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Sefticmbbb 2. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Henry Eichholz, Jr. 



Henry Eichholz, Jr., son of the well 

 known florist at Waynesboro, Pa., was 

 killed at Cleveland last week when a 

 fast train struck the automobile he was 

 driving. He was employed as a truck 

 driver by a large Cleveland contractor 

 and, just finishing his day's work, was 

 crossing the railroad tracks when a fast 

 train crashed into his truck. The gaso- 

 line tank on the automobile exploded 

 and he was badly burned. He was re- 

 moved to a hospital and his fiancee, 

 Miss Eebecca Lesher, a trained nurse 

 of Chambersburg, called to his side. 

 She ministered to his wants until the end 

 and accompanied the body to Waynes- 

 boro. 



Mr. Eichholz was buried with full 

 military honors. A guard of honor es- 

 corted the flag-draped casket, carried 

 by six ex-service men to and from the 

 hearse, on the trip to Green Hill ceme- 

 tery. The military ritual of obsequies 

 was followed at the grave, where taps 

 marked the passing of a soldier. 



Henry Herman Theodore Eichholz 

 was born in Waynesboro January 1, 

 1898, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 

 Eichholz. He attended the local schools 

 and later worked with his father as a 

 florist. For several months he worked 

 for a firm of florists in New England. 

 May 10, 1917, shortly after the out- 

 break of the war with Germany, he en- 

 listed in Company C, Eighth Infantry, 

 Pennsylvania National Guard. He was 

 called to active service with his com- 

 pany July l.'j at Camp Gerbig, Cham- 

 bersburg. September of the same year 

 found him with his division, the 

 Twenty-eighth, at Camp Hancock. 

 Upon the reorganization of the divi- 

 sion he was transferred to II(':i(I()uar- 

 ters Company, One Hundred and 

 Twelfth Infantry, and shortly after- 

 ward to the One Hundred and Ninth 

 Machine Gun battalion, with which unit 

 he served overseas. He went through 

 five major offensives, those of the Ar- 

 gonne forest, Chauteau-Thierry. St. 

 Mihiel, Aisne-Marne and Somme, dur- 

 ing which time he escaped unscathed 

 with the exception of a slight gassing 

 received in a rest camp. After the ar- 

 mistice he was assigned to iluty with 

 the Army of Occupation as a member of 

 the Two Hundred and Ninetieth Mili- 

 tary Police, being stationed for the 

 most of the time at Coblenz, Germany. 

 He held the rank of corporal wlieii he 

 was discharged in June, 1919. 



Mr. Eichholz was an active member 

 of Joe Stickell Post No. l.') of tiie 

 American Legion, and of the Lutheran 

 church. He had been eniploved in 

 Cleveland for the last eleven months. 



Surviving are his parents and these 

 brothers and sisters: Gertrude, at 

 home; Meta and Alvin, Washington; 

 Herman, Augusta. Kichard, Dorothea 

 and Frances, all at home. 



John Fraser, Sr. 



John Fraser, Sr.. head of tlie Fraser 

 Nursery, Huntsville, Ala., died after a 

 long illness August 24 at his home at 

 the age of 78 years. 



Mr. Fraser was a native of Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland. He learned the nurs- 



ery business in England and at the 

 age of 24 came to the United States. 

 He was married at Glencoe, Mo., and 

 his wife survives him. About forty- 

 five years ago they moved to Madison 

 county, Alabama, and he was in the 

 employ of the late Major W. H. Heikes, 

 who had started in a small way the 

 nursery business. Together they built 

 up the Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, 

 among the largest in the United States. 



Many years ago he established the 

 Fraser Nursery and made it one of the 

 best in the country. 



Mr. Fraser leaves in his immediate 

 family his widow and six children, three 

 daughters and three sons: Mrs. Geo. 

 McLaughlin, Mrs. E. L. Leatherwood 

 and Mrs. Robert S. Harrison and James, 

 John and Ollie Fraser. A sister, resid- 

 ing in New York, came to attend the 

 funeral. 



The funeral services were held Au- 

 gust 26 from the residence. Burial fol- 

 lowed at Maple Hill cemetery, where 

 the Masonic order had charge of the 

 services. 



W. Stickles. 



W. Stickles, brother-in-law of Rich- 

 arcl Salter, died at the home of his 

 daughter, at Winnipeg, Can., Monday, 

 August 23. The body was taken to Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., reaching there Saturday, 

 August 28. Mr. Stickles was 76 years 

 of age. He was well known to all the 

 local florists and had been active in 

 greenhouse work for many years. He 

 had been residing in Winnipeg since 

 last April. H. J. H. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Market. 



