August 31, 1918 



HOETICULTURE 



231 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 229) 



At last the intense 

 ST. LOUIS heat has been broken 

 and with the opening 

 of school and theatres it is to be 

 hoped the season will get under way. 

 Carnations are still small but roses 

 are improving. Some good asters and 

 fancy gladioli are offered. 



Last week brought 

 WASHINGTON in huge quantities 



of flowers. While 

 ordinarily gladioli would be in short 

 supply, there is sufficient to be had be- 

 cause some of the growers were late 

 in planting their crops. Orichids are 

 very scarce. A few late carnations 

 are to be had. Locally the aster sea- 

 son is almost over. Roses are coming 

 with very short stems and tight flow- 

 ers. Early cosmos from northern 

 points is to be had. 



Obituary 



Joseph Haddleton. 



Joseph Haddleton, a pioneer wire 

 design worker of Rochester, N. Y., 

 passed away August ITth, in his 

 ninety-second year. He is survived by 

 three daughters and four sons. 



Richard Higglns. 



Richard Higgins, for more than 22 

 years proprietor of a greenhouse and 

 florist's establishment at 217 Acad- 

 emy avenue. Providence, R. I., died 

 on Thursday night, Aug. 27. Mr. 

 Higgins was 47 years old, and was 

 born in Ireland. At an early age he 

 emigrated to England, and soon after 

 came to the United States and to 

 Providence. For about 10 years he 

 was employed in the Macrae green- 

 houses, on Smith street, and was also 

 employed by other florists in the city, 

 before he began business for himself 

 on Academy avenue. Starting with 

 a small greenhouse, he gradually en- 

 larged his plant, and his business ex- 

 tended throughout the city and state. 



His first wife died several years 

 ago. Two years ago, he was married 

 to Miss Ellen Feeley, who survives 

 him. He also leaves three children 

 by his former marriage. William, 



J. K. 



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"A lEADBR INTBE WBOLBSAIB G0»HISSION TRADE FOR OVER TBIRTI IBARS " 



Have a demand for more than I can supply. Rose Growers Call or Write. 



118 West 28th St. NEW/ YORK 



TELEPHONES 



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NEW YORK QDOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



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Lilies. Longiflorum 



Lilies. Speciosum 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon 



Gladioli 



Asters 



Dahlias 



Calendula ■ 



Sweet Peaa 



Grdenias 



Adiantuxn 



Smilax • 



Asparaffus Plumotus. & Spren (loo bunches] . 



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Joseph and Catherine Higgins, one 

 brother and two sisters. Liver trouble 

 was given as the cause of death. 



Edwin A. Seldewitz. 



The following sensational news item 

 was published in the daily press ot 

 Sunday, August 25. 



Baltimore. Aug. 24. — After having in- 

 formed his family last night that he was 

 "done for" because he could not procure 

 coal for the coming winter, and com- 

 plaining because florists had been declar- 

 ed non-essentials in business, Edwin A. 

 Seidewitz, 52 years old. shot himself in 

 the right temple at his home on Belvi- 

 dere avenue, Arlington, today, and died in 

 an hour. 



Seidewitz was given unfavorable prom- 

 inence about a year ago, when he kissed 

 one of the officers of an interned German 

 steamer in the bar of a downtown hotel. 

 At that time he was the president of the 

 Rotary Club, but was requested to resign. 

 At the time he stated that he had com- 

 mitted the act "just for fun" and that he 

 was a better American than most of those 

 who went about shouting for the flag and 

 not doing anything for this country. 



Seidewitz was a member of the Masonic 

 Order and the Elks and also a member of 

 the Advertising Club, a Democrat and a 

 former Mayor of Annapolis. He had been 

 depressed of late. 



Mr. Seidewitz, while developing ec- 



centricities during recent years, was 

 a man of parts and his sad end will 

 bring sorrow to many friends. We 

 should not judge a man too highly 

 just because he was born in Germany. 

 It is character that counts — not where 

 one was born. The writer is a pro-ally 

 of course but there are limits to the 

 far too common nagging of an excit- 

 able man. 



Mr. Seidewitz is survived by his 

 widow, one daughter, three sons and 

 a sister. G. C. W. 



Rochester, N. Y. — J. M. Piebelkorn, 

 Buffalo. 



Washington, — F. P. Kerpen, Jersey 

 City, N. J.; W. C. Lawrence, Atlanta, 

 Ga. 



Philadelphia — Robert Cameron, Har- 

 vard Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, 

 Mass.: J. H. Bookman, Montreal. 

 Canada; Fred. K. Leafly, Washington, 

 D. C. 



