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Maech 4, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



31 



T. M. Cluxton. 



T. M. Cluxton, of Willis, Tex., intro- 

 ducer and grower of bluebells for the 

 trade in the south, died February 22 

 after a ten days ' iJJness of influenza and 

 pneumonia. He was 82 years of age. 



Mr. Cluxton was born in Adams, 0., 

 near Manchester, October 14, 1837. In 

 1860 he married Miss Mary Beatty in 

 Rising Sun, Ind. They lived happily 

 together until 1896, when his wife died. 

 He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. 

 MoUie Leaning and Miss Alice Cluxton, 

 and two sons, B. J. Cluxton and Louis 

 Cluxton. He had seven grandchildren 

 and one great-grandchild. 



The florists of Texas feel his death 

 most keenly. A number of years ago, 

 Mr. Cluxton was a farmer in Willis and 

 for a long time he had noted bluebells 

 growing on the hillsides and on adjoin- 

 ing farms. He brought some of them 

 to B. C. Kerr, in Houston, Tex., seeking 

 information as to their commercial 

 value. They appealed to the retailers 

 and, after a few trials, they sold readily. 

 From that day until his last illness, he 

 had been shipping large quantities of 

 these flowers to the florists throughout 

 the south. Farming soon became a side 

 line and he devoted his entire energy to 

 the shipping of bluebells. 



The funeral was held February 23. 

 Many beautiful floral pieces were sent 

 as testimonials of the high position that 

 he held in the trade. 



Mrs. Caroline Matem. 



Mrs. Caroline Matem, widow of the 

 late Henry Matern and proprietor of 

 the Matern Flower Shop, Sandusky, 0., 

 died at her home Wednesday, February 

 25, at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Matern 

 was known as a citizen of high charac- 

 ter and a business woman of tact and 

 taste. 



Her daugher. Miss Matern, will con- 

 tinue the business under the same name. 



Mrs. Magdalene O. Hass. 



Mrs. Magdalene C. Hass, wife of 

 Henry J. Hass, died at her home, on 

 Almy street, Newport, B. T., Monday, 

 February 23. She was 59 years of age. 



Mrs. Hass never recovered from an 

 attack of the influenza and had a com- 

 plication of diseases. She is survived 

 by her husband and a large family of 

 children. 



Walter Carroll. 



Walter Carroll, formerly a gardener 

 At the Casino, died at the home of his 

 father, Michael Carroll, on Dean avenue, 

 Newport, R. I., Wednesday, February 

 25, 



He died suddenly after coming to 

 Newport to recuperate from several 

 months in the hospital at Whitinsville, 

 Mass. He is survived by his father, 

 two brothers and a sister. 



John C. Olmsted. 



John Charles Olmsted, noted land- 

 scape architect and member of the firm 

 of Olmsted Bros., Brookline, Mass., 

 died February 25, at the age of 67 years. 

 With his brother, Frederick Law Olm- 

 sted, and his stepfather, Mr. Olmsted 

 was instrumental in laying out scores 

 of municipal park systems, hundreds 



of the finest private estates in Amer- 

 ica and three great expositions, includ- 

 ing the one held in Chicago in 1893. 

 Central park, NeAV York, and many 

 other great enterprises were carried out 

 by the Olmsted firm. During the war 

 the Olmsteds offered their services to 

 the government and drew plans for most 

 of the great cantonments and other 

 mammoth undertakings. Great numbers 

 of university grounds, libraries and 

 state capitols were also planned by the 

 firm. 



Mr. Olmsted was a member of nu- 

 merous organizations, including the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 American Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents and American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. His widow and two daughters 

 survive him. W. N. C. 



George S. Whitford. 



George S. Whitford, who conducted a 

 small greenhouse and retail florists' 

 business at Phenix, R. I., died at his 

 home in that village Monday, February 

 23, of a shock said to be from Bright 's 

 disease. He was 42 years of age. 



He had not been in good health for 

 some time and had not been able to 



T. M. Cluxton. 



work regularly during this winter. Mon- 

 day night he had gone out to the barn 

 to water his horse, but did not return. 

