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JANDABT 15, 1920. 



The Florists^ Revic^^ 



27 



OBITUARY 



Fred C. Weber. 



Fred C. Weber died at his home, 6238 

 Pershing avenue, St. Louis, Mo., Fri- 

 day, January 9, after a week's illness 

 with pneumonia. 



The news of his death will be a great 

 shock to his many friends in the trade, 

 as none was better known than Mr. 

 "Weber throughout the country. He will 

 be remembered primarily as a man of 

 a most attractive and lovable character. 

 Too many men win large successes by 

 bringing ill fortune upon others, but no 

 such method was possible to a man like 

 Fred C. Weber. From the beginning 

 to the end of his long career, he was 

 surrounded by friends. 



Mr. Weber was born in Wildbad, 

 Germany, in 1847 and was thus 73 years 

 old at the time of his death. He learned 

 the trade in Wildbad and came to this 

 country at the age of 19 years, landing 

 in New York and coming west to make 

 his home with his brother, Herman, in 

 ^ast St. Louis, 111. Later he came across 

 the river to St. Louis and secured his 

 first position, as private gardener for 

 the late Henry T. Blow. Still later he 

 entered the employ of the Jordan Floral 

 Co. and after a few years started in 

 business for himself. That business he 

 continued for the last forty-seven years. 

 His store, in which he was associated 

 with his son, Fred C. Weber, Jr., is one 

 of the best retail flower stores in the 

 country and caters to the best society 

 trade. 



Mr. Weber was a member of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club and of the S. A. F. 

 Funeral services were held at his late 

 residence Monday afternoon, January 

 12, and were attended by the members 

 of the Florists' Club in a body and by 

 scores of friends, who sent many beau- 

 tiful floral emblems, including one from 

 the Florists' Club. The pallbearers were 

 Theodore Miller, John Steidle, C. A. 

 Kuehn, F. J. Fillmore, F. H. Meinhardt 

 and J. J. Beneke. Interment was in the 

 Bellefontaine cemetery. J. J. B. 



William S. AUen. 



William S. Allen, the prominent 

 wholesale florist of New York, died at 

 his home, at Larchmont, N. Y., early on 

 the morning of January 12. He had 

 been in failing health for some time, 

 following an attack of pneumonia, but 

 had been at his place of business con- 

 tinually until the Friday preceding his 

 death. Ho started in business about 

 1880, at 940 Broadway, in the basement 

 of the building, taking over a business 

 started by his brother, James Allen. 

 When the New York Cut Flower Co. 

 was organized, he became its first man- 

 ager. He was a charter member of the 

 New York Florists' Club, when it or- 

 ganized in 1887, and its first secretary, 

 the only secretary of the organization 

 besides the present incumbent of the 

 office. At the time of his death he was 

 an officer in the New York Wholesale 

 Cut Flower Association. He was a son 

 of the late C. L. Allen, of Floral Park, 

 N. Y., and is survived by a widow and 

 a married daughter. J. H. P. 



Mrs. Eatherene Sternberg. 



Mrs. Katherene Sternberg, one of the 

 pioneer settlers of Morrisonville, 111., 



Fred C. Weber. 



died at her home Friday morning, De- 

 cember 26, at the age of 74 years. For 

 the last year she had suffered poor 

 health. She and F. W. Kaechele, a 

 son by a former marriage, had for the 

 last thirty years conducted a greenhouse 

 in Morrisonville. 



Mrs. Sternberg was born in Belchime, 

 Germany, and came to this country 

 when she was a young woman, locating 

 with others of her family at Butler, 

 111., where she married Christopher 

 Kaechele. In 1871 they moved to Mor- 

 risonville and built a house on land 

 given to her by J. L. D. Morrison, the 

 founder of the town. Some years after 

 the death of her husband, she married 

 M. M. Sternberg, who died in 1891. 



She is survived by two sons, one 

 daughter, two brothers and four sisters. 

 The funeral took place Monday morning, 

 December 29, followed by interment in 

 the Morrisonville city cemetery. 



. CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The report on the market conditions 

 of the last week depends altogether* 

 on the point of view. To begin at the 

 beginning, the growers have been satis- 

 fied in direct comparison to the quantity 

 of stock they were cutting. Some of 

 them have had moderately good cuts 

 and have enjoyed an unusuaMegree of 

 prosperity. Others have cut nttle and 

 the excellent prices have not been es- 

 pecially effective for them. The whole- 

 salers have had a fine time. There have 

 been orders awaiting practically all 

 tbe stock that came in and a small 

 amount of labor has been entailed in 

 rolling up a fine day's sales. Strange 

 as it may seem in view of the small 

 supply, wholesale-house records show 

 sales far ahead of those of the corres- 



ponding time last year; in some kouaes 

 it approaches double. Under such cir- 

 cumstances a good many retailers are 

 far from happy. Some of them are able 

 to charge in proportion to what the 

 stock costs, but a good many others 

 assert they cannot pay prevailing prices 

 and come out with a worth-while profit. 

 That the public is buying freely is 

 perfectly plain from the strength of the 

 demand. There seems to be no good 

 reason why any retailer should not 

 charge what he needs most under the 

 circumstances. 



In the week ending January 10 the 

 market really was stronger than at any 

 time since Christmas; instead of the 

 recession which usually follows the 

 holidays, there has been a steady though 

 slow advance. Stock did not increase 

 materially in supply and the demand fell 

 off only a little and quickly recovered. 

 Prices quite naturally were firm and 

 advancing. A few customers dropped 

 out, but the majority kept on buying, 

 taking what they could get if not able 

 to get what they wanted. 



January 12 the market opened strong 

 and it continued active January 13, but 

 there was a feeling that a turn is due. 

 It is recognized that a cold wave will 

 change the trend of things, but it seems 

 now that a continuation of bright 

 weather and milder temperature will 

 quickly be reflected in increased pro- 

 duction. Nearly everyone will welcome 

 a somewhat easier market. The trade 

 is urgently in need of maintained prices, 

 but a sufficient amount of stock is de- 

 sirable to permit everyone to find all 

 the flowers he can sell at profitable 

 prices. 



As regards the supply, there is prac- 

 tically no change from recent reports. 

 The rose is still the principal item. 

 (Continued on paffe 3?.) 



