June 11, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The peony is queen of the market this 

 week, for there are all sizes, shapes and 

 colors. They are in fine condition and 

 the prices are reasonable. The large 

 whites are the choicest at present. 

 Boses are plentiful; in fact, there is an 

 oversupply and they go at low figures. 

 Cattleyas are abundant, for the spring 

 crop of orchids is being cut. They are 

 used for corsages, funeral work, bas- 

 kets, etc. There are a few irises in the 

 market, of the early German variety, 

 but they are only fair in quality and 

 are quite perishable. Carnations are 

 still good; they are getting smaller, how- 

 ever, and get sleepy readily. Harrisii 

 lilies are scarce and there is little de- 

 mand for them. Cornflowers are begin- 

 ning to come into the market. Outdoor 

 valley is still abundant, but is some- 

 what poor. Gardenias are on the de- 

 cline and are not selling well. There 

 has been a great deal of funeral work 

 in the last week, besides numerous wed- 

 dings, and the volume of business has 

 been greater than usual. 



Several of the larger florists have re- 

 ported that the trade for Memorial day 

 was not as good as usual, owing to the 

 fact tfiat there was so much outdoor 

 stock for sale. Every vender, market 

 and grocery had cut flowers for sale,' 

 thus taking the trade away from the 

 regular florists. All outdoor work, such 

 as the filling of veranda boxes, pots 

 and urns and the setting out of bedding 

 plants, is being rushed. There are only 

 a few flowering plants for sale, 'such as 

 late spirsaas, rhododendrons, forget-me- 

 nots, etc. 



Various Notes. 



Three of the force of W. J. Palmer & 

 Son are indisposed. Thomas Tobin has 

 two boils on his neck, Miss Euby Marks 

 has an abscess in the ear, and Mr. 

 Palmer has a scalp wound. No, there 

 has not been a fight, as one might sup- 

 pose; it just happened so. 



The Forman-Beyers wedding was an 

 elaborate church affair. The brides- 

 maids carried arm bunches of Mrs. Ward 

 roses. Two others carried arm bunches 

 of Killarney Queen. The matron of 

 honor carried Safrano roses and the 

 bride carried a shower of lilies of the 

 valley, white orchids and maidenhair 

 ferns. The church was decorated with 

 hardy spiraeas and White Killarney 

 roses, with a few white lilacs here and 

 there. W. J. Palmer & Son did the 

 decorating. 



Edwin C. Armbrust spent a few days 

 in New Britain, Conn., last week. 



Ed. Stephen and his family are at 

 Fort Erie Beach for the summer. 



Henry Weber, of Springville, N. Y., 

 has sold his greenhouses and has gone 

 to reside permanently in Florida- 

 Felix Alberts reports that business is 

 increasing steadily, but that the Memo- 

 rial day trade was not as good as he 

 anticipated. 



Jacob Wiese has had his auto re- 

 paired. Business was only fair last 

 week, he reports. 



L. H. Neubeck was exceedingly busy 

 last week with all kinds of outdoor 

 work, planting cemetery urns, etc. 



Visitors: S. Greene, of Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia; Mr. Mulloy, of 

 Schloss Bros., New York. E. C. A. 



OBITUARY 



Perry De Haven. 



Perry De Haven, for many years in 

 the florists' business in Tulsa, Okla., 

 died June 5, a paralytic stroke being 

 the direct cause of death. Mr. De Haven 

 returned June 4 from Claremore, where 

 he had been for several weeks taking 

 medical treatment. The well-known 

 Tulsan had been in failing health for 

 many months, but his condition was not 

 thought to be critical. Death came in 

 the morning, shortly after he had got- 

 ten up. Mrs. De Haven, his wife, is the 

 only Tulsa relative surviving. 



Anson Wheeler. 



Anson Wheeler, of Concord, Mass., 

 owner of one of the largest green- 

 houses in the state, is dead at his home. 

 Nine Acre Corner, Concord, at the age 

 of 51. Mr. Wheeler was a member of 

 the Boston Market Farmers' Associa- 

 tion and was interested in local indus- 

 trial enterprises and town government. 

 He is survived by his widow, two sons 

 and three daughters. 



Samuel Wheeler. 



Samuel Wheeler, of Berlin, Mass., 

 aged 62 years, died June 1 in Marl- 

 boro hospital, at Marlboro, Mass., 

 where he underwent an operation ten 

 days before for cancer of the liver. He 

 had suffered much from ill health for 

 several years past, and, his condition 

 becoming much worse, he was brought 

 to Marlboro hospital for treatment 

 about three weeks before his death. 



He was the son of Samuel H. and 

 Sarah Holden Wheeler. He was born 

 November 3, 1851, in Berlin, where his 

 life was passed. He put up buildings 

 on a part of the homestead of his 

 father, where he engaged extensively 

 in market gardening and growing car- 

 nationfl, having five large greenhouses. 



