1.-i;);ki AltY 1, I'.tOG. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



711 



Mr, .McC-'oiiiioIl, has decided to assume 

 •:lii' resiioiisibilit y nl' a store on liis own 

 • H'couiit. Il<' Isas rente(l llie store on 

 tlie corner of Fifty-seventh strerl and 

 Madison avenue, formerly oc<'U|iied by 

 Owen .M"]^oiuild, and oi)|iosite llanft 

 ISros. His lellow employees preseided 

 'uiin witli a handsome pearl scarf iiiii on 

 liis (h'jiarturc and Mr. .McConiiell has 

 numy yood tiiii.gs to say of him. The 

 location is an excellent one ami lie has 

 had the best possible schoolini;, and 

 should succeed. 



The l\osary was very busy Monday 

 with the decorations and boucpiets for 

 the comin<4' out ball of Miss Dorothy 

 Whitney. Orchids and Atnerican Jieau- 

 ties were used. 



Ant(m Schultheis, of l;ollege Point, 

 )ias been \ery ill. i'neumonia is preva- 

 lent. 



.M. Ford, of Ford l^.ros., and M. I'.owe, 

 of l-Jroadway, contemplate a l-'lorida trip 

 next month. 



TIk' J.impre('ht Comiiany's factory is 

 working overtime. This :tnd Mi'. I.iin- 

 precht 's residence are over on the i'ali- 

 sades, in .Jersey, where he has one and 

 one-half acres near llie new jiark and 

 overlookin<j; New ^'ork. This firm has 

 just secured at auction the entire stock 

 of the Trojdcal Decorative Plant Co., 

 whose headcjuartors were at the CJran^cl 

 Central I'alace, and later next to J. K. 

 Allen's on West Twenty-eighth street. 



P.eaulii'u, the seedsman of Woodside. 

 <;nne near idantin*; his last luiion last 

 week, owing to an oversupply of cliar- 

 eoal gas in liis sleeinng apartment. With 

 the usual good fortune of his I'rench 

 (■ountrymen, he canie up smiling. 



1'. C. Schollay, of P.rooklyn, tells of 

 the honor accorded by the engineers' so- 

 ciety in re-electing him to the presi- 

 dency at its annual meeting last week 

 iM Xcw York City. 



Siel)recht iV: Son have three houses of 

 Cattleya Trianie in bloom at their New 

 Tlocludle conservatories, well worth a 

 visit. Over lO.DOo blossoms are a rare 

 sight. 



The ni xt elul) meeting will be carna- 

 tion aiMl holies" niulit. A hn-e disjilay 

 and attendame is ex|ecled. < '. W. Ward 

 uill deliver an illustrated led me. 



The wholesalers" eiuiileyces antiounce 

 amillier ball March l'.>. 



.1. l;. Nugent was -17 years (d' age on 

 Wednoday, and kept open hon^e. 



A final "accuunt of the trustc^i' in bank- 

 ruptiv handling the assets (it (leo. K'. 

 Priidshaw has been filed. The creditors 

 will hold their final nnrting i'ebruary (! 

 at L';);!! |i. ni., ds William st reel. 



After a lung illness, from a>llinia and 

 othei- di>. a-es. one ef the uM timers. 

 liobert I'ayne, passed away, and en Sun 

 <lay was buried. Jos. I'enrich, Lecakes 

 <& "Ce., and either wlmlesalers <ent hand- 

 some ijoral designs. 'J'he linn was payn(> 

 & Dehnert. of 44 Catherine street. 



.r. Arsi IN Sii \w . 



BRIDGEPORT. CONN. 



Death of John Reck. 



.luliii b'.rk die.l .lainiary J I in New 

 \nrk, at the C.erman lidspit.il. Death 

 canu' as the n^snlt nf tht> am|niiation of 

 a leir, whi<-h was performed .lamiary 23 

 in an attempt lo save his life from blood 

 poisoning. .Mr. Ifeck was kicked in the leg 

 by a horse last summer and the wound 

 bothered him greatly ever since. 



The deceased was "(id years of age on 

 January 10. He was born in Nurnberg, 

 r.:i\aiia. .and when a child showed a 



John Reck. 



strong liking for jdants, irees .and flow 

 ers. lie was encmiraged in his desiri-- 

 .and was sent to Paiis to study under a 

 jioted landscape gardenei-. Later lie tra\ 

 eled through l'airo|ie and i lie I'.riti-h 

 Isles, working and studying at the s.inie 

 time. lie spent considerable time' in 

 southern Kussia. flngland .and Ireland. 

 When the i'lauco-l'russian war broke out 

 in 1S7(), .John Keck held a li.Miteuant 's 

 ciunmission in the i"i t't''>-iit h Davaiian 

 infantry. He ^aw sersier m ,a imnilHr 

 of engaij;ements. besides takiie.^ pari in 

 the siege of Paris. 



