February 15, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



221 



Obituary 



J. B. Heiss. 



News of the death of this leading 

 florist of Dayton, O., on Friday, Janu- 

 ary 31, reached us too late for publi- 

 cation in our issue of last week. To 

 us as to a host of other devoted friends 

 it came as a great and very sad shock. 

 Ever since his return from Europe 

 last fall, Mr. Heiss has been suffering 

 intermittently from rheumatism, but 

 was apparently quite well when he 

 started on Tuesday on a visit to re- 

 latives at Bethel. He was taken ill 

 on the train and grew steadily worse 

 until Friday, when the end came. 



Mr. tieiss was in his 54th year. He 

 was born in Frankfort, Germany, and 

 came to Dayton some twenty-five years 

 ago. He was florist at the Dayton 

 state hospital for a number of years, 

 and some twenty years ago entered 

 the florist trade, and from a small 

 beginning built up a fine business. 



Eighteen years ago he married Miss 



.1. n. Hkiss 



Clara Ruchhaber of Dayton, who sur- 

 vives him. Mr. Heiss was a member 

 of the Society of American Florists 

 and served as state vice-president for 

 Southern Ohio last year. As president 

 of the Dayton Florists' Club at the 

 time of the visit of the National So- 

 ciety to Dayton he rendered conspicu- 

 ous service and the success of the 

 convention was due in no small degree 

 to his earnest, persistent, untiring zeal 

 and industry in the preparatory work 

 and during the stay of the visitors in 

 his city, many of whom will never for- 

 get his free-hearted hospitality. 



"Friend .ntter friend departs; 

 Who hatli not lost a friend? 

 There is no union here of hearts 

 Which hath not here an end." 



William J. Allan. 

 William J. Allan,' only son of 

 William Allan, gardener to Dr. Jacobs, 

 and himself an assistant to John 

 T. Allan at the Drexel estate, Newport, 

 R. I., passed away as a result of an 

 illness caused by appendicitis on Feb. 

 4. William J. Allan was a deservedly 

 popular young man and a bright future 

 seemed in prospect for him. His tak- 



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ing away in the full vigor of budding 

 manhood, where in his own home life 

 and in the affectionate regard of eveiT- 

 one who knew him all was brightuess, 

 has cast a shadow dark and lingering. 

 Much genuine sympathy is expressed 

 for his young widow and his father 

 and mother and sister. He was only 

 24 years of age. D. M. 



Numa Reid Cook. 



Numa Reid Cook, born June 2.5, X878, 

 died at the home of his sister, Mrs. G. 

 S. Boren, Pomona, N. C, January 20. 

 1908. Mr. Cook's first experience in 

 the growing of cut flowers was with 

 the J. Van Lindley NursetT Co. of Po- 

 mona. He afterwards held positions 

 with .lorists in New England, Norfolk, 

 Va., Chester, Pa., and latterly with the 

 Green Floral & Nursery Co. of Dallas, 

 Texas. He was a young man of honor 

 and ability and much loved by all. 



Charles Flunker of Tennessee Ave- 

 nue, St. Louis, Mo., passed away re- 

 cently at the age of 73. 



Nicholas B. Rowley, florist, of Corn- 

 ing, N. Y., died on February 4. A 

 brother and a sister survive him. 



Charles G. Endlich. who for several 

 years was gardener on various private 

 estates in Brattleboro, Vt., died on 

 February 1, aged 64. 



Thompson C. Maxwell, a prominent 

 nurseryman of Geneva, N. Y., died on 

 February 3, aged 86. A widow and 

 two datighters survive him. 



George H. Paine of Baldwinville, 

 Mass., one of the large growers of hot- 

 house cucumbers in Central Massa- 

 chusetts, died on Februarv 3 at the age 

 of 67. 



James W. Pinchot, father of Gifford 

 Pinchot, chief forester of the govern- 

 ment, died in Washington, D. C. on 

 February 10. He was born in Milford. 

 Pa., in is31. 



Patrick Arnold, for many years a 

 florist in Greenwich, Conn., died in 

 that city on February 6, aged 84. He 

 was a trusted employe of "Boss" 

 Tweed for man.v years. 



William Anderson, 74 years of age, 

 for the past twenty years gardener for 

 Mrs. Lewis Tompkins, Fishkill Land- 

 ing, N. Y., died on February 1. A 

 widow and -five children survive him. 



Harry E. Hobda>-. an Englislinian 25 

 years old, employed at Budlong's 

 greenhouse establishment, Oranston, 

 R. I., was instantly killed on February 

 7 while crossing the railroad tracks 

 on his way to work. He leaves a wife 

 and two children. 



NEWS NOTES. 



J. F. Nellest. Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 who has made a success of raising early 

 vegetables, will add the culture of 



flower.s lu his other industries. 



W. B. K. .Johnson, florist, Allentown, 

 Pa., recently deceased, left his estate 

 valued at $40,000 to home and foreign 

 misions after the death of his wife. 



John Allanach. recently in charge of 

 the Converse estate. Marion. Mass., 

 has purchased the Vose property in 

 that town and will take up landscape 

 gardening and raise flowers for the 

 market. 



At the rooms of the American Insti- 

 tute, New York City, on February 12, 

 Dr. E. M. East of the Connecticut Ex- 

 periment Station led in the discussion 

 on the improvement of plants by 

 sporting. 



Preparations for the flower show at 

 Los Angeles. Cal., the week of April 6, 

 are going forward on an elaborate 

 scale. George Hand, Dr. A. D. Hough- 

 ton and Fred Gates have the matter 

 in charge. 



The park commission of Brockton. 

 JVIass., have recommended an expendi- 

 ture of $35,000 for the coming year; 

 that $23,000 be expended on Salisbury 

 park; that.Keirh park be accepted and 

 $5,000 be spent there and $5,000 on 

 Perkins park. 



The Syracuse (N. Y.) Herald an- 

 nounces that Henry Youell, superin- 

 tendent of The Herald Gardening Club, 

 will gladly give a practical talk on 

 plants and flowers to any school in the 

 evening. His address is 111 Lexlngion 

 avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. 



The Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co. 

 has just been formed at Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., and combines the interests of 

 F. M. Strong, S. J. Perry, E. E. Taylor 

 and Frank Cook, who are among the 

 leading vegetable raisers in that place. 

 In order to provide for additional 

 greenhouses $165,000 of preferred stock 

 is offered for sale. S. J. Perry is the 

 general manager. 



Mrs. Jeannette M. Gilbert of Clay- 

 ville, N. Y., has presented the Utica 

 Public Library with the extensive and 

 valuable collection of ferns which was 

 the propertv of her late husband, Ben- 

 jamiu D. Gilbert. The collection of 

 the late .Tames Constable, which had 

 passed into the possession of Mr. Gil- 

 bert, has also been given to the Utica 

 Library through the suggestion of 

 Mrs. Constable. Mr. Gilbert was an 

 authority on ferns and a frequent con- 

 tributor to botanical publications. 



