June 1, 1011. 



The Wcckty Florists' Review. 



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farm and much attention is devoted to 

 the tioricultural and welfare featureH of 

 (he place. Over 600 are employed on the 

 great enterprise. 



D. J. Mackintosh says he has no com- 

 jilaint to make of the season. He Iihs 

 |)unrhased a summer home at Rockaway 

 and moves there June 1 with liis family. 



Professor Curtis lectures Saturtlay, 

 June 3, at the Botanical Gardens, Mu- 

 seum building, on " Plant Distribution," 

 iind June.lU Dr. Murrill lectures there 

 (,n "The Koyal Gn,rdens at Kew, Eng- 

 land. ' ' 



At a benefit performance last week 

 many flowers were used and the city 

 j)apers gave credit to the following for 

 their liberal donations: W. S. Allen, 

 William Burns, Charles A. Dards, M. A. 

 ]iowe, Henshavv & Fenrich, M. C. Ford, 

 II. E. Fronient, Growers' Cut Flowef 

 Co., E. C. lloran, Kegsler Bros., P. F. 

 McKenney, W. 8. Lee, Mr. Le Moult, 

 Charles Millang, H. C. Reidel, George 

 Saltfbrd, W. !■'. Sheridan, Siebrecht & 

 Siebrecht, Wadley & Smythe, S. A. Wood- 

 row and A. L. Young & Co. 



The auctions will close for the season 

 next week, after the must successful 

 year this ilepartment of floriculture ever 

 Jias known. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will take place Monday evening, 

 June 12, the last meeting of the season, 

 followed June 28 by the club's annual 

 outing. Chairman Fenrich is sending 

 out some seductive literature and a 

 grand day's sport is thoroughly pro- 

 vided for. It is necessary to let the 

 committee know early as to attendance. 

 The boat leaves at 9:30, giving a 2-hour 

 sail before the noon dinner. There will 

 be music, dancing, prizes for the ladies 

 and children, and an attendance of over 

 .lOO is provided for and expected. The 

 club has a membership of over 300. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 

 Emil Le Moult in the loss of his wife. 

 Many beautiful floral tributes attested 

 the general regret felt in his great be- 

 reavement. 



The seedsmen are still busy, the local 

 trade eontinuing far beyond expectations. 



Messrs. Geller, Hanfling and Cova, the 

 latter manager of the Greek-American 

 Florists' Supply Co., go to Europe this 

 month. 



June 10 and 11 there wjll be an ex- 

 hibition of peonies and other seasonable 

 flowers at the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den, Hnder the auspices of the New 

 York Horticultural Society. F. R. Pier- 

 son is chairman of the committee and 

 Geo. V. Nash is secretary. 



Bewling. 



New York added more scalps to its 



belt in the match with Tuxedo May 27, 



beating the society gentlemen three 



straight. The teams were: Tuxedo — 



Murray, Bentley, Coolev, Thomson, 



Barth. New York— Manda, Scott, W. 



Riekards, A. Rickards, Chadwick. The 



sctres were: 



„ Team. Ist 2(1 .Id 



Tusedo 72.3 797 693 



.New lork 7»:{ «84 81a 



High scores were as follows: Barth, 

 201; Chadwick, 204; Manda, 215. 



The scores made on the New York 

 alleys May 26 were: 



„, , . . ■ l«f 2<l Id 4th 



Uiadwlck 200 200 203 201 



-Manda 151 155 151 us 



W. Rlckanla 21.1 172 147 l.V) 



•jujent 12(i 12» l.TS 107 



'>'*»"<J« 1.37 120 1.34 ll.-i 



^.'■"V., I'^S 186 142 9!) 



A. Uirkaids i, 143 



J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY. 



Lemuel Ball. 



Jjemuel Ball, who was one of the 

 widely known Philadelphiaus growing 

 decorative stock for the wholesale 

 trade, died May 24 at his home at 

 Wissinoming, aged 65 years. 



Mr. Ball was, for many years, a 

 successful grower of choice jtalms, 

 draca^nasj etc. The product of his 

 greenhouses was always considered of 

 the most excellent quality, and his 

 methods of conducting business most 

 honorable. Previous to the year 188-4 

 he was associated in business* with his 

 brother, Chas. D. Ball, doing business 

 at the latter 's present location. Holmes- 

 burg, Philadelphia. At that date the 

 firm was dissolved. Mr. Ball was, how- 

 ever, too much attached to the florists' 

 business to long continue out of it, 

 and soon purchased })roperty at Wissi- 

 noming, Philadelphia, erecting the pres- 

 ent establishment. For several years 

 thereafter he devoted his energies to 

 the cultivation of roses and other 

 plants for cut flowers, but later substi- 

 tuted ijalms and foliage plants. For 

 many years he concentrated his efforts 

 on such plants, i)roducing only the 

 choicest stock. His presence and his 

 fine exhibits at the S. A. F. conven- 

 tions will be missed by his many 

 friends and by those who have long 

 done business with him. 



