OOVVBHb 13, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



39 



OBITUARY 



friendship with Sir Harry Veitch, witli 

 whom he studied in Germany. 



INDIANA FLORISTS MEET. 



(Jeorge Paul. 



With thfc death of George Paul, pro- 

 lirietor of the Old Nurseries, Cheshunt 

 Hertfordshire, England, September 18, 

 the horticultural world has lost one of 

 its most generous, active minds and 

 noted rosariana. Mr. Paul was 80 years 

 of age, and, with the exception of being 

 a little lame, was enjoying unusually 

 good health until a short time ago, when 

 he became ill and it was found neces- 

 sary for him to undergo an operation 

 iu an attempt to save his life. He 

 was born in December, 1841, at the Old 

 Cheshunt Nurseries, and quite early in 

 life evinced much interest in horticul- 

 ture. After leaving school he joined 

 the Cheshunt firm, assistinc- his father. 

 George Paul, Sr., until the death of the 

 latter, when the managenici!': of Ches- 

 iiiint Nurseries fell upon his shoul'lers. 



Roses were his chief affection and as 

 a rosarian he was widely known. After 

 becoming the head of his firm he began 

 the distribution of a set of new roses 

 raised by the late Thomas Laxton. He 

 also raised a large number of useful 

 varieties himself and, in 1873, two fine 

 Chosliunt-grown roses, Reynolds Hole 

 MHil Cheshunt Hybrid, were distributed, 

 becoming immediately popular and hold- 

 ing a foremost position for a long time. 

 Paul's Scarlet Climber, the latest intro- 

 duction of Mr. Paul's roses in the Ameri- 

 can trade, lends additional prestige to 

 his name. 



While achieving success of a high 

 order as a grower and exhibitor of 

 roses, he did not permit them to occupy 

 the entire attention of his vigorous 

 mind, as he was almost equally in- 

 terested in the introduction of choice 

 trees and shrubs, particularly in such 

 handsome flowering subjects as phila- 

 •lelphus, weigelas, rhododendrons and 

 lilacs. He was one of the first to ap- 

 preciate the importance of alpine plants 

 and hardy perennials, and twenty-nine 

 years ago established, at Broxbourne, 

 .1 nursery specially for their culture. 



He was one of the original sixty 

 horticulturists to obtain the award of 

 the Victoria Medal of Honour in Hor- 

 ticulture in 1897. At the Holland House 

 show, held last July, he responded to the 

 toast of the judges and standing com- 

 mittees proposed by Lord Lambourne, 

 stating in his response that he had been 

 intimately and continuously associated 

 with the exhibitions of the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society for sixty-two years. 



He was gifted with keen insight and 

 foresight and his services were always 

 in demamd at the councils of the Hor- 

 ticultural Trades' Association, the Na- 

 tional Rose Society and the Horticul- 

 tural Club. Being :i man of un- 

 bounded energy, Mr. Paul's activities 

 were not confined to horticulture and 

 floriculture alone. He was also an edu- 

 cationist and it was largely through 

 his efforts that school gardens were in- 

 stituted in Hertfordshire. He was a 

 justice of the peace and in 1908 was 

 chairman of the county council of Hert- 

 fordshire. Being a capable speaker, he 

 had taken part in most of the important 

 conferences on hybridizing. During his 

 long and useful life, he endeared him- 

 self to a host of friends and was es- 

 peciallv proud of his long continued 



At Indianapolis. 



The September meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held in 

 Indianapolis, with all local members as 

 hosts. A tour was made to the local 

 greenhouses by approximately fifty 

 members. The party left Smith & 

 Young's commission house at 10:30 a. m. 

 and visited the following establishments 

 in the forenoon: Indianapolis Flower & 

 Plant Co., Charles Randall, Temperley's, 

 E. A. Nelson, Pahud Floral Co., M. 

 Brandlein and A. Wiegand's Sons Co. 

 After luncheon, at the Independent Ath- 

 letic Club, the party visited Viewegh & 

 Kiefcr, John August Grande, John 

 Grande, Albert Kempe, C. H. Schwo- 

 meyer, Henrv Rieman, J'. Heidenreich, 

 Roepke Floral Co., Wm. Hamant, S. T. 

 Hitz & Son, Bertermann's city range 

 and the city greenhouses and sunken 

 •;:ardcns. A splendid dinner was enjoyed 

 at the Athenroum, which was followed 

 by a talk by Tom Sneider. 



The regular business meeting was 

 held at the Smith & Young commission 

 house at 8:30 p. m. President Hitz pre- 

 sided. H. E. Herr, of West Lafayette, 

 ;ind Professor Reece, of Purdue, were 

 elected to membership. 



Reports of Committees. 



Chairmen of several previously ap- 

 pointed committees made their reports. 

