OCTOBIB 26, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. O. J. Olson. 



Mrs. Olson, wife of Olaf J. Olson, of 

 the Holm & Olson Co., of St. Paul, 

 passed away the morning of October 20, 

 at the family residence. She had been 

 a great sufferer for several months. To 

 mourn her loss she leaves, besides her 

 husband, three sons, George, Warren 

 and Eugene, and one daughter, Helen, 

 a mother and two sisters, besides a 

 wide circle of acquaintances. Always 

 of a bright and cheerful disposition, 

 she spread sunshine around her wher- 

 ever she went. Funeral services were 

 held at the residence October 22 and 

 were attended by a large number of 

 friends. There were many flowers. 



John H. Swanson. 



J. H. Swanson, a retailer of Chariton, 

 la., died October 14, after an illness of 

 two days, having suffered a stroke of 

 paralysis. The decedent was 58 years 

 of age and established a retail business 

 on his arrival at Chariton three years 

 ago. A nephew, J. Alexis, of the fac- 

 ulty of the University of Nebraska, ac- 

 companied the remains to Lincoln, Neb., 

 where interment took place. Two 

 brothers and a sister survive. 



John Enoll. 



John Knoll, one of the oldest florists 

 of St. Louis, died of heart failure Oc- 

 tober 20, at the age of 54. 



Mr. Knoll was born in St. Louis and 

 started a florists' business thirty-five 

 years ago, on Kansas street, in the ex- 

 treme southern part of the city. He 

 was considered one of the veterans in 

 the trade, and was a brother-in-law of 

 Andrew Meyer, Sr. Although never a 

 member of any of the florists' societies, 

 he was much liked and known by many. 

 He is survived by his wife and three 

 sons, John, Herman and Walter, who 

 were in business with their father. The 

 funeral was held October 22 from his 

 late residence, with interment in the 

 Lutheran cemetery. J. J. B. 



EVANSVTLLE, IND. 



All outdoor stock was cut down by 

 frost last week, which was two weeks 

 earlier than usual. Koses and carnations 

 are in fair supply and are of good qual- 

 ity. Chrysanthemums are arriving in 

 abundance and the quality is good. 

 Funeral work and weddings have been 

 moving much of the supply that reached 

 the market. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons are cutting 

 excellent mums, which bring good prices. 



Mrs. J. C. Elspermann is busy with 

 funeral work. 



Carl Elspermann recently visited 

 Tli3odore Elspermann at Camp Taylor, 

 near Louisville, Ky. 



The Blackman Floral Co. has been 

 doing a good business with long-stemmed 

 mums. Roses and carnations here are 

 improving. George Blackman has been 

 devoting much of his time to the Lib- 

 erty bond campaign. 



Theodore Kuebler is brii^ging in his 

 first mums, his crop being a week later 

 than usual. 



Miss Nellie Goodge has been ill. 



C. E. Gysemans, of the Evansville 

 Nurseries, is busy getting his stock 

 ready for winter. 



Karl Zeidler left October 21 with a 

 party on a fishing and hunting trip in 

 Illinois. E. L. F. 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business was satisfactory last week. 

 The supply of stock was larger, so that 

 everyone was able to fill his orders with- 

 out any trouble. Wedding work was 

 good, and decorations were numerous. 



The chrysanthemum market is im- 

 proving considerably. Home-grown stock 

 is more plentiful, and there is much 

 more to conae. There is a shortage of 

 long-stemmed roses. American Beauties 

 are appearing in greater quantities, but 

 the demand is not active. Violets con- 

 tinue to arrive in small quantities. Car- 

 nations are selling well, and the quality 

 improves daily. The supply of pompons 

 is exceptionally large; the blooms may 

 be had in nearly every color. Single 

 chrysanthemums also are available. 

 Cattleyas are more numerous. There 

 are a few oncidiums and gardenias are 

 in better supply. A limited number of 

 lilies are to be had. 



Various Notes. 



The New Haven Floral Co. is cutting 

 fine mums and carnations. The staff 

 has been busy with funeral work and 

 several large wedding orders. 



