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H R T I C U L T U K E 



December 29. 1917 



Obituary 



Samuel Burns. 



Samuel Burns, a resident of Jersey 

 City, N J-. 'or "'" P"^' twenty-sU 

 yeurs, passed Into rest on Thursday 

 morning. December 20th. after an Ill- 

 ness of several months. 



Mr. Burns was bom In Stockport, 

 England. September 26th 1849 and 

 came to this country at the age of 

 nineteen years. He at that time en- 

 tered the employ of the late Thos. W. 

 Weathered one of the early pioneers 

 In the greenhouse heating business. In 

 1891 the firm of Thos. W. Weathered's 

 Sons was formed with Mr. Burns In 

 the capacity of vice-president which 

 position he held until the Arm dis- 

 solved. For the past two years he has 

 been connected with the William H. 

 Lutton Company of Jersey City, N. J.. 

 Horticultural Builders. 



Sam Burns was known by almost 

 every florist and private gardener 

 throughout the United States and was 

 considered as one of the greatest ex- 

 perts on greenhouse heating. He was 

 an affable gentleman always, of kindly 

 heart, conscientious and loyal and of 

 the highest integrity. He had friends 

 every-where and well merited the af- 

 fectionate esteem in which he was 

 held. He leaves a widow and three 

 sons, to whom we extend sincere sym- 

 pathy In their great bereavement. 



B. Franklin Allen. 

 B. Franklin Allen, president of the 

 Allen Nursery Company, died on Wed- 

 nesday, Dec. 19. 1917, at the family 

 home, 18 Sumner park. Rochester, 

 N. Y. About twenty-five years ago he 

 came to Rochester and became asso- 

 ciated with the Hawk Nursery Co., 

 which was later purchased by him 

 and run under his own name. Thirty- 

 three years ago he married Miss 

 Jessie Sanborn, of Saginaw. Mich., 

 whom he leaves, with two sons, Mal- 

 colm A. and Percy I. Allen, both of 

 Rochester. The funeral was held from 

 his home and interment made at River- 

 side Cemetery on Friday, Dec. 21. 

 Many beautiful floral tributes were 

 sent from his many friends in the 

 trade. H. B. E. 



W. L. Trumpore 

 William L. Trumpore, buyer for 

 many years in the New York flower 

 market for J. H. Small & Sons, resid- 

 ing in Staten Island, died on Friday, 

 December 21 in Jersey City, while on 

 a visit there. He was a noted artist 

 in floral decorations, and had done 

 work of the most ambitious kind in 

 New York and Washington, including 

 floral work at the While House. He 

 had been suffering from an internal 

 trouble for some time. His age was 

 flfty years. He leaves one son. Mr. 

 Trumpore was of a vivacious and con- 

 genial temperament and wlien in good 

 health full of spirit and a lively and 

 cheery companion. He will be greatly 

 missed and sincerely mourned in the 

 flower district of New York. 



Lieutenant W. V. R. Sutton. 

 Lieutenant Willlani V. I(. Suiiiin. 

 uged twenty, fourth son of .Mr. Leon 

 ard Sutton, of lllllsldo, Reading, was 

 killed In iictloti on Novi'inber 13 In 

 Pali'silne. He was e<lu<ati'd at SI An- 

 drews. Southborough, and Uepton. On 

 leaving school at the age of seventeen 

 he went to Canada to join his uncU . 

 who was farming In Saskatchewan. 

 He Joined his regiment In Egypt in 

 October, I'.ilG. and was promoted lieu- 

 tenant last month. Mr. Sutton has 

 three other sons still serving. His 

 second son. Lieutenant E. G. Sutton. 

 .M. C. (Royal Sussex Regiment), was 

 killed in action In France In .\prll, 

 1916. The deepest sympathy is fell 

 with .Mr. Leonard Sullon in his heavy 

 loss. — The Garden, Liindon. 



Mrs. Murray. 

