DECEMBEa 5, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



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tained. and the car was righted aa^ 

 fowed into Twenty-eighth street. 



Max Sehling furnished, among other 

 pieces, a beautiful pall of cattleyas and 

 lily of the valley for the casket of Mrs. 

 Gates, widow of the late financier, John 

 W. Gates, who died last week. 



August Buckholtz, a grower of Wood- 

 side, L. I., is around again after an at- 

 tack of pneumonia which laid him up 

 for several weeks. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Wholesalers' Cut Flower Protective As- 

 sociation will be held M the Hotel Bres- 

 lin the evening ofTJecember 14. 



Many of the wholesalers are noticing 

 with regret a disposition on the part of 

 some of the commission men to break 

 away from the Sunday closing agree- 

 ment. If we are to believe that stock 

 this winter will be decidedly on the 

 short side, there should be little need 

 for Sunday opening. 



The sympathy of many of their 

 friends in the trade goes out to Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, in 

 the death of their son, Jens, last week 

 at Camp MacArthur. 



Eoger Case, an orchid shipper, of Bar- 

 ranquilla, Colombia, was in the city last 

 week en route to his home. Besides his 

 orchid interests, Mr. Case operates an 

 oil mill, whose product is castor oil. 



The death is reported of Captain Jo- 

 seph E. De Lamar, of Glen Cove, L. I., 

 which occurred November 24. Captain 

 De Lamar was greatly interested in hor- 

 ticultural matters and was a liberal ex- 

 hibitor at our flower shows. He will be 

 sadly missed by our flower show enthu- 

 siasts, who could depend upon him at 

 all times for support in making their 

 plans. 



The park department of the borough 

 of Manhattan is arranging to plant an 

 avenue of American elms on the mall 

 promenade in Central park in memory 

 of the soldiers and sailors who died in 

 the war. Each one is to carry a bronze 

 tablet bearing the names of heroes. This 

 is akin to the sentiment of our slogan, 

 "Say It with Flowers." 



It is reported here that the green- 

 house property of S. J. Eeuter & Son, 

 Inc., Westerly, E. I., recently sold by 

 the receiver of the estate, has been ac- 

 quired by Charles Munro, of New Ha- 

 ven, Conn., who will operate the green- 

 houses. J- H. P. 



OBITUARY 



Belvidere, 111. — Lyon & Anderson held 

 •their annual flower show November 15 

 and 16, which was well attended. "Vis- 

 itors were presented with flowers and 

 a large part of the handsome stock dis- 

 played was sold at good prices. This 

 firm has plans prepared for enlarging 

 both its store and range. 



El Paso, Tex.— H. H. Potter, who con- 

 ducts both a flower and confectionery 

 business, operating two stores, is among 

 those who are pleased to see the end of 

 hostilities. Not only did he suffer a loss 

 of trade through the disposition to 

 economize in the use of flowers, but dur- 

 ing the summer his ice cream and con- 

 fectionery business was cut almost in 

 half by the Food Administration's edict 

 limiting confectioners to half their nor- 

 mal consumption of sugar. Mr. Potter 

 did not complain, as he was anxious to 

 do his part to help win th3 war, but he 

 is none the less relieved that the restric- 

 tions may be modified now that the war 

 is won. 



Herman Kurth. 



Herman Kurth, for many years trav- 

 eling salesman for the firm of Eeed & 

 Keller, Inc., New York city, died No- 

 vember 24, of pneumonia, at the age of 

 29 years, at his home at Union Hill, 

 N. J. Mr. Kurth was well liked in the 

 trade and among a large circle of 

 friends, because of his kindly disposi- 

 tion. 



Charles Mitter. 



Charles Mitter, formerly of New 

 York, and more recently of Los Angeles, 

 Cal., died November 27, after an illness 

 of several weeks. Mr. Mitter worked 

 for several firms in the east and some 

 years ago took charge of a large estate 

 in Santa Susana. Later he was kentia 

 grower for J. Dieterich, of Los Angeles, 

 and he also looked after the collection 

 of plants at Montebello. He was an 

 efficient grower and a hard-working and 

 conscientious man. His death was due 

 to stomach trouble, which had been 

 getting worse for several months. He 

 was 55 years of age. H. E. Eichards. 



Mrs. Mary J. Thomas. 



