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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBEE 28, lUuii 



VASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



There was a marked iucrea.se in the 

 tUnver business last week, o\vin<i lo the 

 ilcath of several ])roniiiiont jyoople. ]{. F. 

 i^arues, postmaster of this city, who died 

 of heart failure, was buried on Saturday, 

 Mr. Barnes at one time was ])rivate sec- 

 retary to President l^oosevelt ami was 

 recently made a master Mason. lie was 

 buried with full Masonic honors. The 

 funeral of ]Mrs. Gertrude jNI. Hubbard 

 caused (]uite a scarcity of choice stock on 

 Sunday mornin<j. She w.as quite jiromi- 

 iient in Washington society. 



VariotM Notet. 



Un Tues(hiy, October IL', William 

 -Marche was married to j\liss Auji'usta, 

 the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Jliri.s- 

 tian Schellhorn. of An.ncostia, I). (J. The 

 weddinj,' took idaco at the home of Mrs. 

 Xoll, Ali.ss Schellhorn 's yrandmother, who 

 lives in Anacostia. After the ceremony 

 the party drove to the beautiful home 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph (iude, where 

 they were given a reception fit for a king. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Marche have the best wishes 

 and congratulations of the craft. 



Among other notable events of the 

 week was the marriage of Fred W. Gust, 

 of the Washington Florists' Co., and Miss 

 Britannia K. Peter, also of this city. 

 This party on Saturday, October 16, stole 

 away to the city of Baltimore and were 

 quietly married. On Monday morning 

 Mr. Gust was found at his post, wearing 

 a broad smile which we hope will be ever- 

 lasting. 



Many attracti\e windows were to be 

 seen last week. Those of Geo. C. Shaffer 

 and William Marche were notably good, 

 the designs in them representing the 

 opening of the various schools and semi- 

 naries. The one at Shaffer's had a 

 large gateway opening into the seminary 

 grounds, with the inscrijjtion "Semi- 

 nary" worked in rustic letters over the 

 gateway. The window at Marche '.s repre- 

 sented "Scholarshiji. " and showed a 

 ship made of Killariu'v floating under a 

 banner of welcome, the background being 

 pennants of all descriptions, the wh(dc 

 producing a beautiful effect. 



The attraction at the Washington Plo 

 lists' Co. this week was .a rustic wimlow, 

 the floor being covered with green 7uoss, 

 witii ;ui ohl-fashioneil zigzag rail fence 

 tlie entire length of the wiiidr)\v. covered 

 with wild roses. The b.ackground was a 

 iargi^ bank of yellow chrysanthemums and 

 iiak foliage, with oak foii-ige on the 

 'ciling. 



The wi'idow.s .-it Gude's were quite ef 

 tr,ti\('. with arrangeinciits of roses and 



■ litys.inthemums. 



Tiie bran<h of tlie P('iino<k-Mechan Co. 

 Ill this city has }iroved to be quite a 

 -success. Its man;iger. Mr. Scimcll. is 

 kept quite busy iinndling tlic huge ship- 

 iii»nt« of chryviiTit !ifiinnn>^ tli:i1 conic into 

 iliis niarkt't. 



We had \\itli n^ \\n< week iepi-o>;enta- 

 ti\t\s of two of l!,e leading llorist-^' sup- 

 ply hiiu^e<. M. i;i< e \ < o. ;nid P>.'i\ers- 

 lo'rfer \- ' o.. nf i'hiladelpliia. W.'c. 



DECATUR, ILL. 



A l|i^a^lro^ls hail >toiin passeil tliiuugli 

 this district Octohei- I'l;. The estimated 



■ lamage in this county, by wind and h.ail, 

 was $100,000. At Mr. " lionunersbach's 

 greenhouses the storm broke l.L'OO jianes 

 of glass, besides cloing great damage to 

 his smokestack. *'. \\'. Harrold repoit< 



th 



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th 

 th 

 ca 

 fe 



at there was no glass broken at his 

 ace, though he could have scooped up 

 ovelfuls of hail close by. The 1. T. S. 

 o])s were blown down and ten men were 

 jured, some of them fatally. ]\Iost of 

 is occurred about 3 p. m. Later in 

 e afternoon there was another hurri- 

 ne, which blew down a tree within ten 

 et of Mr. Harrold 's establishment, but 

 no harm to anv of his buildings. 



W. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market 



Business continues good, funeral work 

 being quite a factor. Mums are in full 

 blast now and are moving fairly well 

 Roses and carnations are improving daily. 

 Ordiids and valley are in fair supply. 

 Sonic home-grown violets, mostly the 

 California violets, are to be seen, but 

 not enough to go around. There are 

 some good pot mums to be seen, but they 

 are not moving the way they should. 



Various Notes. 



llartje & Elder have sent in the first 

 sweet peas of the season. They are not 

 cutting them in any great quantity, how- 

 ever. This firm is also showing some 

 good jiot mums. 



Baur & Smith are sold out entirely of 

 field-grown carnations. This firm enjoyed 

 a large business in this line this year. 



.lohn Eisner is having a strenuous time 

 these days. Street improvements, sewer 

 assessments and cement sidewalks are the 

 cause of his troubles. 



On account of the election, the regular 

 monthly meeting of the State Florists' 

 Association will be postponed until the 

 second Tuesday in November. 



Visitors last week were: A. M. Saii- 

 ilcrs, with McGregor Bros.. Springfield. 

 O. ; Mr. Willson, with A. L. Randall, Chi- 

 cago; and Mr. Duvall, with tlie Pine 

 Tree Silk Mills Co., Philadelphia. 



