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H O RTl CU LTU RE 



June 13, 190s 



Obituary 



James Shanley. 



In the death of this well-Unown flor- 

 ist of Brooklyn. N. Y., the florist trade 

 loses a man who in all his dealings 

 ■was an honor to the .fraternity. He 

 was beloved by his fellows for his 

 straightforward integrity and kindly 

 disposition. He was lonar a faithful 

 member ot the Society of American 

 Florists and the New York Florists' 

 Club. 



Mr. Shanley was born in County 

 Ixnith, Ireland, and came to this coun- 

 try as a young man, soon identifying 

 himself with the florist trade in a 

 humble way in New York City. He 

 was employe<l by C. L. Allen at Queens 

 and afterwards liy John Condon in 

 Brooklyn, workin.g for the latter foi' 

 fifteen or sixteen years, and then went 

 into business for himself about seven- 

 teen years ago at the greenhouses 



.Iame.< Sii.wley. 

 which he has conducted ever since, 

 near the entrance to Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery. 



He had been a sufferer from iheuma- 

 (isni for some months, and this with 

 other complications necessitated his 

 going to St. Mary's Hospital two weeks 

 ago, where three operations were per- 

 foi'me<l which were not successful, and 

 he died on Thursday, June 4, at the 

 age of 62. He leaves a widow and one 

 S'on. who will continue the business. 



The portrait which appears herewith 

 was taken 26 years ago. but it was th(^ 

 only one we could obtain. To Mr. 

 STianley's older friends it will, per- 

 haps, appear familiar. 



Mrs. Jerome Jones. 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones, wife of the head 

 of the Jones. McDuftee & Stratton 

 Company, died on June :',, at her home 

 in Brookline. .Ma.ss. Mrs. Jones' name 

 became familiar all over the world 

 wherever chrysanthemums are known, 

 through the beautiful flower named fo 

 her by her father, who originated ii, 

 the late H. A. Gane, of West Newton. 

 Mass. Mrs. Jones was an ardent 

 lover of flowers and a generous patron 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



Robert B. Graves. 

 Robert B. Graves, for the past thir- 

 ty years identified with the llorist 

 business in Northampton, Mass., died 

 at hip home in that town on June fl. 



RoBEKT B. Graves. 



at the age of eighty-eight. A few 

 years ago he celebrated his golden 

 wedding, and his wife now survives 

 bim, together with a daughter and two 

 sons, one of whom, A. B. Graves, will 

 continue the business. 



George Roy. 

 George Roy. a well-known and suc- 



videre, X. J., where he has been living 

 in quiet retirement for the past twenty 

 years. His age was 79. Mr. Roy was 

 a native of Forchabers, Moi-ayshire, 

 Scotlan<l. and served his gardener ap- 

 prenticeship at Gonlon Castle. He 

 went to England, where he had charge 

 of several large estates successively, 

 and in ISfiS came to America where he 

 also held positions of large responsi- 

 bility, the last being as superintendent 

 of EJtenbach, near Belvidere, N. J., 

 where he remained for 19 years, after 

 which he retired from active service. 

 He leaves a widow, four sons and one 

 ilaughter. the daughter and two sons 

 being the offspring of a former mar- 

 riage, cne of whom is the well-known 

 D. F. Rov, superintendent of Col. Con- 

 verse's estate, "The Moorings," at 

 Marion. Mass. One of the younger 

 sons is John B. Roy, who has charge 

 at the J. Sherman Hoyt place. Roway- 

 ton. Conn. 



George H. Linsdale. 

 George Linsdale has been a familiar 

 figure in the wholesale flower district 

 of Nev York City tor a quarter of a 



LiEuiii.i. Kuv. 



cessful old-time gardener, died sud- 

 denly of apoplexy at his home in Bel- 



George H. Linsdale. 



century. In fact, it is nearly thirty 

 yeai-s since, as a mere boy, he began 

 peddling flowers from a basket, and 

 by indu-strious application soon estab- 

 lished a stand on 23rd street, after- 

 wards opening a store at 23rd and Lex- 

 ington avenue, which he conducted for 

 many years For the past three ;. ears 

 he has been located on East 3-lth 

 street, during the greater part of 

 which time his health has failed con- 

 tinuously and bis death, long expect- 

 ed, came on June T. 



Mr. Linsdale was 43 years of age and 

 a native of Yorkshire, England. He 

 loaves a widow and two daughters. 



A Sad Fatality. 

 Miss Smith, the efficient superintend- 

 ent of the horticultural department of 

 the Griswold Seed Co., of Lincoln, Ne- 

 braska, was nm over and killed by a 

 reckless automobilist in that city. 

 Miss Smith was a most estimable lady, 

 ven- proficient in her department; an 

 intelligent, Christian woman. Her 

 loss is severely felt by the company, 

 there are so few in the 'West with hor- 

 ticultural knowledge who can take her 

 place. 



C. S. HARRISON. 



