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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBEB 24, 1910. 



all varieties of flowers is gradually 

 moving upward, with every prospect 

 that the prices obtained at Thanksgiv- 

 ing will be good. There has also been 

 a great deal of funeral work, of which 

 large sprays of mums have formed a 

 great part. 



Thanksgiving day is now upon us, 

 and we are ready to welcome it. The 

 last few years have developed this day 

 into one of the best of the year. 

 Prices are not raised so high as to be 

 out of reach of the average buyer, as 

 at Christmas; as a consequence great 

 quantities of flowers are handled at 

 good prices and they go into the homes 

 of the middle class of buyers. Thus 

 Thanksgiving day is a day of general 

 satisfaction all around and we look for- 

 ward to its coming with a great deal 

 of pleasure. Everything points to its 

 being a record breaker this year. 



The supply of stock for this market 

 is much the same as reported last week. 

 Beauties are somewhat scarce and vio- 

 lets are not equal to the demand. The 

 prices of both roses and carnations are 

 advancing. 



Various Notes. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, November 14, some good 

 mum seedlings were shown, which were 

 grown by Henry Fischer, one of our 

 best growers of seedling mums. The 

 committee appointed to look after 

 novelties, and award them a certificate 

 of merit, gave these the following 

 average: No. 1, a white incurved, 87 

 points, commercial scale; No. 2, a large 

 white, 60 points; No. 3, a light pink, 

 80; No. 4, a dark pink of the Amorita 

 type, 85; No. 5, a white, 72 points. 



James Hamilton, of Mount Washing- 

 ton, has finished and planted his new 

 concrete house with roses, which are 

 doing finely. He has been cutting some 

 extra fine Dorothy Gordon carnations. 



The park board is removing all the 

 shrubbery on several of the large 

 squares. It makes a decided improve- 

 ment, as the bushes were old and some 

 of them were badly infested by scale. 

 The beds are being put in shape for 

 the planting of pansies and bulbs. 

 About 50,000 pansies are to be planted. 



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ALBANY, N. T. 



The second annual flower show, held 

 by the Albany Florists' Club in the 

 state armory, November 10 to 12, was 

 well attended and enthusiastically ad- 

 mired. 



The judges were W. G. Saltford, 

 Poughkeepsie ; Alfred H. Wingett, 

 Lenox, Mass.; Edward J. Norman, 

 Lenox, Mass.; Thomas J. Totten, Sara- 

 toga Springs; J. R. Fotheringham, 

 Tarrytown, and Dale S. Carpenter, 

 Cohoes. The exhibits were numerous, 

 and the work of determining the 

 awards occupied nearly all of the first 

 afternoon and evening. 



The prize for the best decorated flo- 

 rist's booth was awarded to John J. 

 Berberick, Second avenue, who now 

 owns the handsome silver cup donated 

 by the Florists' Club for this competi- 

 tion. The booth of W. C. Gloeckner the 

 judges thought especially attractive. It 

 was fitted up elaborately and tastefully 

 for a wedding, with the wax figures 

 most lifelike. 



F. A. Danker was awarded eleven 

 first prizes, including first on mantel 

 decorations and first on best vase of 

 twenty-five white chrysanthemums. The 

 last named prize was declared by the 

 judges a sweepstake, and a label was 

 attached to the exhibit setting forth 

 that the flowers were the best group of 

 twenty-five in the show. 



Alfred Simon, gardener for Charles 

 Gibson, Albany, received a diploma for 

 a fine group of plants arranged for 

 effect. 



First prizes went to Alfred E. Whit- 

 tle for choice roses, W. C. Gloeckner for 

 choicest specimen plant, Frederick 

 Goldring for ferns, Menkes Bros., of 

 Watervliet, and others. 



The gardeners and superintendents of 

 the large private estates in Lenox re- 

 ceived a number of first prizes. Alfred 

 Loveless won the Danker cup for a 

 beautiful collection of orchids. He was 

 also awarded a diploma for chrysanthe- 

 mums. One of the largest and hand- 

 somest collections of chrysanthemums 

 ever seen in this city was that placed 

 on exhibition by A. J. Jenkins, gar- 

 dener for S. P. Shotter, Lenox. The 

 Marston & Seaman cup for the best 

 vase of 100 carnations went to F. 

