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The Weekly Florists* Re viet^» 



NOVKMBBR 14, 1907. 



members of the St. Louis Horticultural 

 Society are hard at work arranging the 

 hall for the flower show. The hall deco- 

 rations are very attractive. The judges 

 as announced by the secretary will be 

 P. J. Hauswirth, Chicago; W. W. Coles, 

 Kokomo, Ind.; Andrew Meyer, Sr., St. 

 Louis. 



F. H. Meiuhardt, Fred Weber, Jr., O. 

 G. Koenig.and Theo. Miller were in Chi- 

 cago ]a*i.j3Pee|f, atfej^djng ,the 4p 

 show. Z^?' • " J ^'^ '"■-■ 



The public chrys£«tnemum exhibition 

 given bytf'the Missouri -.^otanic; Garden 

 excelled^^l others in ppi^ of ^j^itj^ficlancte ^ 

 and displays. A number of members <>t9 

 the St^^Louis Floris|p'. :(^ob>w#teia the. 

 show *Iovember "G, werQ<^«(;i''l3K.^upei*' 

 intend^t Irish g^nd -i^ere iniromiced to '^ 



)wer 



Max Schiller, thegroiver pi^ -the plantSi,*. . ing, NoveD^t>ci^ '4^1. 1% had ■ b^pen h 

 on exhibition;-'; ^ •.*•'»'* ^^ ' «! • -^niewKit ■,5m'J>aire4- health. duni«^^hi 

 The o^ceris" of ^;he- St; Louis iTprists ' "%; -., ,; ■ ' v:;'r. '■* 



Club attended th^ funeral of WfBr/H. C 

 Ostertag, November 5, to express the 

 sympathy of the members. The cttib 

 sent a large wreath made up of Lady 

 Bountiful carnations and QBiatenay roses. 

 John Burke and Robert Meinhardt were 

 pallbearers. 



Mr. Keller, of . Reed & Keller, New 

 York, has taken, the place of A. L. Har- 

 nett, who is still missing in Chicago. 



William Trelease, director of the Mis- 

 souri Botanic Garden, addressed a meet- 

 ing of the members of the Public Enter- 

 Srise organization at the residence of 

 [rs. A. R. Morgan, on "What Shaw's 

 Garden Means to St. Louis. ' ' He ^said 

 it belongs to the whole world and showed 

 stereopticon slides and charts of the 

 garden. 



Adolph Brix's free flower show, No- 

 vember 7 to 9, was given in the Y. M. 

 0. A. hall. Nineteenth and St. Louis 

 avenue, and the north end public packed 

 the hall day and night. The hall was 

 beautifully decorated with wild smilax 

 and extra fine specimens of Whitmani, 

 Amerpohlii and Boston ferns. The flo- 

 ral designs, baskets of flow^s, bridal 

 bouquets and table decorations were ar- 

 tistic. Concerts were given 'each night. 

 The orchid and the artificial fruit dis- 

 plays attracted a great deal of atten- 

 tion. On Friday night the members of 

 the Florists' Club attended in a bodv. 

 J. J. B. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



in Germany and came to the United 

 States in 1848, coming immediately to 

 Louisville. He first obtained employ- 

 ment with Edward Wilson, at Woodbine 

 street and Crescent avenue, and during 

 the war became a partner with Wilson, 

 and later bought the business and estab- 

 lished a partnership with George 

 Walker. This he disposed of to Walker 

 ^ud ^ established his . biisines^ o]\ Gray 

 .str^\, w&icli?%e c&«imuec(yunti5f the tiipe 

 of his (leath.. Two btothers sutyive hhn, 

 Frpd 'LichtefeW, -of EvanSviile7« >ud 



iK^Tj Licht^feld, of ^jouisiillei ' . 



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De3et<a:>M; Ferry, president .bf^^Jk^ M. 

 . Ferry ■;J? Co., Dietrd^-, Mjas ,/ouM dead 

 ion his bed in. his home Monday' mori\- 

 .Mig, NoveB^hci^ 4^1. 1% had . b^pen It 



Jamet C Luitweiler. 



James C. Luitwciler died November 4, 

 at his home in York, Pa., after several 

 months' illness. He was born in Flush- 

 ing, Holland, in ,1830, and came to Amer- 

 ica when 7 years of age. He made his 

 home in Rochester, N. Y., where in later 

 years he was associated with two of the 

 largest nurseries in the country. In 

 Rochester he married Bertha A. Andrews, 

 who died in 1872. In 1861 he removed to 

 York, where he entered into the nursery 

 business in company with Edward J. 

 Evans. During the latter part of his life 

 he gave up the nursery business and de- 

 voted his time to the cultivation of flow- 

 ers. He is survived by his second wife, 

 who was Miss Martha I'letcher. He also 

 leaves five children. 



Frank Lichtefeld. 



After a constant illness of almost 

 three years, Frank Lichtefeld, the old- 

 est florist in Louisville, Ky., died No- 

 vember 7 of the infirmities of age. Mr. 

