MAKCH26. 1914 The Florists' Review 



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NEW OBLEANS, LA. 



Olub Meeting. 



The New Orleans Horticultural Soci- 

 ety held its monthly meeting March 

 19, at the Chamber of Commerce build- 

 ing. P. A. Chopin presided. Secre- 

 tary Panter was at his desk and a fair 

 number of members were present. 



The committee on by-laws reported 

 progress. The flower show committee 

 reported that the Southern States Fair 

 would not be opened by the middle of 

 November, as previously reported, and 

 therefore the society will be unable to 

 hold a chrysanthemum show at the 

 opening of the exposition. Many mem- 

 bers are nevertheless in favor of mak- 

 ing exhibits in conjunction with the 

 fair, regardless of when it opens. 



J. A. Newsham made a proposal to 

 award a medal to the member who re- 

 ceives the most points on exhibits 

 made during the year. A plan to that 

 effect will be drawn up and brought 

 before the society at its next meeting. 



Harry Dressel, rose grower for the 

 Metairie Eidge Nursery Co., showed 

 cut blooms of seedling hybrid tea roses 

 grown by him, which included a red, 

 pink and satiny pink. The last named 

 was a fine flower on a stiff stem, two 

 feet long, with fine foliage. Mr. Dres- 

 sel 's efforts in rose growing in New 

 Orleans have been gratifying. Special 

 mention was awarded his exhibit. 



Bichard Eichling, foreman of U. J. 

 Virgin's nursery, made a large exhibit 

 of seasonable flowering plants, such as 

 Harrisii lilies, hydrangeas, rhododen- 

 drons, etc. All plants were of a high 

 grade and much admired. 



The society passed a vote of thanks 

 to the exhibitors for helping to make 

 the meetings interesting. 



Various Notes. 



Abele Bros, are doing a rushing lo- 

 cal and shipping business. Their stock 

 is of large variety and well grown. 



Henry Cook is cutting some fine cal- 

 las and Swainsona alba. He reports a 

 good store trade. 



Bheinhardt Cook is cutting some fine 

 Maman Cochet and Mme. Lambard 

 roses, grown under glass, and some 

 Italian pink hyacinths from the open 

 ground. He is well satisfied with the 

 spring trade. 



C. W. Eichling receives big ship- 

 ments of different kinds of yellow nar- 

 cissi of fine quality from his Bayou La 

 Combe place. He states that the sale 

 of seasonable plants is gratifying. 



P. A. Chopin's store always has an 

 attractive appearance. He reports a 



food business, with a good number of 

 uneral orders. 

 Henry Kraak has his place well 

 stocked with all kinds of bedding 

 plants, which are making rapid growth. 

 K. E. 



Westerly, K. I.— Geo. L. Stillman has 

 completed a propagating house at his 

 plant on Newton avenue. In connec- 

 tion with it is a building containing a 

 large root cellar, an office, and packing 

 and shipping rooms. Frank Earl James 

 is in charge of the propagating plant. 



Oswego, N. T.— Feeley's Flower 

 Store, in the D., L. & W. building, was 

 burned out March 14 by a fire which 

 started from an overheated chimney. 

 It started at about 2:30 a. m. and got a 

 big headway before it was discovered. 



OBITUARY 



Ernst W. Mack. 



Ernst "W. Mack, 61 years old, for 

 nearly twenty-five years in the trade at 

 ~" innati, O., died March 13 at his 

 J, 828 Enright avenue, after a short 

 illBess. He was born in Mannheim, 

 Germany, and came to Cincinnati when 

 22 years old. He was a member of 

 the German Pioneer Society, the Glenn 

 Grove Mutual Aid, the Price Hill Mu- 

 tual Aid, St. Martini's German Evan- 

 gelical Protestant church, Sedamsville, 

 and director of the Price Hill Building 

 and Loan Association. 



He leaves a son, George; five daugh- 

 ters, Mrs. Robert Koppenhoefer, Mrs. 

 Edward D. Donovan, of New York 

 City; Mrs. Otto B. Beller and the 

 Misses Sarah and Hilda Mack; three 

 sisters, two living in Germany, and five 

 grandchildren. 



Charles Alirens. 



Charles Ahrens, aged 57 years, died 

 in the Homeopathic hospital at Bead- 

 ing, Pa., March 15, from complications. 

 Since coming to this country from Ger- 

 many several years ago he was em- 

 ployed by Fred N. Baer, a florist of 

 Kutztown, Pa. He resided at the 

 Berks County House. He was single 

 and, as far as is known, leaves no rela- 

 tives in this country. He was admitted 

 to the Homeopathic hospital March 3. 



