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The Weekly Florists'' Review* 



.11 M. lii. 1907. 



.•iinl ;ill >in-li pr'.Hliids slioiiM In' ;i\ni(lci| 

 l(ii l; i '■iiilKMisc |piir|iiis('s. JviUKs. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 

 Otto Schwill, Sr. 



( >t 111 SrIiW ill. Sr., nlic III' tlir licst 



kiiiiuii .iii/.riis ill Mi-iiiiiiiis, 'rciiii., ami 

 ^riiiur iiiiiiiiiri' 111 liii' linn of Ulto 

 Scliwiil ^ ( o., w linlrsalf seed iiRTcllilllls, 

 .Ijni .-I \r\\ lllilllllis alter 10 o'cIocIy 



XKiiiilay iiiuiiiiii;;. -h 1". fnliuwiiiy an 



aiHiplii'i ii- stinkr \vliii-ii iH'Ifii liini Sun- 

 .|;iv ;i t Ici iiiii.ii iiiiiiicili.-iti'iy after he haii 

 ivliiniril liiinif I'mni l!ic service at Triu- 

 itv elmiili. Jlis ileatli occuiTeil al the 

 iVunily irsiileiier, ITK; l'(i]>lar avenue. 



'J'he eml caiiie :is a siir|irise, the mer- 

 cli.'Mit (III llie niiiiiiiiii^f ]iriur to liis death 

 lia\in.u s.-iiil he felt weil. 'J'he store was 

 iipeneil as usual .Monday morning, but 

 ii|Min receipt of a telephone message 

 after 111 o'clock those in charge sus- 

 peiKJeij Inisiness for the day and crepe 

 w.-e- hung upon the door. 



Air. Scliwill was til years (dd. lie is 

 siirvi\ed liv .Mrs. 8(di\vill, Otto Schwill, 

 .ir., and <arl Schwill. his sons. Mrs. ,1. 

 II. J'.oyd. ;i daugliler, and Mrs. (1. llueb- 

 iier. a sist(>r. 



He was a memlter of the American 

 .Sred 'rr."de Association and of m.aiiy 

 .Mi'inphis organizations, being a diri'ctor 

 in the Commercial Trust and Savings 

 Dank, a member of the JJusiiu'SS Men's 

 t'liib and Merchants' Exchange, u Mason 

 in high standing in the South Memphis 

 lodgi', and also belonged to the Gernum 



Societ ies. 



.Mr. Siliwill was born in Koenigsberg, 

 (iermaiiy, coming to the United States 

 will n hi' was 1.") years old, locating at 

 ('incinnati. wIumt he roceivo<l his educa 

 lidii. Here he was employed by a bank 

 .'Hid e\intii;illy went into the seed Itnsi- 

 iHss witii a brotlier. In ISGit Mr. Schwill 

 reihoNed III Memphis ;ind eslablislied the 

 linn of ()ttn Schwill \ ( 'o. lie was ])resi- 

 deiit (if the ( (lilt iiieiit.'il National Hank 

 lur lliiie \i':ir>-. :ind imlil it went into 

 \nliint;!i\ lii|iiiii:it imi. .Mr. Sehwill was 



kli"\\li .a^ a pillilli- --piriled rili/ell. 



Julius Kretschmar. 



.lull, I- l\ii't-rliiii:ir, 111 I'iatbush, 

 l'.ii">k!y n. N. V .. di'd siiddinly uf i)ar- 

 ah-^is .hiiii' *^. :!iid hi- fiiiiM;il on Tiies- 

 dav wa- lai'Liilv atleiidi"!. .Mr. Kretsch- 

 iii.ar \\a- ;i lite iiuinlii r uf llie S. ,\. F. 

 and :i nu'iiilK r uf tlie New York I'lorists' 

 ('lull till' ni.Miiy \i'ai>. lie came to this 

 cdiintiw friiMi (eriii.-iny in Isiil. His agi> 

 >\;is <'r2 yi-.ns. \]< le.iM- a linithei-. who 

 will) him ciiie-t ii iiti'd tile lirm of Kretsidi- 

 iiiar I'.riis.. lull:: .iiiil t a\ 1 ii .'ilily known 



in tl .-i^l. with lai'L^e ^reenliniisi' plants 



liiMiierU- .-il l-'l.'it iii;-li and latei' nt Ny.ack- 

 . ill I ill- 1 1 ui|-.iin. .Nil'. K ret -rliin.-ir never 



ma I'l iid. He \\:i-- .-i ;_'eni;il. w Imie si m led 

 III.!)!, II ei\i v^.-i lly I'l v[Hi-t I'd and had ;i 



li.i-i 111 I I iiiiij-. 



