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February 4, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



artificial light; No. 53-11, a pleasing 

 light pink; No. 54-11, crimson, just the 

 right shade, with 42-inch stem. Cham- 

 pion, disseminated in 1913, is a red 

 White Wonder. 



The propagating houses were as clean 

 as a new pin. In fact, the whole place 

 looked as polished as the gold star on 

 the breast of Theo. Dorner, who is head 

 of the La Fayette police force. The rose 

 range had been entirely rebuilt since 

 the occasion of the last visit, and is 

 of Moninger construction. Hoosier 

 Beauty was the big attraction, although 

 some fine pink seedlings held the eye. 

 Fine grafted and own-root stock of 

 Hoosier Beauty filled the benches and 

 will be ready for shipment March 1. 

 To supply La Fayette's retail demand, 

 several houses are devoted to miscel- 

 laneous stock. Gloire de Chatelaine be- 

 gonia mado quite a hit with the visit- 

 ors. F. E, Dorner said it is easy to 

 handle and satisfies the customers, 

 keeps well in the home and is a con- 

 tinuous bloomer. A bench of winter- 

 blooming antirrhinum seedlings were 

 coming on, having been benched from 

 4-inch pots after the early mums were 

 cut, and will be in full bloom for 

 Easter, thus cutting two crops from 

 the same space. 



In the workshop the visitors took out 

 their pencils and made notes as to the 

 method in which the tools and other 

 florists' supplies are conveniently placed, 

 all of which had been previously worked 

 out and prominently exemplified the 

 Dorner efficiency. 



The Business Session. 



The entire party was taken to the 

 city and banqueted at the La Fayette 

 Club, the entire house being at the dis- 

 posal of the florists. After the lunch- 

 eon, the business session was called to 

 order by ex-President W, W. Coles, in 

 the absence of W. J. Vesey, Jr. The 

 increasing or decreasing popularity of 

 the carnation was taken up and dis- 

 cussed by Irwin Bertermann, Herman 

 Junge, I. Rosnosky, W. W. Coles and 

 Fred Dorner. An invitation to meet 

 March 2 in Portland, Ind., was extended 

 by W. Frank & Sons and was accepted. 



After the meeting adjourned the 

 party visited the new retail store con- 

 ducted by Miss Emily Dorner, whom 

 the florists highly complimented for her 

 efficient management and artistic ar- 

 rangement of stock. 



Those Present. 



Among those present were: 



Barlck, M. A., Seymour. 

 Barnaby, Lynn, Columbus. 

 Bertermann, Irwin, Indianapolis. 

 Breneke, W. A.. New Castle. 

 ColeB, L. A.. Kokomo. 

 Coles. W. W., Kokomo. 

 Elder, Len., Indianapolis. 

 Grande, John, Indianapolis. 

 Hanning, Charles. Richmond. 

 Hartje, John, Indianapolis. 

 Haufrh, J. A. E., Anderson. 

 Henley, Robert, Hartford City. 

 Hyatt, E. M., Anderson. 

 Jones, R. E., Richmond. 

 Junge, Herman, Indianapolis. 

 Kircher, Roscoe. Falrmount. 

 Klrcher, Wlnfleld, Attica. 

 Knopf, Louis, Richmond. 

 Leltz, Herman, New Haven. 

 Melkel. H. L., Frankfort. 

 Morris, M. L., Blnomington. 

 Pastor, George, Huntington, 

 Pett, A. S., Crawfordsville. 

 Rodenbeck, Henry, Indianapolis. 

 Rosnosky, I., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Smith. L. C, Marion. 

 Stelnkamp, O. E.. Indianapolis. 

 Tauer, Paul. Lebanon. 

 Thomas. C, C, Indianapolis. 

 White. Harry, North Manchester. 



OBITUARY 



WiUiam H. Egee. 



The account of the tragic death of 

 William Henry Egee, in the Philadelphia 

 column of The Review January 28, cov- 

 ers in brief, with its accompanying 

 line, the description of a busy life, full 

 of activity and of usefulness. To it 

 should be added a few words of his 

 love for his chosen calling and of his 

 unfailing courtesy to all. Mr. Egee's 

 unfailing "Young lady, what can I do 

 for you?" with emphasis on the last 

 pronoun, delivered quite naturally even 

 to those who could no longer by any 

 possibility lay claim to youth, won him 

 friends everywhere. So, too, did his 

 bills "for professional services" to 

 those requiring an opinion on an ailing 



Long Branch, N. J. — John Kemp is 

 building a greenhouse. 



