July 3, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Meyer Otile. 



Meyer Otile, the "Meyer" of Eiedel 

 & Meyer, Inc., the wholesale florists at 

 49 West Twenty-eighth street, New 

 York, died Friday evening, June 27, in 

 a Long Island sanitarium, of nerve trou- 

 bles, which had aflficted him since \last 

 December. He was born in New Xork 

 February 5, forty years ago. 



At the age of ^out 23 he engaged 

 with Alex. J. Guttman, then in the 

 wholesale cut flower business in the 

 New York market, where he remained 

 for eight years. Then was formed the 

 firm of Badgley, Eiedel & Meyer, which 

 dissolved five years later. In October, 

 1915, he, with Mr, Eiedel, started in 

 business at 49 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, under the style of Eiedel & 

 Meyer, the business afterwards being 

 incorporated. 



He was unmarried, and leaves six 

 sisters, two of whom are married. Fu- 

 neral services were held at Hornthal's 

 undertaking establishment Sunday, 

 June 29, and interment was made in 

 Mount Carmel cemetery. J. H. P. 



Peter Ferrari. 



Peter Ferrari, senior member of the 

 firm of Ferrari Bros., San Francisco, 

 Cal., died in that city at 1 a. m., June 30, 

 after an illness of about a month. Mr. 

 Ferrari came to this country from Italy 

 about 1880. With his brothers, Eugene 

 and Emil, he engaged in the florists' 

 business. They added to their property 

 until their greenhouses at 202 Univer- 

 sity street became one of the largest es- 

 tablishments on the Pacific coast, espe- 

 cially known for their roses, orchids 

 and gardenias. Eugene Ferrari died 

 three years ago, and Emil last Novem- 

 ber. Peter was, therefore, the last of 

 the three brothers in the firm. . He was 

 highly esteemed in the trade, and his 

 cheerful smile and hearty handshake 

 will be sadly missed. 



Theodore Ilgenfritz. 



Theodore Ilgenfritz, one of the family 

 of nurserymen of the name at Monroe, 

 Mich., died June 26. The news reached 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men then in session at Chicago, which 

 sent a resolution of condolence to the 

 family by wire and forwarded flowers 

 for the funeral. Mr. Ilgenfritz had been 

 state vice-president of the organization 

 in 1915. 



Arthur F. Barney. 



Arthur F. Barney, aged 66, died at 

 his home in Worcester, Mass., July 1, of 

 internal cancer. He had been ill for 

 three months. Mr. Barney was in the 

 seed business in Boston for fifty years. 

 He was with the Schlegel & Fottler Co. 

 for twenty-five years and president of 

 the Thomas J. Grey Co. since its organ- 

 ization eleven years ago. 



Mr. Barney was a splendid business 

 man and a highly esteemed member of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club. He 

 is survived by his wife and one son. 



W. N. C. 



Miss Mary Ryan. 



Miss Mary Eyan, aged 43, of Tusca- 

 loosa, Ala., died at her home there last 

 week. She was born in Ireland and 

 came to the United States when 6 years 



old. She had been in the trade for for- 

 ty years and had worked up a state- 

 wide reputation. She was compelled to 

 retire from active work several years 

 ago on account of failing health. Miss 

 Eyan is survived by her sister, Miss 

 Margaret Eyan, who now conducts the 

 business. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



With a temperature of 90 degrees and 

 over for more than two weeks, and al- 

 most everybody preparing to go away 

 for a vacation, florists are now having 

 hot weather business. Stock has 

 dwindled down to such an extent that 

 there is not much but outdoor ma- 

 terial. Eoses are almost gone and are 

 unsatisfactory to handle. As soon as 

 they are taken from the icebox they 

 wilt or fall to pieces. There are still a 



Meyer Otile. 



few Eussell at $6 and $8, wholesale, and 

 some Columbia at $10. 



