Febbuabi 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Mr. McConnell, has decided to assume 

 the responsibility of a store on his own 

 account. He has rented the store on 

 the corner of Fifty-seventh street and 

 Madison avenue, formerly occupied by 

 Owen McDonald, and opposite Hanft 

 Bros. His fellow employees presented 

 him with a handsome pearl scarf pin on 

 his departure and Mr. McConnell has 

 many good things to say of him. The 

 location is an excellent one and he has 

 had the best possible schooling, and 

 should succeed. 



The Eosary was very busy Monday 

 with the decorations and bouquets for 

 the coming out ball of Miss Dorothy 

 Whitney. Orchids and American Beau- 

 ties were used. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, 

 has been very ill. Pneumonia is preva- 

 lent. 



M. Ford, of Ford Bros., and M. Bowe, 

 of Broadway, contemplate a Florida trip 

 next month. 



The Limprecht Company's factory is 

 working overtime. This and Mr. Lim- 

 precht 's residence are over on the Pali- 

 sades, in Jersey, where he has one and 

 one-half acres near the new park and 

 overlooking New York. This firm has 

 just secured at auction the entire stock 

 of the Tropical Decorative Plant Co., 

 whose headquarters were at the Grand 

 Central Palace, and later next to J. K. 

 Allen's on West Twenty-eighth street. 



Beaulieu, the seedsman of Woodside, 

 came near planting his last onion last 

 week, owing to an oversupply of char- 

 coal gas in his sleeping apartment. With 

 the usual good fortune of his French 

 counti'ymen, he came up smiling. 



U. G. Schollay, of Brooklyn, tells of 

 the honor accorded by the engineers' so- 

 ciety in re-electing him to the presi- 

 dency at its annual meeting last week 

 in New York City. 



Siebrecht & Son have three houses of 

 Cattleya Trianse in bloom at their New 

 Eoclielle conservatories, well worth a 

 visit. Over 10,000 blossoms are a rare 

 sight. 



The next club meeting will be carna- 

 tion and ladies' night. A large display 

 and attendance is expected. C. W. Ward 

 will deliver an illustrated lecture. 



The wholesalers' employees announce 

 another ball March 19. 



J. B. Nugent was 47 years of age on 

 Wednesday, and kept open house. 



A final account of the trustee in bank- 

 ruptcy handling the assets of Geo. E. 

 Bradshaw has been filed. The creditors 

 will hold their final meeting February 6 

 at 2:30 p. m., 68 William street. 



After a long illness, from asthma and 

 other diseases, one of the old-timers, 

 Robert Payne, passed away, and on Sun- 

 day was buried. Jos. Fenrich, Lecakes 

 & Co., and other wholesalers sent hand- 

 some floral designs. The firm was Payne 

 & Dehnert, of 44 Catherine street. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 



Death of John Reck. 



John Reck died January 24 in New 

 York, at the German hospital. Death 

 came as the result of the amputation of 

 a leg, which was performed January 23 

 in an attempt to save his life from blood 

 poisoning. Mr. Reck was kicked in the leg 

 by a horse last summer and the wound 

 bothered him greatly ever since. 



The deceased was 60 years of age on 

 January 10. He was born in Nurnberg, 

 Bavaria, and when a child showed a 



John Reck. 



strong liking for plants, trees and flow- 

 ers. He was encouraged in his desires 

 and was sent to Paris to study under a 

 noted landscape gardener. Later he trav- 

 eled through Europe and the British 

 Isles, working and studying at the same 

 time. He spent considerable time in 

 southern Russia, England and Ireland. 

 When the Franco-Prussian war broke out 

 in 1870, John Eeck held a lieutenant's 

 commission in the Fifteenth Bavarian 

 infantry. He saw service in a number 

 of engagements, besides taking part in 

 the siege of Paris. 



Mr. Beck came to America in 1873 and 

 after a short stay in New York came to 

 Bridgeport. Shortly after his arrival 

 here he became gardener for Nathaniel 

 Wheeler. Later he went into business 

 for himself and today the nurseries es- 

 tablished by him on Oak street are 

 among the largest in the state. 



He was president of the Board of 

 Charities for six years. It was he who 

 hit upon the idea of giving groceries to 

 the poor instead of money. Mr. Eeck 

 took great pride in educating his chil- 

 dren, and for several years he made trips 

 to Europe accompanied by either one or 

 two of his children. Undoubtedly the 

 saddest blow ever suffered by Mr. Eeck 

 was caused by the death of his two eldest 

 daughters, Mamie and Elsie, which oc- 

 curred during the past two years. 



He is survived by the widow and two 

 children, Carl, who is a member of the 

 firm, and Miss Harriet. 



The funeral was held January 27, the 

 craft being well represented and the 

 flowers many. S. D. Horan was among 

 the pallbearers. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Missed It. 



The Florists' Eeview usually ar- 

 rives at my address in Saturday's mail, 

 but last Saturday the paper failed to 

 turn up, nor has it come today. Was I 

 forgotten by the mailing clerk, or has 

 the F. E. gone on the tear, celebrating 

 Christmas? (I have a better opinion of 

 the F. E. than that.) Or has some dis- 

 honest cuss recognized a good thing 

 when he saw it? Please answer this to 

 the satisfaction of Geo. Murch. 



Hyde Park, Mass. 



Shasta Daisies. 



In reply to a query by L. G. on page 

 429 of the issue for January 4 I would 

 say that Shasta daisies are easily propa- 

 gated from cuttings. There is no need 

 to wait for roots. Cut off the young 

 shoots below the ground and place in the 

 sand. In a few weeks they will be 

 rooted. Pot into 2% -inch or 3-inch pots. 

 Plant out as soon as danger from severe 

 frost is gone. If liberally treated they 

 will need four square feet the first sea- 

 son and give not less than fifty blooms. 

 If the young plants show a bud early 

 in life pinch it out, otherwise there is no 

 need to disbud. Don't let them seed. 

 The better you treat them the better they 

 will treat you. E. A. W. 



Kenosha, Wis. — Louis Turner, who 

 has been in the south for some time, is 

 resuming business here. 



I HAVE been well pleased with the 

 Review and have good returns from 

 advertising in it. — W. J. Eichards, 

 Wayland, Ind. 



T ENJOY the Eeview beyond words 

 to express; we look forward to its com- 

 ing each week and feel there is no florist 

 who can afford to be without it. — A. L. 

 Van Ostrand, Abilene, Kan. 



