Septbmbbb 16, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Gerald L. Holsinger. 



Gerald L. Holsinger, 50 years old, 

 president of the nursery firm of Hol- 

 singer Bros., Bosedale, Kan., died Fri- 

 day night, September 10, while at a 

 dinner party at the home of M. E. 

 Chandler, of the Chandler Landscape 

 & Floral Co. The party was to cele- 

 brate Mr. Chandler's fiftieth birthday. 



Mr, Holsinger had gone to the party 

 with his wife and had just been seated 

 at the dinner table when he placed his 

 hands over his heart and fell forward. 

 Dr. G. I. Blanford, a close friend of 

 Mr. Holsinger and a guest at the party, 

 attempted to revive Mr. Holsinger, but 

 was unsuccessful. He died within a 

 few minutes. Heart disease was said 

 to be the cause of death. 



Wallace Holsinger, the only child of 

 Mr. Holsinger and a student at the 

 Kansas State Agricultural College, 

 was also present, as were Mr. Holsin- 

 ger 's sister, Mrs. L. E. Wilson, and 

 brother, George W. Holsinger. 



Mr. Holsinger was a graduate of the 

 United States Naval Academy, Anna- 

 polis, and a veteran of both the 

 Spanish-American and World wars. 

 He was born in Eosedale, Kan., July 

 6, 1870. Except the time spent at 

 school and in the service of his coun- 

 try, he lived in Eosedale. His father, 

 the late Major Frank Holsinger, vet- 

 eran of the Civil war, was a well 

 known horticulturist and left his sons 

 the property which has developed into 

 the present nursery business. Besides 

 the brother and sister who were at the 

 party, surviving are his mother, Mrs. 

 Fannie Holsinger, who lives in Eose- 

 dale, another brother, Clarence Hol- 

 singer, who lives at Ames, la., and two 

 other sisters, Miss Edna Holsinger, a 

 teacher in the Eosedale high school, 

 and Mrs. George F. Wilson, also of 

 Eosedale. 



Mr. Holsinger graduated in 1886 

 from Palmer Academy. He received an 

 appointment to the United States 

 Naval Academy and in 1893 graduated 

 from that institution. Shortly after 

 graduating, however, he resigned from 

 the navy and loturned to Eosedale, 

 where he engaged in the nursery busi- 

 ness with his brothers. Then came the 

 Spanish-American war, for the term 

 of which he was navigation oflScer on 

 the Vulcan, a reiiair ship. He returned 

 to Eosedale and his business at the end 

 of the war. When the United States 

 entered the World war, he offered his 

 services again, and was assigned to 

 duty in charge of construction at the 

 Great Lakes Naval Training Station. 

 He made two trips to France before 

 hostilities were concluded. On his 

 second trip he developed a serious ill- 

 ness and was in the Brooklyn hospital 

 about six weeks. lie was discharged 

 from the service in 1919 and returned 

 to Eosedale. 



Mr. Holsinger was secretary of the 

 Kansas State Horticultural Society, of 

 which his brother, George W. Hol- 

 singer, is president, having held that 

 office for a number of years. lie was 

 a member of the Eosedale chapter, 

 Eoyal Arch Masons, a member of Ivan- 

 hoe Commandery, Knights Templar, 

 and of Abdallah Shrine. 



Funeral services were held Monday 

 afternoon, September 13, at the First 

 M. E. church, of Eosedale. The pall- 

 bearers were Clarence Chandler, Albert 

 Espenlaub, Ealph G. Payne, M. Bar- 

 nett, Elmer McCall and Fred Phillips. 

 Burial was in Forest Hill cemetery. 

 The Masonic order had charge of serv- 

 ices at the grave. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 



The Market. 



A plentiful supply of outdoor flow- 

 ers is holding back the sale of green- 

 house stock. Asters and gladioli are 

 still arriving in large quantities, but 

 prices remain unchanged. Cool nights 

 the last two weeks have helped roses, 

 and plenty of fine stock is now offered, 

 with little call. Cecile Brunner roses, 

 marigolds, belladonna and other good 

 outdoor stock clean up well at all times. 

 Mums are beginning to arrive in small 

 quantities. 



Various Notes. 



Eobert Newcomb, of the Burlington 

 Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, la., 

 called on the trade recently. 



C. H. Hoida, of the Englewood Floral 

 Co., Butte, Mont., stopped in town last 

 week. Mr. Hoida has spent six weeks 

 on the coast, visiting leading florists, 

 and is on his way home. 



Fred W. Gust, of the McCallum Co., 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., spent last week in this 

 city visiting the trade. 



The Miller Floral Co. now has a fine 

 crop of roses at its greenhouses at 

 Farmington. Columbia is extra fine 

 and has the big call. 



