The Florists' Review 



NOVBMBER 7, 1918. 



21 



OBITUARY 



NEW YORK. 



Samuel E. Taylor. 



Samuel E, Taylor, for many years in 

 the trade at Springfield, O., succumbed 

 to an attack of pneumonia October 22. 

 He is survived by three brothers, "Wil- 

 liam D. Taylor, of Jackson, Mich.; John 

 D. Taylor, of Holdrege, Neb., and 

 Frank Taylor, of Springfield, O., and a 

 sister, Mrs. Lillian K. Bragg, also of 

 Springfield. He was a member of the 

 Springfield lodge No. 33, Independent 

 Order of Odd Fellows, and of Mad Eiver 

 Encampment No. 16 of the same order. 

 He also belonged to the Yolo Tribe, Im- 

 proved Order of Eed Men. 



Hazel Morton. 



Friends in Los Angeles and all over 

 the United States, in fact, will sym- 

 pathize deeply with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. 

 Morton, of Phoenix, Ariz., in the death 

 of their daughter Hazel, which occurred 

 at Camp Cody, Doming, N. M., from 

 pneumonia, October 28. Miss ^Morton 

 was a nurse and had gone to Deming only 

 a short time ago. She formerly had been 

 located in Los AngeleSi Knowing this 

 noble girl and her parents as the writer 

 did prevents doing justice to her mem- 

 ory. Words cannot express one's sym- 

 pathy at such times and we can only 

 hope that time will soften the blow. 



H. B. Richards. 



John B. Joliansen. 



After an illness of only ten days, with 

 Spanish influenza, which developed into 

 pneumonia, John B. Johansen died Oc- 

 tober 28, Mr. Johansen was only 25 

 years of age. For the last year he had 

 been with the Bernard Johansen Seed 

 Co., San Francisco, but for the four 

 years previous he was with the Hunter 

 Seed Co., also of San Francisco, seed 

 growers. Fred H, Hunter speaks of him 

 as one of the bright young men of the 

 seed growing business, one with every- 

 thing to make life worth living, and 

 one whose death casts a shadow of 

 sadness over the ranks of those in the 

 seed producing business on the coast. 



William Wood. 



William Wood, for many years hor- 

 ticultural inspector of Los Angeles 

 • county, California, and since horticul- 

 tural commissioner for the same county, 

 died recently at his home in Whittier, 

 Cal., at the age of 70 years. He prob- 

 ably was the most widely known of all 

 the inspectors. As a proof of the esteem 

 in which he was held by the nurserymen 

 and others in the city of Los Angeles, 

 members of the trade got together when 

 the post of commissioner became open 

 and recommended him unanimously for 

 this office. The Horticultural Society also 

 was solidly for him. That the choice 

 was a good one has been shown by the 

 smooth running of the work in his 

 hands. A gentle, unassuming man, he 

 had the respect of all who knew him 

 either in a business way or as a friend. 

 Apparently he had no enemies. His 

 long experience in horticultural work 

 and his study of insect pests and other 

 matters pertaining to his work led many 

 people to seek his advice, which was 

 always freely given. The funeral was 

 held at Whittier Heights cemetery Oc- 

 tober 28. 



The Market. 



With the abatement of the influenza 

 epidemic and the consequent smaller 

 call for flowers for funeral work, the 

 general demand has dwindled to a point 

 really below normal. In all lines the 

 market is well supplied and there is an 

 accumulation of stock which is hard to 

 move. The warm weather last week 

 pushed everything forward, and gave 

 new life to outside flowers. There is 

 an abundance of chrysanthemums and 

 pompons and clearances of arrivals are 

 difficult, even with liberal concessions 

 in price. Greenhouse varieties are un- 

 usually plentiful, many of the later 

 sorts having made an appearance al- 

 ready. It is not often that BonnafEon 

 is available for Halloween require- 

 ments, but it was the case this season. 

 There is a strong probability that the 

 chrysanthemum cut for Thanksgiving 

 will be lighter than for some years. 



Violets have suffered severely on ac- 

 count of the heat, most of the arrivals 

 being almost worthless. Carnations are 

 more plentiful and do not move readily; 

 the best are bringing as high as $3 per 

 hundred, but the majority go for less 

 than $2. Much of the stock is unde- 

 veloped, evidencing anxiety on the part 

 of shippers to rush it into market. 

