OCTOBBR 8, 1914. jl 



The Fforists' Review 



25 



NASHVILLE, TENN; 



Th« Market. 



The week has seen a radical change 

 in the situation here, as most of the 

 people are home from their summer 

 vacations and are beginning to give 

 parties. Everyone is finding business 

 gootl, with sale for about all the really 

 gootl flowers that are available. Car- 

 nations are coming in freely and a 

 good many are being wholesaled. The 

 quality is nothing to brag about as 

 yet, but they are coming better every 

 day. Chrysanthemums are appearing 

 in ;ill of the stores, but they still are 

 small. They sell readily, however. 

 Roses are also coming in more freely. 

 There are few dahlias and those that 

 are coming in are inferior. Gladioli 

 are all but gone and there is no valley 

 to speak of. Lilies are scarce. The 

 general filing is that this season is to 

 be a good one in spite of the war. 



Various Notes. 



The Dutch bulb men are abroad in 

 the land and almost every day brings 

 one or more. They are anxious to sell, 

 but are not offering much if any better 

 prices than they did last season. They 

 all seem to have surpluses in New York 

 that they are willing to sell at a low 

 figure, 



Geny Broo. continue the improve- 

 ments at their store. They are putting 

 in a new front, with enamel pillars, 

 making one of the handsomest store 

 fronts in the city. 



It is reported that Mclntyre Bros. 

 are planning to open a downtown store. 

 Of course they will continue their store 

 on West Broadway. 



Herman Bynveldt, of Eynveldt & 

 Sons, was in the city two days last 

 week. He gave some vivid word pic- 

 tures of the European war, as their 

 nurseries are in sight of Liege. He 

 says that a part of their nurseries has 

 been flooded as a precaution against a 

 German invasion. 



The state entomologist has made his 

 annual inspection of ihe nurseries and 

 greenhouses in this vicinity and reports 

 that all are clean. He says that there 

 will be a general shortage of hardy 

 ornamentals this season as a result of 

 the drought. 



Frank Cornell has been delayed in 

 the construction of his new place and 

 will not have it finished for another 

 two or three weeks. 



The Joy Floral Co. has issued an 

 8-page pamphlet on bulb culture that 

 18 being given a good circulation. This 

 J9 the sort of work that helps us all. 

 The Joy windows are decorated with 

 Dutch bulbs. 



Haury & Sons still are seUing many 

 terns. Their store is filled with them 

 anil publicity is the thing that sells 

 anything. F. B. 



Waynesboro, Pa.— L. C. Happel is 

 erecting a greenhouse, 40x110 feet, 

 wh < h will be used for pot plants. 



Baraboo, Wis.— E. T. Boss is adding 

 another greenhouse at his range at East 

 an<l Eighth streets. The new house is 

 ^i Ihe same dimensions as the two al- 

 ready erected. 



North Olmsted, O.— H. Christman & 

 ^?n have taken over the houses of Ir- 

 ^"'!,' Dunford, comprising 12,000 square 

 .c'^t of glass, and are making extensive 

 'niirovements. A 40-foot brick smoke- 

 *t'»fk has justibeen completed. 



John M. Grlfflth. 



John M. Griffith, aged 77 years, died 

 of apoplexy, superinduced by the in- 

 firmities of old age, at his home, Eldon, 

 near Lutherville, Baltimore county, Md., 

 Sunday, October 4. Mr. Griffith was 

 stricken Saturday night and never ral- 

 lied. He was up until about a month 

 ago, actively engaged in business, being 

 the founder and president of the Griffith 

 & Turner Co., seed and implement deal- 

 ers, an old-established firm in Baltimore. 

 He was a native of Baltimore county 

 and for many years owned and con- 

 ducted a large farm near Long Green, 

 where he enjoyed a large circle of 

 friends among the farmers not only of 

 his own locality but of the entire state. 

 A widow, one daughter and two sons 

 survive. Mr. Griffith was a member of 

 the Society of Friends and the funeral 

 services were held from his home Octo- 

 ber 6. Interment was made in the 

 Friends' cemetery near Cockeysville, 

 Md. The obsequies were attended by a 

 committee from the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club of Baltimore, of which the 

 deceased was a member. 



Oemrge T. Hodges. 



George T. Hodges, 74 years old, a re- 

 tired florist of Louisville, Ky., died 

 September 25, of senility, at his home, 

 1926 Ivanhoe court. He had been ill for 

 more ikma a year, but had 4>een veafiaed 

 to his room only during the last six 

 weeks. 



Mr. Hodges went to Louisville from 

 Frankfort, Ky., fifty years ago and 

 worked for a time with his father, Col. 

