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Febbuabt 20, 1910. 



The Florists' Review 



11 



OBITUARY 



Natban S. Wax. 



Boston lost its oldest lady florist Janu- 

 ary 30 when Mrs. E. M. Gill passed away 

 and when the call came to sturdy 

 Nathan S. Wax, February 2, the oldest 

 male florist in the city, if not in the 

 (lountry, passed away. Mr. Wax was 

 born in Germany, but came to America 

 sixty years ago. He was always inter- 

 ested in flowers and continued in the 

 florists' business in Boston nearly forty 

 years, having stores successively on 

 Park street near the present site of 

 Zinn 's store, on Winter street, in the 

 quarters now occupied by Silverman, 

 and at 143 Tremont street. He retired 

 from active business fifteen years ago, 

 since which time his sons, Martin and 

 Samuel, have conducted a successful 

 business under the name of Wax Bros. 



A contributing cause toward the death 

 of Mr. Wax was grief occasioned by the 

 report of the recent death of his daugh- 

 ter, Mme. Flora Welldon, a noted opera 

 singer, who had devoted herself to war 

 work in France during the whole period 

 of the war. Mr. Wax is survived by his 

 wife, one daughter and four sons. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 chapel of the Temple Ohabei Shalon, 

 East Boston, February 5. A handsome 

 blanket of roses and sweet peas from 

 the employees of Wax Bros, covered the 

 casket, and there were many beautiful 

 floral designs, including those from such 

 prominent members of the trade as 

 Thomas Eoland, Welch Bros. Co., H. L. 

 Cameron and others. Mr. Wax remained 

 hale and hearty until a short time before 

 his death. He will be missed by many 

 friends. W. N. C. 



Nathan Jackson Burt. 



Many memories cluster around the 

 name of Nathan Jackson Burt, veteran 

 seedsman of Burlington, la., who passed 

 away in that city recently, after a resi- 

 dence there of more than half a cen- 

 tury, during which he had been promi- 

 nently identified with the business, so- 

 cial and civic life of the community. 

 Mr. Burt's father established the seed 

 business which later became known as 

 N. J. Burt & Co., in which the son was 

 interested from the time of reaching his 

 majority and of which he became sole 

 owner by purchase. The first site of 

 this store was on Front street, where 

 ror thirty years a steadily expanding 

 nusiness was conducted. It was in 

 1898 that removal was made to the 

 ilawk Eye building, where this concern 

 rj'mained for eight years, before set- 

 tling in its present location on North 

 'Main street. The fiftieth anniversary 

 "t this business, which is known from 

 ^anada to Mexico, was celebrated last 

 year and was the occasion of many 

 Jelicitations from the friends of a life- 

 I'nie, who rejoiced with its proprietor 

 '". ^he prosperity which had brought 

 this Burlington house into nation-wide 

 prominence. 



Mr. Burt was a charter member of 



' nendship Lodge No. 11, Knights of 



ythias, and had held all the offices in 



'lie Grand Lodge of Iowa of this order. 



e was one of the oldest members of 



pj^^rystal Lake Hunting and Fishing 



.'ub, fishing being his favorite recrea- 



'on. He was a member also of the 



Baptist church, having united with a 

 church of this denomination first in St. 

 Paul, Minn., in the pioneer days, when, 

 in his early youth, the family home was 

 there. It was in 1868, after he had 

 completed a course of study in an acad- 

 emy in St. Paul, that the Burts came 

 down the Mississippi river to Burling- 

 ton, where the remainder of his long 

 life was spent. 



Besides his wife, Mr. Burt is sur- 

 vived by his daughter, Mrs. William S. 

 Brophy, and three grandchildren. 



Though his il^ess had been of some 

 years' duration, the final attack was 

 brief and his death came as a shock to 

 his many friends in his home city and 

 in the trade at large. Mr. Burt was 

 held in the highest esteem for many 

 fine qualities. His happy disposition 

 and kindly nature attracted the warm- 

 est regard from all who knew him. 



Antonio Avansino. 



A number of the florists in the San 

 Francisco bay district attended the fu- 

 neral of Antonio Avansino February 11. 

 The deceased was the father of Louis, 

 David, Henry A., J. B. and John Avan- 

 sino, several of whom are identified 

 with the florists' business. He was a 

 native of Italy, but had resided in Cal- 

 ifornia for many years. He passed away 

 in Berkeley February 8 at the age of 

 80 years. Funeral services were held 



from the residence of his son, J. B. 

