December 28, 1918 



M IJ T 1 (' U !. T U i? E 



643 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page G.'ilJ 

 ducing quite an Increase to the sup- 

 ply. Christmas novelties are selling 

 is'ell, including holly and mistletoe. 



Obituary 



John Paget. 



Central Pennsylvania has lost one of 

 its best known and oldest gardeners, 

 in the death on Dec. 23. of John Paget, 

 who for 26 years was head gardener 

 at the Pennsylvania State Hospital at 

 Harrisburg. Mr. Paget was 75 years 

 old. 



He came to Philadelphia from Eng- 

 land in 1870, and five years later he 

 entered the employ of the late U. S. 

 Senator Don Cameron at Lochill, just 

 south of Harrisburg, and remained 

 there for seventeen years, then going 

 to the State Hospital. He is survived 

 by his wife, Mrs. Mary Paget, and the 

 following children: John P. and Alfred 

 N., of Guayaquil. Ecuador; Mrs. Ger- 

 trude A. Learner, of Florida; Wilmer 

 J., assistant superintendent of the 

 Botanic Gardens. Washington, D. C; 

 and Mrs. Edward Hikes, Mrs. George 

 Kuebler, Donald C. and Alan N., of 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



D. Mendels. 

 Mr. D. Mendels of the firm of Frey- 

 ling & Mendels, Grand Rapids, Michi- 

 gan, died at his home on Wealthy 

 street, Wednesday, December 18th, 

 after a brief illness of two days. Al- 

 though the immediate cause of his 

 death has been coming on for the past 



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Look in the "Buyers' 

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 and you will probably 

 find represented there 

 somebody who can 

 supply you. It's a good 

 plan to look it over 

 every week, for the 

 weekly changes and 

 additions are many. 



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four years, he was at his work until 

 the Monday before his death, having 

 made all preparations for the day's 

 business. He was sixty-eight years 

 old on August 20th, being born in the 

 Netherlands in 1850 and coming to 

 this country in 1870. He has been 

 engaged in floriculture since 1875. In 

 1880 he started his present business 

 with Nicholas Freyling as partner. 

 Mr. Freyling passed away fourteen 

 years ago and was succeeded by his 

 son, Edward N. Freyling. Mr. Men- 

 dels is survived by his wife and one 

 married daughter. Besides a success- 

 ful business career he was a man of 

 exemplary habits and staunch princi- 

 ples. He was a prominent member of 

 the Reformed Church and zealous in 

 its interests and philanthropies. 



most popular clerks employed in any 

 store in the business section of the 

 city. He is survived by his wife, one 

 son, his father, three brothers. Mr. 

 Crotty's wife and his son are both 

 confined to the home at 12 Wabash 

 avenue with influenza. 



Joseph A. Crotty. 

 Joseph A. Crotty, 34 years and 10 

 months old, for many years employed 

 as a clerk in the store of F. B. Mad- 

 aus, florist at 370 Main street, Wor- 

 cester, died Dec. 17 in his home, 12 

 Wabash avenue, of pneumonia which 

 developed from influenza. Mr. Crotty 

 was one of the best known men in 

 Worcester connected with the florist 

 business and had a host of friends 

 in all sections of the city. For 24 

 years he served as clerk in the Main 

 street store. As a boy of 10 years 

 he commenced work after school 

 hours, and later, when his studies in 

 the Worcester schools were complet- 

 ed, he devoted his entire time to the 

 business. Mr. Crotty was one of the 



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