 Albert G. Hodges. He later embarked 

 in the florists' business. For a number 

 of years the business was carried on by 

 his wife, Mrs. Fannie Hodges, but when 

 the greenhouses were destroyed by fire, 

 three years ago, the land was divided 

 into lots and sold. 



Mr. Hodges is survived by his wife, 

 Mrs. Fannie Hodges; a daughter, Mrs. 

 Steve Q. Gentry; a brother, James A. 

 Hodges, and three sisters, Mrs. Annie E. 

 Thomas, Miss Elizabeth B. Hodges, of 

 Philadelphia, and Mrs. Wattie N. Crut- 

 cher, of Los Angeles. The funeral was 

 held at the residence Sunday afternoon, 

 September 27. Burial was in Cave Hill 

 cemetery. 



Jesse Bell. 



Jesse Bell, for a number of years in 

 the employ of William Fraser, of Balti- 

 more, Md., committed suicide Septem- 

 ber 29 by shooting himself in the right 

 temple in an outbuilding at his home. 

 Mr, Bell had been grieving for some 

 time over the ill health of his wife, and 

 this is given as the cause of his act by 

 relatives and friends. From evidence 

 found afterward it was apparent that 

 the deed had been carefully planned. 

 Mr. Bell was 56 years old and formerly 

 lived at Govans, where he had a 

 brother. 



Henry W. Pierce. 



Henry Walter Pierce, for several 

 years a well-known florist of Woon- 

 socket, R. I., died October 1 at his 

 home at 453 Transit street in that city. 

 Death was due to a complication of dis- 

 eases which had troubled him for the 

 last two yearSj but only during the last 



-three weeks had he been eonfined to 

 his bed. He would have been 60 years 

 of age on his next birthday, Novem- 

 ber 10. 



Mr. Pierce was born in Woonsocket, 

 where he had lived all his life, and 

 was the son of Levi L. and Melissa 

 (Hopkins) Pierce. He was married in 

 February, 1889, and his widoWj with 

 one son and one daughter, surviVilS him. 

 While building his summer home at 

 Oakland Beach early last summer he 

 fell and fractured a rib, which aggra- 

 vated the complications from which he 

 was suffering, and from which he never 

 recovered. He was a member of Union 

 Grange, No. 13, Patrons of Husbandry. 



W. H. M. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Marlcet. 



Business did not improve much last 

 week. The warm weather was right on 

 the job, and, as there was no killing 

 frost, the outdoor stock is still plenti- 

 ful. The weather has certainly been 

 beautiful, but one big frost would be a 

 boon to the entire trade. Carnationa 

 are becoming more abundant every day 

 and are looking fine. The quantity is 

 sufficient to ta^e care -of the present 

 demand and this puts the sale of asters 

 away below what it has been. Asters 

 are shortening up. Boses are not quite 

 so plentiful as they have been, but have 

 improved in quality and are moving 

 well. Dahlias are at their best. It is 

 remarkable that they are still with us 

 and there is no telling how long it will 

 be before" they are "entifely gone. 



The supply of valley is still large 

 enough to take care of the demand and 

 it is a relief to see that this stock is 

 not as scarce as was expected. Violets 

 are coming in, but the demand is light. 

 Lilies are not so plentiful and, in conse- 

 quence, are bringing better prices. The 

 quality is fine. There will be a num- 

 ber of large openings next week and 

 the florists already have some good or- 

 ders. 



Club Meeting. 



The Milwaukee Florists' Club, at the 

 last meeting, listened to an interesting 

 and instructive talk on "Insects," by 

 Prof. C. V. Holsinger, of the Milwau- 

 kee County Agricultural School. There 

 is a large enrollment of students at this 

 school and it is without a doubt one of 

 the highly successful schools of the 

 country. 



The next meeting of the club, Novem- 

 ber 5, will be mum night, and all out- 

 side as well as local growers are invited 

 to exhibit. The display will be attrac- 

 tive and a number of novelties will be 

 seen. 



The club has recently received tjie 

 following new members: C. F. tritz- 

 laff, A. Eeinhardt, F. Gutermuth and 

 C. A. Koch. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur Leidiger, who has been away 

 on vacation for some time, is again on 

 the job and his smiling countenance is 

 seen daily at the market. 



John Kruchten and his father, both 

 from Chicago, were in Milwaukee Oc- 

 tober 2. The main purpose of their trip 

 was to visit the enlarged plant of the 

 Holton & Hunkel Co. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. had a large 

 order for a society wedding at Ocono- 

 mowoc, Wis. The wedding was a big 

 affair and the decorations and bouquets 

 were unusually attractive. H. J. S. 



