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11 HT 1 C U L T U K E 



November 23, 1918 



VINE COVERED W^ALL. 



Obituary 



E. E. Ferrari. 



Emile E. Ferrari, one of the Fer- 

 rari Bros, florists, San Francisco, died 

 oh November 6, aged fifty years. 

 Leonard Rueber. 



Leonard Rueber, an old-time florist 

 and decorator, of Philadelphia, died 

 at Lansdowne on October 31, aged 70 

 years. 



Henry Gaethje, Jr. 



Henry Gaethje, Jr., died of pneu- 

 monia on November 7, aged thirty- 

 four years. He was a leading florist 

 of Rock Island, III. He leaves a widow 

 and two sons. 



Du Brutz English. 



DuBrutz English died of pneumonia 

 on November 4, at Mt. Olive, N. C. 

 He was one of the largest shippers of 

 holly and conducted an extensive 

 vegetable truck farm. 



W. A. Drawiel 



.Walter A. Drawiel, son of Charles 

 F. Drawiel, a Brooklyn, N. Y., florist, 

 died at his home on October 31, aged 

 19 years. He contracted pneumonia 

 in the U. S. service a year previous 

 which developed into tuberculosis. 

 James Young. 



We regret to announce the death 

 of James Young, aged 69, of the firm 

 of C. Young & Sons, and father of 

 Charles and Walter Young, the latter 

 a marine who was telegraphed for at 

 Paris Island to attend his father's 

 funeral which took place Nov. 16. 

 The pall bearers were J. J. Beneke, H. 

 G.. Bei-ning, C. A. Kuehn, John Houlia- 

 han, Dr. Holwig and Matthew Court- 

 ney. The Florist Club sent a wreath 

 and numerous floral pieces were sent 

 from friends. 



M. Pierre Guillot. 



News has reached us of the death 

 of this eminent rosarian at Lyons, 

 France, on September 27. M. Pierre 

 Guillot is a name long familiar to 

 about every rose grower in America. 

 He has given ns a very large number 

 of roses of deserved popularity. Among 

 them may be mentioned La FYance, 

 Mme. Hoste, Gloire Lyonaise, Coun- 

 tess of Oxford, Mme. Leon Pain, Mme. 

 Falcot, Marie Guillot. etc. Those who 

 were fortunate enough to enjoy a per- 

 sonal acquaintance with M. Guillot 

 speak of him as a warm-hearted and 

 companionable man. 



Howard S. Coe. 



Howard Sheldon Coe, Assistant Ag- 

 ronomist in the office of Forage-Crop 

 Investigations, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, died October 25 at Beaumont, 

 Tex., from pneumonia following in- 

 fluenza. He was absent from Wash- 



For a park, cemetery or private 

 estate of some extent we can con- 

 ceive of no more appropriate or at- 

 tractive boundary arrangement tlian 

 is depicted in the accomi]anying pic- 

 ture of the vine-covered wall which 

 marks the line of the Arnold Arbore- 



tum along the Arborway. At the 

 present time celastruses and other 

 bright fruit-bearing vines garland it 

 with rare beauty. Utility, stability, 

 fitness and grace are well served in 

 this pleasing feature of this instruc- 

 tive institution. 



ington on a field trip at the time of 

 the attack. Mr. Coe was born at Orr- 

 ville, Ohio. September 24, 1888. His 

 education was completed at the Iowa 

 State College of Agriculture, from 

 which institution he received in 1915 

 the degree of Master of Science in 

 Agriculture. While a student there 

 he was Assistant Instructor in Botany 

 for a portion of his time during three 

 years. In September, 1913, he was 

 appointed consulting botanist and 

 plant pathologist at the South Dakota 

 Experiment Station, which position he 

 held until he entered the service of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, in July, 1914, as Scientific As- 

 sistant in Forage Crops. His recent 

 studies have been mainly in connec- 

 tion with sweet clover, velvet beans, 

 and the problem of permanent pas- 

 tures in the South. He was held in 

 high regard by his co-workers be- 

 cause of his scientific attainments and 

 high moral character. Mr. Coe re- 

 sided at Cherrydale, Va. His widow. 

 an infant son, and his mother survive. 



Benjamin Connell. 



Benj. Connell, an old-established 

 and well-known florist, died on No- 

 vember 9 at his home in Merchant- 

 ville, N. J. 



Benjamin Connell was a well known 

 figure in the florist and nursery busi- 



ness of the eastern United States. 

 An acquaintance of over 50 years 

 among his associates left with them 

 an impression of one who gave close 

 attention to business, who possessed 

 a rare knowledge regarding both sup- 

 ply and demand, coupled with an 

 ability to use that knowledge for the 

 building of a very considerable busi- 

 ness, chiefly as a dealer. His strict 

 integrity and faithful attention to his 

 duty as he saw it in family, civic and 

 business life is a creditable record 

 sealed by his death on November 9th, 

 1918. 



He was born in Ireland, December 

 7th, 1845, and emigrated to this coun- 

 try when a mere boy of thirteen and 

 went .to live with his parents and 

 other brother and sister at Jenners- 

 ville. Pa., they having preceded him 

 by a year. When quite young he took 

 a position with the Dingee & Conard 

 Co. and learned the florist business, 

 with' which concern he was identified 

 for thirty years. He then established 

 himself in business which he conduct- 

 ed in West Grove, Pa., up to ten years 

 ago when he moved to Merchantville. 

 N J., where he again married. He Is 

 survived by Elizabeth F., his wife, 

 and by five sons and one daughter by 

 the first union, and a young daughter 

 by second marriage. He was well 

 thought of and respected in the com- 

 munity in which he lived as well as 

 his former Chester County home. He 

 was only sick eight days, the cause 

 of death being influenza-pneumonia. 



