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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBEB 11, 1909. 



Bronze medals were awarded to Rob- 

 ert Cameron, for superb culture of late 

 tulips; W. W. Rawson & Co., for sweet 

 pea garden; Duncan Finlayson, for fine 

 condition of Weld gardens; Robert Rust, 

 Pomfret, Conn., for fine condition of 

 Courtland's estate; B. H. Tracy, for 

 gladiolus culture; C. W. Parker, for con- 

 dition of Redgate estate. 



Honorable mention was given to Mrs. 

 H. R. Foote, for rose garden, and to W. 

 H. Swanton, for his estate. 



VarioiM Notes. 



W. C. Ward is making a specialty this 

 season of dahlias for winter blooming, 

 and is now commencijig to cut some re- 

 markably fine flowers of Jack Rose on 

 long stems, which attract much favorable 

 notice at the Park street market. 



W. W. Edgar & Co. are at present 

 handling an exceptionally fine lot of that 

 splendid white chrysanthemum, Merza. 

 Their BonnafFons are also as good as 

 ever. 



Excellent jirogress is b^iug made with 

 the formation of the new corporation to 

 take t|ie place of the older Park street 

 market. ... 



Among visitors at the recent flower 

 show were: F. C. Green, Providence, R. 

 I.; T. W. Head, Groton, Conn.; George 

 W. Strange, Summit, N. J. ; Edward 

 Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J.; Thomas Vin- 

 cent, White Marsh, Md. 



Mann Bros., who are large mum grow- 

 ers, are making quite a hit with the Baby 

 and Baby Margaret varieties. 



Remember the club meeting November 

 18, with the lecture by Miss L. Louise 

 Hetzer, to which ladies are especially in- 

 vited. The nominations of oflScers, ac- 

 tion on the proposed life membership 

 clause, and other important business will 

 come up, and the attendance should be 

 a big one. W. N. Craig. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Trade last week was fairly good, and 

 prices on selected stock have slightly ad- 

 vanced. Chrysanthemums are now in 

 their prime, making a glorious display in 

 store windows. Weather conditions may 

 be responsible for a drop in prices within 

 the next few days, as we are having un- 

 usually warm weather just now, and con- 

 sequently stock is in oversupply. Ship- 

 ping trade was strong last week. Store 

 trade was good, but the Sixth street 

 flower market Saturday, November 6, 

 was overloaded; the hall presented a 

 veritable flower show. Cheap stuff sold 

 moderately well, but good blooms went 

 begging. There were quantities of first- 

 class stock, which sold at retail for less 

 than what they could have obtained 

 wholesale during the week. 



The question of how to overcome this 

 serious problem has been propounded 

 time and again, and it was finally con- 

 cluded in reviewing the market that the 

 cause is simply oversupply with little de- 

 mand. Like all things, this glut will pass 

 away in another week, and normal condi- 

 tions will prevail, at least during the 

 winter months. 



Roses have dropped in price, but carna- 

 tions hold their own. All other season- 

 able stock, including greens, has been 

 plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Some years ago, while William Murphy 

 had his store on Third street, a smooth 

 individual walked in, representing him- 

 Belf as a Mr. Schneider, of Blue- 

 field, W. Va. After giving a small order 



and paying for it, he left, and soon 

 after appeared again, telling Mr. 

 Murphy that he had been t^ing in the 

 commission houses and was sure that he 

 could be better suited with his carna- 

 tions than any place else. He bargained 

 to have 500 carnations shipped to his 

 place twice a week during the season and, 

 as he was in a hurry with an order, had 

 Mr. Murphy pack 500 good blooms at 

 once. The smooth stranger bad an ex- 

 cise in stating that if he could get this 

 box to the depot within half an hour it 

 would go out on the next train, and that 

 the baggage master, who was a friend 

 of his, would take it out for him. Good 

 natured Mr. Murphy let him have the 

 goods, and was waiting for the stranger 's 

 return to settle the bill. One hour later 

 some store man up town telephoned Mr. 

 Murphy that a stranger was peddling 

 carnations about town, offering them at 

 half price, and would make contract to 

 fill orders. Well, this stranger has been 

 lingering in Mr. Murphy's mind for the 

 last four years. Last Saturday a man 

 walked into the store about dusk and pre- 

 sented the Schneider business card, of 

 Bluefield, W. Va. After a short talk, 

 Mr. Murphy recognized his man. It took 

 less time to trim him than it takes to tell 

 it. Miss Cora Pherson, the bookkeeper, 

 who witnessed the battle, said, ' ' My, that 

 man got more than was coming to him! 

 I have been taking medicine ever since 

 to steady my nerves." H. Schwarz. 



A VISIT TO MOUNT CLEMENS. 



"Must be a bunch of college boys off 

 for a football game." 



"No, sir! There's the mayor; I'll 

 bet they are a lot of politicians." 



But it was the Detroit Florists' Club 

 in a special car starting for its' eleventh 

 annual visit to the florists of Mt. 

 Clemens. In the party as guests were 

 a number of Toledo florists, besides sev- 

 eral florists from other nearby cities, also 

 boiler inspectors and men representing 

 firms with whom we deal. 



