SEPrEMBEE 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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funeral- work • to keep his force quite 



busy. 



The Franklin Park Floral Co. says 

 business is picking up now and stock 

 is coming on in good shape. 



K. A. Currie, president of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, returned from the lakes 

 with some big fish stories. J, M. 



riower Show at State Fair. 



The Ohio state fair opened here 

 August 28 and continued through Sep- 

 tember 1. Heretofore, except by the 

 Livingston Seed Co., little interest 

 has been taken in the noricultural 

 classes. This year it was a pleasure to 

 note the appearance of Sherman F. 

 Stephens, of this city, and August 

 Schneider J of Springfield, 0. Charles 

 Jordan, of Wauseon, C, proved himself 

 a most competent judge, his decisions 

 being favorably received by the com- 

 petitors. 



The chief feature was a dining table 

 decoration, which S. F. Stephens won, 

 with a beautiful combination of My 

 Maryland roses and valley. The Living- 

 ston Seed Co. was second, using a 

 centerpiece of Mrs. Taft roses and 

 delphiniums. Miss Eachel Smith, of 

 Trinway, O., was third with a neat de- 

 sign of a lake for a centerpiece. Mr. 

 Schneider 's flowers being lost in transit, 

 he was prevented from competing in 

 this class. 



The designs, bouquets and vases 

 proved quite an attraction on Thursday. 

 The Livingston Seed Co. took first 

 premium on a pair of bouquets of Eich- 

 mond and Killarney roses. S. F. 

 Stephens ran a close second with a pair 

 of much larger bouquets of lavender 

 and white asters. 



S. F. Stephens took first premium 

 on a large funeral design, exhibiting a 

 wreath on an easel; Livingston Se-ed 

 Co., second. The first premium for a 

 large festival design was won by S. F. 

 Stephens with an appropriate design, 

 a cornucopia or horn of plenty; Living- 

 ston Seed Co., second. S. F. Stephens 

 took first premium on collection of five 

 small funeral designs, with Livingston 

 Seed Co. coming in second. The first 

 premium on vase of American Beauties 

 was awarded to Livingston Seed Co. 

 First premium on display of twenty- 

 five varieti^ of cut flowers was awarded 

 to S. F. Stephens; Livingston Seed Co., 

 second. Vase of flowers not over 

 twelve inches high, Livingston Seed 

 Co., first; S. F. Stephens, second. 



Competition was keen in the plant 

 classes. Perhaps the most notable 

 exhibit was a fine specimen of Cycas 

 revoluta, 40 years old, shown by S. F. 

 Stephens, in whose houses it has been 

 for thirty-six years. The plant awards 

 were as follows: 



single specimen palm, S. F. Stephens, first; 

 Livingston Seed Co.. second. 



Coliectlon of stove and greenhouse plants, not 

 less than fifty, S. F. Stephens, first; Livingston 

 Seed Co., second. 



Collection of canras In bloom, S. F. Stephens, 

 first; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Collection of palms, Livingston Seed Co., first; 

 S. F. Stephens, second. 



Porch box filled with plants, S. F. Stephens, 

 first; Livingston Seed Co., second. 



Pair hanging baskets, Livingston Seed Co., 

 first; S. F. Stephens, second. 



Basket of plants, S. F. Stephens, first; Living- 

 ston Seed Co., second. 



Vnse of plants, Livingston Seed Co., first; 

 S. F. Stephens, second. 



The few remaining classes were 

 awarded to the Livingston Seed Co., 

 there being no competition, as S. F. 

 Stephens did not enter in these classes. 

 The Livingston Seed Co. also won 

 first premiums on collections of roses. 



carnations, asters and gladioli, without 

 competition, except on roses by Mr. 

 Schneider, who took a close second. 



C.E.M. 



OBITUARY. 



Lewis Chase. 



Lewis Chase, head of the firm of 

 Chase Bros. Co., the Eochester nursery- 

 men, died at his home, 4 Winthrop 

 street, Eochester, September 5. He 

 was born January 22, 1830, at Chase 

 Mills, Me. He began the nursery busi- 

 ness in Maine in 1857, with two broth- 

 ers, Ethan A. and Martin Van B. Chase, 

 and in 1868 he and his brother Ethan 

 removed to Eochester, leaving Martin 

 in charge of the Maine establishment. 



The two brothers were pioneers in 

 the establishment of nurseries in Eoch- 

 ester, along with Patrick Barry and 

 George EUwanger, the original mem- 

 bers of the firm of EUwanger & Barry. 

 In 1878 Martin Chase retired from 

 business, leaving the aifairs of the firm 

 to the management of his two brothers, 

 who soon took out a certificate of in- 

 corporation under the firm name of 

 Chase Bros. Co. At the time of the 

 incorporation Lewis Chase was elected 

 president of the company, which office 

 he retained until his death. In 1895 

 Ethan Chase sold his interest in the 

 firn;^ and moved to California, leaving 

 his brother, Lewis, as the only original 

 member of the firm. 



