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APBIL 24, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



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quite distant points. Of Zvolanek 's new 

 ij^inter blooming Speneera he has over 

 ^iy varieties, and these are a great ad- 

 vance over the old grandiflora types. 



In last week's issue of The Keview 

 p, H. Hazelton was credited with tak- 

 ing first prize for wreath at the Boston 

 Cooperative Market show. This should 

 have read F. H. Houghton, whose beau- 

 tiful pansy wreath charmed everyone. 

 for basket of yellow marguerites and 

 blue cornflowers the type made Mann 

 Bros, winners instead of Wax Bros. 



ItJ arguerites are now a great feature 

 in the local markets. Mrs. Sander 

 from A. E. E. Koch is fine, while the 

 yell 'ws from N. A. Hudson, of Natick, 

 Jan:es Wheeler and J. W. Simpson, of 

 Wolurn, with 24-inch stems, are won- 

 deriuUy fine. 



William C. Ward, of Quincy, is at 

 prei>ent strong on pansies and sends in 

 maiy thousands daily to the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. 



Welch Bros. Co. reports business as 

 satisfactory since Easter. 



F. W. Fletcher, of Auburndale, has 

 been deluged with inquiries for his new 

 snapdragon, Melrose, which won the 

 silver cup in New York. W. Wells, of 

 Earlswood, England, was particularly 

 taken with it and will act as English 

 agent for it. 



The New England Bose Co., McAlpine 

 Bros., proprietors, of Exeter, N. H., is 

 sending to the Boston Flower Exchange 

 some splendid Bichmond, Dark Pink 

 Killarney, White Killarney and Hill- 

 ingdon. 



, Wilfrid Wheeler, of Concord, who was 

 recently appointed Secretary of Agri- 

 culture for Massachusetts, will lecture 

 on small fruits at the next meeting of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 

 May 20. Arrangements are being made 

 for a special car to accommodate mem- 

 bers who will attend the field day at 

 W. H. Elliott's, Madbury, N. H., in 

 May. 



J. H. Leach & Son, of North Easton, 

 have fine valley this season. They 

 have the knack of getting good stems 

 and sufficient foliage, even in midwin- 

 ter. Their carnation Pink Supreme 

 continues to sell on sight at the Boston 

 Cooperative Market. 



Eber Holmes, of the Montrose Green- 

 houses, evidently appreciates the close 

 connection between cows and good 

 roses, as a herd of thirty head has re- 

 cently been installed there. 



The recent trade show at the Boston 

 Cooperative Market has had an excel- 

 lent effect on business there, practically 

 everything being cleaned out on recent 

 visits there. 



Wm. Jurgens, of Newport, is supply- 

 ing the Flower Growers ' Sales Co. with 

 splendid bulb stock, the Spanish iris be- 

 ing excellent. The supply of roses will 

 be largely increased next season, as 

 Thomas Boland's two houses at Bevere 

 and several large houses of the Halifax 

 Garden Co., Halifax, Mass., will be de- 

 voted to them. 



The next exhibition at Horticultural 

 hall will be held May 17 and 18. Cal- 

 ceolarias, pelargoniums and bulbous 

 flowers will be specialties. 



Mann Bros., of Bandolph, state that 

 this has been a satisfactory bulb season 

 with them. They grow 750,000 Dutch 

 bulbs, more than any other firm near 

 Boston, and market all the stock at the 

 Boston Flower Exchange. The cold 

 April is favorable to them for holding 

 back late varieties. 

 J. K. Chandler, of Tewksbury, has a 



beautiful pink sweet pea named Pink 

 Beauty, one of his own introduction and 

 distinct from any other in commerce, 

 which is in strong demand at his stand 

 in the wholesale market. It won first 

 prize recently at the Cooperative Flower 

 Market show. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, is 

 handling a superior grade of valley and 

 white lilac. He had a handsome 

 wreath of these two flowers at the trade 

 show. 



Fottler, Fiske, Bawson Co. reports an 

 active seed business, which the cool 

 weather is prolonging. A fine trade is 

 being done in hardy roses, shrubs, dah- 

 lias and bedding plants. 



Frank J. Dolansky's crop of Cattleya 

 MossisB is coming in nicely and will 

 give him some thousands of flowers. He 

 still cuts a fine lot of gardenias, roses 

 and carnations. W. N. Craig. 



OYSTEE BAT, N. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Board of Trade rooms 

 April 18. A large number of members 

 were present and President Duthie 

 occupied the chair. John Mclntyre and 

 James Beaton were elected to active 

 membership. The following gentlemen 

 acted as judges for the evening: James 

 Duckham, Duncan Beaton, George 

 Milne, and their decisions were as fol- 

 lows: Society's prize, W. D. Bobert- 

 son, Joslyn, first; best flowering plant, 

 W. D. Bobertson, first; three heads let- 

 tuce, Frank Petroccia, Locust Valley, 

 first; collection of orchids, cultural cer- 

 tificate to John T. Ingram, Oyster Bay. 

