April 15, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



During the last week there has been 

 a plentiful supply of cut flowers at 

 reasonable prices. Carnations have 

 been of good quality, the flowers being 

 large and the stems long. Boses have 

 been fairly abundant; the quality has 

 been good, and prices have been me- 

 dium. >Bulbou8 flowers have been 

 plentiful and the prices low. There is 

 a good demtind for this class of stock, 

 especially the yellow varieties, such 

 as daffodils, jonquils, tulips, etc. Hya- 

 cinths have also had a ready sale. 

 There were not quite so many potted 

 rose bushes in the market as there were 

 the week before Easter. Orchids are 

 rather scarce and dear. There is a 

 large supply of azaleas of fine quality 

 in the market, selling from 75 cents 

 up. Hydrangeas of good quality are 

 coming in. The demand for the I^ench 

 type exceeds that for the hardy white 

 kind. There is a small demand for 

 yellow callas, which sejjt at about $1 

 per plant, with one bloom to the plant. 

 There has been considerable funeral 

 work. During last week and this there 

 were a number of large weddings, and 

 others are scheduled for next week. 



Various Notes. 



McLaughlin & Murphy, of 181 Clin- 

 ton avenue, have been busy with 

 funeral work during the last ten days. 



Strobell & Co. had to call in their 

 delivery wagon on the Saturday pre- 

 ceding Easter, because of the blizzard, 

 and hire sleighs from grocery stores in 

 order to make their deliveries. 



Fred P. Wolfinger has decorated for 

 several large weddings during the last 

 two weeks and has orders for other 

 dates ahead. 



Henry A. Strobell, of 931 Broad 

 street, has had the decorations for four 

 large society weddings during the last 

 ten days. Mr. Strobell is the florist 

 member from Newark of the Eotary 

 Club, and is enthusiastic over the work 

 of that organization. 



Hahne & Co. made a specialty last 

 week or rose bushes, boxwoods, mag- 

 nolias and rhododendrons. 



The Enterprise Trading Co. has 

 opened a temporary store at 199 Mar- 

 ket street for the sale of seeds and im- 

 ported bulbs, bushes and trees. 



Sheriff George C. Otto and Charles 

 P. Buss, acting as jury commissioners, 

 last week drew the grand jury and petit 

 jury panels for the Union county courts 

 for the May term, and on both of these 

 panels were a number of florists and 

 nurserymen. They were: On the grand 

 jury: Henry Leahy, Elizabeth; Charles 

 L. Stanley, Plainfield; John E. Lager, 

 Summit; William A. Allen, Union; 

 William Flemmer, Springfield. On the 

 petit jury: Edward P. Leahy, Eliza- 

 beth; Valentine Hamann, Summit; 

 William Wetzel, Springfield; Otto F. 

 Adams, New Providence Borough. F. 

 Howard Nodine, a tree surgeon, of 

 Springfield, was also selected on the 

 petit jury panel. 



Chester J. Hunt, of North Mountain 

 avenue, Montclair, spoke Tuesday, 

 April 6, before the girls' department 

 of the Woman's Club of Upper Mont- 

 clair on the cultivation of daffodils 

 and tulips. Mr. Hunt conducts a daffo- 

 dil and tulip experiment station on 

 Porter place, Montclair. B. B. M. 



DAVIS' J]|PF^ Q^^'ASS BOAKDS. 



Trade visitors, to _the Terre Haute 

 plant of J. W. Davis frequently note 

 where a broken light of glass has been 

 temporarily replaced by what seems a 

 pasteboard that is cut to exactly fit in 

 the space and lap over the glass below. 

 When asked about it Mr. Davis says 

 it is a little scheme of his own for 

 quick repairing; that in that section 

 and up in Davenport territory, they had 



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frequent hail storms in April and May, 

 that sometimes caused considerable 

 glass breakage. In winter, too, there 

 always is more or less breakage by ice, 

 no matter what style of house one has. 

