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The Florists* Review 



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in a time of scarcity of flowers in ar- 

 ranging an attractive window. 



A. F. J. Baur states that he will have 

 the carnation schedule in the mail in 

 just a few days. Arrangements are be- 

 ing made for a big peace celebration at 

 the Carnation Society convention. The 

 society is desirous of having the co- 

 operation of the S. A. F. for this event. 



Baur & Steinkamp's new carnation, 

 Buth Baur, has excited great admira- 

 tion among the tradesmen, some hav- 

 ing come many miles to see it. Among 

 late visitors to see this plant were S. S. 

 Skidelsky, Joseph Hill and Mr. Hen- 

 ningsen. Mr. Hill motored over in his 

 new 1919 Hudson. 



Temperley's supplied the local market 

 with Lorraine and Chatelaine begonias, 

 cyclamens, Jerusalem cherries, azaleas 

 and exceptional Primula obconica for 

 the holiday trade. This firm has a fine 

 new seedling red Chatelaine begonia, 

 Christmas Gift, that it intends to put 

 on the market next year. This is iden- 

 tical in growth with pink Chatelaine and 

 flowers as profusely. 



Bertermann Bros. Co. grew splendid 

 azaleas and good stevia for Christmas. 

 John Heidenreich had good poinsettias 

 and cyclamens. 



William Eoepke went to Chicago for 

 stock. He has been bringing in excel- 

 lent Primula rosea. 



Never before in the history of the 

 trade have so many artificial flowers 

 and other decorative substitutes been 

 used as during the last few weeks. Pa- 

 per flowers, ribbons, dyed leaves, etc., 

 baskets, candles, in fact, anything at- 

 tractive for decorative purposes has 

 been utilized. 



John Hartje and A. Kempe visited 

 among the sweet pea growers of the 

 city last week and saw that peas for 

 Christmas would be at a premium. 



F. A. Conway is cutting an abundance 

 of good calla lilies. 



H. J. Battreall, well known to the 

 trade as "Bat," has just received an 

 honorable discharge from the navy. 

 Formerly he was with A. Wiegand's 

 Sons Co., but is now at Green's Flow- 

 er Shop. E. E. T. 



OBITUARY 



SPOTS ON BXTBBEB PLANTS. 



I have several rubber plants and they 

 are apparently healthy, with no scale or 

 other insects, but the leaves develop 

 brown spots which in a short time cover 

 the whole leaf, starting at the edge and 

 working toward the center. Can you tell 

 me what the trouble is and what the 

 remedy? R. V. B.— N. M. 



Probably deficiency of moisture at the 

 roots is the main source of the trouble. 

 Rubber plants never should be allowed to 

 become dry at the roots It is possible 

 that your plants have a disease with 

 which I am not acquainted. If so, it is 

 probably a fungoid affection and spray- 

 ing with Bordeaux mixture as soon as it 

 makes its appearance should check it. 



C. W. 



COLD STORAGE LILIES. 



Should cold storage lily bulbs be left 

 in a cool house after potting t 



J. M. K.— Wis. 



Lily bulbs will start much better in a 

 temperature of 55 to 60 degrees. Gigan- 

 teums, whether fresh bulbs or cold stor- 

 age, start better in a fairly warm house. 



0. W. 



Andrew Masson. 



Pneumonia, following influenza, 

 claimed one more victim December 17 

 in the person of Andrew Masson, super- 

 intendent on the estate of Mrs. Louis 

 Frothingham, formerly Miss May S. 

 Ames, North Easton, Mass. Mr. Mas- 

 son's illness was a brief one. A native 

 of south Scotland, the deceased came 

 to America while young. After work- 

 ing on estates in Pomf ret. Conn., and 

 Brookline, Mass., he went to North 

 Easton seven years ago. He laid out 

 and planted the new estate with excel- 

 lent taste and was one of the cleverest, 

 most conscientious and faithful of em- 

 ployees. His loss is keenly felt in the 

 community where he resided, as was 

 evidenced by the large and sympathetic 

 gathering December 20, when funeral 

 services were held from his late home. 



Mr. Masson leaves a widow and lit- 

 tle daughter, for whom great sympathy 

 is felt, also a brother and sister in 

 America. He was a member of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners and of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, also of Easton Grange, P. of 

 H. Numerous floral tributes bore elo- 

 quent testimony to the esteem in which 

 he was held. , W. N. C. 



John Bresnahan. 



John Bresnahan, for eighteen years 

 head gardener on the Bryce-AUen estate, 

 Beverly Cove, died December 17 in the 

 Beverly hospital after a short illness. 

 He was a native of Ireland and highly 

 esteemed among the north shore gar- 

 deners. W. N. C. 



