Juke 27. 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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wise. Perhaps the collection of orchids 

 exhibited by Edgar L. Nock attracted 

 as much attention as any portion of the 

 floral display in the hall. H. Howard 

 Pepper had two tables of roses. A 

 basket of American Beauties by John- 

 ston Bros.; four vases of roses by 

 Burke & Burns, arranged by Johnston 

 Bros.; a collection of herbaceous plants 

 from the Roger Williams park, with 

 beautiful blossoms of larkspur, fox- 

 glove, Canterbury bells, sweet-williams, 

 pyrethrum and other varieties; hy- 

 drangeas and lilies from Lawrence Hay, 

 and a group of boxwood, were among 

 the more noticeable exhibitions. 



Eugene A. Appleton, of this city, was 

 superintendent of the hall, and had 

 charge of the exhibits. With Mr. Ap- 

 pleton on the exhibition committee 

 were: Joshua Vose, of Pontiac; Eich- 

 ard M. Bowen and E. K. Thomas, of 

 this city; Harry V. Mayo, of East Prov- 

 idence; Miss Addie F. Holland, of 

 Auburn; Arthur C. Miller, of Provi- 

 dence, and the president of the society, 

 ex-officio, Thomas Hope. 



Various Notes. 



Alexander and Arthur Macrae were 

 ushers at the recent Sweet-Woodley 

 wedding. 



John J. Dunn, of Westerly, was re- 

 elected June 18 for the sixth consecu- 

 tive time, as secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, with offices at 

 the State House. 



Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Sword, of 

 Valley Falls, have announced the en- 

 gagement of their daughter, Miss 

 Jennie Sword, to George B. Campbell, 

 of Valley Falls. 



F. Miller, for several years with 

 William B. Hazard, has given up the 

 retail store which he opened some weeks 

 ago at 633 Westminster street. 



Joseph Kopelman is preparing for 

 a number of extensive alterations and 

 improvements at his greenhouses at 

 Oaklawn. 



The annual fall show of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society will be held in 

 Masonic hall, September 14, 1.5 and 16, 

 and four of the six judges will be se- 

 cured from other cities. 



John G. Jensen, of the Park Green- 

 houses, has just purchased a Ford 

 automobile. 



A party consisting of Robert John- 

 ston, Cornelius G. Hartstra, William 

 Chappell and Eugene McCarron made 

 a visit to Boston recently, spending the 

 day at the Arnold Arboretum, where 

 they were shown every courtesy by the 

 assistant superintendent. W. H. M. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The week just passed has been an 

 unusually busy one for the flower shops 

 here; having two or three conventions, 

 also commencement exercises, every day 

 and night made the demand for cut 

 flowers exceptionally good. 



A large factor was the girls' high 

 school, which had about 180 graduates. 

 The color used this season was pink, 

 of which sweet peas were the leaders, 

 there being thousands used for this 

 occasion. There were not enough here, 

 so Chicago and other places were called 

 on to help out. 



There is quite a noticeable drop in 

 business since the commencements are 

 over, and there is now plenty of stock 

 to go around. 



Funeral work has been light for the 

 last week. G. B. T. 



EOCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Business in general is only fair at 

 this writing. Cool weather continues, 

 and there seems to be little doing out- 

 side of weddings and commencements. 

 There is a great abundance of every- 

 thing in the flower line and sometimes 

 stock is wasted because of the over- 

 supply. Needless to say, prices are 

 down all along the line excepting the 

 special grades of roses, which remain 

 at about the standard. Carnations are 

 flne, considering the season. Roses are 

 not quite so abundant as carnations and 

 peonies, but they are plentiful. Beau- 

 ties are smaller, but the color is still 

 good. 



Garden flowers are selling well, and 

 peonies are fine. Harrisii lilies are 

 still with us, and sweet peas are great 

 sellers for graduations, etc. 



There is a daily call for flowering 

 plants, but nothing with which to flll 

 the demand. Outdoor work is about 

 flnished, but there is an occasional call 

 for geraniums, salvias or aster seed- 

 lings. 



Greens of all kinds are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Assistant Superintendent John Dun- 

 bar says that 230 varieties of peonies 

 are now in bloom at Highland park. 



EUwanger & Barry have opened their 

 nursery on Mt. Hope avenue to the 

 public, for the inspection of the peo- 

 nies. The collection comprises more 

 than 200 varieties, and the colors range 

 from pure white to almost black. One 

 of 1;he attractions at the nursery just 

 now is the Japanese magnolia. This 

 shrub is the latest of all the mag- 

 nolias to bloom, and is one of the rarest 

 and most beautiful. 



