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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



31 



llauto, liid., avIrtc lin cnyajjcil in lnisi- 

 iiess us a liorist and imrsoryiiiaii. In 

 1870 lio rciiiovt'd to Jacksonville, and 

 March ]0 marked the forty-second an- 

 niversary of his business ciireer in tliat 

 city, M'hen lie lo.ated at Jacksonville 

 he estahlisluMJ ;i llorist and nursery 

 l)usiness at the j. resent site of the Ilein'l 

 {.'recnhouses and had his residence 

 there. Later, for a number of years, ho 

 had ;>reenhouses on South Main street, 

 and the family residence was on the 

 same ]»roperty. Subsequently a sub- 

 stantial resilience was erected on Green- 

 wood avenue and the ])usiness was also 

 transferred to that location. 



Mr. Ileinl belonij;ed to a family of 

 florists, all of his l)rothers b(>in<> en- 

 }j;aged in the business and successful. 

 He was a (diarter member of tlie So- 

 ciety of American Florists and was 

 wid(dy known. With advaiK-ino- years 

 lie determined to s\irrender some of his 

 cares and he therefore incorpoi'ated thi' 

 business, asso<-iat in^' with him his 

 dauf^hter and three of his sons. 



In .lune, ] Sfit;^ Mr. Heinl was married 

 in Toledo to Miss Mary Klizaboth 

 Francis, who siir\ ixcs him, with the fol- 

 lowing chiblren: Frank .)., of .lackson- 

 ville; JIarry, 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 grandchiblren, Lorna and Jo- 

 seph Lawrence, children of Harry Heinl. 

 One son, Albert, died in 1907. 



]\rr. Heinl had long been identified 

 with lodge life in Jacksonville. He 

 was a member of Harmony lodge No. 

 'A, A. F. iSc A. M.; Jacksonville chapter, 

 i^ «& 8. M.; Jacksonville council, Hos- 

 pitaler Comnmuderv, K. T., and Frania 

 lodge, I. 0. O. F. " 



Nels P. Colberg. 



Xels P. Colberg, one of the oldest 

 and most rcsjiected llorists of llliuois, 

 <lied of pneumonia at his home in 

 Piinceton, 111., on Thursday, February 

 L'O. at the age nf tiO veais. He was born 

 at St. Olaf, Swede'n. March .•'.l, ISll*. 

 He came to America in 1SG8 and settled 

 at Princeton, lie was tht^ leading llo- 

 rist there until l!Mil, when he sold his 

 greenhouses to t >. Lindstrom and re- 

 moved to Ottnw.i. 111., where lie lived 

 for about a year. From there he wimt 

 to Morris, 111., where he bought the 

 greenhouses of the Morris ]'''loral Co. 

 On account of liis failing health, lie 

 sold thes(^ in 19n!t to Ivend Krohn and 

 Henry Rohmer. and returneil to Prince- 

 ton, where he h;id since made his lionie. 

 He is sur\ived by his wife and three 

 children. Thf olVcriiigs of tlowei's iit 

 his fun<'r;il were unusually large and 

 fine. 



Francis Pentlaiid. 



^londay afternoon, March 11. at the 

 ripe old age of S4 years, Francis Pent- 

 land, of l>0(dvland, O., was called to his 

 ]\raker. He was a pioneer of kho 

 flfirists' business of Cincinnati and 

 vicinity. The deceased was born at 

 Fdinln'irgh, Scotl.and. August 14, 1S2S. 

 After ht! grew into young manhood he 

 worked in London a few years. It was 

 soon after ISoO that h(> came to this 

 country. His first place was with 

 Tvobert Buist, in Philadelphia. Then 

 he removed to Cincinnati via the Ohio 

 river, taking with him the first Vic- 

 toria rcgia in those parts. Upon this 

 ]>laut, while working in 18.14 for the 

 lion. Nicholas Longworth, father of 



Ncis P. Colberg. 



the ]>rescnt congressman, he won with 

 I the victoria a diploma at an exposi- 

 tion under the ausjiices of th(> O. M. i. 

 ' The diploma now hangs on tli<' walls of 

 the cliil) rooms of the < iiicimiati 

 I'lorists' Society, ot' whith Mr. J'ent- 

 land "was ;ni houorar\- member. In ]S(i(l 

 j he rem(ive(| to Lockland and started 

 I the plant now nccupieil by the I'dodiii- 

 \ hurst I'loral Co. i'ourfeen yenrs ago 

 he sob! -out to W. K. Partridge and re- 

 tiree! from atti\e iiusine-is. Mr. I't'iit 

 land, too, ^\■as at one time ;i mo>t 

 )ironiinent menil>er of the Ohio llnrii 

 cMiltur:il Socict.N'. 



Fred Miesel. 



Fi-o.j Mies(d, of li.'troit. .Midi., died 

 c|iiite suilileiily on Saturdax. .M.-iicli '.', 

 at till' age of .")'.• year^. lie wa^ a rh.'ir 

 tor member ol' the l>e1roit IMoi-ist-^' 

 ('lull and one of tlie ijty's pioin'cr tio- 

 rists. He speiiali/ecj for some ycar> 

 ' in ryrjjimens, begonias, jirimroses am! 

 \arioiis ]iotte(i plants. The busiiies- 

 \\\\\ be c-ontinued b\- his ^on, Fred 

 Mi.'Srl, .Ir. 



TORONTO. 



The Market. 



r)Usiiie>s hist week was good. l)e- 

 ■iign work Avas jdeiitiful !ind the usual 

 orders for cut flowers combiiii'd to 

 make a Vnisy 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 



exi-i'llcnt s:i!e for it. Anemones are 

 now iirrix ing and look exceedingly well. 

 SwiM't jieas aini stocks are excellent, 

 ai^o \ iolets. At I'resciit tli(>re is a 

 large sale lOr ijeep red carnation-;. 



Various Notes. 



Tidy is showing a line disjday of 

 llowering plants in pot-~ and f;inry bas- 

 kets. Ill' reports an exiellcnt triide. 



The L^rip is prexairiit throughout the 

 lify ami thr stall-; in srv eral of the 

 stores are rcduri'd on this ai-i-ount. 



Ml-;. Walker, mi A\emie road, has 



-old out and lier store h;is I ii taken 



li\ ;i tailoring liini. 



.1. II. l»lliilop i-~ -hiiwiiig -Dine of the 

 line-t -"torii- M'i'ii here in :i liin;_; while. 



Ibiriy l»illemutli ;inii S. \. l'ro>t re- 

 port an exrelleiit tr.'ide in the Spjidina 

 ' olli'i:!' distrii-t. 



The i|Urstion ol' who i- to lie next 

 jiark rommissioner is -till iin-ettled. 

 There are sexcral applicants, but ('ha-. 

 Chambers is ai-ting in the meantime. 



The plants in tlie cixic greenhouses 

 at Allan gardens and Exhibition park 

 are in line rondition and when the time 

 ronies to )iiit them out they will make 

 ;i good -•how i iil;. ll. A . !•". 



Ilion, N. y. -Ward (iordon is relniiM 

 ing his greenhouses on ()tsego stieel. 

 which were burned some time ago. 

 When completed, the houses will be 

 much more commodious than the idd 

 ones and will enable ]\[r. Gordon to cope 

 with his imieasini: business. 



