

 price. Our experience was a sad one 

 and doubtless similar to that of many 

 others. A part of the azalea shipment 

 went astray, although we had them sent 

 by express from New York. The miss- 

 ing case turned up late, with the plants 

 badly damaged. Now we have to wres- 

 tle with the express company for settle- 

 ment. I tell you, in future we intend to 

 grow more flowering stock, even if we 

 have to sacrifice space, such as chrysan- 

 themums, for instance; or else secure the 

 plants from the grower earlier and finish 

 them ourselves. Azaleas when carried 

 over are rarely so good the second year, 

 in our experience. Of course, there are 

 exceptions," concluded Mr. Underwood. 



J. E. Hellenthal, of Columbus, looks 

 for a banner spring trade. "One thing 

 is certain, we will not need to be told 

 more than once to take away the empty 

 pots from the backyard when bedding- 

 out time comes; in fact, we are figuring 

 out the extra cost now and will tack it 

 on the plants wherever possible," ob- 

 served Mr. Hellenthal. 



The Bell Floral Co., of Franklin, Pa., 

 experienced a merry jingle through the 

 holiday season. Now a gentle tinkling 

 is heard, which will increase in volume 

 as spring opens. Stock is in excelltnt 

 shape. 



H. J. Krueger, of Meadville, Pa., long 

 planned to attend the carnation con- 

 vention at Indianapolis. He remarked 

 that he had always found it profitable 

 to be present. The business is left 

 in charge of his mother, who has been 

 actively interested in it since it was 

 founded by the late August Krueger. 



W. M. 



