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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_22_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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12 The Weekly Florists^ Review* JULX 9, 1908. any light soil without manure, and covering the seeds to a depth of one inch. A smaller lot could be sown in flats, using flats from three to four inches deep and covering to the same depth as suggested libove. The flats should be placed in a warm and shaded position in the greenhouse and kept moist. * These seeds are very irregular in germination, and while some of them may come up in two months, there may be others that will not show for nearly a year. So it becomes necessary to be patient before deciding that the seeds are poor. W. H, T. OBITUARY. James CoIe« St. James Cole, Sr., is dead! The news spread rapidly among his former acquaintances, casting gloom and sadness as it went. Mr. Cole was one of the old residents of Peoria, 111., having settled there in 1863, and there he resided among his flowers and plants until the end came Tuesday afternoon, June 30, at his home, 1602 North Perry avenue. Perhaps nothing in his life will so well illustrate his love for flowers and horticulture as his death. Surrounded by his children and grandchildren, his last words were for the beauties of his flowers. His entire life had been devoted to them and he seldom left his home to go into the business part of the city, preferring to remain among them. In full possession of all his faculties until quite recently, hale and hearty at 87, Mr. Cole was considered one of the premier florists of the west. For years he had conducted greenhouses in the upper end of the city, and had given to Peoria some of its rarest flowers. Floriculture was with him an inspiration rather than an industry. Deceased was born in Buckfast Leigh, Devonshire, England, in 1821. Here he learned the carpenter and builder's trade about the year 1840. In 1849 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Manning, of Plymouth, England, the marriage taking place in London. In the year 1857 he left England and coming to this country, settled in Toronto, Canada. After a residence there of four years he came to Chicago to live, and shortly afterwards removed to Peoria. Since his arrival there he had seldom been seen on the streets, the last time being when he journeyed to the business district to witness his grandson march in the Shriners' parade. Only a few years ago Mr. Cole and his wife celebrated their golden wed- ding anniversary, and this was an event of much rejoicing and happiness to the assembled members of the family. In the year 1902 his wife died. He leaves to mourn his loss three sons, James Cole, Jr., Joseph Manning Cole and Nel- son Cole, and one grandson, James Cole. Two other children, a daughter, Augusta Cole, who died in Peoria in 1894, and a son, William Cole, who died in Toronto in 1861, preceded the deceased. The funeral services over the remains were held July 3. Newark, O.—William Dickerson, formerly of this city and who has been connected with the Monitor Stove & Range Co., of Cincinnati, for some time past, returned to Newark recently for a two weeks' visit, after which he will go into the greenhouse and poultry business in Canton, O.
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Image: James Cole Sr., NEW YORK. ThcMaitet. There has been no break in the intensely hot spell and this week opens with a temperature of 90 degrees and excessive humidity. A few more days like this and the condition of things will be serious. Already the gardeners of Long Island feel the strain. Another week of drought and the tomato crop will be hopelessly ruined. The damage to all kinds of vegetables will be enormous. The florists share in the general anxiety and feel intensely the need of rain. The few showers have only been tantalizingly brief and ineffective. David Mellis tells me it takes his entire force, almost, to water the 2,000 lots under his care in Holy Cross cemetery, and his experience may be taken as a general indication as to the results in and around the city. Gladioli, especially, are suffering, of outdoor flowers, and at the present outlook there will be a great loss to encounter. The lawns are gray and the leaves are falling in the parks. Business is at the lowest ebb in the financial district and Twenty-eighth street is always in sympathy with the spenders. With brokers poor, race tracks closing and society away in the country, what is there left for the florist but recreation? All who can are away, or going where the wicked cease from troubling, in the hills or by the sea. Roses are a sight, most of them short- stemmed, open and unsalable. The few good ones are corralled quickly, and of the rest—silence. Carnations are not worthy even of honorable mention, and so on down the list. What's the use of troubling about it during July? The weddings are over. There's only funerals and those who go away in ships to stir the waters. Florists' Qub Outing. The eighth annual outing of the New York Florists' Club, July 1, was the record outing of its career. Every year the crowd grows larger and the enthusiasm greater. This year nearly 400 were in attendance. The weather was perfect. No accident marred the happy occasion. Vice-president Marshall and President Traendly, of the S. A. F., made graceful tumbles in their races, but did the ground no serious injury. Stowe's orchestra used up an immense amount of air and played for about ten continuous hours the Scotch and national melodies, as usual, evoking the greatest enthusiasm. The human calliope, Bob Berry, also added his quota to the musical department. The dinner was excellent and the refreshments on the boat were abundant and varied. Great credit is due Chairman Marshall and his committee of twenty for the perfect arrangements of the day, and also to the generous advertisers and contributors of prizes, who made the outing an artistic and financial success. After the group photograph had been taken, and before dinner, the ball game was completed. Mr. Totty umpired to the satisfaction of all. The single men downed the benedicts, 5 to 1, and also

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