 Heeremans, Lenox. 



FOLLWOBTH TAKES TO WOODS. 



Immediately after the Milwaukee 

 flower show C. C. Pollworth took to 

 the woods, although there was nothing 

 about the exhibits of this firm that 

 seemed to call for hasty departure. The 

 fact seems to have been that he was on 

 his annual hunting expedition and in 

 search for bouquet green. The accom- 

 panying illustration shows his success 



in the first undertaking, but seems to 

 give little promise for the latl^er. The 

 deer arrived safely at Milwaukee and 

 a venison lunch will be served at the 

 next meeting of the Milwaukee Flo 

 rists' Club. 



OBITUARY. 



C. C Pollworth in the Wisconsin Woods. 



Bobert M. Snow. 



Robert M. Snow, who for many years 

 conducted a business as a florist in 

 Greenfield, Mass., died at Springfield, 

 Mass., and was buried November 14. 

 Since the death of his wife, a year ago, 

 Mr. Snow had lived with his daughter, 

 Mrs. Alice S. Howe, in Springfield. 



Budolph Jahn. 



Rudolph Jahn, 40 years of age, died 

 November 18 at his residence, 4659 

 Sheridan road, Chicago, and was buried 

 at Graceland cemetery on Sunday after- 

 noon. Mr. .Tahn removed to Chicago 

 from New York, where he had been a 

 retail salesman for leading New York 

 and Brooklyn stores. Finding employ- 

 ment with O. J. Friedman, Mr. Jahn 

 at length married Frances "Butler, 

 who had for years been in charge 

 of Mr. Friedman's office work. Under 

 the name of the Butler Floral Co., they 

 opened a retail store on Dearborn street, 

 subsequently establishing branches in 

 other parts of the city. The business 

 went into bankruptcy in the early part of 

 the present year. 



Armaldo E. Covell. 



Armaldo E. Covell, for more than 

 ten years engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness at Barrington, R. I., died Novem- 

 ber 19 as the result of a paralytic 

 shock that he suffered the previous 

 Wednesday. He did not regain con- 

 sciousness after he was stricken. He 

 was born at Syracuse, N. Y., son of Ed- 

 ward and Eliza Covell, and was 56 

 years of age. When a young man 

 he removed to Rhode Island and took 

 up his residence at Barrington, where 

 he purchased considerable land and 

 built a fine home. Soon after becom- 

 ing settled he engaged in the manu- 

 facturing jewelry business, for about 

 twenty years, in the city of Pawtucket, 

 R. I. He devoted much time to the im- 

 provement of his lands at Barrington, 

 erecting a range of greenhouses, which 

 for many years he conducted merely for 

 amusement. Finding that his health 

 was failing and desirous of outdoor 

 pursuits, he engaged in the florists' 

 business, about ten years ago, and was 

 successful. He was prominent in the 

 Masonic fraternity, being a past master 

 of Washington lodge, of Warren, B. L, 

 also holding office in Royal Arch Chap- 

 ter of that town. Besides a widow, four 

 sons and a daughter survive him. 



Anthony Beitz. 

 Anthony Reitz, a pioneer florist of 

 Montgomery county, Ohio, died No- 

 vember 16 at St. Elizabeth's hospital, 

 Dayton, O. Death was caused by 

 asthma, from which the deceased had 

 been a sufferer ever since early child- 

 hood. In former years he was employed 

 by the Highland Floral Co., of which 

 H. M. Attick was proprietor; this posi- 

 tion he held until the company sold out 

 the business. His next place of employ- 

 ment was with the Heiss Co., and after 

 the death of J. B. Heiss he went to 

 H. H. Bitter's place, where he held a 

 responsible position until his health 

 failed and he was obliged to go to the 

 hospital. 



