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HORTICULTUBB 



December 7, 1918 



Obituary 



John Henry Small. 



The florist trade of the United 

 States will read with regret of the 

 passing of one of its most famous 

 members, John Henry Small, whose 

 death followed an illness of several 

 months. Despite the fact that he was 

 in extremely poor health, Mr. Small 

 continued active in his business, and 

 he made his final appearance at the 

 store last Friday, passing away on 

 Monday, December 2. 



The fame of the deceased has trav- 

 eled through many lands. He has sup- 

 plied dignitaries from probably every 

 foreign country while visiting Amer- 

 ica. He has held the friendship of 

 Presidents, and it was he who fur- 

 nished the decorations for the Inaug- 

 ural Balls and other White House 

 events. Many historical social events 

 have owed the beauty of their sur- 

 roundings to his art. For more than 

 forty years he was connected in an 

 intimate way with the business and 

 social life of the Capital. 



Mr. Small was sixty-three years of 

 age and is survived by his widow, 

 Mrs. Miriam Ruff Small, and three 

 children, one of whom. Lieutenant 

 John Henry Small, Jr., has been on 

 duty at an army camp in the south, 

 from which he was called by the sud- 

 den death of his father. The other 

 children are Mrs. Paul Sleman and 

 Mrs. H. B. Leary. 



He was a director in the Union 

 Trust Company and Farmers' and Me- 

 chanics' Bank; a former president and 

 member of the board of directors of 

 the Washington Board of Trade; he 

 was a Mason of note and in 1891-2 

 was master of Washington Centennial 

 Lodge, No. 14, becoming grand master 

 of all the Masons in the District of 

 Columbia in 1899. 



He held membership also in the 

 Commercial Club, of this city; the 

 Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club, the 

 Association of Oldest Inhabitants, and 

 the Gridiron Club. As a member of 

 the latter he had charge of the deco- 

 rations which have always been a 

 prominent feature of the dinners held 

 at the Hotel Willard and attended by 

 the President of the United States and 

 his Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corps and 

 others who are fortunate enough to 

 have their names listed in "Who's 

 Who." 



vember 30. He was a native of Switz- 

 erland. Mr. Hans was one ot the best 

 informed men in this country on coni- 

 fers and on ferns. His valuable con- 

 tributions in the early years of Horti- 

 ctTLTURE's career on "Ferns for Every- 

 day Use" will be remembered by the 

 readers of Horticulture at that time. 

 He was a very quiet and somewhat 

 reserved man, with a sunny good na- 

 ture and open-handed hospitality — 

 traits which endeared ^him to a large 

 circle of friends. 



Some expected notes in detail ot his 

 professional career failed to reach us 

 in time for this issue. 



Gardner L. Simpson. 



Gardner L. Simpson, for many years 

 a florist, died November 25, in Port- 

 land, Me., at his home aged 67 years. 

 He came to Portland from Rockland in 

 early life and entered the employ of 

 Albert Dirwanger, the florist, when 

 but 10 years of age, serving for 48 

 years. He was also for several years 

 with Joseph A. Dirwanger. The direct 

 cause ot his death was heart trouble, 

 from which he had suffered for many 

 years. His final illness, however, did 

 not begin until two months ago. His 

 wife died 12 years ago. Mr. Simpson 

 is survived by one son, and one 

 brother. 



J. C. Peterson. 

 Jens C. Peterson, son of Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. A. Peterson of Cincinnati. 

 Ohio, died of pneumonia at Camp Mc- 

 Arthur, Waco, Texas, last week and 

 was buried from his home in Cincin- 

 nati on Saturday, November 30. Mr. 

 Peterson was a promising young man. 

 worthily popular, and his parents, 

 who are well known in the trade all 

 over the country, have our sincere 

 sympathy. 



A. Hans. 



Amadee Hans, widely known in the 

 landscape and gardening fraternity, 

 passed away at his home in Locust 

 Valley, L. 1., N. Y., on Saturday, No- 



Roger W. Whittley. 

 Roger W. Whittley, for ten years a 

 faithful employe of Malandre Bros., 

 retail florists of New York city, died 

 at the home of his father, J. P. Whitt- 

 ley, in Highland, N. Y., on November 

 20, of pneumonia following an attack 

 of influenza. Mr. Whittley had been 

 in poor health all summer. He was 

 31 years ot age and leaves a widow 

 and two sisters and a brother. 



George C. Harbison, manager tor 

 Wra. H. Elliott, rose grower, Brighton, 

 Mass., has resigned, and is succeeded 

 by Michael Costello, an old employee 

 at that place. Eber Holmes, manager 

 of Mr. Elliott's Madbury (N. H.) green- 

 houses, has resigned and accepted the 

 management of the greenhouses of 

 Mark Aitken, Springfield, Mass. 



ILLINOIS APPLE SHOW. 



For 63 years the Illinois State Hor- 

 ticultural Society has stood in the 

 front rank of horticultural organiza- 

 tions in the United States. Five con- 

 ventions are held annually, one in 

 the northern district by the Northern 

 Illinois Horticultural Society, one in 

 the central district by the Central 

 Illinois Horticultural Society, one in 

 the southern district by the Southern 

 Illinois Horticultural Society, a sum- 

 mer meeting by the State Society and 

 the annual winter convention just 

 taken place at the Morrison Hotel in 

 Chicago, Nov. 19-22. This conventior 

 made a direct departure from its 

 usual course by giving an apple show 

 to educate the public in the apple in- 

 dustry of Illinois which many learned 

 with surprise was the third only in 

 the United States, averaging over a 

 million barrels annually, the quality 

 being equal to the best in this coun- 

 try. Southern and southwestern Illi- 

 nois are the great producing sections. 

 It was brought out at the convention 

 that St. Louis is the real distributing 

 point and that Chicago with the 

 wealth of apples produced in its own 

 state, has to depend upon the state of 

 Washington for its supply. The regu- 

 lation of such an injustice as this 

 might well be a part of this organi- 

 zation's work. 



There was an exhibit of orchard 

 machinery, spraying and accessories, 

 and with the large display of apples 

 in barrels, boxes and on plates, made 

 a very imposing array. 



The first meeting was opened in 

 Convention hall at 10 a. m. on Tues- 

 day, a large proportion of the 500 

 members being in attendance, and the 

 Interest shown continued throughout 

 the four days. A banquet was held In 

 the Terrace Gardens of the hotel on _ 

 Thursday evening, with addresses and I 

 moving pictures showing many inter- 

 esting features of the apple growing 

 industry. A valuable souvenir book 

 of Chicago Past and Present, was 

 given to each member in attendance. 



Washington, D. C— Under an order 

 issued by Dr. Garfield on December 

 2, florists and manufacturers of win- 

 dow glass, clay products and cement 

 were relieved of the fuel curtailment 

 orders previously issued against their 

 industries. Recently the War Indus- 

 tries Board's prohibition upon build- 

 ing was lifted and now the florists 

 can take advantage of the opportunity 

 to erect additional greenhouses, as 

 well as being able to secure materials 

 to repair existing houses without diffi- 

 culty. Under Dr. Garfield's order, the 

 foregoing industries return to their 

 pre-war coal-burning status. 



