Februauv 13, 1013. 



The Florists' Review 



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aBITUARY. 



John H. Walzl. 



John H. Walzl, formerly well known 

 in the efestern states as a landscape 

 gardener and civil engineer, died of 

 paralysis January 29, at bis home in 

 De Beque, Colo. For several years he 

 was chief engineer of the Boland Park 

 Co., at Baltimore, Md., and in that ca- 

 pacity he superintended the sluicing 

 away of the bill between Eoland Park 

 and Homewood. About six years ago 

 he married Miss Mary McColgan, a 

 cousin of Charles C. McColgan, of Bal- 

 timore. He removed from Baltimore to 

 De Beque ^bout three years ago, to de- 

 Vjslpp a large apple orchard of which 

 he was owner. He is survived by his 

 wife, three children, one brother, S. E. 

 Walzl, of Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs. 

 Ella Clark, of New Zealand. 



Mrs. Jacob Elicker. 



Mrs. Sophia Drews Elicker, wife of 

 Jacob Elicker, Homestead, Pa., died 

 February 8 and was buried February 

 10. She was the daughter of a florist. 

 Her father, Frederick Drews, still has 

 a small establishment, where, before her 

 marriage, she assisted him. After her 

 marriage, she and her husband started 

 in business in Homestead and built up 

 quite an extensive trade in cut flowers 

 and plants. She had been ill for about 

 a year, but never felt that she could 

 afford to confess it until the advanced 

 stage of her illness forced her to do so 

 about two weeks ago. Besides her hus- 

 band, she leaves one son and two mar- 

 ried daughters, all connected with the 

 flower business. To the family is ex- 

 tended the sympathy of all the trade. 



Michael Crowley. 



The death is reported of Michael 

 Crowley, at Newburyport, Mass. Mr. 

 Crowley was born in Ireland about 

 eighty years ago, coming to this coun- 

 try when a young man. He went to 

 California about 1855, and then to the 

 Columbia river, in Oregon, where he 

 found gold. Abandoning the claim, he 

 returned to California and had the 

 novel experiexice of seeing some of his 

 own dust coined at the mint in San 

 Francisco. He removed to Newbury- 

 port about forty years ago and fol- 

 lowed the gardening profession until a 

 year ago, when failing health caused 

 him to retire from active life. Three 

 daughters and two sons survive him. 

 The funeral was held February 8 from 

 the family home on Howard street, 

 being largely attended. 



A. F, Furbush. 



Albourne F, Furbush, of Lynn, Mass., 

 died February 3, at his home, 518 

 Chatham street, of pneumonia, after 

 an illness of eight days. He was one 

 of the best known florists of the vicin- 

 ity, having as his patrons many of the 

 wealthy residents of Nahant and Lynn, 

 for whom he had furnished flowers and 

 kept .their flower beds in bloom for the 

 last twenty-seven years. He was born 

 in Lynn, August 28, 1864, and had 

 always resided there. Of a genial 

 temperament, he had a host of friends 

 both in Lynn and Nahant. He was a 

 charter member of Winnepurkit Tribe 

 of Red Men and Glenmere lodge of 

 Odd Fellows. 



He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 

 Annie E. Furbush, six daughters. Miss 

 Lottie M. Furbush, Mrs. Effie Hall, 



Mrs. Shirley Annis, Miss Annie E. Fur- 

 bush, Miss Grace C. Furbush and Miss 

 Zelma R. Furbush, and four sons, Al- 

 bourne F. Furbush, Jr., David H., 

 Arthur Russell and Kenneth C. Fur- 

 bush. He also leaves four sisters, Mrs, 

 Jane Bailey, Mrs. Susan Young, Mrs. 

 Mabel Burnham, of Lynn, and Mrs. 

 Drucella Millick, of Milford, Mass. 



SPRINGFIELD, O, 



Club Meeting. 



The Springfield Florists' Club held 

 its monthly meeting in the rooms of the 

 Commercial Club February 10. The 

 business session was cut short in order 

 to afford time for the address of the 

 evening, which was delivered by Dr. 

 V. G. A. Tressler, of the faculty of 

 Wittenberg College, whose theme was 

 "The City Beautiful in Europe." Ex- 

 tensive experience as a traveler has 

 thoroughly qualified Dr. Tressler to 

 handle such a subject in a masterful 

 manner. At the close of the address a 

 general discussion was participated In 

 and questions freely asked by the mem- 

 bers and readily answered by the lec- 

 turer. 



A hearty vote of thanks vras extend- 

 ed to Dr. Tressler, after which the en- 

 tertainment committee invited all pres- 

 ent to partake of a buffet lunch, and 

 while disposing of this various subjects 

 were informally considered until a late 

 hour. 



