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u The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 14, 1909. 



been chosen by the New York and New 

 Jersey Plant Growers' Association for 

 tho annual banquet, and the St. Denis 

 hotel has been selected. It will be an 

 elaborate affair. 



A. J. Guttman says he will be at the 

 Indianapolis convention with a carnation 

 exhibit. His old pet, Victory, is still 

 making good in the Qast. 



W. A. Sperling, of the Stumpp & Wal- 

 ter Co., has just returned from a suc- 

 cessful southern trip. 



John A. Kessler, of the late firm of 

 Schumacher & Kessler, and Wm. Kess- 

 ler, formerly with Charles Millang, com- 

 pose the new firm of Kessler Bros, that 

 has leased the store above George Cot- 

 sonas & Co. and will handle plants and 

 cut flowers at wholesale. 



A. Le Moult, the veteran of the 

 Bowery, moves this week to his new store 

 at No. 202, where he will have ample 

 room. This is only a stone's throw frobi 

 J. J. Foley's. Mr. Le Moult celebrates, 

 in the fall, the fiftieth anniversary of his 

 career as a New York florist and will 

 then retire from the activities and re- 

 sponsibilities of the business, leaving his 

 son in charge. A large branch store has 

 been established by Mr. Le Moult in the 

 Bronx, near his home, which is proving 

 a great success; 



The great auto show is over, with its 

 attendance of over 100,000, and the floral 

 decorations were individual and numer- 

 ous. All up-to-date cars are now supplied 

 with vases for the use of fresh flowers. 



At the Plaza last week the green room 

 was beautifully decorated with American 

 Beauties and palms by Thomas Young, 

 Jr., for the McVicker-Horner wedding. 

 At the same hotel the entire first floor of 

 the immense building, twenty rooms, was 

 decorated magnificently by Alex. McCon- 

 nell for the debut of Marjorie Gould. In 

 lavishness and elegance it has never been 

 excelled. 



M, A. Bowe has a large dinner decora- 

 tion booked for this week that will make 

 inroads in the orchid and Beauty supply. 



Edgar J. Knight, for a number of 

 years in charge of the noted orchid col- 

 lection of Clement Moore, of Hacken- 

 sack, N. J., leaves this position February 

 1 to go into fruit farming on his own 

 account. He is one of the best orchid 

 growers in the country. His present as- 

 sistant succeeds him. 



The fame of Wertheimer Bros, has 

 penetrated to the land of the Mikado, a 

 florist at Tokio having written for their 

 catalogue. 



Frank Albrecht's greenhouses, at Wyc- 

 koif avenue and Norman street, Brook- 

 lyn, were damaged by fire on the night of 

 January 7 as the result qt defective 

 heating apparatus. The loss is said to 

 be $2,000 on the greenhouses and $4,000 

 on stock. 



(Continued on page 71.) 

 OBITUARY. 



Robert Johnstone. 



Robert Johnstone, of Chicago, died 

 January 11 at Valmora Eanch, Watrous, 

 N. M-, where he went a few months ago 

 in the fiope of" recovery from tuberculosis. 



Mr. Johnstone was well known in the 

 trade, having been identified with the 

 business at Chicago for more tljan fifteen 

 years. He was about 45 years of age 

 and came to this country with his par- 

 ents when a child. Mrs. F. W. Timme, 

 Chicago, is a sister. Some fifteen years 

 ago Mr. Johnstone started in the green- 

 house business on the northwest side, 



growing a miscellaneous. 9tQck and con- 

 tinuing to own the prbperty up to the 

 last few months. For the last couple 

 of years prior to giving up work he was 

 connected with Vaughan & Sperry. Mr. 

 Johnstone served several terms as secre- 

 tary of the Chicago Florists' Club and 

 was an enthusiastic and effective worker 

 in everything he undertook. 



The remains are now on their way to 

 Chicago, but the date of the funeral has 

 not yet been determined. 



William B. Reed. 



William B. Reed, of Chambersburg, 

 Pa., died January 8, after a long illness. 

 He had been in the business for a good 

 many years and had built up a large 

 trade, operating a well kept establish- 

 ment of good size, growing a general 

 line of stock for the local demand. He 

 was well known to the florists of east- 

 ern Pennsylvania and in Chambersburg 

 was looked upon as one of the leading 

 men of the city. 



Henry F. Cooper. 



Henry F. Cooper, Sr., died suddenly 

 at his home on John street, Medway, 



Mass., January 3, of rheumatism of the 

 heart. He was 76 years of age and leaves 

 a wife and two sons. For fifty years 

 Mr. Cooper was superintendent of the 

 Medway Mfg. Co., but with his son, 

 Henry F. Cooper, Jr., he was extensively 

 interested in the greenhouse business. 



