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The Florists' Review 



APBIL 8, 1913. 



ding stock in shape. He recently has 

 potted over 25,000 geraniums for his 

 Decoration day trade. 



Charles Munro executed a unique 

 decoration in the lobby of Hotel Taift, 

 where he arranged a typical farmyard 

 scene, with live chickens and ducks. 

 The center was neatly turfed, with 

 little houses for the ducks and chickens, 

 and banked on either side with rhodo- 

 dendrons, genistas, roses and spiraeas, 

 most attractively set up, the reproduc- 

 tion making a hit with Easter visitors. 

 He filled a large funeral order March 30 

 for the late Mrs. Geo. B. Clark, Mil- 

 ford, Conn. He had charge of the 

 decorations for the Assembly of the 

 New Haven Lawn Club April 1. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society held its meeting March 

 26, with President Howard P. Brooks 

 in the chair. The meeting was poorly 

 attended. The secretary read a letter 

 from Edward Jenkins, of Lenox, Mass., 

 regretting his inability to be present. 

 However, the members took up and dis- 

 cussed Mr. Jenkins' subject, "Seed 

 Germination. ' ' 



John Siebold reports splendid Easter 

 trade, his stock of choice carnations, 

 violets and sweet peas being entirely 

 cleaned up. 



S. H. Moore had large orders as 

 well as decorations for the Knights 

 of St. Patrick's dance, which was held 

 at Hotel Taft. The decorations were 

 composed chiefly of orchids, gardenias 

 and sweet peas. He also had charge of 

 the decorations at the Lambert-Irons 

 wedding. Here he used palms, sweet 

 peas and orchids. He reports having 

 had a big demand for flowering plants 

 and the usual large amount of funeral 

 work. 



Henry W. Barnett, on Kimberly ave- 

 nue, specializes geraniums in a few 

 choice varieties, especially notable 

 among them being W. Cleary, scarlet; 

 Wm. Ewing, salmon pink, and a fine 

 seedling white. M. B. F. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



All of the local florists are well satis- 

 fied with the volume of their Easter 

 business. The demand for cut flowers 

 and plants far exceeded that of last 

 year and most of the stores and mar- 

 ket stalls cleaned up well. 



While delivering Easter packages a 

 chauffeur in the employ of Z. D. Blacki- 

 stone collided with a boy riding a bicy- 

 cle, inflicting injuries which necessi- 

 tated the removal of the latter to a 

 hospital. C. L. L. 



MABION, IND. 



At the Soldiers' Home, Kobert Mc- 

 Keand has his stock in splendid shape 

 and the prospect for spring planting is 

 above the average. 



C. F. Wilson, of Tenth and Gallatin 

 streets, and Mr, Rudical, of the Maple 

 Heights Greenhouses, report their East- 

 er trade satisfactory, in view of pre- 

 vailing weather conditions. 



Accun ulated stock here is cleaning 

 up nicely. Bedding stock is in excel- 

 lent shape. L. S. 



Bellevue, Idaho — M. A. Reinhardt, of 

 the White Lake Conservatory at Mon- 

 tague, Mich., has located here. 



Lost Springs, Kan. — J, A. Gordon, 

 who formerly conducted the Herington 

 Greenhouses and later a store in Hering- 

 ton, has located here. 



OBITUARY. 



Theresia Paasch. 



For a quarter of a century one of 

 Chicago's well known florists, Theresia 

 Paasch, wife of Christian Paasch, died 

 quite suddenly March 27. The funeral 

 was held Sunday, March 30, from the 

 home of a daughter, 1950 Roscoe boule- 

 vard, Chicago, and was largely at- 

 tended. There were many flowers. 



Theresia Paasch was 52 years of 

 age. She was born at Vornditt, Ger- 

 many, where she married, coming to 

 America with her husband in 188.5, 

 twenty-eight years ago. They soon 

 started a flower store at what is now 

 1643 North Halsted street in Chicago, 

 where they were in business for over 

 twenty-five years, the firm becoming 

 Paasch & Szerlinsky. The business was 

 sold February 1, 1911, to John Stein- 

 metz, a former employee of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., who is carrying it on 

 with increasing success. The Paaschs 

 also had a store for some years on 

 Clybourn avenue and once had green- 

 houses at May street and Lincoln ave- 

 nue. Mrs. Paasch for years was the 

 buyer, visiting the Chicago wholesale 

 houses. She leaves, with her husband, 

 two daughters and two grandsons. 



William Haerle. 



William Haerle, proprietor of the El 

 Reah Greenhouses, at Hollywood, Cal., 

 died at the Clara Barton hospital 

 March 23, following an operation for 

 hernia. He was the son of a well 

 known dry goods merchant gt Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., and started in 'the flower 

 business only a few years' ago. He 

 bought some dilapidated old houses 

 that had been used for growing pines, 

 and replaced them with modern glass 

 on a fine piece of property in Holly- 

 wood. Of late he had grown roses only. 

