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The Florists' Review 



Decembeb 12, 1912. 



Oo., has recently purchased a residence 

 on Hope street, and is erecting a new 

 garage. 



The King Construction Co. is erecting 

 a new house, 24x150, for Philip Swan- 

 son. W. H. M. 



OBITUARY. 



Francois Gruaz. 



Francois Gruaz, one of the most prom- 

 inent florists and gardeners 'of New Or- 

 leans, died December 1, following an 

 illness of several weeks. 



Mr. Gruaz came to this country about 

 thirty years ago, following a thorough 

 schooling in horticulture in France, 

 Germany and his home, Switzerland. 

 Since his arrival in America he has 

 been a citizen of New Orleans. Due 

 to his knowledge of horticulture are 

 a number of the most beautiful gardens 

 in the city, and many of the younger 

 members of the trade have had their 

 training under him. 



The deceased was born in Pompiny, 

 Cantivaud, Switzerland, in 1857, and 

 following a short schooling in that 

 country he was entered as an appren- 

 tice to a florist. At the age of 15 he 

 left his home and went to France, 

 where he again entered himself as an 

 apprentice to a horticulturist. Five 

 years later, when but a young man, he 

 took up the study of horticulture in the 

 gardens of Germany, where he spent 

 five more years. 



He was joined by his family from 

 Switzerland, and all sailed for New 

 Orleans, but due to the boat springing 

 a leak they were forced to put in at 

 New York. There he remained for a 

 space of ten days, and then continued 

 to New Orleans, where he established 

 himself in the florists' business. 



In 1898 he married Miss Elizabeth 

 Williamson. He is survived by his 

 wife, who has been estranged for the 

 past four years, and Miss Justine 

 Gruaz, his sister, and three nieces. The 

 funeral services took place from the 

 family residence December 2 and were 

 largely attended. 



Maurice Doyle. 



After a month's illness, Maurice 

 Doyle, aged 36, a florist of Springfield, 

 O., died of pneumonia November 30, 

 at the residence of his uncle, John 

 Doyle, corner Home road and North 

 Limestone street. The funeral was held 

 at St. Raphael church and the burial 

 was in Lagonda cemetery. 



Anna M. Schultz. 



In the death of Mrs. Anna Maria 

 Schultz, December 2, Washington lost 

 one of its oldest florists. Mrs. Schultz 

 was born in Stettin, Germany, seventy- 

 three years ago. With her husband she 

 operated greenhouses on D street, be- 

 tween Sixth and Seventh streets, be- 

 fore that thoroughfare was picked out 

 to become one of the busiest streets of 

 the city. With the opening of the shed 

 on the site of the present Center Mar- 

 ket, they obtained a flower stand and, 

 all told, Mrs. Schultz has been a fa- 

 miliar figure in the trade for over half 

 a century. The death of a son, which 

 occurred two weeks ago in Philadel- 

 phia, is believed to have hastened her 

 death. She was at the market stand on 

 the previous Saturday, but complained 

 of not feeling well. By the terms of 

 her will, which has been entered for 

 probate, various bequests are made to 

 her children and grandchildren, and 



after these are made the balance of the 

 estate goes to her son, Frank E. Schultz, 

 who will continue the business. 



John Martin. 



John Martin, one of the oldest and 

 most esteemed residents of Woon- 

 socket, E. I., died December 4, at his 

 home, 107 Spring street. Though he 

 had been ailing for several years, he 

 was confined to his bed but a few days. 

 He was born in County Leitrim, Ire- 

 land, eighty years ago and came to this 

 country when a young man. After a 

 short residence in Nantucket, Mass., 

 he moved to Woonsocket, where he 

 lived the remainder of his life. For 

 more than a quarter of a century he 

 was employed as gardener in charge of 

 the greenhouses owned by the late Ed- 

 ward Harris. Mr. Martin is survived 

 by a son and a daughter. 



Patrick McDonnell. 



Patrick McDonnell, one of the best 

 known carnation growers in the vicin- 

 ity of San Francisco, Cal., died at his 

 home in Oakland, Cal., November 30. 

 He had been ill with pneumonia for 

 several weeks, but his demise was unex- 

 pected. He was a native of Ireland and 

 was 54 years of age. He came to 

 America when a boy. He was a highly 

 successful grower, and before engaging 

 in this department he had been a land- 

 scape gardener for many years. H^e is 

 survived by a widow and four young 

 children. He was a successful busi- 

 ness man and possessed much profitable 

 business property in the neighborhood 

 of his home. He was also a director of 

 the Telegraph Avenue Bank of Oak- 

 land. He was buried December 2, in 

 St. Mary's cemetery, and the obsequies 

 were attended by over 100 of the gar- 

 dening and florists' fraternity. 



