Mabch 10, 1921. 



The Florists^ Review 



43 



December 26, 1917, the couple cele- 

 brated their golden wedding anniver- 

 sary, which was a notable event in and 

 around Baltimore. 



Mrs. Vincent was as completely ab- 

 sorbed in the growing of flowers as was 

 her husband. Following their marriage 

 they started a flower shop together. At 

 that time a small greenhouse, 15i|55 

 feet, was erected. It was heated by 

 flues. Indomitable perseverance, fa- 

 vored by rugged health and continued 

 happiness, won for the couple satisfac- 

 tion and prosperity. Today the Vin- 

 cent establishment embraces 250 acres 

 of fertile soil and the modest little 

 greenhouse has grown to .300,000 feet 

 of glass. 



Almost every grower is acquainted 

 with the E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., of 

 which Mr. Vincent is the head. Mr. 

 Vincent is also president of the Amer- 

 ican Dahlia Society, ex-president of the 

 Society of American Florists, as well as 

 being president of the Mutual Fire In- 

 surance Co., of Baltimore. 



Surviving Mrs. Vincent are three 

 sons, Richard, Thomas and John, Vin- 

 cent, one daughter, Li la, seventocu 

 grandchildren and several great-graiid- 

 children. The funeral was lield Thurs- 

 day, March 10, with burial at Fbenezer 

 cemetery. Chase, Md. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Market conditions here are irregular. 

 A day of unusual demand is followed by 

 one of quiet. Prices naturally fluctuate 

 to some degree. Roses have remained 

 steady, although the supply has been 

 large. Carnations have been change- 

 able, although the latter part of the 

 week was a little more §teady than the 

 first. 



A good supply of sweet peas is on 

 hand, but the stems are too short for 

 anything except funeral work. The de- 

 mand for these has been slow. Calla 

 lilies are plentiful and funeral work 

 keeps these moving fairly well. 



Bulbous stock is in evidence, with 

 daffodils, jonquils and Paper Whites the 

 most popular. Freesias are still seen, 

 but have deteriorated in quality. 



Other offerings include forget-me- 

 nots, calendulas, mignonette, pansies, 

 orchids and lilies of the valley. Pussy 

 willows are in demand for use in 

 baskets. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held at 

 Portland, Ind., March 1, at the estab- 

 lishment of W. Frank & Sons. The 

 meeting was well attended, considering 

 tlie location of tlie meeting place, 

 thirty-nine mcnihers being present. 



Alfred Warner, of Noblesville, was 

 elected to membership and Joe Sclioey, 

 of Indianapolis, Fred SteinnieycT and 

 Ed Siehrecht, of Marion, and .T. Hill- 

 man, of Cumberland, were proposed for 

 membership. 



Professor Brown, of Purdue Univer- 

 sity, gave an interesting report of in- 

 vestigations in regard to the dropping 

 of sweet pea buds. 



President Ilitz appointed the follow- 

 ing program committee to provide the 

 entertainment at each meeting: A. F. 

 J. Baur, chairman; Oscar Carlstedt and 

 ^Morris Marer. 



The following committee was also 

 appointed to investigate the coal situ- 

 ation, particularly in regard to the 



Mrs. Richard Vincent, Jr., and Her Husband. 



market and the correct time to buy: 

 Leu Elder, chairman; Bert Hit/, and 

 Herman Young. 



The meeting was of short diiratidii, on 

 account of the limited time. A splendid 

 dinner had been prepared by the ladies 

 of one of tlie cluirches, to which justice 

 was done. 



Considerable time was spent visiting 

 the well kept establishment of W. 

 Frank & Sons. This firm won botli the 

 rose and carnation trophies at the an- 

 nual meeting of the Indiana State Flo- 

 rists' Association. Needless to say, 

 their stock was in fine condition,, espe- 

 cially their carnations, which were of 

 unusual quality. 



The majority of those present at the 

 gathering found it necessary to leave 

 early on account of the long distance 

 from home. 



Various Notes. 



J. T. Turner and (ilen Moore, of Rusli- 

 ville, Ind., and Mr. Ellis, of Blooming- 

 ton, Ind., were in tlie city last week on 

 ;i buying expedition. 



Otto Kieman, of the firm of Hartje 

 & Polder, who was seriously injuri'd by 

 ;ni antoiiiobile some time sigo, is able 

 to be u]i and about again. 



The McDonald Floral Co.. of ("raw 

 fordsville, has been purch.-ised by A. 1'. 

 Morris and C. W. .lack, owners of the 

 Morris & Jack Lettuce Farm. Besides 

 having a vast ;iiii()unt of jiractical and 

 scientific exj>erienct>, Mr. .lack has been 

 a teacher of science and agriculture in 

 the Crawfordsville high school and had 

 supervision of the w;ir garden work 

 there under the direction of rnrduc 

 University. Mr. Morris is vice-jiresi- 

 dent of the Vegetable Growers' Asso- 

 ciation of Indi.ana. 



Arno H. Nehrliiig, fonmr president 



of the McDonald Floral Co.. after a 

 short visit with his parents in Florida, 

 will go to Ithaca, N. V.. where he will 

 have charge of the coiiiiiK'rcial course 

 in floriculture at Cornell University. 

 The institution lias allowed $200,000 

 for carrying on the work of this de- 

 part luent. Mr. Xchrling is ;i graduate 

 of the Missouri Botanical Cardeii and 

 the Sliaw School of Botany. He was 

 forine^rly assistant in the floriculture 

 course at the University of Illinois, 

 where he had charge of the green- 

 houses. 



Herbert Tons, of Fort Wayne, for- 

 merly with W. J. Ac M. S. Vesey, is now 

 with Temperley 's. 



The Florists' Supply House recently- 

 received a large sliipnieiit of southern 

 <l;iffodils from Louisiana that were 

 ship])ed with a c;irload of strawberries. 

 Thev came througli in excellent condi- 

 tion'. K. K. T. 



Xenia, O. — The Jamestown Floral 

 Co.. at .lamestown, ()., recently sold its 

 est.ablishment to Floyd .\nderson and 

 son. of this city. The business will be 

 conducted in the future under the name 

 of the Anderson & Son (ireeiilnmses. 



Port Allegany, Pa.— That the Fort 

 Allegany Greenhouses lia\e increased 

 their Inisiness tremendously over last 

 year is evident from the fact that the 

 receipts of December and January were 

 more than double those fif the same 

 months of any jirevious year in the 

 firm's history. Ihe unusually mild 

 weather has favored growing, but they 

 ;ire unable to meet the extremely heavy 

 demand in either cut flowers or plants. 

 M. E. G. Ventres and G. E. I>arson are 

 the proprietors. Mr. Larson has just re- 

 centlv been taken into the firm. 



