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The Florists^ Review 



July 31, 1919. 



minded him this was during war times, 

 when salaries were all high and every- 

 thing else cost more money. He replied 

 by asking where, outside of government 

 contracts,' wages had decreased any. 

 People are now getting down to a staple 

 basis and this is much better than in- 

 flated wages, when one had no idea of 

 how long they would last. Everyone 

 now has a good market for his labor and 

 has no trouble to dispose of it at a good 

 remuneration. The general public has 

 money and is spending it. Mr. Glass is 

 making preparations for an even larger 

 business next season. Tate. 



FIbOVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



The long spell of continued rainy, 

 muggy weather, which broke July 24, 

 caused considerable damage to crops 

 throughout the state from mildew and 

 blight. Several of the growers who had 

 large fields of carnations were much 

 worried and lost several hundred plants. 

 Asters also suffered from the dampness 

 . and field-grown asters are coming into 

 the market in an unsatisfactory condi- 

 tion. 



Business has fallen off perceptibly 

 during the last week, there being no so- 

 cial functions and a smaller number of 

 funerals, while the street car strike has 

 so curtailed travel that there has been 

 little or no demand for cut flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Among the corporations doing busi- 

 ness in Ehode Island that have a cor- 

 porate excess of $10,000 or more, ac- 

 cording to the annual assessment of the 

 state tax comiAissioners, are the follow- 

 ing: Budlong Rose Co., Auburn, $90,- 

 131; Hoxsie Nurseries, Inc., Hoxsie, 

 $17,876;" Quidnick Greenhouses, Inc., 

 Quidnick, $10,374; Westminster Green- 

 houses, Inc., $13,457. 



Eugene McCarron, of Hope street, has 

 added a half-ton automobile truck to his 

 -delivery department. 



The Budlong Rose Co., of Auburn, has 

 purchased an automobile truck. 



Edward E. Spencer has been ap- 

 pointed by the Probate court, at East 

 Greenwich, as administrator of the es- 

 tate of the late James Hay. 



J. J. Kelley, of Valley Falls, has just 

 purchased a touring car. 



William Cohen, of Cohen Bros., Lowell 

 avenue, who was recently married to 

 Miss Rose Blackmar, of Bristol, has re- 

 turned from a honeymoon trip to Port- 

 land, Me. 



Bert West has resigned his position 

 with Joseph Black, Washington street. 

 Henry Oakley, formerly with T. J. 

 Johnston & Co., and W. A. Bowers, has 

 taken a position with Joseph Black. 



The Quidnick Greenhouses, Inc., dur- 

 ing the summer months is closing at 12 

 o'clock on Saturdays. 



Hugh De Wildt, of the Elmwood 

 Greenhouses, entertained the men in his 

 employ Wednesday afternoon, July 23, 

 by a motorboat trip to Newport and re- 

 turn. 



Johnston Bros., of Dorrance street, 

 had two large truck-loads of designs for 

 the funeral of Trooper McGrory, at 

 Stillwater, last week. He died at Glen 

 , Springs, Tex., and was a member of 

 Troop A, 8th Cavalry. 



Miss Florence Burlingame, formerly 

 with Smith the Florist, is now with the 

 Hogg Greenhouses, Benefit street. 



Sampson Almy and C. Green have pur- 

 chased the greenhouse business of the 

 late James Hay, at East Greenwich, and 

 will conduct it under the style of the 

 East Greenwich Greenhouses. Mr. 

 Green was for several years in charge 

 of the Goddard estate, at Pottowaumet. 



Florence A. Willard has given a mort- 

 gage for $500 to James Freeman Co., on 

 the lot and improvements on Massachu- 

 setts avenue. 



Mrs. William Butcher, widow of one 

 of the old-time florists^ of this city, with 

 her sister, were in an automobile ac- 

 cident at Manomet Bluff, near Plym- 

 outh, Mass., a few days ago. Both 

 escaped serious injury, although their 

 car was badly smashed. W. H. M. 



OBITUARY 



rORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The exceptionally warm, dry weather 

 we have had the last few weeks has in- 

 jured outdoor flowers to a considerable 

 extent, as well as retarded the progress 

 of the greenhouse stock, particularly 

 roses. Monday, July 28, was by far the 

 hottest day of the year. The result of 

 these conditions is that the supply of 

 salable flowers is not nearly equal to 

 the demand, which has been heavy the 

 last week, owing to the deaths of sev- 

 eral prominent citizens. A few sum- 

 mer weddings and brisk hospital trade 

 have helped to keep midsummer dullness 

 away. 



Roses are showing the effects of the 

 extreme heat, although there is some im- 

 provement noted in the size of the flow- 

 ers from the young stock, and the quan- 

 tity is also increasing. Russell is easily 

 the leader in summer roses, with Colum- 

 bia, Premier and Ophelia of fairly good 

 quality. The demand for carjiations has 

 fallen off since their deterioration and 

 prices are low. 



