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Fbbbuabx 5, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



37 



Howard W. Vose. 



Howard Winfield Vose, who conducted 

 a retail flower store in Woonsocket, E. I., 

 and later at Attleboro, Mass., died 

 Tuesday evening, January 27, at his 

 home in the Bronson block, Attleboro, 

 after a two days ' illness of double pneu- 

 monia. Mr. Vose, who was about his 

 duties on the Sunday previous, was 

 stricken Sunday evening, and in less 

 than twenty-four hours his life was in 

 a precarious condition. 



Bom in Lincoln, E, I., thirty-five 

 years ago, he was the son of the late 

 Alonzo Vose, of Cumberland, E. I. After 

 attending the public schools, he became 

 associated with his father and eight 

 years ago established a florists' busi- 

 ness in the Sweeney block, Woonsocket, 

 later removing to Attleboro, where he 

 opened a store. About two years ago 

 he became afl&liated with C. Sidney 

 Smith in the undertaking business as 

 Smith & Vose, in addition to his flower 

 store. 



Mr. Vose was well known in fraternal 

 circles. He was a member of the vari- 

 ous Masonic organizations and was 

 ready to take his thirty-second degree 

 in February. He was a member of Hope 

 Chapter of the Eastern Star; Attleboro 

 Lodge No. 1014, Benevolent and Protec- 

 tive Order of Elks; Orient Lodge of 

 Odd Fellows; Hospitaler Commandery, 

 Knights of Malta; Attleboro Lodge of 

 Moose; Attleboro Chamber of Com- 

 merce; Attleboro Eetail Merchants' 

 Bureau and the "West Side Club. He 

 was also secretary of the Highland 

 Country Club and a director of the 

 Attleboro Young Men's Christian As- 

 sociation. 



Besides his wife, Philomen Vose, he 

 is survived by one daughter, Miss Eo- 

 berta Vose, of Attleboro; his mother, 

 Mrs. Ida Vose, and a sister, of Cum- 

 berland Hill, E. I. W. H. M. 



Mrs. Margaret Eihl Domer. 



Mrs. Margaret Eihl Domer, widow of 

 the original head of F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., La Fayette, Ind., died at her home 

 there January 25, at the age of 75. Mrs. 

 Dorner was born in Alsace, coming to 

 the United States in 1849. She was mar- 

 ried March 2, 1861, to Fred Domer, with 

 whom she was planning to celebrate her 

 golden anniversary when he died sud- 

 denly of pneumonia December 29, 1910. 

 Seven of her thirteen children survive 

 her: Theodore Dorner, president of F. 

 Domer & Sons Co. and retiring presi- 

 dent of the American Carnation Society; 

 Fred E. Dorner, of the same firm and 

 treasurer of the American Carnation 

 Society; Herman B. Dorner, of the divi- 

 sion of floriculture of the University of 

 Illinois; William P. Dorner, of Indian- 

 apolis; Miss Emily Domer and Mrs. 

 F. E. Hudson, of La Fayette, and Mrs. 

 Claude Eiddle, of Los Angeles, Cal. 



Edward W. Carbary. 



Edward W. Carbary, for the last 

 twenty-five years in the nursery busi- 

 ness at Elgin, 111., died of pneumonia 

 Wednesday afternoon, January 21, at 

 his home. He was born June 25, 1860, 

 at Lake Geneva, Wis., and had been a 

 resident of Elgin for the last forty-two 



years. He began selling nursery stock 

 there thirty years ago and five years 

 later started in business for himself. 

 He was a member of Elgin lodge No. 

 96 of the E. A. M. and a member of the 

 Century Club. 



He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bar- 

 bara Carbary; two sons, George D. Car- 

 bary, of Elgin, and Clarence T. Car- 

 bary, of Boston, Mass., and one daugh- 

 ter. Miss Ella Carbary, of Elgin. 



Private funeral services were held at 

 the home Friday afternoon, January 23. 



Frederick Simon. 



Frederick Simon, secretary of the 

 Crown Hill Cemetery Association, which 

 owns and operates the Crown Hill Green- 

 houses, Denver, Colo., died of pneumonia 

 January 18. He was buried Thursday, 

 January 22, It was one of the largest 

 funerals held in Denver in recent years. 

 Several truck loads of flowers testified 

 to the esteem in which he was held by 

 all who knew him. Noteworthy among 

 the many floral designs was a 6-foot 

 armchair executed in Enchantress and 

 white carnations, Columbia and Ophelia 

 roses, freesias and maidenhair fern. 

 Mr. Simon was a member of the Odd 

 Fellows and the Highlands Christian 

 church. E. S. 



Donald B. Fogg. 



