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OcrreBBB 3. 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



•:ood Qolden Glow mums and a nice as- 

 sortment of asters at the Boston Flower 

 I'.xchange. 



S. J. Goddard, o£ Framingham, is 

 >ending in fine Gloriosa, White Wonder, 

 ]'ink Delight, Beacon, St. Nicholas and 

 other carnations to Geo. H. Noyes at C 

 I'ark street, also some excellent mums. 



The directors of the Boston Flower 

 Ijcchange hope to have necessary alter- 

 ations completed so that the new mar- 

 Let leased at Winthrop Square will be 

 loady for occupancy early in January. 



Frank J. Dolansky, of Lynn, is now 

 the cattleya and gardenia king of this 

 T-ection, growing more of these two spe- 

 (ialties than any other grower. They 

 are well grown, too, as an inspection 

 of his greenhouses will testify. Cat- 

 tleya labiata is now in fine crop and C. 

 Trianse has hosts of sheaths and prom- 

 ises a fine winter crop. Mr. Dolansky 

 is starting to sell direct to his custom- 

 ers from his greenhouses or his stands 

 at the Boston Flower Exchange, in 

 rharge of G. F. MacDonald. 



Chrysanthemums will be the topic at 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club meet- 

 ing October 15. Active preparations 

 are being made for the twenty-fifth an- 

 nual banquet, to be held early in No- 

 vember. 



Visitors last week included: F. G. 

 Sealey, representing Julius Boehrs Co., 

 Rutherford, N. J.; F. Gomer Waterer, 

 the rhododendron specialist of Bagshot, 

 England; John Young, New York, and 

 David Smith, of Thomas Smith & Sons, 

 tstran raer, Scotland. 



Edgar Bros., of Waverley, have one 

 large house planted with winter sweet 

 peas. They grow some thousands of 

 mums and are cutting Golden Glow 

 and other early sorts. 



Welch Bros. Co. reports fall trade as 

 starting up in good shape. 



Thomas P. Galvin furnished some 

 elaborate decorations for the new Cop- 

 ley Plaza hotel last week, on the occa- 

 sion of the convention and banquet of 

 the International Chambers of Com- 

 merce of the World. President Taft 

 was in attendance at the banquet. 



Wax Bros., on Tremont street, have 

 a big lot of wedding orders this week, 

 which are keeping them busy. 



Local bulb merchants report an ex- 

 ceptionally strong call, narcissi and late 

 tulips being in especial demand. 



Everett E. Cummings, of Woburn, is 

 now bringing in good daily picks of 

 single violets to the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change. Mr. Cummings has some 15,000 

 niums also coming along nicely. 



W. N. Craig. 



One of this week's visitors is Mr. 

 Eintracht, representing Wertheimer 

 Bros. 



CUTTINGS. 



Please tell us through your columns 

 the best way to take cuttings, if it is 

 better to trim off part of the leaves of 

 geraniums or not, also carnation cut- 

 tings. My grower and I do not agree 

 «n this and I would like to get some 

 authority on it. F. V. B. 



Trim off all the geranium leaves 

 <lean, except one or two small ones on 

 top of the euttings. This prevents 

 mold in the cutting bench, for if the 

 larger leaves, or any part of them, are 

 left they will only cause decay. Then 

 ;»gain, the cuttings grow quickly once 

 They are in the sand, and the fewer 



leaves they have when inserted, the 

 better. This holds good of practically 

 all cuttings of a soft nature. Tropical 

 plants of many kinds and others of a 

 more woody nature do not need to 

 have the leaves cut off so closely. 



With carnations, all growers do not 

 agree. The majority we are acquainted 

 with shorten back the leaves somewhat. 

 The cuttings seem to root equally well 

 whether trimmed back or not, but if 

 the leaves are shortened they look 

 neater and are more easily handled. 



C. W. 



OBITUAEY. 



George T. Carpenter. 



George T. Carpenter, a well-known 

 and highly respected florist of Phila- 

 delphia, died suddenly from heart fail- 

 ure September 25,- at his home at Sixty 

 and One-half street and Girard avenue. 

 West Philadelphia. Mr. Carpenter was 

 born in London, England, and was 68 

 years of age. He came to this country 

 when a boy, commencing business as 

 a florist at Wyalusing avenue and Fifty- 

 fifth street in 1873. Twelve years 

 later he removed to Girard avenue and 

 Sixty and One-half street, where he 

 grew plants chiefly for wholesaling, and 

 some cut flowers, notably chrysanthe- 

 mums and bouvardia. Mr. Carpenter 

 had been in poor health for some time, 

 but his death came as a shock to his 

 friends. He is survived by two sons. 



William Baylor Hartland. 



Announcement is made of the demise, 

 at Cork, Ireland, September 15, of Will- 

 iam Baylor Hartland, proprietor of the 

 Ard Cairn Nurseries and known among 

 the trade all over the world. He was 

 76 years of age. 



