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Sopleniber 29, 1917 



Obituary 



Edwin M. H.-iven. 



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iiiai luy oil 



after a pro- 



,. ;i I • : irnia 1 .1 iilcloUH aliomln. 



Mr ll.U'ii was Ixirii at North 



1 • •■ ' Ki, on July ii">. 18nr>, lioing 



of II family of four lirolhors. 



flKht ypars of age he re- 



<l with his pari-nts to Hlooiiiine- 



Mli'hiKun, where all of his earlier 



llle was spent. In 187r> he began the 



business of seed growing and con- 



linuod that business In lllooinlnKrtale 



unlll the year 1891 when he removed 



to South Haven. Mich. In 1893 the 



business was Incorporated under the 



name of The Haven Seed Company 



and was conducted under .Mr. Haven's 



managenienl until iyo3 when he. with 



his family, removed to California in 



order to carry on the seed growing 



operations under more favorable cU- 



Euwi.N M. IIavkx 



niatic conditions. For many years the 

 work has been mainly devoted to the 

 raising of tomatoes for seed and the 

 deceased has done much thorough 

 work in the breeding of tomatoes, de- 

 voting his attention to the perfecting 

 of stocks rather than to the introduc- 

 tion of new varieties. 



The business is incorporated and 

 will be continued under the same 

 management as heretofore by his 

 sons, A. B. Haven being president and 

 L. S. Haven, secretary of the corpora- 

 tion. A widow, three sons and three 

 daughters survive the deceased. 

 Henry Youell. 



Henry Youell died on Thursday 

 night. September 20, at his home, 170 

 Ridgeway avenue, Syracuse, N. Y., 

 aged ~?, years. He was born at Great 

 Yarmouth. England, in 1844, and had 

 been in this country AT, years. For 

 the past several years he had been 

 well known as a grower of the gladio- 

 lus. Upon his arrival in this country 

 he went to Boston where he worked 

 for a while in the greenhouse estab- 

 lishment of \V. C. Strong & Co., in 

 Brighton and afterward had charge of 



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HiilliH iif nil ili'Nf'rl|itl' iiH U'rlti' fur prlro*. 



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CAUNATIONS Ih'rrv K.-im iinil Lawson, 

 50.00 per 100. \VI ' ■Ink Kin'liaDtroni), 



l'lill.i,l,'liililii. .M.I •< III r IIM). CjikIi. 



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OABNATION STAPLKS 



i^pllt cnrniillnnii quick!)', caally ami 

 clii>n|>ly uieiiilcU. IMIIaliurv'a Carnation 

 Staple, 1000 fur 33c.: :iO<Ki for $1.00 puat- 

 pald. I. L. PILL8RUKV. QaleabnrK, IlL 



Crppnliniiai' irlaaa. lowiat prlrpa. JOQN- 

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I'ANMV ri.AMS 



I'ANSir.S -Tliliily M.iwn, "ilroiii: llolil- 

 irrtiwit ff4'4>illliit;H. .^InihiM tinHiirpiii«Ni*il by 



uny for nlxi- nf l>l i ur I'lilnra. f.i'*l pa-r 



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I'ponlca. Tbc worM'a greatcat cullectloo, 

 1200 aorta Send fur MhI. C. UETSCUBB, 

 Canal Dover, O. 



DAHLIAS 



I'uouy Dalilla Mrs. Frederick Orlnnell. 



Stock For Sale. 



JOHN P. ROONBY, New Bedford, Uaaa. 



Orders booked at any time for Fall or 

 Spring delivery. Wholeaule and Retail. 

 Send for Catalog. NOKTHBORO DAHLIA 

 & GLADIOLUS GARDENS, J. L. Moore, 

 Prop., Northboro, Maaa. 



New Paeony Dablla — Jobn Wanamaker, 

 Neweat, Handaomeat, Beat. New color, new 

 form and new babit of growtb. Big stock 

 of best cut-flower varietlea. Send Hat of 

 wanta to PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 

 Berlin, N. 3. 



U.'VISIES 



DAISIES— (Hfllis), .Moutrosa, wblte and 

 plnk.nlsii Loiinfellow auil Snowball. Tbinly 

 si.wn llc'lil-Kniwn. stronj; HiMMllings, ?1'.50 

 lirr IIOU. Caali. HKILL CELERY GAU- 

 KE.NS. Kiibniiaziiii, .Mich. 



