August 23, 1913 



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Obituary 



Hugh Lee. 

 Hugh Lee. originator of the Brides- 

 maid rose, died at his home, 18 

 Hughes place. Summit, N. J., August 

 4th. aged 59 years. He was born in 

 Ireland, coming to this country when 

 a boy. A widow and six children sur- 

 vive him. 



docked in New York. Business trou- 

 bles are believed to have caused his 

 death. Mr. Kase made his home in 

 Bloomfield. N. J. 



Personal 



E. O. Stevens succeeds O. B. Stev- 

 ens as manager of the Shenandoah 

 Greenhouses, Shenandoah, Iowa. 



Francis E. Bechler. 



Francis E. Bechler, for forty-three 

 years prominent as a florist in Lancas- 

 ter, Pa., died August 10th. He was a 

 member of the Lancaster Florists' 

 Club and had always taken an active 

 interest in its progressiveness. He is 

 survived by three sisters and three 

 brothers. 



Jonathan W. Kerr. 

 Jonathan W. Kerr, a well-known 

 horticulturist, died suddenly at his 

 home in Denton, Md., August 1, aged 

 71 years. He was engaged in the nur- 

 sery business for over forty years and 

 was recognized as an authority on 

 plum culture. He leaves a wife and 

 two daughters. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Charles Sim writing from .Aberdeen, 

 Scotland August 10th. reports "all well 

 and having a good time." 



We understand from Mr. J. G. 

 Schattmaier that he has severed his 

 connection with Mr. Blackistone and 

 has a new move under consideraticn 

 which will be announced in due 

 course. 



Visitors: Otto Heineckeu, New York 

 City: :Mr. Schattmaier of Blackistone's, 

 Washington, D. C: Sidney Hoffman, 

 Boston. Mass.; H. L. Holmes. Harris- 

 burg, Pa.; Mr. Holz. Queen City Floral 

 Co., Seattle, W^ashington. 



A. Leuthy. of Roslindale, arrived 

 home from his visit to the Ghent Ex- 

 hibition, on Tuesday, August 12. Says- 

 he had a grand time. 



L. Merton Gage, of South Natick, 

 Mass.. has been appointed on the hor- 

 ticultural committee of the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition. 



George MeWilliam of Whitinsville, 

 Mass., is in a very critical condition: 

 following an operation at the New 

 England Baptist Hospital, Boston. 



Paul Kase. 

 Paul Kase, 38 years old, president 

 of the firm of Wm. Hagemann & Co., 

 New York, bulb importers, committed 

 suicide on board the steamship Massa- 

 chusetts, Monday evening. August 18. 

 He had boarded the vessel at Boston 

 and his body was found in his state- 

 room two hours after the vessel had 



John Clark has been appointed act- 

 ing superintendent of the National 

 Botanical Gardens, Washington, D. C. 

 and it is believed he will be named 

 as successor to the late C. Leslie 

 Reynolds. Mr. Clark was born in 

 Scotland eighty-two years ago. In 

 1854 the late William R. Smith 

 deavored to have him cross the oce 

 to become his assistant at the Ga 

 dens. At that time he refused and 1 

 was not until nearly forty-five years> 

 later that he emigrated to this country 

 and accepted a position as propagator. 

 Upon the death of Mr. Smith and the 

 promotion of Mr. Reynolds to the 

 superintendency, he was made assist- 

 ant superintendent, the position he 

 had refused fifty-nine years before. 



Louis Schmutz, Jr., and wife sailed 

 on Saturday, August 16th. on a trip 

 for business and pleasure combined, 

 to England and Belgium. Mr. Mac- 

 Niff sailed on the same steamer. 



Thomas A. Houlihan, head gardener 

 for Senator W. A. L. Bazeley, Woon- 

 socket, R. I., for the last four years,, 

 has resigned and accepted the posi- 

 tion of superintendent to A. F. Cos- 

 tello, Beverly. Mass. 



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