November 3, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



29 



E. F. Ball. 



E. F. Ball, for the Last fifteen years 

 manager of the commission box depart- 

 ment of C. C. Morse & Co., San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., (lied October 22 at his home 

 in San Francisco. 



Before becoming associated with C. C. 

 Morse & Co., Mr. Ball had charge of the 

 commission box business of E. J. Bowen. 

 Mr. Bowen was the pioneer in the com- 

 mission box business on the Pacific 

 coast and was an uncle of Lem W. 

 Bowen, president of D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Joseph Wettle. 



The sudden death of Joseph Wettle, 

 one of the oldest gardeners of Louis- 

 ville, Ky., was a shock to his friends. 

 It occurred October 25, as the result of 

 a heart attack. 



Mr. Wettle, as a young man, went to 

 work for the old firm of Eompen & Mar- 

 ret and remained with the firm for sev- 

 eral years. After this he worked as a 

 private gardener for several lots in Cave 

 Hill cemetery. For years he was con- 

 nected with the cemetery, but he left 

 there five years ago to go on the estate 

 of Thruston Ballard. lie was gardener 

 on this estate when E. W. Bingham 

 bought the place. Mr. Wettle stayed 

 there until several months ago, when 

 he was forced to give up work on ac- 

 count of his health. E. G. R. 



H. J. Champion. 



H. J. Champion, a highly esteemed 

 and prominent nurseryman of Perry, O., 

 passed away at his home Wednesday, 

 October 26. His death came after a 

 long and painful illness. 



Mr. Champion was a resident of Perry 

 many years and was one of the owners 

 of the nurseries of H. J. Champion & 

 Son, a widely known company. He was 

 also a member of the G. A. R. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 home Friday afternoon, October 28. 

 The funeral was largely attended by 

 relatives and friends. The many floral 

 tributes were silent tokens of the esteem 

 in which Mr. Champion was held. 



Mr. Champion is survived by his wife 

 and two daughters, Mrs. T. B. West and 

 Mrs. A. M. Thompson. A son, Arthur N. 

 Champion, manager of the Champion 

 nurseries, also survives. T. J. M. 



David S. Chapin. 



David S. Chapin, of Chicago, died 

 after an operation at Augustana hospi- 

 tal. His remains were interred at Oak- 

 woods cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. Sev- 

 eral years ago Mr. Chapin formulated 

 Ajax glazing ccniont and had since sold 

 it quite extensively throughout the 

 country. He also jjcrfccted a special 

 filling gun and only three days before 

 his death was granted a jiatent on an 

 apparatus for applying glazing cement 

 with compressed air. Mr. Chapin is sur- 

 vived by a widow and three adult chil- 

 dren. The business will be carried on as 

 M. S. Chapin & Co. 



Patrick Hayes. 



Patrick Hayes, a well known gar- 

 dener in the summer residential colony 

 of Newport, R. I., died suddenly at his 

 home on Simmons street, that citv, Sat- 



urday evening, October 22, after an ill- 

 ness of only a few hours. He was ap- 

 parently as well as usual, during the 

 morning, but early in the afternoon he 

 was stricken by a shock and he expired 

 during the evening. 



He was a resident of Newport for 

 many years and had been employed as 

 assistant and head gardener on a num- 

 ber of the larger estates, although for 

 the last few years he had been in the 

 employ of the city. Three sons, Daniel 

 F., John F. and Patrick J. Hayes, and 

 two daughters, Mrs. William F. Loner- 

 gan and Mrs. Richard Ryeberg, survive 

 him. . W. H. M. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



With practically all outside flowers 

 cut off through frost, excepting cosmos, 

 the market shows some improvement, 

 but business is spasmodic. October 27 

 and 28 were good days, but, strangely 

 enough, the business of October 29 was 

 exceptionally jwor. Retailers report 

 that transient trade is away off in vol- 

 ume, and necessarily is given considera- 

 tion when buying stock. 



Chrysanthemums now dominate the 

 market, arriving in avalanches. The 

 midseason varieties are well on crop, and 

 some of the late varieties, such as Bon- 

 naffon, are making an appearance. Sin- 

 gles and pompons are in large supply, 

 but move fairly well at from 25 cents to 

 $1 per bunch. The larger sorts move 

 rather slowly at $8 to $50 per hundred. 



Roses are in good supply and the 

 quality is excellent. American Beauty 

 is meeting a little better demand, and 

 prices have advanced somewhat since 

 last quotations, stock now moving 

 within a range of $25 to $60 per hun- 

 dred, with a few selected flowers bring- 

 ing $75 per hundred. 