Mrs. Mary J. Thomas, one of the old 

 school florists of Baltimore, died last 

 week. Mrs. Thomas was the daughter 

 of Eobert J. Halliday, the pioneer flo- 

 rist in Baltimore. For many years she 



conducted the most exclusive flower 

 store on North Charles street. Twenty 

 years ago she retired and had been 

 living since at Eoland Park. Her fu- 

 neral was largely attended by the older 

 members of the trade and the floral 

 offerings were among the handsomest 

 seen at a funeral in Baltimore for 

 many a year. Tate. 



Walter H. Aylward. 



Walter H. Aylward, son- of the late 

 M. J. Aylward, of Woburn, Mass., died 

 November 29, after a lingering illness, 

 dropsy being the cause of death. The 

 deceased was only 29 years of age and 

 had been associated with his father and 

 later his brother in the greenhouse es- 

 tablishment at Woburn, where roses 

 were a specialty. Mr. Aylward was a 

 stockholder in the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change and was well liked by all who 

 knew him. Funeral services were held 

 from his sister's home December 2 to 

 St. Patrick 's church, interment being in 

 St. Mary's cemetery. Maiden. There 

 were many beautiful floral tributes, in- 

 cluding a number from friends in the 

 trade. W. N. C. 



WiCkliffe, O.— Nick Bowen has bought 

 'A. Walker's greenhouse. 



Waltham, Mass. — Louis J. Eeuter, who 

 was the "Son" of the firm of S. J. Eeu- 

 ter & Son, Inc., Westerly, E. I., which 

 went into bankruptcy ir March, 1918, 

 has entered the wholesale florists' trade 

 and will supply a general liue of plants 

 and bulbs as well as other stock. He 

 expects to open an office in Boston in 

 the spring. 



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MUSHBOOMS. 



The Temperature for Spawning. 



I have had the best results in spawn- 

 ing when the temperature of the beds 

 was 85 to 90 degrees, but I have also 

 spawned beds as soon as made and they 

 have done splendidly. On the other 

 hand, beds in which the heat failed to 

 rise above 70 degrees have given heavy 

 crops, but they are longer in starting to 

 produce. Under favorable conditions I 

 have had mushrooms appear in three 

 weeks, but on one occasion, when I had 

 practically despaired of a bed, it started 

 to crop heavily after eighteen weeks. 

 On the average, however, beds start to 

 yield within six weeks and continue to 

 bear for three or four months, much de- 

 pending on how they are cared for. A 

 person of too nervous a temperament 

 should not grow this crop. 



Of late the imported English Mill- 

 track spawn has done indifferently, prob- 

 ably owing to its being so long in 

 transit. This type of mushroom is pre- 

 ferred on the markets. The Pure Cul- 

 ture spawn of Lambert and one or two 

 other specialists is good and always 

 begins bearing ahead of the Milltrack 

 variety. 



Planting the Spawn. 



The spawn is broken in pieces the 

 size of a large English walnut and 

 planted nine to twelve inches apart each 

 way in the beds, about two inches deep. 



The manure is left loose over the spawn 

 for about eight days, when the bed is 

 well firmed and a coating of two inches 

 of pasture loam is spread on the sur- 

 face and well pounded. It is well to 

 keep the beds as dark as possible and 

 free from sunlight and draft. They 

 must not be made near heating pipes; 

 neither must they be located below 

 benches through which much air passes, 

 unless some precaution is taken to keep 

 the currents of air from the beds. 



The beds need watering occasionally 

 and warm water, of a temperature of 

 100 degrees, should be applied. Scat- 

 ter some dry loam over any small mush- 

 rooms before watering. Watering should 

 always be considered a necessary evil, 

 but I have found an occasional spraying 

 with warm water beneficial. 



Mushrooms should never be cut, but 

 carefully twisted around and the result- 

 ant holes carefully filled. In market- 

 ing them, boxes holding four pounds 

 each find special favor, but baskets also 

 are used. Many small growers will be 

 able to dispose of their entire crop at 

 retail or at hotels, which use large num- 

 bers. 



There is no royal road to success with 

 mushrooms, but cleanliness is of para- 

 mount importance. Mushrooms are a 

 nutritious food and in these times the 

 demand for them is large. Given the ma- 

 nure, suitable places for beds and a good 

 market, many country florists might well 

 attempt their culture. 



