NOTBMBUB 17, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



49 



Emilie Trednp. 



The death of Emilie Tredup took place 

 at the family home, 2619 East Seventy- 

 fifth street, Chicago, on the morning of 

 November 10, funeral services being 

 held at the home and subsequently at 

 Immanuel Lutheran church, in South 

 Chicago, November 12, with interment 

 at Mount Greenwood cemetery. 



Mrs Tredup was the wife of Malte 

 Tredup, the pioneer florist of Chicago s 

 South Shore district, and was herselt 

 active in the business until her sons and 

 daughters attained the age to take her 

 place. Three sons and three daughters 

 survive One of the sons is a depart- 

 ment manager for the A. L. Eandall Co., 

 and three of the daughters are associ- 

 ated with the father in the operation of 

 two stores, one in Windsor Park, adjoin- 

 ing the family home, at 2611 East Sev- 

 enty-fifth street, the other at 3013 East 

 Ninety-second street, in South Chicago. 

 The Eeview's records show that Mr. and 

 Mrs. Tredup had received this paper 

 continuously for seventeen years. Mrs. 

 Tredup was 64 years of age, but her own 

 mother still is living, in Germany, at the 

 age of 90. 



The family is well known in the trade 

 and in the South Shore district and the 

 flowers at the funeral were unusually 

 numerous and beautiful. 



Mrs. Marie Ulster Fugleberg. 



The death of Mrs. Marie Flister Fugle- 

 berg, of the firm of Fugleberg & Flister, 

 Oshkosh, Wis., occurred November 13 

 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. D. M. 

 Houston, at Chicago. The end came un- 

 expectedly, the cause being acute in- 

 digestion. She had been seriously ill 

 last March with the same malady, but 

 had apparently fully recovered from 

 that attack and the second and fatal ill- 

 ness was sudden and brief. 



Mrs. Fugleberg had been a resident 

 of Oshkosh for over fifty years. She 

 was born at Jena, Germany, and came 

 to this country early in childhood, with 

 her parents, the late Ferdinand and 

 Fredrica Flister, pioneer florists of Osh- 

 kosh for about forty years. Mrs. Fugle- 

 berg was the partner of Carl F. Fugle- 

 berg in the firm of Fugleberg & Flister, 

 which conducts a large greenhouse at 

 1901 Doty street, Oshkosh. 



Those surviving are the husband, 

 seven children and four grandchildren. 

 The children are Mrs. W. J. Wangnett, 

 Mrs. D. M. Houston and Mrs. Frank 

 Colvin, all of Chicago; Mrs. F. W. Beh- 

 lendorf and William, Carl and Frank 

 Fugleberg, all of Oshkosh. The remains 

 were brought to Oshkosh for burial. 



Bernard Barbe. 



Bernard Barbe, son of August F. 

 Barbe, Kansas City, Mo., was killed in 

 a motor car wreck at Seattle, Wash., 

 November 10. C. M. Carbaugh, who was 

 in the car with Mr. Barbe, was severely 

 injured and died from the effects two 

 days later. Bernard Barbe was con- 

 nected with his father in the business at 

 Kansas City. The young man went to 

 Colorado last summer and after a visit 

 there motored to California. He was on 

 his way home when the accident oc- 

 curred. From information received here. 



it is said that the car crashed into a tele- 

 phone pole and young Mr. Barbe was 

 instantly kUled. Mr. Carbaugh was a 

 friend of the young man. Both bodies 

 arrived in Kansas City Sunday, Novem- 

 ber 13. J- E. K. 

 Mrs. Jacob Pisclier. 



Wednesday morning, November 2, 

 Mrs, Jacob Fischer, one of the oldest 

 florists in Toledo, O., died at her home, 

 at 1305 West Central avenue, where 

 she had been connected with the Fischer 

 greenhouse for forty years. Two 

 daughters survive Mrs. Fischer; they 

 are Miss Louise and Miss Lydia Fischer. 

 The funeral services took place at 3 

 p. m. Friday, November 4, and burial 

 was performed in Woodlawn cemetery. 



Fred Engeln. 



Fred Engeln, the oldest florist in 

 North Hudson, N. J., died at his home, 

 4082 Hud&on boulevard, Monday, No- 

 vember 7, at the age of 84 years. He 

 was born in Germany and came to this 

 country with his parents at the age of 5. 

 He started in business flfty-one years 

 ago in Jersey City, subsequently moving 

 to West Hoboken, where, forty years 

 ago, he was an active member of the 

 council of that city, as well as an enter- 

 prising florist. He is survived by a son, 

 five daughters, twelve grandchildren and 

 a sister. J- H. P. 



