Nqvember 25, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



Chaxles J. Bolgiano. 



Charles J. Bolgiano, president of J. 

 Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md., was 

 found dead in his garage in the rear of 

 his home, 8 Elmhurst road, Eoland Park, 

 Friday morning, November 19, from car- 

 bon monoxide gas poisoning. He was 

 seated in his automobile, the engine of 

 which was running, when found by his 

 son, Charles A. Bolgiano. Gas from the 

 engine of the car caused death, accord- 

 ing to the coroner, who believed that 

 death was accidental. 



When informed of Mr. Bolgiano 's 

 death, Thomas Kemp, his attorney, said: 



"Mr. Bolgiano 's death at this time 

 is particularly sad and unfortunate. He 

 had suffered business reverses which 

 precipitated bankruptcy about a month 

 ago, but only November 18, at a meet- 

 ing of the larger creditors, which Mr. 

 Bolgiano and his brother and other 

 members of the family attended, a plan 

 of reorganization was submitted, which 

 was received favorably, and suflScient 

 funds had been pledged by Mr. Bolgi- 

 ano 's brother and other relatives to 

 finance the plan and rehabilitate the 

 business. 



"I attended this meeting with Mr. 

 Bolgiano at the Baltimore Trust Co. and 

 later Mr. Bolgiano came to my office, 

 where we remained until late in the 

 afternoon. Before leaving he made an 

 appointment to call at my office at 10 

 o'clock Friday morning, to complete 

 preparations for the reorganization. At 

 this time he seemed very cheerful and 

 optimistic. ' ' 



Members of Mr. Bolgiano 's family 

 said that he had suffered heart attacks 

 recently. He went to his garage to get 

 his car at 6:30 o'clock, and when he 

 did not emerge from the garage his 

 son, thinking that something was wrong 

 with the machine, went to help him. He 

 found the door of the garage closed, 

 and when he opened it, was met by a 

 cloud of dense smoke and gas. He 

 found his father, apparently dead, seat- 

 ed at the steering wheel of the car. 



Several physicians were hastily sum- 

 moned, but their efforts to revive Mr. 

 Bolgiano proved futile. 



He is survived by his widow, two 

 sons, Charles Alfred and John Norman 

 Bolgiano, five daughters, Flora E., May, 

 Emily M., Mary Virginia and Charlotte 

 A. Bolgiano, two brothers, Roland and 

 Frank W. Bolgiano, and a sister, Mrs. 

 J. Burch Joyce. 



Mr. Bolgiano and his brother, Roland 

 Bolgiano, now of Los Angeles, Cal., suc- 

 ceeded their father, the late Joseph H. 

 Bolgiano, in the seed business in 1897. 

 They conducted the business as part- 

 ners until about seven years ago, when 

 Roland's health caused him to resign 

 from the firm. 



That Mr. Bolgiano was deeply inter- 

 ested in the adjustment of his financial 

 difficulties is shown by the fact that a 

 few days ago, in association with Wil- 

 liam H. Hihm and Morris B. Robinson 

 as incorporators, he obtained a charter 

 for Charles J. Bolgiano, Inc., which was, 

 with the assent of the creditors in the 

 bankruptcy proceedings, hereafter to 

 conduct the seed business under corpo- 

 rate, instead of his personal manage- 



ment. The authorized capital stock of 

 the corporation was to consist of 1,000 

 shares of undeclared par value. 



William Ingle, Waldo Newcomer and 

 Albert D. Graham, who were named by 

 the creditors of the late Mr. Bolgiano 

 as trustees in bankruptcy of his assets 

 and business, applied to Judge Rose for 

 authority to continue this business for 

 the present, in view of a report made by 

 the receivers that, since their appoint- 

 ment a few weeks ago, the business has 

 proved profitable. 



Mr. Bolgiano was a member of many 

 organizations, among which are the 

 following: Board of Trade, American 

 Seed Trade Association, Society of 

 .American Florists, City Club, Advertis- 

 ing Club, Ancient and Honorable Me- 

 chanical Company of Baltimore, Roland 

 J 'ark Civic League, Merchants and Man- 

 ufacturers Association, Chamber of 

 Commerce of the United States, Auto- 

 mobile Club of Maryland, Thirty-second 

 Degree A. F. and A. M., Mystic Shrine 

 and Knights Templar. 



Abraham Iralson. 



