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The Florists^ Review 



Jandaby 30, 1913. 



OBITUABT. 



Peter Britz. 



Peter Britz, for many years in the 

 florists' business at Danville, 111., died 

 in a hospital there January 23, follow- 

 ing an attack of pneumonia. 



Mr. Britz 's career in America was 

 started as a farmer. First he located 

 \t Chicago, but shortly removed to Oak- 

 vpood and then to the suburbs of Dan- 

 ville. Here Mr. Britz and his sons car- 

 ried on farming until 1890, when the 

 family moved to the present home on 

 South Bowman avenue and engaged in 

 gardening. At first Mr. Britz estab- 

 lished a small greenhouse for the grow- 

 ing of lettuce. Gradually the business 

 was drawn from the fields into the green- 

 houses, and finally most of Mr. Britz 's 

 time was occupied in growing flowers. 

 Meanwhile he had caused to be built 

 for himself and family one of the best 

 houses in the eastern section of the 

 city. He had prospered from the be- 

 ginning of his career in America, which 

 began when the family arrived in this 

 country, in May, 1883, from Germany. 

 He was born in Pelm, Bhine Province, 

 August 18, 1849, and was married there 

 November 10, 1875, to Anna Marie 

 Schaeffer, who died December 21, 1907. 

 The sons born before the family came 

 to America are John N., M. W., Jacob 

 and Peter Britz, Jr. The other three 

 children, Charles, August and Miss Ag- 

 gie Britz, were born in Danville. The 

 children are widely scattered; John 

 lives in Chicago, Mat in Cincinnati, 

 Jake in Indianapolis, August in Buf- 

 falo, and Miss Aggie, Charles and Peter 

 Britz, Jr., in Danville. All the children 

 were here when their father died. 



Mr. Britz was a charter member of 

 Court St. Boniface, No. 82, Catholic Or- 

 der of Foresters, and a member for 

 many years of St. Joseph's Catholic 

 church. 



Mrs. J. F. McHugh. 



Mrs. McHugh, wife of J. F. McHugh, 

 Detroit, Mich., died on Sunday, Janu- 

 ary 19. This is the second bereavement 

 in the McHugh home within a brief 

 period. When the eldest son died, only 

 a short time ago, Mrs. McHugh suffered 

 a stroke of paralysis and she gradually 

 became weaker until death ensued. 



Jules Grolez. 



The death is reported of Jules Grolez, 

 a well-known nurseryman in the north 

 of France. He was one of the founders 

 of the General Horticultural Society of 

 the Nord and a member for a long pe- 

 riod of the general committee of the 

 French Eose Growers' Society. His 

 name will long remain known, thanks to 

 the Kose Mme. Jules Grolez, a first-rate 

 hybrid tea. 



Lydia C. Conard. 



Lydia C. Conard, widow of Alfred F. 

 Conard, died at her home in "West 

 Grove, Pa., January 21, in her seventy- 

 fourth year. She had been in good 

 health until September 28, but on the 

 afternoon of that day she suffered a 

 stroke of paralysis, from which • she 

 never recovered. All her life she was 

 a member of the Orthodox Friends' 

 Meeting, and true to the principles she 

 had learned in her youth. She was 

 born near West Grove, on the old 

 homestead farm, a daughter of Samuel 

 and Mary Ann Hughes. She is sur- 

 vived by a brother, Mark Hughes, of 

 that town, and a sister, Hannah, widow 



Good Business Cheaply Obtained 



»J. J. BENEKE 



Florist and Decorator 



CUOICK CUT FLOWERS. PLANTS A.tlD FLORAL DESIGNS 

 Koa All Oooabioitk 



1 2 1 « O I. IVB STREET 



ST. LOUIS. MO. January 11, 1913, 



Florists' Publishing Co., 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Gentlemen: 



During the past year I paid you $18.20 for a 

 half Inch advertisement In the Retail Florists Department 

 of The Review. I received through this email advertisement, 

 from January 1, 1913, to December 31, 1913, orders to the 

 amount of $566.00. They came by mail and telegraph from 

 New York to San Francisco and from New Orleans to Minneapolis. 

 Since T allowed the senders 20^, the record is as follows: 



Total value of orders $566.00 



Less 30% allowed senders.. ..... 113.20 



Net value of orders :. 452.80' 



Here Is an addition of $453.80 In business which 

 could not otherwise have been obtained and at an expense of 

 only $18.30. 



Since my advertisement appeared only in The Review 

 it goes to show what the retail florists through the country 

 lose if they do not use this medium of advertising. It also 

 goes to show that The Review is not only there with a big "P" 

 but that it has three more big "R's" - Readers - Reliability - 

 Results! 



Yours respectfully. 



of Edward Savery, West Miner street, 

 West Chester. 



Her husband, who died some years 

 ago, was for many years a partner of 

 the late Charles Dingee, these having 

 organized the firm of Dingee & Conard 

 about the year 1860, but later this was 

 dissolved and Mr. Conard organized 

 the Conard & Jones Co., in which he 

 was active up to the time of his death. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The seventh annual dinner of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held at the Oriental hotel January 

 23, and was one of the largest and most 

 successful entertainments ever held un- 

 der the auspices of this society, eighty- 

 five members and friends being present. 

 President E. J. Brown, on behalf of the 

 society, presented the retiring president, 

 J. F. .Johnston, with a pearl scarfpin. 

 ^rthur Herrington, of Madison, N. J., 

 was toastmaster and read a letter from 

 M. C. Ebel, secretary of the National 

 Association of Gardeners, informing the 

 members of the bowling tournament to 

 be held by the association the week of 

 the big show in New York. W. H. Sie- 

 brecht responded for the New York 

 Florists' Club and spoke on the coming 

 show, asking every gardener and florist 

 to do his share toward making the ex- 

 hibition a big success. Among others 

 who entertained the guests with songs 

 and addresses were J. T. Ingraham, E. 

 Ortiz, Kev. J. Gammock, J. C. Davis, 

 William Kinnear and F. Bowne. Out-of- 

 town guests who helped make the even- 



ing enjoyable were Messrs. Sperling, 

 MacTaggart, Bunyard, Manor and Good- 

 sell. J. M. 



GKEELEY, COLO. 



The greenhouses of J. H. Ellis, which 

 are modern in construction and always 

 neat in appearance, were a special at- 

 traction during the last summer, on ac- 

 count of fine designs in carpet bedding, 

 in which Mr. Ellis is a specialist. 



The Gardner Floral Co. boasts of the 

 largest greenhouse plant this side of 

 Denver. The firm had a downtown 

 store for the holidays, which was high- 

 ly successful. 



P. O. Hansen, owner of the old Sear- 

 ing place, built a large, modern house 

 last season and will plant it to roses. 

 He is getting a good cut of carnations, 

 and his violets, of the Governor Herrick 

 variety, are well known for their high 

 quality. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— H. W. Koerner has 

 resigned as vice-president of the West- 

 ern Dahlia and Gladiolus Association. 



Worcester, Mass.— Harry I. Eandall 

 has purchased the business of the Pleas- 

 ant Street Flower Shop. Mr. Randall 

 has had twenty -four years' experience 

 in the trade, in connection with promi- 

 nent firms of this city. 



Cleveland, O.— W. J. Leach, foreman 

 of the Gordon park greenhouses, has 

 been chosen for the position of city 

 florist. This ' position has just been 

 established by the city council and the 

 salary is $1,200 per annum. 



