May 8, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



The gas is deadly to all human beings, 

 as well as to all forms of animal life. 

 The house "ean be entered with safety 

 in the morning and should then be 

 ventilated and sprayed over, 

 jjlications may be necessary 

 out the white fly completely. 



Two ap- 

 to clean 

 C. W. 



OBITUARY. 



Ernest Fischer. 



Ernest Fischer died April 29, at his 

 home in Sharon, Pa., after an extended 

 illness. He is survived by his wife 

 and two grown children. He was for 

 many years in business in Pittsburgh, 

 with greenhouses at Castle Shannon, 

 which are now conducted by Henry 

 Meuschke. Later he started the South 

 Hills Floral Co., but after several years 

 he sold his interest in the business and 

 for the last four years he had been a 

 member of the firm of Fischer & 

 Scheick, Sharon, Pa., where they pur- 

 chased the greenhouses and store for- 

 merly owned by M. I. O'Brien. Mr. 

 Fischer was well and favorably known 

 by all the trade in his vicinity. He 

 was always energetic in business and 

 was a good grower. He commanded the 

 respect of all who knew him. 



Clarke. 



Christopher J. Hess. 



Christopher .1. Hess, an old resident 

 of Chicago, passed away recently at his 

 home, 12220 Stewart avenue. He had 

 just returned from Florida, where he 

 had spent the winter. He was a grower 

 of seeds, asparagus, etc., and also of 

 greenhouse jdants, although he had 

 other larjrer interests. In his quiet ge- 

 nial way he made many friends in all 

 walks of life. Ffe is survived by his 

 wife and three sons. 



Chas. P. Baender. 



Chas. P. Baender, one of the oldest 

 residents of Melrose, Cal., died sud- 

 denly at his home Ajjril 29. He had 

 conducted a general nursery at Fruit- 

 vale for over twenty years and was well 

 known to the tra<le. He was a native 

 of (lermany and 7H years old. He leaves 

 a widow and six sons and daughters. 

 Mr. Baender was a member of the 

 Grand Army of the Republic, and the 

 funeral was conducted under its au- 

 spices May 1, the interment lieing in 

 Evergreen cemetery, at Fruitvale, Cal. 



John S. Haynes. 



John S. Haynes, of Lowell, Mass., 

 died May .*}, by his own act. Mr. 

 Haynes was found in a small work- 

 shop attache* 1 to his greenhouse next 

 to his residence. Tt is said that no di- 

 rect cause for the act is known, al- 

 though he had been despondent since 

 the death of his wife about five years 

 ago. 



Mr. Haynes was liorn in Cambri<lge- 

 shire, England, and was 57 years of 

 age. For over twenty years he had con- 

 ducted a florists' shop at the corner of 

 (iorham and Cosgrove streets, in Low- 

 ell. He was well and favorably known 

 in that city and his kind deeds, both 

 in his business and social life, hail made 

 liim many friends. He was a member 

 of the United Workmen, Lowell lodge 

 No. 22, and was an attendant at the 

 Gorham St'reet Methodist church. He 

 leaves to mourn his death, one son, 

 William C, of Lowell, three brothers 

 and one sister in England. 



BUSINESS S?L NOTES..... 



St. Paul, Minn.— (). K. Eckhar.it Co., 

 wholesale florists, have removed to 318 

 Minnesota street. 



Portland, Me. — A .'|il,500 greenhouse 

 is being erected for Philip G. Brown, 

 at 85 Vaughan street. 



Sparta, HI. — H. O. Clendenin thinks 

 it about the last straw that he should 

 be laid up with the mumps while the 

 spring business is in full swing. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Henry Young, of 

 this city, and Miss Clara Bleeke, of 

 Decatur, Ind., were married April 28 

 and went to New York on their wed- 

 ding trip. 



Sterling, HI. — Mr. Koopman, florist 

 for the International Harvester Co., is 

 again at work on the ornamental plots 

 of the company, which make Main street 

 attractive in the summer. 



Lenox, Mass. — A small fire in the fur- 

 nace room of John Sloane 's greenhouse, 

 April 20, brought out the fire depart- 

 ment, an<l the blaze was extinguished 

 before much damage resultetl. 



Watertown, Wis. — Loeffler & Benke 

 are said to have shipped 450,000 violets 

 to the Milwaukee market in the season 

 now closed, besides quantities of sweet 

 peas, which still are blooming. Some 

 of the peas went to Chicago. 



Blcbmond Hill, Ont.— At a public 

 meeting in Masonic hall, April 11, a 

 resolution was ailopted petitioning the 

 council to grant a loan of $5,000 to 

 Mr. Lawrence, to enable him to rebuild 

 his greenhouse, which was wrecked in 

 the storm of March 28. It is projiosed 

 to permit Mr. Lawrence to ]tay the 

 amount back to the city without in- 

 terest at the rate of $1,000 a year, 

 after the first five years. 