 A telegram from Kansas City, Mc, 

 tells us briefly of the passing away of 



Sam I EL BiRXs. 



the mother of Samuel Murray on Wed- 

 nesday morning, December 26, at the 

 ripe age of eighty-two years. Our 

 sympathy goes out to Mr. Murray in 

 this irreparable affliction but he has 

 been singularly blessed in having the 

 dear old lady spared to him for so 

 many years. Only a few of us are 

 sO mercifully favored. 



August F. Schrader. 

 .August F. Schrader, a well-known 

 grower for the wholesale flower mar- 

 ket died at his home in Elmhurst, 

 Long Island, N. Y.. on Christmas day. 

 aged 74 years. Funeral services were 

 held on Thursday at the home of his 

 son Gustave C. C. Schrader, Queens 

 Boulevard. 



Adam Shrelner. 

 Adam Shrelner. retired nurseryman 

 and father of Superintendent of Pub- 

 lie Grounds G. A. Shrelner, died at 

 Harrisburg, Pa., on December 15, aged 

 73. 



EFFECTIVE CHRISTMAS FLOWER 

 PUBLICITY. 



The following communication wide- 

 ly clrcnlati'd among the florists of 

 .New England before Christmas 

 speaks tor Itself: 



•With .-1 Gift of Flower* .it 



Christmas." 



Had I the pursi- nf wi-oltli untold, I 



full! WUUllI IKlk 



Till' wiirlil'g uiofit nklllful urtlaani aud 

 hid tlK'iii otiiiiM., 

 With Ji-wi'lg aiKl iiiitula Uni-, luiuc 

 rich d«-HlKDii; 



. . . . It would be thine. 



llud I thi' wit to write • aonnet pass 



luK fair, 

 .\iii| vurae It all In terma of graceful, 

 llowlog rhyme, 

 Worda only for youralght; and thuH 

 Invite 



. . . . Your heart's delight. 



Ilud I the aklll to mualc rare compoae. 

 A Bong that blrdB would envy as they 

 Mlayed th.lr lllt'lit. 

 The uoten all true aii<l clear, none 

 else might hear; 



. . . . For but your ear. 



However, lacking wealth to purchaae 



rarest gift. 

 And wit to write or aklll to sing ; I 

 Heiid 

 The gift of nature's lavish dower. 

 fr<iiii fairy bowers; 

 . . . . These wondrous flowera. 



And even hail I wealth, and wit and 



skill with muse. 

 And even could I well bestow all 

 magic three, 

 .Still would I deem them scant to 



metr, all Incomplete. 

 And send as well these Yuletlile 

 blossoms sn'cet. 



— Ben Stevens. 



-Ml liglits waiveil. I'ull iieriiiisslon to re- 

 print given. 



The above little poem has just come 

 to my notice and conveys the idea of 

 flowers as a Christmas gift as well as 

 anything I ever remember having read. 



I believe the idea expressed in this 

 poem is worth widest possible public- 

 ity just now. and I am going before a 

 million or more newspaper readers in 

 Boston and -New England between 

 now and Christmas. 



Will you go to one of your leading 

 papers, perhaps the one you are best 

 acquainted with or place most of your 

 advertising in. and request them to 

 print it in their columns before Christ- 

 mas? It should appear several days 

 before to get the most influence from 

 it. .Many papers run matter of this 

 kind on their editorial or household 

 pages, or as a daily feature, and 

 should be perfectly willing to print it 

 on its merits alone. 



Kindly DO THIS NOW as a part of 

 our nation-wide campaign on floral pub- 

 licity. 1 am asking you to put this lit- 

 tle stunt across for our mutual bene- 

 flt. Every little push will help this 

 Christmas, when we all need it. There 

 is a decided bit of sentiment in the 

 above lines, very gracefully expressed 

 and subtlely, yet plainly, suggesting 

 "give flowers." 



Henbt Penn. 

 Chairman National Publicity Commit- 

 tee. 



P. S. — Kindly be sure and send me 

 copy of paper or clipping giving name 

 of paper it appears in. or write me 

 about it. I thank you. 



