DECEMIlKll 'j, I'jL'O 



The Florists^ Review 



51 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. J. B. Preeman Clause. 



Mrs. J. ]1. ]"r<iiii,'iii <',i;uiM', knew 11 

 (TCiicrally td fl<irists a- Mr>. J. R. I'nr 

 man, died suddenly Monday nijilit. De- 

 cember 6, at the hcimc of (ieorjic lieitoll. 

 910 Feruwood avenue. T(jle<lo, ()., wliere 

 she lived. Slie iiud heen at her store 

 all day, and ujion r'-tuniint; Imnic in tli<" 

 evening remarked th.'it slie was feeliu;; 

 unusually ■vvel'. With her liushaud, slir 

 had been discussinf; ;. |iro|'osed vacation 

 in Califfirnia. AVhi!'' prif>arinfi to re 

 tire she collapsed and diod before tlu- 

 arrival of a physician. Ilenrt disease 

 was said to have been tlic cause. 



Mrs. Crause, 'jnder tlie nmiir- of Mr^. 

 J. B. Freeman, liac; for *en years con- 

 ducted one of the !• .-idiiij.' fl(iwcr shop< 

 ill Toledo, ni 3,^0 Su]" rior street. Sin- 

 bought the business in September, \'M'>. 

 from Geor<:e lleini. with whom she had 

 been connected in Viusincss, it was said 

 at that time, for thirty years. She had 

 a consideralde reputation .'i'^ a designer 

 and decorator and her energy was the 

 subject of much comment and a<lmira 

 tion. One of the most enterjaisiiig in 

 a city of li\e florist'^, she was widely 

 known throughout the trade and iv ry 

 where highly csteeinod. 



Mrs. Crause was 'is years of age. I'x 

 sides her liusband, slu leiives a gr.iiid 

 child, Eleanor Fotts. 



WiUiam H. Wyatt. 



It was a great sinM-k to the lloral 

 world of Phliadelidiia on the morning of 

 i)cccmber 1 when i: beeame known that 

 William II. AVyatt had died sudrlenly of 

 heart failure m his store on the after 

 noon of the day before. Following se 

 closely or. th( deatl. of Mrs. Wyatt, 

 which occurreii that morning after a 

 long illness. Mr. Wyr.t*'^ death seenied 

 oven more tragi'.-. 



For more than thirty ynrs "Billy'' 

 Wyatt, as he was called by his com- 

 rades, carried on a retail florists' busi- 

 ness at 23€ Norti. Thirt'cnth street. 

 He had many warm f rii nds, who wore 

 exceedingly fond of him and alwa\s 

 looked forwar(". with pleasure; to his 

 \isits to thi ir ^-tore^ ur greenhouso. 

 Sometimes be wa= ae( omjianied by Mrs. 

 Wyatt and their xwo daughters. Their 

 l-u'cscnce ;iddcd *<i tr.-- jdi-a-ui-r of tin- 

 visits. 



Mr. Wyatt wa^ r. u ■ mi. r of manv 

 'Societies. ros<ibly -iii^ may exjdaii: 

 the fact that lie built up ;. strong bu'ii- 

 iiess in whnt was not o.-m-r.-illy siqiposer] 

 to bi' a goiid llowi'i- r',1 iul: borliood. 



The fiinera'. whi'-h \\:i- largely at 

 teii.li>d, loo]-; I'la- .' i"n'!ay, liiirmlio!- 

 '■. Tlh'i-e \\-. r- mail'- !•'.-; .I'ii'iil llowri^. 

 .Mr Wvrif -v :•- '■ ■■ - -- "f UC'-- 



I'hi:. 



William H Luttou. 



Willi.aia ]l. .. .;•> i; :.-,,ii.lrr ,,f the 

 Wiliinii: 11. l.,!i..i. <■,... ^-ri-i'uliou-^*' 

 builders. N- >', V'iri.. <:]• •! 'I'm'^diiy. 

