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The Florists^ Review 



Jdnb 24, 1015. 



BUSINESS EMBABSASSMENTS. 



Boston, Mass. — Sidney Hoffman, do- 

 ing business at 59 and 61 Massachu- 

 setts avenue, Boston, with greenhouses 

 at 581 Mount Auburn street, Cambridge, 

 filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 

 June 14, in the United States District 

 court. His liabilities are scheduled at 

 $67,727.03. Of this amount, $63,891.74 

 is unsecured debts, $3,410 secured debts, 

 $285.29 wages and $140 taxes. Of the 

 total assets, amountig to $14,040, stock 

 in trade is given as $6,500; book debts, 

 $7,000; cask' as.d money in bank, $140. 

 Some of the heaviest creditors, locally, 

 are: W. H. Elliott, $6,715.68; Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, $6,927.71; W. R. 

 Nicholson, $1,400; W. A. Hastings, 

 $1,030; George H. Noyes, $1,200; W. J. 

 Patterson, $108; Frank Edgar, $400; H. 

 M. Robinson & Co., $1,100; John C. 

 Gray, $4,375; Mrs. S. Goldberg, $10,300; 

 Thomas Roland, $1,375; Jean Newcomb, 

 New York, $4,000; B. Hammond Tracy, 

 $1,287. 



Business is being done as usual at the 

 Massachusetts avenue store, on a cash 

 basis, and will probably be continued 

 when a settlement has been made. It 

 is understood that the store has proved 

 quite profitable, other interests the re- 

 verse, and these latter will be dropped. 

 Referee Gibbs has appointed Alexander 

 I. Stoneman receiver, with authority to 

 continue the business. 



Kansas City, Mo. — A petition asking 

 that the Southern Nut Nursery Co., 2943 

 East Twenty-eighth street, be adjudged 

 bankrupt was filed in the federal court 

 July 15. The liabilities are given as 

 more than $44,000, on notes held by 

 Henry C. Brent, receiver of the South- 

 ern Orchard Planting Co. Elinor An- 

 derson, stenographer, is one of the pe- 

 titioners, asking for $35 due her for 

 services. C. V. Norfleet is the manager 

 of the nursery company. 



BOCHESTEB TO HOLD SHOW. 



First Annual Show Next September. 



Rochester is to have a big flower show 

 from August 30 to September 11. It 

 is to be held in connection with the an- 

 nual Rochester Industrial and Agricul- 

 tural Exposition, asserted to be the 

 greatest municipal exposition in the 

 United States, ^ow, in its eighth year, 

 it is attended by upward of a quarter 

 of a million people. 



This is the first year of the flower 

 show, but it is to be on a big scale. Ex- 

 hibition space is offered free to all grow- 

 ers, florists, seedsmen and nurserymen. 

 This is made possible by the immense 

 attendance at the exposition. Florists 

 in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and 

 the New England states will be invited 

 personally to attend, and will be in- 

 formed of the names of the important 

 growers who are to show their products. 



One of the best buildings in the city's 

 million-dollar Exposition park has been 

 assigned to the flower show. It has 

 20,000 feet of floor space, with high 

 skylight roof, cement floor, water and 

 sewer connections, etc. It is said to be 

 an ideal place for a flower show. 



The flower department will be in the 

 charge of the Rochester Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, which already has a record of 

 many successful shows to its credit. 

 That in itself guarantees the artistic 

 features of the show, which will be ar- 

 ranged in garden effect. 



Interests which appeal not only to 



growers directly, but also to their fami- 

 lies, will be an extra inducement to visit 

 the Rochester exposition. The exposi- 

 tion is entertaining, educational and in- 

 spirational. It has all the desirable 

 features of a large state fair. Its horse 

 show is considered second to none in 



OBITUARY 



Albert C. Rett. 



the country. Its manufacturing exhib- 

 its represent almost every line. Its art 

 loan exhibit brings together oil paint- 

 ings and water colors by the famous 

 artists of America. The supply of fruit 

 and vegetables is unrivaled in this coun- 

 try. Rochester as a summer playground 

 is famous. Its first-class hotels, beauti- 

 ful drives, lake resorts and fertile ag- 



August Gaedeke. 



ricultural surroundings afford all the 

 opportunities for rest and amusement to 

 a discriminating public. 



Diagrams and information may be ob- 

 tained from Edgar F. Edwards, secre- 

 tary and manager, 309 Powers building, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Albert C. Rett. 



After an illness of only four days, 

 Albert C. Rott, of Joliet, 111., died June 

 17 at St. Joseph's hospital. The cause 

 of death was urcemic poisoning. 



Mr. Rott was widely known, both in 

 the trade and fraternal circles. He was 

 a member of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association, the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 the Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights 

 of Pythias, Moose and other organiza- 

 tions. He was a man who made friends 

 readily and whose activities were cease- 

 less. 



Mr. Rott was born at Bloomington, 

 Ind., forty-nine years ago. He started 

 in the florists' business in that city 

 and had built up a fine business when 

 he left for Colorado Springs, Colo., on 

 account of his health. After he had 

 improved he removed to Joliet, 111. This 

 was eight years ago and he quickly 

 built up a retail business that was of 

 excellent proportions for a city of that 

 size. He was ably assisted in the store 

 by Mrs. Rott. They had no children. 

 Surviving with Mrs. Rott is his aged 

 mother and two brothers, all of Bloom- 

 ington. 



The body lay in state at Chamberlin 's 

 chapel in Joliet until June 19. The 

 funeral was held at Bloomington, Ind., 

 June 20, in charge of the Masons. There 

 was a large attendance, including many 

 in the trade, and the floral remem- 

 brances were numerous. A. Zech, of 

 Chicago, was among those present from 

 a distance. 



Gustave H. Taepke. 



Gustave H. Taepke, Detroit, Mich., 

 died Friday night, June 18, aged 61 

 years. He leaves his wife, one son, 

 Walter, and three daughters. Mr. 

 Taepke was one of Detroit's pioneer 

 florists, starting in business there forty 

 years ago. In addition to the range at 

 450 Elmwood avenue, for the last twen- 

 ty years he conducted a retail store at 

 95 Gratiot avenue, in the heart of the 

 business district. This store has been 

 directly under Walter Taepke 's super- 

 vision for many years. Mr. Taepke had 

 been ill all winter. The funeral took 

 place Monday afternoon, June 21, all 

 the Detroit florists attending in a body. 



H. S. 



August Gaedeke. 



August Gaedeke, of Nashua, N. H., 

 died at St. Joseph's hospital, Nashua, 

 June 15, of pleuropneumonia, after a 

 few days' illness. He had the best of 

 medical skill and his naturally strong 

 constitution made a brave fight for the 

 mastery. The end came quietly and 

 peacefully. He was born at Stettin, 

 Germany, in 1866, where the early part 

 of his life was spent. When 17 years 

 of age he went to Perth, Scotland, with 

 an elder brother, and worked at garden- 

 ing for three years. In 1886 he came 

 to America. He located for one year 

 at Cambridge, Mass., and left there to 

 work for former U. S. District Attorney 

 C. W. Hoitt, better known locally as 

 Judge Hoitt, who had greenhouses on 

 Franklin street. In 1893 the green- 

 houses were moved to Concord street, 

 where they now stand. In 1900 August 

 and his brother, Rudolph, bought out 

 Judge Hoitt 's share in the greenhouses 



