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The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Erloid L. Page. 



I'irl'ord 1.. i';it;c. former j)resi(i('nt of 

 the Ameriiaii Kued Trade Associatidii, 

 died Tliursday, Decoiiiber [), at his iiome 

 iu (ircene, N. Y. Mr. Page entered tlie 

 seed business in .January, 188G. Then a 

 stuilent at «_'orncll University, tiie death 

 of liis fatlier necessitatrd his nianage- 

 nient of .alfairs in liis father's store. 

 At the age of L'l, Mr. J'agc was at tlie 

 liead of the largest general store iu the 

 country town of Cirecne. When 'S.) 

 vear.s of age, lie niarrieil Cornelia J. 

 Russell, daughter of William F. Kus 

 sell, of the banking ilriii (if Russell \' 

 .Juliand. 



About l!'(il Mr. I'age entered the 

 seed busiiHss ('n a large soale and organ- 

 ized the Page Seed Co. He extended 

 this business and ni.'tde it a consjjictious 

 success. He was cliited j)resident of 

 tlie Anieriian Seed Traile Association 

 in 1910. Mr. Page had been president 

 of the municipal lioard of the town of 

 Greene and was a trustc' m the Con- 

 gregati()nal church. lie was a man of 

 executive ability, conservative and pru 

 dent in ni:inagemi'nt. and during his 

 business career w.as identitied \vith tin 

 best things in business practiee. 



In addition \o his forming and build 

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

 yauized the Pagc-Pbillips Seed Co., To- 

 ledo, (J., whicli he later sold to the 

 manager. lie was (vue of the jirincipai 

 owners of the Pieter'- Wheeler Seed Co.. 

 at Gilroy. Cal. 



The funeral was^ iield Sunday. Decem- 

 ber 1", at the home, on N'Mrth Chenangi' 

 street, Greene, N. Y.. Rev. G. R. Foster, 

 of the Congreg.'ttional church, and Kev. 

 A. A. Bresee, of the Episcopal church, 

 officiating. Mr. Page is survived l\v his 

 wife and t\v(i suns; one. .losejih K. Page, 

 is connected with the P;ige Seed Co. ami 

 the other, Lyman V. P;ige, is attendini; 

 < 'oiiiell Pnivei'sit^'. 



INDLAJ^JAPOLIS, IND 



The Market. 



Pro>.[iect- i'(rr • 'liristm.'is are none ton 

 iiright. The dark weatlu r has retarded 

 stuck to a '(insiderable extent. Flower'^ 

 ■ire n(jt «on ing iute blwin ;is has been 



.■lilt icipate.j '-weet peas are dfojijiing 



their buds and caiuatiens are epeuiiig 

 extremely slowly. Christmiis pdants, 

 too, have been held back. 



Roses are s.aicc, with jiriec s rimgiag 

 from $G t(; 'f:;.", per hundred. (•:iruatioiis 

 are not apfnaiiiig in any l;irge quanti- 

 ties. The pii. e iiiis been" from .■j^tj to $'<, 

 I'Ut ]irediet iniiM ar" that llii'>e will rise 

 to $8 and .'rlo witliiu a few days. Christ- 

 mas jirices will be .■(nisiderably higher. 



Lilies are rare. A few liMal growers 

 lia\e some for their own use, but none 

 ire reaching the commission merchants. 



Sweet j'C.'is are a little more abundant, 

 but the jiriee remains at $;i per hundred. 

 A few jionifion chrysanthemums still 

 linger and sell well. 



Paper Whites have been a welcome 

 addition and move well at from $4 to $6 

 per hundred. Ste .-ia is in such heavy 

 demand thar the supjdy is inadequate. 



Association Meeting. 



The Decf mher meeting of the Indiana 



Erford L. Page. 



.'-^tate Florists' .Vs.xiciat ion was held at 

 the store of the Smith 6c Y'ouug Co., 

 Tuesday evening, l)ecemlier 7. In the 

 .■ibsence of Anders Rasmussen and Ilcr- 

 iiiaii Junge, Irwin Berterm.'inn presided. 



Three'new meinbers were elected at 

 this meeting: Ciil Rieiiian, Indian- 

 apidis; K. A. McK'-rnan. Kiiiglitstowii. 

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

 of Wabasli. Iiid.. u;is propcs,.,! for mem 

 bership. 



