Mabch «, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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avenue and in the Greenpoint section, 

 this makes five stores which he oper- 

 ates. The two brothers between them 

 get rid of large quantities of flowers 

 and their visits to the wholesale mar- 

 ket are welcome, as they frequently 

 clear out surplus stock in a most re- 

 freshing manner. 



At the February meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club A. S. Burns, Jr., of 

 Spring Valley, N. Y., showed a new 

 seedling carnation named Electra, which 

 was given eighty-six points by the 

 judges. In reporting this fact in the 

 issue of February 13, through a tele- 

 grapher's error credit was given to 

 Mr. McKnight, who exhibited some 

 other flowers, for producing Electra. 

 The committee undoubtedly will award 

 Mr. Burns a certificate as soon as they 

 liave an opportunity of visiting his 

 greenhouses to see the growing plants. 



The seedsmen are all busy and agree 

 in saying that more greenhouses are 

 being built than ever before at this 

 season. 



The Henry M. Kobinson Co. says 

 sales on the new rose, Mrs. Charles 

 Kussell, which is a debutante of this 

 season, have held up remarkably well 

 in a season of dullness. The Miss 

 Helen Taft is another specialty that 

 sells well. 



The old Broadway Central hotel has 

 been overrun with Hollanders who are 

 over here selling Dutch bulbs, ever- 

 greens, etc. 



In response to a call issued by Mrs. 

 F. H. Traendly, a meeting of the 

 Ladies' Committee of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held at the Wood- 

 stock hotel February 28. About twenty 

 ladies were present. Charles B. Weath- 

 ered, chairman of the entertainment 

 committee, also was present to aid in 

 the organization of the committee. 

 Mrs. Traendly was elected chairman, 

 Mrs. Julius Koehrs, Jr., secretary, and 

 Mrs. Joseph Manda treasurer. After a 

 general discussion, subcommittees were 

 appointed to care for different phases 

 of the entertainment in connection 

 with the approaching flower show. 



C. A. M. 



Wertheimer Bros, report an unprece- 

 dented demand for Easter novelties. 



Will the bill introduced at Albany, if 

 "„^®<^omes a law, regulate the operations 

 ot those selling cut flowers and plants on 

 commission as well as those selling vege- 

 tables and fruits? It is a question that 

 IS interesting some of the wholesalers. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Business continues as good as could 

 ^e expected during Lent. The use of 

 «tn T^^^ers and plants increases 

 steaaily, and the deterrent influence 

 , infl Pf^*^*^ "°^e given over to sack- 

 « Jotn and ashes decreases year by year. 

 ZTr.' ,T'^**^er conditions have been 

 tom/f l"" **"? ^^°t«^; ^« are accus- 

 dopf l"" '^^^^ weather here, and it 

 does not cut off the demand as it does 

 tL .T ""^i^^ points, but storms have 

 thl uT, ^^^'*^ ^«>-e as elsewhere. In 

 l\Lt L,.^^^^^ t*»e skies have been 

 cold ! i *^'' weather not severely 

 heav'v «? ftorms neither long nor 

 <lant:•The''^*^"f been fairly abun- 

 stearlilv J I supply increases 



i)iit n/ ^. "^^ improved in quality, 

 '>"t considerable quantities, especially 



of long roses, still are shipped here 

 from Chicago and Milwaukee. 



Publicity Work. 



Minneapolis florists have not made 

 as much noise in the trade as have 

 some others, but the cooperative adver- 

 tising now being tried in other cities 

 has been in use here for some time. 

 The first attempt was made at Mothers' 

 day in 1912, as the result of an article 

 in The Review that pointed out the 

 way. It was so successful that it has 

 since been repeated, and will be con- 

 tinued. The last effort was for St. 

 Valentine's day, February 14, when 

 a committee of which C. N. Ruedlinger 

 is chairman raised $130 by subscrip- 

 tion and published some attractive de- 

 signed advertisements in the leading 

 papers, also securing some well writ- 

 ten news articles on the increasing use 

 of flowers as valentines. No names 

 appeared in the advertisements. 



Dinner to S. A. F. Directors. 



The directors of the S. A. F. held a 

 two days' meeting here February 25 

 and 26, in preparation for the conven- 

 tion next August. The work was put 

 through with expedition and the plans 

 of the Convention Association of Min- 

 neapolis, recently organized ■ by the 

 florists, were approved. Wednesday 

 evening, February 26, the officials were 

 tendered a dinner by the local mem- 

 bers, at the Hotel Eadisson. The visit- 

 ors present were: President J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Boston; Treasurer W. F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo; Ex-president Eichard 

 Vincent, White Marsh, Md., and the 

 following directors: A. F. Poehlmann, 

 Morton Grove, 111.; Thos. Roland, 

 Nahant, Mass.; E. A. Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass.; H. A. Bunyard, New York; C. 

