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October 21, lOlb. 



The Florists' Review 



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ness has surpassed all expectations, 

 though he anticipated an exceptionally 

 good year. 



M. A. McKenney & Co. were going 

 from morning till night last week and 

 they report that fall business has com- 

 menced with a rush, though somewhat 

 late in arriving. H. J. 8. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in heav- 

 ily and the demand for them still is 

 strong. The opening of a large depart- 

 ment store October 18, with ceremonies 

 continuing throughout the week, 

 brought calls for a large quantity of 

 mums, Beauties, fancy roses, etc. Lilies 

 and valley are scarce. 



Vaxious Notes. 



The committee in charge of the bowl- 

 ing tournament is working hard to ar- 

 range a suitable list of prizes. H. P. 

 Knoble, general chairman of the flower 

 show committee, has offered a life mem- 

 bership in the S. A. F. as the grand 

 prize, to be rolled for by the high aver- 

 age man in each team and the five high 

 average men in the singles. Herbert 

 Bate, president of the Cleveland Flo- 

 rists ' Club, offers $10 in gold, to be 

 placed by the committee. It now looks 

 as though ten or twelve teams will 

 compete. 



Visitors last week were Frank Far- 

 ney and George Hampton, of Philadel- 

 phia. 



At the annual meeting of the J. M. 

 Qasser Co., held October 14, F. C. W. 

 Brown was appointed a director and 

 made general manager and treasurer of 

 the company. F. A. F. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



W. Atlee BuipM ft Co., Philadelphia, Pa.— 

 An 8-page trade list of sweet peas. The first 

 half of the space Is occupied by pictures and de- 

 scriptions of half a dozen novelties; then follows 

 an advance offer of standard varieties for 1916. 

 The booklet states that In spite of Insect pests 

 and excessive rains, the company Is "In a position 

 to sapply In quantity any of the varieties of- 

 fered." 



Fraaer Nursery Co., Huntsvllle, Ala Whole- 

 sale catalogue of fruit trees, small fruits, nut 

 trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, garden 

 roots, nursery tools and supplies; twenty -eight 

 pages, bound In a neat green and gold cover. 

 Included in the lists are seedlings and other 

 young stock for transplanting. 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc., New York, 

 N. Y. — Wholesale list of bulbs and flower seeds 

 for florists; twenty pages, illustrated. Grass 

 seeds, mushroom spawn, fertilizers, insecticides, 

 tools, plant tubs and other greenhouse requisites 

 also are included, 

 i./?*"^'* Hardy Plant Farm, Enfleld, England.— 



Catalogue of Bulbs, Alpines and Perennials for 

 Autumn Planting," a 90-page book of the typical 

 Perry style, compactly and accurately printed and 

 containing comparatively few illustrations. The 

 stock in the first ten pages Is listed under the 

 nead of "New and Rare Border and Rock Plants"; 

 then follow twenty -seven pages of bulbs; next 

 are general collections of asters, delphiniums, 

 Papavers, phloxes, galllardlas. Irises, climbing 

 plants, wall shrubs, uncommon flowering shrubs, 

 fi i '^^^ ''<'*''' ends with a 24-page miscellaneous 

 list of perennials. 



^nited States Nursery Co., Roseacres, Miss. — 

 A 2e-page, illustrated wholesale list, "for 

 nurserymen, florists and dealers." Field-grown 

 roses, being a specialty, are listed most con- 

 spicuously, but shrubs, vines, peonies, phloxes, 

 irises, cannas and miscellaneous perennials also 

 are offered. In the shrubbery is included young 

 stock for transplanting. 



Anderson Floral Co., Anderson, S. C. — "Bulbs 

 for Fall Planting," an Illustrated catalogue of 

 Hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, narcissi, irises, 

 crocuses, freesias and lilies; eight pages and 

 cover. Enclosed, also, Is a separate list of sweet 

 pea seeds. 



Ithaca, N. Y.— The Floricultural Club 

 of Cornell University, known as the 

 Lazy Club, was addressed by Professors 

 White and Lumsden, on the subject of 

 "Mums," at its semimonthly meeting 

 October 18. 



OBITUARY 



John White. 



John White, one of the oldest horti- 

 culturists in the country, died at his 

 home, 1263 Waverly place, Elizabeth, 

 N. J., October 15, after a brief illness. 

 Mr. White was 90 years old. Death 

 was due to a general breakdown due 

 to old age. 



Mr. White was born in Bedford, Eng- 

 land. When a young man he came to 

 this country and became a resident of 

 Jersey City. He had studied horticul- 

 ture in England. When he settled in 

 Jersey City he entered the florists' 

 business, establishing greenhouses there, 

 and also his store at 97 Nassau street, 

 New York city. A little over thirty 

 years ago he gave up his store in New 

 York and removed from Jersey City to 

 Elizabeth, where he erected greenhouses 

 at Waverly place. He retired from 

 business three years ago. 



Mr. White's flowers were frequently 

 seen at horticultural exhibits, and he 

 often carried off prizes. He was the 

 originator of American Pride and Show 

 pansies. At one time he was a mem- 

 ber of several New York trade socie- 

 ties. He was the oldest member of 

 Washington lodge. No. 33, F. and A. M. 

