NOVSMBBB 13, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



45 



BOOHESTEB, N. Y. 



Mrs. E. Wienhoeber. 



Helena Rincker Wienhoeber died at 

 her residence at Highland Park, HI,, No- 

 vember 5, after a protracted illness. 



Mrs. Wienhoeber was the wife of 

 Ernst Wienhoeber, veteran Chicago re- 

 tail florist, and the mother of George 

 William, Edna Charlotte and William 

 Herman. She married Mr. Wienhoeber 

 July 30, 1876, her home having been at 

 Lexington, 111. The florists' business in 

 Chicago was started in 1881 and for 

 many years Mrs. Wienhoeber was in 

 close touch with it. The funeral serv- 

 ices were held at the chapel at Rose 

 Hill cemetery, Chicago, November 7. 

 There were many flowers to attest the 

 high esteem in which the members of 

 the family are held in the community 

 and several members of the trade were 

 present. Emil Buettner, who was asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Wienhoeber in their 

 early days in the florists' business, was 

 one of the pallbearers. 



Mary Anna Smith. 



Mrs. Mary Anna Smith, of Smith & 

 Son, and mother of Thurston H, V. 

 Smith, Denver, Colo., died November 1 

 from paralysis as she was sitting at 

 table. 



Born April 12, 1841, at Yaxham, Nor- 

 folk, England, Mrs. Smith moved to 

 Denver in 1873. She owned one of the 

 finest upland hay ranches on the St. 

 Vrain river, near Greeley, Colo. In 1891 

 she entered the florists' business, being 

 the silent head of Smith & Son, which 

 since 1896 has been conducted under the 

 ii;ime of Thurston H. V. Smith, who will 

 continue the business. Mrs. Smith was 

 a hard worker in the business, with both 

 hand and brain. 



She was buried November 4 from the 

 lionie she had planned and built in 1879, 

 at 2961 Lawrence street. The pallbear- 

 ers were Emil Glauber, Albert Mauff 

 and Mr. McDonald, all florists, and an- 

 otlier friend. Interment was at River- 

 side cemetery. Many flowers from 

 friends in the trade and others were re- 

 ceived. 



Surviving Mrs. Smith are her hus- 

 band, W. H. Smith; her son, Thurston 

 H. V. Smith; a stepdaughter and a 

 graiiddaiiffiiter, Anna May Smith. 



George W. Caton. 



George W. Caton, of George W, Caton 

 & Son, Zanesville, O., died almost in- 

 stantly as the result of an accident 

 Tuesday afternoon, October 28. He fell 

 from a wagon, on which he was loading 

 corn fodder, and his back was broken. 

 He was 71 years of age. 



Clarence C. Abrams. 



Clarence C Abrams died November .'? 

 at the Passavant hospital, following a 

 week's illness with spinal meningitis, 

 which began with the sleeping sickness. 

 He was familiarly known to the trade 

 as "Cuddy" and had recently become 

 manager of the Victoria Flower Shop, 

 on William Penn way, having been in 

 the employ of the proprietor, A. Kron- 

 gold, for the last eight years. He was 

 21 years old at the time of his death. 

 The funeral took place the following 

 Wednesday afternoon, November 5, at 

 the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Meyer Abrams, of 59 Roberts street. 



The Market. 



Little change is noticed in the cut 

 flower market from that of a week ago, 

 when conditions were quoted as being 

 somewhat dull and lacking pep. Cooler 

 weather during the latter part of the 

 week prevailed and is more seasonable. 

 This in some measure stimulated busi- 

 ness and gave encouragement to the 

 growers, whose stock is becoming quite 

 plentiful. Much work of great impor- 

 tance remains to be done outside. Ow- 

 ing to the lateness of the bulbs reach- 

 ing the city, the greater part of the 

 outside planting is still to be done and 

 the labor situation is not at all good, 

 experienced help being extremely hard 

 to find. 



The supply of cut flowers continues 

 to be good and meets all demands. 

 Chrysanthemums are in excellent shape 

 and bring fair prices. Beautiful pom- 

 pons are seen in Minta and white and 

 yellow singles, as well as the small but- 

 ton varieties in all colors; the latter 

 kinds sell exceptionally well. Carna- 

 \tions are quite plentiful and move well. 

 They are improving each week, both in 

 bloom and in stem. Reds are particular- 

 ly good just now. Sweet peas are seen 

 occasionally and sell well. The supply 

 of violets is large and meets all de- 

 mands. They, too, are improving in 

 quality. Cypripediums and other or- 

 chids are in good supply and are of ex- 

 cellent quality. Gardenias are not so 

 popular. A few gladioli continue to 

 reach the market, but are of poor qual- 

 ity. Almost all outdoor stock is gone, 

 with the exception of some cosmos and 

 sweet alyssum, which are found quite 

 useful. 



