AUGUST 9, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



M. Sozaln-Boucharlat. 



Word comes from France of the death 

 of M. Eozain-Boucharlat, of Lyons. A 

 generation ago his was a familiar name 

 to chrysanthemum growers. Etoile de 

 Lyon was probably the largest Japanese 

 chrysanthemum ever raised up to the 

 time of its introduction in 1888. It was 

 in the same nursery that the famous 

 Mme. Castex Desgranges was raised. 

 Deceased, who was a prominent man in 

 the Lyons world of horticulture, was 

 68 years old. Chrysanthemums, dahlias 

 and pelargoniums were his specialties. 



Heinilch Auguste Jahn. 



H. A. Jahn, of New Bedford, Mass., 

 whose death occurred in that city August 

 4, was one of Massachusetts' pioneer 

 carnation hybridizers, and was well 

 known to many growers. He was 59 

 years of age. One of his introductions, 

 Jahn's Scarlet, was introduced a num- 

 ber of years ago. He also originated 

 other varieties and of late years he and 

 his estimable wife had specialized in 

 dahlias. The writer had known Mr. 

 Jahn for twenty years and found him 

 to be an excellent botanist, a good 

 grower and one who took a whole- 

 souled delight in his calling. His pass- 

 ing will bring pangs of regret to many. 



W. N. C. 



J. C. Elspermann. 



The Evansville, Ind., trade has lost 

 one of its veterans in the death August 

 7 of J. C. Elspermann. The decedent, 

 who was 60 years of age and had suf- 

 fered from a complication of diseases 

 for many years, was taken suddenly ill 

 July 28, and it was soon evident that it 

 would be his last. 



Mr. Elspermann was born at St. Jo- 

 seph, Ind., and at the age of 14 began his 

 career as a florist under the tutelage of 

 J. D. Carmody, of Evansville, one of the 

 pioneer members of the S. A. F. Some 

 years later Mr. Elspermann began a 

 business for himself, and in this he was 

 said to be most successful. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife, one daughter and 

 three sons, Joseph, Carl and Theodore, 

 who will continue the business. E. L. F. 



ST. Loxns. 



The Market. 



There was a small supply of stock 

 arriving in the market last week, but as 

 business was light it was adequate for 

 the demand. Funeral work and an occa- 

 sional sale of cut flowers, or a basket, 

 was all that was doing at the retail 

 stores. 



Some really good quality white and 

 purple asters reached the market last 

 week and found a demand. Large con- 

 signments of gladioli came daily from 

 local growers. They also were in de- 

 mand, especially the lighter shades. 

 Choice stock sold for $4 and $5 per 

 hundred. Carnations still are arriving, 

 but they are of poor quality. 



Quantities of short-stemmed roses are 

 coming in. They are usually of poor 

 quality and bring low prices. Easter 

 lilies are selling well and usually clean 

 up. Valley continues scarce, and there 

 are no good sweet peas. A few dahlias 



and cosmos are coming in. Larkspurs, 

 gypsophilas, phloxes and candytuft are 

 in good supply and are in demand. 

 There is plenty of green to be had at 

 all times. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meeting of the St. Louis 

 County Growers' Association was held 

 August 1. The trustees were instructed 

 to arrange for the annual outing, which 

 will be held during August, the date not 

 being fixed. There was considerable 

 discussion regarding the meeting of the 

 S. A. F. and the National Flower Show 

 to be held in St. Louis next April. The 

 association declared it would lend all 

 assistance possible to make the show 

 a success. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berning left 

 August 1 for Colorado. They will be 

 gone several weeks. During Mr. Bern- 

 ing 's absence, the store will be in charge 

 of Otto Bruenig assisted by John Er- 

 linger. 



Peter Fender, one of Manager West- 

 mann's standbys in Vandervoort's floral 

 department, has joined the army and 

 expects to be called soon. His departure 

 will leave John Kern and Miss Ostertag 

 Mr. Westmann's only assistants. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gorly left August 

 3 for Mackinac Island, Mich., where 

 they will stay until time to go to the 

 S. A. F. convention in New York city. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gorly have re- 

 turned from the northern resorts where 

 they spent several weeks. 



P. Patton, of the Wm. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co., has been on the sick 

 list for a week, and the doctor has or- 

 dered him to take a rest for two weeks 

 in the country. 



Fred Michels, head of George Wald- 

 bart's designing department, has re- 

 turned from a three weeks' eastern trip. 

 Count von Hoffmann, with his family, 

 left August 4 for a ten days' trip to the 

 Thousand Islands, N. Y. David Banz- 

 hoff will be the next of the store's force 

 to go on his vacation. 



