Makcii 25, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



OBITUARY 



Charles C. Chollar. 



Charles C. Chollar, of the Chollar 

 Wloral Co., Dallas, Tex., died March 9 

 at the age of 37. He was found with 

 iwo knife wounds in his left arm by two 

 -mall boys near the Santa Fe railroad 

 tracks about noon. The boys ran for 

 help and an ambulance was telephoned 

 tor, but Mr. Chollar died in the am- 

 bulance while being taken to the hos- 

 )/ital. 



One of the arm wounds was near the 

 wrist and the other above the elbow. 

 Xo knife was found on Mr. Chollar 's 

 person or in the vicinity where he was 

 tound; a revolver which had not been 

 discharged was, however, found in his 

 pocket. He was wearing a coat and an 

 overcoat, neither of which had been cut. 

 According to a clerk of the Chollar 

 Floral Co., Mr. Chollar had come to the 

 store early that morning, but soon left 

 in an agitated condition. An inquest 

 was held by a justice of the peace, who 

 fjave a verdict to the effect that death 

 was due to self-inflicted wounds. 



Mr. Chollar is survived by his wife, 

 n son and two daughters, two brothers, 

 (i. E. and R. F. Chollar, and throe half 

 brothers. His brothers and half broth- 

 ers live in Fort Worth, from which Mr. 

 Chollar moved to Dallas nine years ago. 



The funeral service was held at the 

 home, 821 North Lancaster avenue, 

 Wednesday afternoon, March 10, with 

 the dean of St. Matthew's cathedral 

 oflSciating. After the service the body 

 was taken to Fort Worth for burial. 



F. W. Ziechmann. 



F. W. Ziechmann, one of the oldest 

 members of the trade in Cleveland, O., 

 died at his home Wednesday, March 17, 

 at the age of 72 years. He is survived 

 by a widow and three sons. 



Mr. Ziechmann was born in Germany, 

 January 30, 1848, where he first became 

 an apprentice. He was with different 

 firms in Germany for a time and then 

 went to France, working in Lyons and 

 Paris. He went back to Germany to the 

 botanical gardens in Berlin and later to 

 the botanical gardens in London, Eng- 

 land. He came to the United States in 

 1872 and started as a private gardener 

 at Passaic, N. J. He was married there 

 and stayed there until 1876, when he 

 went to Cleveland and started a small 

 place on East Madison street, now East 

 Soventy-ninth street. A year later he 

 began the operation of the greenhouses 

 at the present location, 6520 Quincy 

 street. He started building a range of 

 greenhouses last fall on a farm he pur- 

 chased on Center road, but he did not 

 live to see them completed. 



Mr. Ziechmann 's hobby was growing 

 <>rchids. 



The funeral was held Saturday, March 

 20, at 2 p. m. Interment was at Wood- 

 lawn cemetery. Many beautiful floral 

 pieces were sent by the members of the 

 trade and his j)ersonal friends. 



W. F. B. 



Mrs. Frances M. Frank. 



Mrs. Frances M. Frank, wife of 

 Joseph Frank, a retailer at 764 Third 

 avenue, New Yo?k, .died Saturday, 

 March 13, after a long illness. Besides 



her husband, she is survived by a daugh- 

 ter, Emilie. 



Stephen M. Weld. 



General Stei>hen M. Weld, of Ded- 

 hani, Mass., died suddenly at Boca- 

 grande, Fla., March 17, while on a visit 

 for his health. The deceased gentle- 

 man, who was head of the Boston 

 brokerage firm of S. M. Weld & Co., had 

 a beautiful 1,200-acre estate in Ded- 

 ham, which contained many plants of 

 horticultural interest. His rock garden 

 was probably the largest and most in- 

 terestingly (losigned and planted of any 

 in the east, if not in the entire country, 

 and annually attracted crowds of visi- 

 tors. It contained many rare, unique 

 and valuable plants. 



General Weld had been connected 

 with the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for over twenty years and for 

 a large i)art of this time served as a 

 director, filling the office of president 



Mrs. M. R. Moffjan. 



