FEBBnART 24, 1921- 



The Florists^ Review 



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member of the Unitarian Laymen's 

 Leagrue. 



Funeral services were held February 

 18 at the temple of Mount Auburn ceme- 

 tery, which was crowded to the doors. 

 The pallbearers represented the different 

 organizations to which the deceased had 

 belonged. J. K. M. L. Farquhar repre- 

 sented the Horticultural Club. There 

 was a wealth of beautiful floral tributes. 

 Mr. Scorgie is survived by a widow and 

 three daughters. W. N. C. 



Fhineas £. Orapo. 



Phineas E. Crape, for a number of 

 years superintendent of the estate of 

 Samuel P. Colt, president of the United 

 States Eubber Co., at Bristol, R. I., died 

 at his home in the adjoining town of 

 Warren a few days ago, as a result of 

 a hemorrhage of the brain, from which 

 he suffered three days preceding his 

 death and from which he never regained 

 consciousness. He was born at Fall 

 River, Mass., November 4, 1861, and is 

 survived by two sons and a daughter, 

 his wife having died last spring. 



VV. H. M. 



John J. B. Hatfield. 



John J. B. Hatfield, an lionorary mem- 

 ber of the Indiana State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, died at his home at Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., February 19, at the age of 

 89 years. Mr. Hatfield was ii civilian 

 employee for the government and held 

 the position of master armorer at the 

 old arsenal, at Indianapolis, during all 

 the years the latter was maintained. 



He was a remarkable biologist, hav- 

 ing made his own microscope, which he 

 used in liis investigations. He had 

 charge of the greenhouses and grounds 

 of the arsenal and, during his time, it 

 was one of the show places of tlic citv. 



E. E. T." 



Mrs. Laura A. Norman. 



Mrs. Laura A. Norman, mother of 

 T. R. Norman, well known nurseryman, 

 of P.ninesvillc, O., died February 14, at 

 her home on Park road, Painesville. 

 Mrs. Norman was 81 years of age and 

 was higlily esteemed by all who knew 

 her. The funeral was held Wednesday, 

 February 16, and the floral tributes 

 were many and beautiful. Interment 

 was at Evergreen cemetery. T. J. M. 



William O. Stran. 



William O. Stran, a member of the 

 Baltimore trade since early boyhood, 

 died last week following a lingering ill- 

 ness. Although he was not connected 

 with the trade at the time of his dciith, 

 he had been until illness forced him to 

 give up his business. For a number of 

 years he was connected with the Philij) 

 B. Welsh range, at Waverly, Md. Dur- 

 ing the last few years he had been liv- 

 ing in Anne Arundel county. Althougli 

 he was in his early forties, he had been 

 connected with the florists' business 

 since his childhood and \v;is considered 

 an "old-timer." 



He is survived bv his widow iind se\ - 

 eral children. Tlic funeral wns held 

 Thursday, Fe])ruary 17. 



Conrad Stahl. 



Conrad Stahl, for a number of years a 

 florist at Spring Valley, N. Y., came to 

 his death in a peculiar way, February 7. 

 A short time ago his daughter, Meca, 

 presented him with a new shaving brush. 

 He used it for the first time Friday, 

 February 4. While shaving he cut his 

 face. The next day his face swelled 



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Peter Reinberg. 



badly and two jihysicians were unable 

 to diagnose the disease. He died Mon 

 day morning, February 7. It is believed 

 the brush contained anthrax genus. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



iiMial style week. March 7 to 115. This 

 i,'eiu'i-:illy creates an extra demand for 

 (lowers and greens and a great many 

 spring j)lants in boxes are used for win- 

 dow decoration. P. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Stock has been coining in iriore |ilenti- 

 fully last week. There was an abundnnce 

 of freeaias and other bulbous stock, 

 such as tulii)s, daffodils :ind hyacinths. 

 X'iolets, likewise, were (luite jilentiful. 

 Roses ;ind carnations were nbout e(|u;il 

 to the (leniand. f'alla lilies were jtlen- 

 tifulj tint Easter lilies were still some 

 what limited. Business on an average 

 was fair throughout the we(>k. Ship 

 l>ing business was exce])tionally gooil. 



There is a fine lot of sweet peas com- 

 ing in, in many varieties and colors. 

 With most growers sweet ]ieas are com- 

 ing into crop now. 



There is a quantity of ]Mit plants on 

 the market, ]>riinulas. cinerarias and 

 cyclamens, and also large quantities of 

 bulbous stock in jiaiis ami lioxc^s. De 

 mand is good. 



Various Notes. 



Richard llaentze, ]iresident of the 

 Wisconsin State Florists' Association, 

 was a visitor last week. 



The merchants her(> will lia\e tlieir 



Club Meeting. 



At a well attended meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society, 

 held in Pembroke hall. February 9, Alex 

 Michie, John Power, Daniel Conn, Her- 

 bert Bull, Frank Kyle, Tony Aguilano 

 and .lohn Kennedy were elected to 

 active meuibership. Frank Watson, 

 .fesse Frampton and Thomas Meech 

 were appointed by President Goonan to 

 judge the exhibits. Jack Everitt 

 showed a fine pot of freosias, which 

 were of jireat interest to the members. 



Harry .lones and John Grifiin resigned 

 as active members. The annual dinner 

 of tlie society will be held March 15. 

 The committee on the tulij) show re- 

 jiorted jirogress. A. Hi-rrington, of 

 Madison, N. J., spoke on the coming in- 

 ternational flower show at New York, 

 in March. 



Exhibits for the Maich !• meeting will 

 !)(> ]>ots of tuli|is, twelve sjiikes of an- 

 tinliinuins and three heads of cauli- 

 lluwcr. .Art Inn- ('ook. Cor. Sec 'v. 



