August 1, 1912, 



The Florfijts^ Review 



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two hours after physicians arrived. Mr. 

 Bester had been active in the business 

 affairs of Hagerstown for many years, 

 and was wealthy. He is survived by 

 bis widow and four children, as fol- 

 lows: Harry E. Bester, Miss Kena 

 Bester, Miss Mary Bester and Mrs. 

 Kiieisley, wite of Dr. Herbert L. 

 Kneisley, all of Hagerstown. He was 

 a brother of County Commissioner 

 Hi^nry A. Bester and an uncle of City 

 •Councilman Edward Bester. 



Ohas. Knopf. 



Chas. Knopf, one of the most widely 

 known carnation growers of the middle 

 west, died July 25 at his home on Asy- 

 lum avenue, at Eichmond, Ind., after 

 only a few days' illness. He was 36 

 years of age and is survived by one 

 brother, Louis Knopf, and two sisters, 

 Mrs. Henry Grube and Mrs. Ed Crowell. 



Mr. Knopf started at greenhouse 

 work in Bichmond about twenty years 

 ago, at the Cascade Greenhouses. From' 

 there he went to the establishment of 

 E. G. Hill, where he acquired a gen- 

 eral knowledge of the business and be- 

 came inoculated with the fever for 

 hybridization. After about two years 

 and a half on the Hill place he went 

 back to the Cascade Greenhouses, where 

 he found the Carnation Dorothy being 

 grown as a seedling. Shortly after 

 returning to the Cascade Greenhouses 

 he saw a good opportunity to establish 

 a wholesale business at the E. T. Grave 

 place in Bichmond, which at that time 

 consisted only of two small houses, run 

 more for the pleasure of Mrs. Grave 

 than for profit. Mr. Knopf went to 

 work for Mrs. Grave as grower and man- 

 age'* greatly enlarging the place. He 

 then bonght Carnation Dorothy, worked 

 up stock and distributed it in the trade. 

 After five years at the Grave green- 

 houses he interested capital in the or- 

 ganization of the B. K. & B. Floral Co., 

 erecting a range of greenhouses west 

 of town especially for carnation grow- 

 ing. Later Mr. Knopf acquired the 

 other interests and the concern became 

 known as the Charles Knopf Floral Co. 

 Carnations have been grown for the 

 wholesale trade with much success, but 

 a number of seedlings have been raised 

 and disseminated. In 1904 Eichmond 

 Gem, scarlet, was sent out. In 1907, 

 Sarah Hill, a large white, and Lawson- 

 Enchantress, a seedling of the varieties 

 named, were disseminated together. 

 These were followed a year later by 

 Mrs. Charles Knopf, a light pink, and 

 Ruby, scarlet crimson. Mr. Knopf's 

 last introduction was Admiration, light 

 pmk but deeper than Enchantress, sent 

 out in 1909. 



The funeral took place Sunday after- 

 noon from the residence, burial being 

 at Earlham cemetery. There was a 

 jarge attendance, all the Eichmond 

 florists being present, and many flowers. 



Albert Bommersbach. 



,^-'^^t»ert Bwnmersbach, son of Mr. and 

 ^Irs. Nicholas Bommersbach, died un- 

 ?xi'ectedly at the family residence at 

 I'ecatur, HI, July 28. He was born in 

 JJi'iianapolis December 29, 1879, and 

 ^^^ a student in the Decatur public 

 schools and graduated from the Decatur 

 nig'i school. He then attended the Uni- 

 versity of Notre Dame and graduated 

 "om that institution. He then re- 

 turned to Decatur and went to work at 

 vf father's greenhouses. Here he and 

 « brother John learned the trade, and 

 ""^ years ago the father turned the 



Charles Knopf. 



business over to them. John Bommers- 

 bach and his mother opened the up- 

 town store on North Water street and 

 Albert took the management of the 

 greenhouses and the Greenwood avenue 

 business. He proved a great success 

 in this and steadily increased the busi- 

 ness until within the last year it out- 

 grew the original plant, so that more 

 buildings have been erected. 



John W. Biclimond. 



John Williams Bichmond, a land- 

 scape gardener of Brooklyn, N. Y., died 

 July 22, in his home at Bath avenue 

 and Bay Thirty-fourth street, Bath- 

 beach, at the age of 54 years. He came 

 to this country from England twenty 

 years ago. He is survived by his wife. 



WASHINOTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Business last week was about the 

 same as previously reported. There has 

 been little or no improvement in the 

 quality of the stock or amount of the 

 sales over the preceding few weeks. 

 Funeral work has been quite good, but 

 the social calendar remains a blank, so 

 there are few demands for large decora- 

 tions. 



The only notable event of the week 

 was the Gurlington-Chamberlin wed- 

 ding, held in fashionable St. John's 

 Episcopal church. The pulpit and 

 chancel were heavily banked with 

 palms, ferns and lilies, and Golden 

 Glow in large quantities was used to 

 emphasize the color of the cavalry, yel- 

 low. The entire first floor of the Gar- 

 lington home was similarly decorated, 

 with table decorations of American 

 Beauties. The bridal bouquet was of 

 lily of the valley and orchids, while 

 the ladies of the bridal party carried 

 Taft roses. The work was done by 

 George Cooke, of Connecticut avenue. 



Olub Onting. 



Despite the fact that rain fell in tor- 

 rents throughout the entire day, the 

 members of the Florists' Club of Wash- 

 ington, their families and friends, and 

 those who flaunted the badges of the 

 Kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order of the 

 Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted 

 Bealm, held a joint outing at Chesa- 

 peake beach Wednesday, July 24, and 

 enjoyed themselves to the utmost. 



Ordinarily rain would have put a 

 damper on almost any excursion party 

 at the beach, but the Florists' Club 

 and the Grotto saw to it that there was 

 something doing every minute. Fred 

 Kramer, as a sp^^l policeman and 

 rigged out in the costume of a country 

 sheriff with the long unkempt whiskers 

 analogous to that profession, kept the 

 crowd in roars, for following him was 

 a huge ape which made all kinds of 

 motions and created considerable fun. 

 These two, with one flaxen-haired 

 *'lady," gave an exhibition of snake 

 charming, with Fred Kramer as "MlJe. 

 Fleur de Krame," using real live sure- 

 enough snakes, one of them being the 

 eight-foot python which sunk its teeth 

 into Mr, Kramer's leg a few days pre- 

 viously, while the latter was practicing 

 for this particular stunt. 



The "suffragette parade" and the 

 parade of the " Calathumpian Brass 

 Band and Winged Orchestra" of the 

 Grotto are beyond description. The 

 members who participated in these two 

 events were dressed in female costume 

 and persisted in parading around the 

 grounds until an exceptionally heavy 

 downpour drove them to the shelter of 

 the Casino. 



The many athletic events scheduled 

 by the florists had to be postponed 

 and at a meeting of the committee held 

 on the grounds it was decided to hold 

 another outing within a few weeks. 



