OCTOBBB 24, 1912. 



The Rorists' Review 



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t)BITUABY. 



L. P. Walz. 



Members of the flower trade in Seat- 

 tle, Wash., and all over the Pacific 

 northwest were shocked on Wednesday, 

 October 16, to hear of the sudden death 

 of L. P. Walz, which occurred in Seat- 

 tle at an early hour that morning. He 

 had been apparently in good health 

 for some time and was working in his 

 usual energetic manner until late in 

 the preceding evening. At the recent 

 florists' picnic he had taken a promi- 

 nent part in the baseball game, Mara- 

 thon, etc., and his sudden demise from 

 heart failure came as a great shock to 

 all who knew him. He was born in 

 1859 and removed to Seattle about nine 

 years ago, from Chicago, where he had 

 long been connected with the retail 

 flower business. His first venture in 

 Seattle was at the corner of First ave- 

 nue and Madison street, but he soon 

 gave up this store and accepted a posi- 

 tion as manager for the H. Harrington 

 Co., when that firm commenced busi- 

 ness on Second avenue. Afterward he 

 opened a store for himself on upper 

 Second avenue, where he had since suc- 

 cessfully conducted a retail business. 

 A little more than a year ago he 

 started a wholesale commission busi- 

 ness on Post street, under the name of 

 the Seattle Cut Flower Exchange, and 

 continued to handle flowers at whole- 

 sale until his death, though the prem- 

 ises on Post street were abandoned. He 

 was a first-class designer and also had 

 a high reputation as a rose grower. At 

 his home in West Seattle he had a fine 

 collection of roses. The sympathy of 

 the entire trade is extended to his 

 widow in her sad and unexpected be- 

 reavement. T. W. 



B. G. Pierce. 



R. G. Pierce, well known as a florist 

 at Oregon City, Ore., died at his home 

 at Fallsview October 12 from a stroke 

 of paralysis. Mr. Pierce had been ill 

 for some time. He was born in New 

 Jersey, July 5, 1849, being 63 years of 

 age. Funeral services were held at the 

 family home, October 13, interment be- 

 ing in Mountain View cemetery. 



Charles W. Beimers. 



Charles W. Beimers, aged 60 years, 

 for thirty years a florist in Louisville, 

 Ky., died October 15 at his home, at 

 Hite and Field avenues, following an ill- 

 ness of three months of a complication 

 of diseases. Mr. Reimers was a native 

 of New York, but had resided in Louis- 

 ville forty years. He is survived by 

 his wife and by a brother, E. G. Reim- 

 ers, also a florist. The funeral was held 

 October 17 from the residence. Burial 

 was in Cave Hill cemetery. 



Henry M. Wilson. 



Henry M. Wilson, of Middletown, 

 Conn., died October 17. Mr. Wilson was 

 in his eighty-first year and while he 

 had been in failing health for about a 

 year he did not become seriously ilT 

 until about two months ago. His death 

 was due to a general breaking down 

 of his system occasioned by his ad- 

 vanced years. At one time he was 

 largely interested in the nursery busi- 

 ness. He is survived by his wife, three 

 sons, Henry Wilson, of Brooklyn; 

 Herbert Wilson, of East Orange, N. J., 

 and J. Edward Wilson, of Middletown, 

 who was associated with his father in 



business. One daughter also survives, 

 Mrs. Charles Adams, of Newport. 



MELWAUSEE. 



The Market. 



Business opened well October 14 a»d 

 continued so throughout the week. All 

 stock of good quality brought good 

 prices, while all- other available blooms 

 were used to fill the brisk demand. The 

 supply of carnations and mums was not 

 up to the demand, but with favorable 

 growing weather there will undoubted- 

 ly be enough to go around from now on. 

 From several sources we have the as- 

 surance of heavier cuts from now on. 

 Good Beauties still are scarce, while 

 the other varieties of roses are about 

 equal to the demand, with a steady 

 call for Killarney. 



The Baerman Catastrophe. 



Five members of the Baerman family, 

 2904 Cherry street, the father, Gustav, 

 and four sons, were injured, two of 

 them probably fatally, when a Walnut 

 street car, going at a rapid rate, crashed 

 into the wagon in which they were rid- 

 ing at Twenty-ninth street and Lisbon 

 avenue, Sunday night, October 20. Of 

 two other boys, and another Baerman 

 boy, riding in the wagon, one was 

 slightly hurt, and the other escaped in- 

 jury by jumping. The seriously injured 

 are: 



Gustav Baprman, 43 years old, injured Inter- 

 nally; may die. 



Gotheard Baerman, 15 years old, a son; frac- 

 tured left leg and probably Internally injured; 

 may die. 



Helmuth Baerman, 17 years old, a son; con- 

 cussion of the brain and indications of a frac- 

 tured slsull; may die. 



