February 16. I'JIS 



HORTICULTURE 



153 



Obituary 



The Late C. E. Faxon. 



The death of Charles Edward Faxon, 

 which was briefly announced in our 

 previous issue is an irreparable loss 

 to the Arnold Arboretum and Profes- 

 sor Sargent. Among the artists who 

 have made botanical drawings in the 

 last four centuries few have equaled 

 Mr. Faxon in taste, skill and knowl- 

 edge, and the works which he illus- 

 trated owe their chief value to his 

 pencil. 



Mr. Faxon began early to draw 

 plants and showed so much ability in 

 this work that he was asked to make 

 some of the colored plates for Eaton's 

 "Ferns of North America," published 

 in 1879-1880. For the first volume of 

 this classical book he made six draw- 

 ings and for the second volume thirty- 

 three drawings. When the Smithson- 

 ian Institution began the preparation 

 of the work on trees which was after- 

 wards linown as "Sargent's Silva of 

 North America," Mr, Faxon was se- 

 lected to prepare the illustrations. For 

 this work he made 749 drawings ac- 

 companied by carefully-prepared analy- 

 ses of the flowers and fruits. He made 

 •542 drawings for Sargent's "Manual of 

 the Trees of North America" and the 

 drawings for the 100 plates of trees 

 and shrubs; and several hundred 

 drawings which were reproduced on 

 the pages of Garden and Forest, includ- 

 ing those afterward republished in 

 "The Forest Flora of Japan." His 

 drawings of many Central American 

 plants were published from time to 

 time in The Botanical Gazette. 



The final volume of "The Silva" was 

 dedicated to Charles Edward Faxon 

 "In grateful appreciation of the skill 

 and learning which for twenty years 

 he has devoted with untiring zeal to 

 The Silva of North America,' " by the 

 friend T.'ho, for forty years, had been 

 his almost daily associate. 



Modest and retiring he impressed 

 himself publicly only through his pen- 

 cil, and only those persons who could 

 appreciate the value of its work, or 

 who came into daily contact with him, 

 realized that one of the remarkable 

 and distinguished men of the country 

 was living in Boston practically un- 

 known to the general public. 



John -O. Graham. 

 John O. Graham, one of the well 

 known ilorists of the Mohawk valley, 

 died at his home in Little Falls, N. Y., 

 Feb. 2, after an illness of several weeks. 

 He sustained a stroke of paralysis. Mr. 

 Graham vas born in Scotland in 1861. 

 He began life as gardener in Scotland 

 and came to this country 38 years ago, 

 engaged all the time as a florist. He 

 was located first in New York city and 

 later in Binghamton. In 1897 he came 

 to Little Falls and purchased the busi- 

 ness of I'eter Crowe. He was united 

 in marriage to Jennie Pauk at Una- 

 dilla in 1886, and she with three 

 children survive. He was a member 

 of the Society of American Florists 

 and the Albany Florists' club. 



John G. Gardner. 

 John G. Gardner, aged 29 years, gar- 

 dener on the F. H. Allen estate. Pel- 

 ham Manor, N. Y.. died in hospital at 

 Yonkers on February 2. His father. 



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Richard Gardner, is a well-known gar- 

 dener of Newport, R. I. He leaves a 

 widow and two-year-old boy. 



Mrs. William Bayersdorfer. 

 Mrs. Wm. Bayersdorfer, mother of 

 Harry and I. M. Bayersdorfer, died on 

 February 1 at her home in Philadel- 

 phia. Seven children survive her. 



Karl Volgt. 

 Karl Voigt, successfully engaged in 

 the retail florist business in Newark. 

 N. J., for over sixty years, died on 

 January 27, aged 79 years. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB 



The New York Florists' Club had one 

 of the best meetings on record on Mon- 

 day evening, February 11 and the ad- 

 ministration of President Schenck has 

 certainly started out most auspicious- 

 ly. An unprecedented number of new 

 members was added to the list and 

 twelve more were nominated. On the 

 exhibition tables were exhibits of rose 

 Bedford Belle from Bedford Flower 

 Co., Bedford Hills: rose Mme. Colette 

 Martinet from A. N. Pierson Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn., and a vase of iris 

 from P. W. Popp. 



