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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sepxembeu 22, 1910. 



DETROIT. 



Census Count Is 465,766. 



BusiiU'ss iiiit (inly rriniiiiis <;t>(>(l, but 

 1^ yiittiiiy licttci as the scasnii advances. 

 Slock is im]ii(i\ iii<^ willi the ailvent ol' 

 i-ooler Avoatlicr. < aination^. cspocially, 

 .ive sliowiug eoiisiilcialilc iiii|iiovement. 

 Stems are loiiyci' aiwl colui- better. 



i''a]l oiKMiinjis in the large stores arc 

 iii'Mting IK) Jittlv extra demand for 

 -luck. 'J'Lis week thousands of asters 

 will be sold at the fair grounds for a 

 i-liuritable benefit, these lloAvcrs being 

 |iiirehased by society ladies and donated 

 tcir that ])ur]i()st'. This will keep the 

 aster sii|i|ily \\i'll in hand and naturally 

 '■aii-c a dciiiaiid for olluT llnweis. 



Various Notes. 



The jpinyrani and essay cdinmittee of 

 1 lie Dctmit J'lurists' (.'hib held a special 

 minting St'pli'Uibcr 17 and outlined a 

 |irograin t'or the ensuing year. Many 

 Minst intciTst ing subjects ]icrtaining to 

 ^al■iuu•- branidies in oiir Imsincss will 

 '•nuii' up fur discussion. 



The .Michigan State Fair opened 

 ><'ptemlj('r ]\K Tlu' e.xhibits in llorti- 

 ■ nltural hall are liv no means the most 

 I xtensiM' displays cm 1lic grounds; in 

 tact, sorry to say liic Jiorists of Detroit 

 -'•em to lie losing interest. Ivxhibits 

 this \(ar aie by W. \j. riinwi], I'rank 

 llol/naule .ami ]\Irs. Bo^ola. Mr. liiowu 



tleniug 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 nmde this year by 

 the Detroit Florists' Club, J. i\ Sulli- 

 vau, F. A. Scribner, J. Breitnieyer 's 

 Sous, Gus Taepke and li. Schroeter. The 

 judges this year were Walter Taepke, 

 Robert Unger, ,1. T. Sullivan, E. A. 

 Scribner and Frank Danzer. Guests of 

 the committee were George F. Browne 

 and Hugo Schroeter. 



Chas. llutlard has opcjied a flower 

 store at ."il Gratiot avenue. Mr. Iluffard 

 for some yeais has conducted a flower 

 stand in a local drug store. 



Breitnieyer "s stall Avill be busy decor- 

 ating ,1. L. Ihulson's store with corn- 

 stalks, etc.. for the fall o|)ening. They 

 also have the contract for decorating 

 ^Mi'. Hudson's store at Toledo. 



W. li. Brown entered his delivery out- 

 fit in the liorsc show at the state fair. 



II. S. 



OBITUARY. 



John H. Sievers. 



.lohn II. Sieveis, one of the best 

 known and oldest florists on the I'acific 

 coast, died at his honu; on Buchaiian 

 street, San I'rancisco, Sejifember 7. Mr. 

 Sievers was a native of Bremen, Ger- 



John H. Sievers. 



-howed a lar;;c tior.al aicli wiiii an o]ien 

 liible. Mr. llol/nai:le had .1 \ci\ plelty 

 wreath and ^li-. r.e^ol.i .il-i' iiad a 

 wreath. A \;i-e ni' line ^iadieii was 

 also exhibited by Mi'. Hrown. I'aliiis, 

 ferns, etc.. were shown by Mes-^iv jjul/ 

 nai:le .and B.rown. M.any line .a^-teis 

 \v<'re >ho\\n by .amateurs. 



