February 15, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



231 



Obituary. 



W. A. Talbot. 

 Warren Allen Talbot, oue of the old- 

 est citizens of Norwood. Mass., and 

 for 35 years a well known and high- 

 ly respected florist, died on Feliruary 7, 

 after a long illness, aged 83 years. He 

 leaves a w'idow and one son. 



Charles H. Barrett. 



Charles H. Barrett, a well-known re- 

 tail florist of Concord, N. H., died on 

 Thursday evening, February 6, after a 

 long illness. He has been in the 

 flower business in Concord since 1899. 

 His widow and one son survive him. 



Fred C. Schmeling. 



Fred C. Schmeling, well known and 

 popular as a florist in Milwaukee, Wis., 

 died at a sanitarium on January 31, 

 after an illness of four weeks with grip 

 and pneumonia. Mr. Schmeling was 

 born in Germany and came to Milwau- 

 kee at the age of 17 — 35 years ago. He 

 leaves a wife, three daughters and two 



sons. 



A. J. Furbush. 



Albourne F. Furbush, well-known 

 florist and gardener of Lynn, Mass., 

 died of pneumonia on the evening of 

 February 3rd after an illness of eight 

 days. He was born in Lynn August 

 28, 1864, and has always resided there. 

 He was well known and very popular 

 among the people of Nahant, Lynn 

 and neighborhood. He is survived by 

 a wife, six daughters and four sons. 



Joseph Fink. 



In the passing away of Joseph Fink, 

 Chicago loses one of its early florists 

 and one who was actively engaged in 

 the business till the last. Joseph Fink 

 was born in Austria. March 16, 1836. 

 and spent his early years in that coun- 

 try. During the forty years he has 

 been in this country his home was in 

 Chicago and for many years he has 

 been located at 2644 Herndon street. 

 His death took place February 7th and 

 the funeral was held at the residence, 

 February 10th. Mr. Fink is survived 

 by his wife, three daughters and three 



sons. 



Walter Tickner. 



Walter Tickner, who planned and 

 superintended the laying out of many 

 of the parks and grounds in Rochester, 

 N. Y., died on February Sth, at his 

 home in that city, at the advanced age 

 of 77 years. Mr. Tickner was born in 

 England and learned his trade there 

 and came to Rochester 23 years ago. 

 He was well known as a landscape 

 gardener and architect and laid out 

 many plots that have become show 

 places of Rochester. He planned Wil- 

 low Pond and Kodak Park, the latter 

 one of the largest industrial parks of 

 the country. He also laid out the ex- 

 tensive grounds surrounding the East 

 avenue home of George Eastman and 

 the park of the German-American But- 

 ton Company. 



Denver, Colo. — W. C. Reed, an Ohio 

 shipper of nursery stock, has insti- 

 tuted a suit against F. L. Rounsevell, 

 entomologist for the State of Colorado, 

 for the destruction of 10,000 trees 

 shipped to an Arapahoe County fruit 

 grower two years ago. The amount 

 claimed as damages is $6,500. 



HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS 



With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These 

 are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES. 



Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston, 

 westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else. 

 Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY. 



Prices perf dozen— No. 1, S2.50 ; No. 2, tS.SO : No. 3, &4.00 ; 

 No. 4, &5.00; No. 5, 46.00. 



GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone St., Rochester, N.Y. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Henry F. Michell is on a trip to Ber- 

 muda. Expects to return home about 

 .March 1st. 



Among the visitors in Philadelphia 

 the past week was Henri Beaulieu of 

 Woodhaven. N. Y., who wanted a va- 

 cation and wisely chose Philadelphia 

 as a good place to come to. Incident- 

 ally he says he picked up a nice batch 

 of orders. 



Our old friend, Chas. L. Seybold, 

 late of Baltimore, now superintendent 

 of parks, Wilkesbarre, sends compli- 

 ments under date of February 7th to 

 all his old friends around Philadelphia, 

 and says that he hopes to pay them a 

 personal visit very soon. We surely 

 will be glad to see him. 



At Dreer's seed store the January 

 trade has been unprecedented and be- 

 yond all expe'tations — especially in 

 the flower seed department. It was 

 fondly believed that tbe old overtime 

 proposition had been abolished for 

 ever; but four nights a week have 

 been the rule this year, in spite of 

 every precaution. 



R. Brunswick, who is now in charge 

 of the advertising department of M. 

 Rice Co., is establishing a mail order 

 department which will supervise the 

 filling and shipping of all mail orders, 

 and wherever possible all mail orders 

 will be shipped the same day as re- 

 ceived. This department should be of 

 great benefit to customers who want 

 goods in a hurry. 



Tom Hogan is no believer in a 

 mark-down sale. He says nobody will 

 buy unless you threaten to mark 

 things up. Evidently Mr. Hogan has 

 been taking a leaf out of the book of 

 our esteemed glass magnate, Ed. 

 Flood. Mr. Flood for ten years back 

 has been able to convince us all that 

 rock-bottom had finally been reached 

 and that it was simply a question of 

 days, or even hours, when she was 

 bound to jump. If you ever meet Ed. 

 Flood you will go up against "some 

 diplomat" — believe me. Dennis Con- 

 nor of the Lord & Burnham Co., with 

 his "boiler a day" and the rest — is a 

 close second in the same field. 



Paul Richter, general manager of 

 the H. F. Michell Co., is busy superin- 

 tending alterations to the store. A 

 sub-fioor has been formed at the rear, 

 giving much added space for the office 

 forces. The shipping department has 

 also been rearranged and enlarged — 

 allowing for a forwarding and receiv- 



ing room separate. In the main build- 

 ing and the annex the many floors are 

 heavily stocked at present with grass 

 and garden seeds, etc., in anticipation 

 of the spring rush. Mr. Richter pointed 

 out to your correspondent one little 

 item of 225,000 pounds of red top in 

 stock — which is quite some for a retail 

 store — and is an indication of the ex- 

 tent of other grasses on hand. Sub- 

 galleries are on every floor — each 

 packed to the limit. Since entering 

 these new stores two years ago over 

 $35,000 have been spent in alterations 

 and improvements. 



Visitor — Mr. Gorly, of Grimm & 

 Gorly, St. Louis, Mo. 



NEWS NOTES. 



New Hamptcn, Iowa — F. R. Robin- 

 son has leased the greenhouses of the 

 New Hampton Floral Co. 



Augusta, Ga. — P. J. Berckmans Com- 

 pany report orders coming in freely, 

 especially for ornamentals. They are 

 completely cleaned out of many 

 things, especially of broad-leaved ever- 

 greens. This section is peculiarly 

 blessed with a great variety of broad- 

 leaved evergreens which can be grown 

 successfully in this latitude. 



Harlan P. Kelsey of Salem, Mass., 

 left the other day after a very pleas- 

 ant visit of a few days. 



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