Walter Baerman, 19 years old, a son; injured 

 about tbe head and face. 



Eric Baerman, 9 years old, a son; injured 

 about the right hip. 



Helmuth Dummer, 17 years old, a friend; left 

 arm hurt. 



Gustav Baerman is well known in 

 the trade. He formerly was a mem- 

 ber of the firm of Heitman & Baerman, 

 now the Heitman-Oestreicher Co. Re- 

 cently he bought property near Fifty- 

 eighth and Burleigh streets and started 

 a range of greenhouses for carnations. 

 The father and sons were on their way 

 home from this plant when the acci- 

 dent occurred. Mrs. Baerman was at 

 home, two blocks away, with five other 

 children: Esther, 12 years old; Lydia, 

 10 years old; Eleanor, 6 years old; 

 Bruno, 2 years old, and Hilda, 18 

 months old. 



Various Notes'. 



Archie McDonald, who since August 

 1 has had charge of the Pfister hotel 

 flower stand, reports a busy week. The 

 Retail Druggists' Association held a 

 three days' convention at that hostelry. 



A. F. Kellner left October 22 for 

 the upper part of Wisconsin to get a 

 focus on green goods, both on the 

 root and cut. He will return toward 

 the end of the week. 



Wm. Zimmermann, when asked about 

 business conditions, said: "I'm kept 

 busy most of the time." 



Nic Zweifel, of North Milwaukee, 

 went in heavily on chrysanthemums 

 for this season, and the quality of stock 

 cut to date shows that he made good. 



Walter Holton, of the Holton & Hun- 

 kel Co., was on the sick list for three 

 days last week. 



C. C. Pollworth is one of those who 

 say there will be no further shortage 

 of carnations. 



Currie Bros. Co. reports being rushed 

 with bulb orders. E. O. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week was slow and were 

 it not for the orders for funeral de- 

 signs, which continue to be quite plen- 

 tiful, things would indeed look flat. 

 Wednesday, October 16, there was a 

 heavy frost, which killed thousands of 

 outdoor plants. It was the first real, 

 sure-enough frost of the season, but it 

 did its work well. In the middle of 

 the week the weather was cool and 

 crisp, but towards the close the sun re- 

 gained its power and the days became 

 more like spring. 



With the supply of dahlias, cosmos 

 and other outdoor flowers materially 

 lessened, chrysanthemums, roses, carna- 

 tions and other higher priced flowers 

 are more in demand, although the 

 chrysanthemums crowd the others out 

 of favor. These are football days and 

 few of the Washington high school 

 girls will view a game without having 

 on a chrysanthemum as near in color 

 as possible to that of the flags of their 

 favorite team. 



American Beauty roses are bringing 

 from $1.50 to $4 per dozen, according 

 to quality and length of stem. Radi- 

 ance is running from $4 to $12 per 

 hundred and is looking good. There 

 are more orchids on the market this 

 week than are needed to fill all de- 

 mands, but the price on dozen or broken 

 lots remains at $6. Gardenias are quite 

 plentiful at $1 and $2 per dozen. Lily 

 of the valley, which is now as good as 

 it is possible to grow it, is bringing 

 from $3 to $4. Violets are not yet com- 

 ing in as good shape as could be de- 

 sired, and continue to shatter at touch. 

 With the weather so changeable, one 

 day warm, the next cold, it is risky 

 to handle them in too large quantities. 

 The asking price is about $5 per thou- 

 sand. 



Various Notes. 



One of the handsomest specimens of 

 Myriophyllum proserpinacoides, or par- 

 rot 's feather, . is to be seen growing 

 from the bowl of the fountain at the 

 north front of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment. It is so unusual in its appear- 

 ance as to attract much attention, espe- 

 cially from tourists. The Department 

 has for several years attempted to grow 

 this vine to make a showing, but it was 

 not until this year that it took the 

 beautiful shape it now has. 



Gude Bros. Co. is distributing ther- 

 mometers bearing an advertisement. 

 They form a neat souvenir and the 

 requests for them received by the com- 

 pany greatly outnumber the supply. 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Robey, of 

 Anacostia, D. C, are receiving the con- 

 gratulations of their friends on the ar- 

 rival of a little girl. 



W. E, McKissick, manager of the 

 local branch of the Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., is showing some specimens of Irish 

 Fire Flame, a single rose just appjparing 

 on the market. 



October 31, all licenses issued by the 

 assessor of the District of Columbia 

 to florists and commission merchants 

 for last year will expire, according to a 

 notice published by the district as- 

 sessor, and the dealers must promptly 

 renew them if they desire to continue 

 their business. C. L. L. 



' Pairvllle, Pa.— William Btoomhall is 

 erecting a greenhouse in which to fotce 

 tomatoes. ' • » ■ t 



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