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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVKMBER 11, 1909. 



l')liiliZf iiiciliils were aw ;iiclt'i| to h'oh- 

 ci'l ( aiiicion, for sii|umIi ciiltiirc ul' late 

 tiilijis; W. \V. Kawsoii i^ <'().. for sweet 

 )iea yardei; ; |)iiiicaii l-'in!ays(Hi, I'or lino 

 cuiiiHtioii (it' Weill fianleiis; IJeliert ]\iist, 

 I'oiiifi'et. <'(iiiii., I(ii' line condition of 

 « ouitlaiKJ 's estate; li. 11. 'I'rac.v. for 

 ylailioiiis ciiltiiie: ( . W. I'aiker, for ion 

 ijition of h'eijiiate estate. 



llonoialile mention was yiveii to Mrs. 

 II. 1\. I'lioti', fill' rose yardon, and to W. 

 1 1 . SwantiMi, I'll) his estate. 



Varioui Notei. 



\\ . " . Ward is making a S|)i'i-iall_v tliis 

 season of claldias for winter Mooininji, 

 and is now roninieneiny to cnt some I'e- 

 tnaikaldy line llowers of .laik Kose on 

 Ion;; stems, wliiidi atti'art mindi favorable 

 notii-e at the Park sti'ert niarkel. 



\V. W. Ivlyar tV ( o. are at |iiesent 

 lumdliiii; an I'Nceptionallv line lot of that 

 splendid wliite rlirysaiitliennim, .Mci/.a. 

 Their PmnnafVon^ arc also as ^ood as 

 i'\ cr. 



l-;.\ccl!,-ni |iiii^ris« is liciny made with 

 the I'ormation of the new cor|ioration to 



take the |ilace o t' tl Ider I'ai'k street, 



market . 



.\nioii<; visitors at the leccnt llowcr 

 shew Were; I''. < '. (irecn. Providence, I\. 

 ].; T. \\'. Head, (iroton, ('onn.; (ieoij^ie 

 W. Stranoe. Snmmit. N. .!.; I'ldward 

 l\'oe)irs. K'utlieifoid, \. .1.; Thomas \'in- 

 cent. White Maisli. .\I<1. 



Mann Uros.. who are lari^e mnm ;iro\v- 

 ers, are making iinitc a hit with the Italiv 

 .iml lialiv .Margaret varieties. 



I-iememlier the clnli nu'ctinj; Xovemlier 

 IS, \\itli the lectnie liv Miss L. Louise 

 Hetzei', to whiili ladies aic espeidally in 

 \iteil. The nominations of otlicers, ac- 

 tion on the |irojiosed lite menilierslii|i 

 (danse. and other iin|)ortant Inisiness will 

 come np. and the attendance should lie 

 a liii; one. W. .\. < 'kak;. 



QNONNATL 



The Market. 



I'r:iile Ja^l wi'ek was tairly ^^ood. and 

 prices (in se|ecte(| stock liavc slightly ad 

 \anced. < liiysantlieniums ai'e in>w in 

 tlieii prime, makiny a ylorious display in 

 store wiikIous. Weathei' cundifioiis may 

 lie icspoiisilde tor a (liop in prices within 

 the next t'ew days, a< we are htivinji un 

 usually w.'irm \\eather just now, and con- 

 seijiiently stoid\ is in o\ersu|iply. Ship 

 pin;; tr.-ole \>as sii-iui^ last week. Store 



trade was o j. hut the Sixth street 



tlower market Saturday, \o\einber ti, 

 w;is o\ erloa(|e(l : the hall presented a 

 \iritalde tlower ^how. <'lie;ip Stuff sold 

 moderatelv \\(dl. Imt :;oiid Idooms went 

 ),i.oolii^ There Were (|u,'int it ies ol' tirst- 

 chi-«. ~tock. vvliich -old at retail for less 

 tli.an wh.at tliey could have oMaiiu'd 

 u IimIc-.,-! \r .hiri Ul; I he \\ eek. 



Ill'' (|lle-tion ot' how 1(1 oVelCume this 



siiiMii^ prolilem li.as lieen pro|ioun(|ed 

 time and ai;aiu, and it was linally con 

 eluded III reviewing: the market that the 



c.-lll-e iv .-iniplv oVel-lipply with little de 



maud, lake .all lhin;;s. tliis e|iit will pass 

 awav Ml Miniher v\eek, aiiil normal comli 

 timiv will prevail, .at lea-t dnriiio the 

 winter months. 