Some of the party did not board the 

 special car until it passed Charles 

 Plumb's place, but the first stop for in- 

 spection was at J. F. Sullivan's. Ar- 

 rived at Mt. Clemens, visits were paid 

 to Leopold Mallast, J. Breitmeyer 's Sons, 

 Robert Klagge, A. L. Stevens, John 

 Carey and August Von Boeselager. At 

 each place the stock was inspected and 

 found to be looking fine, and at each 

 place there were refreshments and more 

 or less speech-making. After the repast 

 at Breitmeyer 's, our mayor, on behalf of 

 the club, presented ex-President W. B. 

 Brown with a fine diamond stud. Mr. 

 Brown was so taken aback tliat he seemed 

 to have lost his tongue altogether, but 

 managed to thank the boys for their re- 

 membrance, saying that as long as he 

 lived would he cherish the gift as com- 

 ing from the best-hearted lot of men he 

 ever met. 



S. N. Peck, of Toledo, said he was very 

 sorry that not more of his fellow club 

 members had availed themselves of this 

 grand opportunity to see the fine Mount 

 Clemens establishments. He also called 

 attention to a similar event several years 

 ago, when William Scott addressed us at 

 Mount Clemens on one of our trips. He 

 spoke of Mr. Scott as having done more 

 to further our interests than any man 

 ever had before. 



The members of the Detroit Florists' 

 Club who went to Mount Clemens were: 



A. J,. Lamond. 



C. Ulstelrath. 



Tlios. Browne. 



(ieorge E. Browne. 



J. F. Sullivan. 



Harry Smith. 



Harry Pick worth. 



Kd. Beard. 



.1. Dlnser. 



.T. J. de Carteret. 



.Albert Ivesou 



I'hlllp Breitmeyer. 



Mr. Boerlnger, Pay City 



Fred Miescl 



F. J. Rosser. 



A. B. Lewis, Pontiae, 



Mich. 

 Ferdinand Kolbe. 

 Chas. Plumb. 

 W. B. Brown. 

 Wm. Dllger. 

 T. Damerow. 

 Fred Pautke. 

 H. Knope. 

 A. Stahelln. 

 Albert Sylvester. 

 Mr. McHugh. 

 R. Watson. 

 Hugo Schroeter. 



Albert Docksey. 

 J. K. Stock. 

 Chas. Warncke. 

 J. Chalmers. 



Wm. HIelscher. 

 .M. Bloy. 



R. H. Ellis, I^amlng- 

 ton, Ont. 



In the Toledo party were : 



H. Krueger. S. N. Peck and son, 



J. Barrows and two sons. 



In the party as guests of the Detroit 



Florists' Club were: 



Robert Jean. Mr. Van Filet, Sec'y to 



Richard Mach. the mayor. 



J. A. Earle. .1. E. Frederlchs. 



R. H. McDonald. F. M. Walsh. 



A. Swaney, W\vaudotte. A. M. Martin. 

 G. MIesel. R. Flowerday, Jr. 



H. Watson. .a. Ferguson, Jr. 



H. Eamst. 



H. S. 



OBITUARY. 



John H. Beach. 



John llawley Beach, of Bridgeport, 

 Conn., died at his home, 1984 Park ave- 

 nue, October 29, at the age of 85 years. 

 His health had been good until two 

 weeks before his death, when he acci- 

 dentally fell from the piazza of hia 

 home and sustained a severe shock to 

 his system. For many years he had con- 

 ducted a farm and florists' establish- 

 ment and followed a line of agriculture 

 generally, but retired well-to-do about 

 fifteen years ago, leaving much of his 

 business to his children. 



He was a native of Bridgeport, the 

 son of Isaac B. and Eliza Beach, whose 

 fathers were also born in that city. It 

 is ^id that the family is the oldest 

 connected with the North church, mark- 

 ing seven generations and covering a 

 period of over 200 years. One branch 

 of the family presented to the North 

 church the present parsonage. 



Mr. Beach is survived by his widow, 

 two sons, James E. Beach, who has a 

 large range of greenhouses on Park ave- 

 nue; David S. Beach, who does an agri- 

 cultural business, and a daughter, Mrs. 

 George S. Cnilds, of East Orange, N. J. 



August Strantz. 



August Strantz, an aged florist of Lan- 

 caster, Pa., died recently at the home of 

 his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Kiphorn, 702 

 Union street. He had been ill about a 

 week, and his death was due to the in- 

 firmities of his age. He was born in Ger- 

 many eighty-one years ago. He leaves 

 five children. 



E. H. Schmicdel. 



Ernest Heinrich Schmiedel, a florist in 

 the employ of the city of Harrisburg, 

 Pa., ilied on Sunday, October 31, of can- 

 cer of the stomach, at his home, 1837 

 Rudy street. He was born July 5, 1846, 

 in Doeblin, Saxony, Germany, and came 

 to America twenty-six years ago. For a 

 number of years he had been employed 

 by the city as a florist at the nurseries 

 on the island. He is survived by his 

 widow and one daughter, Mrs. Matilda 

 M. Althouse, and three sons, Paul E., 

 Emil E. and Otto E., all of Harrisburg. 



Elmer B. Parmenter. 



Elmer Burnside Parmenter died at his 

 home, 147 Sixth street, Providence, R. I., 

 November 5, as the result of injuries re- 

 ceived on election day. He was 47 year» 

 of age. He recently started in the flo- 

 rists' business. 



With three others, he was riding in an 



