March 14, 1912. 



TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



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Haute, Ind., where he engaged in busi- 

 ness as a florist and nurseryman. In 

 1870 he removed to Jacksonville, and 

 March 10 marked the forty-second an- 

 niversary of his business career in that 

 city. When he located at Jacksonville 

 he established a florist and nursery 

 business at the present site of the Heinl 

 greenhouses and had his residence 

 there. Later, for a number of years, he 

 had greenhouses on South Main street, 

 and the family residence was on the 

 same property. Subsequently a sub- 

 stantial residence was erected on Green- 

 wood avenue and the business was also 

 transferred to that location. 



Mr. Heinl belonged to a family of 

 florists, all of his brothers being en- 

 gaged in the business and successful. 

 He was a charter member of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and was 

 widely known. With advancing years 

 he determined to surrender some of his 

 cares and he therefore incorporated the 

 business, associating with him his 

 daughter and three of his sons. 



In June, 1866, Mr. Heinl was married 

 in Toledo to Miss Mary Elizabeth 

 Francis, who survives him, with the fol- 

 lowing children: Frank J., of Jackson- 

 ville; Harry, of Toledo; Miss Adele, 

 Edward D., William, Orlando B. and 

 Ernest B., all of Jacksonville. There 

 are two brothers surviving, George A., 

 of Toledo, and John G., of Terre Haute, 

 and two grandchildren, Lorna and Jo- 

 seph Lawrence, children of Harry Heinl. 

 One son, Albert, died in 1907. 



Mr. Heinl had long been identified 

 with lodge life in Jacksonville. He 

 was a member of Harmony lodge No. 

 3, A. F. & A. M.; Jacksonville chapter, 

 B. & S. M.; Jacksonville council. Hos- 

 pitaler Commandery, K. T., and Urania 

 lodge, I. O. O. F. 



Nels P. Colberg. 



Nels P. Colberg, one of the oldest 

 and most respected florists' of Illinois, 

 died of pneumonia at his home in 

 Princeton, 111., on Thursday, February 

 29, at the age of 69 years. He was born 

 at St. Olaf, Sweden, March 31, 1842. 

 He came to America in 1868 and settled 

 at Princeton. He was the leading flo- 

 rist there until 1901, when he sold his 

 greenhouses to O. Lindstrom and re- 

 moved to Ottawa, 111., where he lived 

 for about a year. From there he went 

 to Morris, 111., where he bought the 

 greenhouses of the Morris Floral Co. 

 On account of his failing health, he 

 sold these in 1909 to Ivend Krohn and 

 Henry Eohmer, and returned to Prince- 

 ton, where he had since made his home. 

 He is survived by his wife and three 

 children. The offerings of flowers at 

 his funeral were unusually large and 

 fine. 



Francis Pentland. 



Monday afternoon, March 11, at the 

 ripe old age of 84 years, Francis Pent- 

 land, of Lockland, O., was called to his 

 Maker. He was a pioneer of the 

 florists' business of Cincinnati and 

 vicinity. The deceased was born at 

 Edinburgh, Scotland, August 14, 1828. 

 After he grew into young manhood he 

 worked in London a few years. It was 

 soon after 1850 that he came to this 

 country. His first place was with 

 Eobert Buist, in Philadelphia. Then 

 he removed to Cincinnati via the Ohio 

 river, taking with him the first Vic- 

 toria regia m those parts. Upon this 

 plant, while working in 1854 for the 

 Hon. Nicholas Longworth, father of 



Nels P. Colberg. 



the present congressman, he won with 

 the victoria a diploma at an exposi- 

 tion under the auspices of the O. M. I. 

 The diploma now hangs on the walls of 

 the club rooms of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society, of which Mr. Pent- 

 land was an honorary member. In 1860 

 he removed to Lockland and started 

 the plant now occupied by the Bloom- 

 hurst Floral Co. Fourteen years ago 

 he sold "out to W. K. Partridge and re- 

 tired from active business. Mr. Pent- 

 land, too, was at one time a most 

 prominent member of the Ohio Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Fred Miesel. 



Fred Miesel, of Detroit, Mich., died 

 quite suddenly on Saturday, March 9, 

 at the age of 59 years. He was a char- 

 ter member of the Detroit Florists' 

 Club and one of the city's pioneer flo- 

 rists. He specialized for some years 

 in cyclamens, begonias, primroses and 

 various potted plants. The business 

 will be continued by his son, Fred 

 Miesel, Jr. 



TOEONTO. 



The Market. 



Business last week was good. De- 

 sign work was plentiful and the usual 

 orders for cut flowers combined to 

 make a busy week. Stock is arriving in 

 good condition, and lots of it. Beau- 

 ties are seen in small lots. The Darwin 

 tulip is seen in several of the shops and 

 those dealers who have it report an 



excellent sale for it. Anemones are 

 now arriving and look exceedingly well. 

 Sweet peas and stocks are excellent, 

 also violets. At present there is a 

 large sale , for deep red carnations. 



Various Notes. 



Tidy is showing a fine display of 

 flowering plants in pots and fancy bas- 

 kets. He reports an excellent trade. 



The grip is prevalent throughout the 

 city and the staffs in several of the 

 stores are reduced on this account. 



Mrs. Walker, on Avenue road, has 

 sold out and her store has been taken 

 by a tailoring firm. 



J. H. Dunlop is showing some of the 

 finest stocks seen here in a long while. 



Harry Dillemuth and S. A. Frost re- 

 port an excellent trade in the Spadina 

 College district. 



The question of who is to be next 

 park commissioner is still unsettled. 

 There are several applicants, but Chas. 

 Chambers is acting in the meantime. 



The plants in the civic greenhouses 

 at Allan gardens and Exhibition park 

 are in fine condition and when the time 

 comes to put them out they will make 

 a good showing. E. A. F. 



Ilion, N. y. — Ward Gordon is rebuild- 

 ing his greenhouses on Otsego street, 

 which were burned some time ago. 

 When completed, the houses will be 

 much more commodious than the old 

 ones and will enable Mr. Gordon to cope 

 with his increasing business. 



