Has t7. 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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BUFFALO. 



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The Market. 



Business was quiet last week and, 

 if it had not been for funeral work, 

 would have been exceedingly dull. Even 

 the Saturday special sales have been 

 small since Mothers' day, which was a 

 record day for business. The Killar- 

 neys, Taft, Milady, Sunburst, Ward, 

 Shawyer and Mock are all good. Cecile 

 Brunner roses are used a great deal for 

 corsages; so are valley, orchids, gar- 

 denias and sweet peas since the violet 

 season has closed. Pink peonies have 

 arrived in small quantities. P. f estiva 

 maxima is also coming in and the quality 

 is good. Purple and white lilacs are 

 available, but there is little demand for 

 them. Good carnations are in oversup- 



?ly. Harrisii lilies are somewhat scarce, 

 ellow marguerites, forget-me-nots, pan- 

 sies, cornflowers and outdoor valley are 

 plentiful and sell well. Bedding plants 

 of all kinds are finding a ready sale. 

 Outdoor work is being pushed. Ceme- 

 tery urns and baskets are being filled 

 now, so as to have this work done be- 

 fore Memorial day. The weather has 

 been quite cool for May and has, in 

 some cases, retarded outdoor work. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Susan Streit has filled the va- 

 cancy at the Elmwood store of S. A. 

 Anderson, made by the resignation of 

 Miss Edith Christy, who is to be married 

 in June. 



L. H. Neubeck has begun work on 

 cemetery urns. He will be rushed from 

 now until Memorial day. 



Peter Hoffman, in the Washington 

 market, handles a few rare things in 

 the plant line. He has some fine clivias 

 the bulbs of which came from England, 

 and were quite expensive. 



Nearly all the downtown florists had 

 large and costly floral designs for the 

 funeral of S. H. Knox, which took place 

 May 18. 8. A. Anderson had a large 

 cascade wreath of pink roses and val- 

 ley, which stood six feet high. An 

 English wreath of cycas, Easter lilies 

 and orchids, mounted on an easel, was 

 also effective. An immense standing 

 wreath of orchids, yellow snapdragons 

 and valley, on a groundwork of bronze 

 galax, was handsome. The most gor- 

 geous design of all was an immense 

 mound of orchids, cattleyas, phalsenop- 

 sis, oncidiums and various other spray 

 orchids. These were arranged on an 

 easel to give a natural drooping effect 

 and were combined with pale green 

 asparagus fern tips. Besides the fore- 

 going, there were numerous wreaths, 

 mounds and clusters. 



A bowling match has been arranged 

 by M. A. Vinson, of Cleveland, for the 

 Buffalo and Rochester bowling teams, 

 to be held during the Cleveland flower 

 show, November 10 to 14. The Cleve- 

 land Florists' Club has offered a sil- 

 ver loving cup as a prize to the win- 

 ning team. Let us line up, boys, and 

 keep in practice for the great event, 

 for Rochester has some great bowlers. 

 All should plan to attend, for we want 

 to bring the cup back to Buffalo. 



Lightning struck the ofiSce building 

 of the South park conservatory. May 21, 

 tore away a considerable part of the 

 roof and did damage amounting to about 

 $900. A big hole was ripped in the 

 robf and the gutters were demolished. 



iMiss Mabel Hoke has been confined 

 t(» her > tome with diphtheria; (for the 

 last two ;?week8. .E^.Gi A. 



OBITUARY 



William H. Grenell. 



William Horatio Grenell, of Pierre- 

 pont Manor, N. Y., and Saginaw, Mich., 

 widely known in the trade as one of 

 the pioneer seed growers of the United 

 States, died at noon May 19, at his 

 home at Pierrepont Manor. 



Mr. Grenell suffered with cancer, but 

 the immediate cause of death was heart 

 failure. While it was known he was 

 seriously ill and a physician and nurse 

 were in constant attendance, it was not 

 known that the end was so near, and 

 he passed away unexpectedly. His 

 health began to fail last autumn and, 

 after he went home in December to be 

 with his family during the holiday sea- 

 son, he declined rapidly. In January 

 he went to Clifton Springs, where he 

 remained for about two months, going 

 from there to Baltimore, where he was 



W. H. Grenell. 



treated with radium. By this time he 

 was so weak the trip from Baltimore to 

 his home at Pierrepont Manor had to 

 be made by private car. 



