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The Florists^ Review 



January 23, 1913. 



some of the benches, at both Henry 

 Fleeter 'b and Conrad Schepp's plants. 

 Fortunately, however, the warm 

 weather minimized their loss. 



Fred Backmeier was on the sick list 

 for several days last week, with a 

 severe attack of grip. 



Peter Weiland says his jonquils have 

 been selling up easily each day. 



J. A, Peterson & Sons have some ele- 

 gant houses of primulas and cycla- 

 mens. Their force has already potted 

 the first large lot of rooted cuttings of 

 begonias. 



Visitors: Chas. Steidle, of E. G. Hill 

 Co., Kichmond, Ind.; Ellis Woodworth, 

 representing the Sefton Co.; Frank 

 Farney, of the M. Eice Co., Philadel- 

 phia; Sam Seligman, of Wertheimer 

 Bros., New York; L. A. Fennel, of 

 Cynthiana, Ky.; Robert Spero, repre- 

 senting Charles Finn & Co., New York; 

 A. Miller, of Henderson &"Co., Chicago, 

 and Mr. FuUe, of Kichmond, Ind. 



C. H. H. 



OBITtJARY. 



Christian Soltau. 

 Christian Soltau, a pioneer florist of 

 Jersey City, N. J., died at his home, 

 199 Grant avenue, January 13, at the 

 age of 82 years. Retiring from the 

 silk importing business in New York 

 city many years ago, Mr. Soltau be- 

 came a florist in Jersey City. He is 

 survived by six sons and one daughter. 

 He was succeeded in business some 

 years ago by B. Soltau. 



A. H. Cliadboume. 



A. H. Chadbourne, of the nursery 

 firm of A. H. Chadbourne & Co., 

 Worcester, Mass., died recently at his 

 home in that city. Besides his Worces- 

 ter headquarters, he had grounds on 

 Lyceum street, Geneva, N. Y., and he 

 had a wide acquaintance in both 

 localities. 



B. Susuki. 



B. Susuki, well known to the trade 

 throughout the United States, died sud- 

 denly in Japan, December 13, 1912. For 

 a number of years he was connected 

 with the Yokohama Nursery Co., New 

 York, and became well liked among both 

 seedsmen and florists. 



OYSTER BAY, N. Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Oyster 

 Bay Horticultural Society was held in 

 the Board of Trade rooms, January 17. 

 Vice-president Jos. Robinson occupied 

 the chair. The dinner committee re- 

 ported that all the necessary arrange- 

 ments had been made to have the din- 

 ner at Mr. Rothman's East Norwich 

 hotel, January 29, at 7 p. m. Mr. Roth- 

 man 's motor bus will meet all tr^ns 

 and convey guests to and from Oyster 

 Bay free of charge. The secretary 

 reported a good advance sale of tickets 

 and a good time for all is anticipated. 



A. G. Hodenpyle, of Locust Valley, 

 was elected to honorary membership, 

 and Frank Carson and Milmot White to 

 active membership. 



Messrs. A. Wa^eT, F. Blowers and 

 John Sorosick acted as judges and 

 their decision was as follows: For 

 basket of chicory, F. Petroccia was 

 awarded the club's certificate and F. 

 Kyle was awarded honorable mention. 

 The gentlemen gave interesting talks 

 on the various ways in which they 

 grew thfiy exhibits. 



Dunc& Beaton was appointed to act 



on the executive committee for 1913. 

 F. Blowers stated he would give a lec- 

 ture on fruit and outdoor grape culture 

 at the next meeting. 



J. T. Ingram, Sec 'y. 



CLEVEI^AND. 



The Market. 



Business in the last week has been 

 none too good. The weather condi- 

 tions were more like those of late 

 spring than midwinter. Roses are con- 

 siderably off crop, with the exception 

 of possibly three or four consignors at 

 the most. There are few good roses 

 coming to this market. Carnations are 

 in excellent condition and it is antici- 

 pated that there will be a goodly sup- 

 ply for the rest of the season. A visit 

 to the various growers indicates that 

 all are aware of the fact that Easter 

 this year is considerably earlier than 

 usual, at least judging from the looks 

 of their Easter plants. 



Various Notes. 



Knoble Bros, did something unusual 

 in the way of advertising by taking an 

 entire page in colors in the Sunday 

 Plaindealer. 



Among recent visitors in town, aside 

 from the many Dutch bulb salesmen, 

 have been Martin Reukauf, of H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co.; Frank Farney, of the 

 Rice Co.; Milton Alexander, of Lion & 

 Co., and James Smith, of William Boas 

 Co. 



It is with a grak|t deal of regret that 

 we report the dean of Francis Asbury 

 Friedley, father'^f Frank Friedley, 

 superintendent for the J. M. Gasser Co., 

 January 16. Mr. Friedley was taken 

 violently ill with pains in his head. 