A special meeting of the Fort Wayne 

 Florists' Club was called by the secre- 

 tary. Miss Marguerite Flick, October 

 16, to decide on the building for 

 the flower show. The new Overland 

 building, on West Washington street, 

 was finally decided on. The building 

 has just been completed, and is one of 

 the handsomest in the city. 



Mrs. W. J. Vesey, Jr., spent October 

 20 and 21 with her husband, who is in 

 training at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. 



W. J. & M. S. Vesey shipped several 

 hundred large yellow mums of different 

 varieties to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the 

 football game there October 20. 



A large parade and public demonstra- 



tion on behalf of the Liberty loan work- 

 ers was held October 20. The florists 

 took advantage of this opportunity to 

 decorate their windows in patriotic col- 

 ors, and the results were elaborate and 

 striking. 



The Flick Floral Co. is cutting mums 

 of many varieties, as well as good roses. 

 Business has been booming at the Flick 

 establishment, with wedding work the 

 leading item. E. F. 



NEWABK, N. J. 



Tlie Market. 



Flowers have been high-priced in the 

 Newark market during the last ten 

 days. Short-stemmed carnations were 

 $5 and $6 a hundred, more than they 

 brought at Easter. Chrysanthemums are 

 of good quality and a fair supply of the 

 larger varieties is coming into the mar- 

 ket, but not in suflBcient quantity to 

 bring prices down. Funeral work has 

 kept the local florists busy for several 

 weeks, creating a somewhat larger de- 

 mand for cut flowers on the part of the 

 retail trade. 



Growers have been planting their fall 

 bulbs, and have put in a good many 

 Paper Whites. Prices for bulbs are un- 

 usually high this season. 



Various Notes. 



Harry I. Stein, formerly proprietor of 

 the flower department at Hahne's de- 

 partment store, has opened a stand in 

 the main concourse of the public serv- 

 ice terminal building for the sale of 

 both cut flowers and plants. 



George Penek, 637 Broad street, re- 

 ports that the departure of large num- 

 bers of young men for military service 

 has reduced the cut flower sales, as 

 young men are generous buyers of cut 

 flowers. 



John W. Blakely, 88 Broad street, 

 Elizabeth, states that business is be- 

 ginning to show more life, and that he 

 considers the outlook for the fall en- 

 couraging. E. M. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS 



Commenting on the satisfactory con- 

 dition of their business in central 

 Canada, Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., expressed a desire to assist 

 the retailer in any way to advance the 

 publicity movement, realizing it is 

 through that channel the benefit must 

 come to the grower. New crops are 

 coming in well. 



Two years ago H. H. Elbers, superin- 

 tendent of parks, Buffalo, N. Y., took 

 charge of South park, which was con- 

 sidered to be located in the worst part 

 of the city because of the prevalence of 

 continuous smoke and acid fumes. By 

 combining persistency with practical 

 knowledge, Mr. Elbers has succeeded in 

 overcoming every obstacle, and the re- 

 sult is a triumph. Both natives and for- 

 eigners are attracted to this, one of the 

 beauty spots of the -Bison City. Mr. 

 Elbers is president of the Florists ' Club. 



William Blackman & Sons, of Evans- 

 ville, Ind., have passed through an en- 

 couraging season. "Funeral work has 



been steady and has called for the best 

 stock we grow," observed George 

 Blackman, who was attaching a bunch 

 of white chrysanthemums to a bow and 

 streamer to hang on a door. "We are 

 ever on the alert to try to give our 

 patrons something different, and with 

 our large stock at the greenhouses we 

 have every facility for so doing." 



H. H. Cade, of Cairo, 111., reports good 

 business and notes an increase in the 

 sale of ferns to offset the scarcity of 

 palms. A call for the commoner kinds 

 of decorative plants is noted. Sanse- 

 vieria zeylanica Laurentii is a hardy 

 striped and variegated kind — a suit- 

 able companion of the aspidistra. It 

 is comparatively easily propagated from 

 divisions, and when better known it 

 will take front rank in its class. 



Around the Evansville, Ind., railroad 

 depot is a dozen of tree rubbers, splen- 

 did specimens in prime condition. Such 

 were the delight of William K. Harris, 

 the originator of the ficus in bush form. 