Mr. Grenell was born at Pierrepont 

 Manor, January 26, 1846. He was a 

 student at Union Academy, Cazenova 

 Seminary and Eastman's Business Col- 

 lege, at Poughkeepsie. He began his 

 career as a seedsman in 1873. About 

 twenty years ago Mr. Grenell moved 

 the business to Saginaw, Mich., and it 

 will be continued under the present 

 management, as it was the desire of 

 Mr. Grenell that his business should be 

 carried on by his grandson, who is now 

 a lad at school. 



Besides his seed business, Mr. Grenell 

 owned a large farm, comprising about 

 1,000 acres, near his home, and was a 

 breeder of Holstein cattle. He had 

 various business interests and was a 

 director of the Citizens National Bank 

 at Adams, N. Y. 



For thirteen years he served as cap- 

 tain of Company A, Thirty-fifth Regi- 

 ment, New York State Guards. He 

 was a member of the Masonic order, 

 being affiliated with Rising Sun Lodge, 

 Adams Chapter, with Watertown Com- 

 mandery,, K. T., and with Media Temple, 



Mystic Shrine, also of Wi^tertown. As 

 a young man he devoted much atten- 

 tion to music, being for many years 

 leader of the village band. Through- 

 out his life music gave him great pleas- 

 ure. He was a Democrat in politics. 



March 19, 1867, Mr. Grenell was 

 united in marriage with Adelaide E. 

 Allen, who survives him. He is also 

 survived by his daughter, Mrs. Mat- 

 thew J. Huggins, his grandson, William 

 Grenell Huggins, and his brother, Ben- 

 jamin P. Grenell, all of Pierrepont 

 Manor. 



The funeral was held May 22 and 

 was under the auspices of Watertown 

 Commandery No. 11, K. T. About eighty 

 knights in full uniform attended, with 

 their band. It is said to have been 

 the largest funeral ever held in that 

 vicinity. The floral offerings were ex- 

 quisite and extremely numerous, com- 

 ing from all parts of the country. In- 

 terment was in the village churchyard, 

 where several generations of his family 

 have been laid to rest. I. M. S. 



Robert Leonard. 



Robert Leonard, youngest son of S. 

 F. Leonard, president of the Leonard 

 Seed Co., Chicago, died at the home 

 of his brother, Edward Leonard, in 

 Antigo, Wis., May 17, at the age of 30 

 years. For more than three years he 

 had been suffering with diabetes and 

 had sought relief in various climates, 

 but without beneficial results. At one 

 time he was in charge of the growing 

 station of the Leonard Seed Co., at 

 Columbus, Wis., but his health proved 

 too delicate for ' this position, and he 

 was compelled to forego all work. S. F. 

 Leonard arrived at the bedside a few 

 hours before death. The body was 

 taken to the Leonard home in Oak 

 Park, 111., where the funeral was held 

 May 20. The fioral offerings quite 

 filled a room. Interment was in Rose- 

 hill cemetery, Chicago. 



Cut Bank, Mont.— Mrs. D. S. Clark 

 has the sympathy of the trade in the 

 death of her husband. May 6. Mrs. 

 Clark plans to continue the business. 



Catskill, N. Y. — Henry Lang, who 

 had been employed by florists here for 

 two years, May 23 shot two little girls 

 and then turned the revolver on him- 

 self. 



Bockford, HI. — M. Tremulis, proprie- 

 tor of the Rockford Floral Co., has 

 purchased a residence on Bolvin ave- 

 nue from Carl Sundstrand for a con- 

 sideration of $5,500. 



Beatrice, Neb. — Walter A. Dole, man- 

 ager of the greenhouses of the Dole 

 Floral Co., was married May 4 to Mrs. 

 Etta Zenthoser, of Williamsport, Pa., 

 at Lincoln. Upon their return home 

 the same evening in an Overland tour- 

 ing car, the gift of the groom to the 

 bride, the couple were given a recep- 

 tion by a number of their friends at 

 their home, at 1101 North Fifth street. 



Bacine, Wis. — Wynn Jackson, propri- 

 etor of the Lake View Greenhouse, was 

 driving his automobile Saturday eve- 

 ning. May 15, when it collided with 

 that of Fire Chief James Cape. Two 

 wheels were broken off the car and 

 other damage was done, but fortunately 

 nobody was injured. As it was fsining 

 at the time, Mr. Jackson had jbII the 

 curtains down and did not see the 

 chief's car, which was speeding on its 

 way to a fire, until too late to avoid it. 