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Roaea, Cannaa iinil Sbruba. TBB 

 CONARD & JONES COMPANY, Weet 

 Grove, Pn. 



SPHAGNUM HOBS 



Live Spbagnuin Diosa, orcbid peat and 

 orchid baaketa always on band. LAGBB 

 & HURRELL, Summit. N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Foliage Vloea, cbolce 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tub 

 grown for Immediate etTect; alao Climbing 

 Rosea. J. H. TROY, Mount Ulaaarllk Nur- 

 aery, New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



TflRE WORK 



WILLIAM E. HEILSCHERS WIBB 

 WORKS, 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mlcli. 



the grounds and the gardens of the 

 City Hospital. He remained there for 

 eight years, after which he took 

 charge of Major Davis" estate in Syra- 

 cuse. Some time later he went in 

 business for himself. .Mr. Youell liad 

 been secretary of the .National Gladio- 

 lus Society for five years, and was 

 piosident of the Floral Club of Syra- 

 cuse. At ohe time he was assistant 

 superintendent of the State I'"air. He 

 is survived by one son, Henry Robert 

 Youell, and three daughters, illss 

 Mabel Youell of this city, Mrs. Ernest 

 C. Edwards of Lyndon, and -Mrs. Chris- 

 topher J. Lambert of Pierrepont 

 Manor. His wife died nine years ago. 

 Robert S. Peabody. 



Robert Swain Peabody, widely 

 known Boston architect, former presi- 

 dent of the American Institute of 

 Architects, and former chairman of 

 tlie Boston Park Commission, died at 

 his summer home at Peach's Point, 

 .Marblehead, Mass., September 23, 

 after a long illness. It will be remem- 

 bered that Mr. Peabody was sent over 

 with Thomas J. Gargan, to visit the 

 cities and ports of Europe, and on his 

 return made the now famous report 

 on "How the Kaiser Would Develop 

 a Port Like Boston."' 



Frank Huntsman. 



We have just been informed briefly, 

 without details, of the death on Sep- 

 tember 14, of Frank Huntsman, after 

 an illness extending over a number of 

 years, at his home in Fort Thomas, 

 Ky. Mr. Huntsman was formerly en- 

 gaged in the florist business in Cincin- 

 nati and was widely known and de- 

 servedly popular. He served as a 

 member of the executive committee of 



the Society of American Florists dur- 

 ing the years 1889-'90-'91. 



William Harvey. 



William Harvey. of Needhara 

 Heights, formerly gardener on the N. 

 T. Kidder estate in .Milton, .Mass., and 

 well known to the older generation of 

 Boston gardeners and florists, died on 

 Tuesday. September 25, at the Need- 

 ham hospital, death being the result 

 of a rupture. He is survived by his 

 widow and one son. 



William B. Entemann. 



William B. Kntemann, florist, died 

 Sunday at liis home, .\o. 326 Ocean 

 avenue, Jersey City, at the age of fifty 

 years. He was a member of the Socie- 

 ty of .American Florists and New York 

 Florists' Club. .\ widow and daughter 

 survive.. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED: Exp"ri<'nooil r;ardenpr for 

 ]irivnti- lonntry pliiie. .Must lie ii working 

 Kiirileiiir. riipiihle or raising Imtli ilnwera 

 iiiiii vet'i^tulile.s In.siili' uinl out. nntX under- 

 stand orchard ami shriililiery work. Good 

 home, f."'«d pnsltlnii. Stale e.\|ii'rience, bow 

 much of family and sahirv expected. Ad- 

 dress "J.' O. H.."" care UORTICULTURE. 



WANTED— Two yoOoK men who have 

 had a fi'W years experience In the llower 

 Heeil i|i-[iartmeftt. .\nswer In own hand 

 writing 111 'Flower Seeil Dept." STLMPP 

 & WALTER CO., ISO Barclay St., New York. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITC.VTION WA.NTKI) (riMieU gradu- 

 ate in Agriculture, experienrefl in green- 

 house work and pardeninpr. ilesires appren- 

 tice position in retail tlori^t simp in New 

 York, Boston. Cleveland or Washington. 

 Address 20 Trowbridge Road, Worcester, 

 .Mass. 