 He is survived by one son, John 

 White, Jr., a florist; his daughter, Mrs. 

 D. A. Daland; a grandson, James White, 

 also a florist, and a second grandchild. 



R. B. M. 



William A. Ireland. 



William A. Ireland, of Salem, Mass., 

 died October 9 from injuries sustained 

 in a fall in the street a few days pre- 

 viously. The deceased was born at 

 Salem in the early days of 1833 and 

 was educated in the public schools, be- 

 ing a member of the twenty-first class 

 to enter the famous Salem English high 

 school. In 1877 Mr. Ireland started a 

 florists' business and conducted green- 

 houses at his home at Cabot and 

 Cypress streets, until ten years ago, 

 when he retired. He is survived by 

 a son, William, and two daughters, 

 Mrs. S. Blaney and Mary Ireland. 



William H. Siaher. 



William H, Maher, for several years 

 one of the best known private garden- 

 ers and florists of Newport, R. I., died 

 Columbus day, October 12, at his home 

 on Coggeshall avenue, Newport, after a 

 lingering illness. He was a son of the 

 late William H. and Margaret Maher, 

 and was in his thirty-ninth year. He 

 was unmarried. Two sisters made their 

 home with him. He was for several 

 years foreman of Hose Company No. 3, 

 of the volunteer fire department of 

 Newport. He was a member of the 

 Knights of Columbus and was aflSli- 

 ated with the Newport Horticultural 

 Society. W. H. M. 



Charles B. Chase. 



Charles B. Chase, who, although only 

 46 years of age, deserves to be classed 

 as one of the veterans among Chicago 

 retail florists, died October 13, after 

 an illness of several months with heart 

 and kidney disorders. Mr. Chase had 

 conducted his store at 2205 South Mich- 

 igan avenue for many years, with the 

 assistance of Mrs. Chase, who survives 

 him. Until his last illness he was con- 



stantly present in the store, although 

 the loss of his sight, which was added 

 to his other physical disabilities, un- 

 fitted him for the tasks that he loved. 

 Mrs. Chase will continue the business. 



David Tisch. 



The trade in the San Francisco sec- 

 tion was grieved to learn of the death 

 last week of David Tisch, for years 

 manager of the nursery department of 

 the Henry M. Sanborn Co., of Oakland, 

 Cal., who passed away after a long ill- 

 ness at the age of 67. He was a native 

 of Germany, but spent most of his life 

 in this country, moving to the Pacific 

 coast many years ago from St. ' Loiiis. 

 Mr. Tisch was well known all over the 

 coast. He was a prominent member of 

 the I. O. O. F. and other organizations. 



S. H. G. 



USINGEB'S UTTERANCES. 



Charles A. Duerr, of Newark, O.,^ has 

 been unusually busy with funeral work 

 for the last few weeks. 



The Kent Bros. Flower Shop, New- 

 ark, is showing Dutch bulbs, for which 

 there is an exceptionally good demand. 

 George B. Watkins, of Zanesville, O., 

 is repairing and renovating his houses. 



The florists of Coshocton, O., were 

 busy last week at the ^Coshocton fair. 

 Exhibits were made by S. M. Hamil- 

 ton, Edward Nash and Mrs. Emma J. 

 Clary. 



I. A. Oldham, of Cambridge, O., who 

 recently took up the florists* business 

 again, has his houses in first-class con- 

 dition. 



Frederick W. Arnold, of Cambridge, 

 is visiting the florists throughout the 

 southern and eastern parts of Ohio. 



George Stanley Wehrley has bought 

 the store of the Misses Forbes and 

 Donahey, at Wheeling, W. Va. Mr. 

 Wehrley will use some novel decorations 

 in refurnishing the store. 



John Hellstern, of Wheeling, is in the 

 midst of the fall rush, when hedges, 

 lawns and outdoor perennials have to 

 be looked after. 



Arthur Langhans, of Wheeling, has a 

 large display of bulbs. With the help 

 of attractive and unique signs in his 

 windows, he flnds a ready sale for them. 



Frank C. Seibert, of Wheeling, who 

 spent six weeks in the west with his 

 wife, visiting the two expositions, 

 says that the west, to him, is greatly 

 overdrawn, both as to its climate and 

 scenery. "The West Virginia hills are 

 still the beauty spots in America to 

 me," he said. 



Charles H. Miller, of Moundsville, 

 W. Va., has taken over the business of 

 his mother, Mrs. Mary Miller. After 

 making some improvements, he will 

 have a store that will rank well with 

 other flower stores in West Virginia for 

 beauty. W. T. U. 



Ashtabula, O. — E. W. Stearns, lately 

 with A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., is now associated with Faust & 

 Lockwood, growers of roses and carna- 

 tions. 



Newport, B. I. — The proposal to 

 merge the Newport Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, the Newport Garden Association 

 and the Newport Garden Club into one 

 organization has been abandoned. The. 

 yearly shows will continue to be held 

 under the joint auspices of the three or- 

 ganizations, however. 



