January 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ment of the business. Many are the bits 

 of advice he has given since withdrawing 

 from active business, such words of cau- 

 tion as, "Now, boys, don't go in farther 

 than you can wade, "or more often the 

 homely expression, "Don't bite off more 

 than you can chew." This was not to 

 hinder growth but to safeguard it, for 

 never did a man love a business more 

 than Mr. Clark loved the business which 

 he built up. To the last day of his life 

 he kept in close touch with every transac- 

 tion of importance and had a deep living 

 interest in every detail of the business. 



He was one of the charter members of 

 the American Seed Trade Association, 

 was once its president and always up to 

 within recent years active in its work. He 

 served the Union honorably; he served 

 his town and state conscientiously, both 

 iu private and in public whenever public 

 responsibility was placed upon him; he 

 served his wife and family always in a 

 most exemplary manner as a devoted 

 husband and a fond father. 



Mrs. W. H. Gunther. 



Mrs. Gunther, wife of W. H. Gunther, 

 well known wholesale florist in New York 

 city, died December 24, leaving a daugh- 

 ter only a few hours old. Mr. Gunther 

 has the sympathy of a wide circle of ac- 

 quaintances in the trade. 



Arthur B. Howard. 



Arthur B. Howard, one of the best 

 known seed and fruit growers in central 

 Massachusetts, died at his home in Bel- 

 chcrtown, December 20, in his seventieth 

 year. He had been in poor health and 

 confined to his bed by spells for a year 

 or more, but able to be around on his 

 place and do light work at other times. 

 He was born in Belchertown, June, 1838, 

 and lived practically all his life on the 

 place where he died. He was married 

 September 1, 1874, to Miss Minnie 

 Chandler, of his native town, who died 

 about eight years ago. He leaves a son, 

 Everett C, who has been in company 

 with his father, and a daughter, Naomi, 

 who also always lived at home. 



Arthur B. Howard was a man of strong 

 personality, strict integrity, untiring en- 

 ergy and an enthusiastic horticulturist. 

 While in his late teens he lived for about 

 two years in the Oneida community, at 

 Oneida, N. Y., and it was there that he 

 got his brief horticultural education, 

 which served him well in later years. He 

 was much more than a mere commercial 

 grower, for he was the originator of 

 many fine varieties of flowers and fruits. 

 His new verbenas and zinnias have be- 

 come popular, while his new Star petunia, 

 introduced seven years ago, is now cata- 

 logued by nearly all seedsmen in this 

 country and Europe and is one of the 

 best of bedding petunias. 



His ideals were high and he was never 

 satisfied with a new variety until it was 

 worked up to as near perfection as it 

 was possible to make it, which took many 

 years of time. The Star petunia is a 

 go(.(l example of what can be done in 

 producing new and improved varieties by 

 •selection and breeding and should be an 

 mcentive to others in like lines of work 

 His object at the outset was to produce 

 a first-class bedding variety of a dark 

 crimson color, with a distinct white star 

 in tlie center, with the undesirable purple 

 entirely eliminated. Taking the common 

 purple and white variety, he worked on it 

 twenty years before these characteristics 

 were fixed so as to come true. 



Mr. Howard was one of the oldest and 

 most suooessfnl fruit growers in his sec- 



tion, being the first to grow the straw- 

 berry for market, over fifty years ago, 

 when the "Wilson was young. During the 

 last twenty-five years he grew and fruited 

 over 10,000 seedling strawberries from 

 crosses of the best sorts, striving to pro- 

 duce the ideal berry. Some of these 

 proved so much more profitable with him 

 than any of the named varieties that he 

 grew them almost exclusively for market. 

 More of them were being disseminated, 

 as he prepared to keep them for his 

 own use. He also grew the apple, pear 

 and peach largely. He was a regular ex- 

 hibitor of his products at fairs and his 

 exhibits were awarded about 2,000 pre- 

 miums during the last thirty years. He 

 often served as judge at other fairs. He 

 was a frequent contributor to agricul- 

 tural and horticultural papers. The busi- 

 ness will be continued by his son, Ever- 

 ett C, who is also an expert and enthu- 

 siastic horticulturist. L. W. G. 



R. H. Warder. 



Beuben H. Warder, superintendent of 

 Lincoln park, Chicago, and secretary of 

 the park board, died December 26 in his 

 apartments at 50 St. James' place. Mr. 

 Warder had been ill for the last eight 

 months, but performed the duties of his 

 office until December 24, when he was 

 compelled to take to his bed. 



Mr. Warder was born in Cincinnati in 

 1843. He was the son of J. H. Warder, 

 himself a famous horticulturist. He 

 came to Chicago to accept the position 

 in the park in June, 1901. He had filled 

 the same position in the parks of Cin- 

 cinnati and other cities. He became 

 active in the affairs of the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago and was one of its 

 vice-presidents at the time of his death. 