• 



William Krumin, Sr. i 



Willi'iMi KiMiiMM, Sr.. 7Ci }-eai's old. who I 

 had I • • II :i ii--ideiit of St. .loseph, ^b>.. j 

 Im- i.'ii. ;\Mi \.:ii<, dieil .lune 2 at his ! 

 lionii . '\'\ 1 ni\- ciLihi!] and llii-kmy streets. | 

 He W.I- tnpiiir!\- .'I emit ractiii'. but in 

 late year- had lieni eiu^iiged in lie Inisi- 

 ness ,,|' llMii-t. lie was a Ma--'in and 

 ( )dd I'l !'■ '■ . and is snr\ ived j.y >-e\,.|i 

 .'hildreii I.. W. Kitimm, .if Kansas 

 <ity: \V. r. Kiiiniiii, "f Wc'tniiire. K'an.; 

 .bilin. ireni\' and I'. W. Kriimm. uf St. 

 .loseph: .Mr-. I'red i.ar/.'leir and Mrs. 

 M.'i'^^ie Leiadit. wf St. .b.^.-pli. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



At last we ha\e a foretaste of "the 

 ,i;iiiid oid snmnier lime."' Sunday \\as 

 wurth wailing the si.\ months of cold 

 w.'ather for. .\'uw the markt'l gardener 

 can jdanl Jiis ti)miitoes for the fourth 

 time and once aune plant his seed. The 

 outdoor llowers, too, will have a chance 

 .and will come in Hoods before the week 

 is o\('r. 



Of jieonies there are myriads that will 

 oIu'U hefore the week is closed. Some 

 s;iy ,'i<,"j a humlred for the best of them 

 will look high by Saturday. The Cot- 

 tage Gardens are shi])ping thousands to 

 the market. John Voung has a big sup- 

 ply from his I'arm at Jiedford. The south 

 is luit through its shipments. Every 

 wholesaler has his cellars and ice-boxes 

 ready for the Hood. 



Naturally the j)rice of roses tends 

 downward. Beauties are cut iu two; $ll! 

 per hundred will sometimes buy the best 

 of them. Brides and Maids will be go- 

 ing off in their boxes by Saturday at 

 summer slip rates, which means a lower 

 average than at any time thus far this 

 year. Mildew does not help them, ami 

 there is a lot of it. But growers liave 

 no complaint this season that can be 

 Justified. Higher prices than ever be- 

 fore known in May is the record. The 

 cold spring had its advantages. 



Carnations seem to have suffered the 

 greatest shock. Some grand Lawsous 

 sold as low as $10 a thousand .June Ul 

 Eor the novelties $1! will be toj) before 

 the week is over, $1 a hundred the aver- 

 ago price, and thousands will seek the 

 streei outlet at 50 cents a hundreil. At 

 least, that is what the men say who han- 

 dle lO.OUO and over a day, ami tluy 

 tnight to know. 



Orchids were never finer ami the sup 

 ply is abundant. There h.as been a 

 steady increase in the nuiidjer of ex- 

 pert growers of this king of flowers in 

 this se(dion. Of lilies ami valley there 

 is ;i siiflicieiicy .and prices id' these, ton. 

 h;i\e giiiie with the m;iJ(U'ity to lower 

 levels. Swe.-t |ie;is \vere never finer in 

 (juality. 



Weddings and commencements ;nid the 

 l]iiropean tra\i'l keep the retailers liiis\-. 

 .lune is inaint.'iining its record in this 

 lespecl and e\i'ry store has had its share. 

 .Siinie of the eX'elds have demanileil 



deciir.'il i\ e wnrk that has cost over four 

 figures, several have been carte blanche, 

 whatever that may signify, and a con- 

 sidi'rabl(> number have brought the 



decor.ator ."follO. .Sdnie uf the t'niictiolis 



iiave calleij for uni.ine, unxel and iiriL'- 

 iiial work, (^specially in table decnr.-i- 

 tions. It is the man who can denmn 

 >trate his individuality Tiowadays \\)|,, 

 ^.ei-uris till' Larger contracts. Moi,. ^m,] 

 iiiiive will iiitelligence. t h< iron n 1, n,.....^ .,,,,] 

 pirt'.c' iie-s of detail make ii piii ;i; im,, 

 'li:it \\ill eiisni-' siK ss. 



Club Meeting. 



The last meeting ot' tin I'loiisi," i |,|i, 

 for the ^e;i'on w:is \,\.\ in t |., ||,,',] 

 I-;:;rlinL;ton Mond;iy eveninLj. .Inin. in 

 I'ji'sbh'nt Totly in the eli:iir. .Mioin 

 lifty tneailiers were inescnt :iiid ;i nio^i 

 intere-;t inix .aii'i ha nnoiiion- iniitin^ 

 rlos,.,] tiie n,os| prospoloiis \\ i n 1 1 f v,:,. 



son t he club h.'is i \ c'r '- iio>\ ii. 



