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The Weekly^Florists^ Review^ 



Mabch 25, 1009. 



PLANT GROWERS ON TOUR. 



March 15 the members of the New 

 York and New Jersey Association of 

 Plant Growers visited the establishments 

 of their members on Long Island to in- 

 spect the Easter crops. There were eight- 

 een in the party and they traveled over 

 the entire Long Island section in W. H. 

 Siebrecht's touring car. 



One of the objects for which the asso- 

 ciation was incorporated is to diffuse in- 

 formation as to pot plant growing. With 

 this object in view the party called at 

 almost every member's place on Long 

 Island, and examined the plants in stock 

 for the Easter trade. It was an instruct- 

 ive day for the members, and the infor- 

 mation which was gathered nmde it Avell 

 worth the time which was lost during 

 their absence from their own establish- 

 ments. The association has followed this 

 practice for two years and has found it 

 so profitable that it intends to continue 

 the same indefinitely. 



The party started at the place of Her- 

 man Dreyer, at Elmhurst, and from there 

 proceeded to College Point and visited 

 Anton Schultheis, and after seeing all the 

 houses in that establishment they passed 

 to Whitestone and visited Louis Dupuy, 

 Pankok & Sehumaciier and the Hinode 

 Florist Co. From there a long run was 

 made to Jamaica, L. I., where they vis- 

 ited A. L. Miller's greenhouses, and from 

 there the ])arty proceeded to Brooklyn, 

 where, at Piel Bros., a bounteous course 

 dinner, with liquid refreshments, was 

 awaiting them. After dinner they pro- 

 ceeded to the establishment of John Scott 

 in Flatbush, thence to Peter Wagner's, 

 Charles Zeller & Sons on Clarkson street, 

 and also on Lefferts street, Brooklyn, 

 thence to the houses of Louis Schmutz 

 and Frank Manker. It took considerable 

 time to go through each establishment, 

 and when the rounds had been made it 

 was after six o 'clock and the party had 

 enjoyed suflScient fresh air in the auto- 

 mobile to gather up a good appetite for 

 the supper which was served to them in 

 the Consumers' park. 



The following members were in the 

 party: Julius Roehrs, Sr., Herman 

 Dreyer, Louis Dupuy, Frederick H. Dres- 



sel, Frank Manker, Herman Manner, A. 

 L. Miller, John Miesem, Pankok & Schu- 

 macher, Jlerinan C. Steinhoff, Herman 

 Schoelzel, Anton Schultheis, John" Scott, 

 Louis Schmutz, Peter Wagner, Alfred L. 

 Zeller and William H. Siebrecht, Jr., the 

 secretary of the association. H. II. Lor- 

 enz had charge of the automobile. 



The accompanying photograph was 

 taken just after the noonday meal, when 

 everybody felt happy and looked cheer- 

 ful. S. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. P. J. Hauswirth. 



Marie C. Hauswirth, wife of the late 

 P. J. Hauswirth, of Chicago, died at tlie 

 Cerniau hospital, in that city, Friday 

 evening, March 19, failing to rally from 

 the shock of a severe surgical operation 

 performed two days before. Coming so 

 soon after the tragic death of her hus- 

 band, who died December 4, 1907, and 

 after only a week's swift illness, the an- 

 nouncement of her death was particu- 

 larly saddening, and to the son and 

 daughter thus orphaned within a little 

 more than a year the sympathy of the 

 entire trade goes out. 



Mrs. Hauswirth was without doubt the 

 nu)st widely known woman in the trade, 

 as her husband was one of its most 

 widely known men. Her maiden name 

 was Marie C. Collnot and, at 20 years 

 of age, in 1882, she married Mr. Haus- 

 wirth, then himself only 21, and em- 

 l)loyed in the flower store of Charles 

 Keisig. one of the pioneers of the trade 

 in Chicago. The store was then at 175 

 Wabash avenue. At a little later date 

 Mr. Keisig removed to the Auditorium, 

 then far south of the center of trade, 

 occu'pying a part of the drug store on 

 the Wabash avenue side. This was not 

 at first profitable, and in July, 1892, Mr. 

 Reisig, being well along in years, turned 

 his business over to Mr. Hauswirth, dy- 

 ing within the year. Mr. Hauswirth 

 later moved into a store on the Michigan 

 avenue side of the Auditorium Annex, 

 and in 1907 moved again to a new store 

 in the latest addition to the Annex. From 

 the day Mr. Hauswirth took up the busi- 



ness for himself, his wife was his work- 

 ing as well as his home companion. Never 

 were two lives lived closer together. She 

 spent a large part of her time in the 

 store, was with her husband constantly 

 on convention and other trips. Each was 

 of that disposition that makes friends 

 rapidly, and their warm friends are to be 

 found by scores wherever florists, Red- 

 men, or Elks foregather, from one end 

 of the land to the other. 



The funeral was held at the family 

 home, 146 Clybourn avenue, Monday af- 

 ternoon, March 22. There were many 

 flowers and a larger gathering of mem- 

 bers of the trade than has been seen in 

 Chicago since that last sad duty at the 

 same spot. The pallbearers were H. N. 

 Bruns, Joe Curran, George Asmus, E. F. 

 Winterson, Alex. Henderson and a Mr. 

 Baine. Interment was beside the body 

 of her husband at Rosehill. 



Ernest Weber. 



Ernest Weber, one of the well known 

 growers for the Chicago market, died at 

 4:30 on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 

 23, after only forty-eight hours' illness 

 with erysipelas. 



Mr. Weber was born at Wurtemberg, 

 Germany, forty-eight years ago. He came 

 to this country while a young man and 

 has been a familiar figure in the trade 

 in Chicago for many years. For a long 

 time he was in partnership with his 

 brother, Fred, the firm being known as 

 Weber Bros. Their first business ven- 

 ture for themselves was in what is known 

 as the Grossman place, on Lincoln ave- 

 nue, which they rented and operated with 

 notable success for a number of years. 

 As growers of Beauties, tea roses and 

 lilies the brothers had no superiors and 

 not many equals. A few years ago it was 

 found that larger glass area was neces- 

 sary to provide scope for the abilities of 

 two such good growers and the partner- 

 ship was dissolved, Fred Weber building 

 some Beauty houses for himself, not far 

 away, and Ernest Weber continuing to 

 operate the Grossman place, growing teas 

 and lilies. Not many growers for the 

 Chicago market have been so uniformly 

 successful as he in forcing longifloruma 



New York and New Jersey Association of Plant Growers in W. H, Siebrecht's Automobile. 