Al Alt, of the Huddart Floral Co., 

 is back on the job after two months' 

 vacation. G. J. B. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



The Market. 



Business picked up slightly last 

 week, probably due to the fact that the 

 vacation season is over and almost 

 everybody has returned. 



Gladioli and asters continue to swamp 

 the' market and consequently bring 

 prices down considerably. Some good 

 dahlias arrived and went well at $4 to 

 $8 per hundred. Outdoor snapdragons 

 are arriving in better condition than 

 at any previous time this summer. 



Eoses are arriving in good condition 

 and large numbers are going well at 

 $4 to $15 per hundred. Lilies seem 

 to be the scarcest flowers and only a 

 limited quantity is to be had; they are 

 selling at $15 per hundred. 



Some exceptional Boston and Whit- 

 manii ferns are coming in and are 

 selling well, due to the fact that they 

 are being sold at a popular price. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell is back on the job 

 again and does not look any the worse 

 for his accident of a few weeks ago. 

 Business at hia store has been quite 

 brisk of late. 



H. W. Sheppard reports the best 

 August business he has ever had and 

 says that September has started excel- 

 lently, with a good number of large 

 wedding orders already booked. 



E. A. Kelly has returned from his 

 trip through the east, where he visited 

 a number of florists; he reports busi- 

 ness strong at all of the eastern stores. 



The William Murphy Co. is receiv- 



ing some good Kaiserin roses from 

 Anders Easmussen, of New Albany, 

 Ind. 



Eay Euttle, son of Eobt. L Buttle, of 

 Covington, Ky., was married Saturday, 

 September 11, to Miss Anastasia Car- 

 roll, also of Covington, at St. Mary's 

 cathedral, which was beautifully dec- 

 orated with lilies and roses hung in 

 garlands on aisle posts. Mr. Euttle 

 and his bride are spending their honey- 

 moon in Cleveland, where the bride has 

 relatives. 



Frank Ball, of Ball & Betz, left last 

 week on an extensive road trip. 



Visitors last week included the fol- 

 lowing: J. E. Thomas, of the Circle- 

 ville Flower Store, Circleville, Ind.; 

 C. G. Anderson, of the Eolf Zetlitz Co., 

 Lima, O., who was in town selling 

 plants; William F. Thomas, of the Bur- 

 lington Willow Ware Shops, Burling- 

 ton, la.; Wm. J. Julius, of Jefferson- 

 ville, Ind.; Nelson A. Wootan, of Mid- 

 dletown, O., and Mrs. Martha Easch, 

 of Albany, Ala. 



The Paradise Flower Store, of Sev- 

 enth street, has changed hands. It is 

 now managed and owned by John Eu- 

 tenschroer, of Price Hill, who has a 

 wide reputation for being a good dahlia 

 grower. G. H. K. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



It would be trite to say that the mar- 

 ket was dull last week, for who ever 

 heard of its being otherwise in the 

 fifty-second part of the year which 

 marks the passing of Labor day and 

 the reopening of the public schools? 

 In addition to the customary handi- 

 caps, this year the week was marked 

 by almost midsummer temperatures 

 and nearly complete absence of funeral 

 work. Chicago seldom has been more 

 healthy than at present and it cuts a 

 big figure with the local demand for 

 flowers. The shipping demand con- 

 tinues much stronger than the city 

 business, although just why is not ap- 

 parent, as it is reported there is an ab- 

 normal supply of flowers in every other 

 market as well as here. Considering 

 all the factors, one must decide tliat it 

 is remarkable so many flowers have 

 been sold and that no really active 

 market is to be expected until the 

 weather turns and the great loa<l of 

 outdoor flowers is removed. 



Many of the wholesalers believe that 

 the receipts of gladioli and asters will 

 go down rapidly during the next few 

 days and that the market will improve 

 in proportion, but at the present time 

 there are so many outdoor flowers that 

 the trade can not consume them all; 

 the surplus goes either to the dump or 

 to the places where flowers are not com- 

 bined with art in the sellinff. Tliere 

 has been a marked deterioration in the 

 quality of asters and even in the dull 

 days of last week there were none too 

 many good asters, although a big sur- 

 plus of poor ones. Gladioli continue 

 both plentiful and good. There are, 

 however, a number of growers who do 

 not cut their spikes soon enough; the 

 best goods are those cut with only one 

 or two flowers open and not bunched, 

 but packed loose, in small boxes. The 

 spikes of fully developed flowers must 

 be used quickly, while the others actu- 

 ally improve for two or three days in 

 the hands of wholesalers or retailers 

 who take care of them. 



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