Sbftbmbeb 25, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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vases, etc, so that it is one of the most 

 attractive in the city. 



F. B. Peirce has leased the green- 

 houses on Dexter street for a terra of 

 years. 



Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. O'Connor 

 have returned from their summer home 

 at Narragansett Pier. 



William Doel, of Pascoag, was in 

 New York last week to meet his wife, 

 who was returning from a summer's 

 visit with relatives in England. 



Joseph Koppelman was in New Y6rk 

 and Philadelphia last week, purchasing 

 ^tock for his wholesale store. 



Elias Pickles has returned from a 

 vacation trip to Atlantic City and re- 

 sumed his duties with W. S. Pino. 



C. B. Knickman, of McHutchison & 

 (Jo., New York, was a business visitor 

 ia this city last week. 



Mr. Hall, formerly with Reed & 

 Keller, was in the city last week repre- 

 senting Wertheimer Bros., of New 

 York. 



Louis Patry, who has been employed 

 at Narragansett Pier during the sum- 

 mer, has returned to this city. 



At the opening of the new Sumer- 

 lield Furniture Store last week there 

 was a large and handsome floral dis- 

 play. Among the pieces were an im- 

 mense floral rocking chair in asters and 

 a small tabaret from Fishelson & Son, 

 Boston. 



Henry Patry has returned to the 

 employ of Johnston Bros., after several 

 weeks' absence from the city. 



Mrs. H. Howard Pepper, wife of H. 

 H. Pepper, manager of the Melrose 

 Gardens, leaves in a few days for Bos- 

 ton en route for Rangoon, Burma, to 

 visit her mother, who is a missionary 

 there and whom she has not seen for 

 eighteen years. Mrs. Pepper will be 

 absent about six months. 



George L. Stillman, of Westerly, has 

 been having unusual good fortune with 

 his dahlia exhibitions at the fairs and 

 societies, and has captured a large 

 number of prizes. W. H. M. 



Andrew & Noble are going out of 

 business for the present. Their plans 

 for the future are not known. 



ROCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Severe frosts in this city and in 

 many of the near-by towns September 

 13 and 14, did a great deal of damage. 

 The dahlias, which were coming into 

 blossom quite nicely, are all blackened 

 with frost and are of no use whatever. 

 Many of the local growers will suffer 

 enormous losses, on both dahlias and 

 asters; the latter liave been in poor 

 condition during the whole summer. 

 Business during the last week has been 

 j;ood among the retail florists, with 

 prospects of a steady ihcrease. There 

 have been a large number of September 

 weddings and many have needed large 

 'luantities of flowers. Funeral work 

 seems to be a regular stand-by and is 

 'livided quite evenly among our up- 

 town florists. 



American Beauty roses are extremely 

 fine, their fragrance being especially 

 noticeable. Extra good Sunbursts are 

 ■irriving and are placed quite readily. 

 ^Irs. Aaron Ward is of good color and 

 ^tem. Mrs. Hillingdon is a strong fa- 

 vorite. Red roses other than Beauties 

 ■'le scarce, but Double White Killarneys 

 •"■e plentiful. Other varieties are all 



Motoring in Milwaukee— A Fine Way to Spend Sunday. 



good and have shown great improve- 

 ment in the last two weeks. Harrisii 

 lilies are scarce and valley is none too 

 plentiful. Carnations which come from 

 the new roots are of good color and 

 fragrance, but, naturally for this time 

 of year, their stems are short. Gladioli 

 are on the wane, but a great many of 

 the white and lighter' shades are used 

 extensively in design work. Yellow 

 chrysanthemums are arriving in small 

 shipments and sell readily. Smilax, 

 asparagus and maidenhair are quite 

 plentiful. Dutch bulbs are being shown 

 in various stores and prices seem to be 

 about as usual. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors this week are A. E. Viaud, 

 of the Burlington Willow Ware Shops, 

 Burlington, la., and 8. A. Dawson, of 

 Krauss & Co., New York city. 



At the state fair held at Syracuse, 

 N. Y., recently Jacob Thomann & Son 

 succeeded in winning two first prizes in 

 floral designs and a first for six Roches- 

 ter White gladioli. We are glad to 

 state that Mr. Thomann, who was taken 

 seriously ill at the Minneapolis con- 

 vention, is improving, although still 

 unable to leave his bed. 



Chas. B. Emmons, of Pittsford, N. Y.. 

 is erecting a new greenhouse 20x60, of 

 Lord & Burnham construction. 



George B. Hart was one of the di- 

 rectors of the Rochester Industrial YjX- 

 position. 



H. E. Wilson is cutting some fine 

 yellow chrysanthemums. 



Chas. E. Sharpe is working for the 

 Rochester Floral Co. 



George T. Boucher reports business as 

 extremely good. He has been kept 

 quite busy of late with funeral work. 

 H. J. H. 



MOTORING IN MILWAUKEE. 



A recent week found Harry Paj>- 

 worth, of New Orleans, and^j4 J. 

 Karins and J. J. Goudy, of the Dreer 

 forces, Sundaying in Milwaukee. C. 

 C. Pollworth got out his car and took 

 the visitors for a ride and the snap- 

 shot artist caught them. In tke pic- 

 ture Mr. Karins is seen seated oeside 

 Mr. Pollworth, who is at the wheel. 

 Mr. Papworth is the large gentleman 

 in the rear seat, and Mr. Gowdy the 

 man with the smile. 



OBITUARY 



George McWiUiam. 



George McWilliam, gardener at the- 

 estate of George Marston Whittin, at 

 Woonsocket, R. I., died September 13 at 

 his home on the estate, from a compli- 

 cation of diseases. He had not been, 

 in the best of health since a fall in the 

 greenhouses some years ago. Over B' 

 month ago he was taken to the New 

 England Baptist hospital in Boston to' 

 be operated on for bladder trouble. 

 When he returned home a week ago no 

 hope was given for his recovery. 



Mr. McWilliam was born sixty-seveni 

 years ago in Stranraer, Wigtownshire,. 

 Scotland, and came to this country at 

 the age of 27. He worked first on the- 

 estate of R. M. Piatt, at Mt. Auburn^ 

 then took charge of the estates first of 

 Josiah Lasell and then of G. W. Whit- 

 tin. His exhibitions at various shows- 

 have won him many prizes, especially 

 for orchids, and at the last International 

 Flower Show, in New York, he was one 

 of the judges. He was a regular at- 

 tendant of the Congregational church 

 and a member of the A. F. and A. M., 

 and R. A. M. He is survived by 

 his wife, a brother in Nova Scotia and 

 two sisters in Scotland. 



William Elias. 



William Elias, superintendent of the 

 estate of Walter H. Phelps, at Bernards- 

 ville, N. J., died at the quarantine sta- 

 tion in New York harbor, September 13,. 

 on his return from a visit to England. 

 He was for a number of years in charge 

 of the estate of William D. Sloane, near 

 Springfield, Mass., and made many dis- 

 plays at the flower shows that proved 

 winners. From the Sloane estate he 

 went to Noroton, Conn., and trcfm there 

 to his last position at Bernardsville, 

 • N. J. He was 61 years old and is sur- 

 vived by his wife and two daughters. 



Galesburg, 111.- 

 H. F. Drury 's 

 stroyed by fire 

 damage amounts 

 believed the fire 

 plack. which had 

 found burning. 



-The heating plant at 

 greenhouses was de- 

 September 15. The 

 to about $1,000. It is 

 started from a pile of" 

 twice previously beeifc 