James NicoL 



One of the oldest and most respected 

 floriculturists in the vicinity of Boston 

 passed away November 9, when James 

 Nicol, of Quincy, died. The deceased 

 gentleman was a native of Aberdeen, 

 Scotland, from which section have come 

 many good gardeners. He first saw the 

 light May 22, 1838, and came to the 

 United States over half a century ago. 

 For a number of years he was associated 

 with the McKenzie & Patterson Granite 

 Co., of Quincy, during all of which time 

 he grew flowers and vegetables for ex- 

 hibition, as he had done in his native 

 land. 



In 1898 he was appointed superin- 

 tendent of Mount Wollaston cemetery, 

 Quincy, and held that appointment until 

 his retirement in 1918. One of his sons, 

 who was assistant superintendent, died 

 during the influenza epidemic in that 

 year. Mr. Nicol built a greenhouse for 

 his own pleasure; chrysanthemums were 

 his special pets. For many years no 

 show in Boston in November seemed 

 complete without some of our friend's 

 big specimen blooms, and only a few 

 days ere he passed away he secured flrst 

 prize for the best twenty-five assorted 

 blooms and had in addition several 

 handsome vases not for competition. 



Ever since its introduction Mr. Nicol 

 had grown that grand variety, Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones, and its yellow sport, and 

 many will remember with pleasure the 

 grand vases of these varieties with 

 handsome foliage right up to the flowers 

 staged by our deceased friend. He never 

 commercialized his flowers. On one oc- 

 casion a wealthy gentleman stopped to 

 inspect the greenhouses and admire Mr. 

 Nicol 's blooms, offering a dollar apiece 

 for a good bunch of them. Mr. Nicol 's 

 reply was characteristic of the man who 

 had a real soul for flowers. ' ' Na, mon, 

 I wonna cut them; if they're worth a 

 dollar apiece to ye, they're worth that 

 muckle for me to luik at. ' ' 



Mr. Nicol had been a member of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 



many years, and had bpenra member of 

 the G,ardeners' and Fldrists' Club prac- 

 tically from its commencement. He was 

 much esteemed bothnn the trade and 

 among private gardeners for his many 

 sterling qualities. He was one of the 

 best of the good old school, of whom 

 few, alas, now survive. Mr. Nicol also 

 belonged to the Masonic Scottish Clan 

 and other fraternal organizations. 



The deceased leaves a widow, a mar- 

 ried son and married daughter. Funeral 

 services were held at his late residence, 

 87 Coddington street, Quincy, November 

 12. Among the many mourners present 

 were a considerable number of commer- 

 cial growers. There were numerous 

 beautiful floral tokens. Interment was 

 in Mount Wdflaston cemetery, Quincy. 

 ^pF W. N. C. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is some complaint as to the 

 business of the last week, but considera- 

 tion of the market's various aspects 

 leads to the conclusion that conditions 

 have been nearly normal. It was the 

 peak of the chrysanthemum season, a 

 fact which should be taken into account. 

 Compared with last year, the week un- 

 der review seems to show no striking 

 difference except somewhat lower aver- 

 age prices. Compared with the peak of 

 the chrysanthemum season in pre-war 

 years, -the chief difference is that the 

 general condition of oversupply was 

 then more pronounced and prices then 

 were still lower. 



The volume of business last week was 

 excellent, but the heavy demand was 

 not equal to the still heavier supply of 

 flowers, with the result that at no stage 

 could a general clearance be made. City 

 retailers did not complain; if they did a 

 slightly smaller volume of business than 

 last year, they bought their stock 

 cheaper, sold it at about the same prices 

 as last year and had a better margin of 

 profit. Wholesalers complained only be- 

 cause the lower prices gave the grow- 

 ers the opportunity of which they never 

 fail to avail themselves. Some growers 

 say little, but there is in their very 

 looks to the wholesaler a plain reproach 

 whenever prices go down. The growers 

 make no secret of the fact they are not 

 willingly leading readjustment in this 

 trade. 



It frequently has been said there was 

 a reduced number of chrysanthemums 

 planted for this season, but there has 

 been no sign of shortage. Last week 

 was Bonnaffon week and it seems that 

 this old-time favorite was offered in 

 greater numbers than ever before. There 

 is no better seller and good if not high 

 prices were obtained. Good pink has 

 been scarce. White has been plentiful 

 and last week did not make, in any size, 

 the price of a corresponding grade of 

 yellow. Never before have there been 

 so many pompons, disbudded and grown 

 to single stem. These sell well. Of 

 bunch mums there is such a great va- 

 riety that, except for a few of the stand- 

 ard sorts, scarcely anybody knows their 

 names. They sell steadily at moderate 

 prices. 



Eose crops are lower than for many 

 weeks and still there are enough. It 

 may be a different story after the mums 

 drop out, as they seem likely to do quite 

 suddenly soon after Thanksgiving. Car- 

 nations would not be in oversupply if it 

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