 H. Totty, Madison, N. J., and J. A. 

 Evans, Richmond, Ind.; also George 

 Asmus, who was acting as secretary in 

 place of John Young, who was ill in 

 New York, and A. F. Longren and H. 

 Nicholson, of Chicago. The Twin City 

 florists who were present were: Theo- 

 dore Wirth, Wm. N. Steel, C. N. Rued- 

 linger, C. A. Bossen, Louis Boeglin, S. 

 D. Dysinger, 0. J. Olson, E. P. Holm, 

 L. L. May, Hugh Will, A. S. Rice, 

 Henry Will, O. C. Swanson, G. A. Will, 

 C. F. Rice, Fred Busch, A. Klinker- 

 berry, J. A. Ridgway, T. Commandros, 

 Louis Dancik, L. G. Boughner, L. F. 

 Nordeen, M. Martin, John Rovik, 

 Thomas Hall, Walter Pier, Hans Ros- 

 acker, S. A. Jamieson, O. H. Carlson, 

 W. D. Desmond, R. A. Latham, J. G. 

 Taylor, A. Lauritzen, C. E. Schaffer, 

 Max Kaiser, Le Roy Cady, and Wm. H. 

 Bofferding. 



The dinner was a most enjoyable 

 affair in all its features. Most of the 

 visitors were called on for remarks 

 and in addition most of the Twin City 

 leaders had something to say that 

 showed- how enthusiastically the ap- 

 proaching convention is regarded here. 



H. 



South Orange, N. J. — Joseph Manda, 

 recognized as one of our best orchid 

 experts, regrets that the value of space 

 compels him to relinquish the growing 

 of many beautiful varieties and confine 

 himself to commercial or everyday 

 kinds. His fine collection embraces On- 

 cidium splendidum, Cattleya Dowiana 

 and C. Gaskelliana. Among the latter 

 were eleven imported plants, one of 

 which flowered pure white and was 

 sold recently for $150. 



OBITUAEY. 



Henry Behder. 



Henry Rehder, father of Will Rehder, 

 the florist of Wilmington, N. C, died 

 February 22, after a brief illness. He 

 was in his eightieth year. An especially 

 sad circumstance connected with his 

 death was the fact that his wife, who 

 had been his constant companion and 

 helpmate for many years, was also on 

 a bed of illness and was in too serious 

 a condition to be told any of the sad 

 news about her husband. 



Though Mr, Rehder had retired from 

 active business, he continued to assist 

 his son until a few days before his 

 death. He was born in the little town 

 of Vegesack, Germany. He came to 

 America when a young man, and lo- 

 cated first in New York city, but soon 

 removed to Wilmington. When he ar- 

 rived the agitation preceding the Civil 

 war was in progress and he took up 

 the cause of the people of his chosen 

 home, serving through the four years 

 of the war as a member of the German 

 Volunteers. During the reconstruction 

 period he returned to Wilmington, 

 where he was married and began to 

 build up business and recover from 

 the losses he had sustained. While 

 never a rich man, he was one of 

 the well-to-do business men of the city. 

 He had four sons, John H., C. F., Will 

 and Carl B. Rehder, all of whom still 

 reside in Wilmington. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 home, 819 Red Cross street, and later 

 at St. Paul's Lutheran church, of 

 which Mr. Rehder was the oldest mem- 

 ber. Among the numerous floral offer- 

 ings were designs from Raleigh and 

 Greensboro, N. C, and from Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



William Blacker. 



William Blacker, of Clearfield, Pa., died 

 February 21. He was born in Bristol, 

 August '22, 1855, left England in 1880 

 and came to Houtzdale, where he re- 

 mained until about fourteen years ago, 

 when he removed to Clearfield. Mr. 

 Blacker was a local preacher in the Prim- 

 itive Methodist church until a few years 

 ago, when he had to give up the work on 

 account of his health. He then started 

 in the florists ' business in Houtzdale. 

 Shortly after he returned to Clearfield 

 and became superintendent of Hillcrest 

 cemetery. He also erected seven green- 

 houses and was regarded as one of the 

 most successful florists in that part of 

 the state. He is survived by his wife, 

 one son and five daughters. 



Peter Morscheiser. 



Peter Morscheiser, aged 75 years, for 

 many years a florist in La Salle, 111., 

 died February 24. He had been aUing 

 only a week and had been seriously ill 

 only for two days. Pneumonia was 

 the cause of death. 



Elijah Cottingham. 



Elijah Cottingham, of New Castle, 

 Ind., died February 20, aged 41 years. 

 He is survived by a wife and his par- 

 ents. 



James A. Hovey. 



From Newton Highlands, Mass., 

 comes word of the death there last 

 week of James A. Hovey, for several 

 years in charge of the seed department 

 of the George A. Weaver Co., New- 

 port, R. J. 



