Januarx 16, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Qeorge Couklln Saltford. 



George Conklin Saltford, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Saltford Flower Shop, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., died suddenly at his home 

 on North avenue, that city, January 10. 

 Mr. Saltford was well known to the 

 trade, in which he had high standing. 

 He had many friends in Poughkeepsie, 

 which had been his lifelong home, as 

 well as among the florists. He attended 

 the Riverview Military Academy in 

 youth and later a school in Nova Scotia. 

 He was a member of the Poughkeepsie 

 Yacht Club, of Elks' lodge and of the 

 Dutchess County Horticultural Society. 

 He married Miss Carrie Gregg, of 

 Goshen, N. Y., who survives him, as do 

 his parents and his son George, 11 years 

 old, and his brother. A handsome pall 

 of carnations was conspicuous among 

 the many floral offerings at the funeral 

 services. 



William Aheme. 



William Aherne, a well-known florist 

 of Columbia, Pa., died of valvular heart 

 disease at the home of Mrs. Sarah E. 

 Mullen, where he had lived for a number 

 of years. 



Mr. Aherne was born in Middleton, 

 County Cork, Ireland, August 8, 1848. 

 He came to this country in 1873 and set- 

 tled in Philadelphia. Five months later 

 he removed to Columbia, where he 

 worked as a gardener, having learned 

 the trade in London, England. In 1890 

 he went into the florists' business on his 

 own account, in which he continued until 

 his death, at the age of 71 years. 



Mr. Aherne enlisted as a private in 

 Company H, 11th Infantry, N. G. P., 

 which later became Company C, 4th In- 

 fantry, in 1878. He was commissioned 

 first lieutenant in 1891 and commanded 

 the company at Homestead in 1892. He 

 retired from the guard in 1894. 



His wife died a year ago. Eight 

 children survive. 



James Horan. 



Many friends mourn the death of 

 James Horan, Bridgeport, Conn., which 

 occurred recently as the result of pneu- 

 monia. The deceased was the son of 

 James Horan, founder *of the firm of 

 James Horan & Son, of Bridgeport, with 

 which he was connected at one time. He 

 had been employed also by George 

 Pflomm, of that city, who pays the young 

 florist a high tribute for his faithfulness 

 and worthiness. He was with Mr. 

 Pflomm for four years, until the exi- 

 gencies of war made it necessary for the 

 young men to seek essential occupations. 

 He then went to work at the Reming- 

 ton Arms, intending to return to the 

 florists' business as soon as he should 

 be released from the work undertaken 

 as a patriotic duty. He is survived by 

 his wife and two children, as well as by 

 his brother, Stephen Horan. 



Mrs. Qeorge F. Otto. 



Mrs. George F. Otto, wife of George 

 F. Otto, well known florist of San 

 Diego, Cal., died at her home January 3. 

 She had not been well for some time, 

 but her family and friends had hoped 

 for a recovery. Her husband, daughter 

 and son have the sincere sympathy of 



friends and members of the trade in 

 their bereavement. Mrs. Otto has al- 

 ways been keenly interested in both the 

 store and nursery carried on by her hus- 

 band and has always taken an active 

 part in the management of the business. 

 The many floral tokens and the large 

 body of friends attending the funeral 

 gave evidence of the great esteem in 

 which she was held. A« D. 



Thomas McAllister. 



Everyone in the trade at Chicago 

 knew Thomas McAllister, of the A. 

 Lange force, and will regret his death 

 January 11, after an illness of only three 

 days with pneumonia. Mr. McAllister 

 had been with A. Lange oft and on for 

 fifteen years or more, being the oldest 



member of Mr. Lange 's present large 

 force. He was about 52 years of age. 

 He came from England many years ago 

 and was for a time employed in the 

 trade in the vicinity of Boston. He was 

 a good florist and a faithful worker. On 

 the night of January 8 he and Mr. 

 Lange 's son, Herbert Lange, were the 

 last out of the store. Mr. McAllister 

 made no complaint of feeling unwell, but 

 did not report for duty next day. He 

 had no relatives in Chicago. A sister is 

 Mrs. P. J. McGinn, of Worcester, Mass. 

 Other relatives live in Uniontown, Pa., 

 and word came from there that P. J. 

 Reagan was on the way to Chicago to 

 take charge of the remains. 



Interment took place January 15, at 

 Mt. Olivet cemetery, Morgan Park, lU. 