 Avansino, 768 Green street, San Fran- 

 icisco, thence to the SS. Peter and Paul 

 church. The store of Avansino Bros., in 

 Geary street, near Stockton, of which 

 (Henry A. and J. B. Avansino are pro- 

 prietors, remained closed the day of the 

 funeral. M. M. 



Cliarles Adams. 



Many friends mourn the passing of 

 Charles Adams, late rose grower for the 

 Columbia Gardens, at Butte, Mont., 

 which occurred January 15, following a 

 siege of influenza. "- 



Mr. Adams was born in Walsall, Eng- 

 land, September 27, 1860. He came to 

 the United States at the age of 22 years 

 and took employment with the Buxton 

 Floral & Nursery Co., in Baltimore, Md. 

 On account of ill health he was advised 

 by his physician to come to Colorado. 

 He located in Denver and for years was 

 engaged in the florists' business there. 

 He won honors for the best chrysanthe- 

 mums grown in Colorado in 1893 and he 

 was judge of exhibits at flower shows 

 in that state for years. He later became 

 identified with the Salt Lake City Floral 

 Co., Salt Lake City, Ut., and remained 

 in this connection for nine years. He 

 was considered one of the best rose 

 growers in Utah. 



Mr. Adams is survived by his wife and 

 two children. A. C. W. 



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John v. Laver, of Erie, Pa., accom- 

 panied by his good wife, observed that 

 just twenty-five years ago they passed 

 through the portals of the Hollenden 

 hotel, a blushing bride and embarrassed 

 groom, on their honeymoon. How well 

 they have borne the joke is known by 

 their many friends in the trade. 



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 Philip J. Foley observed that, no mat- 

 ter how the subject of the growing and 

 handling of the product was discussed, 

 the fact remained that it had yet to be 

 proved which greenhouse produced the 

 best stock, arguing that the plants were 

 naturally influenced by their environ- 

 ment. 



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"Flowers lend their beautiful influ- 

 ence to lighten grief. Their use is 

 largely a matter of sentiment. Their 

 value appeals to the senses through the 

 fitness of the types employed, their 

 freshness and proper arrangement." 

 The logic of this utterance of Warren 

 G. Matthews, of Dayton, O., was em- 

 phasized by the variety of floral de- 

 signs upon which he was putting the 

 finishing touches, assisted by his worthy 

 right bower, Sam Weller, who has held 

 this position for twenty-eight years. 

 "Excuse me while I wire an order to 

 Le Borious, at Duluth. This is the 

 second to him today. A great factor in 

 our business is the F. T. D., which also 

 makes us better acquainted with each 

 other than anything else has done." 

 Speaking of holiday business, our 

 worthy confrere figures that if there was 

 little profit at times, the boost the gen- 

 eral trade has received through the en- 

 tire season thus far should be sufficient 

 satisfaction, all things considered. 



A. A. Smith, of the Friedley Co., 

 Cleveland, O., is recovering from the 

 results of an automobile accident in 

 which his right shoulder was broken. , 

 Frank Friedley observed that it hap- 

 pened at the busiest season, when a 

 good partner could ill be spared. 

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"The timeworn quotation, 'All that 

 glitters is not gold,' may be true," ob- 

 served William Scott, of the William 

 Scott Co., Buffalo, N. Y., "but Golden 

 Spur narcissi and Yellow Prince tulip j 

 are bringing in the yellow metal to ns 

 this year." There are at this range 

 30,000 of the first-named variety and 

 35,000 of the latter, with 10,000 of Tulip 

 La Eeine and 15,000 of Tulip Fred 

 Moore. All of them are coming into 

 bloom and they make a gorgeous show- 

 ing, which goes to prove that good bulbs 

 are still to be had and, to use Mr. Scott's 

 own language, require "careful han- 

 dling, some help from the weather man 

 and a good market to turn the trick." 

 Next year, with the prospect of a large 

 advance in the cost of bulbs, and with 

 new conditions of sale imposed, it is 

 predicted that many of the smaller grow- 

 ers will drop out of this line, leaving 

 the game in the hands of the veterans. 

 There are also 10,000 young plants of 

 Begonia Glory of Cincinnati and 7,000 

 seedling cyclamens among the futuri- 

 ties. Bedding stock will be scarce, 

 owing to the partial shutdown. Amer- 

 ican-grown, grafted hybrid roses here 

 are in fine shape for Easter, which this 

 year comes so close to Decoration da^. 

 Robert A. Scott is secretary of the Re- 

 tail Florists' Association. He mentioned 

 the fact that the local trade is in fine 

 shape, paying bills promptly, a sure 

 proof of good business. W. M. 



