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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Decgmbeb 14, 1911. 



bers of the National Flower Show com- 

 mittee. Mr. Sim is president of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society and was 

 accompanied to Boston December 9 by 

 Secretary H. A. Bunyard for an im- 

 portant conference looking to the suc- 

 cess of the sweet pea convention in 

 1912. 



February 28 is the date chosen for 

 the ball of the Greek- American Florists' 

 Association. Terrace Garden is the 

 place, as usual. 



Wm. G. Saltford, of Poughkeepsie, 

 was in the city last week, the guest of 

 his brother, George Saltford. 



Siebrecht & Siebrecht still are cut- 

 ting Cattleya labiata at their New Bo- 

 chelle greenhouses, and C. Trianaj is 

 beginning. 



Fire above S. Bodh 's offices and store 

 on West Twenty-eighth street, Decem- 

 ber 6, caused some damage to the rib- 

 bon stock, but the loss was covered by 

 insurance. 



Myer, 609 Madison avenue, had a 

 decoration December 9 at the residence 

 of Ledyard Blair; the most elaborate 

 he has supplied this season. Twenty- 

 eight debutantes' bouquets, no two alike, 

 were a feature of the affair. 



Alex. M. Westwood, formerly of 

 Mengham & Westwood, has established 

 his retail headquarters at 110 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



Charles Millang, though still young 

 in years, is celebrating the rounding 

 out of a quarter century in the busi- 

 ness. Mr. Millang also is interested 

 in Long Island real estate, where values 

 go up while one sleeps. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association held its regular 

 monthly meeting last week. The plant 

 business is in an exceedingly healthy 

 condition. There is a shortage in the 

 smaller azaleas, but an abundance of 

 about everything else, though most of 

 the stock already is booked for early 

 delivery. 



H. A. Bunyard 's friends are compli- 

 menting him on the cover of Arthur 

 T. Boddington's 1912 catalogue, just 

 out. He designs all the covers. 



H. Beaulieu, of Woodhaven, L. I., 

 returned last week from Europe. 



J. K. Allen, who is preparing to 

 celebrate his silver jubilee, says 1911 

 has made a new record for volume of 

 sales. 



William Kessler reports shipments 

 of the Dreyerii fern in 6-inch and 

 7-inch sizes going out daily to leading 

 retail florists in many big cities. 



J. J. Coan, of the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., says mums will hold out 

 this year later than ever before. 



M. C. Ford is looking forward to a 

 record Christmas. 



Traendly & Schenck report a fine 

 booking of advance holiday orders. 



H. E. Froment says there will be a 

 splendid supply of roses this Christ- 

 mas. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. is well 

 pleased with the business of the last 

 year, but is patiently waiting for May 

 1 and the opening of the larger store. 



The F. E. Pierson Co., of Tarrytown 

 and Scarboro, is shipping a large cut 

 of Beauties, Killarneys and Winsor and 

 Ward carnations to the New York Cut 

 Flower Co. 



Moore, Hentz & Nash, who in the 

 past disposed of much English mistle- 

 toe and red berries at Christmas time, 

 have cut them out this year, to give their 

 entire attention to cut flowera. 



This is the sixty-second anniversary 



for David Clarke's Sons, and business 

 was never better, they say. 



.^lex. MeConnell will have his usual 

 brainches for Christmas, with his new 

 store on Fiftk avenue as headquartei'^ 

 Bu$iness at his New Bochelle nurseries 

 this fall has l>een' excellent. 



A. J. Guttman saiys he is much en- 

 couraged by his success in re-establish- 

 ing his wholesale business. 



The Kervan Co. has the front of the 

 store elaborately decorated with ever- 

 green roping, and rejiiorts a large 

 business. • ^ • i' .: 



A. Herrmann says he bas had a phe- 

 nomenal advance sale of Christinas 

 novelties, the demand coming from, all 

 parts of the country. 



James Meehan, formerly with Thor- 

 ley, and later with the Smart Set store, 

 now is with. M. A. Bowe, in charge of 

 the designing department. Arthur 

 Merritt has charge of the decorating. 

 James McDonald also has joined Mr. 



OBITUARY. 



Frederick A. Seidlich, Jr. 



Bowe's forfee. A branch store will be 

 opened 6n Fifth avenue, near Thirty- 

 fourth street, for the holidays. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Utica, N. Y. — Chas. F. Seitzer, for- 

 merly in business at 38 Oswego street, 

 reports that he is no longer connected 

 with the trade. 