Guew Sanden. 



The death of Carew Sanders, which 

 occurred on Wednesday, January 6, re- 

 moved one of the oldest florists at St. 

 Louis, a man who was well known and 

 respected by all. His death was hastened 

 by the shock he received by the burning 

 of his home on Sunday, January 3, while 

 he was ill and in bed. He was carried 

 out of the burning building to St. Luke's 

 hospital, where he died. 



Mr. Sanders was borh in Sussex, Eng- 

 land, and was 82 years of age. He came 

 to America with his brother William, in 

 1848, and secured employment in Cin- 

 cinnati, later returning to New York. 

 When his cousin, the late Edgar Sanders, 

 came to America, both went to Cincin- 

 nati and were engaged by Joseph Long- 

 worth, grandfather of Congressman 

 Nicholas Longworth. In 1856 Mr. San- 

 ders removed to St. Louis and engaged 

 in the nursery business with Norman J. 

 Coleman^ The firm was known as Cole- 

 man & Sanders and for many years did 

 a general nursery business. After the 

 firm dissolved partnership Mr. Sanders 

 started in the florists' business, building 



"at 5600 Delmar boulevard, the present lo- 

 cation of his son, C. C. Sanders, l^e 

 retired from active work twenty yetirs 

 ago, having accumulated a large amoiint 

 of property, which in late years has 

 become quite valuable. 



Mr. Sanders was a well read man and 

 often contributed to horticultural maga- 

 zines. He was one of the oldest mem- 

 bers of the St. Louis Florists' Club. He 

 is survived by his vridow and four chil- 

 dren and thirteen grandchildren. 



The funeral took place Friday after- 

 noon, January 8, from the residence of 

 his son, W. S. Sanders, 5522 Clemens av- 

 enue, to Bellefontaine cemetery. The 

 pallbearers were selected from the local 

 florists and were Fred. C. Weber, E. A. 

 Michel, Theo. Miller, Frank Fillmore, J. 

 F. Ammann, C. A. Kuehn, Fred Mein- 

 hardt, and J. J. Beneke. The floral of- 

 ferings were many and beautiful. The 

 St Louis Florists' Club sent its usual 

 offering. Among other florists present 

 were John Steidle, W. C. Young, Otto G. 

 Koenig, Harry Young, J. F. Windt, 

 Francis Fillmore, Wm. Ellison and others. 



J. J. B. 



Elizabeth Carp. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Carp, mother of Will- 

 iam H. Carp, of Ashland, Ky., died De- 

 cember 31, 1908, at the age of 65 years, 

 and was buried in Woodlawn cemetery, 

 Ironton, O. 



Samuel Lewis Smith. 



Samuel Lewis Smith, formerly a flo- 

 rist in North Easton, Mass., died January 

 4, in his home at 55 Albion street, Brock- 

 ton, Mass. 



Martin Griffin* 



Martin Griffin, 75 years old, the florist 

 of the treasury department for nearly 

 half a century, is dead at his home at 

 Washington. Mr, Griffin was born in Ire- 

 land, but came to this country when a 

 young man. He was one of the oldest 

 residents of Washington, having resided 

 in that city for fifty-five years. He is 

 survived by five sons and three daughters. 



W. Heins. 



W. Heins, nurseryman at Halstenbek, 

 Holstein, Germany, died December 8, 

 from apoplexy, on entering his office in 

 the morning. The deceased had reached 

 the age of 75 years, and was the son of 

 the founder of the nursery business, the 

 most important in South Holstein. Mil- 

 lions of forest and hedge plants are sold 

 annually, many finding their way to 

 America. 



FUMIGATING AND SPRAYING. 



Fred Lautenschlager says he, like 

 many another good man, began life at 

 the bottom and worked up; but he doos 

 not think that is the way it should be 

 with a greenhouse fumigant. To put it 

 a little more plainly, he has conceived the 

 idea that the best way to get action on 

 the insects in a greenhouse is to put the 

 fumigating apparatus up in the ridge of 

 the house and let the fumes fall. Mr. 

 Lautenschlager has done a great deal of 

 experimenting in the last few years in 

 connection with a f umigator which be in- 

 vented and patented. He says he noted 

 that in the forms of fumigation com- 

 monly used the fumigating medium was 

 lighter than air. With the source of the 

 fumigant placed on the walks, the vapor 

 rising often left the lower part of the 

 ■greenhouse only lightly fumigated, if at 

 all. When he hung his fumigator close 

 to the ridge the fumes given off were 