John VoUmer and Frank Kramer 

 spent a day in Geneva, N. Y., recently. 



The street fakers are much in evi- 

 dence these days, disposing of surplus 

 stock. 



The spring trade has been good with 

 the Rochester Floral Co. 



George Boucher reports that early 

 spring business was fine, and that he is 

 still busy. 



Salter Bros, did a nice spring busi- 

 ness and are growing some excellent 

 Bon Silene and Taft roses at their 

 greenhouses in Fairport, N. Y. 



J. B. Keller Sons have been quite 

 busy during the last few months with 

 outdoor work, weddings, funerals and 

 commencements. 



Henry P. Neun did a fair business 

 during the spring and Manager Alberts 

 is kept busy most of the time attend- 

 ing to decorations. 



Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, of New 

 Britain, Conn., are visiting Mrs. E. E. 

 Armbrust for a few weeks. 



Mrs. Felix Alberts has returned from 

 the west. 



H. E. Wilson reports that business 

 has been good. 



Fred C. Thomann is spending a few 

 weeks at Sodus Point in an effort to 

 regain his health, which has been poor 

 for some time. It is hoped he will be 

 good as new in the fall. 



R. G. Salter is at home once more 

 and reports that he thoroughly enjoyed 

 his western trip. 



Charles J. Chism has just returned 

 from a trip to Washington, D. C. 



Hotel Eggleston has a flower stand, 

 which is in charge of .John Brown. 



The Mauer-Haap Co. is still selling 

 quantities of bedding plants. 



George W. Perkins, of Fulton, N. Y., 

 was in town last week. He says busi- 

 ness is rushing with him. E. C. A. 



OBITUABY. 



George S. Josselyn. 



George Josselyn, of Fredonia, N. Y., 

 died Monday night, June 17, on the 

 seventieth anniversary of his birth. For 

 many years he had been a prominent 

 citizen of Fredonia and widely known 

 in the nursery trade. He had been ill 

 only three weeks. 



Mr. Josselyn was born in Hanover, 

 Mass., June 17, 1842. He received his 

 education in Boston and took up civil 

 engineering as a profession. He re- 

 moved to Chautauqua county, New 

 York, in 1863 and became civil engi- 

 neer for the Erie railroad, with head- 

 quarters at Dunkirk. He afterward lo- 

 cated at Fredonia and established the 

 Josselyn grape and small fruit nursery. 

 He originated and introduced some val- 

 uable varieties, and his persistent skill 

 and industry brought him success as a 

 horticulturist. 



He was married, August 31, 1869, to 

 Miss Mary White. Mr. Josselyn is sur- 

 vived by his wife and one sister, Mrs. 

 Elizabeth J. Boalt. 



The funeral was held from the family 

 home at 2 o 'clock Friday afternoon, 

 June 21, and was largely attended. 



J. B. Fuller. 



John Eoscoe Fuller, a well-known flo- 

 rist and seedsman of Floral Park, N. Y., 

 and formerly a partner of John Lewis 

 Childs, died suddenly June 13, at his 

 home in that town. He had just started 

 to eat breakfast in his bedroom at 

 about 9 o'clock, when he fell back 

 dead. He had been a sufferer from 

 diabetes for so.me time. He was 63 

 years old. 



Mr. Fuller was born in Fay, Me., and 

 had been a resident of Floral Park for 

 about thirty years. He was prominent 

 in the affairs of the village. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow and one daughter, 

 Mrs. Eskrige, wife of Lieutenant Esk- 

 rige, U. S. A., who is stationed in the 

 Philippines. The funeral services were 

 held at his late residence Saturday 

 afternoon, June 15. Interment was in 

 Greenfield cemetery, at Hempstead. 



Mrs. Wilhelmina Bosmarin. 



Mrs. Wilhelmina Rosmarin, wife of 

 George Rosmarin, the pioneer florist of 

 Alameda, Cal., died in that town June 

 16. Mr. Rosmarin was in business 

 since early in the seventies and for 

 many years conducted the Bay Nur- 

 series, on Encinal avenue. He sold out 

 to Gresens & Werner two years ago, 

 and retired from active work, and, 

 together with his wife, spent several 

 seasons in travel and recreation. 

 Mrs. Rosmarin was well known to the 

 trade bene and much thought of by aTl 

 who enjoyed the pleasure of her ac- 

 quaintance. She was. a native of Ger- 

 many and 61 years of age. Besides her 

 husband, she leaves two married daugh- 

 ters to mourn her loss. 



Cotuit, Mass.— The boiler shed and 

 office of the Cotuit Greenhouse were 

 destroyed by fire early on the morning 

 of June 21 and the greenhouses ad- 

 joining were slightly damaged. 