Secretary (). I], Sfeiiikaiiip L;a\e a re- 

 port on the coiiteiiiplateii floriculturi' 

 ■■ourse at Piir<liie I'niversity. A con 

 ference will be held Itecetnber IS with 

 Mr. Simpson, l'l' \'iiu (lilies, IioL. who i> 

 is oil the ad\i>or\ .-01011111 tee i.|i -late 

 institutions, .\ii appro]. riatioii iroin the 

 legislature will be the tirst requisite. 

 .\fter it is iibt.^iin.d a course will br 

 mapped (.ut l.\' Proi'i'ss,,r Laiu'cii/ 

 Green, the liiioi of ih(^ lioil icultiira 1 

 wurk at Purdm I'liix. r-it\, aii.l (Hto 

 Xehrliug. of ' i-awi'or.lsN- jllc . wlio wil' 

 .■e[.re>ent til.' lii.li;iu;i .s^t-it.' l'!..risti- ' 

 .\sso(»iation. 



The next meeting: wi'.l be the annual 

 meeting ami will !..■ lieM Tii.'s.i.'ix'. 

 .Iniiii.'iry 11. tlie pl.o-'* :.. I..' ,1 inn.ini.'.'.l 

 later. 



Tile followili;^ .-..11111111 t.. \\:is .ip 



i'oiiite.l t"o assi-t in avi'.-i ii::iiiL: ti..- pr.. 

 L'r.'iiu for 'he aniiii;il iiie.t In l;: (1s.-;m- 

 • 'arlstrdt. Tom llepler .aiel I'.. F, Tein- 

 perley. The . omiiiittee a|.[i(>iiit.'.| t.> 

 audit the \e,ir"s books was: Mr. W;ir- 

 iier. Edwin Morner and Otto Lawrenz. 

 Since there was jiractically no new 

 business, that jiart of the imHting w:is 

 soon oxer md most of the evening was 

 spent socially. Refreshments were 

 served hv the hosts. 



Various Notes. 



While on his ■way home from work 

 Otto Rieman was struck by an automo- 

 bile and was seriously injured. 



Herman .Tunge is greatly improved. 



He was able to maki' two tri[)s to the 

 city last week. 



Baur & Stein kamp's new white car- 

 nation, Harvester, scored l),'{ jioints at 

 I'hicago. At the .\I id-west Horticultural 

 Fxj.ositiou at <'oiincil Bluffs, la., re- 

 .•eiillv. their new chrysantheniuiii, 

 Thaiik>gi\ing Pink, scoreil !)(j p(dnts. ' 



(lien Moore, ot' Riisli\ille. called on 

 'lo tra.le last week. Mr. Warner, of 

 -Meik.l \ Warner. Xoblesville. Ind., was 

 ill the eit \ recently, gathering u|) (.'lirist- 

 iii.-is stn,-|., . ].;, ]■] 7 



CHICAGO 



The Market. 



Tie- market is e\ |.erieiu-iiig tin- usual 

 lull th.-it pre. -eil, s 1 ho storm. Continued 

 .l;irk woatloM- ha-, •^tiil further reduced 

 the MipplN- :iiol til" :ippro;ii-li of Christ- 

 mas lias ha. I the customary effect of 

 taking ]ieople 's thought- from flowers 

 and oecupying thoii- ;iti,.ntioii with ac- 

 ti\ities whieh .lo noi call i(.r the use of 

 tlowers. Tr has bi.on st.ated by some 

 observers tli;it half the tlowers produced 

 are used l..r fiiii.ials-— ami tli;i! wouM 

 be something like the measure of the 

 present \..|ii!iie i.f bu-iiiess eomp:ired to 

 what wa- doing a f. '\ weeks a;:o. Sliip- 

 I'Iiil: is miiri: iiior.' :ieti\c th.-iti city 

 tr:ide. whi.'h is brisk only now .md thei'i. 

 It is n..tic.'.| thaf the sfo,.'- with high 

 class tr:iiie are hoMmg up 10 recent 

 standards mii.-h b.lt.r than are the 

 stores in the workiiigmen 's sections of 

 the city. Th(^ well-to-do seem lo be 

 sjiending more freely again, while the 

 w.'ige earners are tightening uji — the 

 latter is es[iecially noticeable in the 

 aver.-ige size of the orders for funeral 

 work. As one retailer put it, "a vear 

 ago they didn't wait for their chaiigo; 

 now they don't l>ring anything but 

 idinnge with them, " 



I ('..iitinnci .in |>UKe 10, 1 