Various Notes. 



The shipping season for plants has 

 opened in good shape, having suffered 

 only one recent interruption by reason 

 of severely cold weather. The growers 

 as a rule have ample and well assorted 

 stocks and the start already indicates 

 that the oncoming season will bring an 

 unprecedented demand for roses and 

 bedding plants. Ge Dale. 



TOLEDO, O. 



The Market. 



For the last week business has been 

 unusually quiet, due partly to the ex- 

 tremely cold weather, with the mer- 

 cury frequently at the zero mark. Bulb 

 stock is commencing to come in pretty 

 well. Roses are more abundant and 

 of better color. 



Various Notes. 



The Toledo Florists' Club held its an- 

 nual show at Peck's hall, February 11, 



Miss Patten has returned from a 

 much needed rest at French Lick 

 Springs. 



F. J. Farney, of the M. Rice Co., 

 visited Toledo. Mr. Nelson, of the 

 Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Bur- 

 lington, la., was also a caller. 



^ ' ' H. F. P. 



YONKEES, N. Y. 



The Yonkers Horticultural Society 

 held its regular monthly meeting in 

 Hollywood Inn on Friday, February 7, 

 with President W. H. Waite in the 

 chair. The flower show committee re- 

 ported a balance of $47 from the fall 

 show. Two new members were elected. 



As there was no exhibition and no 

 lecture, questions were invited from 

 the members and an enjoyable and in- 

 structive hour followed in the discus- 

 sion of different methods of growing 

 vegetables in coldframes and hotbeds. 



with references, also, to the habits of 

 growth of trees and shrubs. The execu- 

 tive committee has promised to have an 

 essay for the next meeting, and Robert 

 Cochrane has offered a prize for the 

 most meritorious exhibit. So it is hoped 

 the members will turn out in good force 

 and bring some of their best products 

 to fill the exhibition table on Friday, 

 March 7. W. M. 



TULIPS FAILING TO FLOWER. 



As we are having considerable trouble 

 with our early tulips, we would be 

 thankful for any information you might 

 give as to the cause. I will try to 

 give you the culture they have been 

 subjected to. The varieties are La 

 Reine and Yellow Prince. Wo received 

 our bulbs about November 10, panned 

 them about ten to a 10-inch pan. We 

 placed them out in a trench ten inches 

 deep, watered them thoroughly and cov- 

 ered them with ten inches of soil. After 

 the first freezing we covered them 

 about eight inches deep with strawy 

 horse manure and leaves. I am certain 

 the manure did not heat. We brought 

 in the first batch of La Reine December 

 28 and placed them under a bench below 

 the steam pipes in a temperature of 80 

 degrees to draw up the stems, having 

 the front closed up with burlap. While 

 there are two or three good flowers to 

 the pan, with stems six inches long, the 

 remaining ones kept about two inches 

 long and are blind. The soil we used 

 was an ordinary good mum soil. The 

 bulbs were purchased from an up-to- 

 date wholesale house. I would like to 

 know where I made the mistake, if 

 there is one, as I have forced these 

 tulips for ten years and am at a loss as 

 to the failure. I wish also to say that 

 the pans were full of roots, which ap- 

 peared white and healthy. They could 

 not have been kept too wet where they 

 were covered, as this fall was excep- 

 tionally dry. A, G. 



The two principal causes for your 

 tulips doing so unsatisfactorily are: 

 first, too late planting, and secondly, 

 too early forcing for late planted bulbs.. 

 Your soil and general treatment up to 

 housing time was no doubt correct, but 

 November 10 is a late date to place 

 tulips in the soil, even for mid-season 

 forcing. Successful bulb growers get 

 practically all their La Reine and Yel- 

 low Prince into the soil in September 

 and never later than the early part of 

 October. 



While the practice of burying tulips 

 and other bulbs may have some things 

 to commend it, a far better plan is to 

 store them on the floor of a cellar or 

 pit, where there will be no need to bury 

 them in deep soil and protect with 

 straw, and where they can be comfort- 

 ably taken out in all weathers and 

 watered at any time they may need if". 

 We have yet to see better, or for that 

 matter, as fine bulbs stored outdoors as 

 those which have had some frostproof 

 roof over them. 



Tulips when housed for early forcing 

 should be sprouted two to three inches 

 and then be drawn up in a dark, warm 

 case. Your bulbs cannot have been suf- 

 ficiently sprouted if planted at so late 

 a date as November 10. C. W. 



Charles City, la. — Arthur M. Briscoe 

 says that trade is excellent, the winter 

 having been one of the best in many 

 years. 



