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HORTICULTURE 



March 23, 1918 



Obituary 



Joseph Hc.-icock. 

 A lilglily n-Kiifcli'd and widely 

 kDown I'liiladi'lplilan passed away 

 KUddenly on ilie ISili of March and 

 the news will cause a ilirlll of sadness 

 throuKh the horticultural world, for 

 Joseph Heacock was loved and es- 

 teemed by countless personal friends 

 all over the country. Mr. Hea<ock was 

 73 years of age. having been born 

 In 1845. and came of distlnRiilshed 

 Quaker llneaRe, his ancestors comlnK 

 from Kngland to Pennsylvania In 1711. 

 Me was educated at the AbinRton 

 Friends School. AbinKton, Pa., and 

 the FVIends Central HlKh School. 

 Philadelphia. Pa., and married Eliza- 

 beth Walker of Treddyfrln. Ches- 

 ter County. Pa. His wife and 

 three children. Esther. PrisciUa and 

 James, survive. He took a lively 

 Interest In public affairs, local, state 

 and national and from 1910 to 1914 

 represented his community as State 

 Senator. He was an ex-president of 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia and 

 took an active part in the S. A. F. and 

 kindred trade bodies. In horticulture 

 he first achieved distinction as a palm 

 and rose grower at Wyncote. near 

 Philadelphia, where he built an exten- 

 sive range of glass on his home estate. 

 Later he built another big establish- 

 ment further out ,at Roeloffs, Pa., de- 

 voted more exclusively to rose grow- 

 ing. The quality of his products has 

 always been of a high order and con- 

 stituted a leading feature of the Phila- 

 delphia and other markets. Personal- 

 ly Mr. Heacock was a man of the most 

 sterling character and of a very genial 

 and lovable disposition. He had all 

 the Inherited Quaker dislike for fight- 

 ing but for all that he could put up a 

 good fight in any controversy where 

 right and principle were involved. A 

 real man was .Joseph Heacock. The 

 writer speaks from 30 years of close 

 personal acquaintance and feels that 

 to have known so fine a personality 

 was a privilege and an experience to 

 be proud of and thankful for. 



George C. Watson. 



One of the saddest things I've heard 

 for a long time was the telephone mes- 

 sage 1 received yesterday saying my 

 dear friend Joseph Heacock had 

 passed away. 



In him, not only the trade but each 

 one individually loses one of the best 

 friends they ever had. a man always to 

 be admired and looked up to. with a 

 business integrity of the very highest 

 caliber. Personally I consider it an 

 honor to have been numbered as one 

 of his friends, one I could always go to 

 for help and receive it with the great- 

 est of willingness, no matter how busy 

 he was. A genial, likeable disposition 

 that you knew was sincere. A ca- 

 lamity to the community, his passing 

 away, very very regretable. 



Samuki- S, Pennock. 



I feel that by the death of Joseph 

 Heacock the florist trade. Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society and many 

 kindred organizations, have lost one 

 of their most efficient and best work- 



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 found him steadfast and true; willing 

 to do his full share of work at all 

 times for the best Interests of horti- 

 culture and the elevation of our busi- 

 ness. We shall miss him. 



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A. Robeson Sargent. 

 A. itobeson Sargent, a landscape ar- 

 chitect associated with Cluy Lowell. 



Joseph Heacock 



died suddenly at French Lick. Ind.. 

 where he went a week ago to recuper- 

 ate after an attack of pneumonia. Mr, 

 Sargent was stricken about a month 

 ago, but recovered sufficiently to make 

 the trip to Indiana. It is believed that 

 his heart was weakened by over-exer- 

 tion. He was the son of Professor 

 Charles Sprague Sargent of The Ar- 

 nold Arboretum and lived at Holm 

 Lea, the Sargent estate in Brookline 

 and .Jamaica Plain. He was a well- 

 known Harvard athlete, playing on 

 the football team and being active in 

 other branches of athletics. He was 

 graduated from Harvard in 1900. He 

 married Maria de Acosta of Xew York 

 and has one son. Ignatius Sargent, 

 three years old. He is survived by Ms 



wife, his father and two sisters, Misfl 

 Alice Sargent and .Mrs. Guy I^owell. 

 He was associated with Ouy Lowell Id 

 the practice of his profession. 



"Chris" Donovan 



"Chris" Donovan, one of the best 

 known figures in the wholesale flor- 

 ist business in Boston, died suddenly 

 on .March 1.5 while engaged in filliDg 

 an order in the basement of his place 

 of business. 2ri6 Devonshire street. 



.\Ir. Donovan was 4ii years old. and 

 a long-time resident of Maverick 

 street. East Boston, and Is survived 

 by a widow, five brothers and a sister. 

 He had been in the wholesale flower 

 business for more than 20 years. The 

 medical examiner declared death due 

 to heart failure. 



Harry Sharp. 



Harry Sharp, a florist, of 926 Broad- 

 way, Camden, N. J., was found dead In 

 bed, Sunday morning, March 17. by 

 his sister. He was ^5 years old and 

 had been ailing with an affection of 

 the heart. He had been long in the 

 florist business in Canulcn. 



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Tlie weekly market review for the 

 period March 12th to 19th shows an 

 improvement in the potato market, 

 prices recovering sharply from the 

 record low prices of the early part of 

 the week. The cabbage market was 

 lower and the onion situation fairly 

 steady. Beans were slightly lower and 

 showing a weaker trend, being less 

 dominated l>y recent government pur- 

 chases. The lettuce market was strong- 

 er but southern vegetables generally 

 tending lower. 



