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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVEUBEB 23. leil. 



since the cold weather set in. They 

 are first-class in quality, so there is 

 no falling oflf in the demand. 



Purple and white lilacs have put in 

 their appearance and it seems good to 

 see them this early, although they are 

 not in gi'eat demand and the price is 

 high. Sweet peas, in pink, lavender 

 and white, are on the market and they 

 are excellent in quality; yet they, too, 

 are away up in price, so are not going at 

 any great rate of speed. Valley keeps 

 coming in well and is a great seller. 



Begonias and primroses are comiivg in 

 miore plentifully and bring a fair price. 



Bronze galax is exceptionally scarce, 

 and at times we have to fall back on 

 the green galax, leucothoe and box- 

 wood for making up wreaths. The lat- 

 ter three are quite abundant. Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri and plumosus are plenti- 

 ful, as are hardy ferns. 



Prepared purple beech branches and 

 bronze and scarlet oak leaves are used 

 a great deal with chrysanthemums of 

 all colors for centerpieces, etc. 



Various Notes. 



Peter Hess, of Brighter, will discon- 

 tinue his duties with Granger Hollister 

 December 1. 



Thomas Cogger, formerlv of this city, 

 spent a few days in town recently. 



The Florists' Association will hold a 

 smoker early in December, 



An exhibition df fruit and flowers 

 was held November 16 to 18 at the 

 Chamber of -Commerce. The following 

 amateur a'nd professional florists con- 

 tributed to the flower exhibit: H. E. 

 Wilson, E. R. Fry, Geo. T. Boucher, 

 Fred Schlegel 's Sons, J. B. Keller Sons, 

 Chas. Suhr, Vick & Hill Co., Mrs. N. S. 

 Kimball, Salter Bros, and George East- 

 man, the last named having sent a large 

 bun'ch of magnificent roses from his 

 private conservatory. The committee 

 for the arrangement of the exhibit con- 

 sisted of John Hall, Charles Vick, R. G. 

 Phillip and John R. Fry. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Association the speaker, Chas. S". Zoller, 

 paid a beautiful tribute to the late 

 James Vick, the pioneer florist of Roch- 

 ester. George Arnold, chairman of the 

 entertainment committee, announced 

 the season's program as follows: De- 

 cember, "The Chrysanthemum," by 

 C. B. Ogston; January, "Perennials," 

 by J. M. Keller; February, "Annuals," 

 by George Arnold; March, "Roses," by 

 Lawrence Cotter, of Jamestown; April, 

 "Pruning," by John Dunbar. A dis- 

 play of flowers will also be held at each 

 meeting. 



Miss Guggleman has entered the em- 

 ploy of the Rochester Floral Co., filling 

 the place made vacant by Miss M. 

 Bradstreet. 



J. B. Keller Sons are producing some 

 good valley this month. 



Salter Bros, have a clever display 

 of Cibotium Schiedei ferns in their up- 

 per store. 



Paper White narcissi have made their 

 appearance in H. E. Wilson's stores. 



The Maurer-Haap Co. reports that its 

 bulb and nursery business is far ahead 

 of last year. The new storage shed 

 which is being erected is just about 

 halfway completed. 



William Ehmann, of Corfu, N. Y., is 

 growing some excellent sweet peas, 

 which are finding ready sale in BuflPalo 

 and Rochester. E. C. A. 



Herkimer, N. Y.— W. D. Snell says 

 he has no kick coming, the season hav- 

 ing opened up well. 



OBITUARY. 



William H. Mcon. 



William H. Moon, of Morrisville, Pa., 

 died suddenly of apoplexy in Trenton, 

 N. J., Saturday, November 18. He went 

 to Trenton that afternoon and was 

 taken ill on the street, calling a young 

 man who was passing to assist him to 

 his physician 's house, a few doors 

 away. He died soon after reaching 

 there. 



William H. Moon was president of 

 the large and successful nursery com- 

 pany which bears his name. He was 62 

 years of age. He started as a nursery- 

 man in a small way, with four acres of 

 land, twenty-five or thirty years ago. 

 The business prospered and later was 

 incorporated under the name of William 

 H. Moon Co. The nursery now covers 

 a large acreage. Mr. Moon is survived 

 by two sons, Henry T., who has charge 

 of the nursery and of the shipping de- 

 partment, and Edward, who has charge 

 of the catalogue and sales departments, 

 with offices in the Stephen Girard build- 

 ing, Philadelphia; and by two daugh- 

 ters. Mrs. Moon di«d four months ago. 



Jolm Siebenthaler. 



In the death of John Siebenthaler, 

 . of . Siebenthaler avenue, Dayton, O., 

 which occurred November 16, there was 

 removed one of the most widely known 

 nurserymen in the state of Ohio. He 

 had been ill for several months, being 

 afflicted with Bright 's disease. He was 

 57 years of age and the burden of 

 years made it difficult for him to com- 

 bat the dread disease, which had been 

 perceptibly preying upon his system for 

 a long time. During the two weeks 

 prior to his death he was unable to 

 leave his room. His demise was hourly 

 expected for several days. 



