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HORTICULTURE 



December 4, 1909 



WHOLESALE IXORIST8- 



New York — Continned 



A L. Young * Co., M W. 28th St., N. I. 



For paie tee Ust of A avertlaeni. 



J K. Ailei, lt*iPw7^T5^t., New Xork. 



Tor page see LUt of AdTfrtUeri. 



CI>«rleB Mlliiig7~S6 and S7 West 26tli St., 



New York. 



For pdW »w l.l"t of ^ -iTcrtlneni. 



B B Slluu, Jr., 65-57 W. HHtt. »l., N.w 



York. 



For page »«•» I-lwt of ArtTertlaera. 



Fhiladelphlm 



w K. MoKteskk & Bros.. 1819-l(m Ra* 



stead St.. rhlladelphta, I'a. 



For page see M»t of AdTertlsera. 



L*. Nle«eea Co., 12tW Arch St., PhlladW 



""Fir' pige «e« LIs^ of Advertlaeni. 

 Th, B. 8. PeiWS^^Me^han Co^ leOHi 

 Ludlow St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



New Offers in Thisjssue.^ 



Obituary. 



AGRICULTURAL LIME. 



The Caledonia Uav\ Co. Ciilodonla. N. Y. 



For page see L ist of Advertisers. 



BRONZ GALAX. 

 G A. Holder. Round Peak, N. C. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRISTMAS GREENS. 



Henrv F Mirlicll Co., riiUadelDhla, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRISTMAS GREENS. 



S S Pennocl;-Moehan Co., Philadelphia. Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRISTMAS PLANTS. 



Paul DeNave, Fall River, Mass. 

 Fo r page see List of Advertisers. 



.CHRISTMAS SPECIALTIES FOR 

 FLORISTS. 



M Rice & Co., Pliiladclphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRISTMAS HOLLY AND GREENS; 

 HOLIDAY FLOWERS. 



Henry M. Roliinson & Co., P.oston, Mass. 

 F or page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRISTMAS FLOWERING PLANTS, 

 PALMS, FERNS, ETC. 



Godfrey Aschmann, Philadelphia. Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers.. 



FLOWER POT COVER. 



Ever Ready Flower Pot Cover Co., 



Buffalo, N. Y. 

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(GALAX, FERNS, LEUCOTHOE, ETC. 



T J Rav & Co., Elk Park, N. C. 

 For page' see List of Advertisers. 



GOLD FISH, AQUARIUMS, ETC. 

 Bishop the Bird Man and Pioneer Gold 

 Fish King. Baltimore, Md. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION, 



VENTILATING, ETC. 



Daniel Illtfe Boston, Mass. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



■HOLIDAY FLOWERS AND CHrTsT- 

 MAS GREENS. 



Welch Bros.. Boston, Mass. 

 For page se e List of Adver ti sers. 



LILY^F THE VALLEY. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York. N. Y. 

 For pa ge see List of Advertisers. 



POTASH NOTE BOOK. 



German Kali Works, New York, N. Y. 

 For page see List of A dvertisers. 



ROSE "FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD'' 



EVER-BLOOMING CRIMSON 



RAMBLER. 



R. & .T. Farqnhar & Co., P.oston. Mass. 



For page see List of Adv ertisers. 



SELECT FERNS. 



F. R. Flerson, Tarrytown-on-Hndson. N. Y. 

 For page se e L ist of_Adve£tlsers^ 



SPIRAEA AND FORCING BULBS. 

 .Joseph Preck & Sons. Corn.. Boston. 

 For page_see List of Advertisers. 



SPECIAL GERANIUM OFFER. 



n Vincent. .Tr. & Sons Co.. Whitciharsh. Md. 

 For pnire sec List of .Advertisers. 



Carl Jurgens. 



Carl Jursens, the far-famed lily ot 

 the valley specialist and rose grower, 

 died suddenly on November 2G. at his 

 home in Newport, R. I. He had been 

 about attending to his usual dutie.- 

 until a short time ago when he got a 

 cold which caused him to stay indoors 

 as a precautionary measure, but his 

 condition was not considered serious 

 till he was suddenly affected wiih 

 heart trouble and died in a short time. 



Mr. .Turgens was born in Holstein, 

 Germany, in 1S44, served his florist 

 apprenticeship in Hambufg, and 

 worked at the trade tor some time in 

 Paris, then in London, and ca.iie to 

 \merica in 18C9, working at Astoria. 

