Deceubeb 24, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



Group of Employees at Greenhouses of Gude Bros., Anacostia^ D. C. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



State of Trade. 



Last week there was a marked im- 

 provement in business, which is steadily 

 increasing with the approach of Christ- 

 mas. Plenty of funeral work and a 

 few decorations may have been the direct 

 cause of the improvement. The florists 

 all report Christmas orders coming in 

 well and, as for the supply of stock, 

 carnations could not be better in size and 

 color, and the cuts are most encouraging. 

 Eoses, as far as the crop is concerned, 

 are just the reverse; the dull weather 

 has aflPected them considerably, and the 

 supply is much too small for the demand. 

 Beauties also are scarce and the price 

 asked for them is high, but the custom- 

 ers seem glad to get them at that. Nar- 

 cissi, Roman hyacinths and valley are 

 plentiful, and there is good sale for 

 them. Giganteum and callas are also sell- 

 ing well. Poinsettias and azaleas, with 

 other Christmas plants, are all hold- 

 ing their own, as usual. 



Various Notes. 



The new office and packing-room of the 

 Miami Floral Co. was completed in time 

 for the rush of shipment of Christmas 

 orders. The cellar under this room is 

 twelve feet deep and sixty feet long. 

 They are cutting a fine crop of carna- 

 tions. A new steel tank, with capacity of 

 16,000 gallons, has just been completed, 

 with a tower thirty-five feet high. The 

 tank was made and erected by the Graver 

 Tank Co., Hammond, Ind. 



Our florists have all taken a special 

 pride in the appearance of their retail 

 establishments this season and in most 

 cases Christmas decorations are elaborate. 

 H. H. Ritter, in the Algonquin hotel, has 

 his store decorated with an abundance 

 of holly, roping and Christmas bells, 

 while red incandescent lights here and 

 there add to the beauty of the display. 

 W. G. Matthews' store, in the Phillips 

 House, is profusely decorated with poin- 

 settias and Christmas greens. He also 

 has a large display of fancy hampers. 

 C. M. Schaefer's stand in the Arcade 

 is artistically decorated to carry out the 

 wreath effect. 



The Dayton Floral Co. reports last 

 veek 's business good. A wedding decora- 



tion at the Standard Club is said to have 

 been one of the largest in Dayton for 

 some time. Besides cut flowers and 

 palms, twenty-five cases of southern smi- 

 lax were used. 



The Advance Floral Co. has realized 

 a good business on specimen cyclamen 

 in the last two weeks. 



Everything promised a big Christmas 

 trade, said the Heiss Co. 



Mrs. E. Young is among those who , 

 report a good business last week. 



The Dayton Florists' Club at its De- 

 cember meeting made arrangements for 

 a New Year's banquet, to be given to its 

 members January 11, at the Phillips 

 House. 



Mrs. William Ritter has returned from 

 her trip to Chicago, and reports a pleas- 

 ant visit. 



C. M. Jack, of Mechanicsburg, O., was 

 a visitor last week, and George L. Hus- 

 croft, with William Hagemann, New 

 York, made his annual rounds among the 

 Dayton florists. R. A. B. 



OBITUARY. 



A. M. Yoik. 



A. M. York, of Hancock, Mich., died 

 in that city December 16. 



Mr. York was born in Staffordshire, 

 England, February 10, 1853. He came 

 to America when he was about 21 years 

 old and made his home at Pittsburg for 

 a time. Later he moved to Ohio and 

 studied at Oberlin college. From there 

 he moved to Detroit and he afterward 

 took a veterinary surgeon's course at Me- 

 Gill University, Montreal. After gradu- 

 ating he practiced his profession at Mar- 

 quette for a number of years. Failing 

 health caused him to embark in business 

 as a florist. He settled in Hancock 

 twelve years ago and built up an exten- 

 sive business, with large, modern green- 

 houses at Ripley and stores in Hancock 

 and Calumet. While erecting a new boil- 

 er house last winter he overexerted him- 

 self and weakened his constitution to 

 such an extent that it was impossible for 

 him to withstand the ravages of the ill- 

 ness with which he was taken about a 

 week before his death. 



Besides his wife, Mr. York is survived 

 by four children, Alfred W., of Hough- 

 ton; Mrs. M. Nordquist, of Calumet; 



Bertram and Grace, at home. He also 

 leaves a brother, Richard M. York, of 

 Ripley, and two sisters, Miss Eliza York, 

 who made her home with her brother at 

 Ripley, and Miss Mary Ann York, who 

 resides in England. Mr. York was a 

 member of the Knights Templar, Mystic 

 Shrine, Royal Arch Masons, David Ken- 

 dall Council, Eastern Star, Quincy Lodge 

 F. & A. M., Hancock Lodge Knights of 

 Pythias, Portage Camp Modern Wood- 

 men of America, Hancock Lodge of Elks, 

 National Union and Mistletoe Lodge, 

 Sons of St. George. 



Harry C. Smitli. 



Harry C. Smith died of heart failure, 

 at his home in Medford, Mass., December 

 5, after an illness of two months. He 

 was 55 years old. He was born in Eng- 

 land and served for fifteen years in the 

 Royal Artillery, being stationed most of 

 the time at Halifax, N. S. He removed 

 from Boston to Medford three years ago 

 and had previously lived in Bar Harbor, 

 Newport, and other places. Up to the 

 time of his illness he was employed as 

 florist and gardener for Erving P. Morse, 

 of Forest street, Medford. He leaves a 

 widow. 



A. J. Taylor, 



Archibald J. Taylor, aged 45 years, of 

 Burlington, Vt., was killed soon after 

 midnight December 5, by the overturning 

 of a speeding automobile, and his two 

 companions, Albert T. Henderson, age 

 25, owner of the machine, and Robert J. 

 Ross, age 60, both of Burlington, were 

 critically injured. 



ROOTING GERANIUM CUTTINGS. 



Ernest L. Johnson, florist at the State 

 Hospital at Palmer, Mass^, has been ex- 

 perimenting in the rooting of geranium 

 cuttings in each of the various ways de- 

 scribed in the recent discussion in the 

 Review. He reports that those put in 

 the sand in the shade rooted about ninety' 

 per cent, while those put in soil were 

 practically a total failure. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— W. F, Kasting had 

 fireproof Christmas greens for those who 

 wanted them and made quite a hit. He 

 did a big business in Christmas special- 

 ties of all kinds. 



