Januabt 26, 1912. . 



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The Weekly Fbnsts' Review. 



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Greenhouie Establishoient of George B. Vatter, Marinette, Wis. 



VATTEB, OF MABINETTE. 



George B. Vatter is one of the oldest 

 and best known florists in the state of 

 Wisconsin. He has been engaged in the 

 business at Marinette for thirty years. 

 The accompanying illustration gives a 

 view of his establishment as it ap- 

 peared last summer. 



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Critchell lost her ^ister, Mrs. J. L. 

 Potter, of Kirksville, Mo., and Jos. 

 Goldman, the Middletown florist, lost 

 his mother. 



P. J. dinger went to New Castle 

 January 22 for a week's stay. 



Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, 

 of Dayton, O. ' C. H. H. 



The Market. 



The cold weather is over, but the 

 supply has not expanded. The demand 

 is again back to normal and quickly 

 takes up all good stock in the market. 

 The supply of good roses seems 

 scarcely able to cope with the requests 

 for them. All good Beauties also 

 easily find a market. The carnation 

 market, too, is scarcely able to meet 

 the caUs. It is a rare occurrence to 

 see any good stock held over until the 

 next day. The call for lilies of all 

 kinds is good. The bulbous line now 

 is almost complete and all but narcissi 

 are moving nicely. Other flowers, such 

 as double violets, valley and orchids, 

 are having a fair market, while good 

 single violets and sweet peas are sell- 

 ing on sight. The latter are becoming 

 an important factor. 



Greens are abundant, but plumosus, 

 according to advices from shippers, is 

 due to shorten up considerably in the 

 near future. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell finds that in spite 

 of the severe weather, this month's 

 business thus far has exceeded any 

 other January business. It is due to 

 the growth of his shipping 



There was a fire scare in the Masonic 

 Temple January 19. A stairway ad- 

 joining L. H. Kyrk's salesrooms ig- 

 nited from crossed wires. 



Dan Buttle, of Latonia, usually a 

 regular consignor into this market, has 

 had the tables turned. He has been, 

 for the past ten days, a heavy buyer. 



Wm. Murphy last week offered a 

 novelty to the local market in the 

 shape of auratum lilies in January. 



Last week the Grim Beaper was busy 

 removing ones close to those connected 

 with the local trade. Mrs. B. P. 



OBITTJABY. 



George Murphy. 



George Murphy, one of the best 

 known of those connected with the 

 trade in the vicinity of Cincinnati, 

 died early Monday morning, January 

 22, a victim of pneumonia, at the age 

 of 47. He was born in Delhi, O., and 

 after he reached his majority con- 

 ducted greenhouses there part of the 

 time alone and part of the time in 

 partnership with Charles Murphy. 

 Subsequently he sold his plant and 

 opened a retail store in the west end, 

 Cincinnati. He gave this up when he 

 was appointed to the superintendency 

 of the flower market, a position which 

 he held at the time of his death. A 

 widow and four children. Hazel, Mur- 

 iel. Eugene and Greta, survive him. 



George Murphy was a true friend 

 of all of the florists with whom he 

 came into contact. He would never 

 hesitate for a moment to go out of his 

 way to distribute favors to his friends. 

 All of them will mourn his death as a 

 real loss to them. C. H. H. 



Marion Warren. 



Marion Warren, president of the 

 Marion Warren Co., Eochester, N. Y., 

 and known in the trade as the manu- 

 facturer of the Alright hose nozzle, 

 died of heart disease December 30, 

 1911, at his home, 49 North Washing- 

 ton street, Bochester. He is survived 

 by his wife and by a daughter, Harriett 

 G. Stewart. 



Mrs. George B. Hill. 



The death is reported of Mrs. George 

 B. Hill, who had been in the florists' 

 business at Tyler, Tex., under the name 

 of the Hill FloraVCo, The funeral was 

 held January 13, interment being at 

 Oakwood. The greenhouses will be 

 continued by Mr. Hill, who heretofore 



has given his attention only to brick 

 manufacture and contracting. 



Ivend Krohn. 



Ivend Krohn, proprietor of the 

 Morris Floral Co., Morris, HI., died 

 January 22 at the Presbyterian Hos- 

 pital, Chicago, where he had been for 

 ninety-seven days, his original illness 

 having been typhoid. He was born in 

 Denmark, cud was 41 years of age. 

 He came to this country with his 

 parents when only 8 years old and had 

 been a florist all his life. A wife and 

 two sons survive. Interment was at 

 Hinsdale, 111., January 25. 



William Deal. 



William Deal, the well-known seed 

 grower and merchant of Kelvedon, Es- 

 sex, England, died January 2, after an 

 illness of several weeks. He specialized 

 in culinary peas and sweet peas, and 

 held stocks that were second to none 

 for purity. He handled a general line of 

 vegetable and flower seeds, especially 

 the brassicas, mignonette, candytuft 

 and nasturtiums. His strains of these 

 and others were noted for their excel- 

 lence, attained by his painstaking 

 labors, and his uprightness of character 

 and straightforward methods endeared 

 him to all who transacted business with 

 him. The business will be continued by 

 his son, Bertrand W. Deal. Deceased 

 was a brother of E. J. Deal, managing 

 director of W. W. Johnson & Son, Ltd., 

 Boston, England. 



Charlestown, Mass. — Winnett & Co. 

 have removed to 20 Mystic street. 



Baltimore, Md.— J. Dan Blackistone, 

 who for several years has conducted a 

 retail flower store in this city, last 

 week filed a petition in bankruptcy. 

 Mr. Blackistone is a brother of Z. D. 

 Blackistone, of Washington, but there 

 is no connection between the two 

 businesses. 



Grand Eapids, Mich.— Mr. and Mrs. 

 Louis A. Thiebout announce the mar- 

 riage of their daughter, Anna, to 

 Harvey E. Kidder, Wednesday, Jan- 

 uary 17, 1912. Mr. Kidder is well 

 known to fiorists, being manager of the 

 Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., and 

 mayor of his home town. 



