January 16, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



255 



will see that flowers sent from a dis- 

 tance are properly staged. 



Death of Walter Heffron. 



We deeply regret to have to record 

 the death of Walter S. HefTron, which 

 took place at 10 a. m. last Monday as 

 the result of the attack of penumonia 

 reported last week. 



A week ago last Saturday he was ap- 

 parently in perfect health. Monday he 

 was too ill to come down town, but he 

 was not considered in any danger. Tues- 

 day the doctor pronounced it pneumonia, 

 and on the following Monday he died. 

 He was 35 years old and leaves a widow 

 and three young children. 



Mr. Heflfron was a son of D. S. Heff- 

 ron, prominent for over half a century 

 in American horticulture, and he had 

 been connected with the trade in va- 

 rious departments all his life. For the 

 last year or more he has been manager 

 of the cut flower department at McKellar 

 & Winterson's. 



He was very popular, and the report 

 of his demise in the prime of his early 

 manhood was received with the deepest 

 sorrow by all. 



The bowling club, of which he had been 

 a member, naturally omitted the usual 

 games last Tuesday evening, and instead 

 the members and other florists to the 

 number of twenty-two met at the usual 

 time and then in a body took a train to 

 Mr. Heffron's late home at Washing- 

 ton Heights, carrying with them numer- 

 ous floral tributes, and there took a 

 last look at their friend and comrade. 



The design sent- by the Florists' Club 

 was a large crescent wreath on base, 

 standing three feet high, and very richly 

 made. The bowling club sent a 36-inch 

 wreath of galax leaves, valley and vio- 

 lets, tied with white satin ribbon, upon 

 which the name of the club was lettered. 

 A large wreath of Marguerites was sent 

 by Kennicott Bros. Co. Frank Garland 

 sent a large open book on standard. One 

 of the pages was of ivy leaves, with a 

 garland of valley across it. From Mc- 

 Kellar & Winterson came a broken 

 fence, very richly made. It was made 

 in accordance with a suggestion offered 

 by Mr. Heffron some time ago when fu- 

 neral designs were under discussion. C. 

 A. Samuelson sent a large wreath of 

 leucothoe and eattleyas, and the George 

 Wittbold Co. a large bunch of eycas, 

 cocos and eroton leaves and other fo- 

 liage. There were numerous other 

 smaller designs, and other large ones 

 were sent to the funeral, which took 

 place Wednesday, and at which Presi- 

 dent Winterson, of the Florists' Club, 

 acted as one of the pallbearers. 



On Wednesday a very handsome cres- 

 cent wreath was sent by the wholesale 

 ■ florists. 



Though the funeral was private. Presi- 

 dent Winterson of the Florists' Club, 

 was present on special invitation and 

 at the conclusion of the minister's re- 

 marks was called upon to say something 

 regarding Mr. Heffron's associations \vith 

 his business acquaintances. This he did 

 in a very feeling manner. Mr. Heffron's 

 aged father was much affected by the 

 sympathy and friendship shown by his 

 son's business friends and brokenly ex- 

 pressed his grateful appreciation to them 

 all. 



Mr. Heffron carried life insurance 

 amounting to $3,000, and his family will 

 receive this amount. 



Horticultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Chicago was held at 630 

 Rialto Building last Tuesday afternoon. 

 The treasurer made his annual report, 

 showing that the society came out about 

 even on the last exhibition. It was sug- 

 gested that the usual fall exhibition be 

 omitted next November, and that a 

 spring exhibition be given in its place 

 the following March. It was thought by 

 a number that this would be a desirable 

 variation from the usual programme. 

 There was also a suggestion as to hold- 

 ing the next exhibition in the Coliseum 

 instead of in the Auditorium. 



The annual election of officers was 

 laid over till an adjourned meeting, to 

 be held January 25, and a meeting of 

 the Executive Committee was called for 

 2 p. m. next Saturday to discuss plans 

 for reorganization on a more effective 

 plan, their suggestions to be acted upon 

 at the general meeting on January 25. 

 The oflieers of the Florists' Club will be 

 invited to be present. 



Seven new members were added to the 

 roll of the society. 



Various Items. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett starts this week for 

 Palm Beach, Fla., where he will remain 

 until March. 



Andrew Peterson is sending finely 

 grown stevia to McKellar & Winterson, 

 and it sells readily at $2 per 100. He 

 has a large house devoted to stevia, and 

 finds it a very profitable crop when 

 really well grown. 



W. E. Lynch, manager of E. H. Hunt's 

 cut flower department, is confined to his 

 home with diphtheria. 



The Gardener Seed Co., of this city, 

 has been incorporated to deal in seeds, 

 plants and bulbs. Capital stock, $2,500. 

 Incorporators: A. A. Heyman, H. Hing- 

 ham and F. V. Campe. 