Columbus, O. — Frederick M. Browne- 

 well, decorator for the Livingston Seed 

 Co., was interviewed recently by a 

 newspaper reporter with reference to 

 Mothers' day, and the rejiort of the 

 interview occupied about three-quarters 

 of a column in the issue of the news- 

 ]>aper for May I. In his talk Mr. 

 Brownewell ipade the fact clear that 

 the exclusive use of white carnations 

 for the occasion, or the exclusive use 

 of any other one l<,ind or color of flow- 

 ers, would be both impracticable and 

 inappropriate. 



Albuquerque, N. M.— (J. Shaw be- 

 comes the owner of the Albucpierciuo 

 Floral Co., .ludge Raynobls having di 

 rected Receiver H. S. Klwood to sell 

 the property to him. Air. Shaw was the 

 highest bi<ider, ofl'cring to pay $2,500 

 in cash, to assume a mortgage for $4,- 

 500, held bv the First National bank, 

 and to exeiute a mortgage for $2,000 

 on the proixMty. due in two years, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Elwood's petition to the 

 court for authority to sell. The stock- 

 holders of the company adopted a reso- 

 lution asking Mr. El wood to obtain 

 author itv from the court to make the 

 sale to":Nrr. Shaw. The property in- 

 clutles four acres, with 20.000 feet of 

 glass, well stoclced. 



Ida, Kan. — A. H. Pecklers has con- 

 tracted with the Bixley Fruit Co. to 

 plant 50,000 tomato i»lants and expects 

 to increase the number to 85,000. Mr. 

 Pecklers has 15,000 cabbage plants and 

 50,000 celery plants coming on. 



Union HUl, N. J.— Henry Schmidt has 

 purchased the place of the late Charles 

 Zarembo, on Church lane, and will 

 have facilities to considerably enlarge 

 his business. His postoffice address 

 will continue to be Weehawken, as he 

 will be at the old place until the lease 

 expires. 



Irondequoit, N. Y. — Fire damaged the 

 greenhouses of Almon J. Warren and 

 F. G. Smallbridge, vegetable growers, 

 on the night of April 1(5, causing a loss 

 of about $8,000. Five houses were 

 more or less affected. The families of 

 both growers were asleep in the dwel- 

 ling nearby, which was only saved by 

 the timely warning of a neighbor, who 

 discovered the flames. 



Lansing, Mich. — The Alpha Floral 

 (Jo. has let the contract to the John C. 

 Moninger Co., Chicago, for the mate- 

 rial for eight houses of the latest type, 

 each 80x200. These are to be erected 

 at once on a new location on Mt. Hope 

 avenue and as soon as they are finished 

 work is to be begun moving the old 

 glass from Kiver street to the recently 

 acquired new site. 



Brookllne, Mass. — A. H. Wood was 

 fined $500 by Judge King in the Nor- 

 folk Superior court, April 24, for killing 

 Thomas (Joldrop, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 whom he found stealing his violets. 

 Mr. (jioldrop, who was shot as he at- 

 temj)ted to make his escape after de- 

 tection, was a gardener in poor circum- 

 stances and left a wife and small daugh- 

 ter. Mr. Wood pleaded guilty to a 

 charge of nianslaujjhter and Judge King 

 waived sentence and imposed the fine 

 instead, in deference to petitions from 

 citizens of Hrookliue, who asked leni- 

 ency for the defendant owing to the 

 critical condition of his wife, who is 

 said to be dying. The judge stateil in 

 court, when im[>osing the fiine, that he 

 would have sent the <lefendant to prison 

 but for the condition of the latter 's 

 wife. 



Nazareth, Pa. — ^Irs. Mary L. Geiger, 

 widow of (leorge R. Geiger, has filed a 

 joint suit asking $20,000 damages 

 against the Nazareth Portland Cement 

 Co., Phoenix Portland Cement Co. and 

 Dexter Portland Cement Co., all lo- 

 cated within a mile of her range, which 

 is under lease to Johnson & Garland. 

 The lease expires in December and the 

 firm will not renew it. Mrs. Geiger 

 alleges that the dust from the cement 

 plants forms a thick crust on her 20,000 

 feet of glass, keeping out the sun and 

 stunting the growth of the plants to 

 such an extent that they mature too 

 late to be marketed at a profit. .lohn- 

 son & Garland claim they can not oper- 

 ate the range at a profit and will locate 

 elsewhere. Mr. .Johnson has purchased 

 a greenhouse at Bethlehem. Mr. Gar- 

 land is still at the Nazareth range, but 

 is seeking a locatioin. 