 For a year or two he went into orchid 

 growing for cut flowers and also to 

 some extent into the growing of lilies, 

 azaleas and other market plants. 



Mr. Haerle always had courage 

 enough to go ahead with anything he 

 undertook, and he grew good stock in 

 small quantities that always found a 

 ready market. Good-natured to a 

 fault, he had hosts of friends and his 

 death on Easter Sunday cast a gloom 

 over all. The sympathy of all is with 

 Mrs. Haerle, who had always been a 

 most devoted helpmate and had stood 

 by her late husband through sickness 

 and every other trouble. The funeral 

 took place March 27 and was attended 

 by a large number of friends. Mrs. 

 Haerle, it is said, intends to carry on 

 the business at Hollywood. H. R. B. 



George Bosmarin. 



George Rosmarin, a pioneer florist of 

 Alameda, Cal., died at his residence in' 

 that city on the morning of March 26, 

 at the age of 73 years. Death was 

 due to a general breakdown and was 

 probably hastened by sorrow over the 

 death of his wife, who passed away 

 three months ago. The deceased florist 

 had been a resident and business man 

 of Alameda for forty-two years, having 

 during that time conducted a large nur- 

 sery and flower establishment on Bay 

 street, near Encinal avenue. He came 

 to Alameda from San Mateo county, 

 where he settled forty-five years ago, 

 coming to California from Germany, 

 his birthplace. He was one of the ear- 

 liest residents of California to devote 

 his attention to the growing of plants 



and flowers commercially, and his Ala- 

 meda nurseries supplied many of the 

 floral effects seen in San Francisccv 

 some years ago. Since the great fire 

 in San Francisco, he had gradually Cur- 

 tailed his business enterprises and for 

 the last two years he had not been 

 actively engaged in directing his nur- 

 sery interests. He is survived by two- 

 daughters, Mrs. Harry Rasmussen, of 

 San Francisco, and Mrs. James Fegan, 

 of Belvedere. The funeral, held March 

 28, was largely attended by the garden- 

 ing fraternity of the vicinity. G. 



Mrs. J. W. Arnold. 



Mrs. J. W. Arnold, of the firm of 

 J. W. & E. E. Arnold, at Omaha,. 

 Neb., died March 26, in her sixty-sixth 

 year, at her residence, 1418 North 

 Eighteenth street. She had been a 

 resident of Omaha for forty-five years 

 and was always prominent as a florist. 

 Her husband died a number of years 

 ago. She is survived by a son. Warden 

 Arnold, of Denver, and three daughters, 

 Mrs. E. W. Dowdall, Mrs. L. L. Raber 

 and Mildred Arnold, all of Omaha. 



Alexander Innes. 



Alexander Innes, aged 36, formerly 

 of Innes & McRae, Cheswick, Pa., died 

 of pneumonia at his home in New 

 Kensington, Pa. The funeral was held 

 from the residence of Mrs. McRae in 

 Cheswick. 



Albert C. Luther. 



Albert C. Luther, one of the oldest 

 gardeners in the state of Rhode Island, 

 died at his home in Bristol, March 11, 

 as a result of a shock brought on by 

 a bad fall sustained the previous week. 

 He was born at Warren, R. I., August 

 10, 1830. He is survived by three sons 

 and two daughters. 



Otis P. Chapman, Jr. 



Otis Pendleton Chapman, Jr., who- 

 had been in failing health for the last 

 two years, died March 24, at his home 

 in Westerly, R. I., in his thirty-eighth 

 year. He was born in Westerly, and, 

 after completing his public school 

 course, served as a clerk in the 

 grocery business, studying and growing 

 dahlias as a side line. Several years 

 ago he devoted his entire time to the 

 dahlia business and established the 

 Hillcrest Dahlia Gardens. He became 

 one of the best known growers and 

 dealers in New England. Mr. Chapman 

 was of an industrious nature, of genial 

 disposition and had a great many 

 friends. He had a faithful helpmate 

 in his wife, Mrs. Mabel Vose Chapman, 

 who was his almost constant companion 

 and who took an active interest in 

 the conduct of the business in which 

 Mr. Chapman was so successfully en- 

 gaged. Besides his widow, Mr. Chap- 

 man is survived by his parents and 

 a brother. W. H. M. 



Alexander Broadfoot. 



Alexander D. Broadfoot, 61 years of 

 age, a well known landscape gardener 

 of Washington, D. C, died recently in 

 the Providence hospital, after an illness 

 of six months, of a complication of dis- 

 eases. He was born in Dumfries, Scot- 

 land, and came to Washington when 

 quite young. In the early seventies 

 he obtained employment in the Botani- 

 cal Gardens, later going to the Depart- 

 ment of Public Grounds and Buildings. 

 He was instrumental in making many 

 of the local parks spots of beauty and 



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