May 24, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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classes. He served one year as park com- 

 missioner and aided in beautifying the 

 city, as well as in the ornamentation of 

 private grounds and stocking private 

 conservatories. The funeral took place 

 Friday afternoon, May 18, from his late 

 residence, and was largely attended, fifty 

 members of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 being present to pay their last respects 

 to a fellow member. The floral designs 

 were many and beautiful. Mr. Schray 

 was married forty-nine years and leaves 

 a wife and two sons, Emil and Julius. 

 A host of friends in the trade mourn 

 his loss. His two sons will continue the 

 business at the old stand. J. J. B. 



Anthony Cook. 



' ' Early to bed, early to rise, makes a 

 man healthy, wealthy and wise." It did 

 all those for Anthony Cook, who lived 

 the simple life to the age of 90 years. 

 He died May 13, at his home for half 

 a century, 1124 West Mulberry street, 

 Baltimore. 



Born January 6, 1817, in Derkheimer, 

 near Hartz-on-the-Rhine, Germany, and 

 the son of a florist to a royal family, 

 Mr. Cook ran away from home to escape 

 a condition unbearable to this lover of 

 flowers — sen'ice in the army. He ar- 

 rived in New York when about 21 years 

 old. Thence he went to Philadelphia 

 and worked for a year as an assistant 

 gardener. He then located in Baltimore. 

 His first step was to rent an acre on 

 Lexington street near Carrollton avenue, 

 which at that time was a thinly set- 

 tled section. Beginning in a modest way, 

 lie carried his first crops to Lexington 

 market in a wheelbarrow. Later he was 

 able to buy a horse and wagon, and in 

 the course of time he bought his land. 

 The building of houses then encroached 

 upon this acre, and, receiving a good 

 ofl'er for his property, he moved into 

 what he considered the country, and 

 bought the property on Mulberry street, 

 which took up most of the block between 

 Carrollton and Arlington avenues. Here 

 he has remained and made a fortune and 

 at the same time an honored name. His 

 long life he often attributed to his regu- 

 lar habits and domesticity. It was his 

 invariable habit to rise at 5 a. m., break 

 his fast at 6, lunch at noon and dine 

 again at 6 p. m. At 7:30 he was in bed. 



Mr, Cook often claimed to have 

 brought the first zonal geraniums to this 

 country, and he also always insisted that 

 the rose which we now all know as 

 American Beauty originated on his place, 

 finding its way thence to the Bancroft 

 garden and later to Field's. It is cer- 

 tain that Mr. Cook raised years ago 

 thousands of seedling roses. Many of 

 these went out in such ways that he lost 

 track of them, but some he named and 

 introduced to the trade. Best known of 

 these is the tea rose Cornelia Cook, 

 raised in 1855 and named for a daugh- 

 ter. The family was at that time known 

 as Koch, not having as yet adopted the 

 English form of the name. 



Mr. Cook is survived by two children, 

 Charles Cook and Cornelia Cook. Eight 

 grandchildren and seven great-grandchil- 

 dren also survive him. The son has for 

 some years conducted the business. 



New Castle, Ind. — Peter Weiland, of 

 Weiland & dinger, say that in their 

 field of several acres of peonies the un- 

 seasonable weather spoiled the buds on 

 all but three or four varieties and the 

 ^•rop is almost a total failure. There has 

 been no rain in May. 



Anthony Cook. 



COLORS FOR FRONT. 



Knowing you receive scores of queer 

 inquiries, I will add one to the list, 

 which I think Gertrude Blair can handle 

 with ease. I am about to place a new 

 large front window in my store; twelve 

 feet long; door at the north. Am under 

 a private dwelling, occupying the ground 

 floor. I wish to paint the front of the 

 building, shutters included, two stories 

 above the store. What would be the 

 most striking colors of paint to use? 

 I wish to keep all the woodwork of the 

 store, window, door, etc., white. What 

 colors should be usea? S. T. R. 



The most "striking" color is not, 

 perhaps, the one which is in best taste. 

 The general opinion is that the hand- 

 somest store front in New York is that 

 at the Bosary, which is entirely covered, 

 except for the glass, with birch-bark. 

 If a loud color is wanted, paint it red 

 or yellow, with the white trimmings. 

 A harmonious but softer combination 

 would be olive green with white. A 

 good house painter would be better able 

 to offer advice. Gertrude Blair. 



MoBERLY, Mo.— Mrs. R. S. Estill has 

 succeeded to the business of Miss Ham- 

 ilton. 



MiDDLETOW^N, O. — Some reckless law- 

 breaker lost considerable blood by break- 

 ing into the greenhouse of Henry Behr- 

 ens. May lo. The blood on the glass and 

 ground showed that he must have injured 

 himself quite badly. 



Greenhouse Beating. 



A HEATING PROBLEM. 



I have a greenhouse 20x48, east and 

 west, on low ground. I wish to build 

 on the east end, on a higher level, an 

 addition 20x24. Twenty-five feet east 

 of the new greenhouse is a two-story 

 dwelling. I have a Kroeschell No. 1 

 boiler located in the west end of the 

 line. Will it be practicable to heat the 

 three buildings with this system, the 

 pipes being on different levels? What 

 size flows and returns must I use for the 

 greenhouses, and what size for the dwel- 

 Mng? How can I protect the junder- 

 ground pipes between dwelling and 

 greenhouse, and also those under the 

 dwelling, the ground freezing to a depth 

 of three or four feet? Can I use mani- 

 folds for hot water in the returns in the 

 greenhouses? How much incline should 

 the flows and returns have, and where 

 should the air cocks, and valves for regu- 

 lating temperature be placed? What 

 size should the expansion tank be, and 

 where should it be located? M. J. B. 



While I have never piped a house with 

 a step of this character in it with hot 

 water, I see no reason why it cannot be 

 successfully accomplished by carrying 

 the riser under the ridge to the far end 

 of the new house, malcing a step in it 

 by the use of 45 's where the difference 

 in level occurs. At the far end of the 

 house, break it up to supply three built 



