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The Florists^ Review 



AuoiST 22, 1012. 



OBITUABY. 



Harry Dampier. 



Harry Dampier, a gardener of New 

 Orleans, La., committed suicide August 

 10, at his home, 1133 State street, by 

 taking carbolic acid. He was 57 years 

 of age. He was a native of Devonshire, 

 England, and came from that country 

 to New Orleans twenty-two years ago. 

 He was well acquainted with the gar- 

 deners and florists of that city, though 

 not a member of their organization. He 

 is survived by his wife and two daugh- 

 ters. 



Jolm Craig. 



Prof. John Craig, one of the leading 

 horticulturists of the United States, 

 died August 12 at Siasconset, Mass., 

 aged 48 years. Prof. Craig was head 

 of the Department of Horticulture in 

 the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture at Ithaca, a part of Cornell 

 University. He was editor of the Na- 

 tional Nurseryman and head of several 

 development companies in southern 

 states. 



Among the honors which came to 

 Prof. Craig was a fellowship in the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, the secre- 

 taryship of the American Pomological 

 Society, and a position on the advisory 

 board of the American Civic League. 

 He was one of the founders and trus- 

 tees of the Cornell Cosmopolitan Club. 

 Prof. Craig was the author of "Prac- 

 tical Horticulture" and other scientific 

 works. He contributed to various agri- 

 cultural magazines. Prof. Craig was 

 born in Canada, and before going to 

 Cornell to take the chair of horticul- 

 ture, made vacant by the elevation of 

 Prof. Liberty Hyde Bailey to the 

 directorship of the agricultural college, 

 had been professor of horticulture and 

 extension teaching at Iowa State Col- 

 lege. 



Among the work that had made him 

 widely known in the trade was that 

 done at Cornell for the American Peony 

 Society, the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety and the American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety, all of which was under his direc- 

 tion. 



Andrew Johnson. 



Andrew Johnson, gardener for Mrs. 

 David King, Newport, K. I., died re- 

 cently at his residence, 299 Spring 

 street, in that city, following an opera- 

 tion and the subsequent development of 

 pneumonia. He was born February 1, 

 1851, in the province of Shone, Sweden, 

 and first came to Newport as a sailor in 

 1871, where he decided to remain. He 

 found employment at various jobs until 

 he finally secured work as an assistant 

 to the gardener of one of the large es- 

 tates. He took an especial interest in 

 this work and rapidly advanced in the 

 business, and for more than a quarter 

 of a century had been in the employ of 

 the estate of the late David King, Jr., 

 having been head gardener for many 

 years and occupying that position at 

 the time of his death. Some months 

 ago he had a serious attack from which 

 he partially recovered, but recently the 

 attack recurred and an operation was 

 decided upon to relieve him of gall 

 stones. He leaves a widow, one son and 

 a daughter. He was a prominent mem- 

 ber of the Swedish Methodist Episco- 

 pal church, which he helped to organ- 

 ize; also a member of Excelsior lodge, 

 L O. O. F., and of the New England Or- 

 der of Protection. W. H. M. 



CliarleB E. Eeltb. 



Charles E. Keith, for the last four- 

 teen years superintendent of parks at 

 Bridgeport, Conn., died August 15, in 

 his sixty-fourth year. Mr. Keith was 

 one of the ablest park superintendents 

 in America and only two days before 

 his death was elected honorary presi- 

 dent of the American Park Superin- 

 tendents' Association at their conven- 

 tion in Boston. The deceased had been 

 in failing health for about a year. 



Peter Erickson. 



Peter Erickson, a gardener of Berke- 

 ley, Cal., died at Fabiola hospital, Oak- 

 land, Cal., August 8, following an oper- 

 ation for appendicitis. He was a native 

 of Sweden, aged 67 years, but had lived 

 in Berkeley for the last fifteen years. 

 He is survived by two children, O. F. 

 and Amanda Erickson. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



The Market. 



It was a busy time in funeral work 

 among the Dayton florists last week. 

 Everybody seemed to have a good share 

 in it and, as a result, stock was kept 

 on the move, with the exception of some 

 of the overabundant varieties, such as 

 gladioli and asters, the supply of 

 which seems to have no bounds. In 

 giganteums it is between crops; there 

 was a scarcity of these last week, and 

 consequently the demand was great. 

 There was a brisk demand for valley, 

 but it was almost impossible to get 

 any. Boses and carnations are coming 

 in abundantly. The rainy season seems 

 to have ended with last week, and hot, 

 dry weather has set in. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. John Q. Mulford, of Lebanon, 

 O., spent August 18 in this city, visit- 

 ing relatives. She reports good busi- 

 ness, with an abundance of funeral 

 work. 



M. Anderson has been in Cleveland, 

 O., on business again. And, aside from 

 business, there seems to be another big 

 attraction there. < 



Herman Hearlin spent August 18 vis- 

 iting his aged mother in Cincinnati, O. 



Walter E. Cook, of the Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., New York, was in town 

 August 17. 



Walter G. Matthews was so unfor- 

 tunate as to sprain his ankle last week. 



Miss Katheryne Young, accompanied 

 by Miss Helen Showalter and Lauretta 

 McGee, left August 18 for a ten days' 

 vacation, stopping first at Cedar Point, 

 O., and from there making an extended 

 lake tour. 



