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HOKT ICULTURE 



October 13. 191" 



Obituary 



J. A. Valentine 

 We are shocked to learn of the siid- 

 lien death of .1. A Valentine of I»en- 

 ver, Colo., who was killed In an auto 

 mobile accident on Prlday aflernuon, 

 October 5. From tlie Itoiky Mounlaiii 

 \tus of Saturday. October C. we clip 

 the following details of this deplora- 

 ble occurrence: 



■Jolm A Viiliiitliii-, iTi'ulili-iil of llii- l':irk 

 I'lonil (*iiiii|iHn> . w:l^ kllltMl til III! aiitoino- 

 l«lli- arflUi-iil lu'iir M>:liilia\vk. Coin., iit ll.;«0 

 oVIork yiflcnluv iiioriilii); wlillt- ilrlvInK 

 llirw oIliiT-*. Iiirliiillni: 111- » (ft-, to I'lM-ker'- 

 SprliiKs on II nivk I'liil IWhliii: nip. 



The car ovcrtnnicil iii-ar the lop i»r -i 

 rise un tin* .liirs' raiioii route. uIhiiii Iwclvt* 

 inlles ui-m of SciIhIIji. plnnliiK llic ValiMi 

 tines mill Frank H. WooiIhoii aiiil 111.- wife, 

 also of lienver. liciii-atli tlic wreik. 



The two wouiiMi iiiiiiiaucil to cxtrkati' 

 I Iieuis4»lvc- without iiiucli iroiililt*. Wood 

 son's life was saved liy the timely arrival 

 of Frank 1". Soliey. a forest ranRcr of 

 Iienver. who was passing on horseback. 

 Valentine was killed almost In-tantly. 

 .Mrs. Valeiiilne siiffereil a broken collar 

 bone, while .Mrs. Woi.ilson escaped with ;. 

 Rpralned ankle. Woodson's injnries wer. 

 not of a serious nature. 



The bodv of Valentine was brouKht t" 

 Denver 111 the car of Harry W. B. Dnvies. 

 Other cars, driven by B. K. GilUs. vice- 

 president of the Park Floral Company; 

 Gorte Cooper, florist, and A. Gus Benson, 

 president of the Denver Wholesale Florists' 

 Association, brought the others of the party 

 to the city. 



Just how tile accident occurred coiiM 

 not be dellnltely told by the occupants. 

 The car was Bolnp at a moderate speed 

 wheu siiddcnlv it left the road, rolled com 

 pletelv over and pinned the four occupant- 

 to ttie roadwav. Valentine suffered tin- 

 ^ireatest welKht of the car. the front wlieel 

 strikini; liim on the head." 



J. A. Valentine was born in Keo- 

 sauque. Iowa, in 1859. He was edu- 

 cated as a civil engineer, and in the 

 early 80's helped make the survey for 

 the Burlington railroad from Omaha 

 into Denver. For years he has been 

 the head of the Park Floral Co.. 

 which expanded under his able bnsi 

 ness direction. He was widely known 

 and a man of sound business judg- 

 ment and high executive ability and 

 active and influential in a number of 

 horticultural organizations, local and 

 national. He was president of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists in 1909 and 

 presided at the convention in Cincin- 

 nati in that year. He was president 

 of the Florists* Telegraph Delivery 

 Association in the early years of its 

 making and one of its hardest work- 

 ers up to and includi»B the recent 

 meeting in Detroit. Mr. Valentine 

 was a man of kindly, philanthropic 

 impulse, one who always preferred to 

 read the better side of his fellow man 

 and the loss to the florist fraternity is 

 grievous and irreparable. He la sur- 

 vived by Mrs. Valentine and his 

 lather. John Valentine of Denver. 



inic plut8 under kIhrm, where millions 

 of planlH used for beaullfylnK 'he 

 parks and squares were raised. Many 

 park features which Clifton I'ark now 

 has were developed uiuler .Mr. Flit- 

 Ion's dlrecllnn 



At one time he was superintendent 

 of Patterson Park, and was later 

 placed In charKC ol Mount Vernon 

 Square and smaller squnn-s of the 

 city. When the development of 

 (iwynn's Falls F*ark was undertaken 

 .Mr. Flltton was selected for the work. 

 He declared the park rich in natural 

 beauty, and many times he was com- 

 mended by members of the Park 

 Board for his landscape work. He 

 took great Interest in window garden- 

 ing and home gardens, which women 

 associations offered prizes for In Ual- 

 tlmore. and cheerfully served as one 

 of the judges annually. 



