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The Florists^ Review 



May 29, 1913. 



sideretl little less than a national ca- 

 lamity. J. Austin Shaw. 

 New York, 



The sad news that came with The 



Keview, Friday, May 23, announcing 



the death of Gilbert L. Grant, was a 



great shock to his many friends in St. 



Louis. The trade knew him as a man 



it was a pleasure to be associated with. 



He was honest, square and clean. His 



friends miss him; enemies he had none. 



May those who laid him in mother 



earth say as wrote Mark Twain: 



Warm s|ii1m;: sun. 

 Slilni' kinilly Ihtc: 

 Wnnii sdutlK-ni wiiul. 

 niow siiftlv here 



Orpcn s<h1 jiIkivo. 

 Lio liKlit. Hi' liiflit: 

 (Joixl iilBlit. (li'iu- lu-art. 

 Cootl iiijtlit. (loinl iiiKl't. 



.). .1. Beneke. 

 Louis. 



St. 



OBITUARY, 



William C. Trimble. 



William ('. Trimble, the senior mem- 

 ber of the Trimble family at Princeton, 

 111., and vice-i>resident of the W. P'. 

 Trimble Greenhouse Co., died May 24 

 of heart failure, while playing croquet 

 on the City Club grounds. He had 

 reached the ripe old ^ge of 82 years 

 7 months and 2 days. He was born in 

 Ohio and removed to Princeton in 1849, 

 where he made his home for sixty- 

 four years. He leaves a wife and ten 

 children, five sons and five daughters, 

 all of whom are married except two of 

 the sons. Mrs. Trimble had eight of 

 the children beside her at the funeral,' 

 which was held May 26, there being a 

 large attendance and many flowers. 

 Among those in the trade who were 

 present were Robert Simmen, La Salle, 

 111.; B. Katzwinkle, Mendota, 111.; 

 George Heath, Morris, 111,, and Carl 

 Krickson and Mrs. X. P. Colberg. 

 Princeton, III. 



Samuel D. Willard. 



Samuel D. AVillard, of Geneva, N, Y., 

 a widely known former nurseryman and 

 fruit grower, died May 23, aged 78 

 years. He had served eight years as 

 postmaster of Geneva and was a mem- 

 ber of tile State Fair Commission for 

 many years. 



James F, Dwyer, 



James F. Dwyer died May 19, after a 

 short illness, at his liome, 199 West 

 Ninth street, Brooklyn. N. Y. He was 

 born in Aurora, III., but had lived in 

 Brooklyn for many years, being asso- 

 ciated with his brothers in the florists' 

 business. He was a member of St. Mary 

 Star of the Sea church, Court and Nelson 

 streets. He is survived by his father 

 and three l)r()thcrs. The latter are 

 Thomas, Dennis and Michael. 



Jean R. Trumpy. 



.lean Rudoljih Trumpy, known in 

 two continents as a horticulturist, died 

 May 21 in a hospital at Flushing. L. I., 

 N. Y., aged 83 years. His <leath was 

 hastened by an aciident in the bath- 

 room of his homo five weeks ago, when 

 he fell and lncrhe his right hiii; He 

 was born in (iiaius, Switzerland, March 

 Ifi, 1830, and came to America at the 

 ago of 20 to Join the forces of Samuol 

 Parsons, then the leading American 

 nurserj'man. Uv assisted in the intro- 

 dn>'tion of hydraiiijeas in .America, as 



well as several evergreens and the Jap- 

 anese majtles. His knowledge of horti- 

 culture was gained in nearly every 

 country in Euro])e. He was once em- 

 l)loyed in the gardens of the king of 

 Bavaria. 



Henry Winfield. 



Henry T. W. Winfield died May 24 

 ;it his residence in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 He was the father of Harry Winfield, 

 of Nutley, N. J., and had been a promi- 

 nent florist in the eastern district for 

 more than twenty years. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife, Clara; one son, 

 Harry, and a daughter, Mrs. James K. 

 .lenkinson, and six grandchildren. He 

 was a ])rominent member of the Sey- 

 mour Club and was graduated from 

 Oxford University. Funeral services 

 were held May 2G, interment being in 

 Mount Olivet cemetery, Brooklyn. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Prices have shown a decided harden- 

 ing in the last few days, due to the near 

 approach of Memorial day, and flowers 

 are not any too plentiful. Roses never 

 make much of an advance at this floral 

 festival, and the prices on them show 

 little change, but they are cleaning up 

 well. Among the specially popular sorts 

 still are Taft, Ward, Hillingdon and the 

 reds, Richmonds being in especial de- 

 mand. Russells are in active demand 

 and Beauties are moving better. Carna- 

 tions show an aggressive front; .$4 to $(i 

 are current prices and many are booked 

 at $H per hundred for Memorial day, 

 some even higher. Scarlets, Benora, 

 Pink Delight and Gloriosa are leaders. 



Short-stemmed sweet ])eas have been 

 druggy, but good, long-stemmed flowers 

 have made $1.50 per hundred with ease. 

