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The Florists' Review 



NOVBHBBB 7, 1912. 



large in inducing them to purchase 

 flowers for Thanksgiving. 



In conclusion I beg to say that the 

 New York rioriets' Club will esteem it 

 a favor if you will reproduce the cut 

 sent you in the forthcoming issue and 

 use as much of the above information 

 as you think fit and proper. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



Baising the Funds. 



The publicity committee of the New 

 York Florists' Club, which is handling 

 the work referred to above, consists 

 of I. S. Hendrickson, chairman; John 

 Young, secretary; W. F. Sheridan, 

 treasurer; Charles Schenck, Herman 

 Warendorff, C. C. Trepel, L. W. C. 

 Tuthill, A. T. De La Mare, Leonard 

 Barron, F. E. Pierson, C. H. Totty, 

 C. A. Dards, A. L. Miller, Alex. Mc- 

 Connell, Alfred Bunyard, W. R. Pier- 

 son, M. C. Ebel, H. A. Bunyard, W. E. 

 Marshall, J. B. Nugent, Jr. The com- 

 mittee has made the following appeal 

 for funds: 



"Do you realize that ten times the 

 amount of flowers and plants ought to 

 be sold in Greater New York? 



"Do you also realize that with an 

 added sale amounting to ten times the 

 amount, your profits would be ten times 

 larger? 



' ' You do know that there are many 

 millions of dollars spent right here in 

 New York to advance the sale of every 

 article of merchandise which retails 

 for 5 cents up, while hardly a dollar is 



terests, has debated and argued, at its 

 regular meetings the advisability of a 

 publicity campaign. To this end a pub- 

 licity committee has been appointed^ 

 composed of twenty repreBantative 

 members of all the different brandieil 

 of the trade, who are now taking prac- 

 tical methods of bringing flowers and 

 plants to the attention of the ]^ublic in 

 some forceful yet refined manner. The 

 first effort will appear in time jS«r the 

 Hallowe'en season, and then in their 

 order all the holidays and eventftil 

 days, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, 

 New Year's, McKinley's, Lincoln's and 

 Washington's birthdays, May day, Me- 

 morial ^J; Arbor day. Mothers' day, 

 and inany others. 



"If interested, we hope you will en- 

 close your check for whatever amount 

 you wish to contribute." 



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OBITUABY. 



John Watsou. 



John Watson died October 30, at the 

 home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. H. 

 Duncan, in Albany, N. Y., of heart fail- 

 ure, his death not being known until 

 his wife arose next morning and called 

 him. Mr. Watson was born in Lincoln- 

 shire, England, seventy-seven years ago, 

 and has lived in this country for the 

 last thirty-two years. He first came to 

 New Hampshire and later lived in 

 Pennsylvania and the state of Wash- 

 ington, where he was in the florists' 

 business at Seattle for a number of 



Your Thanksgiving Day 



Will not be Complete 



Without Flowers 



NEW YORK nXNUSTS- CLUB 



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Show Card to be Distributed by the New York Florists' Club Committee. 



spent in furthering the sale of cut 

 flowers and plants. 



"Realizing the enormous amount of 

 capital invested in establishments for 

 producing flowers and plants, does it 

 not appeal to you to assist in further- 

 ing the project of giving flowers and 

 plants the publicity due this class of 

 merchandise in which you are directly 

 interestedt 



"During the last years the New 

 York Florists' Club, which has at heart 

 the interest of everybody connected 

 with the florists' trade and allied in- 



years before removing to Albany two 

 years ago. Besides a widow, he leaves 

 three children, John Watson, a florist at 

 Tacoma; ±<ichard Watson, of Ports- 

 mouth, N. H., and Mrs. Wm. H. Dun- 

 can, of Albany. 



Charles E. Schoenle. 



Charles E. Schoenle, of St. Louis, died 

 at his home, 2619 Eads avenue, Tues- 

 day, October 29, at 8:30 a. m. Death 

 was due to heart disease, superinduced 

 by cirrhosis of the liver. 



For many years Mr. Schoenle con- 



ducted a flower store at Lafayette and 

 Jefferson avemues and -no one had more 

 friends. He was a prominent member 

 of the norists' Club and served many 

 years as trustee, and there never was 

 a harder worker for the best interests 

 of the club. Mr. Schoenle had been in 

 the florists' business ever since he was 

 a small boy, his first employment being 

 with Luther Armstrong and later with 

 Mrs. Ayres, He was born in St. Louis 

 and was 39 years old. The funeral was 

 held Thursday, October 31, from the 

 residence of Mrs. Schoenle, 3665 Cook 

 avenue, and the Florists' Club attended 

 in a body and sent the usual floral de- 

 sign. The Retail Florists' Association 

 also sent a floral offering and the room 

 was packed with floral designs of every 

 description from members of the trade. 

 The pallbearers were W. C. Smith, Geo. 

 H. Angermueller, C. A. Kuehn, Andrew 

 Meyer, Jr., and N. Moran. The burial 

 took place at Calvary cemetery. He 

 leaves his wife, who was his helpmate 

 in the store, a mother, four brothers and 

 a sister. J. J. B. 



Gottfried Gross. 



Gottfried Gross, one of the best 

 known citizens of Quincy, 111., and a 

 florist there for a third of a century, 

 died at Blessing hospital on Saturday 

 evening, October 26, at the age of 69 

 years. During the last two years his 

 health had been failing, but it was not 

 until a few weeks ago that his condi- 

 tion became serious. He entered Bless- 

 ing hospital October 9, and on the fol- 

 lowing day he submitted to an operation. 

 Complications followed and his strength 

 gradually waned until death came. 



He was born September 8, 1843, at 

 Zurich, Switzerland, and when a young 

 man, not yet 21 years of age, he left 

 his native land for this country. He 

 located in New Jersey and was there 

 some time before moving to Fort 

 Wayne, Ind. In that city he married, 

 in 1874, Miss Catherine Cook. His 

 health impaired, he disposed of his busi- 

 ness and moved west, locating in 

 Quincy, where the family has since 

 lived. When a youth he had been em- 

 ployed for some time as an assistant 

 to the chief florist in the royal gardens 

 of France and after coming to this 

 country he was employed by a florist 

 in Hoboken. In Fort Wayne he had 

 a small greenhouse, and during the 

 thirty-four years he lived in Quincy he 

 was in the florists' business, though 

 for some years at first he also owned 

 an orchard that produced fine crops of 

 peaches and pears. What was his or- 

 chard is now Lawndale. Sixteen years 

 ago he built a large frame house, which 

 is now the Gross home place, at 1886 

 Maine street. 



There were seven children, two sons 

 and five daughters. Six are living — 

 one son, George Gross, of Quincy, and 

 five daughters, Mrs. O. F. Rudd, of 

 Needles, Cal.; Mrs. N. B. Pond, of 

 Clovis, N. M., and Misses Carolyne, 

 Catherine and Ida, all three at home. 

 He is also survived by his wife and by 

 two sisters in Switzerland. The Quincy 

 Turn Verein had not been in existence 

 long when Mr. Gross became affiliated 

 with that organization. He was also 

 a member for many years of Lambert 

 lodge, No. 659, A. F. and A. M., and 

 also of Quincy lodge. Independent Order 

 of Odd Fellows. 



Fort Smith, Ark.— F. P. Stout, of 

 Rogers, is erecting a large greenhouse 

 for lettuce and other vegetables. 



