October 27, 1921 



The Rorists^ Review 



29 



Albert K Waxner. 



Albert L. Warner, the oldest florist in 

 active business in Rhode Island, died at 

 his home at 102 East street, Pleasant 

 View, Pawtucket, Friday morning, 

 October 14, following a short illness. He 

 was in his eighty-eighth year and had 

 continued to manage his range of green- 

 houses to the end, growing Asparagus 

 plumosus exclusively, which was ab- 

 sorbed by the Providence and Boston 

 markets. 



Mr. Warner was born in Webster, 

 Mass., July 28, 1834. He moved west 

 with his parents when young, and, after 

 receiving a limited education, followed 

 farming for a number of years. He was 

 nearly 20 years of age when he became 

 a resident of Pawtucket. He worked in 

 that city at the machinists' business, 

 but on account of a breakdown in health 

 was forced to seek outdoor employment. 

 The result was that he went before the 

 mast on a schooner sailing from Cape 

 Cod to southern ports. This line of oc- 

 cupation he followed several years, his 

 health improving all the time. 



Having a knowledge of plants which 

 he had gleaned here and there in his 

 travels, he decided to engage in the flo- 

 rists ' business at his home at Paw- 

 tucket. At the start he experimented 

 in plants for cut flowers, erecting a 

 small house, 12x16. He handled plants 

 and floral pieces for funerals. After a 

 few years he built two greenhouses. 

 About this time he dispensed with the 

 retail end of the business and, until the 

 end of his life, devoted his entire time 

 to the growing of Asparagus plumosus 

 for retail florists, finding a ready mar- 

 ket for all his yield. 



In musical circles in Pawtucket he was 

 well known, having been for many years 

 connected with Gilniore's brass band 

 and Robert Lawton's orchestra. He was 

 also prominent in the Masonic frater- 

 nity and was a past grand master of 

 Masons in Rhode Island. He was past 

 master of Jenks lodge, a member of 

 Pawtucket chapter, Royal Arch Masons, 

 and a member of Pawtucket council, 

 Royal and Select Masters and Holy 

 Sepulcher Commandery, Knights Temp- 

 lar. He is survived by a son and a 

 daughter, Albert R. Warner, of Paw- 

 tucket, and Mrs. Olive Rogers, of 

 Pucl)lo, Colo. W. H. M. 



Anna Fulle. 



Mrs. Anna Fulle, wife of George A. 

 Fulle, of the firm of Fulle Bros., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., died last week following a 

 short illness of typhoid fever. Kvery- 

 oni> believed lier to be on the road to 

 recovery, l)ut she suffered a relapse and 

 died the next day. 



Mrs. Fulle was born in Riclnnond, 

 Ind., in 1871 and both she and her hus- 

 band were working for E. O. Hill at the 

 time of their marriage, June 1, 1894. 

 She was the mother of two daughters, 

 one of whom died in infancy and one 

 now 17 years of age. 



The funeral services were held Run- 

 day, October 23, from the residence on 

 Liberty pike. Together with her hus- 

 band and daughter, Mrs. Fulle is sur- 

 vived by two brothers and five sisters, 

 all of this city. The many beautiful 

 floral offerings were tokens of sincerity 



from many friends made during her 

 long and useful life. 



William SaUng. 



The trade extends its sympathy to 

 John W. and Miss Lena Saling, Railway, 

 N. J., in the loss of their father, Wil- 

 liam Saling, who was found dead in his 

 bed Wednesday morning, October 12. 

 He was in his seventy-ninth year and 

 apparently in good health when retiring 

 the night of his death, but had been 

 afflicted with hardening of the arteries 

 and high blood pressure for some time. 



Mr. Saling was a native of Germany, 

 but had lived in this country fifty-eight 

 years. When he came to this country he 

 learned the cigar making trade, but hav- 

 ing been trained in horticulture, he soon 

 entered the trade, establishing a nursery 

 and greenhouse in Rahway more than a 

 half-century ago and continuing in ac- 

 tive business until his death. 



He loved flowers and plants dearly 

 and had remarkable success in growing 

 them. He was a man of unbounded 

 energy, a great reader and capable con- 

 versationalist. The funeral services 

 were held October 15 and he was buried 

 in Rahway cemetery. 



Mrs. B. A. Latham. 



Mrs. R. A. Latham, wife of Ralph A. 

 Latham, 83 South Tenth street, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., died October 18, after a 

 long illness. The funeral service was 

 held at Lakewood chapel, Minneapolis, 

 and was attended by a large number of 

 florists. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



In spite of lower prices and an un- 

 usual degree of stagnation in the middle 

 of last week, the market gave a fairly 

 good account of itself October "21 and 

 22. Although being far from clean 

 when the week ended, the heavy accu- 

 mulation of roses had been worked off 

 and values were on a more stable basis. 

