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The Florists' Review 



Januabx 16, 1913. 



on account of the flood, but was not 

 inconvenienced otherwise. 



M. Blaha, of Aspinwall, Pa., is com- 

 pleting a new propagating house. 



Frank Faulk, who has been ill for 

 some time, is convalescing and hopes to 

 be back at business before long. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade has kept up remarkably well 

 since the holidays. There has been a 

 great deal of funeral work and it has 

 used up about everything at nearly all 

 times. Eoses have been good of late, 

 but the cloudy weaj;her cut down the 

 cuts a great deal; at times there were 

 not nearly enough to go around. Beau- 

 ties have been in fair demand, but 

 prices are rather high. Carnations have 

 been exceptionally good, but, like the 

 roses, they have been slow in opening 

 during the cloudy weather. Sweet peas 

 are generally good sellers, and, if not 

 sold for corsage work, they are easily 

 worked up in funeral designs. They 

 are commencing to be quite plentiful 

 and will be much more so with a little 

 bright weather. Valley has been rather 

 scarce, with demand rather light. Wed- 

 dings have not been numerous since 

 the holidays and they always tell on 

 the demand for valley, but quite a few 

 are using sweet peas in preference. 



Pot plants are moving quite well, in- 

 cluding azaleas, cyclamens, begonias, 

 primroses, ferns, etc. There has been 

 quite a demand for dish ferns since the 

 holidays. 



Various Notes. 



The inauguration of Governor Cox 

 is the main topic for this week. Society 

 was out in full force January 13. The 

 inaugural ball was held in Memorial 

 hall, which was tastefully decorated for 

 the occasion. It made a fine run on 

 corsage flowers. 



Sherman Stephens reports heavy 

 business and finds it hard to get enough 

 stock. 



The Munk Floral Co. is making quite 

 a display of baskets, blooming plants, 

 etc., and reports business good. 



Graff Bros., the Franklin Park Floral 

 Co., the Fifth Avenue Floral Co., Liv- 

 ingston Seed Co. and Underwood Bros, 

 all say business is good. 



G. H. Woodrow is still bedfast, but 

 is improving slowly. 



James McKellar has been laid up 

 several days with a bad case of grip. 

 J. M. 



A SUBSTITUTE FOE PLUMOSUS. 



Enclosed you will find a piece of an 

 asparagus plant, which I should like 

 you to name for me. I have several 

 fine specimens of this plant, which I 

 raised from seed, and I have asked 

 the opinion of several florists who have 

 seen it, but they were unable to give 

 me a name for it, as it was new to 

 them. C. A. E. 



OBITUAEY. 



Asparagus of this type is not easy to 

 identify by means of a small specimen, 

 but the plant in question seems to be 

 Asparagus Comorensis, a variety that 

 is preferred by some growers instead of 

 A. plumosus nanus. W. H. T. 



The Review is of daily use in my busi- 

 ness, for it contains valuable information 

 on every subject connected with the trade. 

 — W. E. Johnson, Corning, N. Y. 



Qeorge F. Eidd. 



George F. Kidd, who for five years 

 has held the position of appraiser of 

 seeds, bulbs and plants in the New 

 York customs house, died suddenly in 

 a train on the Ninth avenue elevated 

 railroad Friday morning, January 10, 

 while on his way to his office. His son, 

 George Kidd, of Orange, N. J., was the 

 only member of his family at home at 

 the time, Mrs. Kidd and daughters 

 being in California. 



George F. Kidd was born in Scotland 

 sixty-three years ago. He received the 

 thorough training given the assistants 

 of the Scottish seedsmen and, coming 

 to this country, found his first connec- 

 tion with ~i. K. Bliss. Later he was 

 with J. M. Thorburn & Co., Wm. Elliott 

 & Sons, the Cox Seed Co., the Hinode 

 Co. and Timothy Hopkins, of San Fran- 

 cisco. His last employment before en- 

 tering the government service was with 

 Elliott & Sons. There had been much 

 friction between the customs house and 

 the importing members of the trade 

 prior to Mr. Kidd's appointment, but 

 his acquaintance with the trade made 

 it possible for him to reestablish 

 friendly working conditions. His sud- 

 den death will be widely regretted. 



The funeral services were held Sun- 

 day morning, January 12, and were 

 largely attended by members of the 

 trade in New York. Burial was in 

 Fairmount cemetery, Newark, N. J. 



Samuel Beisner. 



Samuel Eeisner, of the firm of Eeis- 

 ner & Shafer, retail florists at 1247 

 Lexington avenue. New York city, died 

 suddenly last week in Bermuda, hav- 

 ing been stricken with apoplexy on the 

 day following his arrival there for a 

 winter vacation trip. Mr. Eeisner was 

 .not married and about 50 years of 

 age. He was a gentleman of excellent 

 character and first-class business repu- 

 tation. His partner, Mr. Shafer, and 

 M>s. Shafer, left at once for Bermuda 

 to bring the body home. 



