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JCNB IS, 1921 



The Florists^ Revkw 



23 



Frank J. Ritzenthaler. 



Frank J. Eitzcnthaler died Sunday, 

 June 5, at his home in Cleveland, O., 

 as the result of tuberculosis of certain 

 glands. Mr. Ritzenthaler was junior 

 partner in the Knoble Bros. Co., of 

 Cleveland, and a half brother of the 

 head of the company, Herman P. 

 Knoble. 



Mr. Ritzenthaler served in Company 

 G of the 331st Infantry during the war. 

 In April of 1918 he entered the service 

 and on June 3 of that year went over- 

 seas, where, at La Luze, he was made 

 a sergeant. 



He was a member of the American 

 Legion, the Cleveland Florists' Club, 

 the S. A. F., the Chamber of Industry, 

 the Yacht Club of Cleveland, the 

 Eagles and the Knights of Columbus. 



The funeral services were held at St. 

 Mary's church, Cleveland, June 8, 

 where the floral offerings were more 

 than 120 in number and the most beau- 

 tiful seen in the church in a long time. 

 Mr. Ritzenthaler is survived by his 

 mother, two sisters, Bertha M. Hawkins 

 and Ida M. Knoble, and three brothers, 

 Herman P., Otto C. and Joseph L. 

 Knoble. 



Charles Frederick Roepke. 



The death of Charles F. Roepke, pres- 

 ident of the Roepke Floral Co., of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., occurred June 4. 



Mr. Roepke was born in Weidersheim, 

 Germany, January 26, 1852, and came 

 to America in 1871, locating near Cum- 

 berland, Ind., where in 1876 he married 

 Miss Mary Koch. He moved to Indian- 

 apolis in 1887 and was street sprinkling 

 contractor for twenty years. He later 

 became a partner in the Roepke-Rieman 

 Floral Co., and when this partnership 

 was dissolved went into business with 

 his son, W^illiam F. The company 

 formed has been quite successful, with 

 him as president. 



The funeral services were held June 

 6 at the home, where many friends 

 came and where numerous floral trib- 

 utes were received. Surviving the de- 

 ceased are the widow and two children, 



Mrs. Bertha Fischer and William F. 

 Roepke, of Indianapolis. 



Mrs. Hannah Groves. 



Stricken with acute indigestion, Mrs. 

 Hannah Groves, who has been in busi- 

 ness at Atchison, Kan., since 1865, died 

 at her home in that city, June 2. 



Mrs. Groves and her husband came 

 from England in 1857, and in 1865 es- 

 tablished a greenhouse at Atchison. At 

 the time of Mr. Groves' death, in 1915, 

 the Groves Floral Co. was organized 

 and the business put actively in the 

 hands of the daughters of the family. 



Mrs. Groves is survived by eight 

 children and one brother, Thomas W. 

 Clinton, of Ireland) archdeacon of the 

 Episcopal church. 



Asa Lemon Myers. 



June 7 Asa L. Myers, 76 years of age, 

 senior member of the firm of Myers & 

 Co., Bluffton, Ind., died suddenly of 

 heart trouble, while transacting busi- 

 ness in the downtown section of the 

 city. 



Mr. Myers was born in Guernsey 

 county, Ohio, May 4, 1845, coming to 

 Indiana with his parents in 1861, where 

 the father engaged in the saw mill busi- 

 ness. In 1866 Mr. Myers married Miss 

 Analyza Luce and moved to Huntington 

 county, where he engaged in the lumber 

 business with his brother under the firm 

 name of Myers Bros. But they were 

 unfortunate in this venture, because fire 

 destroyed their mills a few years later. 

 In 1890 Mr. Myers went to Bluffton, 

 where he started a greenhouse. In 

 1902 he took his son, Dillon, into part- 

 nership under the firm name of Myers 

 & Son. This business has expanded 

 yearly and faces a prosperous future. 



Mr. Myers is survived by a widow 

 and five children, Orion F., of Detroit, 

 Mich.; Dillon, of Bluffton; Asa E., of 

 McMinnville, Ore.; Mrs. G. Shopbell, of 

 Wellington, Ore., and Mrs. Eleia 

 Schroder, of Bluffton. 



WiUiam Watson. 



William Watson, who for about 

 twenty-seven years was manager to 

 L. R. Russell, of Richmond, Surrey, 

 England, died May 26. He had been in 

 poor health for some time, and at the 

 Chelsea show suddenly collapsed and ex- 

 pired shortly afterwards without re- 

 gaining consciousness. He was 60 years 

 of age. 



James Gosden. 



James Gosden, who for more than 

 thirty years was head propagator for 

 James Veitch & Sons at their Coombe 

 Wood Nursery, died from blood-poison- 

 ing contracted through cutting his 

 thumb while trimming ivy, at Crawley, 

 Sussex, England, recently. He was in 

 his sixty-ninth year. 



Charles F. Roepke. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



The Rosendale Flower Shop, Sche- 

 nectady, N. Y., has added a Dodge de- 

 livery car of special design. Glass 

 panels run the entire length and the 

 slogan, "Say It with Flowers," is con- 

 spicuously lettered. Seen on the street 

 during the Memorial season. Proprietor 

 Henry Eberhardt felt justly proud of 

 the machine. 



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The Mohawk Greenhouses, Schenec- 

 tady, N. Y., made a big hit on Boston 

 ferns all through the season. Accord- 

 ing to Manager Matthews, it is a most 

 profitable plant to grow, never too laree 



Frank J. Ritzenthaler in the Army. 



in size or number. At tlio next meeting 

 of the Albany Florists' Club, President 

 Henry Eberhardt proposes to bring 

 grower and retailer in closer communion, 

 showing how and whert' the profits arc 

 made and what is the !)(\st means for 

 better mutual welfare. Manager Tom 

 Tracy, of the Albany Cut Flower Ex- 

 change, opines this is the brightest idea 

 in advanced cooperation. 



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E. V. B. Felthousen, Schenectady, 

 N. Y., is planning for the usual quota of 

 Boston ferns and chrysanthemums for 

 fall sales. The demand for bedding 

 stock wound up a satisfactory season. 



• • • • 



A tour among the plant growers of 

 Alb.any and Schenectady counties found 

 active preparations taking place for 

 fall demand. Fred Goldring is strong 

 on Boston ferns and bulbous stock. 

 Henkes Bros, have many azaleas and 

 primulas. Ericas, cyclamens and Ota- 

 heite oranges are in tiptop shape. The 

 usual number of chrysanthemums are 

 being planted. Some roses and carna- 

 tions in the field, together with hy- 

 drangeas, need rain badly. 



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Alexander Dallas, Inc.. Watorbury, 

 Conn., have enjoyed a good season, al- 

 though not in such volume as last year. 

 "We could hardly expect it," com- 

 mented W. Dallas, "and taking into 

 consideration general coinlitions, we are 

 well pleased and are planning to in- 

 crease for another year." Speaking of 

 the chrysanthumum midge, the plan 

 here is to dip the plants before setting 

 out. This seems to make tlioin immune. 



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Saxe & Floto and Ryan & Powers, 

 of Waterbury, Conn., are equally opti- 

 mistic as to the future of the business. 



W. M. 



