July 24, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



OBITUARY 



Charles Edwin Wingate. 



Charles Edwin Wingate, a well known 

 florist in Lawrence, Mass., died at his 

 home July 18, after a short illness. He 

 was one of the oldest residents of Law- 

 rence and was proprietor of a success- 

 ful florists ' establishment, which he took 

 over on his father's death. 



He was a member of the Freemasons, 

 Elks, Odd Fellbws, Lawrence Florists' 

 Association and other organizations, 

 and is survived by six children, two 

 sisters and flve grandchildren. Inter- 

 ment was from his late home, 8 Fulton 

 street, July 20, and a good number in 

 the trade were noted among those 

 present at the services. W. N. C. 



(George Anderson. 



With sadness, yet as a happy release, 

 came the news that George Anderson 

 died at his home^ at Fifty-second and 

 Woodland avenue, West Philadelphia, 

 Friday, July 18, at the age of 70 years, 

 for George Anderson had long been a 

 sufferer, unable to- do the work he liked 

 or to enjoy the society of his friends. 

 His death, esmaas a release from in* 

 activity. 



George AnderM>n was one of Phila- 

 delphia 's BueeeflBfol grow«i8. Comrasne- 

 ing life as a meehanie, thoughifnl, in- 

 telligent, hard woAingf (George Ander- 

 son built hia plaee rapidly:: at a time 

 when it Was possible to do so without 

 ca^tkl. He was skillful and ingenious. 

 Handy with tools, he could do himself 

 and direct others how to do everything 

 necessary in the construction and more 

 especially in the heating of a green- 

 house. Mr. Anderson was fond of say- 

 ing that a worker in iron naturally 

 turned to iron for everything he wanted, 

 just as a worker in wood turned to wood 

 for everything he wanted. As a grow- 

 er George Anderson stood in the first 

 rank. He produced good tea roses of 

 tne Bon Silene type. He made a hit 

 with Ulrich Brunner, so famous as a 

 rose for cutting before the days of 

 American Beauty. He grew Hydrangea 

 otaksa so well that his stock was en- 

 gaged long before Easter. He sold his 

 own products, sending his best stock to 

 the bon-ton shops and his other flowers 

 to the less critical buyers. 



George Anderson was kindly in dis- 

 position, always willing to help his 

 brother florists. He was a good bowler 

 and a clever shot. His funeral, to 

 which members of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists and the Philadelphia Flo- 

 rists' Club were invited, was held at 

 his home, 5203 Woodland avenue, July 

 23. Interment was at Mount Morah 

 cemetery. Phil. 



Charles Mecky. 



Charles Mecky, a retired florist of 

 Philadelphia, died at his home in that 

 city July 17. He was 68. 



Mr. Mecky was extremely successful 

 as a grower of pot plants. Hardy roses 

 were his specialty. He also grew large 

 quantities of blooming plants for Eas- 

 ter, notably the Paris daisy, Chrysan- 

 themum frutescens, which he did re- 

 markably well, and soft-wooded spring 

 plants, particularly geraniums. 



For years his place at Seventeenth 

 street and Erie avenue was the spot 



where all the florists and jobbing gar- 

 deners went for stock for planting out- 

 doors. His pride was to grow his stock 

 as well as it could be grown, and ex- 

 tremely cool, so it would thrive when 

 transplanted. Each spfing he sent out 

 large wagons with double decks closely 

 filled with plants, keeping this up right 

 through the season. When his city 

 property became too valuable for green- 

 houses, Mr. Mecky sold tne ground and 

 removed the houses to Lime Kiln pike 

 near Haines street, where he built a 

 fine place, putting his son, William 

 Mecky, in charge. 



Mr. Mecky was quiet in manner and 

 popular vidth those who knew him well. 

 Mrs. Mecky survives her husband. 



Phil. 



George Humphreys. 



George Humphreys, of New York, died 

 July 6 at his home, 61 Hamilton place, 

 aged 61. Death was due to hardening 

 of the arteries. He .was born in Canada, 

 but had resided in New York for fifty 

 years. He was general manager for 

 Charles Thorley, with whose establish- 

 ment he had been connected for twenty- 

 five years. He leaves a wife and one 

 son. 



John C. Sicht. 



John Conrad Bicht, of Sedalia, Mo., 

 died at a local hospital July 10. He 

 was 88 years old and had retired from 

 business some time ago. Mr. Bicht was 

 bom in Germany in 1831. He came to 

 America in 1849 and settled in St. Louis, 

 removing to Sedalia in p^869. H^is sur- 

 vived by fo^ children, two sons and 

 two daughters. 



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CLEVELAND, O. 



The Market. 