The annual e.xhibition of lloweis and 

 -egetables at the jmblic scIkhiIs A\as 

 held Sejitember I-j ami Hi, under the 

 lirei-tion i<\' \\to linine and si-liool jim- 



many, .-nid had been in business in San 

 l'rancisc(j for over forty years. With 

 r. \. Miller he (list established the 

 l^xotic (iaidens on ^Mission street and 

 hater dissolved the partnership and 

 built om: of the laiyesi ranges of glass 

 in this section, at the present location 

 on \aii Xess axcnne. Here Mr. Sievers 

 m.ade a s|iecialty ot' carnation, orchid, 

 begonia and jialm growing and his con- 

 sei\-;itoiies have for years l)een one of 

 the show ]ilaces of th(> town. 11 is suc- 



cess with carnations was phenomena: 

 and among his creations in this lin : 

 probably llannah Ilobart is the bes 

 known. Always keenly interested i 

 hybridizing, many new and valuabl 

 varieties were disseminated from hi 

 greenhouses and the showing, duriu; 

 the ])roper season, of tuberous begonias 

 pelargoniums and stove plants was ar 

 education in itself, which was taken ad 

 vantage of by thousands of plant lover 

 from all parts of California. 



Always an enthusiast in his lifelouj. 

 work, Mr. Sievers, probably more thai 

 any other single grower, ludpcil with hi 

 presence and his magnificent stock ti 

 make the California State Floral Soci 

 ety's exhibitions a success and the re 

 ceutl.v started and struggling new 

 flower shows could always depeiui on 

 him to give financial aiil as well as a. 

 handsome exhibit. For many years be 

 fore the fire he conducted a retail store 

 on I'ost street with the late ,1. B 

 l>oiand. This store was notetl foi 

 carrying one of the finest stocks of cut 

 tlowers in the town. 



^Ir. Sievers is sur\ived by a son, 



• lohn E., well known to all the honicul 

 tural fraternity, and by four marrieii 

 daughters, his wife having died several 

 .vears ago. The funeral was liehl from 

 his late residence and interment was at 

 Woodlawn cemetery. There were sev 

 oral hundred people present .iml tin 

 trade was well represented. 



Mrs. Charles Dickinson. 



!Mrs. Charles Dickinson, wife nt' tlu 

 vice-j>resideiit of the Albert l)ickinson 

 Co., <lit'd at her resideu<-e, lo'M Dear 

 born avenue, Chicago, Seiitember 17, 

 after an illness of about thrii> weeks. 

 .Mrs. Dickinson was taken ill while at 

 Kastliampton, F. f., after lia\ing spent 

 the sumiiKU' in the east. Her daughters, 

 Mrs. !•;. McK. Whiting and Mrs, Leon 

 ard v.. Whiting, botli of New i'ork, 

 were \vitli her and accoin)ianieil her to 



• liicago, remaining with her until her 

 death. Tliri'c sons ;ilso survive her. 

 Mrs. Dickinson ^vas ."iS ye.ars idd. She 

 ha<l been a resident ot' < liic,i;.:u for 

 eighteen years. 



Max Leichtlin. 



'Sl:iK Fei(ditlin, the W(dl know n Ger 

 man botanist, died September '■'•. in flu 

 seventy-ninth year of his a<;e. Tin 

 funeral took place at Badeii-B.aden. 



Katherine Sherman. 



Miss Katherine Sherman, d.aiighter of 

 F, M, Sherman, president of the Sher- 

 man Nursery Co.. liieil at the fainilv 

 home at Charles Cit.v, la.. Moinbay, Seji- 

 tember IL'. She was nineteen xcais of 

 age. 



James M. Kennedy. 



.\t his home ;it l)ans\ ille, .\. Y., 

 .lames M. Kennedy dieil September 8. 

 aged 49. Mr. Kenned.v h;id .a stroke of 

 paral.vsis fourteen months ago and never 

 recovered his h(\'ilth. He w.is one of 

 Dansville's prominent nurserymen, hav- 

 ing followed the nursery business since 

 1870. He was a member of the Dans- 

 ville Nurserymen's Association, also of 

 the American .Association of Nurs(>ry- 

 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 Kenned.v, 

 and sister, Miss ]\laiy I\eiiiied\. all of 



