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The Florists^ Review 



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Jobn M. Butz. 



John M. Butz, of New Castle, Pa., one 

 of the most successful and well known 

 orchid growers in the country, died 

 June 20, in his sixty-seventh year. He 

 wu.s a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butz, 

 being born at New Castle, Pa., March 1, 

 3855. 



Mr. Butz since early in his life was 

 associated with the firm of Paul Butz 

 &, Son, and after the organization of 

 the firm of Butz Bros., in 1896, he was 

 the orchid specialist of the concern. 

 Mr. Butz had been most successful in 

 tiie last twenty years in growing the 

 fine orchids for which Butz Bros, have 

 become noted in western Pennsylvania 

 and eastern Ohio. 



Mr. Butz was married March 22, 1887, 

 to Annie Loy Morris, who survives him, 

 as do also three brothers and six sisters. 



Hugh Dickson. 



Following a serious operation, Hugh 

 Dickson,' of Hugh Dickson, Inc., Belfast, 

 Ireland, passed away May 30, at Leeds, 

 England. 



Hugh Dickson was well known in the 

 horticultural world as one of the great- 

 est of European rose growers and 

 raisers. His firm was time and again 

 granted awards by the National Eose 

 Society of Great Britain. 



A few of the varieties that emanated 

 from the firm were Blushing Bride, 

 Ethel Dickson, Nellie Parker, Prince 

 Charming, Golden Spray, H. D. M. Bar- 

 ton, H. K. Pinkerton, Lilian Moore, 

 Lady Craig, W. E. Wallace, Leslie 

 Pidgeon, Earl Haig, E. Godfrey Brown 

 and Hugh Dickson, a famous crimson 

 scarlet. 



Mrs. H. B. Pantler. 



Tlie sympathy of the trade goes out to 

 Dr. H. B. Pantler, president of the St. 

 Louis Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., and his 

 family in the loss of the wife and 

 mother, who passed away June 22, at 

 8:30 p. m., in her home at "Waterloo, 111., 

 where the family had resided for many 

 years. Death came after a few weeks ' 

 illness. 



The funeral took place from the home 

 at Waterloo June 24. All the members 

 of the St. Louis Seed Co. were in at- 

 tendance. Besides her husband, she 

 leaves seven sons and one daughter to 

 mourn her loss. Two pons, Sylvester I. 

 Pantler and Rav W. Pantler, are mem- 

 bers of the St." Louis Seed Co. 



Simeon Peter Cossairt. 



Simeon Peter Cossairt, ;i well known 

 resident of Shelbyvillc, In.l., died at 

 ms home just north of that city, on the 

 Boggstown road, June 8, at the age of 

 '•J years. Death was due to complica- 

 tions and senility. Mr. Cossairt was 

 born in Missouri, August 14, 1846. He 

 was united in marriage to Elizabeth 

 Deppe, October 9, 1870, and had been 

 111 the florists' trade in Shelbyville for 

 twenty-five years. The deceased is sur- 

 vived by four children and four grand- 

 children. Mr. Cossairt 's children are 

 Mrs. Mary Newton, Miss Margaret Cos- 

 sairt, Fred and Will Cossairt. 



Jolin r. Marsden. 



•Tohn F. Marsden, well known florist 



of Far Bockaway, N. Y., passed away 

 June 21, at his Long Islantl home. 



Mr. Marsden was for many years a 

 member of the New York Florists' Clul). 

 He was generally credited as the intro 

 ducer of the "green" carnation, obtain- 

 ing press notices in almost every news- 

 paper in the land about fifteen years 

 ago. 



Funeral services for the deceased 

 were held Saturday, June 24. At this 

 time the New York Florists' Club sent 

 a large wreath of flowers. Besides, 

 there were many other floral offerings. 



KENTUCKIANS AND HOOSIEBS. 



Hold Joint Meeting. 



A joint meeting of Kentucky and In- 

 diana florists was held June 21 and 22, 

 at New Albany, Ind. A great number 

 were present the first day and, through 

 the kindness of A. Rasmussen, the busi- 

 ness meeting was held at his beautiful 

 new home, at Silver Hills. 



The meeting was called to order at 

 3:15 p. m. by President Hitz, of Madi- 

 son. Everyone then told who he or she 

 was and, in this way, all were introduced. 

 The minutes were read and approved. 

 Five new members were then elected. 

 These were: L. G. Pleiss, New Albany; 

 John Schluesman, Indianapolis; Charles 

 Lockwood, Indianapolis; C. G. Ander- 

 son, Terre Haute, and William Coon, 

 Kokomo. 



