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July 23, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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BIrs. Frank Beu. 



\[argaret Beu, wife of Frank Beu, 

 pn sed away July 17, at the German- 

 A I. erica n hospital in Chicago, following 

 3)1 operation for cancer of the stomacli 

 ppi formed July 14. Apparently the 

 J. < ration was a suceesa, for she rallied 

 w. i and was thought to be on the road 

 to convalescence. The end came sud- 

 dc; ly but quietly, in a sinking spell from 

 uhich she did not rally. 



\rrs. Beu was probably the most 

 wiiely known woman florist in Chicago. 

 Sli' had been active in the downtown 

 ^v]inlesale cut flower section of the city 

 foi many years, her daily work bringing 

 hoi into contact with a majority of those 

 wl)., either 'buy or sell on the Chicago 

 lu;} I ket. Hers was a cheerful good na- 

 ture that won the friendship of all who 

 kiuw her, while the strict integrity of 

 ho; dealings earned the confidence and 

 ro'^jiect of those with whom she had busi- 

 ness relations. 



Mrs. Beu was born in Bayreuth, Ger- 

 many, in 1869, her maiden name being 

 Beiiker. Coming to this country when 

 she was 18 years old, in 1889 she was 

 married to Frank Beu in Philadelphia, 

 where they lived for several years and 

 then moved to Chicago. Mr. Beu and 

 one son, Carl, survive. Always a worker, 

 Mrs. Beu became her husband's associate 

 in business when he made his start for 

 himself, some sixteen years ago, at 4435 

 Xorth Crawford avenue, in Chicago. Re- 

 tailing was started with the greenhouses 

 and the glass area was increased as op- 

 portunity offered until the production 

 afforded a supply to wholesale. Then 

 Mr. Beu managed the greenhouses and 

 retail store while Mrs. Beu attended to 

 the wholesaling. She had a stand at 

 various locations in the center of the 

 city, sometimes having space with one 

 wholesale florist and then with another. 

 She was one of the prime movers in the 

 organization, in 1903, of the Flower 

 Orpwers' Market, of which corporation 

 ^Ir. Beu became a director, and they had 

 a stand on the market floor at the cor- 

 ner of Wabash avenue and Kandolph 

 street as long as the market was in ex- 

 istence. The stand still is in the same 

 building and Mrs. Beu was selling her 

 stoek there up to a few days before she 

 went to the hospital. Mrs. Beu claimed 

 the invention of the St. Patrick's day 

 green dye, asserting that the first dyed 

 carnations the trade had seen were the 

 "nes she exhibited at a flower show in 

 *^hioagro in 1903. She was a member of 

 the Maccabees and the Women's Relief 

 *-'orps. 



Hie funeral was held July 21 at Mon- 

 |^i'"^o chapel, burial at that cemetery. 

 M;my members of the trade were present 

 ^"il there were numerous floral expres- 

 ^^'■"''^ of sympathy for the family. 



Andrew Harth. 



\ndrew Harth, of Millburn, N. J., 



July 12 after a long illness, at the 



of 60. He had been in poor health 



more than a year, suffering from 



'itis. Born in Germany, he came 



fl'e United States in 1876 and set- 



I in Brooklyn, from which place he 



' ^d to Millburn twenty-two years 



locating on the premises now occu- 



' by the family. 



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Bayside, L. I., and Joseph, of Millburn, 

 and two daugnters, Carrie and Angeline 

 Harth, of Millburn, survive. 



Funeral services were held July 15 at 

 the home and at St. Rose of Lima's 

 church. Interment was in St. Rose of 

 Lima's cemetery. 



H. B. Laundy. 



H. B. Laundy died July 15 at the 

 family home, 1016 Reynolds avenue, 

 Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Laundy had 

 been in business in Kansas City, Kan., 

 for more than a quarter of a century. 

 A widow and four children survive. 

 The funeral was held at the family 

 home July 17. Burial was in Woo(i- 

 lawn cemetery. 



facturers label their product with the 

 formula used, which generally repre- 

 sents the maximum insecticidal content, 

 . and make no allowance for the varia- 

 tion which seems inevitable. If they 

 would lower the claim on the label suffi- 

 ciently to get within the range of prac- 

 tical manufacturing variation they then 

 would escape being advertised in the 

 government's publications. The objec- 

 tion on the part of the manufacturers 

 doubtless is that competitors would take 

 advantage of it if they claimed a nico- 

 tine content lower than they now do. 

 Nothing to it; not one man in a hun- 

 dred knows what the label claims, or 

 cares — they buy on results obtained in 

 actual use. 



WHERE THEY FALL. 



To a man up a tree it looks as though 

 the insecticide manufacturers, who aVe 

 constantly being pilloried by the gov- 

 ernment, bring their troubles upon 

 themselves by claiming too much on 

 their labels. The belief is strengthened 

 by the nature of certain suggestions by 

 the government, with regard to labels. 

 In reply to a request by a manufacturer 

 the insecticide board says, in part: 



The following points shonid receive your most 

 careful consifleratlon: 



1. No statements Should be made that nro 

 false or misleading in any particular. 



2. Too comprehensive or too assertive claims 

 should not be naade. 



.1. No claim should be made that a product 

 will be effective against certain Insects or funpi. 

 unless you are assured that these claims are true. 



4. Claims should not be made on the basis of 

 old literature, which claims have l)een disproved 

 by more modern and more carefully executed pub- 

 lished experiments. 



5. Directions for using certain preparations on 

 certain vegetation should not be made if sucii 

 applications will lead to serious burning. 



With the makers of the nicotine in- 

 secticides widely used in greenhouses 

 the trouble lies in the disregard of cau- 

 tion No. 2 — the labels claim too ranch. 



The fact appears to be that the manu- 



CALENDULAS IN GREENHOUSE. 



Please tell us how to handle calendu- 

 las, how to sow the seed under glass, 

 and which varieties are best. H. H. 



Calendulas can be grown in the same 

 temperature as your snapdragons and 

 cornflowers — a minimum of 45 to 48 de- 

 grees. Sow in the benches, but give the 

 plants ample room, as they cover a good 

 deal of ground. In common with the 

 other plants named, calendulas need a 

 light, sunny, well ventilated house. The 

 variety Orange King is the best seller. 

 The pale lemon varieties do not sell so 

 well- C, W. 



Kewanee, IlL— Hamilton & Plummer 

 plan to rebuild their range on East 

 Third street and add a new greenhouse, 

 22x75. The recent hail storm broke 

 about 30,000 feet of glass at this estab- 

 lishment and at the one east of the city. 

 Repairs at the latter place are about 

 completed and to this range the stock 

 from the East Third street houses will 

 he moved. Insurance in the Florists' 

 Hail Association covered the loss of the 

 liroken glass. 



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