William Henry Egee. 



house plant, following a special visit 

 and a most careful diagnosis. His 

 friends will miss him sadly. Phil. 



F. B. Stowe. 



F. B. Stowe, at one time part owner 

 of the Maywood Nursery Co., May- 

 wood, 111., and later proprietor of the 

 Phoenix Nursery, at Delavan, Wis., 

 passed away suddenly January 25 at 

 Eureka Springs, Ark., where he had 

 gone for his health. The funeral was 

 held January 29 at Maywood, 111. 



William B. Keay. 



William R. Keay, of Lowville, N. Y., 

 died Friday night, January 22, of con- 

 gestion of the brain, at the age of 51. 

 He was born in Scotland and came to 

 this country twenty-six years ago. He 

 had been a resident of Lowville for 

 sixteen years. He is survived by his 

 wife, three sons, David, in the United 

 States navy, and John and William, 

 of Lowville; and four daughters, Mrs. 

 Jerry Boland, of Herkimer, and Anna, 

 Genie and Agnes Keay, of Lowville. 



Otto Lantz. 



Otto Lantz, 34 years old, of New- 

 castle, Ind., committed suicide Janu- 

 ary 23 by drinking poison. No reason 

 has been discovered for the act. He 



was unmarried and made his home with 

 his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Lantz. 



Mrs. Julia Noelke. 



Mrs. Julia Noelke, widow of Charles 

 Noelke, who for fifteen years conducted 

 a retail store at 2224 Seventh street, 

 New York city, previous to his death 

 December 4, 1912, died January 29 at 

 her home, at 415 West One Hundred 

 and Forty-sixth street. She was a 

 daughter of the late Samuel Higgins. 



W. F. Steinbach. 



W. F. Steinbach, in business at Rich- 

 mond, Va., shot himself at his home 

 January 21 and died later at the Me- 

 morial hospital. No reason for the act 

 is known. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



The city, hotels and flower stores 

 were full of excitement last week be- 

 cause of the many visiting florists at- 

 tending the convention of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. There were 

 the usual groups visiting the stores on 

 tours of inspection, jolly greetings ac- 

 companied by cordial shakings of hands, 

 renewing old acquaintances and mak- 

 ing new ones. AH stores were made 

 to look their prettiest for the visitors. 



There is an abundance of all kinds of 

 stock, including roses, carnations, sweet 

 peas, lilies, orchids and valley; also 

 such bulbous stock as narcissi, tulips 

 and daffodils. Forget-me-nots, freesias, 

 pansies, single violets, yellow daisies, 

 stevia, cornflower, mignonette and 

 snapdragon are to be had. Excellent 

 white lilac and azaleas were seen. 

 There is an abundance of all kinds of 

 flowering plants. 



Various Notes. 



The downtown florists had special 

 window displays during the convention, 

 which were interesting by way of con- 

 trast. The branch store of W. J. Pal- 

 mer & Son had a handsome window of 

 carnations and sweet peas in separate 

 vases, with a background of azaleas. 

 The Lenox Flower Shop used large 

 vases of carnations with baskets of 

 gardenias and assorted flowers. J. Ben- 

 son Stafford had an artistic display of 

 spring flowers. S. A. Anderson had an 

 elaborate window of French baskets 

 filled with growing plants of azaleas, 

 tulips, hyacinths, etc., with white lilac 

 in full bloom forming "a background. 

 Huge cornucopias of daffodils were 

 hung at frequent intervals. At the 

 Rebstock branch, Dutch and colonial 

 bouquets formed the main feature. 



Charles Felton deserves a great deal 

 of credit for the designing of the deco- 

 rations for the banquet of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. Vice-president 

 S. A. Anderson worked hard for the 

 success of the convention and banquet, 

 and the result was most gratifying. 

 Having the ladies present added a great 

 deal to the pleasure of the company. 

 E. C. A. 



Stamford, Conn. — The annual enter- 

 tainment and dance of the Westchester 

 and Fairfield Horticultural Society will 

 take place in Mechanics hall February 

 16. The program will consist of vocal 

 and instrumental music, vaudeville fea- 

 tures, etc. A buffet lunch will be 

 served, to be followed by dancing. Ad- 

 mission will be by card, which can be 

 had without charge from the secretary. 