Abraham Iralson, one of the veteran 

 retail florists in Chicago, died November 

 22 at Hahnemann hospital, as the result 

 of an accident which occurred Novem- 

 ber 18. Shortlv after dark on the even- 



Charles J. Bolgiano. 



ing of that day Mr. Iralson started to 

 cross Grand boulevard near his store, 

 which is at 356 East Forty-third street, 

 and was struck by a taxicab. He suf- 

 fered such severe injuries about the 

 head and chest that he never fully re- 

 gained consciousness. 



Mr. Iralson had spent a large part of 

 his life in the vicinity of the spot at 

 which he met his death. He had been in 

 the retail business between Grand boule- 

 vard and the "L" station for over 

 twenty years, first with a place on the 

 south side of the street, which he sold 

 out to permit a venture in the north- 

 west. Returning to the city after an 

 absence of a few years, he sought his 

 old neighborhood, opening his store 

 almost directly across the street from 

 his former store. There he quickly re- 

 gained the personal following that had 

 made him moderately prosperous through 

 life. He was about 50 years of age. A 

 brother, Mose, is a well-known business 

 man in the same south side neighbor- 

 hood in which Mr. Iralson was located. 



The funeral was held November 24 

 from the chapel at 936 East Forty- 

 seventh street, with burial at Rosehill. 

 There was a large attendance and many 

 flowers. 



John Weir. 



John Weir, of Brooklyn, N. Y., died 

 suddenly while on a New York Central 



train approaching the One Hundred and 

 Twenty-fifth street station November 22. 

 Since boyhood he had been connected 

 with the business and was active around 

 the store at 324 Fulton street up to 

 Saturday, November 20, despite the 75 

 or more years of age he carried. For the 

 period of an ordinary lifetime he was 

 around the flower market, making pur- 

 chases of stock, only recently settling 

 down to indoor work. Both he and his 

 brother, Fred, were prominent retailers 

 of Brooklyn. His father, James Weir, 

 a native of Perth, was a pioneer grower 

 of plants in the vicinity of New York. 

 He saw practically the beginning of the 

 florists' business in and around New 

 York and Brooklyn. He is survived by 

 liis wife, a son and a daughter. J. H. P. 



Henry C. Woltemate, 



Henry C. Woltemate, Mt. Airy, Phila- 

 delphia, died unexpectedly while asleep 

 Sunday night, November 21. He was 

 the last to survive of three brothers, all 

 of whom achieved the reputation of able 

 florists in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 

 His son, Albert W. Woltemate, had suc- 

 ceeded to the management of his 

 father's greenhouses, at Mt, Airy. An- 

 other son, Gilbert, bought a range at 

 Wyndmoor. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Last week closed with a two days' 

 spurt of business which left the mar- 

 ket at quitting time November 20 more 

 closely cleaned up than in several 

 months. This was in spite of the re- 

 turn of warm weather, which accel- 

 erated the production of cut flowers. 

 Conditions gave rise to the belief that 

 the trade is in line for its usual winter 

 activity, with a fair amount of stock 

 until after Christmas unless cold 

 weather intervenes. A cold snap always 

 reduces the cuts and, with demand at 

 its present volume, prices are likely to 

 be as erratic as the weather. 



In certain places there was an in- 

 crease in the rose supply last week, 

 which set the ■ local buyers shopping. 

 There never was greater sameness in 

 the rose supply than this season. Beau- 

 ties have almost ceased to be a factor, 

 although two growers are cutting al- 

 most perfect stock in some quantity. 

 In most cases Premier and Russell are 

 us^d interchangeably and Columbia is in 

 largest supply. Something as yet un- 

 explained has happened to Ophelia, 

 which is neither so plentiful nor so good 

 as lisual at this time of year. Butterfly 

 takp its place. The only red rose is 

 Milady, a variety some growers do much 

 less well than others. There are few 

 white. 



The supply of chrysanthemums for 

 Thanksgiving is the smallest in years. 

 The early sorts, including pompons, were 

 nearly all cut out before the approach 

 of the feast day began to be felt in 

 the market. But it is said there will be 

 unusually large supplies of mums and 

 pompons after Thanksgiving. The ex- 

 planation is that in recent seasons the 

 late mums were much more profitable 

 than the earlier varieties, with the re- 

 sult that the growers gradually have 

 been shifting over. They say they will 

 be cutting until Christmas. 



Carnations have not increased in sup- 

 ply as had been expected and it is be- 

 ginning to be believed that last year's 

 t'X]icrifnce is being felt in this depart- 



