F'BBRUAKY 2, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



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same location. In 1883 the deceased 

 formed ii partnership with J. 8. Eice, the 

 business being conducted under tlie 

 name of Rico & Gordinier. He bought 

 Mr. Rice out in 1886 and ran the busi- 

 ness himself. Of recent years his sons, 

 Clarence H. and George Gordinier, and 

 John G. Leversee had been associated 

 with him in the business. 



Mr. Gordinier was a member of the 

 Elks ' Club, the Troy Club, the old Tro- 

 jan Hook & Ladder Co., Apollo Lodge, 

 A. F. and A. M.; Apollo Chapter, R. A. 

 M.; Bloss Council, R. and S. M.; Apollo 

 Coniniandery, K. T., and Oriental Tem- 

 ple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, all of 

 this city. He was an attendant at the 

 Westminster Presbyterian church, and 

 also belonged to the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. Mr. Gordinier was always much 

 interested in baseball and was one of the 

 promoters of the Haymakers, the base- 

 ball organization which won Troy so 

 much fame in years past. He was one 

 of the older members of the Pafraets 

 Dad. He was always active in politics 

 and was a Republican. 



The survivors are two sons, Clarence 

 H. and CJoorge A. Gordinier, and one 

 dauglitor. Miss Mary Ethel Gordinier. 

 His wife, who was Miss Mary Jackson, 

 died several years ago. 



John Weber. 



Death caine suddenly, through heart 

 failure, to John Weber, of Chicago, in 

 the night of January 31. Mr. Weber 

 was the head of the garden department 

 of the n(irth side store of Schiller the 

 Florist, a ])osition he had occupied, with 

 credit to himself and to his employer, 

 ever since the north side store opened. 

 Mr. Weher was a proficient plantsman, 

 either under glass or in the open. He 

 was K) years of age and leaves a widow 

 anrl two children. The funeral will be 

 hel<l February 3, from thj; family resi- 

 dence, 1'129 Fletcher street, 'Chicago. 



E. D. Sturtevant. 



The ileath of E. D. Sturtevant, of Hol- 

 lywood, Cal., removes a pioneer in hor- 

 ticulture in tliat section. For many 

 years he had worked assiduously in ini- 

 j)roving liis wonderful collection of wa- 

 ter lilies and had done a great work. 

 He also had a most varied and interest- 

 ing lot of plants at his Hollywood 

 home, many of the species and varieties 

 Ix'ing uni(iue. Tlio present-day rush 

 had gone somewliat beyond him, but 

 his conversation on horticulture was at 

 all times instructive and interesting and 

 ho was always willing to impart his 

 knowledge to others. H. R. R. 



OHIO FLOWER GROWERS ELECT. 



The annual meeting of the Ohio dis- 

 trict of the National Flower Growers' 

 Association was held at Columbus, O . 

 January 24. Walter Stephens, of Wal 

 ter Stephens & Sons, Columbus, O., was 

 elected president, Carl Hagcnburger re- 

 tusing a second term. Mr. Stephens is 

 known as one of the most progressive 

 of the younger growers in central Ohio. 

 He made a remarkable success in build- 

 ing up the business founded bv his 

 father, which is now conducted under 

 the name of Walter Stephens & Sons. 



The report on credits, made bv J. L. 

 Schiller, of Toledo, chairman of that 

 conuiiittee, and the report of L. F. Mur- 

 phy, of Cincinnati, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on standardization of grading 

 cut flowers and plants, were character- 



ized by J. F. Aiiimann, tlie secretary of 

 the national association, as being excep- 

 tional in thoroughness and notable for 

 the way in which the subjects were 

 handled. 



Mr. Ainiuaini gave a talk that has 

 been coiniiieiited upon since the meet- 

 ing as being most inspiring to those who 

 have the interest of the profession at 

 heart. 



Max Schling's talk and demonstration 

 on flower arrangement and design was 

 full of brass-tack suggestions, which 

 supplied the ordinary retailer with ideas 

 for a full year. 



In the evening Dr. P. A. Lehenbauer, 

 of the University of Illinois, gave a talk 

 on fertilizers, and Thomas E. Miller 

 spoke about coal. Both addresses were 

 received enthusiastically and brought 

 fortli a long list of questions and much 

 discussion. L. C. Vinson, Sec'y. 



SAGINAW-BAY CITY MEETING. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Saginaw-Bay City Floricultural Society 

 will be held at the greenhouses of the 

 J. B. Goetz Sons, at 7:30 p. m., February 

 6. The feature of the evening will be 

 a display of carnations and sweet peas 



This Settles It 



[TEXEOBAH FBOM OLEVELAIII).] 



