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The Florists^ Review 



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hilts, collars and ties, were quite funny. 

 Pumpkins filled with Ward roses, pom- 



pon 



mums and autumn leaves were 



most attractive. Basket pumpkins 

 with flowers and fruit added a great 

 di'al to the beauty of the display. 



L. H. Neubeck is putting up some 

 eveeedingly attractive logs, of fall 

 blooming crocus planted with dwarf 

 fi I lis in cedar bark boxes. These are 

 u-.>d for all purposes. 



The chrysanthemum show at the Del- 

 a^vare park conservatory has begun. 

 Tliere are some fine blooms on exhibi- 

 ti n. One large Enguehard specimen 

 plant has 900 blooms. The pompons 

 are just beginning to bloom and will 

 bi in their prime in about ten days. 

 H indreds are visiting the display. 



E. C. A. 



OBITUARY 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



The Chicago show this year should 

 command the support of the growers, 

 as it will no doubt help the market for 

 mums by attracting much public at- 

 tention to them. 



The show is to be held in the Art In- 

 stitute next week, November 9 and 10. 

 A silver and a bronze medal are offered 

 in each of the following classes: 



(lass 1 — Group of chrysanthemum plants. 



(Mass 2 — Display cut blooms, large-flowering 

 cliiysanthemums. 



Class 3 — Display cut blooms, single, pompon 

 ami anemone chrysanthemums. 



Class 4 — Ten cut blooms of seedling chrysan- 

 tlicinuras not disseminated. 



Class 5 — Vase, basket or other arrangement 

 of cut blooms, large-flowering chrysanthemums, 

 nitl) usual accessories. 



Class 6 — Vase, basket or other arrangement 

 of cut blooms, pompon, single or anemone chrys- 

 anthemums, with usual accessories. 



Class 7 — Best display cut blooms of outdoor 

 gcown cbrysantbemums, open to amateurs only. 



Exhibits cannot be received earlier 

 tlian the day preceding the opening of 

 the exhibition and must be in place 

 by noon November 9. Exhibits by ex- 

 press, all charges invariably prepaid, 

 should be addressed to the exhibition 

 manager, C. W. Johnson, Art Institute, 

 Chicago, HI. 



WILL SOME BEADEB ANSWER? 



The Georgia Eeal Estate Co., of York 

 street, E., Savannah, Ga., sends The 

 Review a postal asking to be put in 

 touch with importers and jobbers of 

 Dutch bulbs. As the concern is not in 

 the trade. The Keview will not accede 

 to the request for a sample copy, but 

 some reader may be able to tell the 

 Georgian where bulbs may be bought. 



Pueblo, Colo. — Miss Julia Stone, man- 

 ^ilGT of the Flower Shop, reports busi- 

 ness steadily on the increase, with pros- 

 pects for a good season. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. — The tenth an- 

 n lal chrysanthemum exhibition of the 

 local Gardeners' and Foremen's Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Horticultural 

 li ill November 6 and 7. A souvenir 

 I'ogram has l^een issued with nearly 

 e' ough advertising from local mer- 

 ^Miants and others to cover the premium 

 li-t. 



Galena, 111. — The Wickler sisters, 

 ^irs. Evelyn Wickler Truax, Miss Ma- 

 *'■ 1 Wickler and Miss Frances Wickler, 

 li've closed their business at Grand 

 r^'rks, N. D., and removed to this city, 

 oi'ening a new store at 104 North Main 

 s'leet October 31. They will do busi- 

 ii' ss under the old style, Wicklers'. 

 ^'sides handling a complete line of 

 fl'rists' stock, they will include fancy 

 f ' iiits and candies. 



Godfrey Aschmann. 



The Great Reaper has removed, al- 

 most without warning, a man whose 

 strong personality has made itself felt 

 all over this great land. Godfrey 

 Aschmann, of Philadelphia, died Octo- 

 ber 28, from blood poisoning, the result 

 of a trifling injury, after a week's ill- 

 ness. He was in his sixty-sixth year. 



Mr. Aschmann was born near Zurich, 

 Switzerland. He was apprenticed to a 

 florist in his own country and came to 

 America when a boy. He worked at 

 Henry A. Dreer's, at Riverton, N. J., 

 soon after the place was established. 

 Later he took up gardening on his own 

 account in Philadelphia and built, after 

 a time, some greenhouses at 1012 On- 

 tario street, where he remained through- 

 out his active career, adding ground 

 and greenhouses as his business grew. 

 Mr. " Aschmann succeeded where many 



Godfrey Aschmann. 