 This was about 8:30 in the morning, 

 while he was at work in the green- 

 house. He was immediately removed 

 to his residence, but never regained 

 consciousness and expired at 4:30 p. m. 

 Death was due to a rupture of a blood 

 vessel in the brain. Funeral services 

 were held January 19 from the family 

 residence. The local florists attended 

 the funeral in a body. It was easy to 

 recognize the high esteem in which Mr. 

 Friedley was held by his many friends 

 if floral tributes are indications. There 

 were many offerings and of the costli- 

 est varieties, solid wreaths with clus- 

 ters of orchids and valley predominat- 

 ing. It surely must be a great source 

 of comfort to the bereaved to receive 

 such tokens and to know that their 

 friends are really friends in need. 



H. P. K. 



IPBINCBTON, ILL. 



The W. E. Trimble Greenhouse Co., 

 through its foreman, George H. Jen- 

 nings, reports a rushing business in all 

 three branches of the trade, cut flow- 

 ers, pot plants and rooted cuttings. The 

 Rock Island dining car system increased 

 its order from 65,000 roses and carna- 

 tions to 91,000, and up to date the only 

 complaint is "The carnations are too 

 long." Fred Robinson, of Columbus, 

 O., John Lindgren and E. Hickman each 

 have a rose section to take charge of. 

 Messrs. Henry and Carl Dumke, who 

 were formerly with the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., of Joliet, have charge of the 

 carnation sections and are making good. 

 Wm. H. Ross, of Greenwood, Ind., and 

 F. H. Hanson will have charge of the 

 rooted cutting and pot plant ranges. 



Gilbert Hennessey, of La Porte, Ind., 

 who is a specialist on vegetable plants 

 and pot tomatoes for forcing, has charge 

 of 200 hotbed sashes. Just now this 

 company is taking advantage of the 

 parcel post and moving goods from all 

 departments during this warm weather 

 at quite a saving to the customers. The 

 senior member of this firm, Wm. C. 

 Trimble, is 82 years old and takes as 

 much interest in the business as he did 

 in former years. G. H. J. 



NORTHERN INDIANA FLORISTS. 



The Northern Indiana Florists' Asso- 

 ciation met in regular session at the 

 New Clayton hotel, Columbia City, Ind., 

 January 15. The morning was spent in 

 visiting the greenhouses and arranging 

 the exhibits. Dinner was served at 

 12:30, after which the regular business 

 session was held, J. D. Connor, Jr., the 

 president, occupying the chair. A dis- 

 cussion as to the advisability of holding 

 a flower show was held, but the matter 

 was dropped as undesirable at present. 



Having received numerous invitations 

 to meet with the Indiana State Flo- 

 rists' Association, after free discussion 

 it was decided to invite the state 

 organization to meet with Northern In- 

 diana Association at the next meeting, 

 which will be held in Portland, April 

 16. The president was instructed to 

 appoint a committee of two to confer 

 with a like committee from the State 

 Association to arrange for future joint 

 meetings. The committee consists of 

 A. J. Wagoner, Columbia City, and N. 

 N. Dederick, of Warsaw. 



A paper prepared by Christ Winter- 

 ich, of Defiance, O., on "Cyclamen Cul- 

 ture," was read and received with 

 much favorable comment. 



The committee on exhibits reported 

 as follows: 



Christ Winterich, Defiance, O., sent a 

 fine display of cyclamens and some ex- 

 cellent primulas. 



Harry White, North Manchester, 

 Ind., showed fine 8-inch cyclamens, Bos- 

 ton ferns and Asparagus plumosus. He 

 also had one vase each of Pink De- 

 light, White Enchantress and Enchant- 

 ress, color and flowers good, and one 

 vase of Bride roses. 



The Wagoner Floral Co. had a vase 

 of White Perfection. 



W. Frank & Sons, of Portland, staged 

 a vase each of Killarney and White Kil- 

 larney roses, exceptionally fine; also a 

 vase each of May Day and Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward carnations, fine in color, form 

 and stem; also seedling which promises 

 to be a coming carnation for commer- 

 cial purposes. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. showed a 

 vase of its new red. The Herald, the 

 flower good, stem strong and color beau- 

 tiful. 



The Johnson Floral Co., Kendallville, 

 displayed gladiolus bulbs and Dracaena 

 indivisa. 



Wm. Terrell & Son staged a vase of 

 fine White Enchantress. 



Mt. Gilead Pottery Co. showed sam- 

 ples of pots. 



The A. L. Randall Co. exhibited 

 white and purple ruscus and a large 

 line of florists' supplies. 



A. A. Arnold showed a large line of 

 cut flower boxes. 



Simon Humfeld, of Muncie, exhibited 

 a new mole trap. 



At this meeting seven new members 

 were added. A. J. Wagoner, Sec'y. 



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