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Sbpteubgk 2, 1915. 



The ^orists' Review 



21 



cosmos, daisies, bouvardias, hydrangeas 

 and goldenrod. 



Various Notes. 



R. Vincent, Jr., writes from Los An- 

 geles of the splendid time he and other 

 easterners have had in California, and 

 reminds New Yorkers not to forget the 

 launching of his pet ship, the American 

 Dahlia Society, in September. 



Next Tuesday, September 7, the mem- 

 bers of the New York and New Jer- 

 sey Association of Plant Growers will 

 enjoy their annual outing in a sail up 

 the sound and a banquet at Northport, 

 L. I., the boat leaving the battery at 

 9:30 a. m. 



Much sympathy is felt for Frank 

 Frank, the Third avenue retailer, in the 

 loss of his infant daughter, and for the 

 sons of Lawrence Kervan, whose obitu- 

 ary appears on this page. 



Horace E. Froment is back from his 

 northern trip, and is enjoying his week 

 ends at Asbury Park, N. J. 



H. C. Riedel, of Badgley, Eiedel & 

 Meyer, will return next week from his 

 month's vacation. J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY 



Thirty-six cases of immortelles ar- 

 rived August 19 on the steamship Vene- 

 zelos, from Marseilles, consigned to A. 

 Hermann. 



USINQEB'S UTTERANCES. 



W. Grant Kintigh, Irwin, Pa., is cut- 

 ting some fine asters. He has made an 

 attractive flower garden of his front 

 lawn, which draws much attention. 



William Cromack, Irwin, still deals 

 in real estate, but he finds time to 

 grow good flowers. 



Miss E. Phillips, of Koerbel Bros., 

 Jeannette, Pa., is spending her vaca- 

 tion in the east, visiting friends. 



Joseph Thomas, Greensburg, Pa., is 

 building another cistern, which will 

 greatly increase his water supply. 



Ed. Leizmann, Latrobe, Pa., is busy 

 repairing his greenhouses. He is cut- 

 ting some fine gladioli. 



The Indiana Floral Co., Indiana, Pa., 

 recently installed a new icebox, which 

 is in harmony with the rest of the fur- 

 nishings and adds greatly to the gen- 

 eral effect of the establishment. 



Mrs. W. S. iSmathers, Indiana, after 

 an illness of four weeks, is convales- 

 cent. 



Miss Margaret Schneider, Johnstown, 

 Pa,, is showing some fine roses and car- 

 nations. She reports business increas- 

 ing. 



Bruce Walker, Johnstown, made good 

 use of his windows by exhibiting a 

 Shriners' design and a locomotive de- 

 sign in honor of the Shriners visiting 

 Johnstown last week. 



T. Malbranc, Johnstown, is cutting 

 some fine roses and other seasonable 

 flowers. 



William Schrader, Johnstown, has 

 been cutting some excellent asters. 



Herman Neisner, Johnstown, though 

 busy with his fall planting and the re- 

 decorating of his store, has still plenty 

 of time to devote to his wonderful col- 

 lection of birds, which he has gathered 

 from all parts of the world. 



W. T. U. 



Cedar Rapids, la. — Although his place 

 of business was almost completely 

 burned out the other day, John E. 

 Lapes comes up smiling and says he 

 will soon have things shipshape again. 

 The loss was partially covered by in- 

 surance. 



Lawrence W. Kervan. 



Lawrence W. Kervan, head of the 

 Kervan Co., 119 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. New York, died at the Roose- 

 velt hospital August 24, following an 

 operation for intestinal trouble. 



Mr. Kervan was born in New York 

 in 1843. For twenty years he followed 

 horticulture as a profession in Florida. 

 Fifteen years ago he returned to New 

 York, and with three sons established 

 the Kervan Co., dealing in greens and 

 other decorative material of a similar 

 character for florists. 



He was a veteran of the Civil war, 

 having enlisted in the Fifth Connecti- 

 cut regiment in 1861. He was at Win- 

 chester and Cedar Mountain, and was 

 captured by the Confederates at the 

 latter place and imprisoned for forty 

 days at Belle Island. He was a mem- 

 ber of Lafayette post, G. A. R. 