 Mr. Warder is survived by a brother, 

 John H. Warder, secretary of the West- 

 ern Society of Engineers, and one sis- 

 ter. The body was taken to Cincinnati 

 for interment. 



John Clark. 



John Clark, salesman and traveler for 

 H. E. Fiske Co., Boston, lost his life in 

 a particularly sad tragedy early on the 

 morning of December 26. Mr. Gark, 

 who resided in a new house somewhat re- 

 cently purchased in Watertown, with his 

 wife and three children, aged respective- 

 ly 7 years, 4 years and 12 months, re- 

 tired moderately early on Christmas 

 night. Neighbors noticed volumes of 

 smoke coming from the roof about one 

 o'clock. The Belmont and Watertown 

 fire brigades were hurriedly summoned 

 and responded as speedily as possible, 

 and firemen forced their way into the 

 sleeping rooms in spite of the dense 

 smoke. The whole family were found 

 to be dead from suffocation. The police 

 believe that a cat upset a lighted lamp 

 and started the blaze and as all the win- 

 dows were tightly closed, there was no 

 egress for the smoke. 



Mr. Clark was 44 years of age, hailing 

 from near Glasgow, and came to Amer- 

 ica about twelve years ago, working suc- 

 cessively for Peter Henderson & Co., 

 New York, and Joseph Breck & Son, T. 

 J. Grey & Co., W. W. Rawson & Co., and 

 the H. E. Fiske Co., by all of whom he 

 was held in high esteem. He was well 

 known at the Boston flower markets and 

 was acquainted with a large proportion 

 of the florists of New England, among 

 whom his geniality won many friends. 

 Mr. Clark belonged to the Masonic fra- 

 ternity among other fraternal bodies. 

 He had been for some years a member 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 



Boston, attending and speaking at the 

 last October meeting. His father, John 

 T. Clark, has been for many years at 

 the Botanic Gardens, Washington. A 

 brother is with the H. A, Dreer Co. and 

 one is in business at Philadelphia. The 

 sincere sympathy of a wide circle of 

 friends goes out to them in their sad 

 bereavement. 



Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. 

 Clark and family were held at the Water- 

 town cemetery December 29. There was 

 an immense attendance and the services 

 were most impressive and pathetic. There 

 were large delegations from the seed 

 trade, Gardeners ' and Florists * Club of 

 Boston and other bodies with which Mr. 

 Clark was identified, and all sent beau- 

 tiful floral pieces. The pathetic tragedy 

 cast a gloom over the trade in Boston, 

 especially coming, as it did, at a season 

 when it could least have been expected. 



W. N. Ceaig. 



Myrtle Rosen&eld* 



Myrtle Eosenfield, eldest daughter of 

 J. F. Eosenfield, of West Point, Neb., 

 died in Bethany hospital, Omaha, De- 

 cember 16, of typhoid fever. She was 

 born February 8, 1887, and had taken 

 charge of the household affairs since her 

 mother's death. The bereaved family 

 has the sympathy of a host of friends. 



DENVER. 



The Market. 



Christmas business was satisfactory, 

 and with few exceptions every florist re- 

 ports a larger volume of business than 

 for the corresponding period last year. 



Weather conditions were good, with 

 the exception of a high wind on Monday, 

 which kept a few shoppers at home. The 

 stores were never more attractive than 

 this season. Plants always are a promi- 

 nent holiday feature, and this year they 

 were better than ever. Perhaps a reser- 

 vation might be made by excepting poin- 

 settias. Those, though good, were not 

 as generally excellent as they were last 

 year, not in color or in size of bracts. 

 There were exceptions, of course, and 

 some elegant plants were seen, but to 

 take them as a whole, they were not up 

 to last year's standard. Azaleas were 

 fairly plentiful and were finely flowered, 

 but there was perhaps a scarcity of me- 

 dium sized and priced plants. They sold 

 well and not many were left except in 

 large sizes. Cyclamens were everywhere. 

 On the whole, this stock was excellent. 

 White and crimson were the favorite col- 

 ors. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine as of- 

 fered was a fine plant. Take it all in 

 all, the plant trade was the best of any 

 season yet. 



Carnations were plentiful enough to 

 fill all orders except in scarlet. The rul- 

 ing price the retailer received for carna- 

 tions was from $1 to $1.50 and $2 per 

 dozen and was the most called for flower 

 of any. 



The quality and supply of roses were 

 good, the demand for red, . of course, be- 

 ing in excess of the supply. The prices 

 ranged from $2 to $4 per dozen for pink 

 and white, with a few selects at $5. 

 American Beauties were scarce. The 

 prices were not prohibitive, $5 to $20 

 per dozen. 



Violets were another popular seller and 

 the quality was good, the supply equal- 

 ing the demand, retailing at $3 and $4 

 per hundred. Narcissi were somewhat 

 sought after on account of fragrance and 

 cheapness. E. S. K. 