Horseheads, N. Y. — Earl Shults, who 

 began business here less than two years 

 ago with one greenhouse, recently built 

 another house and also a workroom and 

 boiler house. He is well satisfied with 

 the increase in trade. 



Rockland, Mass. — W. B. Arnold & 

 Co. have recently been doing their best 

 to educate and develop the public taste 

 for table decorations, by displaying in 

 their show window a dining table, set 

 with attractive chinaware and glass, 

 and suitably embellished with flowers. 



Dalton, Mass. — J. B. Shield, who for 

 many years has been gardener for Fred 

 G. Crane at his model farm home in 

 Craneville, has given up his position 

 there and has purchased a large green- 

 hou^ establishment near Boston, where 

 he will engage in the florists' business, 

 growing plants and cut flowers for 

 the Boston market. Mr. Shield will 

 take possession of his newly acquired 

 property in the latter part of January. 



Frederick A. Setdlich* Jr. 



Frederick A. Seidlich, Jr., is dead at 

 the home of his father at Catonsville, 

 Md., after a long illness. For a number 

 of years he had conducted a greenhouse 

 establishment on Ingleside avenue, in 

 Catonsville. About two years ago his 

 own home was broken up by the death 

 of his wife. Besides his parents, he is 

 survived by four brothers and sisters. 

 Mr. Seidlich was a ipember of the Balti- 

 more Gardeners' and Florists' Club and 

 was well known in the trade. 



Arthur O. areatrex. 



Twenty minutes after having taken 

 up new duties hi Muix's greenhouses, at 

 Scranton, Pa., Arthur G. Greatrex^ aged 

 60 years, was stricken with heart fail- 

 ure and died a few minutes after| Mr. 

 Greatrex had been for many years em- 

 ployed in the greenhouses of Morrell 

 Bros. 



R. S. Tabb. 



Bobert S. Tabb, who for manyj years 

 had been connected with the fi|*m of 

 Nanz & Neuner, in Louisville, Ky(., suc- 

 cumbed to Bright 's disease Sjunday 

 afternoon, November 26, at his home^ 

 1112 South Floyd street, in that city, 

 at the age of 62 years. He had been 

 in declining health for a year, but had 

 been confined to his home but a few 

 days. He was a native of Berkeley 

 county, W. Va., and was a merchant at 

 Martinsburgy W. Va., several years be- 

 fore removing to Louisville forty years 

 ago. He was one of the organizers of 

 the Westminster Presbyterian church 

 and served as treasurer and deacon. He 

 is survived by his wife, who was for- 

 merly Miss Anna May Herring, and the 

 following children: Charles A. Tabb, of 

 Pittsburgh; Bobert F. Tabb, John Pres- 

 ton Tabb, Mrs. George B. Cooper, Mrs. 

 J. Hamilton Ormsby and Mrs. Boy W. 

 Burks. He also leaves two brothers, 

 Stephen B. Tabb and Creighton Tabb, 

 and two sisters, Mrs. Allan, of Louis- 

 ville, and Mrs. B. J. Van Ness, of Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Anthony Sc];ir&Dun. 



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Anthony Schramm, aged 20, junior 

 member of the Schramm Bros., Toledo, 

 O., died December 1 after a three 

 weeks ' illness of typhoid fever. He was 

 a son of the late Anton Schramm, and 

 leaves, besides his mother, three broth- 

 ers, George, Leo and Frank, and one 

 sister, Mrs. Albert Lehman. The fu- 

 neral was held December 4 from St. 

 Mary's church, interment being in 

 St. Mary's cemetery. 



Lowell, Mich. — One of the big indus- 

 tries of Lowell is the Lowell Green- 

 houses. From a small beginning on a 

 farm, E. L. Kinyon has brought them 

 to their present proportions. Four years 

 ago, through raising tomato plants for 

 the Fallas canning factory, Mr. Kinyon 

 conceived the idea of branching out. He 

 built a small greenhouse and, without 

 any experience, set himself to the task 

 of learning the business. This year Mr. 

 Kinyon purchased the Ed Clark place 

 and erected the present plant. This 

 comprises three houses, 20 x 84, 15 x 84 

 and 12 x 40, besides a modern heating 

 plant. Cut flowers and bedding plants 

 have been the chief features up to date, 

 but lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes 

 will be grown this year. 



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