Jonas F. Weber. 



Jonas F, Weber, of Kirkwood, Mo., 

 a brother of Henry J. Weber, of Nurs- 

 ery, Mo., and John G. Weber, of Clay- 

 ton, Mo., fell dead of heart disease 

 January 3, at the home of his brother, 

 Henry J, Weber, at Nursery, Mo., 

 where he was visiting. He was 55 

 years of age. During the greater part 

 of his life he was a nurseryman and 

 farmer, but he had spent the last five 

 years conducting a grocery store in 

 Kirkwood, from which he retired a few 

 months ago. He was a native of St. 

 Louis county and enjoyed a wide ac- 

 quaintance. He is survived by his 

 widow and three sons, Julius, Frederick 

 and Edward Weber. 



William S. Fisher 



William S. Fisher, for many years 

 connected with the trade in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, passed away last week. Mr. 

 Fisher was 54 years of age, a native 

 of Virginia. At the age of 15 years 

 he took an apprenticeship under the 

 late John E. Freeman. Six years later 

 he went into business for himself on 

 Pennsylvania avenue and later on Fif- 

 teenth street, N. W. He retained the 

 last place for about two years, when he 

 sold out and entered the employ of 

 J. H. Small & Sons. Here he remained 



for about twelve years. For several 

 years he has been in the employ of the 

 Washington Florists' Co. and had 

 charge of its Fourteenth street branch 

 until it was discontinued. Of late 

 years he has only worked during the 

 winter months, spending a greater part 

 of the summer in Atlantic City and 

 other shore resorts. Two sisters sur- 

 vive him. 



William J. Young. 



William J. Young, Sr., formerly in 

 business at Germantown, Pa., a brief 

 note on whose death, January 3, ap- 

 peared in last week's obituary column, 

 was born at Bushmills, Ireland, seventy- 

 seven years ago. He came to this 

 country when a lad of 19, settling first 

 in Germantown. After a short time 

 he was seized with the gold fever and 

 removed to California, where he re- 

 mained until the commencement of the 

 Civil war, and then returned to Ger- 

 mantown. Soon after he entered the 

 employment of Peter Wright, head of 

 the great shipping firm, and took care 

 of his country place. Later he took 

 charge of the country place of Stephen 

 Morris, on School Lane. Mr. Young's 

 knowledge of gardening and floriculture 

 was entirely gained from practical ex- 

 perience. He learned much from his 

 friend Peter McKenzie, the famous 

 North Broad street florist. Andrew 

 Dryburgh, Hugh Graham, David Joyce 

 and other old-time celebrities were his 

 friends. Mir. Young was enterprising, 

 importing orchids and other rare plants 

 for Mr. Morris. 



In 1872 Mr. Young purchased a large 

 property at the corner of School and 

 Pulaski streets, Germantown, not far 

 from Mr. Morris' place. Here he built 

 greenhouses and a residence. He en- 

 trusted his newly acqui/ed property to 

 his brother, but later resigned his posi- 

 tion with Mr. Morris, to embark in 

 business for himself. At first he forced 

 nectarines, peaches and grapes on his 

 new place, which was considered almost 

 out in the wilds, although now it is in 

 the thickly built suburbs of the city. 

 As houses were built in the neighbor- 

 hood and people moved into them, the 

 business changed and bedding plants 

 became an important feature. Then, as 

 the demand for cut flowers and for 

 blooming plants and foliage plants 

 came, all were added. A good business 

 in high-grade stock was done in the 

 store. The greenhouses produced part 

 of the stock; the rest was purchased ip 

 the wholesale market. Part of the 

 property was sold for building sites, 

 but that on which the greenhouses and 

 store stood remains intact. 



In 1901 Mr. Young retired from busi- 

 ness, to live on his lately purchased 

 farm of thirty-one acres, near Potte- 

 ville. Pa. Since that time the business 

 has been conducted by his son, William 

 J. Young, Jr., who has kept up a high 

 standard in the stock sent out from 

 this place. 



The funeral services were held at the 

 residence of the son, William J. Young, 

 Jr., January 6. Mr. Young is survived 

 by a widow, four daughters and one 

 son. Phil. 



Angelo Tassi. 



Angelo Tassi, 81 years old, a retired 

 florist and fruit merchant, of 909 Boule- 

 vard, Astoria, Long Island City, N. Y., 

 died at his home, January 6, from gen- 

 eral debility. He is survived by two 

 sons and two daughters. 