Favoral)le progressive reports were 

 made by committees on new meeting 

 hall, soldiers' entertainment, annual 

 banquet, essays and transportation to 

 the St. Louis Convention. An enthu- 

 siastic communication was received 

 from Major O'Keefe on the publicity 

 campaign and the great value of co- 

 operative action, with suggestions as 

 to possibilities in local city advertis- 

 ing for florists of New York. A letter 

 from the gardeners of Brooklyn parks 

 stated that they had been restored to 

 the competitive class of employees. 

 President Schenck spoke interestingly 

 of his trip to St. Louis with the S. A. 

 F. Executive Board, Charles H. Totty 

 made patriotic remarks on fuel sav- 

 ing, etc., etc.. and Joseph Manda gave 

 an entertaining account of his trip to 

 the South, where his son is in camp. 

 Secretary Young announced the re- 

 moval of his office to 1170 Broadway 

 and stated that the tea garden would 

 be eliminated from the International 

 Exhibition this year, but that other 

 and better attractions were planned 

 by the Red Cross people. A. Herring- 

 ton also made hopeful remarks on the 

 show prospects. W. R. Pierson ad- 

 dressed ihe Club on behalf of the Am- 

 erican Rose Society, which will stage 

 its annual exhibition with the Inter- 

 national Show. The proposed increase 

 of the secretary's salary to $.500 was 

 favorably acted upon. William C. 



Freeman of the Advertising News gave 

 an interesting talk on "Publicity." 



BUFFALO FLORIST CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the Buffalo 

 Florist Club was held on Tuesday 

 evening. Feb. 5. 



President Henry H. Elbers had re- 

 peatedly declined all efforts to per- 

 suade him to serve the Club another 

 year, and upon this occasion said posi- 

 tively that he would be unable to put 

 the time and effort into the work that 

 he felt it deserved. Accordingly, oth- 

 er nominations were made for presi- 

 dent, vice-president, secretary, finan- 

 cial secretary and treasurer, which 

 will be put to ballot at the annual 

 banquet to be held in place of the 

 next monthly meeting, A goodly 

 number of members arranged to go 

 as a delegation to the annual Farm- 

 er's Week at Cornell University at 

 Ithaca, N. Y, 



Mr, Wells, followed by Emil Brucker 

 then put into words the appreciation 

 which the whole Club felt for the 

 splendid year of progress which was 

 now ending with the resignation of 

 President Elbers, The entire Club 

 rose in a unanimous vote of thanks 

 for his enthusiastic and inspiring de- 

 votion to the interests of the Club. 

 Under his administration the organi- 

 zation has been elevated from a mere 

 social "get-together" into a real edu- 

 cative and practical association for the 

 advancement of the interests of the 

 florists' business. Every meeting has 

 been the occasion of an instructive 

 and enjoyable address either by a 

 member of the Club or by an out-of- 

 town speaker. That the members 

 have appreciated this is sho5vn by the 

 greatly increased attendance during 

 the past year over preceding years. 



President Elbers heartily thanked 

 the memiiers for their support. "Let 

 us remember. Friends" said he in con- 

 clusion. That w^herever we go and 

 whoever we meet, we have In our 

 hands the building of the reputation 

 that shall characterize the florists' 

 business and by which florists as men 

 shall be kiiown. If our habits are tem- 

 perate and our conduct is what it 

 should be, then we will be doing our 

 bit to lift the florists' profession to 

 the place which it deserves to be held 

 in the esteem of the business world. 

 Let us remember that moderation and 

 self control is the only means to win 

 the respect of others and retain our 

 own self respect. Let me again thank 

 you for your cordial support and earn- 

 estly request that you will favor the 

 incoming president with the same 

 friendly co-operation that you have ex- 

 tended to me." 