The committie ,'i|ipointed to i|is,niss 



cdiisc-r rei.'ltions with tin' Sociot\- ot 

 .\llierican I'lolisfs i-epolled lia\il|o Inid ;i 



nulling Monday al'lenioon at thr oilirr 



of Traendly ic Schenck. Suggestions 

 from the club were requested. As to an 

 alliance with the Horticultural Society 

 of New York, it was suggested by Mr. 

 O'.Mara that the club en.joy a field day 

 on Wednesday of this week, as a pre- 

 liminar,y to the consideration of the 

 matter, and it was voted that the club 

 meet at the ollico of the secretary, John 

 Young, and go iu a body to the exhibi- 

 tion at Bronx park. Almost the entire 

 .•ittt'ndance signifietl intention of being 

 present. 



The report of progi'ess by the commit- 

 tees appointed on tlie securing of a ])er- 

 m.anent homo for the club and on life 

 iiKanbership was accc])ted. The outing 

 conunittee exhibited its program, com- 

 jileted, and reported widesjjread and lib- 

 eral interest in the club's seventh an- 

 nu.al holiday July 2. 'J'he prize list ex- 

 ceeds all former contributions and the 

 ailvertising patroiuige is far in advance 

 of any other year. 



]\Ir. Traendly withdrew his motion to 

 have the club su.bscribe .'fi2r)0 to the guar- 

 antee fund for the national flower show, 

 having beard from Mr. Kasting that sub- 

 scriptions to date far exceeded all ex- 

 ])ectations. 



The death of Julius Kretschinar, one 

 of the club's members, was announced 

 ami resolutions of comlolcnce ordered, 

 the committee to dr.aw up the same being 

 John Scott, P. O'Mara and A. Jaen- 

 necke. Suitable resolutions were also 

 ordered sent to E. V. Hallock because 

 of the death of his father; the commit- 

 tee, Messrs. Wallace, O'.Mara and Birnie. 



A committee on arrangements for the 

 transportation of the clid)'s ntembers to 

 the S. A. F. convention at Philadelphia 

 was appointed, consisting of Messrs. 

 Traendl.7, Young and Nugent. 



A long discussion took jilace as to the 

 clid>"s ]>l;ice of meeting when wo con- 

 vene again the second .Monday in Sep- 

 tendier. The decision was left to the 

 trustees. Messrs. Xngent, Scott, O'.Mara, 

 Sherid.an. Guttman, Marshall and Totty 

 took part in the discussion, while Messrs. 

 O'.Mara, M.and.a, Jaennecke and others 

 Ncntilated the canteen question. J. C. 

 ^'an'.;han spoke in beh.alf of t In^ national 

 tlower show. Win. P. Cr.aig. of F^hil.a- 

 di'iplii.a, spoke of the prooress being 

 m.ade in lielialf of the eiitertainnuMit of 

 visitors to the S. A. F. convention. John 

 liirnie spoke of the ent iuisi.ast ic iiivita- 

 linn sent the idnb by \'ice-President 

 Westeott .and I'resident Totly waxi'd 

 eloi|iient on specinl tr.ains. big attendance 

 ai'.d I'.'cord br.'aking interest. 



\ beautit'ul seedlino; rose of flie 

 \\':i-linr,ii;in;i f.'iiiiily. brii,dit pink and 

 Msiinlding Lady (iay. \\.as exhibited bv 



• lidin- I'oehrs, .Ir. ; it has lieen named 



• Inlin- l.'oehrs. W. P. ('raiLT exhibited 

 hi- inw fern. Xephrolepls .\nierpohlii. 



Ill \:iii.>d si/es ;i|id receixcd a certificate 



''f ni.rit. 



Various Notes. 



\. M. Il.i|sl..'i\v li;is reiilid the big 

 ~'"i' ,it il West Twenty ei^rlit), stre.'t. 

 "\ir Trai'iidly iV Schenck- "s. and will 

 i:o\. to his II, .vv and i;irt;er quarters 



■bov 1. Mr. Henshau is ,f ti,,. 



\oiiinjer ij;ener;it ion of w holes.njrrs, whose 

 •iiteiprise .and ]irooress have lieeti 



liMkod. lie is ,'| 111 phew ot' Siiminl llen- 

 sli.e . the piolner, who is now serioi|s|\- 



dl ai his home in Sl.itrn Islninl. and 

 •I'i' of the p;irtners in the firm of Hen- 

 -Ii: \> I'.riis..' ,it ( hathani, X. .1. 



• lo~,|,)i Mill.-iiiLr. maii.'ioer ot' the ,\ew 

 '^ ork Cut flower Co., is 1;duni,r even 



