OCTOBIB 4, 1917. 





The Florists' Review 



27 



OBITUARY 



William Harvey. 



A well known and much respected 

 New England gardener and florist 

 passed away September 24 when Wil- 

 liam Harvey succumbed to the shock 

 of an operation at the Glover hospital, 

 at Needham, Mass. The deceased, who 

 hailed from the land of the heather and 

 thistle, was born at Macduff, in 1845. 

 He worked on a number of large private 

 estates there before coming to America 

 in 1870. Arriving in Boston, he was 

 chosen to take charge of the H. P. 

 Kidder estate at Milton. Later he was 

 at Cedar Grove cemetery and for seven- 

 teen years had charge of the estate of 

 T. W. Strong, at Glen Cove, N. Y. Of 

 late years he was engaged in the grow- 

 ing of evergreens and other hardy 

 plants at Needham Heights, Mass. 



Mr. Harvey was a faithful member of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston for many years, and was a reg- 

 ular attendant at the meetings, picnics 

 and field days. Funeral services were 

 held at the Methodist Episcopal church, 

 Needham Heights, September 27, and 

 were largely attended. Among the nu- 

 merous floral tributes was one from his 

 fellow club members. Mr. Harvey is 

 survived by his wife and one son, 

 Charles J. Harvey, florist at the Worces- 

 ter state hospital. W. N. C. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Heinl. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Heinl, wife of the late 

 Joseph Heinl, of Jacksonville, 111., died 

 last month, at the age of 79. The de- 

 cedent was born in Canton, O., in 1838. 

 At the home of a sister in Joliet, 111., 

 she was married to Joseph Heinl, lived 

 for four years at Terre Haute, Ind., and 

 then moved with her husband to Jack- 

 sonville, 111., in 1870, where the busi- 

 ness of Joseph Heinl & Sons was found- 

 ed and developed into the success it is 

 today. 



Eight children were born to Mr. and 

 Mrs. Heinl, Frank J., Harry, Adele C, 

 Edward D., Orlando B., William, Ernest 

 B. and Albert M., all growing to man- 

 hood and womanhood and living, except 

 the youngest, who passed away in 1907. 



Funeral services were held Sunday, 

 September 23, with interment in Dia- 

 mond grove cemetery. 



EXPOSITION FLOWER SHOW. 



The fact that the eastern states ex- 

 position at Springfield, Mass., has recog- 

 nized the importance of the florists' 

 trade and has allotted a section of the 

 Horticultural building to trade exhibits, 

 is expected to stimulate the flower and 

 allied trades to make a good showing 

 at the exhibition October 12 to 20. The 

 future of this show depends upon its 

 success this season. 



When florists realize the significance 

 and tremendous importance of this step 

 by the exposition management, it is to 

 be expected that they will use every 

 effort to make the show a success. 



The Society of American Florists has 

 taken an important step in the right 

 direction in its initiation of a nation- 

 wide advertising campaign. This new 

 step by the exposition management is 

 also one in the right direction. It 

 means that flowers will be brought be- 



for the public as never before in 

 Springfield. It is a boost to the trade 

 but, as in all big movements, much will 

 depend on the florists of the country in 

 making it a success. 



No premiums can be offered this year 

 because of lack of funds, but space will 

 be free to all florists. The show last 

 year drew 297,000 visitors. Many more 

 are expected this year. In conjunction 

 with the flower show there will be 

 large fruit and vegetable exhibits. 



Each florist is advised to immediately 

 apply for the necessary amount of 

 space. All communications, applications 

 for space, etc., should be addressed to 

 C. E. Wildon, 244 Main street, Eoom 

 209, Springfield, Mass. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



The Market. 



The arrival of October has imparted 

 an impetus to business in all its 

 branches. The closing week of Septem- 

 ber proved a banner one. Stock not 

 only cleaned up, but in many instances 

 was insufficient to meet the demand. 

 This applies particularly to white roses, 

 the supply of which is most inadequate 

 at present. Easter lilies, also, are num- 

 bered among the scarce items, the call 

 for them being augmented by the de- 

 cline of the aster and gladiolus. Dah- 

 lias of excellent quality and in fine va- 

 riety now play an important part in the 

 market, and indications point to contin- 

 ued heavy cuts, imless arrested by frost. 

 Carnations are arriving in greater quan- 

 tities, and although the stems are a lit- 

 tle short the flowers are good and 

 quickly sold. Valley is offered in lim- 

 ited quantity, and there is little likeli- 

 hood of its being abundant in the near 

 future. A few cattleyas are arriving, 

 as are some fine oncidiums and cypri- 

 pediunis. 