Mrs. Gteorge Bauman. 



Mrs. George Bauman, of Columbus, 

 O., died November 25, after a lingering 

 illness with paralysis. She had been in 

 bad health for nearly three years, but 

 her family and friends were in hopes 

 she would recover. She had lived a 

 useful and active life, a woman who 

 numbered every acquaintance as her 

 friend, beloved by a wide circle. The 

 funeral took place on the afternoon of 

 November 27 and was largely attended, 

 but a great many of the florists were 

 unable to be present on account of 

 Thanksgiving being the next day. Mr. 

 Bauman is florist and gardener to Rob- 

 ert Jeffrey, having taken the position 

 shortly before his wife's death, so as 

 to be more at home. He gave up the 

 fern business in the Hocking valley. 



Francis Fillmore. 



Francis Fillmore, father of F. J. 

 .Fillmore, St. Louis, died December 6 at 

 St. Mary's hospital, from the effects 

 of an accident of a week before, when 

 he broke his leg. The funeral took 

 place December 9, interment being at 

 St. Matthew's cemetery. A large circle 

 of florists attended, to express their 

 sympathy for the bereaved family. 



Mr. Fillmore was born at Wimbledon, 

 England, May 26, 1825. He left for 

 America April 6, 1870, locating at To- 

 peka, Kan. Six months later his wife 

 and seven children joined him at Law- 

 rence, Kan., where he engaged in veg- 

 etable gardening. In 1873 he went to 

 St. Louis, working for landscape gar- 

 deners. Later on he entered, with his 

 sons, into vegetable gardening and con- 

 tinued for several years, until his 



younger son died. He then went to 

 work in Tower Grove park and was 

 there for about eighteen years. He 

 was hale, hearty and his memory clear 

 until he met with the accident, which, 

 coupled with his old age, caused his 

 death. He leaves a son, four daugh- 

 ters, fifteen grandchildren and twenty- 

 one great-grandchildren. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade was fair last week, but stock 

 is somewhat scarce. Mums are about 

 gone, the carnation crop is off and 

 there is hardly enough stock to go 

 around. Koses are in fair supply, some 

 first-class stock being shipped in. Beau- 

 ties are obtainable, but are command- 

 ing a good price. Paper Whites and 

 Romans are making their appearance. 

 Orchids, valley and violets are moving 

 nicely. 



Various Notes. 



The monthly meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association was held in Ko- 

 komo, with about thirty members in at- 

 tendance. Considerable business was 

 transacted. An invitation from E. T. 

 Barnes, of Spencer, to meet there in 

 the near future was accepted. A reso- 

 lution came before the meeting for the 

 association to hold only four meetings 

 a year, in January, April, July and 

 November. This will be voted on at 

 the next meeting. A committee com- 

 posed of Albert Marshall, Herman 

 .lunge and Adolph Baur was appointed 

 to audit the books of the secretary and 

 treasurer. Homer Wiegand, L. Elder, 

 H. Schilling and Oliver Steinkamp were 

 named to provide the entertainment 

 for the annual meeting, which is to be 

 held the second Tuesday in January. 

 New members were elected as follows: 

 Robert McKeand, of Marion; W. A. 

 Bitler, of Kokomo; W. J. Vesey, Jr., 

 of Ft. Wayne; John Grande, Jr., Henry 

 Hack, Morris Marer, of Indianapolis; 

 W. D. Leatherman, of Anderson; M. C. 

 Smith, of Marion; and Osa Coryell, of 

 Richmond. W. J. & M. S. Vesey ex- 

 hibited several vases of My Maryland 

 and Killarney roses and poinsettias, 

 samples of the stock that they are pro- 

 ducing. 



Frank Farney, with M. Rice & Co., 

 and Martin Reukauf, with H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., called on the trade here 

 last week. 



Raymond Kester, with the Hill-Heller 

 Co., spent a few days in Chicago last 

 week. The new store is doing an ex- 

 cellent business. 



George Wiegand is contemplating a 

 trip to Florida after the first of the 

 year. 



The Roepke-Rieman Co. has a fine lot 

 of cyclamens for Christmas. 



The Wiegands are all smiles — the 

 street cars are again running on the 

 North Illinois street line, after four 

 months of idleness. The street has 

 been torn up since the first part of Sep- 

 tember. 



Adolph Baur, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Societv, is busy getting 

 out the premium list for the April show. 

 Mr. Baur states that any one desiring 

 space should get busy, as he expected 

 to send it to press about December 20. 



Baur & Steinkamp have a new red 

 carnation which they intend to market 

 next year. Mr. Baur thinks this one 

 superior to St. Nicholas. H. L. W. 