Gladioli are the most showy flowers 

 on the market and are being used largely 

 for funeral sprays. The dry weather is 

 beginning to tell on these flowers, al- 

 though some blooms of good quality are 

 offered. Cattleyas are in small supply 

 at present. The absence of summer lilies 

 is keenly felt. Rubrum lilies are also 

 scarce. Summer flowers continue to ar- 

 rive in large numbers, but the quality is 

 suffering from the prolonged heat and 

 dryness. Outdoor snapdragons are an 

 improvement over last week. Hydran- 

 geas are being used in large numbers. 

 Indoor greens are in sufficient supply to 

 meet the demand. 



Varlotis Notes. 



Miss Marguerite Flick, of the Flick 

 Floral Co., has returned home from a 

 month's vacation, which she spent on 

 Lake Erie, with her aunt, Miss Helen 

 F. Patten, of the Patten Flower Shop, 

 Toledo, O. George and Joseph Flick ac- 

 companied Miss Flick. Several hand- 

 some casket covers were sent out by the 

 Flick Floral Co. last week. They were 

 composed mainly of Mrs. Chas. Russell, 

 the popular summer rose. 



E. C. Wenninghoff has a good display 

 of summer foliage plants in his window. 

 He reports heavy trade in funeral work 

 and was obliged to work all day Sunday 

 in order to get out the funeral orders. 



Mr. Baer, of the Raedlein Basket Co., 

 Chicago, 111., and Allen M. Humason, 

 representing the Arnold Paper Box Co., 

 Chicago, were callers on the trade last 

 week. R. F. B. 



Arnold Bingier. 



Arnold Ringier, widely known among 

 florists and seedsmen, was found dead 

 in a room in the Randolph hotel, Chi- 

 cago, July 26. A coroner's jury found 

 that he had died through self-adminis- 

 tered cyanide of potassium. 



Mr. Ringier was born in Switzerland 

 in 1861. He came to America while a 

 young man and was connected with 

 Vaughan 's Seed Store during the forma- 

 tive period of the florist and seed busi- 

 ness \tL Chicago. About 1890 he joined 

 the staff of W. W. Barnard, where his 

 keen perceptions and great vital forces 

 caused him to make steady progress. He 

 became secretary of the corporation 

 when the Barnard business and the 

 Goodwin interests were merged, in 1905, 

 and he remained in that position until 

 1917, a continuous service of twenty- 

 seven years. 



There are few men who possess the 

 thorough knowledge of the business that 

 was Mr. Ringier 's. He knew the trade 

 from alpha to omega. As much at home 

 with Dutch, French and Japanese bulbs 

 as with canners' peas and the counter 

 trade in seeds, he also was a large factor 

 in the trade's dealings in Christmas 

 greens. During his most active years he 

 traveled all over the country, though 

 particularly in the middle west and on 

 the Pacific coast, establishing a wide ac- 

 quaintance and many warm friendships 

 among florists. He knew what he was 

 talking about and he did not lightly 

 pledge his word. Swayed by an un- 

 usual temperament, if he said he could 

 and would do a thing, performance was 

 to be counted on. 



One of Mr. Ringier 's little foibles 

 was a liking for having his picture taken 

 on post-cards to mail to his friends. But 

 he never posed alone; always it was in 

 company with some well-known florist. 

 One of the accompanying portraits shows 

 Mr. Ringier and Sam Murray, of Kan- 

 sas City, who was one of his closest 

 friends. Apparently they were starting 

 together for a journey. The other illus- 

 tration shows Mr. Ringier and Frank D. 

 Pelicano, of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., San 

 Francisco, playing cowboy on a day's 

 outing at Byron Hot Springs, Cal. 



Mr. Ringier married Annie Pouley, 

 daughter of a South Chicago florist, 

 while both were employees of Vaughan 's 

 Seed Store. They had no children. Mr. 

 Ringier leaves, besides his widow, only 

 one near relative, a brother, Max. 



The funeral was held July 29, at 2216 

 Southport avenue, Chicago, with a large 

 attendance of old friends and many 

 flowers. Interment was in Memorial 

 cemetery. 



Frederick G. Klingel. 



Following a long illness, Frederick 

 George Klingel, formerly in the whole- 

 sale cut flower business in Chicago, died 

 July 22 at his home in Des Plaines, 111. 

 Mr. Klingel was 39 years of age and is 

 survived by his parents, his wife, a son 

 and three daughters. 



Mr. Klingel entered the trade as book- 

 keeper for George Reinberg, grower and 

 wholesaler at Chicago. In this connec- 

 tion he made the acquaintance of 

 Charles Erne, at that time a member of 



