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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 21, 1910. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith, mother of Elmer 

 D. Smith, of Adrian, Mich., died July 

 12, of heaH failure, at Rochester, Mich., 

 where she was visiting a niece. Though 

 nearly 87 years of age, she had been 

 apparently unusually well when she left 

 home a few days before. 



She was the daughter of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Archibald Green, who were pio- 

 neers of Flint and Genesee county. She 

 was born in New York state before the 

 family removed to the wilderness, but 

 was only a little girl when the trip 

 westVas made by her people. She was 

 married at Southfield, Mich., and the 

 first year of her married life was spent 

 near Birmingham. Afterward the fam- 

 ily home for sixteen years was at De- 

 troit, where Mr. Smith worked at his 

 trade as a cabinet maker. 



After their removal to Adrian, Mr. 

 Smith continued to work at his trade, 

 while Mrs. Smith presided over the 

 home and busied herself with her plants 

 and flowers, as an expression of an in- 

 herent love. From a conservatory, 

 which was first a part of her home at 

 167 West Maumee street, have devel- 

 oped the greenhouses of Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., wholesalers, at 167 to 175 West 

 Maumee street, and formerly conducted 

 by Nathan Smith & Son. Mr. Smith, 

 with the growing demands of the 

 greenhouse business, finally gave up his 

 trade to assist Mrs. Smith, and to- 

 gether they developed the work step 

 by step, assisted by the son, who later 

 took over the management and who 

 achieved such success in chrysanthe- 

 mum development as to win national 

 recognition. Another son, Alfred, died 

 of pneumonia, while serving in the civil 

 war. The husband died three years 

 ago. 



Mrs. Annie Bussler. 



Mrs. Annie Russler, well known in 

 the trade about Chicago, died at Rose- 

 land, 111., Sunday, July 17, of cancer, 

 the funeral being held July 21 from 

 11217 Michigan avenue. Mrs. Russler 

 was the divorced wife of Jacob Russ- 

 ler, who has for years operated the 

 greenhouses near Mount Hope cem- 

 etery, Morgan Park, 111. Since the 

 family troubles which resulted in a 

 separation Mrs. Russler has conducted 

 a successful retail flower store for her 

 own account at Roseland, where she 

 died. 



Gustav Drobisch. 



Gustav Drobisch, one of the pioneer 

 florists of Columbus, O., died at his 

 residence, 1265 South High street, July 

 9. Death was due to a complication of 

 diseases, but his illness was only of a 

 week's duration. He was born in Sax- 

 ony, Germany, and came to this coun- 

 try when only 14 years of age. He 

 was one of the few surviving charter 

 members of the Humboldt Verein, the 

 oldest of the German literary societies 

 in Columbus. He had been engaged in 

 growing flowers at the same place for 

 forty years. He left a widow and five 

 daughters, Mrs. R. D. Simpson, Mrs. 

 Jacob Elsper, Mrs. Herman Kropp, Mrs. 

 W, R. Jones and Miss Alma Drobisch. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



There is every indication that the 

 first exhibition of gladiolus blooms, un- 

 der the' direction of the American Gladi- 

 olus Society, will be very successful, 

 but we hope that everyone interested 

 in gladioli will lend his aid in making 

 it an unusual success. Our membership 

 now is about 110. We would like to 

 double this before the annual meeting 

 in August. Let us all give a boost. 

 Start it by sending your application. 

 Isaac S. Ilendrickson, Pres. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



The general opinion of the store men 

 is that this summer is unusually quiet. 

 Stock is limited and what there is does 

 not show up well. Lilies are plentiful 

 and are used mostly in funeral work. 



Various Notes. 



This city is to have another whole- 

 sale house, to be opened August 15 by 

 Good & Halliday on Genesee street. Mr. 

 Good came recently from the east and 

 has just ended a term of service with 

 S. A. Anderson. Mr. Halliday is a Buf- 

 falo man. This will give Buffalo three 

 wholesale houses. 



J. N. Bailey, of the Buffalo Cut 

 Flower Co., has been ill for some time 

 and has gone away for his health. 



The picnic committee of the Florists' 

 Club has arranged an excellent pro- 

 gram for the annual picnic, to be held 

 at Fort Erie Grove, July 27. The boats 

 run every five minutes and the place 

 will be at the disposal of the members. 

 A complete stadium will be the scene of 

 the ball game and other sports, and 

 several prizes have been arranged for. 



For the last few years the downtown 

 stores have closed at 6:30 p. m. during 



the dull summer season, but owing to 

 one or two holding out, the others have 

 this year to keep open just the same as 

 in winter. Only a little business is- 

 done in the stores after dark, but tho 

 owners cannot see the reason for clos 

 ing. 



J. Rowland Cloudsley, of the Lenox 

 Flower Shop, was slightly injured lasl 

 week while out on a launch trip. Two 

 boats collided and it was only by good 

 fortune that he was not severely in- 

 jured. R. A. S. 



STORING BEGONIAS. 



Will you please inform me as to the 

 best way to dry and store tuberous- 

 rooted begonias? I have never been 

 able to carry them through the winter; 

 they always suffered with dry rot. 



A. U. M. 



Do not dry off your begonias too sud- 

 denly. This is a common error and a 

 fertile cause of the tubers dry-totting 

 in winter. When the tops are entirely 

 decayed and the soil about dry, so that 

 it readily falls away, you can shake 

 out the tubers and pack them in fine 

 sawdust, sand or loam, storing them on 

 a shelf in a dry room or cellar, where 

 the temperature in winter runs from 

 45 to 50 degrees. A high temperature, 

 such as suits fancy caladiums and glox- 

 inias, is unsuitable for tuberous be- 

 gonias. The tubers can be packed in 

 boxes or bags, the former being prefer- 

 able. C. W. 



Norwalk, O.— Fred G. Laible, who 

 conducts a flower store in connection 

 with his undertaking business on Bene- 

 dict avenue, has sold a half interest in 

 his business to F. P. Sheldon, of Fitch- 

 ville, and the name of the new firm is 

 Laible & Sheldon. 



Elmhurst, N. Y. — H. Bottjer died last 

 April and Mrs. Bottjer, who has con- 

 tinued the business until now, has de- 

 cided to close it out. 



The Late Gustav Drobisch, Mrs. Drobisch and Their Youngest Daughter. 