Mr. Ball's illness was of short dura- 

 tion, the physicians not considering him 

 seriously ill until about one week pre- 

 vious to his death. The deceased was 

 a member of the S. A. F., the Florists ' 

 Club of Philadelphia, and the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society. He is sur- 

 vived by one married daughter. 



Charles Annitage. 



On Monday, May 22, Hitchings & 

 Co., the greenhouse builders, were de- 

 prived, by death, of their president, 

 Charles Armitage. He died of heart 

 disease, at his home, 11 Irving street, 

 Montclair, N. J. He was 65 years of 

 age. His health had been failing for 

 about two years, and during the last 

 half year he had been unable to be at 

 his place in the office. A few weeks 

 ago an automobile in which he was 

 riding was struck by another car and 

 he suffered a severe shock, from the 

 effects of which he never entirely ral- 

 lied. The funeral services were held at 

 his late residence, on W^ednesday, May 

 24, and the interment was private. 



He had been an official of the com- 

 pany since the death of its founder, 

 Mr. Hitchings. He lived in New York 

 city many years before making his 

 home in Montclair, fourteen years ago. 

 He was a member of the Montclair 

 Club, the Montclair Dramatic Society 

 and the Montclair A. C. 



His son, F. A. Armitage, is connected 

 with Hitchings & Co. as sales manager. 

 The other surviving members of his 

 family are his wife and four daughters. 



Uoyd G. Blick. 



The demise of Lloyd G. Blick, at Nor- 

 folk, Va., May 18, was recorded in The 

 Review for May 25. Edward Reid, one 

 of Mr. Blick 's Philadelphia friends, 

 sends the following supplementary no- 

 tice, with a request for its publication: 



"Lloyd G. Blick, the well-known Nor- 

 folk florist, and a most highly esteemed 

 citizen, passed away yesterday evening 

 at 9:20 o'clock at his home, Linden- 

 hurst, after an illness of eight months. 



in the forty-sixth year of his age. Few 

 men were blessed with a happier dispo- 

 sition than Mr. Blick, which made him 

 very popular. 80 companionable was 

 he, indeed, that it was a privilege to 

 know him, and no one in the city had 

 a wider acquaintance or larger circle of 

 friends, each of whom will feel his de- 

 mise as a personal loss. 



"His kindness of nature and affabil- 

 ity were most remarkable, and he was a 

 man of sterling integrity, all of which 

 built up for him a large floral trade. 

 He took great interest in his business, 

 made it a study in all its branches, and 

 became an authority on floriculture. 



"He was an enthusiastic fraternity 

 man and traveled long distances in 

 attending the national lodges. He was 

 a member of the Elks, Eagles, Royal 

 Arcanum, Maccabees, Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists, the Norfolk Board of 

 Trade and the Hampton Roads Yacht 

 Club, and was a director of the Bank 

 of Norfolk. 



"He is survived by a brother, J. W. 

 Blick, and two sisters. Miss Lovey A. 

 Blick, who was his companion in busi- 

 ness, and Mrs. Rosa E. Stewart. 



"The funeral occurs Sunday after- 

 noon at 4 o'clock at his late residence? 

 on Avenue C, Ninth ward, Rev. R. F. 

 Gayle, of the Cumberland Street Meth- 

 odist Church, and Rev. Vernon 1 'Anson, 

 D. D., of Grace Baptist Church, offi- 

 ciating. Interment in Elmwood. The 

 casket will be handled by six colored 

 men, at the request of the deoeaseil. 

 There will be honorary pallbearers." 



John G. Forbes, Sr. 



John G. Forbes, Sr., formerly in busi- 

 ness as a grower at Auburndale, Mass., 

 died at his home on Lexington street, 

 Newton, Mass., May 19. The funeral 

 services were held at his home on Sun- 

 day, May 21. The interment was at 

 the Newton cemetery. 



LILIES FOB CHBISTMAS. 



Can I get Harrisii, Formosa, longi- 

 florum or other lilies into bloom for 

 Christmas? If so, howl Do callas 

 flower under the same conditions? 



W. D. H. 



Longiflorum, Formosa and Harrisii 

 lilies, also speciosum album and rubrum, 

 can all be had in flower for Christmas. 

 Usually Harrisii arrive sufficiently early 

 to flower them on time if plenty of 

 heat, say 65 degrees at night when 

 well rooted and started, can be given. 

 Formosas last season arrived quite early 

 and some growers managed to bloom 

 them at Christmas. This is .a more va- 

 riable type than Harrisii. It includes 

 quite a variety of seedlings, but we can 

 hardly recommend it as a desirable 

 Christmas sort, although in January, 

 February and March it is good. 



Longiflorums arrive much too late to 

 be flowered for Christmas; therefore, 

 cold storage bulbs should be secured 

 and potted about the middle of July. 

 Keep these cool until well rooted and 

 started, after which a steady night 

 temperature of 60 to 65 degrees should 

 be given. Speciosums should be potted 

 early in July. They succeed best in a 

 little lower temperature than the longi- 

 florums. Callas potted early in August 

 will flower freely by Christmas in a 

 temperature of 55 to 60 degrees at 

 night. Try the new Godfrey calla, 

 which is a marked improve«ent on tho 

 old C. ^thiopica. C. "W. 