 He tired of seeing his men chase around 

 for pieces of board to tack over the 

 openings, so he went to a manufacturer 

 and had some special waterproof corru- 

 gated boards made that were scored on 



the side so that the edges could be 

 turned over, giving a lip which, with 

 two tacks on each side, can be se- 

 curely fastened between the bars of 

 the roof. To hold it securely in an 

 overlap on the glass below it, he had 

 the corners notched out. 



In conversation with a recent visitor, 

 the mender under observation had been 



in position, he said, for six weeks and 

 had stood the spring rains remark- 

 ably. It looked so absolutely practical 

 and good that the visitor suggested his 

 letting other members of the trade in 

 on it. Bight then and there Mr. Davis 

 was willing, so they dubbed it the 

 Jiffy Glass Board. 



For Mr. Davis' use he has had these 

 glass boards made in stock sizes, l^^jkS 

 and 16x24, but no doubt he will aatl 

 other sizes if there is a call for them. 

 The cost is low and a great many grow- 

 ers are likely to want a few bundles 

 on the place. 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Decker. 



Henry Decker, in the florists' busi- 

 ness at Norfolk, Va., was found dead in 

 his bed at 621 Botecourt street on the 

 morning of April 4, when the colored 

 girl employed by him went to wake him 

 at 8:30. The physician who was sum- 

 moned pronounced his death due to 

 apoplexy. 



The widow and daughter of Mr. 

 Decker arrived from Orataige, N. J., 

 April 6, for the funeral, which was 

 held at an undertaker's establishment 

 April 7. Interment was in St. Mary's 

 cemetery, Norfolk. Mr. Decker was 72 

 years of age. 



John Niquet. 



John Niquet, eldest son of Frank 

 Niquet, of Patchogue, N. Y., died of 

 pneumonia Monday, April 5, and was 

 buried Friday,' April 9. A number of 

 florists were present at the funeral. 

 The floral remembrances were many 

 and beautiful. J. A. S. 



Simon Bodh. 



Simon Bodh, for fifteen years in the 

 florists' ribbon business at 40 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. New York city, 

 was taken suddenly ill a few days be- 

 fore his death, which occurred Friday, 

 April 9, with acute pneumonia. He 

 was 66 years of age. He was success- 

 ful in his business and much respected 

 by those in the trade. J. A. S. 



Birs. Jolin B. Nugent. 



Pneumonia caused the death of Mrs. 

 John B. Nugent, at New York, April 

 10) after a week of severe suffering dur- 

 ing which the serious character of her 

 illness scarcely was understood. 



Mrs. Nugent was a lady of rare at- 

 tainments, her musical talents giving 

 her a national reputation. She had just 

 completed an engagement in opera at 

 Washington when seized by the fatal 

 illness. She was 33 years of age. Mrs. 

 Nugent numbered the members of the 

 New York Florists' Club among her 

 closest friends. Her husband, John B. 

 Nugent, of Young & Nugent, was presi- 

 dent of the club when she married with 

 him in 1911, and it was her pleasure to 

 assist in the club's entertainments 

 whenever circumstances would permit. 

 For years her wonderful voice has been 

 heard at club gatherings and her 

 friendly disposition endeared her to all 

 the members. To the public she was 

 known as Mme. Sabery Dorsell, prima 

 donna with .the Aborn Opera Co. 



The funeral was held April 13, at the 

 Broadway tabernacle. The casket was 

 covered by a great pall of Killarneys 

 from the employees of Young & Nugent 

 and the floral offerings from Mr. Nu- 

 gent 's friends were notably numerous 

 and beautiful. Many of the leading 

 members of the trade in New York and 

 vicinity were present. Interment was 

 at Woodlawn. 



Ogden, Utah.— The business of B. 

 Van der Schuit has been sold to Mrs. 

 J. J. Van der Schuit and G. van Hoist. 



