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Obituary 



August Junge. 

 August Juuge, formerly of the firm 

 of Komitsch & Junge, growers, of Se- 

 caucus, N. J., died of gas poisoning 

 Feb. 15th. He was a native of Ger- 

 many and about 43 years of age and 

 unmarried. 



T. Sisson, Mrs. Ralph W. Curtis and 

 Mrs. George W. Hinckley. The serv- 

 ices were held in Broolilyn, Monday 

 afternoon. 



man, a hard worlter and always courte- 

 ous to callers at his greenhouses 

 where he had many interested visitors. 

 He leaves a wife and six children. 



William A. Martin. 

 Wm. A. Martin, of Houltou, Me., 

 president of the National Potato Grow- 

 ers' Association in 1913 and 1914, died 

 in a hospital at Richmond, Va., on 

 Wednesday, February 23, following a 

 train wreck on the Seaboard Air Line 

 in which he was injured on the pre- 

 vious Thursday. Mr. Martin was 

 closely identified with the work of 

 the U. S. Horticultural Board in 

 Aroostook County, Me. 



Albert Roper 



The Boston daily papers announce 

 under big headlines the murder of 

 Albert Roper, widely known as a car- 

 nation grower of much ability, in his 

 greenhouse at Tewksbury, Mass. His 

 body was found at midnight. Wednes- 

 day, March 1, by his son Chester. Mr. 

 Roper was last seen alive at 9 o'clock 

 Wednesday night. It is believed his 

 skull was fractured by blows on the 

 head. His money was stolen from his 

 trousers pockets, and the indications 

 were that Mr. Roper made a hard 



David T. Watson. 

 Nurserymen and bulbmen and seeds- 

 men throughout the country will re- 

 gret to hear of the death of David T. 

 Watson, the eminent attorney, which 

 took place at Atlantic City, on Thurs- 

 day of last week. Owing to his inter- 

 est in the horticultural features of his 

 fine old country place near Leesdale, 

 Pa., Mr. Watson was probably better 

 known to the trade at large than any 

 amateur in Western Pennsylvania. 

 The funeral from his North Side 

 home on Ridge avenue on Monday 

 afternoon called into requision more 

 rare flowers than probably any prev- 

 ious one hereabouts. 



Max Rudolph 

 Max Rudolph, the well-known and 

 popular Cincinnati florist and presi- 

 dent of the Cincinnati Florist Society, 

 died at his home on Tuesday, Febru- 

 ary 22d, of heart failure. The end came 

 almost without any warning whatever. 

 He was born in Leipsig fifty-two years 

 ago. At the age of eighteen Mr. Ru- 

 dolph came to this country and fol- 

 lowed his trade, the florist business. 

 In 1891 he opened his own store on 

 12th street, and nine years later built 

 his greenhouses. As a member of the 

 Cincinnati Florist Society, the S. A. F. 

 and O. H., the German Pioneer Socie- 

 ty, and The Cuvier Press Club he 

 formed a wide circle of friends and ac- 

 quaintances. Mrs. Elizabeth, his 

 widow, and Roy Rudolph, his son, sur- 

 vive him. Mr. Rudolph was a hustler 

 and through his efforts built up a good 

 business. 



Mrs. J. A. Pettigrew. 

 Ann M., widow of John A. Petti- 

 grew former superintendent of Boston 

 Park System, died at the home of her 

 daughter in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sat- 

 urday night, February 26. She had 

 been visiting her daughter, Mrs. 

 Hinckley, and was taken with pneu- 

 monia on Monday, February 21. All 

 her children were with her during the 

 last part of her illness, Dr. R. R. 

 Pettigrew, from Youngstown, Ohio, 

 and the three daughters, Mrs. George 



Albert Ropeb 



struggle before being killed. After in- 

 forming his mother and brothers, 

 Chester Roper notified the police. 



Mr. Roper who has been in business 

 in Tewksbury 20 years was well- 

 known among the carnation growers 

 of this country and abroad as a very 

 successful raiser of new varieties. His 

 first great triumph was Fair Maid, 

 which is credited with having been one 

 of the greatest money making carna- 

 tions ever grown. Since that time he 

 has repeatedly taken high honors at 

 the American Carnation Society's ex- 

 hibitions. 



His tragic death will Bring sorrow 

 to many friends in the trade and sym- 

 pathy tor the bereaved family. He 

 was a quiet mannered, unobtrusive 



Fred W. Bruenig. 



Fred W. Bruenig died on February 

 25th at Lutheran Hospital, St. Louis, 

 after an operation for stomach trouble. 

 He took sick at the funeral of the late 

 Conrad Bergestermann where he was 

 to be a pallbearer. His sudden death 

 was a great shock to his many friends 

 as he was always in the best of health. 

 Mr. Bruenig was born in Germany, 53 

 years ago, and came to this country 

 when a small boy and obtained em- 

 ployment in Elleard's floral establish- 

 ment where he learned the business 

 and 25 years ago started at his pres- 

 ent location and has since built up a 

 prosperous business with a large 

 growing plant across the river at Co- 

 lumbia, 111. Mr. Bruenig was married 

 and has four children who mourn his 

 loss. He was prominent in many so- 

 cial orders as a member and also of 

 the S. A. F., St. Louis Florist Club 

 and Retail Florists' Association, who 

 sent floral tributes to his late home. 

 The funeral took place Monday, Feb. 

 28. The members of the Florist Club 

 attended in a body. 