 Len Elder, chairman of the coal com- 

 mittee, advised all who were not sup- 

 plied to buy coal at once. O. E, Stein- 

 kamp, chairman of the S. A. F. drive, 

 stated that almost all of the members 

 of the state association who were in 

 business were now members of the S. A. 

 F., although there are a number of 

 llorists in the state who .are affiliated 

 with neither association. It is the de- 

 sire of the committee to have more em- 

 ployees become members of the S. A. F. 



A. F. J. Baur, of the program 

 committee, announced that the details 

 for the next meeting were not completed, 

 but the meeting will be held at the Baur 

 «fc Steinkamp establishment in Xovem 

 ber. Tlic chief attraction will be their 

 seedling chrysanthemums and carna- 

 tions. 



E. E. Temperley gave his report on 

 the truck committee in regard to the 

 plan of prorating taxes from the state 

 to tlio city. This was discussed pro and 

 con, Init it was finally decided not to 

 enter into the fight. 



Other Business. 



E. E. Temperley suggested inviting 

 the National Chrysanthemum Society to 

 hold its show in Indianapolis in 1922 iu 

 the Cadle tabernacle, which has ;|ust 

 been completed and is an ideal building 

 for such a purpose. President Hitz aji- 

 ]ioiuted the following committee to in- 

 vestigate the advisability of this step: 

 E. ¥.. Temperley, chairman; Herman 

 Young and Fred Lemon. 



A membership committee was also aji- 

 pointed, to make a drive for new mem- 

 bers: William Roepke, chairman; Frank 

 Rieman and Edward Grande. 



One of the interesting features of the 

 meeting was the showing of various lan- 

 tern slides furnished by Ella Grant 

 Wilson, some of her own and some of the 

 international flower show and from Mr. 



Barnes, of Spencer, Ind., of the National 

 Cooperative Show Gardens. 



Following the slides, Mr. Hany Dietz, 

 assistant state entomologist, gave an en- 

 lightening talk on insect pests and plant 

 diseases and how to eliminate thorn. 



E. E. T. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



During the week under review there 

 have been killing frosts in the vicinity 

 of Chicago and in most of the localities 

 which look to this market for flowers, 

 with the result that supplies have de- 

 creased, demand has increased and prices 

 have advanced, in certain lines much 

 more sharply than in others. 



The arrival of frost has brought out- 

 door flowers practically to the end of 

 their season. There still are a few such 

 flowers from protected spots that were 

 overlooked by Jack on his first hurried, 

 busy visits, but as a market factor, 

 asters, gladioli .and all other outdoor 

 flowers need no longer be considered. 

 The result, as usual, is that indoor stock 

 suddenly has been called on to carry the 

 whole load of a demand which was in-^ 

 creasing with each passing week evenj 

 before the frosts came. ^ 



' Of course cooler weather has had its 

 usual effect in checking the production 

 of roses, with the result that as early as 

 October 7 it became impossible to fill all 

 orders. Considering that it has been a 

 buyer's market for several months, it 

 was a shock to many of the retailers to 

 find the wholesalers again in control of 

 the situation. Relative to the demand, 

 short roses are much scarcer than the 

 longest grades and have advanced in 

 jirice in a greater percentage, white com- 

 manding a special ))remium. Quality of 

 the long roses is somewhat variable and 

 the price in most cases is largely influ- 

 enced by the care with which the stock 

 is graded. Red is again in special re- 

 quest. At tlic moment the day's receipts 

 of roses are subject to apportionment, 

 not many buyers getting their orders 

 filled con^dt^tt'ly. 



Excf|it for roses, receij>ts of in- 

 door flowers are on tiie up grade. This 

 is tru(> of clirysaiitliemums, carnations, 

 sweet jicas and orchids. The supply of 

 valley and lilies is subject to a different 

 regulation and does not vary much. 



The greater ]>art of the chrysanthe- 

 mums sold in Chicago, at wholesale or 

 retail, still come from San Francisco, 

 but the local supply is increasing slowly 

 and within a f(!w days will dominate 

 the situation. Apparently the home sup- 

 ))ly will Hot be so large this year as last, 

 but for the next six weeks there prob- 

 ably will be enough. Pompons are be- 

 ginning to appear, but as yet are much 

 below the demand. 



The supply of carnations is increasing, 

 but the passing of asters has accelerated 

 the demand in still greater degree. Im- 

 proved quality also goes far towar<l jus- 

 tifying the higher prices asked. 



Cool, bright weather has brought 

 sweet peas to the front quite rapidly. 

 Only a few violets arrive. Both cat- 

 tleyas and oncidiums are offered in some 

 quantity, but the variety of stock now 

 available is decidedly limited; too lim- 

 ited, in fact, to please the retailers. 



One item worth a paragraph is straw- 

 flowers. They are quite abundant, as 

 usual at this time of year, some locally 

 grown and others from numerous other 

 localities. There is wide variation in 



