NOVEMBIB 14, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Charles R. Miller. 



Charles E. Miller, for more than 

 twenty years a salesman for Walter F. 

 Sheridan, New York city, died suddenly 

 at his home in Flushing, L. I., Novem- 

 ber 9. Mr. Miller was at the store the 

 day before his death. On reaching 

 home he was stricken with pneumonia 

 and died within twenty-four hours. He 

 was 50 years of age. Mr. Miller was 

 generally known among the. trade as 

 "Tommy" and had a host of friends. 

 The funeral was largely attended by 

 members of the trade and the floral of- 

 ferings were numerous. J. H. P. 



Benjamin Connell. 



Benjamin Connell, a widely known 

 and popular florist and nurseryman, of 

 Merchantville, N. J., died at his home 

 in that place November 9. He leaves 

 his wife. 



Du Brutz English. 



Du Brutz English, of Mount Olive, 

 N. C, died November 4 from an attack 

 of influenza followed by pneumonia. 

 Mr. English was sick only ten days. Mr. 

 English was well known to many in the 

 seed trade of the United States, in that 

 he was one of the largest growers of 

 vegetables for market, having hundreds 

 of acres under cultivation. He also was 

 one of the largest shippers of holly to 

 those who handle this commodity. His 

 death is regretted by a wide circle of 

 friends in the trade. 



Louis E. Schmutz, Jr. 



Louis E. Schmutz, Jr., whose death 

 at his home in Flatbush, N. Y., October 

 8, was briefly noted in The Review for 

 October 17, was born in Brooklyn in 

 1874. Mr. Schmutz 's father, Louis E. 

 Schmutz, Sr., was in the florists' busi- 

 ness at Flatbush and practically all the 

 son's life was spent growing flowers, he 

 having helped his parent build up the 

 large greenhouse range that was de- 

 voted to the growing of potted plants. 

 For a short time Mr. Schmutz worked 

 for Siebrecht & Son, at their establish- 

 ment at New Eochelle. 



Mr. Schmutz was taken ill with 

 Bright 's disease nearly a year before 

 his death. He bore his suffering pa- 

 tiently and never lost his jovial nature 

 and friendliness, which made him popu- 

 lar with the trade both in Brooklyn and 

 New York. He left his wife, Mrs. Mar- 

 tha Peltz Schmutz; two daughters, 

 f^loise, aged 18 years, and Martha, aged 

 12; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Emil 

 Schmutz, and four brothers, Frederick, 

 Alfred, Gustave and Harry Schmutz. 



The funeral services were held Octo- 

 ber 11 from the home and were attended 

 ^y a great number of friends from 

 among the trade. The flowers were ex- 

 ceptionally numerous and beautiful. 

 The burial was the following day in 

 Evergreen cemetery, Flatbush. 



Dominic Figone. 



Dominic Figone, at one time promi- 

 nently identified with the florists' busi- 

 ness in San Francisco, died November 3 

 at the age of 54 years. He was a native 

 of Italy, but had spent most of his life 

 in the Golden Gate city. For many 

 years he conducted a florists' establish- 



ment. At the time of the great fire in 

 1906 his establishment on Sutter street, 

 near Stockton, was burned out. Later 

 he started up again, but soon discon- 

 tinued and engaged in another line of 

 business. He is survived by his widow, 

 Theresa Figone, and his son, Antone. 

 Funeral services were held November 6. 

 Among the friends and relatives attend- 

 ing were a number of florists. M. M. 



Emil Ferrari. 



Emil Ferrari, of Ferrari Bros., whose 

 greenhouses and nurswry at 202 Univer- 

 sity street, San Francisco, constitute 

 one of the largest establishments of the 

 kind on the Pacific coast, died November 

 5, following a short illness. He was a na- 

 tive of Italy and came to California in 

 1881. He started in business with his 

 brother, Peter, and they gradually added 

 to their holdings, becoming widely 

 recognized as expert growers of roses, 

 orchids, gardenias and other flowers. 

 Peter Ferrari was ill at the time of his 

 brother 's death, but is considered on the 

 road to recovery. M. M. 



Milton Morris. 