W. B. MiUer. 



W. E. Miller, aged 60, pioneer citizen 

 of Covington, Ky., who conducted a 

 greenhouse at 2128 Eastern avenue, 

 died September 23 of valvular heart 

 trouble. He leaves a wife and three 

 sons — Charles C, Alfred A. and Walter 

 B. Miller, seed merchants. 



Blcharcl E. Evans. 



Bichard E. Evans, 62 years old, a pio- 

 neer florist of Salt Lake City, died Sep- 

 tember 15. Mr. Evans suffered a para- 

 lytic stroke over two years ago, from 

 which he never recovered. The end had 

 been expected for the preceding two 

 weeks. During this time he had recog- 

 nized no one and had been in a coma- 

 tose state most of the period. He is 

 survived by a widow, a daughter and 

 three grandchildren. He also leaves a 

 brother and sister. 



Mr. Evans was a member of Deseret 

 camp No. 406, Woodmen of the World, 

 and funeral services were held under 

 the auspices of that order. 



William McLean. 



William McLean, of St. John, N. B., 

 passed away September 21, at the home 

 of his son-in-law, William Charlton. He 

 was 65 years of age and had been ail- 

 ing for only a few days. He was, per- 

 haps, the first man who grew vegetables 

 in a greenhouse in St. John. He was 

 born in St. John, but for many years 

 conducted a greenhouse at Ashburn. 

 Later he went into the florists' business 

 there, where he remained for twenty- 

 two years. About eight years ago he 

 returned to St. John and went into 



partnership with his son-in-law. He- 

 is survived by one daughter, Mrs. WiU- 

 iam Charlton, and one brother, Bobert, 

 of Ashburn. 



Frederick Jacqnemln. 



Frederick Jacquemin, president of 

 the Jacquemin-Lambach Floral Co., St. 

 Louis, died September 20, at his resi- 

 dence, 1148 Bayard avenue, after an 

 illness of several months, of throat 

 trouble. Mr. Jacquemin was a native of 

 St. Louis and had spent his business 

 life in the Jacquemin-Lambach Co., 

 which was established by his mother, 

 Mme. Elise Jacquemin, twenty-five 

 years ago. He was 49 years old, and 

 is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cora 

 Linder Jacquemin, and two sons, Fred- 

 erick, 13, and Walter, 9 years old. 



Benjamin Cliase. 



Benjamin Chase died at his home in 

 Derry, N. H., September 27, following 

 a period of illness dating back nearly 

 a year. He had been able to be about 

 his home and even to walk in the vil- 

 lage till within the last month. His 

 wife died January 7. Mr. Chase was 

 one of the most highly respected men 

 of the town. He was born in Auburn, 

 August 18, 1832. He grew to manhood 

 on the paternal estate in Auburn, at- 

 tending the district school in his boy- 

 hood and youth. Subsequently he at- 

 tended for several winter terms a select 

 school at Lee. With only brief inter- 

 ruptions he aided his father in the 

 work upon the home farm and as a 

 millwright for agricultural pursuits. He 

 was encouraged by his father in a free 

 use of the mechanical tools in the home 

 workshop, and developed much skill 

 in that line, so that in 1867 he laid 

 the foundation of a manufacturing 

 business in Derry. He established the 

 plant-stake and reed factory and for 

 many years did a successful business, 

 conducting all its interests unaided. The 

 original mill stood on the site of the 

 present structure. It was burned in 

 1883. He rebuilt and fire again de- 

 stroyed the entire set of buildings De- 

 cember 8, 1910. Previously to this fire 

 Mr. Chase had disposed of his busi- 

 ness to the Benjamin Chase Co., be- 

 coming president and turning the entire 

 management over to his nephews, John 

 C. Chase and Chas. B. Chase. Mr. Chase 

 was of a very ingenious nature and to 

 him is due the credit of originating the 

 intricate machinery that is now used 

 in the company's plant. June 17, 1875, 

 Mr. Chase married Harriett D. Fuller, 

 of Dunbarton. An only child, Mrs. 

 Charles E. Newell, and three grandsons 

 survive. 



Mr. Chase was for many years a 

 member of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen and was personally known 

 to the older generation of the trade as 

 the pioneer in the business of making 

 printed wired wood labels. 



Cbattanooga, Tenn. — M. C. Wright, 

 Philadelphia representative of Lord & 

 Burnham Co., was here September 21, 

 conferring with Commissioner Warner 

 in relation to the erection of green- 

 houses in one of the city parks. 



New Britain, Conn. — The marriage is 

 announced, September 18, of Anders C. 

 Strom and Miss Anna Marie Schwartz, 

 at the home of the bride's parents in 

 Cromwell, Conn. The groom is in the 

 florists' business here and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Strom will make their home on Eoberts 

 street. 