 At first his wife did not think anything 

 of it, because he frequently went to the 

 business district at that time. When he 

 did not return at 10 p. m., she went out 

 to the barn and found him lying on the 

 floor, dead. 



Besides his wife, he is survived by one 

 son and a sister. 



Nichols Corbi. 



Nichols Corbi, who had been associated 

 with V. J. Baraducci, of 230 Atwell's 

 avenue, Providence, R. I., for several 

 years, died at St. Joseph's hospital Sat- 

 urday morning, February 28, of pneu- 

 monia, following an attack of influenza. 

 He was 24 years of age. 



He was born in Providence and at- 

 tended the public schools. Afterwards 

 he entered the employ of Mr. Baraducci 

 and was considerd one of the best make- 

 up men in the local trade. When this 

 country entered the war, the young man 

 volunteered and served about eighteen 

 months in this country and abroad. 

 While in France he contracted a heavy 

 cold which he was unable to shake off, 

 and, after his return to the United 

 States, he was in the hospital at Camp 



Meade until last November, when he was 

 discharged. January 31 he had an at- 

 tack of influenza and he apparently ral- 

 lied, but about a week ago pneumonia 

 developed and he was taken to St. 

 Joseph's hospital, where he died. 



W. H. M. 



James B. Hutchinson. 



James B. Hutchinson, 91 years of age, 

 a resident of Litchfield, 111., for many 

 years, died at his home February 14. 

 Mr. Hutchinson was engaged in the 

 nursery business for nearly half a cen- 

 tury. He was buried Monday, Febru- 

 ary 16. 



Harry Jordon. 



Harry Jordon, superintendent of the 

 Gary park system, died March 1 at 

 Gary, Ind., of pneumonia, following in- 

 fluenza. Mr. Jordon was one of Gary's 

 pioneers. Funeral services were held 

 Thursday morning, March 4, at the resi- 

 dence of his parents in Chicago, Mr. and 

 Mrs. John Jordon, 7727 South Shore 

 drive. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business in the last week has been 

 poor or good, according to the standard 

 of comparison. If one compares last 

 week's record with thp record for the 

 corresponding week in 1919 he discovers 

 that business is excellent, but if one 

 compares with the early part of February 

 it is distinctly poor. Apparently the 

 whole middle west now is full of flowers, 

 because many customers who have been 

 importunate for the last two months 

 are heard from no more; they have home 

 supplies ample for present needs. Con- 

 sequently the shipping trade has fallen 

 off to a considerable extent. The out- 

 of-town demand still is much stronger 

 than the call for flowers in the city. 

 Local retailers now report business a» 

 spasmodic; a good day will be followed 

 by an extremely quiet one. On the 

 whole, however, the wholesale houses 

 are rolling up daily sales considerably 

 in excess of those of last year. Large 

 quantities of stock are being handled 

 and the prices, though much lower than 

 last month, are considerably higher than 

 at this time last year. Some of the more 

 thoughtful retailers agree that prices 

 now are as low as they should be per- 

 mitted to go. They see that it is not 

 to their own best interests, either to 

 have flowers cheapened in the eyes of 

 the public or to have their production 

 made otherwise than profitable for the 

 growers. 



There now is an abundant supply of 

 practically all flowers in season. Roses 

 are holding their own better than most 

 of the other items in the list, consider- 

 ably better than the other big staple, 

 the carnation. Even in the dullest of 

 Lenten days, Russell and Premier have 

 sold as high as 40 cents and only oc- 

 casionally has there been difficulty in 

 cleaning up. The decrease in demand 

 rather than increase in supply is re- 

 sponsible for weakening in the price of 

 short roses. These have been so scarce 

 and high that many retailers have 

 stopped ordering them, with the result 

 that a comparatively small quantity of 

 short roses frequently se,e3 a portion of 

 them left at night, unless sold at a con- 

 cession to someone who had not thought 

 of buying. Most of the roses are of 

 [CoDtina«d on pace 36.] 