 L. I., for some time. He moved to 

 Newport in 1871, when he Itiilt his 

 first greenhouse there on Mill street, 

 and established the business which he 

 successfully conducted and conJnually 



Cari, .Turqe.ns 



extended up to the time of his death, 

 his annual sales ot lily of the valley 

 the past few years amounting to sev- 

 eral million and other bulb flowers 

 more than a million. He also grew 

 large Quantities of roses, mostly Amer- 

 ican Beauties and Kaiserins, which 

 have long been noted for their high 

 quality. Mr. Jurgens has the distinc- 

 tion of having been the first to force 

 lily of the valley commercially, an<l so 

 originated the cold i-tcrage system used 

 so extensively now. which enables us 

 to have this choice flower at all times 

 of the vear. His first experiment with 

 this was in 1871 in the first grean- 

 house which he erected on Mill street. 

 The well equipped range of green- 

 houses which he has built up and 

 which now cover about four acres of 

 ground, stands as a raonviment to his 

 energy and skill. He is survived by a 

 widow, two married daughters and 

 one son, Carl Jurgens. Jr., who has 

 been a.ssistant to his father for some 

 years and who will now assume the 

 management ot the bnsine.-s 



The news of the passing i 



this honored representative ot the flor- 

 ist business ^\ill bring a pang of sad- 

 ness to many, who can truthfully say 

 they have lost one of their best 

 friends. Carl Jurgens was the very 

 soul of integrity and he expected those 

 with whom he dealt to live up to the 

 same high standard ot honor by which 

 he governed his own life. To such his 

 loyalty and kindness knew no bounds. 

 By his employes he was respected and 

 beloved. 



Tke funeral took place Nov. 29, and 

 was well attended, especially by the 

 gardening fraternity, about forty em- 

 ployes ot the deceased being present. 

 The floral tributes were numerous and 

 beautiful; one piece of lily of the val- 

 lev was made so that it covered the 

 casket entirely, except the glass plate. 



George H. Brown. 



This well known landscape gardener 

 passed away on November 23, at the 

 family home, 1357 Euclid street, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, following an illness 

 which compelled him to take to his 

 bed on Sunday. A severe cold was 

 the indirect cause of his death. 



In the death of Mr. Brown, Wash- 

 ington loses one of its shrewdest citi- 

 zens. His keenness of intellect was a 

 feature ot his strong personality and 

 his amiability was an attribute of 

 character which won him friends by 

 the score. 



Early in life he became a landscape 

 gardener, under the tutorage of his 

 father, David Brown, whose work in 

 England won him an enviable reputa- 

 tion. When Mr. Brown was fifteen 

 years old he became his father's as- 

 sistant in landscape gardening, and 

 he mastered the arts, so that when 

 he came to America his services were 

 in wide demand. 



Georg'e Hay Brown was born In 

 Edinburgh. Scotland, on December 17, 

 1838. In 1840 he was taken to Eng- 

 land by his father, receiving his edu- 

 cation there in private schools. In 

 18.50 the father came to America, go- 

 ing to Philadelphia in a search for a 

 wider field in the prosecution of his 

 profession. Two years later the son 

 and his mother joined the father and 

 husband in Philadelphia. 



In 1856 the son came to Washington, 

 where he planned and laid out the 

 government experimental gardens at 

 Third street and Pennsylvania avenue. 

 He remained in the employ of the 

 government until 1861, when the civil 

 war began, and he enlisted in the 

 Seventh Battalion, District millta. In 

 1864 he returned to Washington, soon 

 after going to San Francisco. Later, 

 he was superintendent of nurseries In 

 Memphis, Tenn. In 1870 he was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of public build- 

 ings and grounds by President Grant, 

 holding the position until about 1875. 

 It was while he was thus employed 

 that he supervised the laying out of 

 the present gronnds of the Capitol 

 and White House. 



Frederick C. Schneider. 

 Frederick C. Schneider, one of the 

 old time florists of Detroit, Mich., 

 died Monday, November 22. He had 

 suffered for a long time and had been 

 engaged in the florists' business over 

 40 years. He leaves a wife, son and 

 two daughters. 



Jens Petersen Brudahl. 

 Jens Petersen Brudahl of Racine, 

 Wis., died of pneumonia at St. Luke 



