JDNB 20, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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the night of his death, the end coming 

 with great suddenness and being entire- 

 ly unexpected. 



' Mr. Kuehn was a brother of C. A. 

 Kuehn, the St. Louis wholesale florist, 

 and is survived by his son, Oscar, who 

 js a wire worker at C. A. Kuehn 's es- 

 tablishment. 



Burial was from the family home at 

 Detroit, June 15, and both C. A. Kuehn 

 and Oscar Kuehn attended the funeral. 



Theodore F. Frank. 



Theodore F. Frank, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 fell quietly asleep Friday, June 14, on 

 the fifty-third anniversary of his wed- 

 din*^ day. Mr. Frank was born in Prus- 

 sia,°May 6, 1830, served his apprentice 

 term in Erfurt, and after gaining expe- 

 rience in different greenhouses in Ger- 

 many came to America in 1856. After 

 being employed at different branches of 

 horticulture until 1876, he founded in 

 Buffalo the business which he conducted 

 the balance of his life. 



Though his health was impaired by 

 accidents which occurred after his 

 seventy-fifth year, his ambition and 

 love of flowers impelled him to active 

 labor among them almost to the day 

 of his death. This was the first break 

 in the home circle, being survived by 

 his wife and five children. A horror of 

 debt and a pride in being perfectly 

 solvent made him conduct his business 

 in a conservative manner, which proved 

 satisfactory to all who dealt with him. 

 It is expected that the business will be 

 continued in his name as the best monu- 

 ment to him that could be erected in 

 his memory. The store is at 205 Grant 

 street and the greenhouses at 95 Gelston 

 street. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



So far June business has not been at 

 all satisfactory and prices have ruled 

 unusually low on nearly all flowers. 

 There appear to be as many weddings 

 as ever, but somehow the demand for 

 flowers has been disappointing. Even 

 the popular peony seems to have fallen 

 into some disrepute, as these flowers 

 have dragged more than is usual and 

 even the best shades have not sold as 

 they should. The quality has rarely 

 been better. The present week will see 

 the end of the peonies. Roses are now 

 available from outdoors, but few of 

 the local growers handle these, though 

 "Where obtainable they have first call. 

 American Beauties have sold fairly 

 yell of late, but the demand for the 

 immense number of short-stemmed 

 stock has been erratic and street fakers 

 are handling big lots of both these and 

 carnations. The latter flowers go any- 

 where from 25 cents to $2 per hundred. 

 Outdoor valley has passed, but the 

 lorced supply is adequate. There is 

 lair call for it. Sweet peas grown 

 ^nder glass are on the wane, but out- 

 door supplies are now arriving, and 

 these are good in quality. Lilies, cat- 

 t'eyas, callas, gladioli, irises and other 

 flowers are all a slow sale, and few 

 people want stocks and other miscella- 

 neous flowers. Green supplies are not 

 ^P to the mark in quality. 



Club Meeting. 



Toadies' night at the Gardeners' and 

 florists' Club June 18 attracted an at- 

 jondanee of over 300. These June meet- 

 ings always prove popular and draw a 



large attendance. ^Business was short- 

 ened as much as possible in order to 

 enjoy the fine entertainment and colla- 

 tion which had been prepared. A com- 

 munication from a committee of the New 

 York Florists' Club was read, asking 

 the club's cooperation in its efforts to 

 secure greater publicity for the various 

 flower days in the year. A committee 

 consisting of Henry Penn, F. E. Palmer, 

 W. J. Stewart, Patrick Welch and Will- 

 iam H. Elliott was appointed to work in 

 conjunction with the New York and 

 other committees at the coming Chicago 

 convention. M. A. Patten spoke of his 

 European trip and the London show. It 

 was decided to hold the annual picnic 

 July 24. A message of congratulation 

 T^as sent to P. M. Miller on his marriage 

 to Miss Anderson June 19. 



Miss Battley and Neil Miller furnished 

 vocal solos and Miss Corson violin solos. 

 Carl Scranton was the general enter- 

 tainer. After refreshments there was 

 dancing until midnight. 



Wm. Sim had a large and fine display 

 of sweet peas and Arnold Arboretum 

 staged a collection of shrub bloom. 

 Mount Auburn cemetery received an 

 award of merit for a fine cornus. 



Various Notes. 



