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The Florists' Review 



t Februauv 12. 1914. 



THE HOOSIER FLORISTS MEET. 



The February meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held at 

 Fort Wayne February 3, with about 

 forty members present.. The meeting 

 was held in the Hotel Anthony, where 

 dinner was served. The meeting was 

 cut rather short, owing to the late ar- 

 rival of President Coles. A committee 

 composed of W. W. Coles, W. J. Vesey, 

 Jr., John Hartje, Oliver Steinkamp, 

 H. L. Wiegand, A. F. J. Baur, Irwin 

 Bertermann, Theo. Dorner, E. G. Hill 

 and Harry White was named to manage 

 the fall show at Indianapolis. The state 

 fair committee, composed of Oliver 

 Steinkamp, Charles Pahud and .John 

 Hartje, was also announced. The fol- 

 lowing new members were elected: 

 Herman Leitz, New Haven, Ind.; Otto 

 Triflainger and Harry Schaff, of Van 

 Wert, O.; T. L. Knipe, of Kokomo; M. 

 E. Goode, of Alexandria; E. J. Lanter- 

 nier, C, J. Lanternier and Wm. Markey, 

 of Fort Wayne. Wallace R. Pierson, 

 of A. N. Pierson, Inc., showed a vase 

 of their handsome new rose, Hadley, 

 which has all the earmarks of a winner. 



After the meeting the florists visited 

 the Vesey plant, which sdows no effects 

 of the flood they had last spring. Their 

 stock is all in fine condition, notwith- 

 standing the cloudy weather. A visit 

 was also made to the Flick greenhouses, 

 where the stock was also found in good 

 condition. 



The Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 tion has been invited to meet with the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association at 

 Danville, HI., March 10 and 11, which 

 should prove an interesting meeting. 

 President Coles and a number of other 

 Indiana florists are booked for an ad- ■ 

 dress. A trolley ride to the experiment 

 station of the Agricultural College at 

 Urbana has been arranged, which i 

 should prove instructive. Indiana is 

 expected to send a good-sized delega- 

 tion. H. L. W. 



From Another Member. 



The florists of Indiana met at Fort , 

 Wayn* February 3, in the Anthony 

 hotel. A short meeting was held be- 

 fore the banquet, which was served at 

 1 o'clock. The business session was 

 held directly after the banquet. The 

 main issue at this meeting was the ap- 

 pointing of a flower show committee, to 

 undertake the Indianapolis fall show. 

 The committee consists of W. W. Coles, 

 J. Hart.ie, H. L. Wiegand, O. E. Stein- 

 kamp, W. ,T. Vesey, Jr., A. F. J. Baur, 

 Fred Lemon, Theo. Dorner, Irwin Ber- 

 termann and Harry White. Wallace E. 

 Pierson exhibited, his new rose, Hadley, 

 and gave us an interesting talk on ad- 

 vertising and the best way of selling 

 held-over stock. AH the florists were 

 greatly interested in the new rose, Had- 

 ley. It received commendation on 

 every side. 



After the meeting the visitors spent 

 the balance of the day visiting the 

 Vesey and Flick greenhouses. At the 

 close of the day the entire body was 

 entertained at Judge Vesey 's home- 

 stead,' Miss Margaret Vesey presiding 

 as hostess. 



Rugby, N. D. — N. P. Lindberg has 

 just completed another greenhouse, mak- 

 ing a total of twelve houses in his range. 

 He has also erected a building which 

 contains a large, new heating plant, a 

 stock room, a shipping room and the 

 business office. 



OBITUARY 



David Wirth. 



David Wirth, a member of the firm 

 of Wirth & Gaupp, proprietors of the 

 North Side Greenhouses, at Spring- 

 field, 111., died Tuesday evening, Feb- 

 ruary 3, at his residence, 116 West 

 Elliott avenue, of a complication of 

 diseases. 



Mr. Wirth was born March 15, 1865, 

 at Springfield, 111., where he resided 

 all his life. He was married Septem- 

 ber 1, 1892, to Isabelle Wiedlocher, 

 who survives him. He is also sur- 

 vived by two daughters, Edna and 

 Clara Wirth; his mother, Mrs. Conrad 

 Wirth, Sr.; one brother, Conrad Wirth; 

 one step-brother, John Gaupp, and one 

 sister, Mrs. Eobert Littrell, all of 

 Springfield. 



He was a member of Sangamon 

 lodge. No. 6, I. O. O. F.; Central Illi- 

 nois Camp, No. 872, M. W. A.; Capitol 

 Tent, No. 1, of Maccabees; Council No. 

 136, Yeomen of America. 



Harry T. Copas. 



Harry T. Copas, of Copas Bros., 

 Elyria, O., died at Memorial hospital, 

 Elyria, Monday afternoon, February 2. 

 For the last year his health had been 

 gradually failing and a few weeks ago 

 he was moved to the Memorial hos- 

 pital. Mr. Copas was born thirty-four 

 years ago in England. He came to this 

 country at an early age. He had been 

 in the florists' trade in Elyria for the 

 last ten years. Being unmarried, he 

 made his home with his sister, Mrs. 

