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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



13 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Margaret B. Aschmann. 



Mrs. Margaret B. Aschmann, wife of 

 Godfrey Aschmann, the well known Phila- 

 delphia florist, died suddenly at the fam- 

 ily home, 1012 "West Ontario street, Phil- 

 adelphia, July 10, at the age of 63 years. 



She was stricken with apoplexy on the 

 morning of July 3, and though she lived 

 for a week, never regained consciousness. 

 The funeral services were from the late 

 residence, at 2 p. m., July 14, and were 

 largely attended. Interment was at 

 Chelten Hills cemetery. 



Besides her husband, six children are 

 left to mourn her loss. 



Herbert Heller. 



Herbert Heller, of New Castle, Ind., 

 died July 9, after a protracted illness 

 with cancer of the stomach. 



Mr. Heller was widely known in the 

 trade, and had a host of friends who long 

 had known that his illness must terminate 

 fatally, and to whom his condition was a 

 sorrow. The last time he was seen by 

 many was at the Indianapolis convention 

 of the American Carnation Society in 

 January, A few days after that meeting 

 an operation performed in an Indianap- 

 olis hospital revealed the fatal character 

 of his disease. He was of genial disposi- 

 tion and an active, progressive man of 

 many interests, a frequent visitor to Chi- 

 cago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and 

 other markets, and always bringing a 

 good nature that made his welcome sure, 

 and made the progress of his illness a 

 matter of general concern. 



Herbert Heller was born at Knights- 

 town, Ind., in 1871. After the removal 

 of the family to New Castle he and his 

 elder brother, Myer, who built up a pros- 

 perous department store, took up the 

 greenhouse business as a profitable invest- 

 ment. They grew roses with much suc- 

 cess, and soon the flower business came 

 to occupy the larger part of Herbert 

 Heller's time and attention. The South 

 Park Floral Co. became a leading exhib- 

 itor at the big western flower shows, and 

 the range of glass grew rapidly. Beauties 

 always have been the principal crop, and 

 it was the immediate success of the Heller 

 establishment that attracted attention to 

 New Castle as a rose center and inspired 

 the building of the other large places 

 that prosper there. He made the names 

 of Heller and New Castle known the 

 country over by wide advertising of rose 

 plants in the general magazines, first only 

 as a method of disposing of year old 

 plants from the benches. 



Mr. Heller married six years ago with 

 Miss Mary Smith, of Indianapolis. They 

 had one son, now a little more than a year 

 old. He also leaves a venerable mother, 

 a sister and his brother, Myer. Mr. Heller 

 had accumulated a considerable estate. 

 He was a member of the S. A. F., the 

 American Carnation Society, and other 

 trade organizations, including the Society 

 of Indiana Florists. He also was an 

 Elk and an Odd Fellow. 



The funeral was held Monday morning, 

 July 12, and was largely attended. Eev. 

 Frank C. Hood, a former New Castle 

 pastor, now located at Madison, had 

 charge of the service, assisted by Rabbi 

 Feurlicht, of Indianapolis. The active 

 pallbearers were the older employees of 

 the South Park Floral Co., and there were 

 a number of lionorary pallbearers. The 

 Odd Fellows lodge had a short service at 

 the grave at Southmound. There were 

 many flowers. 



Herbert Heller. 



Philip Hagenburger. 



Philip Hagenburger, for thirty-five years 

 florist for the Lake Shore railroad, died 

 at his home in Mentor, Ohio, July 5, aged 

 64 years. Death was due to an attack of 

 neuralgia of the heart, and came within 

 a few hours after the first feeling of ill- 

 ness. For a generation Mr. Hagenburger 

 had charge of all the depot gardening on 

 the Lake Shore road, from Buffalo to 

 Toledo. 



The funeral service was from the old 

 home in Mentor, on the afternoon of 

 July 7. Mr. Hagenburger is survived by 

 a wife and four children. One of the 

 latter is Carl Hagenburger, of West 

 Mentor, Ohio, himself a Avidely known 

 florist. 



Mrs. John E. Haloes. 



The many friends of venerable John E. 

 Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa., will regret to 

 learn of the death of Mrs. Haines, which 

 occurred last week. Mr. Haines became 

 widely known in the trade through the 

 raising of carnation seedlings and the 

 dissemination of several, pri«eipal of 

 which is the one bearing his name. He 

 has been a regular attendant at the meet- 

 ings of the American Carnation Society. 



A. G. Burtnett. 



Abraham Garrison Burtnett, formerly 

 a florist in Maiden lane, New York city, 

 died at his home in Bronxville, N. Y., 

 July 5, at the age of 72 years. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market 



Business is extremely quiet, and has 

 been since the first of the month. Cheap 

 stock is about the only thing offered and 

 bargains are seen in the windows every 

 day. Sweet peas are selling at 5 and 10 

 cents per bunch, carnations, two dozen 

 for 25 cents. Even with these low prices, 

 the greater part of the stock is wasted. 

 The weather has been unbearably hot the 

 last few days, driving people to the water 

 fronts, and few, if any, social functions 



are taking place. Since July 1 all the 

 stores have been closing at 6:30, to con- 

 tinue during July and August. 



Vaiiotti Notes. 



The club outing is to take place the 

 latter part of July. Further particulars 

 will appear in the next issue. 



A number of the boys are spending 

 their vacations at different nearby re- 

 sorts. • t, .. 



Early asters have suffered a severe 

 shock from the extreme dryness, which 

 has lasted about three weeks. 



George McClure, Jr., is to make an ex- 

 tensive trip through the middle west, 

 starting out in a few days. The main 

 object of his trip is to obtain photo- 

 graphic views of lanscape effects which 

 are displayed in different parts of the 

 country. 



A. Adams, with S. A. Anderson, is to 

 read a paper at the coming meeting of 

 the Florists' Club entitled, "Flower Bar- 

 gains." R. A. S. 



Oakhurst, N. J. — Leonard Long, who 

 has for some time been with Henry A. 

 Dreer, Riverton, has bought out W. D. 

 Robertson and will do a general florists' 

 business. 



Allentown, Pa. — E. N. Kroninger 

 has almost completed two new houses, 

 57x400 feet. He will also erect a boiler 

 house fifty feet square and install a 135 

 horsepower boiler. The new houses will 

 more than double the former space Mr. 

 Kroninger had under glass. 



NoBLEsviLLE, Ind. — Trade during the 

 last year has been good, and both J. B. 

 Hamble and Miss Lizzie Koch have had 

 a prosperous business, tliough prices have 

 been rather low. Mr. Hamble has built 

 another greenhouse, 16x65. He will also 

 construct eight beds, 5x66 feet and 

 eighteen inches high, with sides of con- 

 crete, and will pipe these beds for hot 

 water and cover them with sashes for 

 next winter. 