Mr. K'eck came to .\iiieii.a in 1>7:'. and 

 after a short stay in .New \i'\k eanu' to 

 P.ridgsport. Shortly .alter hi'- aiii\al 

 here he became g;udeiiei- i.n- .\;it haniel 

 Wheeler. Later he went into lui^iiu-^ 

 for himself ami lod;iy ilie mirs.iies c- 

 tablished b.v him on ( i, i k -tii.i ai-' 

 annin'4 tlie larocvi jn tin- ^lat.'. 



lie was pre-^ideiit oi' i!i. I'.o.aid ..| 

 ('haritie'S for six year-. It v\a-< lie who 

 hit upon the idea ol' L;i\inu ^r.irrrie< to 

 the jioor instead oi' money. M i-. h'eej^ 

 took great ])ride m edncaling \\\< ehil 

 dren. and for several year-^ \\<' iiia'le trips 

 to I'hirope accoini'aiii' d by -itlnr one m 

 two of his childi'en. rndonbtedly llie 

 saddest blow ever -~utlere.| by .\lr. b'eek 

 was caused by the .jeath of Ins two rldi-t 

 dauohters. Mamie and j-'.l-ie. wliiili o.- 

 eurred during the pa^t two \e.ir-. 



lie is siir\i\ed \>y the widow and tv\.. 

 (dnhlren, <'arl. who i^ a inend'er of iho 

 firm, and Miss IL'irriet. 



The funeral was hehi .I;iniiary ■J7, liie 

 craft beiui,' well represented and thi' 

 fhuver- many. S. D. Ibuan w.i< amoni; 

 the ]i-illbearei-s. 



Kkxosii.v. Wis. - Louis T\irner. who 

 has 1)een in tlie S(uirh for some tinH\ i- 

 resuniin:^ bii-^ine'^'^ here. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Missed It. 



Iiii. I"i Mi;i.^,T.s' i;i:vii;w usually ar- 

 ir.c- ;it my address in Saturday's mail, 

 '.ai la--t S.alnrday the p;iper failed to 

 iMiii up. nor has it come today. Was I 

 i,,i-..n.ii hv tlie mailing clerk, or has 

 Ml, \\ i:. -one oil the te.ar, celebrating 

 I III |.-uiia- ' ; I lia\e ,a 1 ettcr opinion of 

 • II . I l:. t han t hat. ) < ir has some dis- 



|i,,iM-l en-- I ;^ni/i>d a ;.^ood thing 



v; iirii li.' -aw it .' i'le.'i-'- aii^wer this to 

 : In -at i-laction of i d'O. .Mfia'll. 



\\k.\.- Park. Mas-. 



Shasta Daisies. 



I II I'ply to a (|uery by L. d. ^m page 

 IJ'.i ot the i<--n.' lor .laniiary -t 1 would 



-a\ that Sha-ia d,ai-i,- are easily propa- 

 ja'^d I loin riittiiio-. There is no need 

 ',, uait t.'i- io,.t-. I'nt (dV the yming 



-I I- 1,,'heA til.' '.^idnnd and plaee- in the 



^.iiid. In .a few \\<(k> tlo'y will be 

 I ,. I, ,|. l',,i int.. -J I J iinh or :',-inih pots. 

 I'lant ..ut as so.m as dan^er from -a-vcro 

 ! i,,-i i- -niic. 1 I liberally tr.'uted they 



xil! n.'.-d f ■ "-.piare feet tin' lir-i POri- 



-,,., ,ind -i\. not l.-s Ihau litty blooms. 

 I I I he \Miin- |.laa1s -h.e.v a Inid early 

 III li r,. i.iii'h it .'lit. ot Inru i-i- t hi |-.' is no 

 I,,,. I 1.1 ili-i.iid. Don't h-t iiieni '^eed. 



I In 11, -1 l.'l- \ .'U t l.'at lle'ni t h.' b.'ltei tllCV 



> I ;i 1 11 at von. I-', v. w. 



I 1! \\ I been well p|,'a<ed \v i t ii the 

 l;i -. II -.'.• ami ha've uihmI r. 'turns from 

 i.|\ rli-ii.L;- in it. W .1. b'lenv'lDS, 

 W ■.,\ land. Did. 



I i,.\.ti>N the K'l.vii.X'. b.'Vond Word>; 

 to .xpri'^s; wi' loiik forw.ai'l to its com- 

 iiiij I'.-n-h wi ek ami t'eel there i< no tlorisl 

 wlio ,;m alVord to Iw with. ,111 iL'-.S. L. 

 \' \ \ < )s-, i; \X|P. Abileii,'. |\an. 



