Sbptbmbeb 9, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



Christian Henry Enost. 



After twenty-four years of illness 

 with paralysis, at 5:30 o'clock Satur- 

 day evening, August 14, Christian 

 Henry Knost was claimed by death at 

 his home, 1229 Seventeenth street, 

 Portsmouth, O. Mr. Knost suffered a 

 slight stroke of paralysis twenty-four 

 years ago and two weeks ago suffered 

 another stroke that made his condition 

 more serious. 



Mr. Knost was born February 27, 

 1845, at Eegisungs-Baten, Germany. 

 He came to this country when 19 years 

 of age. In 1871 he married Miss Eliza- 

 beth Ackerman in Cincinnati. Twelve 

 ehildren were born, one daughter hav- 

 ing died. The eleven children surviv- 

 ing are six daughters, Mrs. "William 

 Meyer, of Cincinnati; Mrs. O. L. Hamm, 

 of Middletown; Mrs. John Eeiser, Mrs. 

 Fred Wheeler, Misses Louise and Clem- 

 entine Knost, of Portsmouth; and five 

 sons. Christian, of Cincinnati; John, 

 Fred, Jacob and Walter, of Portsmouth. 

 A brother, Henry Knost, of Madison- 

 ville, O., also survives. 



From Cincinnati Mr. and Mrs. Knost 

 moved to the Moore farm at Ports- 

 mouth, O., in 1873. From there they 

 moved to Gallia street, in 1889, where 

 he engaged in the florists' business. He 

 had been in business on Seventeenth 

 street for twenty-four years. Mr. 

 Knost was a member of the First Evan- 

 gelical church for a number of years. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 liome August 17. The pallbearers were 

 the five sons of the deceased and a son- 

 in-law, Oscar Hamm. Burial was in 

 Greenlawn cemetery. 



Herbert Blackman. 



Herbert Blackman, the son of Ed- 

 ward Blackman, Evansville, Ind., was 

 found dead in the greenhouses by his 

 father, Friday, September 3, from cere- 

 bral hemorrhage. He was 27 years of 

 age and leaves a wife and one child, be- 

 sides his father and mother and four sis- 

 tors. His father was ready to leave for 

 Houston, Tex., the following day with 

 his eldest daughter, who was to be mar- 

 ried this week. 



Mr. Blackman and family have the 

 sympathy of every member of the trade 

 in their great bereavement. Herbert 

 Blackman was a genial young man and 

 well liked by all and his death was a 

 shock to everyone. 



The funeral was held September 6 at 

 the residence of his father, on Wein- 

 bach avenue. E. L. F. 



Simon Bauer. 



Simon Bauer, 89 years of age, died 

 at his home, 1243 East Eighty-seventh 

 street, Cleveland, O., Monday, August 

 -3. Mr. Bauer was born in Bavaria in 

 1831, and went to Cleveland early in 

 life. He engaged in farming and later 

 'became a florist and gardener. Five of 

 his six children are living. Funeral 

 'services were held Friday, August 27, 

 from St. Thomas Aquinas ' church. 



slowly. Gladioli and asters have been 

 arriving in heavy supply and have 

 caused a great slump in prices. Gladi- 

 oli are to be had at $15 per thousand, 

 while asters are bringing only $10 per 

 thousand. 



Lilies are available in fair supply 

 and bring only $10 per hundred. Eoses 

 from young stock are quite conspic- 

 uous and of good quality, but the de- 

 mand has been slow. Ophelia and Co- 

 lumbia are the most in evidence and are 

 of unusually good quality. Carnations 

 are in larger supply, but as yet the 

 stems are short and the flowers are not 

 up to standard. 



Miscellaneous garden stock, such as 

 zinnias, cosmos, delphiniums, corn- 

 flowers, marigolds, etc., is abundant. 

 Dahlias are meager and poor, and pros- 

 pects for more later in the season are 

 none too bright. 



The offering of potted plants is lim- 

 ited. Ferns and Chatelaine begonias 

 about complete this list. 



Various Notes. 



B. F. Hensley, of Knightstown, Ind., 

 has sold his range. E. A. McKirrin is 

 the new manager and it will be oper- 

 ated under the name, Knightstown 

 Greenhouses. 



Mrs. Eeinkin, formerly with the 

 Pahud Floral Co., is now with the 

 Circle Flower Store. 



John Chisholm, formerly with Ber- 

 termann Bros. Co., but now living in 

 Alabama, has been paying a visit in this 

 city. 