He served the town of Berlin several 

 years as a selectman and was a charter 

 member and the first master of Berlin 

 grange. 



He was a member of the Friends' 

 meeting in Bolton and a worker in the 

 Methodist church. He married Miss 

 Emily Bruce Hudson, August 15, 1871, 

 who survives him. He also leaves two 

 sons, Herbert L. and Edwin E., and 

 three daughters, Mrs. Cora, wife of 

 Arthur L. Brewer; Marion B., Boston, 

 and Bernice A., Berlin. 



The funeral was held June 3 at 2 

 o'clock, from the home on Sawyer hill 

 road. 



Hans SchmalzL 



Hans Schmalzl, until recently proprie- 

 tor of the West End Greenhouses, at 

 Lincoln, 111., was found dead in bed at 

 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, May 27, 

 by his family, when called for break- 

 fast. Death had occurred several hours 

 previous to the discovery of the body, 

 and the attending physician stated 

 death was due to heart failure. 



Hans Schmalzl was born in Spietz- 

 hoU, near Eegensburg, Bavaria, March 

 26, 1860. He came to America at an 

 early age and settled in Canada, later 

 coming to the United States, where he 

 settled in Kansas. 



He was united in marriage to Anna 

 L. Ziegler, April 21, 1897, and* left im- 

 mediately for Marion, Kan., where he 



made his first business venture. The 

 year following he went to Lincoln, 

 where he has since resided. For ten 

 years he conducted the West End Green- 

 houses and was one of the best florists 

 and designers in Lincoln. Recently the 

 greenhouses were sold, and plans were 

 being completed for the erection of a 

 new range, and a stock company had 

 already been formed. 



He is survived by his wife and three 

 children, Carl F., Susie H. and Kurt; 

 also two brothers in Germany. 



Eva B. Haas. 



The death of Eva B. Haas, daughter 

 of Mr. and Mrs. George W. JEaas, well 

 known florists at Meadville, Pa., oc- 

 curred at Joseph, Ore., May 30, after 

 a brief illness of pneumonia. Miss 

 Haas was a graduate of Allegheny Col- 

 lege and after acting as principal of 

 the Union City High School for several 

 years, went to Oregoji, where she had 

 taught school for the last five years. 

 Besides her parents she is survived 

 by the following brothers and sisters: 

 George and Roger, of Meadville; Her- 

 man, of Butler, and Robert, Florence 

 and Nellie, at home. The body was 

 interred at Joseph, Ore. 



THE CONVENTION GAEDEN. 



The open-air garden of the Boston 

 S. A. F. convention, to be held in Au- 

 gust, bids fair to be the greatest event 

 of its kind ever held in the country. 

 The late spring rain and a rather slow 

 response on the part of the growers 

 made the outlook somewhat dubious at 

 first, but such a generous response has 

 been made during the last week, from 

 the active work of the executive and 

 garden committees, that a large portion 

 of the garden, nearly 30,000 square feet, 

 has already been planted. Deputy Park 

 Commissioner Shea, who is chairman of 

 the garden committee, ably assisted by 

 the other members, Patrick Welch, John 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, Thomas Roland, E. 

 Allan Peirce, Wm. J. Kennedy and Wm. 

 J. Stewart, have done yeoman service, 

 and a great success is assured. How- 

 ever, more exhibits are needed to bring 

 it up to the standard hoped for. 



It is a great mistake not to be rep- 

 resented at this time, as the occasion 

 will be one long remembered in horti- 

 culture and productive of great results 

 to those who participate, for it is esti- 

 mated that over 500,000 will view the 

 garden during the summer. The time is 

 growing short and those who have not 

 already taken space at the small cost 

 required should do so at once. Many 

 fine plots, from $10 up for the season, 

 are still available. This includes all 

 costs of planting, preparation and main- 

 tenance. All goods should be shipped 

 to James B. Shea, chairman convention 

 garden. Back Bay fens, Boston, Mass. 

 For particulars, address James B. Shea, 

 33 Beacon street, Boston. 



Among those who have already taken 

 large spaces are: Robert Craig Co., 

 Knight & Struck, Arthur Cowee, A. H. 

 Hews & Co., Bidwell & Fobes, A. T. 

 Boddington, A. N. Pierson, Peter Hen« 

 derson & Co., F. W. Fletcher & Co., R. 

 & J. Farquhar & Co., John Lewis Childs, 

 William Tricker, W. A. Manda, Henry 

 A. Dreer, Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., 

 James Vick's Sons, E. E. Stewart, 

 Samuel Goddard, B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Mount Desert Nurseries, Harry Quint, 

 Conard & Jones Co., Henry R. Comley, 

 W. W. Edgar Co. and William Sim. 



