January 18, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



OBITUARY. 



Charles Nearpass. 



Charles Nearpass, of San Diego, Cal., 

 one of the best known men in the seed 

 trade on the south Pacific coast, died 

 January 7 from heart failure caused by 

 pneumonia. For twenty-seven years Mr. 

 Nearpass had been in the seed busirliss 

 at 522 Sixth street, San Diego. He was 

 60 years old. He leaves a mother and 

 wife, Mrs. Lola Nearpass, who will con- 

 tinue the business at the same stand. 

 Mr. Nearpass was of a retiring disposi- 

 tion, but was a good business man and 

 made many warm friends. There were 

 numerous beautiful floral pieces at the 

 funeral January 11, including several 

 from members of the trade in Los An- 

 geles and San Francisco. H. K. E. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Business last week showed some im- 

 provement over that of the previous one. 

 Stock in general has shortened in supply 

 to some extent and an increase in the 

 demand has taken up most of the avail- 

 able supply, leaving practically no sur- 

 plus of any item. 



Roses are of good quality, with the 

 supply about large enough to meet the 

 ordinary demand. Prices are fairly good 

 and $5 for the shortest grades seems to 

 ])e about the lowest quotation. Mrs. Rus- 

 sell roses are quite scarce and orders for 

 this variety are being turned down daily. 

 Prices are holding up well, and as the 

 quality is fine there are no complaints 

 on any of the stock disposed of. Carna- 

 tions are in good supply and are moving 

 readily. The quality is fine and there 

 seems to be no need of selling in quan- 

 tity lots at bargain prices to dispose of 

 the cut. There was a large call last week 

 for carnations at bargain prices, but 

 there was none moved for less than $20. 



Sweet peas are increasing in supply, 

 but they are not as yet plentiful. The 

 qiiality is good and the stock is being 

 picked up as soon as it appears in the 

 market. Violets, however, are quite 

 plentiful and are in sufiicient quantity to 

 fill all orders. The supply, however, is 

 not large enough to force tlio price down 

 below $1, and fancv stock is selling 

 readily at $1.50 per 'hundred. Orchids 

 are not plentiful, but the demand is light, 

 so that there is no surplus, and no orders 

 are being turned down. Prices range 

 from $6 to $7.50 per dozen. 



Valley, of course, remains quite scarce, 

 but the quality seems to be showing 

 some improvement. Tulips are in the 

 market now, but are short-stemmed and 

 of only fair quality. Thev are selling 

 well, however, and there is no surplus to 

 speak of. There is plentv of stevia, 

 good, bad and indifferent. The good 

 stock is cleaning up well at fair prices, 

 but the poorer stock brings next to noth- 

 ing- A number of funerals and wed- 

 dings last week helped general business 

 greatly and cleaned up much stock. 



Various Notes. 



Rev. E. A. Cutler, pastor of the West- 

 minster Presbyterian church, passed 

 away last week. He was one of the most 

 popular ministers in this citv and the 

 noral offerings were numerous. The 

 cnurch and residence were filled with 

 ^lesigns and sprays, and late offerings 

 were sent to the hospitals, as there was 

 no more room at the home or church. 



A. Schiller, who has been ill for some Paper Whites and stevia. Beauties and 

 time and has undergone several opera- other roses are few in number and De- 

 tions, submitted to another operation troit retailers have to depend on out-of- 

 Saturday, January 13. It was not town shippers. The cut of spring stock 

 deemed especially serious and, while his is now in full blast. Sweet peas are par- 

 condition is tjritical, everyone hopes for ticularly fine in quality. Carnations are 

 his speedy recovery. plentiful and rank high as to quality. 



F. H. Holton, who has been confined to The valley supply is good; also that of 

 his home for almost a month, is greatly violets. Orchids of best quality are corn- 

 improved and will resume his duties in a ing from Canada and Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 short while. Various Notes. 



The thief who got away with the Hud- ^ , ^ -^.i. t i -r, -x 



son car belonging to H. V.-Hunkel was J'^^^ Danzer, with John Breitmey- 



brought to Milwaukee a few days ago «^^ S^n^' i^^^^^^|\ ^"'^ T}t ''t- k^ 



and was given three years by the judge. !?"?' ^'1\,^- ^^- ^ah^ley, of the Mich- 



Maybe it will be safe to let theft policies ^f^^ ^ut Flower Exchange, m the same 



lapse for a while now, as this should be ^^l' -n, . ,01 i -i-i 



a wholesome warning to those who have ^ Messrs Foster and Shoemacher, with 



a penchant for other people's machines. E. A. Fetters, made a few days' visit to 



The marriage of Miss Irma Jens, for- ^'^l^^.^P Z , ^'^^^\u -c^ , n , 

 merly with the Holton & Hunkel Co., to ^ J^^^^P ^''},?J' «^ *^« ^^^^^^ Greenhouse 