Hybrid teas are meeting a fair de- 

 mand at about $2 to $25 per hundred, 

 the latter for stock approaching cxhi- 

 1)ition quality. 



Cattleyas are plentiful, but meet only 

 a slow demand .at $50 to $100 per hun- 

 dred. Cypripediums bring $3 to $6 per 

 dozen, and oncidiums $4 to $6 per hun- 

 dred. 



While lilies are a little more plenti- 

 ful, yet, with a better demand 'for them, 

 prices are maintained at $20 to $25 per 

 hundred. Lily of the v.alley is plentiful 

 and prices are a little stronger, $6 per 

 hundred now being obtained for the best 

 grade. 



Carnations /ire more plentiful, and 

 flowers .are showing lietter color and 

 stem. The price range is $2 to $4 per 

 hundred. 



The supply of miscellaneous flowers is 

 much reduced. There are now available 

 cosmos, snapdragons, cornflowers, bou- 

 v.ardia, pansies, a few inside-grown 

 asters, deljihiniums and violets, the lat- 

 ter of ])oor ((uality and unquotable in 

 price. 



Various Notes. 



Several of the New York friends of 

 Samuel S. Pennock, Philadelphia, presi- 

 dent-elect of the S. A. F., are arranging 

 to honor him with a reception and din- 

 ner .at the Hotel Pennsylvania Friday 

 evening, November 4. Mr. Pennock, 

 who has been representing the American 

 Friends' Service Committee in Germany 

 for the past nine months, will arrive on 

 the S. S. Orbita November 4, .and by 

 radiogram has accepted the invitation 



of a committee having the function in 

 charge, the chairin.an of which is Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson, and the secret.ary, John 

 Young. 



P. F. McKee, president of the Amer- 

 ican Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago, is 

 in New York on business in connection 

 with the company's office here. 



In a list of companies liaving in- 

 creased their capital stock last week, 

 was the name of Trepel Florist, Brook- 

 lyn, with an increase from $10,000 to 

 ,$100,000. 



Edward E. Bruggerhoff, of 1125 Lex- 

 ington avenue, has filed a petition in 

 b.ankruptcy, listing liabilities of $20,212 

 and no assets. The principal creditor 

 is the National P.ark bank, $18,712, lia- 

 bility as endorser for .1. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., seedsmen, now in bankruptcy. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held in the En- 

 gineering Societies ' building, 25 West 

 Thirty-ninth street, Mondaj* evening, 

 November 14. At this meeting the com- 

 mittee on nominations will present the 

 names of its candidates for election to 

 office at the December meeting. 



Several in the trade journeyed to 

 Morristown, N. J., October 27 and 28, 

 to attend the annual flower show of the 

 Morris County Horticultural Society. 

 The exhibits are said to have shown the 

 usual excellence seen at this show. 



The fall show of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York, cooperating with the 

 Garden Club of America, opens in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 November .S, and continues until No- 

 vember 6. The nineteenth annual exhi- 

 bition of the American Institute opens 

 in the Engineering Societies' building, 

 25 West Thirty-ninth street, November 

 9 to 11. Some fine exhibits are expected 

 to be staged at this show. The show of 

 the Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 opens November 2 to 4. 



J. H. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is no complaint as to the vol- 

 ume of business in the Chicago mar- 

 ket — there are plenty of orders to keep 

 everybody, if not always on the jump, 

 at least comfortably busy — but prices 

 .are so low the returns are not what 

 they should be. Large quantities of 

 good stock have been sold much below 

 the market for no other reason than 

 that the seller fe.ared to let the buyer 

 try elsewhere, lest he never come back. 

 The reason for the overstocked condi- 

 tion of the market lies, not in lack of 

 demand, l)ut in unseason.ably warm 

 weather. The condition is likely to 

 ch.ange suddenly if we get the other 

 swing of the we.ather pendulum. 



The chrys.anthemum now dominates, 

 the market. The local season is in full 

 swing. There is a Large supply in all 

 colors. Richmond is the best yellow and 

 the one principally seen. Chieftain is 

 abundant .and pojjular because of the 

 type the public prefers. Whites are 

 legion. Most of the flowers are of the 

 small to medium sizes and prices have 

 fallen with the increased supply. The 

 only buyer who has any trouble 

 finding what he wants at a price he can 

 afford to pay is the man who wants 

 fancy exhibition flowers. Most of the 

 growers have given up trying for a 

 profit on this class of mums and there 



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