In roses the supply continues quite 

 good, with seasonable prices. American 

 Beauties are not much in demand, but 

 there is a good demand for Sunburst, 

 Ophelia, Ward, Hoosier Beauty, Colum- 

 bia, Killarney, White Killarney, Mary- 

 land, Kaiserin Augusta, Premier and 

 Cecile Brunner. Excellent winter ber- 

 ries are reaching us and finding a good 

 demand. All greens are plentiful and 

 sell well. Wild smilax is in good de- 

 mand. 



Rose Society Meets. 



The Rochester Rose Society held its 

 November meeting on Monday evening, 

 November 3, at the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. There was a large attendance 

 of both ladies and gentlemen. The so- 

 ciety is growing and already has a mem- 

 bership of 170. The chief speaker was 

 Frederick Wallace, who spoke on the 

 successful growing of hybrid tea roses. 

 He arranged his talk under different 

 heads, such as soil, time of planting, 

 stock, labels, cultivation, proper food, 

 treatment and rose diseases, and then 

 added a list of those roses that he con- 

 sidered most desirable for the amateur. 



Various Notes. 



Bert Dowden, former shipping clerk 

 for the Rochester Floral Co., has been 

 obliged to give up his position with 

 this firm on account of sickness. He 

 is receiving treatment in a sanitarium 

 on the coast of Maine. The trade ex- 

 tend their best wishes for a complete 

 recovery. Dewey Lester has taken over 

 the position left vacant by Mr. Dowden. 



Art Beyers, formerly of Rochester, N. 

 Y., is now with Fleischman's, of New 

 York city. 



The park department officials say that 

 the display of chrysanthemums in the 

 Highland park conservatory is now at 

 its best. More than 100 varieties 

 are now in bloom, including some 

 of the latest varieties. There are at 

 least 2,500 plants in the display. In- 

 cluded in this collection are hundreds 

 with one large bloom and a large 

 collection of bush plants. The range 

 and shades of coloring are exceedingly 

 beautiful. Several dozen varieties of 

 mums are also seen downtown in the 

 municipal building, where a show house 

 of small size is built onto the park com- 

 missioner 's office. 



Considerable advertising in the local 

 papers of this city stimulated great in- 

 terest and proved to be a wonderful 

 success in the carrying out of a beauti- 

 ful chrysanthemum show November 2 

 to 8, at the store of George T. Boucher. 

 Large crowds of people have visited the 

 display daily. Oak-covered lattice 

 work and a profusion of beautiful 

 Japanese lanterns practically trans- 

 formed the ceilings and side walls, 

 while the windows and floors, tables 

 and stands, showed exquisite blooms of 

 the latest and best in both commercial 

 and exhibition varieties. Each vase 

 was named. In conjunction with this 

 display, Arthur M, Newborn showed a 

 beautiful collection of baskets, wreaths, 

 sprays and vases of dried flowers and 

 foliages. H. J. H. 



CHICAGO. 



The Mar&et. 



November 10 was the biggest day this 

 market as a whole has had this season. 

 The conditions were radically different 

 from those of a week before. Outdoor 

 stock at length has disappeared, not 

 only from the Chicago market, but also 

 from the subsidiary markets in the ter- 

 ritory of which Chicago is the center. 

 With the arrival of cooler weather, de- 

 mand has increased materially and the 

 supply of stock has been reduced. The 

 result, of course, has been an improve- 

 ment in prices which will bo most wel- 

 come to the growers, many of whom 

 were beginning to be uneasy. There has 

 been a marked increase in the call for 

 flowers for social purposes. Both in 

 this city and in other cities served by 

 the Chicago market, the call for fine 

 stock has been greatly accelerated by 

 coming out parties and other social 

 affairs. The result has ])een that the 

 best grades of stock have been moving 

 at more nearly their true worth than 

 was the case in October. 



The peak of the chrysanthemum sea- 

 son has passed. This is not to say that 

 there is any shortage of chrysanthe- 

 mums, but the pressure to sell is less 

 and the quality of the stock is better 

 than at any time in the last three 

 weeks. Bonnaffon is the principal va- 

 riety now seen and it is bringing excel- 

 lent prices, because yellow is the color 

 most in request. Pompons have been 

 the wholesalers' greatest problem ever 

 since they came into crop. It never has 

 been possible to clean up and the whole- 

 salers have had their choice of selling 

 the accumulation at ridiculous prices or 

 paying the increased fee tho garbage 

 man now asks. The condition has been 

 somewhat relieved in the last few days, 

 but it is not yet possible to sell out 

 clean. Some growers say they will be 

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