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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JULX 9, 1908. 



any light soil without manure, and cov- 

 ering the seeds to a depth of one inch. 



A smaller lot could be sown in flats, 

 using flats from three to four inches 

 deep and covering to the same depth as 

 suggested libove. The flats should be 

 placed in a warm and shaded position in 

 the greenhouse and kept moist. * 



These seeds are very irregular in 

 germination, and while some of them 

 may come up in two months, there may 

 be others that will not show for nearly 

 a year. So it becomes necessary to be 

 patient before deciding that the seeds 

 are poor. W. H, T. 



OBITUARY. 



James CoIe« St. 



James Cole, Sr., is dead! The news 

 spread rapidly among his former ac- 

 quaintances, casting gloom and sadness 

 as it went. Mr. Cole was one of the 

 old residents of Peoria, 111., having set- 

 tled there in 1863, and there he resided 

 among his flowers and plants until the 

 end came Tuesday afternoon, June 30, 

 at his home, 1602 North Perry avenue. 



Perhaps nothing in his life will so 

 well illustrate his love for flowers and 

 horticulture as his death. Surrounded 

 by his children and grandchildren, his 

 last words were for the beauties of his 

 flowers. His entire life had been de- 

 voted to them and he seldom left his 

 home to go into the business part of 

 the city, preferring to remain among 

 them. In full possession of all his fac- 

 ulties until quite recently, hale and 

 hearty at 87, Mr. Cole was considered 

 one of the premier florists of the west. 

 For years he had conducted greenhouses 

 in the upper end of the city, and had 

 given to Peoria some of its rarest flow- 

 ers. Floriculture was with him an in- 

 spiration rather than an industry. 



Deceased was born in Buckfast Leigh, 

 Devonshire, England, in 1821. Here he 

 learned the carpenter and builder's trade 

 about the year 1840. In 1849 he was 

 married to Miss Elizabeth Manning, of 

 Plymouth, England, the marriage tak- 

 ing place in London. In the year 1857 

 he left England and coming to this 

 country, settled in Toronto, Canada. 

 After a residence there of four years 

 he came to Chicago to live, and shortly 

 afterwards removed to Peoria. Since 

 his arrival there he had seldom been 

 seen on the streets, the last time being 

 when he journeyed to the business dis- 

 trict to witness his grandson march in 

 the Shriners' parade. 



Only a few years ago Mr. Cole and 

 his wife celebrated their golden wed- 

 ding anniversary, and this was an event 

 of much rejoicing and happiness to the 

 assembled members of the family. In 

 the year 1902 his wife died. He leaves 

 to mourn his loss three sons, James 

 Cole, Jr., Joseph Manning Cole and Nel- 

 son Cole, and one grandson, James Cole. 

 Two other children, a daughter, Augusta 

 Cole, who died in Peoria in 1894, and 

 a son, William Cole, who died in To- 

 ronto in 1861, preceded the deceased. 



The funeral services over the remains 

 were held July 3. 



Newark, O. — William Dickerson, for- 

 merly of this city and who has been con- 

 nected with the Monitor Stove & Range 

 Co., of Cincinnati, for some time past, 

 returned to Newark recently for a two 

 weeks' visit, after which he will go into 

 the greenhouse and poultry business in 

 Canton, O. 



NEW YORK. 



ThcMaitet. 



There has been no break in the in- 

 tensely hot spell and this week opens 

 with a temperature of 90 degrees and 

 excessive humidity. A few more days 

 like this and the condition of things 

 will be serious. Already the gardeners 

 of Long Island feel the strain. Another 

 week of drought and the tomato crop 

 will be hopelessly ruined. The damage 

 to all kinds of vegetables will be enor- 

 mous. The florists share in the general 

 anxiety and feel intensely the need of 

 rain. The few showers have only been 

 tantalizingly brief and ineffective. David 

 Mellis tells me it takes his entire force, 

 almost, to water the 2,000 lots under his 

 care in Holy Cross cemetery, and his ex- 

 perience may be taken as a general in- 

 dication as to the results in and around 

 the city. Gladioli, especially, are suffer- 

 ing, of outdoor flowers, and at the pres- 

 ent outlook there will be a great loss 

 to encounter. The lawns are gray and 

 the leaves are falling in the parks. 



Business is at the lowest ebb in the 

 financial district and Twenty-eighth street 

 is always in sympathy with the spend- 

 ers. With brokers poor, race tracks clos- 

 ing and society away in the country, what 

 is there left for the florist but recrea- 

 tion? All who can are away, or going 

 where the wicked cease from troubling, 

 in the hills or by the sea. 



Roses are a sight, most of them short- 

 stemmed, open and unsalable. The few 

 good ones are corralled quickly, and of 



the rest — silence. Carnations are not 

 worthy even of honorable mention, and 

 so on down the list. What's the use of 

 troubling labout it during July? The 

 weddings are over. There's only funer- 

 als and those who go away in ships to 

 stir the waters. 



Florists' Qub Outing. 



The eight annual outing of the New 

 Yprk Florists' Club, July 1, was the 

 record outing of its career. Every year 

 the crowd grows larger and the enthusi- 

 asm greater. This year nearly 400 were 

 in attendance. The weather was per- 

 fect. No accident marred the happy 

 occasion. Vice-president Marshall and 

 President Traendly, of the S. A. F., made 

 graceful tumbles in their races, but did 

 the ground no serious injury. Stowe's 

 orchestra used up an immense amount of 

 air and played for about ten continuous 

 hours the Scotch and national melodies, 

 as usual, evoking the greatest enthusi- 

 asm. The human calliope, Bob Berry, 

 also added his quota to the musical de- 

 partment. The dinner was excellent and 

 the refreshments on the boat were abun- 

 dant and varied. Great credit is due 

 Chairman Marshall and his committee of 

 twenty for the perfect arrangements of 

 the day, and also to the generous adver- 

 tisers and contributors of prizes, who 

 made the outing an artistic and finan- 

 cial success. 



After the group photograph had been 

 taken, and before dinner, the ball game 

 was completed. Mr. Totty umpired to 

 the satisfaction of all. The single men 

 downed the benedicts, 5 to 1, and also 