Donald E. Fogg, for two years in busi- 

 ness in Portland, Me., died January 19 

 at Eutland, Mass. He had served eight- 

 een months at Camp Devens, Ayer, 

 Mass., during the war. Before going 

 into business in Portland, he studied 

 interior decorating for two years in 

 New York. He is survived by his father 

 and mother, of Biddeford, Me., and one 

 sister. 



Joseph Levy. 



Joseph Levy, 356 Fulton street, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., died Friday, January 30. 

 Mr. Levy was proprietor of the Brook- 

 lyn Wholesale Flower Market, which he 

 opened in 1914. 



Thomas Morris. 



Thomas Morris, superintendent of the 

 estate of D. G. Eead, Irvington-on-the- 

 Hudson, died suddenly Tuesday, January 

 i27. He was buried January 29. Mr. 

 Morris was 33 years old and leaves a 

 widow and three children. 



BRIDGEPOBT, CONN. 



The Market. 



Potted plants, such as begonias, cyc- 

 lamens, primroses, etc., are plentiful, 

 but all varieties of cut flowers are scarce 

 at present, though it is hoped that 

 they will be more plfentiful by February 

 14. We had only one day of sunshine 

 last week. The other days we had either 

 rain, snow or cloudy weather, and cut 

 flowers did not bloom quickly. The 

 streets have also been in bad condition, 

 either as slippery as glass or covered 

 with slush. This has injured counter 

 trade to some extent, as few people 

 have been out unless it was necessary. 

 However, telephone orders have kept the 

 florist busy, as the demand for funeral 

 designs has been heavy since Christ- 

 mas. 



Carnations are scarce. Eoses are also 

 short in supply. Paper Whites are quite 

 plentiful and help much in funeral work. 

 A few daffodils and tulips are in bloom, 

 and freesias are in good supply at some 

 of the greenhouses. Sweet peas are more 



plentiful than they were last week. A 

 sman supply of callas and Easter lilies 

 is available. Sweet peas and calen- 

 dulas help to make a variety in the cut 

 flower stock. 



Various Notes. 



James E. Beach has had so much fu- 

 neral work that he has had difficulty in 

 securing enough flowers to meet the de- 

 mand. He is cutting a few Easter and 

 calla lilies. A few daffodils and tulips 

 are blooming. 



John Eeck & Son report that bulbous 

 stock is progressing nicely at the green- 

 houses and they are anticipating a 

 splendid spring business. They are also 

 preparing for a busy St. Valentine's 

 day. This firm furnished the decora- 

 tions for the Wakefield-Waldo wedding. 

 Both the home and the church were 

 elaborately decorated with smilax and 

 yellow roses. 



Eobert Hawkins has been kept busy 

 with funeral work. 



James Horan designed a pall of camel- 

 lias, callas and Paper Whites last week. 



The Park Garden & Flower Shop 

 is cutting an abundant supply of sweet 

 peas. The firm made a casket cover of 

 violets last week which was worthy of 

 mention. I. L. B. 



CHIOAOO. 



The Market. 



Gradually it is dawning on that sec- 

 tion of the trade identified with or de- 

 pendent on the Chicago market that the 

 great scarcity of flowers during January 

 has not been due to lack of production, 

 but to an unprecedented increase in the 

 demand. The only situation compara- 

 ble with that of the last three weeks 

 was the one the trade encountered in 

 October of 1918 and there was a large 

 amount of idle glass; now it all is in 

 operation. 



It has begun to be recognized that the 

 quantity of flowers sold in the Chicago 

 market in January was at least as great 

 as in any other year. The appearance 

 of small supply was due to the unusually 

 large demand. With calls no greater 

 than last year, the shortage would not 

 have been so serious as it ordinarily is 

 in January, when flowers usually are on 

 the short side for a considerable part of 

 the month. 



Practically every wholesaler in the 

 Chicago market reports a material in- 

 crease in his sales for January. A com- 

 parison of his records shows he sold 

 at least as many flowers as last year, 

 probably more, so that the increase in 

 sales was not wholly due to higher 

 prices. Taking the market as a whole, 

 the money value of sales for the month 

 must be at least fifty per cent ahead of 

 January in 1919. Numerous houses re- 

 port increases up to seventy-five per 

 cent and there are occasional ones which 

 report increases running up to double 

 last January's sales. The retailers, 

 counting those out of town as well as 

 the local buyers, must have done pro- 

 portionately as well. At no time in the 

 month were there as many flowers as 

 were called for. Orders were scaled 

 sharply and there has scarcely been a 

 moment since 1920 came in that more 

 flowers could not have been sold with- 

 out breaking the price, or that still 

 higher prices could not have been ob- 

 tained for the stock available. Though 

 prices have been high, they might have 



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