Trade in general has been quiet the 

 last two weeks. Gladioli and asters are 

 filling up the market and they have 

 reached the low summer levels in price. 

 The quantities of gladioli in the market 

 far exceed the demand. It seems many 

 of the bulb growing farms are shipping 

 in cut stock, flooding the market to the 

 detriment of the florist grower. Prices 

 have fallen below a paying figure. As- 

 ters likewise are plentiful and the best 

 arc the only ones salable. Common 

 stock is moving slowly even at low 

 prices. Roses 'are moving fairly well 

 and are equal to the demand. Prices 

 have declined somewhat. 



Various Notes. 



The annual meeting of the Wisconsin 

 State Florists' Association will be held 

 September 3, at the Athletic Club 

 building. The meeting will be called 

 at 1 p. m. During the afternoon the 

 ladies will be entertained with an auto- 

 mobile ride through the various parks. 

 A ban(|uet will be held in the Associa- 

 tion of Commerce rooms at 7 ]). m. 

 President Mathewson and Secretary 

 Seel are providing for additional enter- 

 tainment. A good attendance is looked 

 for. 



William Lubliner has returned from 

 an extended trip through the east. He 

 visited Boston, New York and Atlantic 

 City. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pollworth have re- 

 turned from Cleveland. 



W. A. Kennedy and wife attended 

 the Cleveland convention and are mo- 

 toring to New York. 



Rose Semler, of the Edlefsen-Leidiger 

 Co., has returned from the east. 



Archie McDonald and R. Welke, after 



attending the convention, are back on 

 the job again. 



Herman Hunkel and wife left for u 

 trip to the coast, visiting most of the 

 larger western cities. 



Lightning recently struck one of the 

 tall chimneys at the range of the C. C 

 Pollworth Co., doing considerable dam- 

 age, but everything was entirely cov- 

 ered by insurance. 



F. McCarthy, of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; M. Cohen, of Cohen 

 & Hiller, New York, and M. Schilz, of 

 the Ove Gnatt Co., Inc., La Porte, Ind., 

 were in the citv last week. P. 



Baumgarten, Florist, Inc., has in- 

 creased its capitalization from $10,000 

 to $25,000. 



The corporation heretofore known as 

 J. M. Fox & Son, Inc., has been rein- 

 corporated under the style of Fox's In- 

 corporated, thus adopting the title used 

 by the public. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There was some improvement in the 

 market last week, not much, but 

 enough to lead to the belief that once 

 again S. A. F. convention week marked 

 ebb tide of business for the year. An 

 immense quantity of stock was moved. 

 There is only one trouble with business: 

 There is so much stock everywhere, in 

 Chicago and everywhere else, that a big 

 public demand fails to make much im- 

 pression on the aggregate supply. It 

 has been an unusually favorable sum- 

 mer, climatically speaking. Outdoor 

 stock has given unexpectedly good pro- 

 duction, with the result that the whole 

 middle west has been full of garden 

 flowers. This has been especially true 

 of gladioli and only slightly less so of 

 asters. These two now constitute the 

 bulk of the outdoor flowers. (Jladioli. 

 always abundant at this time of year, 

 never were so plentiful as now. As 

 they are plentiful, also, in all other 

 markets, it is up to the retailers to 

 push the selling; if they do not do so, 

 the wholesalers can not. Anyone who 

 can use a quantity, anywhere from 

 1,000 to 10,000 spikes, can get interest- 

 ing special quotations. 



Asters are of good average quality 

 and sell steadily for funeral work. The 

 local retailers like liatris for its long, 

 purple spikes; they are used in nearly 

 every window. 



The immobility of Easter lilies is 

 causing comment. There is scarcely 

 any real demand for them and it is al- 

 most impossible to force sales. The 

 fact seems to be that there have been 

 few weddings calling for decorations in 

 August, leaving funeral work as almost 

 the only outlet for lilies — and most of 

 the sprays have been made of gladioli, 

 as the cheapest flowers on the market. 



Each day now sees an increase in the 

 supply of carnations, but their recep- 

 tion is not so enthusiastic as it wouli 

 be with fewer asters on the market. 

 An occasional dozen chrysanthemums. 

 Golden Glow, is seen. 



The supply of roses has been reduced. 

 Many growers have pinched the young 

 stock rather than send a big cut of 

 short stems to a market which had no 

 real need of such a grade. Good me- 

 dium and long roses are selling well. 

 There are reports of special Russell 