Mrs. Augusta C. Mather. 



Lrs. Augusta C. Mather, the pioneer 

 floirist of Rockland, Me., died at her 

 home in that city December 12, after an 

 illness, of nearly ten years. She was 79 

 years x)ld November 30, last. Mrs. 

 Mather Hn her younger days was a tele- 

 graph operator and went to Rockland 

 as manager of the telegraph office there. 

 After thirty-one years of service in that 

 capacity, she resigned in 1892 and es- 

 tablished the greenhouse range at Pleas- 

 ant and Purchase streets. With the 

 assistance of her husband, Albert I. 

 Mather, and her son, Harry A. Mather, 

 she built up a large business. Since her 

 retirement ten years ago, the establish- 

 ment has been conducted by the husband 

 and son. During her career, Mrs. Mather 

 became intimately acquainted with a 

 number of prominent persons, among 

 them being James G. Blaine, Thomas A. 

 Edison and Frank A. Munsey. She was 

 a member of a number of fraternal or- 

 ganizations and was widely known 

 among the florists' trade. The business 

 will be continued under the present man- 

 agement. 



Wilbur A. risk. 



Wilbur Augustus Fisk, for more than 

 a quarter of a century president of W. 

 E. Barrett & Co., dealers in seeds and 

 agricultural implements, Providence, R. 

 I., died December 16, after a long ill- 

 ness, at his home in that city. He was 

 in his seventy-sixth year. He suffered 

 a stroke of paralysis about eight years 

 ago and for the last four years had been 



an invalid, being confined to bis home 

 most of the time. 



He came to Providence from Bethel, 

 Vt., where he was born October 4, 1843, 

 and as a young man entered the employ 

 of W. E. Barrett & Co. That was forty- 

 four years ago, but in 1878, having mar- 

 ried a daughter of Mr. Barrett, he was 

 admitted to the firm and when the busi- 

 ness was incorporated in 1898 he was 

 elected president, which office he re- 

 tained until his death. He took a per- 

 sonal interest in everything pertaining 

 to agriculture and horticulture and to 

 his management was largely due the 

 growth and prosperity of the concern. 

 He was a member of the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society and the old Rhode 

 Island Society for the Encouragement 

 of Domestic Industry, which for many 

 years conducted the big annual fairs at 

 Narragansett Park. He was also one 

 of the members of the Florists* and 

 Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island and 

 was affiliated, previous to his illness, 

 with the West Side Club, Union Club, 

 Squantum Club and the Providencp 

 Athletic Association. He is survived 

 by his wife and one daughter. 



W. H. M. 



Charles A. Bellows. 



Charles A. Bellows, for many years a 

 member of the Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club of Rhode Island and the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society, died at his 

 home in Adamsdale, Mass., December 

 20, at the age of 72 years, following an 

 illness of three weeks, caused by a com- 

 plication of diseases. 



Mr. Bellows was born in Slatersville, 

 R. I., June 7, 1846. For many years in 

 his younger days he was employed as^ a 

 conductor on the New York, New Haven 

 & Hartford r^lroad, but for upwards 

 of a score of years he had conducted a 

 florists' business. He was a member of 

 Good Samaritan Lodge of Odd Fellows 

 and of Cumberland Grange, Patrons of 

 Husbandry, for the last twenty-five 

 years. He is survived by his wife and 

 a number of relatives. On Thanksgiv- 

 ing day, r917, he celebrated his golden 

 wedding anniversary. W. H. M. 



D. Mendels. 



D. Mendels, of the firm of Freyling & 

 Mendels, Grand Rapids, Mich., died at 

 his home on Wealthy street, December 

 18, after an illness of only two days' 

 duration. Although he had not been in 

 good health during the last four years, 

 he was at his work until two days be- 

 fore his death. 



Mr. Mendels was 68 years old August 

 20. He was born in the Netherlands 

 and came to this country in 1870. He 

 had been engaged in floriculture since 

 1875. In 1880 he started his present 

 business, with Nicholas Freyling as 

 partner. Mr. Freyling passed away 

 fourteen years ago and was succeeded by 

 his son, Edward N. Freyling. Mr. Men- 

 dels is survived by his wife and one 

 married daughter. 



Besides being a successful business 

 man, he was a man of exemplary habits 

 and stanch principles. He was a prom- 

 inent member of the Reformed church 

 and zealous in its interests and philan- 

 thropies. 



Grove City, Pa. — J. M. Ellenberger 

 has purchased James Clelland's range, 

 comprising 15,000 feet of glass, together 

 with thirteen acres of ground. Dwell- 

 ing houses are included in the purchase. 