 Some late tulips still come in and a 

 small supply of these will be available 

 for Memorial day. Outdoor valley is 

 quite abundant. Some excellent lilies 

 are seen and a good crop of both can- 

 didums and longiflorums will be avail- 

 able. Colored stocks are being heavily 

 bought; so are such flowers as feverfew, 

 candytuft and snapdragons. The last 

 double violets arrived May 22. Gar- 

 denias are rather scarce, with a light 

 demand. Cattleyas are ])lentifnl, but 

 move quite well. The demand for ferns 

 and asparagus is good, and growers of 

 bedding plants, hydrangeas, etc., are 

 doing a rushing business. 



Club Field Day. 



The field dav of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club", at Wm. H. Elliott's 

 establislinient, Madbury, N. H., May 21. 

 was tlio most successful the club has yet 

 held. 12.") making the trip. The special 

 train ]iulled out of the North T'nion sta- 

 tion promptly at 9 o'clock. Cigars, 

 cards and other entertainment, furnished 

 by Mr. Elliott, beguiled the members, 

 or some ]iart of tiiem, during the pleas- 

 ant (i.l-mile railroad trip. An inspection 

 of the greenhouses was at once made 

 on arrival at Madbury. The large rose 

 house, (id X 1,340, was first inspected. A 

 good deal of young stock had lieen 

 ]dantod and everything was in first-class 

 shai)e. Another house, 42i.l' x812, seemed 

 comparatively small after being in the 

 OO-foot one. The varieties grown in- 

 cluded White Killarnev, Doultle White 

 Killarney, Dark Pink Killarney. Killar- 

 ney {^uoon. Ricliniond, Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



Lady Hillingdon, Sunburst and Christie 

 Miller. 



The last named is first-class, both for 

 summer and winter. Mrs. Ward is 

 largely grown and proves much superior 

 to Sunburst and Hillingdon in every 

 way. About 75,000 roses are grown. The 

 coming season some carnations will be 

 ])lanted; about 30,000 are growing in 

 the field. Visitors were interested in 

 the way the rose soil is prepared; it 

 is spread out in the field about a foot 

 thick in the fall, and in the spring a 

 good coating of cow manure is spread 

 on and well harrowed in. Bone is added 

 when the compost is ready to go in. 

 The soil at Madbury evidently suits 

 roses, judging from the growth they 

 make, and those who looked askant at 

 Mr. Elliott when he first decided to 

 locate at Madbury are now convinced 

 that he knew what he was about and 

 made a wise move. 



Following the inspection of the green- 

 houses, the model barns and farm build 

 ings were looked over. About 100 head 

 of cattle are kept, including some high- 

 grade Holsteins. Pigs and poultry are 

 also kept in considerable numbers. 

 Among the special crops grown on the 

 farm are fodder corn, mangel-wurzels 

 and sugar beets. The farm and wood- 

 lands cover 450 acres altogether. A 

 battery of four boilers, 'with 700 aggre- 

 gate horsepower, heats the greenhouses, 

 etc., and consumes about 1,800 tons of 

 coal annually. 



Dinner was served in the farm barn, 

 and everyone enjoyed the splendid re 

 past .served by Mrs. Elliott and a willing 

 corps of assistants. After the inner 

 man had been satisfied, President W. J. 

 Kennedy opened the postprandial exer- 

 cises. He first called on Prof. E. A. 

 White, of Amherst, who spoke on the 

 scientific aspects of gardening. William 

 E. Doyle, as the oldest retail florist in 

 Boston, came next on the list and made 

 a capital address. William Penn was 

 introduced as the modern florist. He 

 spoke strongly on the publicity end of 

 the business and was w^armly applauded. 



M. H. Norton was called upon to re- 

 spond for the "Old Guard," which he 

 did ably. William Sim said a good word 

 for the Sweet Pea Society and Peter 

 Fisher for the American Carnation So- 

 ciety. William Nicholson was introduced 

 as a retired grower of beautiful carna- 

 tions, and spoke well. Herman H. 

 Bartsch, the noted plant grower and 

 club vice-president, followed with an 

 incisive address. Then came Fred J. 

 Elder, of the Lord & Burnham Co., as 

 representative of greenhouse construc- 

 tion. William Downs spoke in his usual 

 cogent way for the j)rivate gardeners. 

 Henry M. Robinson responded for the 

 wholesale florists, Robert Cameron for 

 the press and Joseph White for the re- 

 tail florists' clerks. Mr. White worked 

 considerable comedy into his address antl 

 brought down the house. Mrs. Elliott 

 made a short address and Mr. Elliott 

 jirononnced the lionediction in his usual 

 able way. 



Following the oratorical feast, the 

 ladies in the party wore taken in autos. 

 in charge of Mrs. Elliott, to see points 

 of interest, while Mr. Elliott piloted 

 male meml:ers to many romantic parts 

 on the wooded portion of his estate. The 

 return journey to Boston was made at 

 5 o'clock and the North station was 

 reached promptly at fi:3(). The weather 

 was j>erfect during tho entire day and 

 the outing will long be remembered as 

 one of the most delightful that the 



