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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Seftembbb 22, 1910. 



DETROIT. 



Census Count Is 465,766. 



Business not only remains good, but 

 is getting better as the season advances. 

 Stock is improving with the advent of 

 cooler weather. Carnations, especially, 

 are showing considerable improvement. 

 Stems are longer and color better. 



Fall openings in the large stores are 

 creating no little extra demand for 

 stock. This week thousands of asters 

 will be sold at the fair grounds for a 

 charitable benefit, these flowers being 

 purchased by society ladies and donated 

 for that purpose. This will keep the 

 aster supply well in hand and naturally 

 cause a demand for other flowers. 



Various Notes. 



The program and essay committee of 

 tlie Detroit Florists' Club held a special 

 meeting September 17 and outlined a 

 program for the ensuing year. Many 

 most interesting subjects pertaining to 

 various branches in our business will 

 come up for discussion. 



The Michigan State Fair opened 

 September 19. The exhibits in Horti- 

 cultural hall are by no means the most 

 oxtensive displays on the grounds; in 

 fact, sorry to say the florists of Detroit 

 seem to be losing interest. Exhibits 

 this year are by W. B. Brown, Frank 

 llolznagle and Mrs. Bogola. Mr. Brown 



dening committee of the Twentieth 

 Century Club. This good work is be- 

 ing carried on more extensively each 

 year; liberal cash prizes are given as 

 an inducement to the little gardeners. 

 Awards were also made this year by 

 the Detroit Florists' Club, J. F. Sulli- 

 van, E. A. Scribner, J. Breitmeyer's 

 Sons, Gus Taepke and B. Schroeter. The 

 judges this year were Walter Taepke, 

 Eobert Unger, J. T. Sullivan, E. A. 

 Scribner and Frank Danzer. Guests of 

 the committee were George E. Browne 

 and Hugo Schroeter. 



Chas. Huffard has opened a flower 

 store at 51 Gratiot avenue. Mr. Huffard 

 for some years has conducted a flower 

 stand in a local drug store. 



Breitmeyer's staff will be busy decor- 

 ating J. L. Hudson's store with corn- 

 stalks, etc., for the fall opening. They 

 also have the contract for decorating 

 Mr. Hudson's store at Toledo. 



W. B. Brown entered his delivery out- 

 fit in the horse show at the state fair. 

 H. S. 



OBITUAEY. 



John H. Sievers. 



John H. Sievers, one of the best 

 known and oldest florists on the Pacific 

 coast, died at his home on Buchanan 

 street, San Francisco, September 7. Mr. 

 Sievers was a native of Bremen, Ger- 



John H. Sievers. 



showed a large floral ardi with an open 

 Bible. Mr. Holznagle had a very pretty 

 wreath and Mrs. Bogola also liad a 

 wreath. A vase of fine gladioli was 

 also exhibited by Mr. Brown. Palms, 

 ferns, etc., were shown by Messrs. Holz- 

 nagle and Brown. Many fine asters 

 were shown by amateurs. 



The annual exhibition of flowers and 

 vegetables at the public schools was 

 held September 15 and 16, under the 

 direction of the home and school gar- 



many, and had been in business in San 

 Francisco for over forty years. "With 

 F. A. Miller he first established the 

 Exotic Gardens on Mission street and 

 later dissolved the partnership and 

 built one of the largest ranges of glass 

 in this section, at the present location 

 on Van Ness avenue. Here Mr. Sievers 

 made a specialty of carnation, orchid, 

 begonia and palm growing and his con- 

 servatories have for years been one of 

 the show places of the town. His suc- 



cess with carnations was phenomenal 

 and among his creations in this line 

 probably Hannah Hobart is the bes' 

 known. Always^ keenly interested in 

 hybridizing, many new and valuabL. 

 varieties were disseminated from his 

 greenhouses and the showing, durin;: 

 the proper season, of tuberous begonias 

 pelargoniums and stove plants was aii 

 education in itself, which was taken ad 

 vantage of by thousands of plant lover; 

 from all parts of California. 



Always an enthusiast in his lifelong 

 work, Mr. Sievers, probably more than 

 any other single grower, helped with hi.- 

 presence and his magnificent stock to 

 make the California State Floral Soci 

 ety's exhibitions a success and the re 

 cently started and struggling new 

 flower shows could always depend on 

 him to give financial aid as well as a 

 handsome exhibit. For many years be 

 fore the fire he conducted a retail store 

 on Post street with the late J. B. 

 Boland. This store was noted for 

 carrying one of the finest stocks of cut 

 flowers in the town. 



Mr. Sievers is survived by a son, 

 John K., well known to all the horticul- 

 tural fraternity, and by four married 

 daughters, his wife having died several 

 years ago. The funeral was held from 

 his late residence and interment was at 

 Woodlawn cemetery. There were sev- 

 eral hundred people present and the 

 trade was well represented. 



Mrs. Charles Dickinson. 



Mrs. Charles Dickinson, wife of the 

 vice-president of the Albert Dickinson 

 Co., died at her residence, 1531 Dear- 

 born avenue, Chicago, September 17, 

 after an illness of about three weeks. 

 Mrs. Dickinson was taken ill while at 

 Easthampton, L. I., after having spent 

 the summer in the east. Her daughters, 

 Mrs. E. McK. Whrting and Mrs. Leon- 

 ard E. Whiting, both of New York, 

 were with her and accompanied her to 

 Chicago, remaining with her until her 

 death. Three sons also survive her. 

 Mrs. Dickinson was 58 years old. She 

 had been a resident of Chicago for 

 eighteen years. 



Max Leichtlin. 



Max Leichtlin, the well-known Ger- 

 man botanist, died September .'}, in the 

 seventy-ninth year of his age. The 

 funeral took place at Baden-Baden. 



Katherlne Sherman. 



Miss Katherine Sherman, daughter of 

 E. M. Sherman, president of the Sher- 

 man Nursery Co., died at the family 

 home at Charles City, la., Monday, Sep- 

 tember 12. She was nineteen j-ears of 

 age. 



James M. Kennedy. 



At his home at Dansville, N. Y., 

 James M. Kennedy died September 8, 

 aged 49. Mr. Kennedy had a stroke of 

 paralysis fourteen months ago and never 

 recovered his health. He was one of 

 Dansville 's prominent nurserymen, hav- 

 ing followed the nursery business since 

 1876. He was a member of the Dans- 

 ville Nurserymen's Association, also of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, and belonged to several local lod- 

 ges. He had served as vestryman of 

 the Episcopal church for many years. 

 Mr. Kennedy is survived by his wife, 

 one son, James Edward Kennedy, and 

 daughter, Miss Helen Kennedy; also by 

 his aged mother, Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, 

 and sister. Miss Mary Kennedy, all of 