The death of Milton Morris, son of 

 O. M. Morris, of the Morris & Snow 

 Seed Co., Los Angeles, Cal., came as a 

 sad blow to the family this week and 

 the sympathy of all in the trade and 

 many other friends goes out to them in 

 their bereavement. While he had not 

 been strong for a long time, his death, 

 which was due to an internal abscess, 

 was not expected. H. R. R. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Business for the last week has been 

 more nearly normal, both as to volume 

 and prices, than for two months. There 

 is still an active demand for funeral 

 work, but nothing in comparison with 

 the call that has existed since the mid- 

 dle of September, because of the in- 

 fluenza epidemic. There have been a 

 few weddings and social functions dur- 

 ing the week and, although the social 

 program has not yet opened formally, 

 its influence already has made itself 

 felt. 



Chrysanthemums ^re coming into 



their own and command better prices, 

 which probably will hold up well, as 

 there is not so large a local cut as in 

 previous years. They wholesale from 

 $6 to $20 per hundred and clean up 

 daily. Roses are good in quality and 

 plentiful at 4 to 12 cents and carnations 

 show general improvement and bring 2 

 to 5 cents. 



Various Notes. 



Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. 

 Johnson has been honorably discharged 

 by the War Department. He was in 

 service with the Coast Artillery in the 

 Narragansett bay district. He is a 

 member of the firm of George Johnson 

 & Son, of the Elmwood avenue green- 

 houses and nurseries. For several years 

 previous to entering the service, he was 

 city forester. He will resume the duties 

 of the latter oflSce in a few days. 



Peter Byrnes had the church decora- 

 tions of palms and pink chrysanthe- 

 mums for the Baker-Schneider wedding 

 at Wickford November 5. 



Edward Brooke, of T. J. Johnston & 

 Co., has been sick, but is now conva- 

 lescing. 



Arthur Macrae has been at home on 

 sick leave. 



A. J. Vose, of Woonsocket, has de- 

 cided not to start up his greenhouses 

 this winter. 



W. A. Bowers, of Washington street, 

 has purchased a new Buick delivery 

 automobile. 



Edward O'Brien is now in the employ 

 of Miss Nellie O'Connor, of Thayer 

 street. 



Fred Hoffman has just completed the 

 changing of the heating equipment in 

 his greenhouses at Pawtucket to oil 

 burners. 



Vincent J. Baraducci, of Atwells ave- 

 niie, has added a new auto truck to his 

 delivery department. 



Willett P. Carpenter, of the Union 

 Depot flower stand, and his wife have 

 returned from a summer trip to Winni- 

 peg. 



O. H. Williams, of Plainfield street, 

 is preparing to go to Florida for the 

 winter. 



Lawrence Hay was reelected a mem- 

 ber of the East Providence school com- 

 mittee for two Years November 5. 



W. H. M. 



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Smith's Flower Shop, at Orange N. J., 

 is attractive in white, artistically dec- 

 orated and well supplied with choice 

 stock from its own greenhouses, and 

 reports good business. 



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"We were never better equip]icd for 

 the winter season," observed George 

 Burgevin, of Valentin Burgevin, Inc., 

 Kingston, N. Y., "and from the present 

 condition of things we look for our usual 

 liberal share of business." Fine stock, 

 well grown and attractively displayed, 

 is bound to bring results. It is worthy 

 of note that Landscape Architect Julius 

 Burgevin is converting the famous 

 "broad walk" on the mall in Central 

 park, Manhattan, into what is described 

 as a "veritable floral paradise." He 

 possibly obtained the idea from the 



park-like surroundings at the Burgevin 



establishment. 



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The Rosendale Flower Shop, Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., has a good trade in potted 

 chrysanthemums, which, being plentiful 

 and reasonable as compared with carna- 

 tions at $2 and roses at $3.50 per dozen, 

 find a ready sale at this time. Medium- 

 sized blooms of mums are preferred this 

 season. Proprietor Englehardt has been 

 ill for some time. It is hoped he may 

 soon recover and relieve his good wife, 



who has charge. 



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John C. Thatcher's flower shops, both 

 at Schenectady and Amsterdam, N. Y., 

 have had a heavy run of funeral work. 

 The Thatcher greenhouses, at Hoffmans, 

 N. Y., were taxed to the utmost and re- 

 sponded nobly. W. M. 