Carnations are being shipped in from 

 Denver, the home-grown ones being all 

 gone. Gladioli are plentiful and fine at 

 $6 and $8 and are the chief support as 

 well as the most satisfactory flower for 

 many classes of work at present. They 

 are priced at wholesale from $6 to $10. 

 Gypsophila is 50 cents per bunch and 

 larkspur 6 and 8 cents. 



Various Notes. 



Among last week's visitors were E. 

 E. Gregg, Pawnee, Okla.; Frank Stuppy, 

 St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. Butler, Council 

 Bluffs, la., and Manuel Witrop, Mar- 

 shall, Mo. 



Edward A. Humfeld is preparing to 

 build three new greenhouses on his 20- 

 acre tract near Independence, Mo. 

 Workmen and material are so difficult 

 to get that he has been delayed far be- 



yond the time set for beginning con- 

 struction. Each of the three houses 

 will be 35x100 feet. Mr. Humfeld has 

 been in his present location. Sixth and 

 Pasco streets, for nearly twenty years. 

 He will continue his retail business in 

 Kansas City. 



Samuel Murray is spending this week 

 in the oil flelds near Paola, Kan., where 

 he has interests. Last week he had a 

 tempting display of nectarines in his 

 window, which he believes to be as fine 

 as any grown in the United States. Mr. 

 Murray bought the trees in 'England 

 several years ago and has grown them 

 successfully in his greenhouse. This 

 year 's crop is unusually well fruited and 

 perfect. Numerous requests to buy the 

 fruit have been made, fancy prices be- 

 ing offered, but it is not for sale. Mr. 

 Murray has the trees, just as he has his 

 hothouse grapes, for novelty and the 

 pure love of growing something attrac- 

 tive and fine. 



Fred and W. L. Fitzhugh, of the Wil- 

 liam L. Eock Flower Co., are on their 

 vacation. William L. Eock has returned 

 from a combined business and pleasure 

 trip to Detroit and adjacent points. 



John Furrow, of Guthrie, Okla., was 

 in the city last week on his way to Chi- 

 cago and Wisconsin on a fishing trip. 



C. E. Heite will leave shortly for a 

 fishing trip in the north. He will be 

 gone a month. 



W. E. Tredup, of the A. L. Eandall 

 Co., Chicago, called on the trade last 

 week. 



Miss Nettie Seymour, of the W. L. 

 Eock Flower Co., has gone to Ohio for 

 a month's vacation. J. E. K. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



The supply of stock steadily decreases, 

 prices strengthen and shipping business 

 increases. 



July never started with a more opti- 

 mistic feeling in the market. It is true 

 that the volume of business has fallen 

 away to small proportions compared 

 with what was being done two months 

 ago, but nothing else could be expected. 

 The fact is that the volume of business 

 is excellent for the start of July. The 

 local demand is stronger than usual at 

 this date and out-of-town buyers are be- 

 ing heard from regularly. If the boxes 

 receipted for by Uncle Sam's express- 

 men are not so large as they were in the 

 busy season, they are scarcely less nu- 

 merous. There is a feeling that the sup- 

 ply of stock for the next few weeks will 

 be decidedly limited and that there will 

 be excellent business for those who are 

 able to supply good flowers. 



The rose constitutes the principal item 

 of supply and of the roses Mrs. Eussell 

 easily is the leader. It leads in qual- 

 ity, in quantity and in demand. Sec- 

 ond in supply is Columbia and it prob- 

 ably deserves to be ranked second in 

 popularity also. Premier has begun to 

 come in from a number of growers and 

 can be had by making one's wants 

 known a day in advance, if it cannot 

 be picked up without notice. But Pre- 

 mier is not yet in large request. Most 

 of the wholesalers prefer to say little 

 about it until it is running true to form. 

 This market has gone into Premier more 

 heavily than it ever did on any other 

 new rose and some big things are ex- 

 pected to be doing in due time. 



Carnations are pretty well out of the 

 market; there still are moderate quanti- 



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