Max 2, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



23 



tion as here in a large basement of a 

 modern building in the heart of the 

 Twntown section of New York city 

 are planted bay trees, rhododendrons 

 and other hardy stock. 



Twenty-eighth street learns of an- 

 other florist who has come to Madison. 

 He is William E. Tricker III, who ar- 

 rived April 19. Both mother and son 

 are doing well. 



C H Totty has not been seen in the 

 wholesale district yet in his new high- 

 power car, but this is probably due to 

 the poor roads at this time of the year. 

 With spring advanced and better roads 

 our chairman of the National Flower 

 Show committee will undoubtedly be 

 found many times just within the speed 

 limits, as his duties call for many visits 

 to the city. 



M. C. Ebel, treasurer of the Aphine 

 Mfg. Co., is counted as among the vis- 

 itors when he comes to New York city 

 these days. He is not as frequently 

 seen as in the past and accounts for 

 this by reporting this season's busi- 

 ness far in excess of last season. 



Harry Bunyard reports that a meet- 

 ing of the executive committee of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society of Amer- 

 ica will be held in Boston early in May 

 and that there will be a number of new 

 prizes added to the final schedule for 

 the sweet pea show to be held in Bos- 

 ton in July. 



Before an official audience a royal 

 English oak tree was planted in Cen- 

 tral park a few days ago to take the 

 place of the one planted fifty-two years 

 ago by the then Prince of Wales, later 

 King Edward VII. The tree that died 

 had been a memorial, which will be 

 celebrated in December, 1914, as the 

 one hundredth anniversary of the peace 

 treaty, which has never been broken 

 between the United States and Eng- 

 land. 



Visitors: Wm. Jurgens, Newport, 

 E. I.; J. T, Butterworth, South Fram- 

 ingham, Mass.; L. Cartwright, Natick, 

 Mass. 



OBITUARY. 



Fred Ehret. 



Fred Ehret dead! It seems impossi- 

 ble, unbelievable. Only yesterday he 

 was in our midst, going quietly about 

 his work with that pleasant smile and 

 kindly greeting that gradually won 

 their way into all our hearts. He had 

 not been well — we all knew that — but 

 the indisposition, though painful, was 

 believed to be curable. He slipped off 

 to the hospital quietly April 19. Mrs. 

 Ehret was with him, of course. April 

 22 an operation took place that revealed 

 conditions far more serious than had 

 been anticipated. Mr. Ehret died in 

 the German hospital, Philadelphia, 

 April 25. The funeral, held at his home, 

 1509 Fairmount avenue, on the after- 

 noon of April 29, was largely attended 

 by his friends. The gifts of flowers 

 that were sent were beautiful and so 

 many that the parlor where Mr. Ehret 

 lay was completely filled by them and 

 its customary appearance changed to a 

 living flower picture. 



Fred Ehret was born in Germany 

 forty-eight years ago. He came to this 

 country when a lad of 18 and worked 

 hard at several places, and in several 

 branches of our business. He first came 

 into prominence in the latter 80s as a 

 curbstone dealer in plants in front of 

 the drug store at the northwest corner 



Fred Ehret. 



of Broad street and Fairmount avenue, 

 Philadelphia. He had excellent judg- 

 ment and confidence with which to 

 back it, buying plants in larger quan- 

 tities than usual at that time and sell- 

 ing them successfully. After two or 

 three seasons as a dealer in plants Mr. 

 Ehret opened a store at 1407 Fairmount 

 avenue for the wholesaling of cut flow- 

 ers, his aim being to supply the uptown 

 section of the city with what they 

 needed in cut flowers and greens. He 

 began modestly with a basket on his 

 arm and later bought a horse and 

 wagon for delivery. He was shrewd, 

 hard-working and thoroughly trust- 

 worthy in all that the term implies. 

 An excellent business was soon built 

 up that prospered for fifteen years. 

 Gradually a retail business in cut flow- 

 ers, plants and designs was developed, 

 and in 1905 Mr. Ehret decided to aban- 

 don the wholesale for the retail. So 

 successful was he that three years later 

 the Floral Arcadia was opened on Broad 

 street and connected with his other 

 store at 1407 Fairmount avenue by a 

 conservatory in the rear. Both stores 

 have been run since. Mr. Ehret is sur- 

 vived by a widow, his partner both at 

 home and in business, and one little 

 daughter. Phil. 



F. X. Goeschl. 



A report has just been received of the 

 death of F. X. Goeschl at Loma, Colo. 

 Until recently he had been in business 

 in Denver, Colo. A few weeks ago, 

 however, he and his family removed 

 to Loma. Shortly after reaching that 

 place, it is said, he was taken ill with 

 pneumonia and died within a week. He 

 is survived by his wife and several 

 small children. 



George W. Parker. 



George W. Parker, well known flo- 

 rist, at Norwalk, O., died at the family 



home Monday morning, April 29, from 

 a general breakdown in health. Mr. 

 Parker had been in failing health for 

 about one year, but had been con- 

 fined to the house only about four 

 weeks. The deceased was 77 years old 

 and was a native of Bronson township, 

 Ohio, and spent the greater part of 

 his allotted life in Huron county, Ohio. 

 He had lived in his East Main street 

 home for thirty-five years. 



Mr. Parker was married in July, 1863, 

 and is survived by his wife and three 

 children. Miss Achsa Parker and Wil- 

 lard Parker, of Norwalk, and Miss 

 Phoebe Parker, of Valley City, N. D. 

 The son states that the business prob- 

 ably will be sold. 



Clinton H. Wilbur. 



Clinton H. Wilbur died April 24 at 

 his home at Binghamton, N. Y., follow- 

 ing an illness of one week. Mr. Wil- 

 bur was well known as a man of ster- 

 ling qualities and his death is a shock 

 to his many friends. He is survived 

 by his wife, two children and three 

 sisters. 



Harry J. Hunter. 



Harry J. Hunter, a practical nursery- 

 man, who for thirteen years was city 

 forester at Detroit, Mich., and who 

 established the model nursery main- 

 tained by Detroit at Palmer park, died 

 of pneumonia April 17, at his home, 

 364 McGraw avenue, Detroit, after an 

 illness of ten days. He was 64 years 

 of age and had lived in Detroit more 

 than fifteen years. It was mainly 

 through his efforts that Detroit achieved 

 its high rank as a city beautiful. He 

 was born in Eochester, N. Y., and for 

 many years was connected with one of 

 the largest nurseries in the country, re- 

 moving to Detroit later to enter the 

 employ of D. M. Ferry & Co. Mrs. 

 Hunter and a grown daughter and son 

 survive. 



