Sbftbmbeb 18, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Peter Bisch. 



Peter Risch, president of the Weiland- 

 Risch Co., Chicago and Evanston, 111., 

 died at his home, 802 Monroe street, in 

 the latter city, September 12, and was 

 buried in St. Henry's cemetery Sep- 

 tember 15. 



Mr. Risch was one of the oldest men 

 in the trade in the Chicago section. He 

 was born August 19, 1845, at Mertzig, 

 in Luxembourg. As a boy he went to 

 Paris, where he remained ten years, 

 coming to America in 1870, when he 

 was 25 years of age. He settled in 

 Evanston in 1871 and, like many of the 

 market gardeners in the north shore dis- 

 trict, drifted into floriculture^ building 

 up a large range of glass and an exten- 

 sive business. The firm of Weiland & 

 Risch was established in 1898. The 

 members were Mr. Risch, his son and his 

 son-in-law. Affairs were conducted as 

 a copartnership for twenty years, in- 

 corporation taking place January 1, 

 1918, as the Weiland-Risch Co., with 

 Mr. Risch as president, but with his son, 

 John P. Risch, and his son-in-law, J. P. 

 (Champ) Weiland, as the active man- 

 agers, the son being in charge of the 

 store and Mr. Weiland in charge of the 

 greenhouses. 



Probably the Weiland & Risch estab- 

 lishment is best known to the trade for 

 its success with the Killarney rose. The 

 firm not only was the first in the west, 

 but practically the first in the United 

 States to appreciate this great rose at 

 its real worth, and to find out how to 

 handle it to best advantage. While 

 Killarney had been tried out by several 

 eastern growers before Weiland & Risch 

 took it up, they had practically dis- 

 carded it and its nation-wide dissemi- 

 nation was principally due to the suc- 

 cess had with it at Evanston and to the 

 advertising in The Review given it by 

 Weiland & Risch. 



Mrs. Risch predeceased her husband 

 thirteen months. It was lier death 

 which broke his health. They had only 

 two children, John P. Risch and Mrs. 

 Catherine M. Weiland. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 funeral September 15, at St. Nicholas 

 church, and the many floral pieces at- 

 tested the high esteem in which Mr. 

 Risch was held in the community. 



Mrs. Hannah Oentemann. 



Mrs. Hannah Oentemann, widow of 

 the late C. F. W. Gentemann, died Sep- 

 tember 12 at Quincy, 111. Mrs. Oente- 

 mann leaves seven children and is the 

 mother of the members of the flrm of 

 N Gentemann Bros., of Quincy. She and 

 her husband founded the firm of Oente- 

 mann the Florist just fifty years ago. 

 N^ow the firm name is Oentemann Bros. 

 She was in good health up to the last 

 and passed away at the age of 77 vears. 



J. a! L. 

 Charles Heinz. 



Charles Heinz, aged 70, died Septem- 

 ber 2 after an extended illness, of a 

 (^mplication of diseases, at Sharon, Pa. 

 Mr, Heinz was born in Karlstadt, Ba- 

 y^ria, and moved to Pittsburgh in 

 1868, where he started in the florists' 

 business with the late James Bradley. 

 In 1869 he went to Sharon and two 



years later erected several greenhouses 

 in North Sharon. Mr. Heinz was a 

 member of the German Lutheran church 

 and of the Protected Home Circle. Sur- 

 viving are six sons, Harry, Fred, Wil- 

 liam and George, of Sharon; Edward, 

 of Cleveland, and Carl, of Youngstown, 

 O., and one daughter, Mrs. W. J. Gart- 

 side, at home in Sharon. 



LINCOLN, NEB. 



The Market. 



The outlook seems to indicate a good 

 supply of flowers for the coming fall 

 and winter. Carnation plants have, 

 however, been somewhat scarce with 

 most of the florists. 



State Fair Flower Exhibit. 



The Nebraska State Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its fiftieth exhibition at Lin- 

 coln, September 1 to 5, in conjunction 

 with the state fair, with the largest 

 attendance in its history. September 

 3 the admissions for the day totaled 

 73,000. 



The floral exhibit was excellent. 

 There was an exceptionally fine display 

 of Russell, Ophelia, Columbia, Premier 

 and Hoosier Beauty roses by the Eiche 

 Floral Co., of Lincoln. The fountain in 

 the center of the flower building was 

 handsomely decorated with water lilies 

 and water hyacinths by Professor Gross- 

 hart, of the State University. 