 Roy J. Currie, of the Currie Bros. Co., ^"S- Co., Chicago was a guest at the 

 took place Thursday afternoon, Jan- °^^^^"8M>f the Detroit Florists' Cub. 

 uaryll. The ceremony was solemnized The Detroit Florists' Club hehl its 

 at the home of the bride's parents, and meeting January 11, at which Philip 

 Rev. J. Oastler officiated. The bride Breitmeyer gave a talk regarding local 

 carried a shower bouquet of white sweet ^onditions lack of grower.s, etc J F 

 peas and valley, while the maid of honor, Sullivan A. Stahelin and Joseph Streit 

 Miss Edith Currie, carried a bouquet of explained to the club members the pur- 

 pink and lavender sweet peas. The P.^^e of the Flower Growers' Associa- 

 happy pair left immediately for Wausau, tion— that of regulating the supply of 

 Wis., where they will spend their honey- stock. 



moon. They have taken an apartment Bowling Scores, 

 at 356 Folsom place, where thev will be After the club meeting members of 

 at home after March 1. H. J. S. the Detroit Florists' Bowling Club ad- 

 journed to the alleys, the teams scoring 



DETROIT, MICH. ^« follows: 



l^ro\N-nips 771 712 840 



M. (". y. E 6i:< 62(i 591 



The Market. nisons 8.30 78.s 87« 



Amoricaii Beauties 721! G81 738 



The market last week experienced a Joseph Streit was high man of the 



shortage of stock, except in freesias, evening with 170, 193, 20-1. H. T. 



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Alfred Goldring, of Cobleskill, N. Y., 

 in commenting on holiday business, said 

 he believes the wholesalers and commis- 

 sion houses will eventually learn it is to 

 their interest to help the retailer, who 

 has to rely on them for extra stock at 

 holiday times. Speaking from his own 

 experience of several years as a retailer 

 with a limited glass area, in a country 

 town, he is convinced his business could 

 be doubled had he the support of the 

 market, and feels positive many others 

 :iro in the same boat. A new house, 

 finished cro Jack Frost appeared, is 

 stocked with bulbs for home trade. 

 Tulip Vesuvius is preferred to Due Van 

 Thol, being earlier and a brighter scar- 

 let. White Hawk is a fine companion. 

 The Formosa lily is more valuable to 

 small growers than gigantcum for the 

 Easter crop. Narcissus I'apor White is 

 grown on the bench as a rotation crop, 

 and as soon as exhausted the space is 

 filled with geraniums, which, by the 

 way, are short in supply here, as else- 

 where. Snapdragon follows mums and 

 looks good for Memorial day. A big 

 bush of Bougainvillea Sanderiana flour- 

 ishing in a corner furnished a big sup- 

 ply of blooms, which come in handy. 

 Sweet Pea Yarrawa has been in con- 

 tinuous crop since September and looks 

 good for Easter. A healthy bed of 

 callas, the small retailer's standby, was 

 also noted. 



"We certainly had a bright holiday 

 trade," observed Frederick Goldring, of 

 Slingerlands, N. Y. "Our stock was, if 



anything, ahead of our usual supply. 

 And now for the spring business, which, 

 judging from present indications, will 

 tax the resources of the grower of 

 plants." 



Frank Baker, of Utica, N. Y., is down 

 with the grip. 



The United States Cut Flower Co., 

 of Elmira, N. Y., reports a satisfactory 

 season. Stock is in prime shape, espe- 

 cially roses, which are the pride of 

 Richard King. 



The annual banquet of the Albany 

 Florists' Club took place on the eve- 

 ning of January 4, and, as usual, was 

 a most enjoyable affair. The hall was 

 decorated by F. A. Danker in his well 

 known style. Frederick Goldring was 

 toastniastcr and made many ringing hits 

 upon the various speakers. Walter E. 

 Cook, of the Stumpp & Walter Co., New 

 York; J. J. Karins, of H. A. Dreer, 

 Inc., Philadelphia; Joseph Traudt, of 

 <*anajoharie, X. Y.; Joseph Snvder, of 

 Rhinebeck, N. Y.; Philip Ulrich, of 

 Johnstown, N. Y., as guests sat down 

 with the fifty or more members and 

 spoke their little piece when called 

 upon, winding up with the "Song of 

 the Brook," slightly varied, thus: 

 "Men mav come and men may go, but 

 let such affairs as this go on forever." 

 Retiring President L. Tracey, of the 

 Albany Cut Flower ExchangeVwas pre- 

 sented with a silver toilet set and the 

 newly elected president, the veteran W. 

 Sanders, tcok his chair amid hearty 

 cheers. w. M. 



