Sbptbmbbb 17, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The Los Angeles 

 Flower Market, Inc., filed a voluntary 

 petition in bankruptcy September 15. 

 Xhe concern conducted a wholesale and 

 retail business at 822 South Broadway. 

 The business was started some years 

 ago by Charles E. Morton, fresh from 

 Chi I ago, where he had been in the re- 

 tail end of the trade. Later he was 

 joiiied by Frederick Sperry, who had 

 for some years been in the wholesale 

 con Hiission business in Chicago. Charles 

 E, Morton is now president of the cor- 

 pori'tion and Frederick Sperry its sec- 

 retaiy. No statement of the assets and 

 liabiiities is yet available. 



Toledo, O. — Friedman, Taylor & Fos- 

 ter, attorneys in the Ohio building, have 

 notified the creditors of the Art Floral 

 & Decorating Co., 315 St. Clair street, 

 that "the company is hopelessly in 

 del)t," offering a settlement of 25 cents 

 on the dollar, stating that "unless we 

 can get the creditors to sfccept this 

 amount the company will be forced to 

 go into bankriiptcy. " It is said the 

 majority of the creditors have signi- 

 fied their acceptance of the settlement. 



Alvin, Tex. — Acting on receivership 

 proceedings against the Alvin Japanese 

 Nursery Co., instituted in the Eleventh 

 district court September 10 by nine 

 creditors, Judge A. R. Homblen ap- 

 pointed S. B. Brown receiver and fixed 

 his bond at $25,000. In answer to the 

 petition, the company admitted all alle- 

 gations in the petition. The creditors 

 suing are W. S. Stevens, Northrup & 

 Clark Saddlery Co., Reichardt & Schulte 

 Co., Texas Co., M. F. Montgomery, 

 South Texas Implement & Vehicle Co., 

 Citizens State Bank of Alvin, S. J. 

 Daugherty and K. Kishi. According to 

 their petition, the Alvin Japanese Nurs- 

 ery Co. has assets of approximately 

 $200,000 and liabilities of $111,000. Al- 

 though perfectly solvent, the creditors 

 feared that property of the company 

 might be attached by some one creditor. 

 They maintain that it is to the public 

 interest to continue the business and 

 that a receiver is needed to do so. 

 Among the assets is said to be a fine 

 crop of rice, worth between $20,000 and 

 $25,000, and a crop of oranges worth 

 from $3,000 to $4,000. The petitioners 

 claim $39,100 is due them. 



Santa Cruz, CaL — R. O. Lincoln, au- 

 <^itor, states that the Leedham Bulb 

 Co., of this city, has ceased operations 

 and "its affairs are being closed by the 

 directors under the stockholders' lia- 

 bility." The company was organized 

 a number of years ago by the late E. 

 Leodham, who died in 1908. The pres- 

 ent olficers are: President, G. H. Nor- 

 wofM]; secretary, O. J. Lincoln; treas- 

 "';er, Henry Willey; manager, J. H. 

 ^^illey. Caifornia bulbs were the 

 organization's specialty. 



Peoria, HI. — W. I. Slemmons, attorney 

 for Susan M. K. Murray, executrix of 

 the estate of James C. Murray, states 

 that the estate is insolvent, the final 

 ^ep( rt of the executrix showing that a 

 nn;'l dividend of eleven and three- 

 lourjhs per cent will be declared to the 

 "e< itors upon the approval of the re- 

 Po". set for hearing in the Probate 

 '=0"'t September 26. 



OBITUARY 



^Detroit, Mich.— Charles Keller finds 

 in<r' ^^^ good and constantly increas- 

 SOxu'n'*^ so he is adding tEree houses, 

 '.''0, and building a brick store and 

 * '^ine-room dwelling. 



Peter Bohlender. 



Peter Bohlender, one of the best 

 known nurserymen in this country and 

 head of the firm of Peter Bohlender & 

 Sons, proprietors of the Spring Hill Ntir- 

 series> at Tippecanoe City, O., died of 

 general infirmities at his home in Tippe- 

 canoe City, Tuesday afternoon, Septem- 

 ber 8, at the age of 78. Mr. Bohlender 

 had not been active of late in connec- 

 tion with the nurseries which he 

 founded, leaving the management to his 

 son, W. F. Bohlender, and his son-in-law, 

 Harry N. Kyle. 



He was born in Allenbaugh, Bavaria, 

 Germany, in 1837, of a family of gar- 

 deners. He came to Ohio at the age 

 of 6 and by the time he was in his teens 

 he was in the employ of a nurseryman 

 near Dayton. He established the Spring 

 Hill Nurseries and built up a large busi- 

 ness. The land at Tippecanoe City com- 

 prises forty-five acres, and there are 

 nearly 600 acres held by the firm in 

 Oklahoma and Missouri. As a founder 

 and promoter of Arbor day, Mr. Boh- 

 lender did some good work. He is sur- 

 vived by four sons. Dr. E. E. Bohlender 

 and Howard Bohlender, of Dayton; W. 