 Boses are not so heavy in supply; con- 

 sequently prices have not materially 

 changed. The quality is a little better, 

 owing to a drop in temperatures in the 

 last few days. Orchids are a little 

 lighter in supply, but the demand for 

 them is also lighter; 35 cents is about 

 the minimum price for cattleyas. Calen- 

 dulas, cosmos, bouvardias and tritomas 

 are coming in quantity, but their move- 

 ment is sluggish. Lilies are in good sup- 

 ply, but have fallen in price consider- 

 ably; the top is now $12 per hundred 

 and fairly good flowers can be had at as 

 low as $8. Lily of the valley is on the 



scarce side, but the best is bringing 

 only $8 per hundred. There is every 

 sign of a change to a more seasonable 

 temperature, and frosty nights will 

 have the effect of cutting out a lot of 

 stock the market can well afford to 

 lose. 



Various Notes. 



The fuel situation is improving, some 

 florists think. It is certain that the 

 Fuel Administration is disposed to be 

 a little more lenient. An order has 

 gone forth that florists who can use coal 

 in sizes less than No. 1 buckwheat may 

 use all they can get, irrespective of the 

 fifty per cent restriction. Agents rep- 

 resenting Pennsylvanian mines, which 

 are not in a position to supply regular 

 domestic sizes, are offering run-of-mine 

 soft anthracite, screened once, at $5.50 

 per ton at the mine, and appear to be 

 anxious to book orders for immediate 

 shipment. While this quality of coal 

 is not so good as the regular hard coal, 

 it can be burned in ordinary grates and 

 would help out in emergencies. 



Samuel Parlew, of Spiwak & Parlew, 

 the lily growers, of Elmhurst, L. I., 

 died November 1, of pneumonia, fol- 

 lowing Spanish influenza. 



The damage occasioned by the fire at 

 the store of the New York Florists' 

 Supply Co., October 24, was fuUy cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



Commissioner William F. Grell, of the 

 park department, is personally directing 

 the work of removing sod on both sides 

 of the Mall in Central park, where ex- 

 tensive flower beds are to be laid out. 

 The beds are to occupy a frontage of 

 about 800 feet on each side of this 

 broad walk, and are to be about five 

 feet wide. The beds will be completed 

 this fall in readiness for spring plant- 

 ings J. H. P. 



Morris M. Cohen, formerly with Ar- 

 thur Schloss & Co., has joined the sales 

 force of Cohen & Hiller. 



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p. Popken, Orange, N. J., speaks most 

 optimistically regarding future business. 

 Funeral work and wedding decorations 

 are unusually plentiful with him. "Al- 

 though the growers handed out a few 

 lemons in the way of short supply at 

 long prices, we shall yet live and flour- 

 ish," decided our worthy confrere. 



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Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., 

 are paying particular attention to the 

 growing of palms, realizing that the 

 prospects of importations from Europe 

 for possibly some years to come are re- 

 mote. Belgium and London have fur- 

 nished the bulk and as the houses in 

 the vicinity of Bruges and Ghent are 

 probably in the bombed area, one can 

 imagine their condition. 



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Edward Sceery, Paterson, N. J,, re- 

 ports good business, both at the Passaic 

 branch and the home place. 



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E. A. Lorentz, Middletown, N. Y., is 

 confined indoors as the result of a chill, 

 caught while glazing some ventilators. 



"Too much cold air," commented his 

 genial sisters, both excellent workers in 

 the business. They also report an ex- 

 ceedingly busy time. The bulk of the 

 chrysanthemums have been used for fu- 

 neral work. Owing to shortage of help, 

 but little disbudding was done; conse- 

 quently there are smaller blooms and 

 larger numbers of them, but they came 

 in handy this season. This is the con- 

 dition with many retailers who grow for 

 their own trade. 



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Anson V. Norton, SomervUle, N. J., 

 remarked the other day that he never 

 had had so strenuous a time as of late 

 with shortage of help and material; but 

 the crest of the wave has passed and, 

 with the new supply of flowers, it will 

 be easier sailing henceforth. 



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Charles L. Stanley, Plainfield, N. J., 

 has discovered that Livistona rotundi- 

 folia makes a fine house plant. Cycla- 

 mens in bloom are seen in the store win- 

 dow and will dqubtless be big sellers 

 this winter. W. M. 