Eoses are of good quality and color, 

 but owing to delay in express shipments 

 they are frequently open on arrival. The 

 assortment was never better, including 

 American Beauty, Mrs. Eussell, Ophelia, 

 Sunburst, Hoosier Beauty, Hadley, 

 Ward, Eichmond, Lady Alice Stanley, 

 Kaiserin, Maryland and the Killarneys. 

 Such miniature sorts as Brunncr, Elger, 

 Eosalie and Bon Silene are arriving 

 regularly and are proving popular for 

 small baskets and bouquets. 



Eeports from several retailers point 

 to a normal volume of business for the 

 month of September. A renewed activ- 

 ity is evidenced in all stores and there 

 is much optimism as to the near future. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club was held October 1 in 

 the rooms at the Hollenden, with Presi- 

 dent Carl Hagenburger in the chair. 

 There were about fifty members present, 

 practically everyone taking part in the 

 discussion, which, considering that 

 many leading lights were absent at the 

 F. T. D. meeting in Detroit, marks this 

 as a most auspicious inauguration for 

 the new administration. Members of 

 the standing committees, appointed by 

 the president, are as follows: Executive, 

 Charles Graham, chairman; H. B. Eap- 

 ley, Charles Bastian, Herman Hart, Al- 

 bert Barnow. Entertainment, W. E. 

 Cook, chairman; J. U. Fox, Eudolph 

 Thurman. Good-fellowship, Frank 



Friedley, chairman; Fred Witthuhn, V. 

 C. Fish and Mr. Brvden. 



A plan for consolidating the Women's 

 Florists' Club with the men's club was 

 discussed pro and con, and on being 

 put as a motion was tabled. 



Frank Eitzenthaler outlined plans for 

 entertaining the visiting florists at the 

 November show. An amendment to the 

 by-laws providing for nine elective 

 trustees, to govern in conjunction with 

 the executive committee, was laid upon 

 the table after a lengthy discussion. 



Adam Graham, Herman Hart, H. B. 

 Eapley, M. A. Vinson, W. E. Cook, 

 Charles Schmidt and Charles J. Graham 

 gave lengthy and animated talks upon 

 matters pertaining to the good of the 

 club. Following the adjournment sev- 

 eral members took the D. & C. boat for 

 Detroit. 



Various Notes. 



Cleveland florists were pleased Sep- 

 tember 28 by the presence of such dis- 

 tinguished members of the trade as Pat- 

 rick Welch, George Asmus, J. J. Hess, 

 Charles H. Totty, Thomas Eoland, 

 Adolph Farenwald and John Young. 

 These gentlemen, members of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee, were 

 here upon business connected with the 

 housing of the next national show at 

 St. Louis, a problem which is proving a 

 trying one. At the suggestion of H. P. 

 Knoble, a spacious exhibition building, 

 owned by the Chamber of Industry, of 

 which Mr. Knoble is an active member, 

 was inspected by the committee, with a 

 view to purchasing and shipping it dis- 

 mantled to St. Louis, a plan both prac- 

 tical and feasible, but necessarily de- 

 pendent upon building regulations in 

 that citv. Piloted by H. P. Knoble, 

 George Bate and F. C. W. Brown, the 

 visitors were shown the various places 

 of interest about the city, and after re- 

 freshments departed in the early even- 

 ing for St. Louis. 



Frank Friedley, George Bate, H. P. 

 Knoble, Charles Eussell and John and 

 Norman Kirschner planned to go to the 

 F. T. D. meeting at Detroit by automo- 

 bile, the trip depending upon weather 

 conditions. F. C. W. Brown went by 

 train and Carl Hagenburger and many 

 others planned to go by boat. 



Frank Adgate, of Adgate & Son, War- 

 ren, O., came to the Sixth City Septem- 

 ber 30 to attend the double-header be- 

 tween Washington and the Indians. 



James Salmon, of J. Salmon & Son, 

 Akron, O., autoed to Cleveland Septem- 

 ber 28', returning the following day. 



A. C. Kendel, of Kendel's seed store, 

 reports that his shipments of French 

 liulbs are in and are of excellent quality, 

 l)ut wishes that the same could be said 

 of the Dutch stock. 



IL P. Merrick, of the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., has returned to his duties after 

 an acute attack of shingles, which mal- 

 ady, he says, he will never agam look 

 upon as a joke. J- McL. 



Winthrop, Me.— C. A. Perley, whose 

 spccialtv is pansies, has a large busi- 

 ness in Vegetable i)lants and is growing 

 a considerable acreage of vegetables 

 for market. He has them on new 

 land. 



East Brldgewater, Mass.— J. K. Alex- 

 ander started the fair season well by 

 capturing a number of blue ribbons at 

 Marshfield, Mass. He won first for 

 largest display of dahlias, for gladioli 

 and for phlox, besides receiving a spe- 

 cial diploma for dahlias. 