Having been engaged in the nursery 

 business practically all his life, he was 

 brought into actual contact with many 

 people and his death is greatly deplored 

 by hundreds of friends who knew and 

 appreciated his worth. He had for 

 years been an active and enthusiastic 

 member of the Montgomery County 

 Horticultural Society and had labored 

 diligently for its welfare. He is sur- 

 vived by four sons, Wilbur, Clarence, 

 •Tohn and George, and one daughter, 

 Mary. 



Frank Eleinhans. 



Frank Kleinhans, of Kleinhans Bros., 

 florists and nurserymen at St. Louis, 

 Mich., died at his home Saturday, No- 

 vember 18, after an illness of three 

 weeks. The business will be carried 

 on by David Kleinhans, the surviving 

 brother. 



John J. Fonta. 



John Jules Fonta, superintendent of 

 Audubon park, in New Orleans, La., 

 died at his home, 6030 Hurst street, in 

 that city, on Friday, November 10, at 

 the age of 76 years. He was a native 

 of Varilhes, I^ance. As a youth he 

 studied botany in his native town. Some 

 few months after graduation from the 

 Government Horticultural College of 

 France he came to America, and first 

 located at New York. He remained in 

 that city a short time, and in 1869 re- 

 moved to New Orleans, where, after a 

 while, he started his business career as 

 a partner with M. Ory, and they were 

 highly successful. During the ISew Or- 

 leans Centennial Exposition it was Mr. 

 Fonta who furnished the great palms 



for the Horticultural hall, for which he 

 received the first prize. At the close 

 of the exposition he was appointed 

 superintendent of Audubon park. Be- 

 sides his widow, whom he wedded over 

 forty-three years ago, he is survived by 

 one brother and two sisters, living in 

 France. 



Mrs. J. Odgers. 



Mrs. J. Odgers, proprietor of the Ma- 

 quoketa Greenhouses, at Maquoketa, 

 la., died on Tuesday, November 7, of 

 heart failure. The surviving members 

 of the family will continue the Busi- 

 ness, at least for some months. . 



Edouard Andre. 



Th« death is reported of M. Edouard 

 Andre, editor of the Revue Horticole 

 and for fifty years a member of the 

 staff of that excellent French publi- 

 cation. 



M. Edouard Francois Andre was born 

 at Bourges in 1840, and was the son of 

 a horticulturist of that town. In his 

 early youth he chose the profession of 

 horticulture, and had the inestimable 

 advantage of an early technical train- 

 ing, both in his father's establishment 

 and at Angers, under M. Leroy. In 

 1859 he went to Paris and spent a year 

 of study in the Museum of Natural 

 History. In 1860 Andre became head 

 gardener to the Ville de Paris, a post 

 which he held for eight years. Here 

 his aptitude for landscape gardening 

 found large scope, and he has left an 

 enduring monument of his skill in many 

 of the great parks, particularly in the 

 Pare des Buttes, Chaumont. 



With this wide experience gained at 

 Paris, M. Andre entered the competi- 

 tion organized by the town of Liver- 

 pool for the laying-out of Lord Sef ton 's 

 estate of 370 acres as a public park. 

 Andre was placed first in the competi- 

 tion, received the prize of 300 guineas, 

 and was entrusted with the execution 

 of his plans. This work lasted for five 

 years, and the park was opened in 1867 

 by Prince Arthur. Monuments to his 

 skill are to be found in all parts of 

 Europe, in Holland, Denmark, Russia, 

 Austria, Bulgaria and Italy. 



Many literary distinctions were 

 achieved in his long and industrious 

 lifetime, but perhaps the greatest of 

 all which fell to M.. Andre was his ap- 

 pointment to the Professorship of Gar- 

 den Architecture at I'EcoIe Natignale 

 d 'horticulture of ~ Versailles whe^n, in 

 1892, the chair— the first of its kind — 

 was established on his behalf. M. An- 

 dre was a corresponding member of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society of London, 

 Officer of the Legion d 'honneur, and he 

 held many distinguished orders. He 

 was interred October 28, at La Croix 

 (Indre-et-Loire). 



In summing up the work of this dis- 

 tinguished man, the Gardeners' Chron- 

 icle, London, says one cannot find a 

 fitter expression than that employed by 

 the Revue Horticole: "Andre gave to 

 the landscape art a new impulse, and by 

 precept and example formed a new 

 school. He devoted his life to the 

 advancement of horticulture. He 

 brought great honor to the name of 

 Frenchmen throughout the civilized 

 countries of the earth." 



Adrian, Mich.— William Wickham, 

 formerly in business as a florist and 

 gardener at 84 Vine street, now has 

 charge of the greenhouses at Oakwood 

 cemetery. 