The annual bowling match between the 

 Chicago and Milwaukee florists' bowling 

 clubs will take place at Milwaukee the 

 night of January 25. Quite a large party 

 will go from here as participants and 

 spectators. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



Banquet of Dutchess Co. Hort. Society. 



'Twas a most memorable night — a 

 night to be remembered with all that is 

 happiest. It was the 8th of January, at 

 the Nelson House, Poughkeepsie, and the 

 occasion was the seventh annual banquet 

 of the Dutchess County Horticultural 

 Society. Not in the whole history of 

 horticultural societies anywhere has such 

 a gathering been equaled. Could an- 

 other such an assemblage be got together 

 to do honor to Queen Flora? All the ex- 

 oflicers and the present otBcers of Pough- 

 keepsie and Dutchess county were pres- 

 ent, as were also all the most prominent 

 business men in that locality. 



This annual dinner has become fa- 

 mous; it is the great event to which all 

 look forward to attending and it speaks 

 volumes and volumes to the credit of 

 the great workers, the gardeners and 

 florists of that section that they have 

 succeeded in building up such a power- 

 ful society for this brilliant assemblage 

 we write of also belongs to the society 

 and takes deep interest in the further- 

 ance of all that is good in horticulture. 



But, to the dinner. There were over 

 100 present and the menu would have 



done credit to a Shanley or a Delmonico. 

 The mayor, Mr. Hines, presided and there 

 were two toastmasters, Mr. Frank B, 

 Lown and Mr. Hasbrouck, two of the 

 leading lawyers in the county. The 

 entire party was furnished with bouton- 

 nieres of violets by Mr. Bahret and oth- 

 ers and the tables were prettily decor- 

 ated with flowers donated by several 

 florists and gardeners. Mr. W. G. Gom- 

 ersall fixed up one table with Eucharis 

 amazonica and Euphorbia jacquiniaeflora 

 which attracted much attention, as such 

 flowers are now too rarely seen during 

 the evening. 



Mr. Bahret presented Mayor Hines 

 with a grand bunch of violets in token 

 of regard for the interest that gentleman 

 showed in the recent violet exhibition. 



When the good things edible were dis- 

 posed of and the cigars were in evidence, 

 the toastmaster began drawing out the 

 fun. The subjects selected were all of 

 a humorous trend though the speakers 

 oft wafted into the realms of seriousness. 

 Mr. Derrick Brown responded to "The 

 Ripest Fruit Falls First." 



"Be they strangers, or be they kin 



I gather them in, I gather them in." 

 was responded to by the newly elected 

 president of the society, Mr. E. Lyman 

 Brown, who has brought ninety mem- 

 bers into the society during the past 

 year. "The Confessions of a Seedsman" 

 was most ably responded to by Mr. P. 

 O'Mara of New York City. He read a 

 copy of the "bill" that should be passed 

 by congress and kept the party in fine 

 humor by the broadness of his "Confes- 

 sion." Richard E. Connell. editor of the 

 Poughkeepsie News-Press, spoke most elo- 

 quently to the toast, "Music and Flow- 

 ers," and we have never heard a finer 

 oration. It was a grand triumph and 

 those present showed their appreciation 

 by extended applause. In the absence of 

 Mr. C. W. Ward of the Cottage Gardens. 

 Queens, L. I., J. I. Donlan of New York 

 City, was called upon to speak to "How 

 To Get Rich by Floriculture." Judge 

 Samuel K. Phillips replied to "Justice 

 if it Takes a Leg," and Mayor George 

 M. Hines responded to "How it Feels to 

 be 'It' in a City," and thus in wit and 

 humor and everything that is powerful 

 to cement strongly together goodfellow- 

 ship passed the night away. 



Among those present were: John 

 Whyte and D. McFarlane, representing 

 the Tarrytown Horticultural Society; 

 Mr. Taylor, the Wappinger Falls Dahlia 

 Society; W. C. Russell, the Millbrook 

 Club; P. O'Mara, Leonard Barron and 

 J. I. Donlan, of New York City; Stanton 

 Rockefeller, of Rhinebeck, N. Y. ; W. J. 

 Saltford, Peter Devoy, Chas. Mitchell 

 and W. 6. Gomersall. 



In the afternoon the society held its 

 regular meeting and the following were 

 elected to serve for this year: President, 

 E. Lyman Brown; vice president. W. G. 

 Saltford; secretary, Harold Cottam; 

 treasurer, Chas. Mitchell. The society 

 has over 200 members and is on the 

 way to prosperity. 



Owing to the wreck on the New York 

 Central a magnificent lot of carnations, 

 sent by C. W. Ward, of Queens, intended 

 to deck the banquet tables, did not ar- 

 rive till next morning. We had the 

 pleasure of seeing them and the city 

 officials greatly appreciated them. 



IVERA. 



The Review is very satisfactorv. — P. 

 W. Popp, Millbrook. N. Y. 