(()l>ltunrv ill issiu' of Miuch II.' 



for two years. He was an enthusiastic 

 horticulturist and his death is a dis- 

 tinct loss to horticulture. Funeral serv- 

 ices were held in the Unitarian church, 

 Dedhani, March 21, and wore largely at- 

 tended, there being representatives 

 ]. resent from the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Societv. W. N. C. 



MICHIGAN FLORISTS MEET. 



At Agricultural College. 



An effort to secure an appropriation 

 from the state legislature to be used in 

 an investigation of diseases among 

 greenhouse plants in the state was one 

 of the features of the 2-day session of 

 tlie first annual convention of the Mich- 

 igan . State Florists' Association, held 

 at the Michigan Agricultural College, at 

 East Lansing, Mich., March 16 and 17. 

 The rendering harmless of two of the 

 most serious diseases, aster wilt and the 

 tomato disease, by means of recent dis- 

 coveries, was brought out as an example 

 of what could be done if funds were 

 provided. Dr. H, G. Coons, of the plant 

 pathology department of the Agricul- 

 tural College, urged support by the as- 

 sociation. 



The exhibits in the armory of dis- 



plays from all over the state attracted 

 much attention. 



The Program. 



The entire morning Tuesday, March 

 16, was spent in inspecting the exhibits. 

 In the afternoon the first meeting was 

 held. An address of welcome was made 

 by President F. S. Kedzie, of the Michi- 

 gan Agricultural College, and there was 

 an address by H. W. F. Goetz, president 

 of the association. Dean R. S. Shaw 

 then discussed the work of the experi- 

 ment stations. 



Wednesday morning a tour of the 

 Lansing greenhouses was made, starting 

 from the Kerns hotel at 8 o'clock. In 

 the afternoon Philip Breitmeyer, of De- 

 troit, gave a talk on "Present Day 

 Problems of Retail Florists." 



Officers Elected. 



At the closing of the session, the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the en- 

 swing j'ear: 



President, Henry Goetz, Saginaw. 



Vice-president, W. S. Wells, Ann Ar- 

 bor. 



Secretary, Robert Plumb, Detroit. 



The election of trustees resulted as 

 follows: Three-year term, Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit; 2-year ternij Harvey E. 

 Kidder, Ionia; 1-year term, J. A. Bissin- 

 ger, Lansing. 



During the convention the member- 

 ship of the organization, which has only 

 been formed a few months, was nearly 

 doubled. The aim now is to get the 

 majority of the 600 florists in Michigan 

 to join the association. 



CHICAGO. 



Express Service Resumed. 



Express service returned practically 

 to normal March 24, on which day all 

 embargoes were lifted as far as cut 

 flowers and plants are concerned. The 

 first (lay of unrestricted shipping there 

 was pick-u[i service only until 2 p. m., 

 liut assurances were given that wagons 

 would thereafter be available until the 

 market's closing hour and that full, 

 complete and responsible service would 

 be i)rovi(led for the enormous Easter 

 business which is expected next week. 



This happy development was duie to 

 tiie efforts of the Chicago Whol^a^e 

 Cut Flower Association, heaiSeVl by it^n 

 Poehlmanu, acting for President A^^. 

 I'oehlmann, and C. J. Michelsen. M^#h 

 19 conditions had become intoler^g^, 

 the management of the oXpl^fess compMy 

 not only making no effort to give serv- 

 ice, l)ut causing its station and train 

 t>niployees to refuse such service as the 

 company ])lainly was in position to fur- 

 nish. When the wholesalers tried to 

 take the matter up with the officials 

 they met with little cordiality, but par- 

 tial service was resumed March 22 and 

 broadened March 23. By that time the 

 wholesalers had made their determina- 

 tion sufficiently plain so that they got 

 the attention of the highest officials, 

 with the result that it was arranged to 

 resume full service on cut flowers and 

 ]>lants ahead of other freight, thus rec- 

 ognizing the special needs of the mar- 

 ket. 



The tie up of the express service by 

 the strike, wTiich has not yet been de- 

 clared off, has been a great injury to 

 the trade, but assurances now have been 

 obtained that every possible effort will 



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