 F. Bohlender, in charge of the nurseries 

 at Tippecanoe City, and P. L. Bohlender, 

 in the management of extensive or- 

 chards in central California; and by 

 three daughters, two of whom, Ida Boh- 

 lender and Mrs. H. N. Kyle, reside at 

 Tippecanoe City. Funeral services were 

 held at the family residence in Tippe- 

 canoe City Thursday afternoon, Septem- 

 ber 10, and burial was in the cemetery 

 at that place. 



John E. McMicliaeL 



John E. McMichael, of Louisville, 

 Ky., died on his forty-fifth birthday 

 at Waverly Hill Tuberculosis hospital 

 September 8, following an illness of 

 several years. He was connected with 

 the establishment of C. B. Thompson 

 Co., at Louisville, thirty years. He was 

 removed to the hospital six weeks ago 

 from his home, 1437 Hazel street. He 

 is survived by his wife, Mrs. Augusta 

 McMichael, his mother and three 

 brothers. Funeral services were held 

 at St. John's Evangelical church, Sep- 

 tember 10, burial being in Cave Hill 

 cemetery. There was a large attend- 

 ance and many flowers. 



Harry C. Cook. 



Found by his wife, unconscious from 

 gas flowing from an open jet through a 

 tube to his mouth, Harry C. Cook, of 

 Philadelphia, did not revive September 

 10, although a pulmotor brought to the 

 house from the Hahnemann hospital 

 was pressed into use. According to 

 Mrs. Cook, her husband had been acting 

 queerly for some time. She awakened 

 at 4 o'clock that morning and found 

 her husband all right. Later it is sup- 

 posed that he arose, dressed and went 

 to the third floor, where he ended his 

 life. Mrs. Cook missed him at seven 

 o'clock and, detecting the odor of gas, 

 traced it to the room where she found 

 his unconscious form. 



Mr. Cook for many years had been a 

 florist in South Philadelphia. He took 

 an active interest in Republican poli- 

 tics and was a member of the Twenty- 

 sixth Ward Republican Club. He also 

 was a member of Potter Lodge, No. 



441, F. and A. M.: Osage Tribe, No. 

 113, I. O. R. M., and a number of other 

 social and secret organizations. A 

 widow and two daughters survive. The 

 funeral was held at the home at 1208 

 South Broad street September 14, many 

 in the trade attending. 



Thomas Edward Towerson. 



Thomas Edward Towerson, aged 45, 

 died at Woodburn Park, Spring Station, 

 Ky., at 1:45 Tuesday morning, Septem- 

 ber 1, from injuries received when his 

 horse kicked him Sunday, August 30. 

 His skull was fractured in two places 

 and he received^nternal injuries as well. 



Mr. Towerson was a native of Mill- 

 field, Keswick, Cumberland, England. 

 He was in the employ of Dr. A. J. A. 

 Alexander, of Woodburn Park, Spring 

 Station, Ky., and was highly esteemed 

 as an upright and valuable man. He 

 is survived by his wife. He was a 

 member of the Church of England. 

 Services were held at St. John's 

 church, Versailles, and burial was in 

 the Versailles cemetery September 3. 



Cromwell, Conn. — Wallace B. Pierson, 

 secretary and assistant treasurer of 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., has started on hia 

 annual vacation, which will run into 

 October. He has, as usual, taken to 

 the woods. 



West Hanover, Mass. — Alpheus Pack- 

 ard, who has been in the florists' busi- 

 ness for more than a quarter of a cen- 

 tury, has sold his greenhouses to Ed- 

 wards Bros., who will move them to 

 their place on Whiting street. 



Tampa, Fla. — F. A. Knull, of the 

 Knull Floral Co., has returned from a • 

 good summer vacation and is prepared 

 for an excellent season's business. It 

 has been a dull summer, as usual in this 

 section, but there has been improvement 

 in September and prospects are not at 

 all bad. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — A hail storm Sep- 

 temUer 7 caused about $1,000 damage 

 at the range of George R. Butchart. 

 About 5,800 square feet of glass were 

 broken and many plants destroyed. 

 Fred Luecht, who grows vegetables un- 

 der glass, suffered a loss of $400 from 

 broken lights. 



Mansfield, O. — Paul Kopanka and E. 

 M. Lintott, proprietors of the Mansfield 

 Floral Co., have bought out the Berno 

 noral Co. Edward Berno and his son, 

 Lee Berno, expect to leave for Florida 

 shortly and make their home there. 

 Less than a year ago Mr. Kopanka a'nd 

 Mr. Lintott came here and purchased 

 the greenhouses of the Berno Floral 

 Co., operating them under the name of 

 the Mansfield Floral Co., and now they 

 have acquired the retail store of the 

 concern, which they will conduct in 

 connection with their greenhouses. 



Springfield, Mass.— Mark Aitken is 

 opening a branch store on Main street, 

 which will be known as the Aitken 

 cash branch. It will be run in connec- 

 tion with the main store at 484 Main 

 street, but on a different policy. Mr. 

 Aitken says that the business done 

 there will all be done on a cash basis, 

 and special sales will be a feature. To 

 do away with the heavy expense of 

 special deliveries, two regular deliver- 

 ies are to be made each day, one at 11 

 a. m. and one late in the afternoon. 

 Mr. Aitken says that through the cash- 

 policy and new system of delivery he 

 will be able to make a ten per cent dis- 

 count on regular prices. 