 Charles F. Hupp. He was a member 

 of the local orders of Elks. Eagles, 

 Moose and Woodmen of the World. 



He is survived by five brothers and 

 two sisters. The brothers are John, 

 James and William Copas, of Elyria; 

 Fred Copas, of Weldon, Colo., and Rob- 

 ert Copas, of Kansas City, The sisters 

 are Mrs. H. P. Harmon, of Seattle, 

 Wash., and Mrs. C. F. Hupp, of Elyria. 

 The funeral was held Thursday after- 

 noon, February 5, at the home of Mrs. 

 Hupp. Interment was at Elyria ceme- 

 tery. 



Mrs. H. N. Gage. 



Mrs. A. L. Gage, wife of H. N. Gage, 

 the Los Angeles wholesale florist, died 

 February 1, at the age of 29 years. 

 She was widely known and highly es- 

 teemed in her community and her death 

 cast a gloom over the Los Angeles flo- 

 rists. Her funeral, held February 3, 

 was largely attended, and the floral 

 offerings were notable for their quan- 

 tity and their beauty. 



Mrs. Anne Kent. 



Mrs. Anne Kent, wife of John Kent, 

 with C. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn., died 

 at her home in South Knoxville, 

 Wednesday, January 21. Mrs. Kent was 

 80 years old and had been failing in 

 health for some time. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Kent came to America in 1867. Mr. 

 Kent was in the employ of the late 

 Judge O. P. Temple and later was man- 

 ager and landscape gardener for the 

 famous Island Home Farm, near Knox- 

 ville. At the age of 85 years, Mr. 

 Kent is now in charge of the bedding 

 plants at C. L. Baum's establishment. 

 He has the sympathy of the members 

 of the trade in his bereavement. 



Michael McNicholas. 



Michael McNicholas, a retired nurs- 

 eryman of Geneva, N. Y., died at hia 

 home on the Carter road, February 3, 

 after an illness of three m^ nths. His 

 widow, a son, Thomas McNicholas, and 

 a daughter, Mrs. Daniel F. Lynch, sur- 

 vive him. 



Aldert Keessen, Jr. 



Report comes of the death of Aldert 

 Keessen, Jr., of the firm of W. Keessen, 

 Jr., & Sons, proprietors of the Terra 

 Nova Nurseries, at Aalsmeer, Holland. 

 He was 64 years old at the time of Ma 

 death and had many friends among the 

 trade in his country, having been active 

 in this work for many years. He was a 

 member of Holland's most important 

 horticultural society, the Nederlandsche 

 Tuinbouw Raad. The funeral, which 

 attracted a large attendance from those 

 in the trade, was held at Aalsmeer, 

 January 26. 



William Algie. 



Though an announcement of the 

 death of William Algie appeared in 

 The Review's obituary column last 

 week, the following additional particu- 

 lars with reference to his career will 

 doubtless still be acceptable. The day 

 of his death, February 1, was within 

 a few weeks of the date at which his 

 duties as co-executor of the Dale Es- 

 tate would have terminated. As stated 

 a week ago, he had been associated 

 with the estate since the death of 

 Henry Dale, the founder of the busi- 

 ness, in 1900. Mr. Algie died suddenly 

 at his home in Alton, at the age of 64 

 years. The cause of death was acute 

 indigestion and heart disease. 



He was fairly well known to the 

 trade throughout Ontario as the co- 

 trustee with T. W, Duggan, the latter 

 having held the position as managing 

 director of the business since the execu- 

 tors were appointed. Mr. Algie did not 

 take any active part in the business, 

 however, but was on hand regularly 

 when matters concerning the^^firm's in- 

 terests had to be discussed. Born at 

 Ayr, Ont., he settled down in the vil- 

 lage of Alton some forty years ago, 

 and he built up a fine woolen industry, 

 which necessitated a great deal of 

 traveling throughout the country. His 

 name was quite familiar to most 

 knights of the grip, and his after-din- 

 ner stories gained for him a reputa- 

 tion as a raconteur that few in the Do- 

 minion could equal. He was for many 

 years a prominent member of the Burns 

 Club, and the Commercial Travelers' 

 Association and other kindred societies 

 will miss him at their periodical gath- 

 erings. The funeral took place at 

 Alton on the afternoon of Wednesday, 

 February 4, and was largely attended, 

 a special train leaving Brampton with 

 several employees of the Dale Estate 

 on board. Some of the finest designs 

 that were ever sent from the Dale Es- 

 tate were forwarded on behalf of the 

 deceased's admirers, over 800 cattleya 

 orchids alone being used on this occa- 

 sion. W. G. P. 



WILL SOME READER ANSWER? 



I should like information as to where 

 I can buy the scallop shells, Pecten dis- 

 locatus, used for decorating graves. 



L. Z. 



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