Among the prize-winners was Lewis 

 Henderson, of Omaha, who was the larg- 

 est exhibitor; he won first prizes on dis- 

 play of greenhouse plants, palms, ferns 

 and blooming plants; on cut flowers, 

 vase of fifty tea roses, wreath, gladioli 

 and corsage bouquet. J. K. Hiltner, of 

 Lincoln, was awarded first prizes on 

 brides' bouquets, floral spray and bas- 

 ket of flowers, and second on display of 

 cut flowers and roses, and on the dis- 

 play of greenhouse plants, ferns, palms 

 and blooming plants. Paul B. Floth, of 

 Omaha, won most of the third prizes, 

 with a few seconds on plants and cut 

 flowers. C. H. Green, of Fremont, acted 

 as judge. H. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Business is fair, but the supply has 

 increased greatly, until now there is a 

 large quantity of choice offerings as well 

 as of the other grades in the market. 

 The good stock, however, continues to 

 sell pretty well. The demand from out 

 of town is good. 



Receipts in roses are large and contain 

 many excellent blooms. Among others 

 Columbia, Butterfly, Victor and Golden 

 Rule may be had. Carnations sell well. 

 Many excellent dahlias arc coming into 

 the wholesale houses. Choice asters sell 

 well, but the balance finds a poor mar- 

 ket. The same is true of gladioli. Cos- 

 mos is coming into the market in large 

 quantities. 



Greens of all kinds are selling well. 



Various Notes. 



George Fern put up the decorations 

 for the automobile show at Music hall 

 this week. C. E. Critchell furnished him 

 with the wild smilax. 



Ed. Kavanaugh, of C. E. Critchell's 

 force, who has been in France with the 

 A. E. F., has returned to this country 

 and was discharged from the service 

 this week. 



The William Murphy Co. has been re- 

 ceiving some exceptionally fine Columbia 

 roses during the last fortnight. 



Among recent visitors were J. E. 

 Morichard, representing the S. S. Pen- 

 nock Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Floyd An- 

 derson, Xenia, 0.; Charles P. Brunner, 

 Springfield, O.; R. E. Blackshaw, repre- 

 senting the Ove Gnatt Co., La Porte, 

 Ind.; C. P. Dietrich, Maysville, Ky., and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Honaker, Lexington, Ky. 



C. H. H. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The market is literally swamped with 

 asters, and gladioli are arriving in large 

 quantities. Consequently prices on all 

 outdoor stock are low. Both asters and 

 gladioli are good, the season having 

 been quite favorable. Other outdoor 

 stock, such as buddleia, helianthus, co- 

 reopsis, gaillardia, phlox, montbretia, 

 candytuft and dahlias, are in fair supply 

 and sell at summer prices. The demand 

 for gypsophila is good and the supply is 

 equal to the demand. 



There is a heavy supply of roses reach- 

 ing us and prices are low, but as soon 

 as the outdoor stock slows up it is quite 

 evident that roses will find their place 

 again. Fine stock is seen in Martinet, 

 Hoosier Beauty, Russell, Ward, Mary- 

 land, Evelyn, Premier, Pilgrim and 

 Kaiserin. 



The demand for American Beauties 

 is not large. Orchids are of fine qual- 

 ity and they have a fair demand. There 

 is a large quantity of zinnias on the 

 piarket and they are fast becoming a 

 popular flower. There are fairly good 

 carnations arriving. 



Various Notes. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 resumed its meetings last Friday eve- 

 ning, September 12, at the Musicians 

 Headquarters, when a line of work was 

 outlined for the season. The secretary, 

 A. H. Seeker, gave an interesting report. 

 There was a fair number of members 

 present. 



George B. Hart and family returned 

 September 12 from their automobile trip 

 through the Adirondacks and Connecti- 

 cut, having covered 1,163 miles without 

 a mishap of any kind. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 Mr. and Mrs. Horn, of Detroit; H. A. 

 Zuckman, of Reed & Keller, New York; 

 Z. Stenick, of B. E. & J. T. Cokely, of 

 Scranton, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer 

 Taylor, from the Wm. Greeves Co., Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



George P. Boucher was last week 

 elected Grand Knight of the Knights of 

 Columbus. This lodge has a membership 

 of 1,400 in this city. He has served 

 as deputy for the last two years. 



James Vick's Sons had an excellent 

 exhibit of annuals and perennials at the 

 New York state fair, from which they 

 report good business. Ed Weibens and 

 George Case represented the firm. 



The Rochester Floral Co. has the deco- 

 ration for Sibley's this fall. Large 

 quantities of palms and cut flowers will 

 be used. H. J. H. 



Lake Charles, La. — Jake Neuvander 

 has just returned from a month 's vaca- 

 tion trip. 



Oskaloosa, la. — The range of the 

 Kemble Floral Co. was destroyed by 

 fire, the total damage of which 

 amounted to $25,000, September 12. 