George Schmidt, in charge of the rose 

 houses at the W. J. Pilcher range at 

 Kirkwood, says his stock is in fine shape, 

 especially the Russells and Hadleys. 



H. J. Heinicke, of Cornell University, 

 Dr. Norman E. Pfeiffer, of the Univer- 

 sity of North Dakota, Prof. B. S. Brown, 

 head of the department of horticulture 

 at the University of Maine, and Mrs. 

 Flora W. Patterson, of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, , U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, spent several days recently 

 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Alexander Lurie, with a number of 

 students at the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den, recently visited Indianapolis, Ind., 

 Barberton, Akron and Cleveland, 0., 

 Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee, study- 

 ing landscape gardening. 



Robert Holm, until recently in the 

 designing department at the Fred C. 

 Weber store, is now with Grimm & 

 Gorly. 



Martin Seeger and N. Kingsley, heads 

 of the MuUanphy Florists, will leave on 

 a vacation the last of this week. 



President Fred H. Weber announces 

 that the next meeting of the Retail 

 Florists ' Association will be held August 

 20 at the Mission Inn Garden, outdoors, 

 if the weatter permits. 



The Riessen Floral Co., on South 

 Broadway, reports it had some heavy 

 funeral orders last week. Edward 

 Bueschel, head of the company, expects 

 to visit friends in Sedalia and Joplin the 

 last of the month. 



Albert Gumz, of the Windier Whole- 

 sale Floral Co., is again at the store, his 

 broken rib having mended. Both he 

 and Frank Windier escaped the first 

 draft, their numbers having been among 

 the last. Some good quality summer 

 stock from the W. A. Rowe establish- 

 ment at Kirkwood was handled by the 

 company last week. 



William Smith has been supplying his 

 force with fresh vegetables from his 

 farm, to which he makes daily trips by 

 auto. 



Fred Alves, of the George H. Anger- 

 mueller force, expects to make a trip 

 to California, where he will remain until 

 fall. He believes the climate will bene- 

 fit his rheumatic arm, which has given 

 him much trouble lately. 



The meetings of the Lady Florists' 

 Home Circle have been abandoned dur- 

 ing the summer. The first meeting in 

 the fall will be held at the home of Mrs. 

 John L. Koenig. 



C. E. De Wever, of Olivette, is cutting 

 some extra fine gladioli, thanks to his 

 Skinner irrigation system. 



The August meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, which was to have been 

 held at Edward Denker's place in St. 

 Charles August 9, was held aboard the 

 city harbor boat Erastus Wells, instead. 

 The club members were the guests of 

 Park Superintendent Strehle. A trip to 

 Chain of Rocks park was made. 



Hugo Werner, of Werner Bros., and 

 George Berner, the well known retailer, 

 became benedicts last week. Their 

 many friends in the trade extend con- 

 gratulations. 



Mrs. Carew Sanders, widow of the 

 late Carew Sanders and motTier of C. C. 

 Sanders, died at her home, 5738 Vernon 

 avenue, at the age of 89 years. Funeral 

 services were held from the home 

 August 4, six grandsons acting as pall- 

 bearers. Mrs. Sanders' husband was 

 one of the pioneer florists and nursery- 

 men of St. Louis, starting in business in 

 1859 with Norman J. Coleman. She is 

 survived by a daughter and three sons. 

 Four of the grandsons, Oliver K., Frank, 

 Edgar and Walter Sanders, are well 

 known in the florists' trade. Friends 

 sent, many beautiful floral offerings. 



George Asmus, of Chicago, chairman 

 of the National Flower Show commit- 

 tee, and S. S. Pennock, of Philadelphia, 

 representing the American Rose Society, 

 were in St. Louis last week," making pre- 

 liminary arrangements for the National 

 Flower Show to be held next April. 

 They met the local committees and dis- 

 cussed plans for the show. Mr. Asmus 

 also conferred with L. P. Jensen, chair- 

 man of the grounds committee, which 

 has in charge the erection of the build- 

 ing to house the show. This will be 

 next to Moolah Temple, where the S. A. 

 F. meetings and trade exhibition will 

 be held. J. J. B. 



FORCED PAMPAS GRASS. 



What are the names of the varieties 

 of green and white or green and red 

 pampas grass, such as are forced for 

 Christmas? G. A. — O. 



Cortaderia, or Gynerium argenteum, 

 is the pampas grass of horticulture. 

 There is a variegated form in commerce. 

 I have never heard of this particular 

 grass being forced for Christmas, or 

 any other occasion. It is a grass of ro- 

 bust habit. Have you the right plant in 

 mind? I doubt if the cortaderias would 

 be of any value for Christmas. C. W. 