Ii'oses h.ave dr.i|i|M'(| in price. Imt carna- 

 tions hol(| their own. .\11 other -easoii- 

 .tI.Ic st(.ck. imdildiliL.' oretMi^. h;is been 

 jilentiful 



Various Noteit. 



Seme years aoo. while William .Murphy 

 hiid his store on Third street, a sinf)otli 

 individual walked in, representing^ him- 

 self as a Mr. Schnei(liM-, of J'.lue- 

 field, W. Vn. .\fter ^'iving a small or(ler 



and paying foi' it, he Itd't, tnnl soon 

 iifti'r a|)|ieared agiiin, tellinji; .Mr. 

 Murphy tliiit he had been taking in thr- 

 eommission houses jiiid was sure that he 

 could lie better suited with his earna 

 tions than any ])liiee else. He liiirjiained 

 to have .")Oii carnations sliijiped to his 

 pliice twice a week during the setison and. 

 as he was in .a Inirry with iin order, had 

 Mr. Murphy ]iaek 500 good bloonrs' iit 

 once. 'J'he smooth stranger had an ex- 

 cuse in statinjr that if he could jjet this 

 box to the depot within half an hour it 

 would go out on the next train, and that 

 the baggajje master, who was n friend 

 of his, would take it out for him. (lood 

 natured Mr. Murphy let him have the 

 jfoods, and was waitings for the stran<i;er 's 

 return to settle the bill. One hour later 

 some store man up town tHepluuied Mr. 

 .Murjihy tluit a strtuiffer was peddlin;; 

 cjiriuitions tdiout town, offering them at 

 half jirice, and \voul(l make contract to 

 till oiwlers, W(dl. this stranger litis l)een 

 lingering in .Mr. Murphy's miml for the 

 last fimr years. Liist S.aturdiiy a man 

 wiilked into the store about dusk tiiid jire 

 siMiteil the Schneider business card, of 

 P.lmdi(dd. W. A'a. .\fler a short talk. 

 .Mr. Mnr|)liy recognized his man. It took 

 less time to trim him tlitin it ttikes to tell 

 it. .Miss < 'lira I'herson, the bookkeeper, 

 who witm'ssed the btittle, said, '' .My, that 

 man got more than wiis coming to him I 

 I h.ave lieeii tiiking medicine ever since 

 to stead-v inv nerves.'" II. SciiWAitz. 



A VISIT TO MOUNT CLEMENS. 



■■-Must lie a bunch of C(dlege boys idf 

 for :i foot bit 1 1 game.'' 



"'.No. sirl There's the nmyor ; I'll 

 bet they are ;i lot of politieiiins. " 



liut it was the Detroit Florists' t lub 

 in a speciiil etir starting for its eleventh 

 aiinutil visit to the florists of .Mt. 

 < 'leinens. Jn th(> ]«irty ;is guests Avere 

 ;i number of Tole(h) llorist.s, besides sev 

 oral lloi'ists from other nearby cities, tilso 

 boiler inspectors .and men repr«^sent ing 

 lirins with whom we deal. 



Some of till' jitirty did not botird the 

 speciiil ciir until it ptissed Charles 

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

 spet:tion wiis at .). F. 8nlli\iin's. ,\r 

 lived at Mt. Clemens, visit.s were paid 

 to Leoptdd Malhist. .1. I'reitiiieyer 's Sims. 

 Hubert J\l;igge, .\. L. Stevens, .bilm 

 t'arey iind .\ugiist \'on l!oes(dager. .\t 

 each jdace the stock was inspected and 

 found to be looking line, and at each 

 place there were refreshments and more 

 or less speech making. After the re|i.ist i 

 at I'reitiiieyer 's. our mayor, on behalf of | 

 the (dub. jireseilted ex I'resident W. 11. 

 Itidwn \\itli a line diamoinl stiul. .Mr. j 

 llidwn was.-o t.akeii .ab.ack that he >^(<'nie(l ' 

 to have lost his t(il.;;iie altogether, but | 

 managed to thank the boys t'oi their re I 

 membraiice. raying that a< loii;; as he I 

 live(| WiMild he <di( ri>^h the ^ift a-- com 

 iiig from the lie-.t he.arteil lot of men he | 

 ever met. 



.•<. N. I'eck. of Toledo. -;ii,| he wa- very 

 sorry that not more ot hi- fellow cliili 

 members IkkI jivMiled themselves ol' this 

 erand o|iportuiiily to see the line .Mount 

 < lemeiis establishments. He also eiille(l 

 attention to ;i similar event severtil years 

 ago, when William .^cfitt a(|(lressed us at 

 Mount Clemens on one of our trijis. He 

 spoke of .Mr. Scidt as htiving done more 

 to further our interests tlitin any man 

 ever had before. 