John L. Horn. 



John L. Horn, of New Haven, Conn., 

 who was injured in an accident at 

 Morris Cove March 14, when an ex- 

 press wagon in which he was riding 

 with his son, Frederick, was struck by 

 an automobile, died the following night, 

 March 15, in a local hospital. When 

 he was thrown from the wagon his 

 head struck a telegraph pole so that 

 he fractured his skull. His son was 

 slightly injured. Louis Kautz, who 

 drove the automobile, was arrested, 

 charged with driving a motor car with- 

 out a license. 



Edward Meehan. 



Edward Meehan, 78 years old, who 

 had been associated with the firm of 

 Thomas Meehan & Sons, of Philadel- 

 phia, ever since the firm started in 

 business in Germantown sixty years 

 ago, died March 18 at his home, 81 

 East Phil-Ellena street, Germantown, 

 following an operation for appendicitis. 



Mr. Meehan superintended the laying 

 out of hundreds of the beautiful gar- 

 dens in Germantown and Chestnut Hill. 

 He came to this country from England 

 with his brother, Thomas Meehan, now 

 dead. He had high repute as a land- 

 scape gardener. His widow and three 

 sons survive him. 



Mrs. Geo. T. Elliott. 



Mrs. Margaret A. Elliott, widow of 

 Geo. T. Elliott and mother of W. H. 

 Elliott, of Boston, Mass., died at New 

 London, Conn., March 15, in her eighty- 

 eighth year. She was born at Kendal, 

 England, in 1827. She lived for many 

 years in Wisconsin, where W. H. Elliott 

 was born, but later she returned to the 

 east and settled in New London. She 

 was at one time a member of the 

 S. A. F. and attended many of the 

 conventions. 



Isaac W. Hoffman. 



Isaac W. Hoffman, of Elizabethtown, 

 Pa., died on Saturday, March 21. 

 While riding in a street car in Harris- 

 burg he had a stroke of apoplexy, and 

 died before medical aid could be sum- 

 moned. He had been in the florists' 

 business for a number of years. He 

 was a member of the Lancaster Coun- 

 ty Florists* Association. 



H. K. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade has been rather quiet for the 

 last week. Stock is sufficient to sup- 

 ply the demand. Boses are of fair 

 quality, bringing $6 to $8 for the better 

 grades and $3 and $4 for shorts. Car- 

 nations have had a good demand, nu- 

 merous store openings calling for large 

 quantities. The better grades are 

 bringing $2.50 and $3; splits, $1.50. 

 American Beauties are of poor quality. 

 Jonquils, tulips and bulbous stock are 

 finding a ready sale. Quantities of 

 home-grown single violets are to be 

 had. Valley, lilies and orchids are 

 equal to the demand. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Pittet is enthusiastic over the 

 outlook for his sweet pea, Bose Queen. 

 He is having numerous inquiries and 

 has already made several sales of the 

 seed. 



Bertermann Bros, and A. Wiegand's 

 Sons Co. have had their hands full 

 with palm decorations for the depart- 

 ment store openings. 



George Wiegand has been laid up 

 with the grip for the last week. 



Martin Beukauf, representing Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., was a caller last week. 



Joseph Hill, E. G. HiD and Earl 

 Mann, of Bichmond, were in this city 

 last week. 



Balir & Steinkamp are busy shipping 

 carnation cuttings. They report heavy- 

 sales in this line. 



John Michelsen, with the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co., Chicago, was a visitor last 

 week. H. L. W. 



SCALE ON JAPANESE QX7INCE. 



Enclosed you will find a branch of 

 a Japanese quince, which is badly en- 

 crusted with some insect. I would be 

 pleased to hear the correct name of 

 the insect, and how to destroy it. 



B. C. C. 



The shoots were completely covered 

 with San Jose scale. The Japanese 

 quince is a shrub for which this pest 

 has a marked partiality. Spray with 

 a soluble oil solution on a dry, sunny 

 day, at the rate of one part of the oU 

 to fifteen parts of water. Be sure to 

 damp every part of the wood and you 

 will kill ninety-five per cent of the 

 soale. It is probable you have other 

 shrubs affected, and it would be good 

 policy to spray any Crataegus, lilacs, 

 mains, cornus, willows, and practically 

 all fruit trees and shrubs. These and 

 other varieties are subject to the scale 's 

 attack. c. W. 



Mt. Zlon, Pa. — The greenhouse of 

 Ezra Bozelle was destroyed by fire 

 caused by an overheated furnace March 

 14. The loss, including the stock of 

 vegetable plants in the house, amounted 

 to about $1,000, partly covered by in- 

 surance. 