 Xovemlnjr '_■ . .-li !:i- i.niiir ;it jJidge 

 wood, X. J., a^ tiie n -n't ot' an aali'mo 

 bile accident i,-ir!y in N'ovriiibcr. 



Mr. Luttoi! >v;.s bora in Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., forty-four years ago. He rei-eived 

 his early training in greenhouse heating 

 under tlie late S;imuel Burns, of Tiioinas 

 W. Weathered A- Sons fo., tmd in l!>0'> 



went into biiNim-ss for himself, ineor- 

 jiorating in lllH and i.-r\ing until re 

 i-eiitly as jirc'^idi-iit and ^nicral iii:i iiagor. 

 .Mr. l,utt(iii wa^ an iiob I'a I i;^.-i b|.- worker, 

 ;il\says on tin- ;ili-rt for m-w idr.-is' and 

 il^]l|•o\('ml'llt^; .'iiid because of Jiis ster 

 ling (pialities, ]ii-o;iressi\-eiir-s- and thor- 

 ough kiunvledge (d' his biisiin >s, enjoyed 

 an enviable rcjiuttit ion as one of tin- 

 foremost authorities on tho const met ion 

 .•ind heating of greenhouse,. 



Mr. Luttou is survived liy his wife 

 and daughter, his motlier, and six 

 l)rothcrs and sisters. The funeral was 

 !;irgely attended by his m.'iny friends 

 and brother member^ of the local lodge 

 No. 211, B. r. (). I-:., .brsev City, of 

 which he had been a pnpnlar member 

 for many years. I ntc-iini nt toid-c place 

 Saturday, Xo\-embi-r '_'7, in Hay \'ie\v 

 cemeterv', .Tersey City. 



J. W. Gurley. 



J. W. (iiiihy. for f\\<-l\e year^ in 

 the florists' trade at Newnan. Oa., die.l 

 at his home theie Octidier 20. Mr. Onr 

 |e\- x\a- well known ainonLT members of 



Wm. H. Luttou. 



the trade in fJeergia. lb- ii a \ i - a -.^if-- 

 and son. who are c-arryine ,,!i tin- bu>i- 

 ne>s. 



Julius Schumann 



.Iniiu- Sciininann, •'le^ ef tlie pieiietr 

 Ilori^ts ol' Newpni-t, i\\.. am! ui'll 

 known to iii.-t of III' older llo-i-t- ui 

 <;iiicinn:iti, <)., .Tn-d :-■ tie- aue ol 7.. 

 years at hi- amio-, on .\ i- \.-i i.di ia | ik^ . 

 Xcwport. Ky . Siiii,l:iy oi..rnin'^. N-- 

 \ embn -S. " l»ea'!i \> -i - 'i-a ;.. | n. a 

 nuiiiia, whicli was t In- ca-n ina' Oili '-f a a 



lilnc--.s ef no. re 1 1 t .se'-. - .-.t-. dnr 



ing the l.-ist f.-w Vi-.'.v- ■■■' '■•- h ' 1: I.- "■■- 

 praci ic.ilK- lielpl — 



Mr. Schirn.-inii '- e:ii i-\ ;■ - . ' ie- l! - 

 lists ' ioi^iio--- dal. - bai 1-. i.- .il-i>- t.l ' \ 

 vears. at whicli liaii 1.- -'.-irti : .i --a^a- 

 pl.ace .-it l!eile\l|.. Ky . |ii-' .ni-s ■'.■■ 

 riv er l r'un < 'iiici n nai i. • '.. a a^ re • r '■■ 

 moved te .Neu |...r! . I\\ .. en 1 Ic A ' "■: - 

 .-nidria jpiki . I'r'-v iea- lo l.e .; miIi ■• 

 h;id mit been act iv ■ la !-;i-'M -- f. ■ 

 about tweU'e \e-n--. L.r.inu b^ -n :•■!•' ed 

 to retire on ai-count ef hi> iliio --■. 

