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The Florists' Review 



Mat 1, 1918. 



many, for it is a time when practically 

 all flowers sell, and the florist who 

 grows the material needed for bou- 

 quets and designs is the one who will 

 make money, and not the one whose 

 crops are too early or late and who is 

 compelled to pay Memorial day prices 

 in wholesale markets for his flowers. 



Such crops as ten weeks ' stocks, can- 

 dytuft and double feverfew, if they 

 can be timed right, net excellent 

 money. They are worth little at any 

 other time, however, than Memorial 

 day. Therefore, every possible atten- 

 tion should be given them. An ample 

 water supply, freedom from insects, 

 plenty of fresh air and full sunshine 

 are essentials to their successful cul- 

 ture. Keep the surface soil stirred 

 and do not give weeds any quarter. 

 The crops may .have to be retarded by 

 shading the glass, or pushed a little, 

 according to the season. Spanish iris, 

 Gladiolus nanus and the big-flowered 

 varieties, such as America, Brench- 

 leyensis, Augusta, etc., can be kept for 

 some days in a cut state in a cold cel- 

 lar. These crops are all valuable and 

 it is not easy to say offhand how they 

 should be treated now. The weather is 

 always a potent factor, but with cool 

 houses, kept shaded and freely aired, 

 and with cool cellars, even the vaga- 

 ries of climate can be to a large ex- 

 tent offset. 



Spira>a .laponica comes in quickly 

 and if half grown now should be in 

 on time. Gladstone and compacta 

 need a week or more longer, and that 

 beautiful pink variety, Queen Alex- 

 andra, still more. The last named 

 brings fancy prices for Memorial day. 

 It is important to remember not to 

 force it too hard and to be sure to 

 shade the plants when the flowers are 

 opening, or they will speedily lose their 

 beautiful peach-pink color. Lilium 

 longiflorum, if it is now showing buds, 

 will be in good season. If buds are 

 not yet appearing, the plants must 

 have more heat. 



OBITUARY. 



Frank T. Emerson. 



Frank Thayer Emerson, who became 

 personally known to practically all the 

 seedsmen of the United States during 

 the years he was manager for the West- 

 ern Seed & Irrigation Co., died at Mer- 

 cedes, Tex., April 23. Although it bad 

 been known that he was likely to go 

 at any time, the announcement of his 

 death came unexpectedly, as the last 

 letters had spoken of some improve- 

 ment, which evidently was only tempo- 

 rary. 



Mr. Emerson, who was a native of 

 Boston, spent his whole life in the seed 

 business. His father, Joseph Homer 

 Emerson, for a number of years was 

 with the Ames Plow Co., in Boston, but 

 later went into the seed business. 

 Leaving Boston, the son went to New 

 York, later to Fremont, Neb., where he 

 and his brothers established one of the 

 important industries of that section un- 

 der the corporate name of the West- 

 ern Seed & Irrigation Co. For some 

 years Frank T. Emerson was manager. 

 The business was established in 1887 

 and incorporated in 1894. The present 

 ofl5cers are: Lowell Emerson, president 

 and treasurer; William Emerson, vice- 

 piesideBt and manB§ar. Leaviag Fre- 

 mMit, P^ank T. Emerson spent some 

 tilne in California, eventually locating 



at Mercedes, Tex., where he continued 

 the seed business, first as a retailer and 

 later as a wholesaler. He is survived 

 by his wife, Mrs. Fannie W. (Hildreth) 

 Emerson, and three children, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Evans, of Framingham; Mrs. H. 

 Grey Coy, of Waterloo, Neb., and 

 Samuel H. Emerson, of Mercedes, Tex. 

 His mother, Mrs. J. Homer Emerson, 

 resides in Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. Emer- 

 son and son, Sam, accompd&ied the re- 

 mains to Boston for interment in the 

 family plot. 



Mrs. August Dresel. 



Mrs. August Dresel, widow of a 

 prominent Chicago and Crown Point 

 florist, whose death took place about 

 nine months ago, passed away at the 

 home of her son-in-law, Samuel Pearce, 

 2137 Clybourn avenue, Chicago, April 

 26. Apoplexy was the cause and she 

 was suffered to live only a few hours 

 after the stroke took place. Born in 

 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6, 1838, 

 she was 74 years 9 months old at the 

 time of her death. Moving to this 

 country while quite young, she married 

 August Dresel and for torty-eight years 

 was a resident of Chicago. Five chil- 

 dren survive: August Dresel, Jr., is 

 a florist and a business associate of 

 Samuel J. Pearce, the husband of one 

 of the daughters; Henry is a florist 

 and foreman for the Metairie Ridge 

 Nurseries, New Orleans, La., while 

 Lewis is a bank auditor at Detroit. 

 The burial took place April 30 at Wun- 

 ders cemetery, many Chicago florists 

 being in attendance. 