 (From a OonventioD Snapshot.) 



would have failed. His untiring perse- 

 verance, his pluck and abilitj' merited 

 success. He knew what plants people 

 wanted; he grew them and, with won- 

 derful courage, he kept on telling the 

 world that he had those plants until 

 they were sold. He was a large grower 

 of Christmas, Easter and spring plants, 

 both flowering and foliage. He under- 

 stood thoroughly the value of the space 

 in his greenhouses, never allowing a 

 bench to remain empty or to be wasted 

 by unsalable material. 



Mr. Aschmann 's funeral, which took 

 place from his home on the afternoon 

 of October 31, was attended by many 

 friends and members of the Philadel- 

 phia Florists' Club. He is survived by 

 six children, John Godfrey, Mrs. Ida 

 Graever, Edward, Mrs. Adeline Heri- 

 tage, Howard, anci Mrs. Florence Ott. 



George B. Schluraff. 



George R. Schluraff, head of the 

 Schluraff Floral Co., Erie, Pa., died 

 from heart failure Tuesday afternoon, 

 October 27, while working at the Floral 

 Park Nurseries, the company's grounds. 

 An assistant who turned to ask a ques- 

 tion of Mr. Schluraff found his body 

 lying on the ground. A physician was 

 summoned, but death had come in- 

 stantaneously. 



Mr. Schluraff was one of the oldest 

 residents as well as the oldest florist of 

 Erie county, where ho was bom and 



had lived all his life. He was 62 years 

 of age. 



Besides his widow, Harriet, Mr 

 Schluraff is survived by one son, Vern 

 L., engaged in the florists' business in 

 Erie; one daughter, Mrs. A. B. Tozer, 

 of Erie, and one brother, F. S. Schlu- 

 raff, of Fairview. Funeral services 

 were held at the home Friday, Octo- 

 ber 30, and interment was in Erie 

 cemetery. 



Christian Ackerman, Sr. 



Following a three years' illness, due 

 to a complication of diseases, Christian 

 Ackerman, Sr., aged 58, died Monday 

 evening, October 26, at Columbus, O. 

 Mr. Ackerman, who had lived in Colum- 

 bus for twenty-three years, was the 

 senior member of the Riverside Floral 

 Co., 537 North High street, in which 

 business three of his sons have been 

 engaged with him. 



He is survived by his father, Jacob 

 Ackerman, aged 84, of Columbus; his 

 wife; four sons, G. A., Christian, Jr., 

 and Otto Ackerman, of Columbus, and 

 Emil Ackerman, of Chicago; one 

 brother, William Ackerman, of Colum- 

 bus, and one sister, Mrs. Christina 

 Gouldner, of Los Angeles, Cal. 



Funeral services were held Thursday 

 afternoon, October 29, at the residence. 

 Interment was in Green Lawn ceme- 

 tery. 



George J. Pearson. 



George J. Pearson, president of the 

 Fairfield Landscape & Nurseries Co., 

 103 Park avenue. New York city, died 

 of an affection of the kidneys Thurs- 

 day, October 29, at his home, 316 West 

 iVinety.fourth street. He was born in 

 Brooklyn forty-two years ago and until 

 a few years ago was a shipping mer- 

 chant. His wife and two sons survive 

 him. 



Sioux City, la. — Extensive improve- 

 ments have been made at the store and 

 greenhouses of the J. C. Rennison Co. 

 About $2,000 was spent on the green- 

 houses at Twenty-fifth and Jones streets 

 and approximately $500 woj-th of fix- 

 tures were installed in the shop at 525 

 Pierce street. 



Bonham, Tex.— The City Greenhouses 

 have purchased property on West 

 Seventh street, where they will erect 

 greenhouses next summer. They in- 

 tend to install outside and inside irri- 

 gating systems. B. Sitzler reports busi- 

 ness getting better, with the prospect 

 of the best holiday trade in the firm's 

 history. 



Cleveland, O. — A delivery car of spe- 

 cial design has been added to the equip- 

 ment of the Smith & Fetters Co. An 

 automatic device keeps the temperature 

 at any point desired. The body has 

 three "skins" and all openings are 

 air-tight, so that the car is temperature- 

 proof and dust-proof. Illuminated 

 signs on each side and other features 

 make the car one of the most elaborate 

 turned out by a special designer. 



Laramie, Wyo.— Bert Clippinger, of 

 the Clippinger Greenhouses, says busi- 

 ness has been much better than was 

 expected during the last summer and 

 is starting out now with a vim that 

 points to a good winter's trade. This 

 has been the warmest fall known here 

 for a long time. Rain, an almost un- 

 heard of thing here at this time of 

 year, fell October 22. The following 

 day, however, it was succeeded by snow. 



