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HORTICULTURE 



March 9, 1907 



OBITUARY. 

 Annie Lonsdale. 



The grim reaper has again cut a 

 swath In the devoted family of Edwin 

 Lonsdale. His last and eldest — Annie 

 — died on Saturday, March 2nd, after a 

 week's illness from pneumonia. The 

 funeral services took place on Tues- 

 day and were attended by most of the 

 people prominent in the trade, the 

 deceased having had a wide circle of 

 friends and acquaintances outside her 

 home life by whom she was held in 

 the highest esteem. Ever since grow- 

 ing to womanhood Miss Lonsdale has 

 been noted outside her home circle 

 for business ability and shrewd com- 

 mon sense combined in a wonderful 

 degree with a quiet and gentle manner. 



She was the most active worker in 

 ithe Grace Evangelical Union Church, 

 iwas in the choir, was president of the 

 Lutheran League, secretary to the 

 Ladies' Aid and an active worker on 

 Sunday Scoool and committee work. 



In addition to this she was the sun- 

 shine of her home and beloved by 

 every one. The unexpected outcome 

 of her last illness was a great shock 

 to all. and the sincerest sympathy for 

 the sorrowing family and relatives is 

 universally expressed. Her parents 

 have one consolation: they can look 

 back on the brief span of life of that 

 kind spirit and find a memory the ideal 

 development of a perfect Christian 

 ■womanhood, the bloom fresh and 

 fragrant and ever dear to fond recol- 

 lections even if cut off all too soon. 

 Her memory will long remain green 

 and sweet among all who knew her. 



G. C. W. 



Orson D. Munn. 



Orson D. Munn, proprietor of the 

 Scientific American newspaper, died on 

 Feb. 28, in his 83d year, at his resid- 

 ence in New York. He was known 

 horticulturally from his estate "The 

 Terraces" a country seat of sixty 

 acres, one of the show places of 

 Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J., where 

 eight gardeners are employed during 

 the summer under John Hayes, the 

 efficient superintendent for the past 20 

 years, and by his frequent contribu- 

 tions to the shows of the New Jersey 

 Floricultural Society of which he was 

 a member and patron. 



Mr. Munn designed and donated the 

 spring with its landscape adornments 

 at the entrance to Llewellyn Park 

 where he was also instrumental in 

 placing the statue of its founder 

 Llewellyn S. Haskell as well as many 

 of the unique and artistic features 

 which surround his residence. He was 

 a familiar figure upon train and ferry- 

 boat, frequently with a bunch of his 

 Lawson carnations in his hand. 



Herman C. Baartman. 



Herman C. Baartman, senior mem- 

 ber of the firm of Baartman & Kon- 

 ing of Sassenheim, Holland, 33 years 

 old, a life member of the S. A. F., was 

 drowned on the steamer Berlin off the 

 coast of Holland, Feb. 21st, 1907. Only 

 14 passengers of the 143 on board were 

 saved. Mr. Baartman was returning 



from England where he had been on a 

 business trip for the firm. Previous 

 to this he had made 12 trips to the 

 United States. He had lots of sincere 

 friends in the trade and was known to 

 be a good honest and reliable dealer 

 in bulbs. The business will be carried 

 on by his partner John Koning, who 

 is traveling in this country now. 



The Late Ferdinand Tschupp. 



The obituary notes of this highly 

 respected rose grower of New Dur- 

 ham, N. J., were published in our last 

 issue. Since their appearance we have 

 had communications . from several 

 members of the trade among them one 



from Mr. Alexander McConnell of New 

 York, speaking in terms of highest ap- 

 preciation of Mr. Tschupp's many es- 

 timable qualities. The business at New 

 Durham is to be carried on by his son 

 Edward. 



Other Deaths. 



R. S. Forrester, colored florist of 

 Richmond, Va., died on February 23. 



John Lester of Ottawa, Kan., died on 

 February 21, aged 89. A wife and six 

 children survive him. 



Mrs. S. W. Twombly died at her 

 home in Winchester, Mass., on Febru- 

 ary 28, aged 84 years. 



Sylvester Snell, for many years a 

 market gardener in Watertown, N. Y., 

 died on February 25, aged 79. 



Franklin .1. Ziegler of Pottstown, 

 Pa., died on Febiniary 23, in his sixty- 

 third year. A widow and one son 

 survive. 



James Maginnis, father of Mrs. 

 Patrick Welch, died at his home in 

 Dorchester, Mass.. on March 4, aged 

 72 years. 



Jonathan Aucock, for many years a 

 successful florist of Utica, N. Y., died 

 on February 15. Born in Shaith, 

 Yorkshire, England, May 13, 1828, he 

 came to this country in 1850 and lo- 

 cated in Utica in 1867. He was presi- 

 dent of the florists' club in that city 

 for some time. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klagge of Mt. 

 Clemens, Mich., are visiting in Chi- 

 cago. 



Louis Soldan of Elmira, N. Y., has 

 taken a position with the Elm City 

 Nursery, New Haven, Ct. 



F. A. Herendeen, secretary of the 

 Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., is 

 reported as on the sick list. 



William and Samuel Graff of Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, have been in Chicago for 

 several days attending the wedding of 

 their sister. 



A. Newell, recently with Mrs. Clark, 

 Pomfret, Conn., is about to take charge 

 of Lieut. Governor Draper's place at 

 Hopedale, Mass. 



Thomas Maybury, for nine years 

 with E. J. Brockett of East Orange, 

 N. J., has secured a place with Miss 

 Coppell, Tenafly, N. J. 



Adolph Greenbacker of Meriden, 

 Conn., has returned after three months 

 spent in Germany, Switzerland, and 

 other European countries. 



Louis Klees, of Kensington, Ct., is 

 reported as seriously ill. He is in 

 his eighty-third year. He was gar- 

 dener for Abraham Lincoln at Spring- 

 field, 111. 



Ed Davies, formerly with the E. D. 

 Jordan estate, Chiltonville, Mass., has 

 taken a position as foreman under J. 

 R. Shield at the Model Farm Green- 

 house, Dalton, Mass. 



Joseph A. Manda is preparing to 

 celebrate his first Easter at his new 

 quarters in West Orange, N. J. His 

 real estate is said to have doubled in 

 value since he acquired it. 



The marriage of Charles W. Ash- 

 mead, of Stroud, England, gardener 

 for Mrs. William Pierson of East 

 Orange, N. J., and Miss Louise T. 

 Newton of West Orange, took place on 

 February 4. 



Wm. C. Rust, gardener for Dr. C. 

 G. Weld, Brookline, Mass., is just re- 

 covering from an operation for appen- 

 dicitis, performed at the Massachusetts 

 General Hospital. Mr. Rust is just able 

 to be at work a short time each day 

 at present. 



We are pleased to announce that A. 

 H. Kirkland, of Boston, who for the 

 past three weeks has been critically ill 

 with typhoid, is approaching the crisis 

 of the disease with confidence on the 

 part of his physicians that he will re- 

 cover. Mr. Kirkland's position of 

 State superintendent for suppressing 

 the gypsy moth and brown-tail moths- 

 has made his name a familiar one. 



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