The Weekly Florists' Review. 



95 



I part. Enough of II 



rtiiig the di-acni ii:i . .1 m 

 ugh the itrowtli iii;.,\ K. 1 

 n, and after tin; lii.-t. U\ 

 n taken off do not dise; 

 (?ss they are decayed, for 

 tinue to start into jrrow 

 for a year or more. W. 



i^lurc 



.., for 

 nwth, 

 I'ven 



greenhouse, addi 

 house after hous 

 When (his I. ral 

 l)art of "111 |Mi 

 Cirelc, li.rain. 



ster, !■; 



l)reviousl\ ii,ii|.;hi -■xcral acres, and 

 erected .-"inr 1, 11 ljt h use^^. 



The esUil.lir-liuiciii, lit Lancaster, close 

 to the Erie Railroad station, is well 

 known to many of the leading florists 

 of the country and has grown to he one 

 of thi' largest flower producing places of 



Theldte W.J. Palmer, Sr. 



Mr. P, 

 13th ; 



In 1860 



lots on 



reated a 



mss. He could have taken a life of ease 

 or idleness but chose to busy himself 

 with his roses and violets and lilies. 

 Perhaps this is as it should be, for 

 wdiat occupation could be found =0 jileas- 

 ant to engage both mind and bony in 

 his declining years as the care of his 



his life-long friends, the plants and (low- 

 ers of his love and delight. 



Few survivors in the business have 

 been actively engaged in the ridail trade 

 for over forty y< 

 and it was alua 

 in .1 reniiniM'i'ii 

 you what a bii>i 

 awav back in 

 brought $1.50 a 

 beginning of the 

 with a primitive wreatli 



at to catch him 



lie could tell 



did in verbenas 



les when they 



When the first 



business started 



of tube- 



-cs tied 



that seem 

 sve forced 

 of anv kin 



introduc- 

 now in- 



uade 

 i-ket 



a hnlani.il uanimi. When il ynv La 

 .\Iaii|ne ni '^.,1 1,1 1 , 1 (,■ pi-r wa- 111 crop 

 you liail 1 . -I - a nl il I lie\ w .1 ,- imt 3-011 

 went willnnil in-,-.. All I lie-e aiicl many 

 othei- w.niiii lia lalked over and laughed 

 over and irlaird -o graphically, for our 

 laiiieiiled friend < oiiid give it the true 

 ring of expeliellee. 



Mr. Palmer delighted in his business. 

 With the early and thorough training 

 of a gardener he followed it with en- 

 thusiasm and kept ('Nel well al.lea-t of 



the times. By his iiihriii> .iml indus- 

 try he had been iiiu>i -inie--iiil ,is a 

 business man. He wa.-, icspeeted and 



\ honored by all classes of the community 

 who knew him. No other man of our 



I ranks could leave such a gap. The flor- 



I ists of the country who knew W. J. 



j Palmer, and they are legion, will join 

 us in our sjinpathy for the bereaved 

 friends and in our sorrow, for'we have 

 lost a whole-souled, honest, able man 

 and the fraternity at large has lost one 

 of its best and most substantial mem- 

 bers. 



The funeral services were held at the 

 residence of his son on Sunday after- 

 noon and was largely attended and 

 amoie.:-! Iln- iiiaiix 111.111 iiers were near- 

 ly all I In ilni i-t - ni 1 in. eity. Many 

 ben. 1(111.1 lln.al , 11. unu--, .uiioiig which 

 wa- a lalL'.. wi.alii ..t ilili-- of 'the Val- 



'.■\ n.iii ihe IT 11-1- 1 iuli, surroundea' 

 i'l. i.-inain-. whinli w.-ie iai.l to rest in 

 ilii laimly lot 111 I'nie-i Lawn cemetery 

 — no more beautiful s])Ot on earth for 

 friends to visit where their loved ones 

 repose in everlasting sleep. 



" William Scott. 



nier had built up 

 ss and w-as reap- 

 eiiergetic and in- 

 kei.t in Ihe har- 



BELLEFO^iTAINE, 0. — A public beauty 

 ub has been organized here, having in 

 nw ihe li.aiiiiiMng of the city by the 



i. 'ill MIL' ..I ii..\.. .-ring plants in the 

 11 1^-. -. Iionl laxMis. church yards, etc. 

 . -M. Udoi IS pi evident. 



TuE Review wants \( 

 and will insert it at tl 

 cent a word per issue. 



want adv 

 ite of on 



