September 5, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



377 



Obituary 



Mrs. J. M. Keller. 

 Mrs. J. M. Keller, wife of J. M. Kel- 

 ler, one of the pioneer florists of 

 Brooklyn. X. Y., died August 21st, at 

 Elka Park, Catskill Mountains. Fu- 

 neral services were held August 24th 

 in Brooklyn, at the home of her son- 

 in-law, M. Jordan, 6oth street. 



Mrs. John F. Ward. 

 Word was received at Shelburne 

 Falls,, Mass., a few days ago of the 

 death by drowning of Mrs. John F. 

 Ward at Farmington, Ct. Mr. Ward 

 was a florist at the original Fife green- 

 houses and left Shelburne Falls last 

 spring. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. 

 Ward and his young son among their 

 many friends in Shelburne Falls in 

 their affliction by the untimely death 

 of the wife and mother. 



P. R. Quinlan. 

 P. R. Quinlan, for many years the 

 leading florist of Syracuse, N. Y., and 

 a prosperous business man in other 

 enterprises, died at his home on Au- 

 gust 27, at the age of 68 years, after 

 an illness of several weeks. Mr. Quin- 

 lan was bom in Ireland and came here 

 with his parents when 11 years of age. 

 He was first connected with the Wil- 

 liam Brown Smith nursery and in 1878 

 bought half an interest in the business. 

 In 1892 he became proprietor of the 

 florist business of Smiths & Powell, 

 and moved the greenhouses to Onon- 

 daga Valley. In late years most of his 

 time has been devoted to the asphalt 

 business. He leaves a widow and two 

 married daughters. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



William Kleinheinz has at last 

 been heard from. He has got out of 

 Germany and sails from Rotterdam, 

 Sept. 5th. 



The market gardeners will hold a 

 convention in Horticultural Hall early 

 in October. This is a national society 

 and promises to be well attended. The 

 affair will last one week. 



Two pilgrims about whom we have 

 been anxious returned on the 30th: 

 Edward Reid, wholesale florist, and 

 Gus Doemling, rose grower of Lans- 

 downe. Both gentlemen had remark- 

 able experiences in Europe, from all 

 accounts. Your correspondent has not 

 been able to greet them personally at 

 this writing. We may have something 

 more to say later. 



Extract from personal letter re- 

 ceived September 1st showing that 

 our trade is not the only one that is 

 feeling the pinch of the present cata- 

 clysm: 



"Everything and everytod.v seems ab- 

 sorbed by tbe present war conditions. Un- 

 doubtedly people ax"e beginning to feel the 

 pinch of unemployment. This i« particu- 

 larly prevalent amongst longshort-nien, few 

 cargos of any size coming west at present 

 and a threatened lessening of East bound 

 cargos also. The book-making Industry is 

 In a state of collapse, both in Boston and 

 New York. Onl.v a very limited number of 

 books are being published, but it Is hoped 

 that the fall will improve matters a bit." 



Visitors — Ferrari Bros., San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal.; H. Plath. San Francisco; 

 D. MacRorie, San Francisco; Henry 

 S. Pennock. Jupiter, Fla.; Harry Pap- 

 worth New Orleans, La.; W. R. Cobb, 



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TWO BOSTON CONVENTION EXHIBITS. 



Exhibit of Benj. Hammond 



The accompanying picture is an ex- 

 cellent view of Benjamin Hammond's 

 display of his various insecticides, 

 greenhouse paints and putty and 

 other specialties, at the S. A. F. Trade 

 Exhibition in Boston. 



Speaking of the trade exhibits, J. 

 C. Meyer of Lowell Thread Mills, the 



manufacturer of silkaline. tells us that 

 he got some good business at the 

 Convention. It is only required that 

 silkaline be shown alongside the com- 

 mon .screen thread used by many to 

 demonstrate its great superiority for 

 strin.ging asparagus and other pur- 

 poses, where strength and unfading 

 color are essential. 



sales manager Lord & Burnham Co., 

 New York City; Victor Groshens, Hill- 

 side, Pa.; Charles H. Uttley and wife. 



Harrisburg, Pa. (on way home from 

 four-months' European trip, via Bos- 

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