September 21, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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Obituary 



Frank S. Fisher 

 Frank S. Fisher, florist, of Worces- 

 ter, Mass., died on September 5. of 

 heart failure. He was 62 years old. 

 A widow and one son survive. 



Thomas N. Griswold. 



Thomas Newton Griswold died at 

 the Hartford Hospital at 11.30 a. m. 

 yesterday from pneumonia, following 

 an operation. He was born in Weth- 

 ersfield. Conn., January 30, 1834. Mr. 

 Griswold leaves a wife and four chil- 

 dren, Franklin N. and Frederick I. 

 Griswold of Wethersfleld, Wallace B., 

 of Lincoln, Neb., and Jeanette W., of 

 West Hartford, and four grandchil- 

 dren. Mr. Griswold was a lifelong 

 resident of Wethersfleld and was one 

 of the pioneer seedsmen of the town, 

 doing business under the name of 

 Thomas Griswold & Co., the seed firm 

 organized by his father in 1845, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Griswold celebrated their 

 sixtieth wedding anniversary last 

 March. 



John W. Gibson. 



John W. Gil)son died on Sunday, 

 Sept. 8, at his home in Newport, R. I. 

 Mr. Gibson was in his 62nd year. He 

 had been ailing with Bright's disease 

 for some time. He was a son of the 

 late John and Susan Gibson, his father 

 having been for many years gardener 

 for the late Charles H. Russell and 

 afterward for Mr. James Stillman, who 

 purchased the Russell estate on Belle- 

 vue and Narragansett avenues. 



John W. Gibson worked for his 

 father when a young man and in 1882 

 went to New York to establish a branch 

 of the firm of Gibson Brothers, return- 

 ing in 1894 to join his brothers, 

 Thomas J. and Joseph Gibson, who had 

 several years before formed the firm, 

 which conducted the large greenhouses 

 on Malbone road and was extensively 

 engaged in landscape gardening and 

 the culture of cut flowers, with stores 

 on Washington square and Bellevue 

 avenue. In 1912 Thomas J. Gibson left 

 the firm, continuing the business at 

 the Washington Square store, while 

 Messrs. Joseph and John W. Gibson re- 

 tained the greenhouses and continued 

 the Bellevue avenue stores. 



In the passing away of John Gibson 

 Newport loses one of her bright lights 

 in the florist business and a large num- 

 ber of men in the trade are bereft of a 

 valued associate and friend. Impul- 

 sively liberal, generous to a fault, 

 "Johnnie" Gibson was sure to be found 

 in the front rank in any activity in 



which his friends in the trade were in- 

 terested. He was a live wire for many 

 years and whatever he did was never 

 done by halves. Newport will not be 

 like Newport with him gone. He leaves 

 two brothers and three sisters. 



SALE OF A NOTED ESTABLISH- 

 MENT. 

 The premises and good will of 

 Messrs. W. Wells & Co., chrysanthe- 

 mum and carnation growers, Mers- 

 thani. Surrey was offered for sale 

 by auction, as a going concern, on 

 September 3, at the Market Hall, Red- 

 hill. The sale was under the instruct- 

 ions of the trustees of the late Mr. 

 William Wells, and in pursuance of 

 the direction to that effect in his will. 

 The premises include 6V2 acres of 

 land, a freehold cottage, and 17 glass- 

 houses. — Gard. Citron. Aug. 24. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — A. J. Lanternier 

 Co., rebuilding. 



Minot, N. D. — Valker's Minot Green- 

 houses, rebuilding. 



Tekamah, Neb. — Tekamah Florist 

 Co., one house, completed. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 Ohio.— Autumn Catalogue, No. 3, 1918. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 — Wholesale Catalogue for Florists 

 and Market Gardeners. Autumn Edi- 

 tion. An impressive publication, neat 

 and practical throughout. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Salter Brothers' East Side store is 

 being redecorated. 



H. E. Wilson had the fall opening 

 decorations for Duffy Powers. 



The frost of Sept. 10th did injury to 

 flowers and crops along the Genesee 

 Valley. 



Mrs. Kate Owen has taken a posi- 

 tion with H. P. Neun, florist, North 



street. 



Charles Sharp of Rochester Floral 

 Co. has taken a position as salesman 

 for a grocery firm. 



George Case and Max, The Florist, 

 both have been called for limited 

 service and are in training at Syra- 

 cuse. 



The American Association of Ceme- 

 tery Superintendents were in conven- 

 tion here Sept. 11 to 13th. They were 

 entertained by James Vlck's Sons. 

 Several members of the A. A. C. S. 

 are prominent florists of this city. 



That the Department of Parks is on 

 no different basis than any one else 

 with greenhouses, was declared at the 

 office of County Fuel Administrator 

 .Miller. There has been a question 

 of the status of the Lamberton con- 

 servatory and other greenhouses at 

 Highland Park under the Federal 



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