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Dbcbmbeb 22, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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of floricultural interest in West Phila- 

 delphia. 



There was a large attendance of 

 those in the trade and others at the 

 funeral and the floral emblems were 

 both numerous and beautiful. 



Anthony Wiegand. 



Anthony Wiegand, pioneer florist of 

 Indiaiapolis, died December 19 at his 

 home,\t Sixteenth and Illinois streets, 

 of paralysis. Early in October he suf- 

 fered a slight stroke, from which he 

 'seemed to be partly recovering and 

 until a few days before his death he 

 seemed in good spirits and apparently 

 on the mend. Early last week, how- 

 ■ever, he suffered another shock and 

 grew steadily worse until the time of 

 his death. 



Mr. Wiegand was born in Saxony, 

 ■Germany, April 25, 1832. At the age of 

 27 years he came to this country, locat- 

 ing at Indianapolis, where he engaged 

 in the florists' business on Kentucky 

 avenue, which is now right in the heart 

 of the city. A few years later, seeing 

 the need of purer air and more room, 

 he bought property in what was at 

 that time far out in the country, but 

 is now the best residence district of 

 the city. Here he conducted his busi- 

 ness individually until 1900, at which 

 time he took into partnership his two 

 sons, George B. and Homer L. Wiegand, 

 who have had the active management 

 of the business since that time. 



Mr. Wiegand was an indefatigable 

 traveler, having been in Europe a num- 

 ber of times and in the Hawaiian 

 Islands only a few years ago, besides 

 having visited in nearly every state in 

 this country. A trip to the West Indies 

 and Panama was under contemplation 

 for this winter, when he suffered the 

 first stroke of paralysis. 



Having been an active business man 

 in his prime, Mr. Wiegand remained 

 until his death a staunch and active 

 supporter of every progressive move- 

 ment in the trade. His purse was al- 

 ways handy when funds were needed to 

 carry on flower shows, florists' picnics, 

 etc. He was a member of the S. A. F., 

 the American Carnation Society and 

 the State Florists' Association of Indi- 

 ana, and was usually to be found among 

 those present at the conventions and 

 meetings. During his fifty-one years in 

 the florists' business he built up a 

 retail trade of large proportions on the 

 basis of highest quality in everything 

 he handled. Born of good German 

 stock, with strict honesty bred into his 

 veins, he could always be depended on 

 to give his fellowman his just dues. His 

 word was good with everyone who 

 knew him. 



Interment will be in beautiful Crown 

 Hill cemetery, where he has himself 

 planted many thousands of flowering 

 plants. 



He leaves, besides the two sons, a 

 wife and two daughters, Misses Benie 

 and Anna Wiegand. 



Mrs. Peter Mergen. 



Mary E.. Mergen, wife of Peter Mer- 

 gen, of Maryville, Mo., died December 

 15 after an illness of several months, 

 at the age of 56 years. She was born 

 Mary E. Hogan, a native of Illinois, 

 naturally fond of flowers and plants, 

 which made her a pioneer in the flo- 

 rists' business in northwestern Missouri, 

 starting in a small way in 1884. She 

 was successful from the first and about 

 five years later Mr. Mergen gave up his 



Anthony Wiegand. 



other business interests to devote all 

 his time to the florists' business estab- 

 lished by Mrs. Mergen under the firm 

 name Peter Mergen & Co. She is sur- 

 vived by her husband, who December 

 17 sold the stock and good will of the 

 business and leased the greenhouses, 

 store and grounds for a long term to 

 Alfred Engelmann and F. A. Engel- 

 mann, who have been conducting the 

 Engelmann Greenhouses. The move is 

 for expansion on the part of the pur- 

 chasers, giving them a good uptown loca- 

 tion where plants can be pi;pperly cared 

 for and displayed, as the greenhouses ad- 

 joining the store cover about 3,000 

 square feet of glass. The Engelmanns 

 also have been doing quite a good 

 wholesale business, in addition to re- 

 tail trade, and this move will also en- 

 large the wholesale end of the business. 



Sobert Bnlst. 



Eobert Buist, the veteran Philadel- 

 phia seedsman whose death was re- 

 ported in this column last week, ex- 

 ecuted a will December 6, only a week 

 before the fatal termination of his ill- 

 ness. The estate is valued at $500,000. 

 After giving $5,000 to Mrs. George 

 Bedford, his sister, and making several 

 other small bequests, the will provides 

 that the residue of the estate be held 

 in trust for Miss Eoberta B. De Janon, 

 the decedent's only grandohild, and 

 that she be given the net income for 

 life. In the event that Miss De Janon 

 shall die without issue the estate is to 

 be turned over to the Eobert Buist Co. 

 "My purpose," the will states, "being 

 to benefit and reward thereby H. C. 

 Stable, Edward J. Flood and Albert C. 

 Kockerberger, who have been my faith- 



ful employes for many years and other 

 than whom there is no one I would 

 prefer to benefit in the event of my 

 granddaughter dying without lawful 

 issue." 



Mr. Buist was 73 years oi age. He 

 had been actively engaged in the seed 

 trade for fifty-five years, having been 

 started in the business by his father, 

 then a noted Philadelphia plantsman, 

 when he was 18 years of age. He built 

 up a large catalogue trade and became 

 wealthy through the buying and sell- 

 ing of seeds. A man of keen intellect, 

 widely traveled and a cosmopolitan in 

 the best sense of the word, his last 

 years were much alone, as his wife 

 died about four years ago and his only 

 surviving relatives were his sister and 

 granddaughter. He had for some time 

 made his home in the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford hotel, where he died. 



BOWLING AT CINCINNATI. 



Champion- 

 ship 



Player — 1st 2d Ave. 



Al Sunderbrnch 151 172 171 



C. E. Crltchell 137 157 171 



Ed. Wltterstaetter 177 175 170 



Al. Horning 189 147 162 



Chas. Wltterstaetter 166 156 161 



Al. Heckman 163 142 156 



R. C. Wltterstaetter 181 179 154 



Arthur Becker 149 153 151 



Frank Dellar 131 162 14fc 



Leo Wltterstaetter 144 165 146 



H. Sunderhaus 106 135 121 



Frank Ball 113 123 118 



C. H. Hoffmelster 97 138 118 



Kd. Bossmeyer 146 131 109 



Lawrence Fritz 90 82 109 



0. H. Hoffmelster 102 124 108 



A. Ostendarp 93 84 98 



E. C. Wltterstaetter won the cigars 

 offered by C. E. Critchell, with an aver- 

 age of 170, in the championship games. 



C. H. H. 