The demand for flowers last week was 

 rather small, although the supply was 

 not exceptionally large and most stock 

 cleaned up every day. About the only 

 surplus noticed was in sweet peas, but 

 for the most part even they were cleaned 

 up for funeral work. 



Gladioli have been arriving quite 

 plentifully and have cleaned up nicely, 

 although it looks as if the end of next 

 week would see the market flooded. 



Centaureas have been arriving in 

 greater quantity and better quality. A 

 few calendulas are making their appear- 

 ance and are bringing $3 per hundred. 

 But few asters are coming in, as the 

 early crop is a failure this year and it is 

 still too early for the late crop. 



Carnations are over with and roses 

 are coming in slowly. American Beau- 

 ties are arriving daily, but only in the 

 longer grades. A few .Japanese lilies 

 are in the market, but the big cut has 

 not made its appearance as yet. 



Various Notes. 



The florists' picnic was held July 

 23 and all florists closed at noon to at- 

 tend. 



William Connors, of the Ohio Floral 

 Co., has a new Ford touring car. 



John Kirehner made a business trip 

 to Chicago last week. 



Martin Orban is preparing to open a 

 new store on Buckeye road near East 

 One Hundred Sixteenth street. 



George Potter made a business trip to 

 Pittsburgh over Sunday. 



Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Witthuhn and Mr. 

 and Mrs. L. Utzinger have gone on a 

 month's vacation, taking a trip up the 



St. Lawrence river to Thousand islands, 

 etc. 



Mrs. A. Nosek, of 5307 Broadway, re- 

 ports that she has put her place up for 

 sale, owing to her inability to take care 

 of the business alone, because of her 

 age. ___. W. F. B. 



The United Floral & Nurseries Co., 

 1110 Hippodrome building, has incor- 

 porated to carry on a wholesale and re- 

 tail business in cut flowers, pot, plants, 

 ribbons, baskets — in fact, it will carry 

 a complete line for florists. There will 

 be a landscape department, of which 

 Ealph W. Walton will be the head. The 

 company's greenhouses and nurseries 

 will be at Mentor and the houses will be 

 built as soon as possible. Lord & Bum- 

 ham Co. now has the plans in hand. 

 J. J. Keck is president and general man- 

 ager of the concern. John J. Moore is 

 vice-president, secretary and counselor 

 of the company. 0. E. Heberling, who 

 has had thirty years' experience as a 

 seed dealer, is also on the staff. H. H. 

 McCobb, a graduate of the agricultural 

 department of the University of Maine, 

 is treasurer. 



BBIDOEFOBT, CONN. 



The Market. 



For several weeks Bridgeport has suf- 

 fered from a dry spell and quantities of 

 outdoor flowers are of poor quality on 

 this account. Bain has fallen in tor- 

 rents the greater part of the last few 

 days and this is also spoiling them. It 

 makes asters slow; however, some good 

 blooms are to be had. Although .carna- 

 tions are smalt, a few are still to b^ ha^^ 

 F|orists are keeping them until asters 

 are more abundant. The supply of 

 gladioli is increasing steadily. Boses 

 are in fair supply. Other flowers 

 noticed arc delphiniums, calendulas, 

 daisies, sweet peas, mignonette, stocks, 

 etc., all of which move well. 



Altliough the dull midsummer season 

 is with us, most of the trade report 

 business most satisfactory for this time 

 of year. A number of weddings are 

 still taking place and, although few of 

 them call for elaborate decorations, 

 wedding bouquets are constantly in de- 

 mand. There are also a number of calls 

 for funeral designs. 



Various Notes. 



Eobert Hawkins furnished the elabo- 

 rate decorations for the Nichols-Cham- 

 berlain wedding, which took place last 

 week. The dining room was decorated 

 with pink roses, larkspur and blue 

 delphinium, the library with pink ram- 

 blers and Killamey roses and the liv- 

 ing room, in which the ceremony was 

 performed, with white roses and palms. 

 The bride's bouquet was made of or- 

 chids and lily of the valley. 



John Reck & Son furnished bouquets 

 for a number of small weddings re- 

 cently. 



James Horan & Son report funeral 

 work as decidedly fine. They had calls 

 for a number of large pieces last week. 



The Park Garden & Flowjer Shop iS 

 cutting some splendid gladioli. The re- 

 cent heavy rains spoiled some of the 

 firm's outdoor blooms. 



James E. Beach is on his vacation. 

 He is taking a ten-day trip by automo- 

 bile and boat and will visit Niagara 

 Falls, Thousand islands, Quebec and 

 other points of interest. This firm re- 

 ports a scarcity of flowers. Asters are 

 slow in blooming and when they do 

 bloom they come in bunches. I. L. B. 



