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TTic Florists' Review 



September 4, 1913. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS' MEETING. 



At a meeting of the executive eoin- 

 niittee of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association, held at Minneapolis during 

 the S. A. F. convention, it was decided 

 to hold the next annual convention and 

 flower show of the society at Danville, 

 March !) and 10, 1934. An invitation 

 will be given to the state association 

 of Indiana to unite with the Illinois 

 society and make this meeting the big- 

 gest of its kind, excepting the national 

 convention. 



The Armory at Danville will jirob- 

 ably be used to disi)lay the exhibits, and 

 one of the halls or theaters, perhaps the 

 Coliseum, for the meetings. The busi- 

 ness men of the city are already mak- 

 ing plans for the entertainment of the 

 florists, and will probably include in 

 them an automobile trip to the experi- 

 ment station of the University of Illi- 

 nois, which should prove of great in- 

 terest to the members of the associa- 

 tion. 



IOWA FLORISTS MEET. 



The Society of Iowa Florists held its 

 eleventh annual meeting at the State 

 House at Des Moines Wednesday even- 

 ing, August 27. There was an excellent 

 attendance. 



Charity by means of flowers was the 

 gospel that President "William Trillow 

 ])reached in his annual address. Mr. 

 Trillow pointed out the fact that flo- 

 rists can brighten many jilaces that are 

 cheerless by voluntarily supplying them 

 with flowers. He suggested that surplus 



The following were the papers pre- 

 sented: 



"New Roses on Trial, 19i:{." by M. J. Gralmin, 

 Adel. 



••Cannas as Boddlng I'luiits," by J. T. V. Kul- 

 iner, Dos Moines. 



"t'loral Designs f(»r Fairs anil Otber Public 

 Kxbibltlous," by J. S. Wilson, Des Moines. 



"Cemetery PlautliiK. Hest Method," by G. A. 

 Heyne, Dubuque. 



"C'ouorete in Orcenbouse Construction," by 

 K. .1. Olsan. Ames. 



All the essayists were present in person, 



except G. A. Heyne, of Dubuque, who 



sent his paper to the secretary to be 



read. 



The society elected the following offi- 

 cers: 



President — M. J. Graham, of Adel. 



Vice-president — J. T. D. Fulmer, of 

 Des Moines. 



Secretary-treasurer — Wesley Greene, 

 of Des Moines. 



Directors — G. A. Heyne, of Dubuque; 

 W. H. Rickey, of Albia; O. H. Herman, 

 of Council Bluflfs, and F. J. Olsan, of 

 Ames. 



BARNARD'S YOUNG LADIES. 



The young lady office assistants of 

 the W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago, went 

 out to Lincoln park August 2.1 to visit 

 the zoo and hear the lion roar. There 

 were strict injunctions that nobody 

 should tag, but evidently these were 

 not heeded, else there would have been 

 no group picture on this i)age. Left to 

 right: 



Front row — Miss Leo Oberg, Miss 

 Heinrich, Miss Anderson. 



Second row — Miss Louise Klein, Miss 

 Agnes Wolf, Miss May Pearce, Miss 1. 

 Berkenheimer. 



Oiftce Assistants of W. "W. Barnard Co^ Chicago, on an Outing. 



stock be sent regularly to hosjdtals, the 

 Home for the Aged, the Home for 

 Friendless Children and like institu- 

 tions. The sentiment was echoed by 

 others who spoke during the session and 

 by common consent gained almost the 

 force of an expressed resolution. 



A report of the recent S. A. F. con- 

 vention at Minneapolis was giveii by 

 James S. Wilson, of Des Moines, state 

 vice-president of the national society. 



Top row — Miss Flannagan, Miss Her- 

 leman. 



Miss Pearce is the daughter of Sam 

 Pearce, one of the widely known men 

 of the trade at Chicago, said to be the 

 largest forcer of bulbs in the west. She 

 has been a member of the Barnard office 

 staff for many years. 



Arlington, Neb. — Edwin H. Woerner 

 is building a greenhouse, 20x,50 feet. 



OBITUARY 



W. H. Sawvel. 



The body of W. H. Sawvel, of Kan- 

 sas City, was found August 29 in a 

 vacant house near his greenhouses. 

 Fifty-eighth street and Bennington 

 avenue, by L. S. Davis, an employee. 

 A wound in his head and a pistol near- 

 by indicated the manner of death. Mr. 

 Sawvel left the greenhouse about mid- 

 night to go to his home, 117 Clinton 

 place, fie had been apparently in good 

 spirits. Friends said they know of no 

 motive for suicide. He was 58 years 

 old. He was married but had no 

 children, 



Mr. Sawvel left a long note, in which 

 he recited that he was being perse- 

 cuted by a man from Los Angeles, who 

 sought to ruin him in business. Mr. 

 Sawvel occasionally stayed in the va- 

 cant house, although it was not fur- 

 nished. The note he left was dated 

 August 2.3, showing he must have con- 

 templated suicide several days. 



It is believed' Mr. Sawvel worried 

 about business matters. The idea that 

 a man was seeking to ruin him Avas 

 ever present in his mind of late. His 

 wife said she <lid not know of any such 

 j)erson as the man named in his note, 

 and thought it might have been a 

 hallucination. He explains in his note 

 that he did not owe the man a cent 

 and that his business was in good 

 shape. He was born in Cork county, 

 Iowa, March 25, 1860, and located in 

 Kansas City about thirty years ago. 

 He had been in the greenhouse busi- 

 ness for about five years, with about 

 (50,000 feet of glass, principally devoted 

 to carnations and greens. He had. acted 

 as manager, but was not a practical 



"rower. 



Frank Zettler. 



The death of Frank Zettler. foreman 

 in the employ of P. R. Quinlan, Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y., for twenty-eight years, 

 occurred at his residence, August 28, 

 after a short illness. He was born in 

 (Jermany in 1852 and was one of the 

 best known florists in central New 

 York. Interment was in Woodlawn 

 cemetery. The funeral was largely at- 

 tended by Syracuse and out-of-town 

 florists. 



Charles Crawford, 



Philadelphia daily papers record the 

 death, August 31, of Charles Crawford, 

 formerly a florist at Twelfth and Race ; j 

 streets. He was 76 years of age. am 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. — Wm. Hagemann & 

 Co. made an assignment for the benefit 

 of creditors August 27 to Theodore M. 

 Crisp. The deed was signed by Annie 

 M. M. Hagemann, president, and Wm. 

 K. Schulze, secretary. The company- was ■ 

 incorporated April 30, 1909, with a cap ^ 



ital stock of $50,000. A financial state ; 



ment of December, 1911, showed assets 

 .$119,600 and liabilities $47,318. Paul ; J 

 Kase, whose sudden death was recorded t 

 in last week's issue of The Review, wa-^ 

 liresident of the concern for several 

 years. 



Ottawa, HI. — Charles Cole is planning 

 the erection of two large greenhouses,. 

 28x240 feet, in which he will groff j 

 asparagus next winter. -.-f. 



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