E. A. Nelson, after s[)ending the .sum- 

 mei- in a camp on Eagle Creek, has re- 

 turned home. y\r. Nelson says he ha<l 

 the tiaie of his life this sumtner, hunt- 

 ing, fisliing and entertaining company — 

 mostly company. 



Thieves entered the store of John 

 liietMan this week ami thoroughly ran- 

 sack(^d the ydace. They evidently thought 

 that Mr. Rieman left his money in the 

 stoi(> at night, as the jdace looked as 

 tlioayli a cyclone had struck it the next 

 morning. They had emptied every drawer 

 ;ind. cayc in the store .and it took .Mr. 

 b'ieman all of the next <lay to straighten 

 things out again. They did not want 

 .inythiiig but money, as there Wii'^ about 

 .*.")(l(i ',\ortli of ribbon wliicli lliey di<! not 

 toucli. Lm-ky for .Mr. Rienuiii tliat he 

 keeps his nifiney in the bank. 



.\. ^Vi^•gand & Sons have ;!S fine a lot 

 of pot nmms as h.as been seen around 

 liere for some time. 



Miss |]lsa I'erteiinann. daiiglitei of 

 .lolin Pel terinanti, .''iid .Arthur llotdikiss. 

 of l-"Iy. Minn., wcie married at the P.ei- 

 terniann lio'iie last week. ^Ir. Berter- 

 niatiii is getting quite proficient in head- 

 ing a daughter to the altar, as this is the 

 tliinl one to lia\(' been marri(>d in the last 

 eighteen months. If. L. W. 



On account of elections throughout the 

 state November 2, the monthly meeting 

 of the State Florists' Association will be 

 postponed from November 2 to November 

 !'. Ttie time is ;; :,'',0 j>. m. 



.\. F. .T. B\i R.Sec'v. 



OBITUARY. 



Percy Jones. 



The illness of Percy Jones, whe- ,.,,. 

 dition had been reported from \: i; ,' 

 week in the Review during th- 1;,^ 

 month or more, terminated fatal Iv • t]„ 

 University hosj)ital, Chicago, at 2 • • , ,„ 

 October 2.3. While not unexpeci ; i„. 

 cause of the serious nature of I,; ,r,^ 

 ease, the announcement of his den, jm^ 

 a shock to those who were associati • ,{| 

 him in the Chicago market, whci ii,,. 

 pause brought realization that hei. j,,,, 

 been a strong and steadfast clnn ■ i,,r 

 and that his ])assing meant a ]ic| . ,,;.|I 

 loss to many where business intevi ■]■<,. 

 had ripened into friendship. 



Several weeks ago 'Sir. Jones w,i ■ ,|, 

 fined to his home for a few days I ■, 

 kidney trouble that seemed to yield . i 

 ily to treatment. Then incautious i 

 exertion brought hitn to death's door mp, 

 ho was hurried to the hospital foi ,.; 

 operation on the kidneys. This was - ; 

 cessful and he was on the point m r, 

 turning to his home, expecting to 1 i! 

 business within a few days, when pl. ,1,, 

 pneumonia set in and was the ili' .1 

 cause of death. 



Samuel Percy Jones was born in 1 :: 

 ada, March 7, 1862. Ilis father w ,~ , 

 minister, who removed to Illinois win!. 

 his boys were young. Emerged uinii 

 manhood, they found employment wnh 

 the Northwestern railroad, where Artimr 

 Jones is now cashier of one of the depnrt 

 ments. Percy went into the freight i;.ii 

 fie manager's office and for sixteen ye;ii> 

 worked to su(di good purpose, from llic 

 company's point of view, that it refuscl 

 to accept his resignation when his hcniih 

 broke down, but carried him on the ji.iy- 

 roll for six months after he removed tn 

 Josephine, Ala. i\Ir. Jones lived f,,r 

 twelve years on the shore of Perdido B.iy. 

 It was during this time, just before tlip 

 outbreak of the Spanish war, that In' 

 engaged in the lumbering business witli 

 the late Sol Garland, Sr., the Bes Plaiic> 

 florist, one of whose daughters he li.nl 

 married before removing south. Thi^ 

 venture did not succeed, and, after s[ie.:<l 

 ing two years in St. Ix)uis in the n il 

 estate business, Mr. Jones returne.l ■>■ 

 Chicago, intending to go back to >■•>' 

 reading. 



It was Sol Garland, Jr., who can • 

 Mr. Jones to change his plans and ^1 1 

 a wholesale commission flower busiir - 

 in October, 190.3. I\Ir. Garland was 1 i- 

 arranging to sell his own stock .at 

 Flower Growers' Market in Chicago, 

 jiroposed th.'it instea<l ^Ir. .Tones ojien ' 

 liiinsolf with the Garland shipments :i 

 nucleus. The result, Mr. Garland sin 

 October 2;5. has been eminently sati-' 

 tory to himself, as well as it was to 

 Jones. For the last four and one ' 

 years he has acted as manager ol 

 Flower Growers' Market, where liis ' 

 ness was located, and none of his i 

 ness associates will feel his loss r 

 keenly than those identified with this 

 ticular enterjirise. He was a thoi" 

 business man, ]irompt to the minul' 

 meeting his obligations of whatever •■ 

 acter, firm, imiiartial, of few words, 

 so little given to going about that t 

 of the craft who did not visit his p 

 of business kncv him scarcely at all: 

 to those who penetrated the barrier ' 

 his reserve he displayed kindliness of ; 

 pose r.nd wnrmtli of friendship. 



Mr. .fonts had no children, but he ■ 

 snnied the guardianship of Henry ^ 