 As a wliole, the week's showing was 

 much better than many expected, as 

 men old in the market say they never 

 have seen conditions change with 

 greater suddenness than they did Octo- 

 ber 18/ 



Altliiough conditions now are on a bet- 

 ter basis, nobody expects to see a short 

 market again until after the mums have 

 gone. It may be true that there are not 

 so many mums as usual being grown for 

 this market this year, but the cut, which 

 has been a few days late, will be enough 

 to supj)ly all probable demands. Cal- 

 ifornia mums, which were a consider- 

 able factor for the first three weeks of 

 October, have drop])ed nearly out of 

 sight. When prices for local stoek fell 

 to something approaching the price at 

 wliich the California stock can he laid 

 down here, the orders for the latter were 

 eancel(>cl. The only " import e(l'' mums 

 now coming in are those ordered with 

 the idea that they will be superior in- 

 stead of cheaper than those grown here. 

 Pompons, too, are more plentiful and 

 are likely to be a dominating factor in 

 the market for some weeks. 



All Saints' day comes at the end of 

 this month. In olden times it created 

 :in annual flurry, but this year there will 

 not be much stirring, as far as this mar- 

 ket is concerned. The demand for All 

 Saints' day is principally for white 

 mums and the California shippers have 

 been active in securing orders. The 



carloads of flowers will go to New Or- 

 leans from San Francisco instead of 

 Chicago this year. 



Cooler weather and other conditions 

 have oi)erated to reduce slightly the sup- 

 j)ly of roses. In the middle of last week 

 the buyer set the price. At present 

 prices are much lower than up to Octo- 

 ber 18, but are much firmer than October 

 19 to 22. Quality is excellent. The 

 supply is large. Values are attractive. 

 There is every reason why the retailers 

 should make good displays of roses. 



The carnation crop is increasing only 

 slowly. The softening in prices which 

 buyers have noted is due to the general 

 market condition and to the increased 

 competition of pompons. 



Sweet peas are slightly more plentiful 

 and correspondingly lower. Violets in- 

 crease slowly in supply. Cattleyas con- 

 tinue plentiful. There is enough valley. 

 Easter lilies are scarce. 



The greens situation is unchanged ex- 

 cept that boxwood is in larger supply. 



A. F. A. Advertising Begins. 



The opening advertisement of the 

 autumn campaign was placed in the 

 Daily News, October 20, by the Allied 

 Florists' Association. In double-col- 

 umn space there appeared under the 

 caption, "Whose Birthday or Other An- 

 niversary Is Today?" the following 

 message: 



"Say It witli Flowers." They spenk in a 

 natural way the hingiiage of love and thought- 

 fulness. 



That you may not forget future anniversaries, 

 send a list of such nnniversar.v dates to your 

 florist. He will remind you well in advance — 

 BO you may "Say It with Flowers." 



Flower Show. 



The flower show committee of the Chi- 

 cago F'lorists' Club reports excellent 

 progress in connection with the fall 

 flower show which is to be held in con- 

 junction with the annual exhibition and 

 meeting of the Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America at the Auditorium hotel No- 

 vember 16 and 17. 



Charles W. Johnson, secretary of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, re- 

 ])orts many entries; also additional 

 premiums, which will be announced in 

 the trade papers. 



There will bo numerous large displays 

 by Chicago's leading retailers. New 

 and striking flor.al arrangements of all 

 kinds will be shown. The following 

 reservations for space have been made: 

 Scliiller the Florist, 400 square feet; 

 A. L.ange, 200 square feet; Geo. Witt- 

 bold Co., 300 spare feet; Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, 200 squ.-ire feet. 



From all indications there will be a 

 large rose exhibit. The following grow- 

 ers have reserved s]iace: Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., roses; Well worth Farm Green- 

 houses, roses; Weiss & Meyer Co., roses; 

 Premier Rose Gardens, roses; Albert F. 

 Amling Co., roses; Jose])h Kohout, 

 roses; Wietor Bros., mums and pompons; 

 Richmond Greenhouse Co., Richmond, 

 Ind., carnations; Fred 11. Lemon & Co., 

 Richmond, Itid., rose novelties; Frank 

 Oechslin, blooming and decorative 

 plants; Baur & Steinkamp. Indianapolis, 

 Tnd., mums and pompons; Peter Pear- 

 son, blooming ]dants; Aspinwall & 

 Lud(^ke. chrysiinthemums; Paul C. Heit- 

 m.an, sweet ])eas; Geo. .1. Ball, ])ompons. 



Admission to the flower show will be 

 by ticket. Tickets are to bo distributed 

 by the retail florists of this city. One 

 of the large florists ordered 10,000 

 tickets for his customers; another or- 

 dered 3,000; a number of retailers have 

 (Continued on pa8:c34.) 