E. H. Bauer. 



E. H. Bauer, head of the firm of E. 

 H. Bauer & Son, of Chesilhurst, N. J., 

 died April 26. His death is recorded in 

 the Philadelphia correspondence this 

 week. 



H. W. Blowers. 



Harry Winfield Blowers, aged 55 

 years and in the nursery business at 

 Westfield, N. Y., died April 20 at the 

 State hospital at Gowanda, N. Y., 

 where he had been ill since April 4. 

 Mr. Blowers was born at Cuba, N. Y., 

 August 24, 1858. He graduated from 

 the Westfield Academy and Union 

 School in 1879, afterwards working at 

 Fredonia, N. Y., for T. S. Hubbard, 

 whose nursery business is now con- 

 ducted as the T. S. Hubbard Co. Later 

 he embarked in the nursery business 

 for himself, also handling a side line 

 of bicycles. Recently he disposed of 

 the bicycle end of the business and de- 

 voted all of his time to raising grape 

 roots and propagating Blowers' black- 

 berry, which he discovered and placed 

 on the market. He married Miss Ber- 

 tha Burch, at Erie, Pa., December 8, 

 1891. She survives him, together with 

 two daughters. Misses Marian and 

 Jessie Blowers. He is also survived by 

 one brother, Roy S. Blowers, and one 

 sister, Mrs. Jennie B. Dann. Mr. 

 Blowers made his home at Portland, 



Nr'Y. 



Henry Eicke. 



Henry Eicke, aged 47 years, recently 

 with Vaughan's Seed Store and for- 

 merly with Stumpp & Walter Co., O. V. 

 Zangen and F. E. McAllister & CO., all 

 of New York, died April 10 at Christ 

 hospital, Jersey City, N. J., as the re- 

 sult of a complication of diseases. He 

 left a widow and thcae children. Mr. 

 Eicke was well known in the trade. 

 His experience covers a period of more 



than thirty years. He was of a genial 

 nature and had many friends in and 

 around New York. 



KANSAS OITT. 



The Market. 



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The business for last week showed 

 an increase over that of the previous 

 week. There has been a steady in- 

 crease of trade since Easter. The ide- 

 mand is about equal to the supply, 

 except in carnations, which are being 

 cut heavily, and some of the dry go6ds 

 stores are still offering them in spedial 

 Saturday sales. Roses are fine and are 

 easily disposed of. Killarneys take 

 the lead, with Richmonds second, and 

 they sell as high as $3 per dozen. Roses 

 are in excellent condition, on account 

 of the cool weather, which leaves them 

 with a good color. Sweet peas are 

 being cut in large quantities and the 

 quality is fine. Snapdragons are being 

 heavily cut, but the trade seems to dis- 

 pose of them all. There is little bulb- 

 ous stock left anywhere. Bedding 

 stock is being sold at a lively clip for 

 so early in the season. 



Various Notes. 



J. Tobler has been exceedingly busy 

 during the last four weeks, planting 

 shrubbery, and he says business has in- 

 creased a great deal along that line. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. had an 

 exceptionally good week's business, 

 decorating tables for different func- 

 tions. The firm also reports a heavy 

 cut of carnations and roses in the last 

 two weeks. 



Biedermann & Son report that the 

 spring bedding stock is selling much 

 earlier this year than last and that 

 they have already sent out a great 

 many porch boxes. 



R. S. Brown & Son say that business 

 with them is exceptionally good; they 

 are almost too busy to eat. They also 

 report that spring bedding stock is go- 

 ing fast. 



Charles Laundy has his place looking 

 extra attractive and he says he is 

 ready for the spring rush, which he 

 expects to show an increase of twenty- 

 five per cent this year. 



Henry Kusik went to Chicago last 

 week to buy cut flowers and supplies 

 to fill out his orders, as his stock of 

 supplies is inadequate. He contem- 

 plates making more room, in order to 

 keep a larger stock. 



Arthur Newell reports that he has 

 been extremely busy all the week with 

 funeral work and that business has 

 increased a great deal over that of 

 two weeks ago. 



Across the state line, business in gen 

 eral is as good as could be expecte<< 

 and has increased steadily since 

 Easter. 



E. H. Frandsen & Co. have planted 

 their summer-blooming roses in benches 

 and the plants look quite promising. 



The Geo. M. Kellogoj Cut Flower & 

 Plant Co. reports that out-of-town 

 funeral work was exceptionally heavy 

 last week and that their stock of cul 

 flowers has just come into crop again 



The Alpha Floral Co. put out a sug 

 gestive letter head for Mothers ' day 

 Around the edge of each sheet were 

 printed the faces of mothers, twelve 

 in number. He thought that, as an ad 

 vertisement, it would much more than 

 pay the expense; • '^'- 



W. J. Barnes has about 300 porch 