Interest in the coming exhibition of 

 the National Sweet Pea Society, July 

 12 and 13, is steadily growing. Never 

 have so many sweet peas been grown 

 in this vicinity before, both on com- 

 mercial and private establishments, and 

 thanks to the cool, showery weather 

 which persisted until the end of May, 

 the plants made a fine, stocky growth 

 and should be in prime condition for 

 the big show. So large will the exhibi- 

 tion be that doubts are even expressed 

 that Horticultural hall will accommo- 

 date it. Not only florists and gardeners 

 but retailers, amateurs and school chil- 

 dren are all full of enthusiasm for the 

 show, which promises to set a high 

 water mark in American exhibitions of 

 this beautiful annual. The energetic 

 president, William Sim, has four acres 

 of plants in grand condition, in addi- 

 tion to others under glass, and his ex- 

 hibit will be a whole show in itself, as 

 he is growing practically every variety, 

 including all the novelties obtainable. 

 Other growers are imbued with the same 

 spirit and everyone interested in sweet 

 peas should make it a point to visit Bos- 

 ton July 12. Thousands of new flower 

 vases have been secured and every 

 possible arrangement will be made in 

 advance. The committee on prizes and 

 exhibitions will meet June 29 to com- 

 plete arrangements. We have never 

 seen so much interest in any summer 

 show as is being manifested in the one 

 to open July 12. Exhibits are coming 

 from all parts of New England. 



Wax Bros., the enterprising Tremont 

 street florists, are again featuring water 

 lilies in their window displays. They 

 book orders for a large number of roots 

 for delivery next season through these 

 displays. 



H. M. Eobinson & Co. say they have 

 had good business in June. 



M. A. Patten and J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, who returned last week from 

 their European trip, are full of enthu- 

 siastic praise for the wonderful Royal 

 International Show in London and ad- 

 mit that it set a mark which we cannot 

 hope to equal here. The tasteful ar- 

 rangements greatly impressed them. 



William Sim is sending big quantities 

 of superb sweet peas to the Flower 



Growers' Sales Co. Many of these are 

 now outdoor grown. He is already pick- 

 ing tomatoes from his numerous houses, 

 planted since the violet crops were 

 cleared. 



The rose, strawberry and peony show 

 at Horticultural hall June 22 and 23 

 promises to be exceptionally flne, thanks 

 to the cool weather. Many of the later 

 peonies will still be in fine shape. 



Thomas Roland has a wonderful crop 

 of tomatoes in his new 600-foot house 

 at Revere. Some 18,000 plants were 

 needed to fill it. W. N. Craig. 



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NEWS NOTES 



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Niles, O. — Fire almost totally de- 

 stroyed the greenhouse of Charles Ad- 

 gate, at Riverside, about midnight 

 June 12. 



Ada, Okla. — W. E. Pitt, recently em- 

 ployed by the Texas Seed & Floral Co., 

 Dallas, Tex., is starting in business for 

 himself at this place. 



Baltimore, Md. — Harry J. Quick is 

 building three new greenhouses, each 

 27x100, using material and plans by 

 the King Construction Co. 



Scranton, Pa. — Three new greenhouses 

 being added to the plant of W. H. 

 Davis, Fillmore avenue and Washburn 

 street, are nearly ready for use. 



Altoona, Pa. — R. A. Begalke says that 

 the spring season has been the busiest 

 on record here and that he could have 

 used considerably more bedding stock 

 if it had been obtainable. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Charles H. Vick, of 

 Rochester, superintendent of the floral 

 department at the state fair, was here 

 June 11 and, with W. E. Day, who is 

 looking after the work locally, the plans 

 were pretty well matured. 



Albany, N. Y. — At the meeting of the 

 Albany Florists' Club June 6 George 

 Parr sought the club's cooperation in 

 the florists' department of the fair at 

 Glenmont the second week in August. 

 The next meeting of the club will be 

 July 11 at the establishment of Fred- 

 erick Goldring. 



Marshfield, Wis.— Theo. D. Hefko, 

 who some time ago purchased the green- 

 houses of R. I. Macklin, took possession 

 of the place June 1. He will add one 

 new greenhouse and will make such ex- 

 tensive repairs and improvements as 

 will put the whole poperty in first-class 

 condition for business. 



Jackson, Miss. — The business of the 

 McKay Seed & Floral Co. has been 

 taken over by the newly organized 

 Mississippi Nursery & Floral Co., the 

 John, Downs Co., proprietors. G. M. 

 John, the manager, states that the cap- 

 ital is $5,000, paid up. A general busi- 

 ness in plants, cut flowers and nursery 

 stock will be handled. 



Belle Fourche, S. D. — Mr. and Mrs. 

 Theo. Wiles, for some time connected 

 with the Deadwood Greenhouses, at 

 Deadwood, S. D., have purchased a 

 tract of ground here and will at once 

 begin the construction of the first 

 greenhouse for this town. They will 

 grow both flowers and vegetables. Mr. 

 Wiles is an experienced florist and 

 landscape gardener and the success of 

 the Deadwood Greenhouses is largely 

 due to his skill as manager of the 

 business. 