 A letter was read from H. A. Dreer, 

 PKiladelphia, offering a premium of $10 

 for twelve cactus dahlias and twelve 

 peony-flowered. It was decided to 

 hold a euchre party and dance May 2, 

 in the truck house. A committee was 

 appointed to have the plans for this 

 matured and tickets sent to all mem- 

 bers. The matter of buying seeds was 

 left in the hands of the president and 

 secretary, to do the best they could. 

 The exhibit for May will call for one 

 vase flowering shrubs, bunch of twenty- 

 five asparagus, one vase outdoor fiowers. 



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OBITUAEY. 



John O. Hann. 



John C. Hann, who was city nursery- 

 man at Bichmond, Va., for a number 

 of years until his resignation last year, 

 died recently at his home in that city. 

 He is survived by two sons, George D. 

 Hann, who succeeded him as city nurs- 

 eryman, and B. C. Hann, also of Bich- 

 mond. 



Mrs. Andrew J. Wlnget. 



Mrs. Andrew J. Winget, aged 32 

 years, died at her home at Mansfield, 

 O., April 17, after an illness of two 

 years. She underwent an operation last 

 May, but it was not successful. She 

 was a great lover of flowers and ably 

 assisted her husband in the greenhouse 

 and store. 



August Carl Eahlmeyer. 



August Carl Kahlmeyer, 83 years 

 old, died April 18 at the home of his 

 daughter, Mrs. James F. Dick, 22 Cot- 

 tage place, Tarrytown, N. Y. Mr. Kahl- 

 meyer was born in Berlin and at one 

 time was a gardener to the Court of 



Prussia. He leaves four dJiughters and 

 three sons. 



Ben F. BubeL 



The president of the Fleischman Flo- 

 ral Co., Ben F. Bubel, died at 3 p. m., 

 Friday, April 18, at his residence, 4337 

 Grand boulevard, Chicago, after a brief 

 illness with pneumonia. 



Mr. Bubel was the son of Mrs. 

 Frances Bubel, brother of Mrs. I. E. 

 Block, Mrs. N. A. Kauffman, I. A. Bubel, 

 Dr. Maurice Bubel and Harry BubeL 

 He was born September 17, 1866, and 

 his entire business career was in Chi- 

 cago. He made a pronounced success 

 of the B. F. Bubel Candy Co., operating 

 one of the largest confectionery stores 

 on State street, but his rapid rise be- 

 gan when he took over the flower busi- 

 ness established in ai^ adjoining store 

 by Joseph Fleischman, of New York. 

 Mr. Bubel shortly removed the flower 

 store to the Bailway Exchange building 

 and secured the services of George W. 

 Wienhoeber as manager. Mr. Bubel was 

 not only a merchant of unusual ability, 

 but he seemed to have a special fac- 

 ulty for systematizing the flower busi- 

 ness and the daring to invest large sums 

 of money in its development. His ad- 

 vertising expenditure in recent years is 

 said to have exceeded $15,000 per an- 

 num and the expenditure on store facili- 

 ties was on an equally liberal scale. As 

 a result of his genius for merchandis- 

 ing, combined with Mr. Wienhoeber 's 

 ability as a florist, they were able to 

 develop what is now considerably the 

 largest retail flower business in Chicago, 

 and probably in the^United States. Mr. 

 Bubel was not personally widely known 

 in the trade. He Vas all attention to 

 business, but took no part in trade ac- 

 tivities outside his own store. He was 

 a director of the Chicago Hebrew Insti- 

 tute, a member of the Chicago Associa- 

 tion of Commerce, the Standard Club 

 and the Illinois Athletic Association. 

 He had never married. 



The funeral was held Sunday morn- 

 ing, April 20, at Sinai Temple, thence 

 by automobile to Bosehill. There was 

 a large showing of flowers, a number 

 of handsome pieces coming from whole- 

 sale and retail florists, anJ^ a number 

 of those in the trade were present. 



It is understood that, appreciating the 

 serious nature of his illness, Mr. Bubel 

 put all his business affairs in order,, 

 making arrangements which will insure 

 the carrying on the business of the 

 Fleischman Floral Co. along the same 

 lines as in the past. 



T. H. Paterson. 



Thomas H. Paterson, aged 43, former- 

 ly a well known florist of Baltimore, 

 Md., and for four years master of Lex- 

 ington market, in that city, dropped 

 dead April 15 while ascending the stairs 

 of a hall to attend a meeting. Mr. 

 Paterson 's father was also a leading 

 florist in lys day, father and son having 

 been in business for a long time on 

 Eutaw street, near Lexington street. 

 The father died several years ago. Mr. 

 Paterson is survived by his wife. 



Montclalr, N. J. — James N. Jarvie, a 

 wealthy citizen of this town, has an- 

 nounced {hat he will make a gpit of 

 $500 to the Montclalr Civic Association, 

 to be used as prizes in a garden com- 

 petition. He made a similar gift last 

 year and the competition for the prize» 

 was keen. 