 Lichtefeld was 85 years old, and is sur- 

 vived by one son, Henry. His wife died 

 two years ago. Mr. Lichtefeld was born 



Dexter Mason Ferry. 



last year, but had attended to business 

 as usual and was at his office on Satur- 

 tlay. 



The family of D. M. Ferry was of 

 French origin, but Mr. Ferry was born 

 August 8, 1833, at Lowville, N. Y. The 

 boy was thrown upon his own resources 

 when 16 years of age. In 1852 he 

 moved from Rochester to Detroit, be- 

 coming errand boy in a bookstore. Since 

 then his rise in wealth and position 

 has been steady, until years ago he 

 was recognized as Detroit's merchant 

 prince. The seed business which he 

 built up has become possibly the larg- 

 est in America. 



In 1879 Mr. Ferry participated in the 

 organization of the firm of M. T. Gard- 

 ner & Co., to deal in seeds. By 1879 

 the business had so increased that it 

 was incorporated with a paid-up capital 

 of $750,000. The first year the sales 

 were only about $6,000, but the increase 

 was such that in 1901 an authorized 

 sketch of Mr. Ferry stated that in a 

 single year their sales had been more 

 than $1,500,000. It was in 1865 that 

 Mr. Gardner retired from the firm and, 

 after several minor changes, in 1867 

 the name became as at present. Mr. 

 Ferry assumed control on Mr. Gardner's 

 retirement and was the only person at 

 the time of his death who had connec- 

 tion with the house in its early days of 

 struggle and doubt. The firm of D. M. 

 Ferry & Co. was originally composed of 

 D. M. Ferry, H. K. White, C. C. Bowen 



and A. D. F. White. The dbath of Mr. 

 I Bowen in the summer of 1900 was the 

 I first break in the long association of 

 these gentlemen. The business now for 

 some years has been actively directed by 

 Lem W. Bowen and D. M. Ferry, Jr. ' 



As prpsperity came to the seed busi- 

 ness, Mr. Ferry's interests extended and 

 diversified until he became identified 

 with a large number of Detroit's in- 

 -^aftiries^'cAt'th^ XixoB of his death he 

 was ^a«ttdent oi^ the t'irst National Bank 

 and president of 'the Union. Trust Co. 

 I He alpo-rWas active in the qgjalbagemcnt 

 ■ of th^ .Weyae County 9Avin^s Bank, 

 pr&si^i^t of the Stfiindaxcf' Life and Ac- 

 ."ijident IneiufratKce^Co., the American Har- 

 row *Co. .«lid » directbr.in several other 

 important compi^IueB. '~ His benefactions 

 tQ charity,, church and art have been 

 *' targe; '*He was ,a lifelpjig Republican 

 and served for years as chairman of ^he 

 state central committ^. He also vfras 

 once the 'Republicans ' candidate for gpv- 

 etnor and later was a candidate for 

 United States sebator. - i. • 1 



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August Loeber, late traveling salesman 



for Arthur T. Boddington through the 

 southern and New England states, died 

 November 8 at the New York hospital 

 after d,n illness covering more than six 

 months. He caught cold last spring, this 

 developed into rheumatic fever, pneumo- 

 nia, pleurisy and indocarditis of the 

 heart, from which last he never really re- 

 covered and which was the ultimate cause 

 of his demise. 



Mr. Loeber was born in Holland twen- 

 ty-six years ago and first traveled in this 

 country for the Continental Bulb Co., 

 Hillegom, and was most successfuLas-a 

 traveling representative. He was a thor- 

 oughly lovable man and was popular with 

 all with whom he came in contact, bright, 

 alert and a good friend, generous to a 

 fault. He had no relatives in this coun- 

 try, but many friends who will mourn 

 his loss and bear with bis parents in their 

 sad bereavement. He was laid away in 

 Kensico cemetery. 



Mrs. C Held. . 



Mrs. C. Held, Baltimore, died suddenly 

 Monday evening, November 11. Last 

 summer an operation was performed and 

 she was able to be about again until a 

 few days ago. Mrs. Held was well known 

 by the trade, having carried on business 

 for twenty years and conducted her af- 

 fairs on a large scale. The trade in Bal- 

 timore has lost one who will no doubt be 

 long remembered. 



East Haven, Conn. — The contract has 

 been let for the building of a residence 

 on Dodge avenue, for J, A. Long. It 

 will be a two-story frame structure, ar- 

 ranged for two families. The interior 

 will be modern in design and will be 

 finished in hard woods. 



Battle Creek, Mich. — C. C. Warbur- 

 ton opened a city store November 2, at 

 the Monument Square comer. Hereto- 

 fore Mr. Warburton has conducted all 

 his business at the greenhouses, but the 

 growing demand necessitated the estab- 

 lishing of a downtown store. 



New Castle, Ind. — Weiland & Olinger 

 have recently acquired a farm of fifty- 

 seven acres located on the Pennsylvania 

 line on the other sid^of New Castle from 

 their present plant. The property is an 

 ideal one for greenhouse purposes, and 

 will eventually be the location of a 

 range of glass. 