Mr. Flltton was born In Fngland 

 and for many years he was head gar- 



N. F. Flltton. 



Noah F. Flltton. 7.5 years old, super- 

 intendent of Gwynn's Falls Park, and 

 for many years connected with the 

 parks and squares of Baltimore, Md., 

 died Monday afternoon, October 8, at 

 his home in the park which he super- 

 vised. Mr. Flltton had been ill for 

 several months. His death was due 

 to stomach disease. 



He ■B'as appointed a park superin- 

 tendent for the city 15 years ago, and 

 for a number of years he had charge 

 of Clifton and the acres of propagat- 



J. A. Vale.mi.ne 



G. E. Rhedemeyer. 

 lieorge E. Rhi'diMiieycr. general 

 manager of the llarliiKh Cemetery, 

 Camden, N. J., 57 years old, died sud- 

 denly from acute Indlgestlun, Oct. 8, at 

 Ills home. "The Oaks," .Mcrchantvllle. 

 Mr. Rhedemeyer was In the llorlst 

 buslnesH in Philadelphia before he 

 went to the Highland Cemetery in a 

 liriifesslonal capacity and was well 

 and favorably known to the trade. 

 He rose llnally to be superintendent 

 and occupied that position for many 

 years. The Harleigh was <me of the 

 tlrst in the vicinity to lie laid out 

 along the lines of the .Mt. Auburn at 

 Cambridge, .Mass. Wall Whitman and 

 many other people of note have their 

 last resting place in Harleigh and it 

 has long been a favorite visiting spot 

 for sightseers. .Mr. Uhedemeyer is 

 survived by his wife and two daugh- 

 ters, Mrs. Joseph I. Haines, Jr. of 

 Kydal, Pa., and .Miss Jessie Rhede- 

 meyer. 



dener on the estate of the Duke of 

 Rutland. He began his horticultural 

 work when a lad of 10 years, and by 

 pursuing a special course of study he 

 became an authority on plant life. 

 He came to Baltimore from England 

 about :!5 years ago and became head 

 gardener at Doughoregon Manor, the 

 Carroll estate near Ellicott City. He 

 had charge of other large estates be- 

 fore he was appointed a public park 

 superintoiident. 



.Mr. Flltton was married twice. His 

 first wife died in E}iigland. By her he 

 bad two sons, Charles and .-Xrlhur V. 

 His second wife, who survives him. is 

 Mrs. Sarah Flltton. Two sons by this 

 union survive. 



For many years Mr. Flltton was sec- 

 retary of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club. Hf was a member of the So- 

 ciety of .-American Florists since 1902 

 and at the present time state vice- 

 president for Maryland. His friends 

 were legion and the fraternity lias 

 lost a man whose good deeds and 

 work will ever live in the memory of 

 those who knew him. 



R. W. Clucas. 



R. 'W. Clucas, manager of the Pali- 

 sades Nurseries, Inc., Sparklll, N. Y., 

 passed away on Saturday morning, 

 October 6, after an illness covering a 

 period of nearly six months. Mr. 

 Clucas was a native of the Isle of 

 Man. He was born on October 16, 

 1860. He worked for his brother, 

 John L. Clucas, a seedsman In Liver- 

 pool, as a young man, and came to 

 this country in 1878, working first for 

 Peter Henderson & Co., and after- 

 wards for Pitcher & Manda. When 

 the Clucas & Boddington Company 

 was formed he became Its president. 

 In 1904 he started the Palisades Nur- 

 series, with which he was actively 

 connected up to the time of his death. 



Mr. Clucas was of a cheerful and 

 amiable disposition and much devoted 

 to his home and family. He was mar- 

 ried in 1887 to Miss Elizabeth Mc- 

 Laren. He is survived by his widow, 

 one son and four daughters, one of 

 whom is married. 



Robert L. Pyle. 

 Robert L. Pyle, of Ivondon Grove, 

 Pa., died suddenly from valvular 

 heart failure on October 3, in his 76th 

 year. He was treasurer of The Con- 

 ard & Jones Company. For the past 

 fifty years he has been an enterpris- 

 ing factor in the mercantile business 

 in Southern Pennsylvania, having 

 there conducted a chain of stores. He 

 has been a stockholder in the firm of 

 The Conard & Jones Company ever 

 since its organization and incorpora- 

 tion, and in 1911 was elected its 

 treasurer. He was also president of 

 the .Vational Bank of West Grove. 

 Five children survive him, including 

 Robert Pyle. who is president of The 

 Conard & Jones Company. 



F. A. Russell. 



Frederick .\. Russell of Methuen, 

 Mass., one of the largest and most suc- 

 cessful market gardeners in his sec- 

 tion of the state, died on October 4, at 

 the age of 65 years, after an illness of 

 three days. He leaves a widow and 

 one son. 



Mr. Russell had been a lifelong resi- 

 dent of Methuen. He was born in a 

 bouse on the same plot of land where 

 his present home now stands. Ever 