The members of the Detroit Florists' 

 t'liib who went to Mount Clemens were: 



.V. I.. I.iiiikukI. 

 ('. llislclnilli. 

 'I'liiis. lirnvviic. 

 ijiiirtrc 1). ISiovviic. 

 .1. 1'. Siilliviui. 



IlillT.V Slllllil. 



Il.-iir.v I'ickwdiili. 



Kil. liciinl, 



.1. Iiiiiscr. 



.1. .1. (Ic Carlcii'l. 



.Vllicil Ivcsdii 



riiilip Ilrt'iliiif.vcr. 



A. It. Lewis, I'mitiac, 



.Midi. 

 l"cnllii;oi(l Kolbe. 

 (Iiiis. IMunil). 

 W. 1!. lUovvii. 

 Will. Diltier. 

 T. Hiiiiu'iow. 

 lied I'antke. 

 II. Kiiopc. 

 .\. Stalu'lin. 

 Allicit Svlvostci. 

 Mr. .McHiigli. 



.Mr. liiM'i iiiircr. li.i.v Cil.v. I!. Wiitsnn. 

 I'll (I Vlicsil I I ll;;(i ScliroPtcr 



f. .1. Uussc'r. ' 



In the Toledo ])iirty were: 



II. Knicjit'r. « .s. N. I'eck and 



.1. liiiridvvs iiiiil two sons. 



.\llicrt Dockxy 

 I. K» Stock. 



i Clias. Wariickc 

 I. ( 'ii:ilTinr>;. 



Will. Ilicl-clicr. 

 M Itlov. 



i;, II. Dili-. I..Miiiii 

 i"ii, ont. 



OBITUARY. 



John H. Beach. 



.Iidili I law lev iieacli, of Hlidgeport. 

 Conn., died at his home, HtS-1 Park ;ive- 

 nue, (tctober ll!>, ;it the age of .s.l yetira. 

 His health liiid been good until two 

 weeks before his detitli, when he ticci- 

 dentally fell from the piazza of his 

 home and stisttiiiu'd a severe shock to 

 his system. I'oi' many years he h.ad con- 

 ducted a farm ;ind florists' establish- 

 ment .and follovve(l a line of agriculture 

 generally, but retired well to-do ;il)out 

 fifteen years ago. letiving much of his 

 business to his children. 



He vvtis ;i native of Hridgeport. the 

 son of Isaac E. and Eliza Beach, whose 

 fathers were also born in that city. It 

 is .said that the family is the oldest 

 connected Avith the North church, mark- 

 ing seven generations and covering a 

 jieriod of over L'OO years. One branch 

 of the ftimily presented to the Xorth 

 church the present parsonage. 



.Mr. Jieach is survived by his widow, 

 two SOILS, .Tames V.. Beach, who has a 

 large riing<; of greenhouses on I'ark ave- 

 nue; Diivid S. Beach, who does tin agri- 

 ciilturiil business, and a daughter. Mrs. 

 Ceorge S. ( nilds. of Kast Ortinee. \. ,T. 



August Strantz. 



.\iigust Strtintz, tin aged florist of J.ian- 

 cast(>r. Pa., died recently at the home of 

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

 I'nion street. Jle litid been ill ;>bout a 

 week, and his detith was due to the in- 

 firmities of his age. Tie wiis born in Ger- 

 nitinv eighty one years .ago. He leave* 

 live children. 



E. H. Schmiedel. 



liiiie-l lleiiirnli Schmiedel. a lloiisl in 

 the eiiploy of the city of llarrisbiirg, 

 I'a.. died (111 Siirday. Ocloher .'11. of can- 

 cer of the stomach. ;it his home. 1837 

 K'lidv strict. He vv.as born .Inly o, 1846. 

 ill Doeblin, Saxony, Cermany, and came 

 to .\meric;i twentv six years ;igo. i'or a 

 iiiiniber of ye.ars he h.ad been employed 

 by the city :is ;i llorist at the iiuiserie3 

 (111 the island. He is survived bv his 

 widow and one daughter. .Mis. .Matilda 

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

 land l]. .and ()tto i:., all of llarii-biirg. 



Elmer B. Parmenter. 



Kliner Jiurnside Parmenter died at hia 

 home, 1-17 Sixth street, Providence, R. I., 

 .November ij, as the result of injuries re- 

 ceived on election day. lie was 47 years 

 of age. Tie recently started in the flo- 

 rists' business. 



With three others, he was ridine in an 