September 6, 1855, at Sidney, Me., 

 Mr. Chase married Edwina G. Dyer, 

 who died May 5 of this year. Five chil- 

 dren, two of whom died in infancy, 

 were born to them. There are still 

 living three children, Charles H. Chase, 

 Mrs. William Pitkin and Mrs. Arthur 

 H. Dudley, all of Eochester; ten grand- 

 children and two great-grandchildren. 

 Mr. Chase was a member of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society and several 

 other trade organizations. 



Louis Nadig. 



Louis Nadig, a florist employed by 

 Harry White at North Manchester, 

 Ind., died quite suddenly September 4, 

 following an attack of Bright 's dis- 

 ease. He was about 44 years of age 

 and a native of Switzerland. Nothing 

 is known of his family or friends, and 

 the remains were interred in a ceme- 

 tery plot by a fellow countryman at 

 North Manchester. That relatives exist 

 iru Switzerland is known, because Mr. 

 Nadig had expected to receive moneys 

 from there with which he intended to 

 buy greenhouses at Tipton, Ind., and 

 go into business for himself. For a 

 short time prior to his recent engage- 

 ment by Mr. White, Mr. Nadig had 

 been employed by Wm. Dittman at 

 New Castle, Ind. 



John Leavy. 



John Leavy, of Greeley, Colo., died 

 September 1, aged 80 years. He was 

 one of the founders of Greeley and was 

 closely identified with all public in- 

 terests. He was a florist and three days 

 after his arrival here, in 1870, had se- 

 lected his ground and was busy turn- 

 ing the sod to plant it to trees, shrubs 

 and flowers.. 



Born in Ireland, in 1831, his parents 

 intended he should be a priest. He en- 

 tered Trinity college and was an almost 

 daily visitor at the Botanical Gardens 

 in London and there decided to become 

 a botanist. 



He and his sister emigrated in the 

 early sixties. He located in New York 

 and finally went into the florists' |)usi- 

 ness in New Jersey. In 1868 he became 

 interested in a colony to be founded at 

 the foot of the Eocky mountains, and 

 after his removal to Greeley he became 

 an expert in the botany of Colorado and 

 to him belongs the distinction of having 

 never failed in the identification of a 

 plant in the Eocky mountain region. 



In his later years Mr. Leavy often 

 lectured before the State Normal school 

 on the flora of the region. He was one 

 of the prime movers in getting for Col- 

 orado its agricultural college and some 

 of the most valuable agricultural data 

 our government has distributed from 

 the department at Washington are a 

 product of his life's labor. 



About a month ago friends persuaded 

 him to go to a hospital for care, but 

 old age claimed him as a victim. 



Mr. Leavy is survived by three chil- 

 dren, one son and two daughters. 



TEBBE HAUTE, IND. 



Dr. Edward Eeiss, of the Terre 

 Haute Eose & Carnation Co., returned 

 last week from a two weeks' vacation 

 in British Columbia. While en route 

 home, his wife was unfortunate enough 

 to lose a bag containing about $2,000 

 worth of diamonds, which somewhat de- 

 tracted from what was otherwise an 

 enjoyable trip. 



Paul Halbrooks, of Columbus, O., 

 who motored to his old home in Evans- 

 villc, Ind., stopped off a few hours 

 here to visit the trade. 



The newly organized Terre Haute 

 Florists' Club gave its first annual 

 picnic to the employees and their fam- 

 ilies August 29. It was held at Forest 

 park, a beautiful natural spot six 

 miles from the city, and as every estab- 

 lishment closed at noon, there was a 

 good attendance, sixty-five persons be- 

 ing lined up ,at the feast, which took 

 place immediately after the ball game 

 was over. The ball game was fast and 

 furious, with a score something like 

 (57 to 59, but the official records failed 

 to show which side won, so it was de- 

 cided to play it off next year. 



Eobert D. Heinl, Washington corres- 

 pondent of Leslie's Weekly, stopped off 

 for a day to visit his parents, Mr. and 

 Mrs. John G. Heinl. Mr. Heinl was on 

 his way to Alaska, where he was sent 

 with Secretary Fisher, of the Interior 

 Department, to get a first-hand insight 

 into the Alaskan troubles. 



Leonard H. Mahan, one of the largest 

 lettuce growers in the state, tried grow- 

 ing asters last year as a summer crop 

 in his empty houses, with such good 

 success that this season he planted five 

 houses, each 25x150, with them, and by 

 having the different varieties he can 

 have asters galore all summer. He uses 

 the large sized ribbed skylight glass on 

 all his houses and states that there is 

 no breakage, that the stock never 

 burns and never has to be shaded. 



Otto Heinl, of West Terre Haute, 

 sold his greenhotises to a former em- 

 ployee, Tom Stephenson, and will leave 

 October 1 for Oregon, where he has 

 purchased a fruit farm. 



Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Stover have 

 returned from a visit with relatives in 

 northern Indiana. 



Miss Duenweg, designer at Fred 

 Heinl 's, is on her vacation, visiting 

 Cincinnati and Louisville. 



F. G. H. 



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