Dkcembbk IC, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



Erford L. Page. 



Erford L. Page, former president of 

 the American Seed Trade Association, 

 died Thursday, December 9, at his home 

 in Greene, N. Y. Mr. Page entered the 

 seed business in January, 1886. Then a 

 student at Cornell University, the death 

 of his father necessitated his manage- 

 ment of affairs in his father's store. 

 At the age of 21, Mr. Page was at the 

 head of the largest general store in the 

 country town of Greene. When 23 

 years of age, he married Cornelia J. 

 Eussell, daughter of "William F. Eus- 

 sell, of the banking firm of Eussell & 

 Juliand. 



About 1901 Mr. Page entered the 

 seed business on a large scale and organ- 

 ized the Page Seed Co. He extended 

 this business and made it a conspicuous 

 success. He was elected president of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 in 1910. Mr. Page''had been president 

 of the municipal board of the town of 

 Greene and was a trustee in the Con- 

 gregational church. He was a man of 

 executive ability, conservative and pru- 

 dent in management, and during his 

 business career was identified with the 

 best things in business practice. 



In addition to his forming and build- 

 ing up the Page Seed Co., Mr. Page or- 

 ganized the Page-Phillips Seed Co., To- 

 ledo, C, which he later sold to the 

 manager. He was one of the principal 

 owners of the Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., 

 at Gilroy, Cal. 



The funeral was held Sunday, Decem- 

 ber 12, at the home, on North Chenango 

 street, Greene, N. Y., Eev. G. E. Foster, 

 of the Congregational church, and Eev. 

 A. A. Bresee, of the Episcopal church, 

 ofl5ciating. Mr. Page is survived by his 

 wife and two sons; one, Joseph E. Page, 

 is connected with the Page Seed Co. and 

 the other, Lyman A. Page, is attending 

 Cornell University. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Prospect.-; for Christinas are none too 

 bright. The dark weather has retarded 

 stock to a considerable extent. Flowers 

 are not joining into bloom as has been 

 anticipated, sweet peas are dropping 

 their buds and carnations are opening 

 extremely slowly. Christmas plants, 

 too, have been held back. 



Eoses are scarce, with prices ranging 

 from $6 to $35 per hundred. Carnations 

 are not appearing in any large quanti- 

 ties. The price has been from $6 to $8, 

 but predictions are that these will rise 

 to $8 and $10 within a few days. Christ- 

 mas prices will be considerably higher. 



Lilies are rare. A few local growers 

 have some for their own use, but none 

 are reaching the commission merchants. 



Sweet peas are a little more abundant, 

 but the price remains at $3 per hundred. 

 A few pompon chrysanthemums still 

 linger and sell well. 



Paper Whites have been a welcome 

 addition and move well at from $4 to $6 

 per hundred. Stevia is in such heavy 

 <1emand that the supply is inadequate. 



Association Meeting. 



The December meeting of the Indiana 



Erford L. Page. 



State Florists' Association was held at 

 the store of the Smith & Young Co., 

 Tuesday evening, December 7. In the 

 absence of Anders Easmussen and Her- 

 man Junge, Irwin Bertermann presided. 



Three new members were elected at 

 this meeting: Carl Eienian, Indian- 

 apolis; E. A. McKernan, Knightstown, 

 and C. F. Coffey, Kokomo. Mr. Oberg, 

 of Wabash, Ind., was proposed for mem- 

 bership. 



Secretary 0. E. Steinkanip gave a re- 

 port on the contemplated floriculture 

 course at Purdue University. A con- 

 ference will be held December 18 with 

 Mr. Simpson, of Vincennes, Ind., who is 

 is on the advisory committee on state 

 institutions. An appropriation from the 

 legislature will be the first requisite. 

 After it is obtained a course will be 

 mapped out by Professor Laurenz 

 Green, the head of the horticultural 

 work at Purdue University, and Otto 

 Xehrling, of Crawfordsville, who will 

 represent the Indiana State Florists' 

 Association. 



The next meeting will be the annual 

 meeting and will be held Tuesday, 

 .Tanuary 11, the place to be announced 

 later. 



Tlie following committee was ap- 

 pointed to assist in arranging the pro- 

 cram for the annual meeting: Oscar 

 Carlstcdt. Tom Hepler and E. E. Tem- 

 perley. The committee appointed to 

 audit the year's books was: Mr. War- 

 ner, Edwin Morner and Otto Lawrenz. 



Since there was practically no new 

 business, that part of the meeting was 

 soon over and most of the evening was 

 spent socially. Eefreshments were 

 served by the hosts. 



Various Notes. 



While on his way home from work 

 Otto Eieman was struck by an automo- 

 bile and was seriously injured. 



Herman Junge is greatly improved. 



He was able to make two trips to the 

 city last week. 



Baur & Steinkanip 's new white car- 

 nation. Harvester, scored 93 points at 

 Chicago. At the Mid-west Horticultural 

 Exposition at Council Bluffs, la., re- 

 cently, tJieir new chrysanthemum. 

 Thanksgiving Pink, scored 96 points. 



Glen Moore, of Eushville, called on 

 the trade last week. Mr. Warner, of 

 Meikel & Warner, Noblesville, Ind., was 

 in the city recently, gathering up Christ- 

 mas stock. E. E. T. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Tlie market is experiencing the usual 

 lull tliat precedes the storm. Continued 

 dark weather has still further reduced 

 the supply and the approach of Christ- 

 mas has had the customary effect of 

 taking people's thoughts from flowers 

 and occupying their attention with ac- 

 tivities which do not call for the use of 

 flowers. It has been stated by some 

 observers that half the flowers produced 

 are used for funerals — and that would 

 be something like the measure of the 

 present volume of business compared to 

 what was doing a few weeks ago. Ship- 

 ping is much more active than city 

 trade, which is brisk only now and then. 

 It is noticed that the stores with high- 

 class trade are holding up to recent 

 standards much better than are the 

 stores in the workingmen's sections of 

 the city. The well-to-do seem to be 

 spending more freely again, while the 

 wage-earners are tightening up — the 

 latter is especially noticeable in the 

 average size of the orders for funeral 

 work. As one retailer put it, "a year 

 ago they didn't wait for their change; 

 now they don't bring anything but 

 change with them." 



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