. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 834 The American Florist. May 2j, mingo. The latter has done particu- larly well with him this season. J. M. Keller, of Bay Ridge, is arrang- ing to retire from business June I, and expects to make a prolonged trip through . Europe after that date. The business will pass to his son-in-law. Max Jordan, and Mr. Appel, the latter having been foreman of the establishment for a num- ber of years, and will be conducted under the style of J. M. Keller & Com- pany. J. Friedlander, the Broadway florist, last week celeb


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 834 The American Florist. May 2j, mingo. The latter has done particu- larly well with him this season. J. M. Keller, of Bay Ridge, is arrang- ing to retire from business June I, and expects to make a prolonged trip through . Europe after that date. The business will pass to his son-in-law. Max Jordan, and Mr. Appel, the latter having been foreman of the establishment for a num- ber of years, and will be conducted under the style of J. M. Keller & Com- pany. J. Friedlander, the Broadway florist, last week celebrated his eightieth birth- day. "Pop," as he is familiarly called, with all his years is as active as most men a quarter century younger, walks at a good four-mile-an-hour gait and never was known to wait for a car to stop. It is unnecessary to say that he is not a believer in the Osier theory. Harry Hofifmeir, of Eighty-third street and Broadway, had charge of the floral arrangements at the funeral of Kirke La Shelle, the playwright, last week. It was the w'ish of the deceased that apple blossoms predominate, and the lawn and house were profusely dec- orated with them. Julius H. Zschorna, the florist of De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, lost his seven- teen-year-old daughter, Louise, through pneumonia, May ii. She had recently graduated from a prominent business college and her death was a severe blow to her parents and friends. The quality of the soil supplied for the restoration of the lawns in Central park has been challenged, but James T. Scott, of Tarrytown, appears to have settled the controversy in his declaration that, in his opinion, it was of the very best qualitv. Robert Schultz, Madison, N. J., is still cutting from some fine houses of Bride and Bridesmaid roses, and is getting a grand crop in special grades, which finds a ready market with George Saltford, the New York commission man. Fred Schweizer, of New Durham, N. J., who makes a specialty of small ferns has


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