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"The commission man comes in for a 

 lot of adverse criticism frqm the small 

 retailers just now," observed George 

 B. Hart, of Rochester, N. Y., ' ' and until 

 the florists can educate their patrons 

 to higher prices, they will feel the ef- 

 fects of existing conditions. For the 

 present there seems no prospect of a 

 change, the supply being unequal to the 

 demand, which condition doubtless will 

 continue through this season. I do not 

 believe there will be a big addition to 

 the glass area, for one good reason, 

 that the growers will be satisfled to con- 

 tinue for a while as they are doing, 

 in view of the extra prices they will 

 get with the restricted output. Again, 

 undoubtedly it will be found unproflt- 

 able to repair many houses, on which 

 an extraordinary outlay would be neces- 

 sary, which few growers will feel like 

 undertaking. Our business, while far 

 from being satisfactory from a general 

 viewpoint, has been larger in volume 

 and prices have been high," concluded 



Mr. Hart. 



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"I would be pleased to extend per- 

 sonal greetings to our fellow craftsmen," 

 observed Hon. Frank J. Baker, of C. F. 

 Baker & Son, Utica, N. Y., "particularly 

 to those members of the F. T. D. with 

 whom we have had such pleasant and 

 profitable exchanges during the last 

 year, but, as everybody reads The Re- 

 view, I am glad to extend our good 

 wishes through its columns. May the 

 new year, ushered in so auspiciously 

 prove profitable to all." Commenting 

 on holiday business, which averaged up 

 splendidly, it was noted that cut poin- 

 settias have been superseded by plants 

 grown in pans. The only left-over stock 

 consisted of plants grown for cutting. 

 W. E. Cahill, representing Roman J. 

 Irwin, of New York city, happening in, 

 extended greetings from Boston, his 

 home town, where he found the growing 

 of pansies was not a "heartsease." 

 ' * Billy ' ' says his firm 's business is hum- 

 ming. Enough stock cannot be found 

 to fill orders. He predicts a boom among 

 the growers of carnation cuttings. 

 Blooms are now bringing 8 cents each 

 at wholesale. Dr. W. A. Rowland, of 

 Utica, indorsed this statement, saying 

 his cut was handled by one retailer, who 

 willingly paid the price. To be diplo- 

 matic, the doctor tells his dental patrons 



he makes his profit in growing carna- 

 tions, and vice versa. Fewer bulbs are 

 being grown, principally for the reason 

 they were not to be had, but P. M. 

 Koster is one of many Holland plant 

 growers who hope to be able to supply 

 a full quota next season. Mr. Koster 

 recently arrived on the Nieuw Amster- 

 dam and will try to get the embargo on 

 the importation of Dutch plants and 

 bulbs modified before it goes into effect 

 next June. He related an interesting 

 incident that happened on the island 

 where the former crown prince lives. 

 The islanders were scandalized at the 

 sound of merrymaking after 8 o'clock 

 at night. They protested and demanded 

 of the burgomaster that the ex-crown 

 prince be reprimanded for such a viola- 

 tion of the laws of the land of tulips. 

 This was done. Mr. Koster hopes to 

 be as successful in his efforts with 

 Uncle Sam regarding the embargo. 



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The Rosendale Flower Shop, of Sche- 

 nectady, N. Y., enjoyed a fine holiday 

 business, which would have been better 

 had not a strike occurred at the Gen- 

 eral Electric works just at that time, 

 which undoubtedly hurt trade in gen- 

 eral considerably. The ad of this con- 

 cern in the pink section of The Re- 

 view brings results. 



• • • • 



Robert H. C. Bard, of Syracuse, N. 

 Y., sees a great future for the retailer 

 who, as he expressed it, knows from 

 grass to grasshopper, or in other words, 

 is familiar with the business from A 

 to Z. At least such is his expectation, 

 and all who know "Bobby" realize 

 that his middle initials stand for ' ' High- 

 Class. " His latest scheme is to create 

 a * ' wild garden ' ' from which to furnish 

 the store through the summer with cut 

 blooms. The idea is to plant groups of 

 hardy perennials and the like in liberal 

 quantities at his country home at Cross 

 Lake. W. E. Day, of Syracuse, indorses 

 the idea, commenting on the large sales 

 during the holidays of assorted plants 

 in baskets. Anything that fitted in 

 sold, evidence of the varied tastes of 

 the people. Bellamy Bros, and Gustavo 

 Bartholme, of Syracuse, had similar ex- 

 periences. In fact, cut flowers played 

 second in many places, possibly owing 

 to the scarcity of stock and the efforts 

 put forth by the sales clerks. W. M. 