Give prominent notice 

 in this week's edition of 

 your paper that the na- 

 tional flower show will 

 positively be held with 

 no change of dates. 

 Growers of % cut roses 

 have been informed to 

 look in your publication 

 for this information so 

 that they have sufficient 

 time to pinch their 

 plants. 



George Asmus. 



by the members of the club, for which 

 cash prizes are to be offered. Members 

 of the society will also read papers of 

 interest to those in attendance. 



Henry Goetz, Sec 'y. 



NEWPORT, R. L 



The regular meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society, Tuesday evening, 

 .Fanuary 24, was one of the largest at- 

 tended in many months. A brief busi- 

 ness session was held, at which four 

 new members were added and a report 

 of jirogress was made by the committee 

 working to cooperate on the reception 

 and entertainment of the American Gar- 

 den Association at the convention to be 

 held here in 102.".. Practically the whole 

 evening was given over to Professor S. 

 E. Damon, of the Rhode Island Agricul- 

 tural College, who spoke on the fifteen 

 years' experimenting at the college in 

 an effort to develop a weedless lawn. 

 He gave much instructive information 

 regarding the use of seeds in this section 



.and the proper employment of fertiliz- 

 ers. 



Mr. Hanson, representing C. .1. Speel- 

 iiian & Sons, New York, was a recent 

 business visitor here. 



.Fohn S. Martin reports an unusual 

 number of orders for outdoor work, to 

 be done as soon as the season opens. 



Carl H. .lurgens has tlie largest va- 

 riety and the best bulbous stock he has 

 ever grown at his houses on Bliss Mine 

 road. W. H. M. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



Stock in all lines is scarce and, in 

 many cases, does not meet one-half the 

 demand. The quality of all stock has 

 been good. It is impossible for the 

 wholesalers to fill all their orders. Fu- 

 neral work lias been active the last few 

 days. 



Carnations .are quite good. Callas 

 come in handy on the big funeral pieces. 

 Freesias are proving popular flowers. 

 Paper Whites were scarce last week. 

 Fine sweet peas are coming in. Some 

 fine valley is to be had. Tulips are ar- 

 riving in fine sliape and plenty of calen- 

 dulas are to be had. 



Nearly all the stores have plenty of 

 pot plants, chiefly cyclamens, freesias, 

 cinerarias and primroses. 



Various Notes. 



Among those calling on the trade last 

 week were Charles F. Edgar, of the 

 McCallura Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., and E. C. 

 Pruner, of the Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 Chicago. 



Miss Louise Wegner left Tuesd.'iy, 

 January 24, to take lip he^ work as a 

 nurse at the new hospital at Beaver 

 Dam, Wis. T. E. E. 



HONEY GETS WHITE FLY. 



In The Review for January 2(5 I no- 

 ticed the query, "How can I rid gera- 

 niums of whiteflyf " signed by <'. T. — 

 Ariz. Also I read the answer of H. R. 

 R., whose suggestion would mean :i great 

 amount of work and, as work means 

 money, the procedure suggested would 

 take the cream off C. T. 's profit. 



If C. T. will try the following formula, 

 I am quite sure that his white fly trou- 

 bles will be over: Take a pint of ex- 

 tracted lioney, mix in enough Paris 

 green to make the mixture a rich, green 

 color and dip in the mixture the 1)1 unt 

 part of some 4-iiich or S-inch labels, as 

 many as are needed to space them four 

 or five feet apart in the bench. Invert 

 a 2-inch pot over each label to keep the 

 water off. Ch;irles Rathjen. 



DO YOU NEED ORDERS? 



There seems to be no need for .any 

 greenhouse man to complain of dull 

 l)usiness if he h.as stock the trade can 

 use. It is like this: 



Will yon kindly kill nil of our :i(N In the 

 Cliissificd niliimns (iinilcr flftpon (lifTcrcnt heads). 

 Wo wiint to ciitili up witli tho onlors im hnnd 

 ;iiiil will inslnict ymi to run aKiiin jids on what- 

 ever wo li:ivo loft in a onnple of wooks. — The 

 Mc(;roc(ir llrog. Co., Sprinsilicld, 0., .laniiarv 

 L'7, 1922. 



rioaso ilisi'iintinno onr ("Inssiticil ad. as wo are 

 liookod ahead fur our ontiro output of riMited 

 <Mittin>;«. The Review brings su<lden results.^ 

 Therosean Plant Co.. Oardena, Cal., January 24, 

 1922. 



If you hear a m.an complain of tho 

 cost of advertising, you "can be ])retty 

 certain he spends a good bit of money 

 elsewhei-e than in The Review. 