Miss Minnie Graham was called to 

 Richmond, Ind., on business last week. 



Joseph Furst is putting in several 

 new concrete benches this season. 



Another visitor to Dayton florists last 

 week was D. E. Adsit, of Jamestown, O. 



Miss Bessie Bartholomew is spending 

 a delightful vacation with Gladys 

 Weber, of Cincinnati, O., this week. 



A pretty window display last week 

 was that of the Dayton Floral Co., in 

 the firm's Main street store. In the 

 center of the window was a fountain, 

 surrounded by palms and ferns. 



"Business at our place last week was 

 just dandy," says Mrs. L. D. Johnson. 



Many convention ists who expected to 

 see George Bartholomew in Chicago 

 were disappointed, but their disappoint- 

 ment could not compare with his, as he 



had fully i^tended to be among them 

 until the last minute, when he was de- 

 tained on account of unforeseen busi- 

 ness transactions. August 18 Mr. Bar- 

 tholomew spent the day in Cincinnati, 

 O., and while there he visited the plant 

 of J. A. Peterson & Sons. He found 

 everything at the Peterson place in fine 

 shape, with begonias looking the best 

 he has seen them in many years. 



Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Leslie will 

 leave Dayton, August 24, for Oriskany 

 Falls, N. Y., where they will be the 

 guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Jones. 

 En route to Oriskany Falls they will 

 stop over at Cleveland, O., take the boat 

 to Niagara Falls, N. Y., spend a day 

 there, and then continue their journey 

 to Oriskany Falls. E. A. L. 



CLEVEIiAND, O. 



The Sixth City. 



"Nothing doing," was the word 

 passed around last week. There was 

 little good stock on the^market and not 

 much demand. Japanese lilies, which 

 have been in heavy supply, are now 

 about equal to demand. Valley has 

 been extremely scarce. Roses are of 

 g^od quality for this season. The first 

 mums have made their appearance, but 

 they are too much out of season to sell 

 well. 



Club Picnic. 



The picnic was a success; everybody 

 says so. The day was perfect — just 

 warm enough. About 200 people were 

 present. The ball game between the 

 wholesalers and retailers was won by 

 the former, and this evened up the 

 score between them, as the retailers 

 were the victors last year. 



The complete list of contests was as 

 follows: 



Babies' race — First, Herbert Leuschner; sec- 

 ond. Bnd Bastlan. 



9''".'?' ^ ,^P ^ years— First, Dorothy Smith ; sec- 

 ond, Madeline Smith; third, Helen Bate 



Boys. 5 to 8 years— First. Don Smith; second. 

 Paul Parks; third, John Kramer. 



Girls, 8 to 12 .years— First. Nellie Smith; 

 second, Marie Kramer; third, Josephine Wasner. 



Boys, 8 to 12 years. This class was so large 

 that It was run In two heats. First heat— First. 

 Alfred Bate; second, George Bate: third. Lloyd 

 Mercer. Second heat— First, Louis Baldwin; 

 second, William Krami r; third, Arthur Schabb. 



Single ladles' race — Won by Gertrude Kramer. 



Single men's race — Won by Arnold Williams. 



Married ladles' race— Won by Mrs. Clarence A. 

 Myers. 



Married men's race — Won bv Al. LIngwen. 



Sack race— First, "Luna" Parks; second, A. 

 LIngwen; third, Stere Bertholdt. 



Three-legged race— First, A. LIngwen and F. 

 Frledley; second, S. Bertholdt and C. Ross: 

 third, H. Keyse and A. Williams. 



Hop. skip and Jump — Won by Philip Darnell. 



Running broad Jump — Won by Philip Darnell. 



Fat men's race — First, Charles Graham; sec- 

 ond, F. H. A. Warren. 



Special race, boys of 12 to 16 years — First, H. 

 Keyse; second, G. Koelllsch. 



Special sack race — First, Eugene Berger; sec- 

 ond, John Schledel; third, George Pate. 



Special hop, skip and Jump — First, A. Will- 

 iams; second. Philip Darnell. 



Free-for-all long-distance race — First. A. Will- 

 iams; second, P. Darnell; third, S. Bertholdt: 

 fourth, A. Koelliscb; fifth, "Luna" Parka. 



BALL GAMB. 



Wholesalers 



F. Frledley, ss 

 Geo. Bate, cf 

 R. LIngwen, If 

 J. Peters, c 

 Guy Bate, lb 

 A. I.lngwen, 2b 

 C. Bastlan, rf 



G. Smith, 3b 

 H. Keyse, p 



Retallera. 

 Schledel, ss 

 P. Darnell, c 

 F. Adgate, Ifc 

 C. Graham, p 

 T. Smith, if 

 R. .Smith, rf 

 C. Myers. 2k 

 J. Pettee, 3b 

 SchultJ!, cf 



The wholesalers won by a score of B to L 

 Charles Graham essayed to pitch for the re- 

 tailers, but gave way to Adgate 1b the fifth 

 Inning. 



Various Notesi 



Carnation planting is well in hand 

 among the local growers. The Cleve- 

 land Cut Flower Co. has finished the 



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