Mr. Kervan lived at 7 West One 



Lawrence W. Kervan. 



Hundred and Eighth street, and is sur- 

 vived by his wife and four sons. The 

 esteem in which he was held by the 

 trade was shown by the large number 

 of flowers at the funeral. 



3. A. Smith. 



C. A. Smith, formerly of Minneap- 

 olis, died at the home of his daughter, 

 Mrs. P. L. Goodwin, Fargo, N. D., Tues- 

 day morning, August 24. Mr. Smith 

 had been living at his daughter's home 

 for about a year. He was born in Ver- 

 mont and came west about fifty years 

 ago, locating at Northfield, Minn. He 

 lived there from 1865 to 1875, when he 

 moved to Minneapolis and established 

 the Smith greenhouses. He prospered 

 in the business, enlarging it from year 

 to year until 1900, when he sold the 

 property and business to the L. S. Don- 

 aldson Co. 



Mr. Smith was 86 years of age. His 

 wife died about three years ago, and 

 Mrs. Goodwin is the only near relative 



who survives him. The funeral took 

 place August 26 at Minneapolis, under 

 the auspices of the Masonic order. In- 

 terment was at Lakewood cemetery. 



John Both. 



John Roth, a florist of Quiney, 111., 

 was drowned August 15 while taking a 

 pleasure trip in a launch. According 

 to the other members of the party, Mr. 

 Roth had climbed upon the stern of 

 the boat to adjust an iron support, 

 when waves from a passing launch 

 rocked the craft, causing him to lose 

 his balance. As none of the occu- 

 pants of the launch could control the 

 boat wheii Mr. Roth fell off, they were 

 unable to render any assistance to the 

 drowning man. The body was recov- 

 ered three hours later. Mr. Roth was 

 about 38 years of age. 



CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 



The IkCarket. 



Business is especially dull this sum- 

 mer, with a heavier cut of flowers than 

 usual. Some have tried to remedv mat- 

 ters by cutting prices, while others have 

 wisely held up to normal prices, and 

 used their surplus in charity work and 

 in gifts to friends and good customers. 

 It seems to me from experience that 

 the latter way is the better, for it 

 brings customers whenever conditions 

 improve. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. H. W. Johnson began business 

 in her husband's jewelry store a few 

 years ago by selling flowers on commis- 

 sion for John Karsten. Her affable 

 manner, coupled with natural ability 

 for the business, caused a rapid growth 

 in her trade. Later, hardy stock was 

 planted on the home place and proved 

 profitable. Last spring Mr. Johnson 

 purchased the property of the Higley 

 Floral Co., consisting of several acres 

 of excellent land at the foot of Look- 

 out mountain, on which were two good 

 residences, three houses, 20x160, that 

 had been built less than a year, and 

 many hotbed sashes and coldframes. The 

 Johnsons are contemplating opening a 

 first-class place for their combined busi- 

 nesses on the main business street of 

 the city. 



Mrs. J. W. Crouch, whose place has 

 been on Missionary Ridge for the last 

 fifteen or twenty years, continues to do 

 a good business. This remarkable 

 woman continues to act as her own 

 foreman, and is training her children to 

 be expert in the business. While local 

 business is dull, she is doing a good out- 

 of-town business, shipping as far as 

 New York. 



John Karsten 's business has made a 

 good, healthy growth in the last two 

 years. Things are looking well about 

 the greenhouses, and will be in good 

 condition when fall business opens. 



Perhaps the most rapid growth in the 

 florists' business Chattanooga has seen 

 is that of W. F. Haeger, Five or six 

 years ago he started in business with 

 only a small counter in another store 

 and no glass to speak of. Now he has, 

 perhaps, the best retail place in the 

 city and one of the best ranges. 



F. B. 



Penbrook, Pa.— Snyder & Hass are 

 adding considerable glass this summer 

 and expect to have 14,000 feet by Oc- 

 tober 1. They have been in business 

 only two years. 