The big floral parade was then dis- 

 cussed and it was decided that it will be 

 held at Indianapolis October 9. The 

 July and August meetings were sus- 

 pended and nothing was said of the pic- 

 nic, which was to be held in August. 



Vice-president Pleiss, of the Ken- 

 tucky State Florists' Association, then 

 extended an invitation to the Indiana 

 society to a banquet at Fountain Ferry 

 park that night. 



Refreshments were than served, 

 thanks to Mr. Rasmussen, which were 

 enjoyed by all. 



Eighty were present at the banquet 

 that night and were served with an old- 

 style chicken dinner for which Ken- 

 tucky is famous. M. A. Reimers was 

 toastmaster; after a few words of wel- 

 come, he introduced President Hitz. 

 Mr. Hitz responded, and gave a short 

 talk. A. Rasmussen Avas then intro- 

 duced. He also said a few words and, 

 inasmuch as he was active host of the 

 two days' meeting, he arranged for a 

 trip the following day to the Wyan- 

 dotte cave. 



The meeting was then adjourned and 

 the members were at liberty to amuse 

 themselves around the park as they saw 

 fit. At 10 p. m. they departed for New 

 Albany, via automobile. 



At 9 o'clock the followinc; morning 

 everyone was at the Tavern hotel ready 

 for the trip to the cave. There were 

 seventy-five and, with Mr. and Mrs. 

 Rasmussen taking the lead, the cars 

 started up the long, winding hill on their 

 way. The scenery was beautiful and 

 the road was in fine shape most of the 

 ■way. 



With seventy-five people, the largest 

 number that ever visited the cave at one 

 time, four guides led the way into the 

 hole. 



The cave was wonderful. Although at 

 times it was a little hard to walk, every- 

 one enjoyed it. 



Due to the untiring efforts of our 

 good friend, Anders Rasmussen, the 



meeting was a great success and he 

 certainly deserves a vote of thanks. 



E. G. R. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



With the hot weather, the florists' 

 business has eased up considerably, 

 though there is a steady run of small 

 work. The peony season is about over, 

 but other flowers are taking their place 

 and the supply is ample to fill the de- 

 mand. 



Arrangements are being made for the 

 convention of the Canadian Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Association. A big at- 

 tendance is expected from south of the 

 border and the ever-popular William 

 Hall is preparing to entertain the 

 largest convention in the history of the 

 association. Keep the dates in mind — 

 August 8 to 11. For those who wish to 

 motor there are good roads into Mon- 

 treal, while the boat trip from Toronto 

 to Montreal is a delightful one, includ- 

 ing "running" the Lachine rapids. 

 Those from the west will find this trip 

 well worth while taking. 



Holidays are the order of the day and 

 at all the stores schedules have been or 

 are being made out. 



There have been several flower shows 

 recently. One of the largest and most 

 important was the rose show held at 

 Toronto by the Rose Society of On- 

 tario. There were classes for the pro- 

 fessional, the semi-amateur and the ama- 

 teur. In all these classes there was keen 

 competition. In the professional classes 

 R. S. McLaughlin, of Oshawa, took the 

 prize for roses on table, and R. J. Chris- 

 tie took the prize for twelve blooms of 

 not more than two varieties. J. J. H. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Tlie penultimate week in June proved 

 to be all that anyone had hoped, except, 

 l)eihaps, that jjrices rose more slowly 

 than some of the growers would have 

 liked. Starting from a practically clean 

 ])osition June 17, the market again was 

 ])ractically clean at closing time June 

 24 and in the interim a fine week 's 

 business had been done. The quantity 

 of stock handled was, of course, much 

 less than in the -preceding week, but 

 average quality was better and practi- 

 cally nothing of usable quality failed 

 to find a purchaser at a fair price. In- 

 (ieed, the market improved each day as 

 the week progressed, the best business 

 :ind the best prices being had on Sat- 

 urday. 



The present week opened with still 

 further reduction in supply, but with 

 reduced demand, as the schools have 

 closed and the special call for gradua- 

 tion flowers has subsided. The prospect, 

 tiowever, is for a good, steady demand 

 and most of those whose duty it is to 

 sense the trend of the market say they 

 liave the hunch that the summer busi- 

 ness will be a bit better than ever be- 

 fore. 



Roses are in much lighter supply; 

 rjrowers are drying off, having fiiiislied 

 ro]ilanting in most cases. Indeed, the 

 first cuts from early planted Premier 

 .already are coming in. 



Carnations are in small supply; the 

 heat in May and early June so debili- 

 tated the ])lnnts that most of the stock 

 was not worth shipping and the grow- 



(Contlnued oa paee :!'2.) 