 The greenhouses wore, uj'en liis retire- 

 ment, turned over to his twa. sens, Wil 

 li.-mi ami Mdw.ard Schum.-iiin. wh" 

 conducted the jdace fer a feu ye:ir-. 



Later, WiUiam built a range of green 

 houses for himself immediately ailjoiii- 

 ing his f.-ither's jilace. The old estab- 

 lishment is now conducted by Schumann 

 ic Wahlers, his youngest sou and his 

 sonin-l.aw. The deceased is also sur- 

 \ised by a \\idow and two daughters. 

 At his wish, his body was cremated at 

 the Cincinnati Crematory, in Clifton. O. 



Mrs. Edward Leizman. 



.Mr- l-ahvard Leizman, of Latrobe. 

 I'a., die<l Friday evening, December 3, 

 after an illness' that had not loft her 

 since last fall. Mrs. Leizman had been 

 ill the retail florists' business in l>atrobe 

 I'or o\-er ten .vears. 



T. E. Johns. 



T. L. Johns, of Wi.xom, Mich., a di- 

 rector of the Sioux City Seed Co., Sioux 

 City, la., died December 7 at the old 

 family liomestead near that place. lie 

 was for manv years superintendent of 

 the pea ;uid bean growing business of 

 tlic Sioux City Seed Co. 'in Michigan, 

 with head()uarters at Millington, but 

 for the last few .years h;i<l lived a retired 

 life on the old family homestead. 



lie is survived by his brother, IT. A 

 .fohns. of Sioux Citv, and his nephews. 

 H. 1'.. .T<dins, of Millington, Mich., and 

 A\'. Yj. J(dins, of Sioux City, who are 

 actixe members of the company. He 

 w;is married in early life to Ijoretta 

 lie.al, who died many years ago. He was 

 b<jrn January '<. 184;", and raised on the 

 liomeste.'nl where he died. 



Mr. .lolms was a man of sterling in- 

 tegrity and deep-seated convictions, f)f 

 inde]Kndeiit mind and a lovable char 

 acter, highly lo\e(l and esteemed by his 

 ludghbor- and everyliody who came in 

 tour-h with his life. 



CinCAGO. 



The Market. 



There is no comjilaint as to the busi- 

 ness (if the Last week; it was excellent. 

 It is true, however, that the sjdendid 

 \()lume of shi]iping orders accounted for 

 a larger par^ of the total than it shoulil; 

 the local retail trade is not so active as 

 we would like to see it. 



It seems that the Chicago market is 

 I'oing specially faxored this season; 

 ]udces are not so high here as they are 

 reported to be at some other places, but 

 a larger number of buyers than ever be 

 fore :irt- drawing their cut flowers from 

 this center and ;ire maintaining a 

 -te.ady business of excelli.'iit volume. 



Weather comlitioiis last we(dv were 

 not .-i]! ih;it could be desired. There 

 Were warm days and wet ones, not at all 

 iMiiiiliji i\ e to m.'iint.aining the high qua! 

 i'v (it' -tecK t'or xvhiidi the season has 

 lean iiot.'d One and all, the tr;ide 

 !io|,i - fur ilear, eoh! w. .-uh-T frein now 

 1 i: 1 C'iri'-i mas. 



The mark.'t ha- bei-n cieaning up in 

 ■_'"im; -ili.'ipc e;i(-|; day, but of eour-e 

 .■-!,. re s-aeli 'jre.at quantities of slock are 



beii|;_' handled the iceboxes l|e\er are 



."ct'ially empty. Keeently they h:i'.-e 

 held few reses or carnations, but ([iiite 

 I few 1111111- at night. There .are qui'e 

 a 1' \v !;ite mams, this year, jirincip;i!!\ 

 Hei.."i Frick, niil they are not in such 

 str<in_' d'-iaand as might have been ex- 

 ]'i-i'ti-d. Apparently the puljlie has b-^en 

 surfcdted. On the other han<l, late jiom 

 pons still sell well. There never has 

 l>ecn a variety of greater value to the 



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