March 12, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



A Gardener's Conception of the Cleveland Bowling Tournament 



The Cleveland Florists' Club will start a head pin tournament at the bowling alleys Monday evening, March 16. 



The drawing is by Frank Gumpf, gardener to Leisy's. whose conception is that there will be hot 



competition for the large list of prizes. The club invites all florists to attetid. 



autumn. For this purpose a large room 

 with glass cover has been provided. 



OBITUARY. 



James B. Wild. 



James B-. "Wild, 67 years old, died 

 March 4 at his home at Sarcoxie, Mo. 

 Mr. Wild located at Sarcoxie in 1870. 

 With two brothers, Henry and Frank 

 Wild, he started a nursery. The place 

 in recent years has been managed by 

 James B. Wild and his son, Gilbert. 

 They have what, is considered one of 

 the largest peony fields in the world 

 and ship great quantities of cut blooms 

 to city markets every spring. 



He is survived by a wife, two sons 

 and a daughter. The funeral services 

 were held March 6 from the Wild resi- 

 dence. 



John Hetherington. 



John Hetherington, for over forty 

 years identified with the trade in most 

 of the large cities of the country, died 

 at the age of 57, at his home at Mont- 

 clair, N. J. Mr. Hetherington was well 

 known for his work in connection with 

 the Pan-American, St. Louis, and Lewis 

 and Clark expositions. He was buried 

 Saturday, February 28, at Pequannock, 

 N. J., from the home of his brother, K. 

 Hetherington. 



James Jobn Comont. 



There are many in the seed trade who 

 will learn with regret of the death of 

 James J. Comont, who was for over 

 half a century a representative of James 

 Carter & Co., of High Holborn, London, 

 and Raynes Park. Few men were more 

 widely known, or more highly respected 

 in certain seed growing circles, as the 

 deceased gentleman always proved him- 

 self a straightforward and honorable 

 business man. He was for many years 

 an mnual visitor to Canada and the 

 United States, where his knowledge was 

 eagerly sought by those in the trade. 

 Those of his immediate associates who 

 enjoyed the pleasure of his close ac- 

 quaintance for a great number of years 



mourn the loss of an open-hearted and 

 generous comrade. He died February 

 13, at Acton, London, after a long ill- 

 ness borne with great fortitude. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Witli the Lenten season on, business 

 is better than expected. Whether or 

 not the public has ceased to observe 

 Lent as in the past, business certainly 

 is better than it used to be during the 

 forty days preceding Piaster. More pot 

 plants and general cut flower work were 

 called for last week than during all of 

 Lent several years ago. 



Cut flowers in general have become 

 plentiful and prices have declined. 

 Rose crops are at their best, and there 

 are some exceptionally fine roses; the 

 better grades still are up in prices, 

 while the shorter grades are plentiful 

 and the price they bring is all they are 

 worth. Carnations are abundant, but 

 those that have quality are ioeing 

 bought up quickly at good prices. Car- 

 nations and roses both are being af- 

 fected by the abundance of bulbous 

 stock which is pouring in. Lilies have 

 been rather scarce. Some fine sweet 

 peas have sold at a smaller price than 

 the poorest peas did two weeks ago. 

 Violets also took a slump, which was 

 expected. Green stock is plentiful. 



Club Meeting. 



The Kansas City Florists' Club met 

 at the store of Mrs. T. A. Moseley, 

 Kansas City, Kan., March 6, with a 

 large attendance of nurserymen, gar- 

 deners, seedsmen and florists. John 

 Stuppy, of St. Joseph, was in attend- 

 ance. Several points of interest were 

 brought up for discussion. Fred From- 

 holt, of the Wm. L. Rock Flower Co., 

 was appointed to look after an employ- 

 ment bureau, which -the club agreed to 

 start at once. The purpose of this bu- 

 reau is for the benefit of both the em- 

 ployer and employee. By leaving their 

 names and references, they can be aided 



by the club, either in securing a posi- 

 tion or in employing help. To show 

 that an employment bureau is needed 

 among florists, two members present at 

 the meeting made application for em- 

 ployees. The prize that was given by 

 Wertheimer Bros., through their repre- 

 sentative, Samuel Seligman, to the per- 

 son present holding the lucky number 

 was drawn by Mr. Bunyar, of the Mrs. 

 E. Bunyar firm, Rosedale, Kan. There 

 were two applications for membership. 



The next meeting will be held at the 

 store of the Geo. M. Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co., March 21. 



After adjournment the hostess, Mrs. 

 Moseley, served delicious refreshments. 

 Mrs. Moseley made every effort to make 

 the evening an enjoyable one and every- 

 one present agreed that the meeting was 

 a perfect success in a social as well as 

 a business way. 



Various Notes. 



A. D. Mohr is cutting a fine lot of 

 snapdragons. He also has a fine lot of 

 pot plants for the Easter trade. 



D. H. Drummond, on East Fifteenth 

 street, is bringing in a nice lot of vio- 

 lets. He has a new variety with stems 

 that are ten inches long. He reports 

 business this year as all that he could 

 expect. 



Joseph Austin expects to have about 

 30,000 geraniums for the spring bedding 

 trade. 



Charles Laundy has his greenhouses 

 in fine shape and well filled with spring 

 bedding stock. W. J. B. 



Barberton, O. — Arrangements have 

 been made at Anna Dean Farm, the big 

 commercial greenhouse establishment of 

 O. C. Barber, of the Diamond Match 

 Co., for going ahead with the addition 

 to the glass that was under considera- 

 tion a year ago, but which was post- 

 poned. An order has been placed at 

 Chicago, with the J. C. Moninger Co., 

 for the material for four new houses, 

 one of them 50x150 and three about 

 34x800 feet. The erection will proceed 

 as rapidly as possible. 