More entries have been made for the 

 floral exhibition of the Indiana state 

 fair than in many previous years. 

 More florists than formerly have en- 

 tered and they will meet keen com- 

 petition in the cut flower line with 

 several private growers. A. F. J. Baur 

 is superintendent of the floricultural 

 section. 



The Florists' Supply House recently 

 received its first shipment of carnations 

 for the season, from Peter Weiland, of 

 Newcastle. White and dark pink pre- 

 dominated, and although short of stem, 

 the flowers were good. This firm has 

 been receiving rather heavy shipments 

 of statice, which has found a ready 

 market. 



Hart.je & Elder are cutting carna- 

 tions. Baur & Steinkamp have also 

 been bringing in a limited number. 



John Kilcoyne, formerly with John 

 Eieman, has accepted a position in 

 Georgia. E. E. T. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



The market is full of an accumulated 

 supply. All stock has been moving 



The Market. 



Business picked up slightly last week, 

 probably due to the early cool weather 

 we have been having, tightening up the 

 supply considerably. Eoses, however, 

 are coming in better and are cleaning 

 up every day, especially white ones, as 

 it seems that this market cannot get 

 enough white roses which are good; 

 those shipped in from out of town are 

 not nearly so good as the local ones, the 

 shipped ones being nearly all single Kil- 

 larneys, which fly open quickly and are 

 not a pure white like the double variety. 



Dahlias are just beginning to make 

 their appearance and are quite good. 

 Carnations have not yet appeared and 

 consequently there is' still a good call 

 for asters. The Easter lilies are a little 

 off crop at present, but Japanese lilies 

 are arriving in large quantities. There 



has been a large demand for lily of the 

 valley and, although the price is high 

 and the quality mediocre, it cleans up 

 nicely. Orchids are off crop and there 

 is not much call for them. Gladioli are 

 poor, but there is still a good assort- 

 ment of miscellaneous flowers, such as 

 marigolds, calendulas, buddleias, phy- 

 sostegias, tritomas and annual lark- 

 spurs, which move slowly. 



Various Notes. 



William Heffernan has severed his 

 connection with the Heights Flower 

 Shop and is expecting to open a store 

 of his own in the near future. Miss 

 Hartley, also formerly connected with 

 this firm, has left and intends to join 

 Mr. Heffernan. 



James MacLaughlin 's father died at 

 his home in Pennsylvania last week. 



Edgar Brown, of the Annex Flower 

 Store, has left for Buffalo and intends 

 to spend part of his vacation in 

 Canada. 



William Kruesen, of the Smith & Fet- 

 ters Co., is having a two weeks' vaca- 

 tion. 



Miss Hester Getz has left for Quebec, 

 leaving Miss E. Eoe in charge of the 

 store. 



F. E. Williams is taking a trip up the 

 lakes. 



The wholesale houses carried out their 

 usual policy for holidays, staying open 

 Sunday morning and closing all day 

 Monday, Labor day. W. A. E. 



, The death of Simon Bauer is noted in 

 this week 's obituarv column. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



The season of 1920-21 has opened, but 

 as yet the only evidence of it is afforded 

 by the calendar, on which we have this 

 week checked off Labor day, the holiday 

 which, next to Fourth of July, stands 

 as nearest zero in the business life of 

 florists. Labor day, however, marks the 

 end of the vacation season, the reopen- 

 ing of schools and city residences 

 closed for the summer. It takes a few 

 days for flower buyers to settle down 

 to the routine of the life that means 

 most use of flowers, but business never 

 fails to increase noticeably and pro- 

 gressively at this time. 



The outlook for the next few weeks is 

 uncertain only with relation to the sup- 

 ply. We can count with confidence on 

 a steady increase in the needs for flow- 

 ers, but we have no means of knowing 

 how long the market will continue to 

 be burdened with the present heavy 

 overload of outdoor flowers. Until we 

 have weather to clear the market of 

 garden flowers there is little prospect 

 of really good prices for greenhouse 

 products. 



Business is not, and has not been, bad. 

 It is true that prices are, and have been, 

 low, but a tremendous quantity of stock 

 has been merchandised. The growers 

 are worried by the thought that present 

 returns do not cover the cost of doing 

 business and they are hoping that some- 

 thing soon will happen to give them an 

 even break with the coal men, who at 

 present seem to have everything coming 

 their way. 



The principal items of supply at pres- 

 ent are roses, gladioli, asters and lilies. 

 Eoses are mentioned first, not because 

 they are the most numerous, but be- 



