March 18, 1916 



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Obituary 



Mrs. John Walsh. 



Mrs. W. Walsh, wife of John Walsh, 

 a well-known gardener of Montreal, P. 

 Q., died on March 9. 



Josiah B. Shurtleff. 



Josiah li. Shurtleff. a widely known 

 market gardener, died on March 8th 

 at his home, 138 Cushman avenue. 

 Revere, Mass., aged 78 years. He was 

 an honorary member of the Boston 

 Market Gardeners' Association. He Is 

 survived by one daughter and two 

 sons. 



Joseph Henry Burchard 



Joseph Henry Burchard, aged 72 

 years, died on March 8th at his late 

 home, 44 Nursery avenue. Woon- 

 sorket. R.. I. Up to the time of his ill- 

 ness he was employed at the green- 

 houses of Drabble Bros., Park avenue. 

 He is survived by his wife and an 

 adopted son. 



Asa Eldridge Brown 



We regret to announce the death 

 of A. Eldridge Brown, of the W. Atlee 

 Burpee establishment on Thursday, 

 March 9. Mr. Brown was born in 

 New York City on September 29, 

 1854. In 1882 he accepted a position 

 with W. Atlee Burpee & Company who 

 were then located at 221 Church 

 Street, Philadelphia. After attaining 

 practical experience in the different 

 departments of the business, Mr. 

 Brown was made cashier and this 

 position he occupied up to the time of 

 his death. Mr. Brown had a wide 

 acquaintance among the seed trade 

 and many times represented the firm 

 at the annual conventions of the 

 American Seed Trade Association. He 

 leaves no children, but a widow and a 

 host of friends who mourn his loss. 

 George L. Freeman. 



George L. Freeman, the well-known 

 orchid importer and collector, died 

 suddenly at his home in Fall River, 

 Mass., on Thursday, March 9, follow- 

 ing an illness of less than two days. 

 For many years lie was deeply inter- 

 ested in the orchid business, having 

 formed two or more companies in 

 Fall River, which did not materialize 

 to any great extent. He was accus- 

 tomed to go frequently on collecting 

 expeditions to South America. Mr. 



Freeman had nearly completed ar- 

 rangements for another trip and in- 

 tended to sail March 15. He was 

 born in Wellfleet and was a nephew 

 of L. D. Baker, founder of the United 

 Fruit Co. He is survived by his 

 widow, Catherine J. Freeman, who is 

 at the present time critically ill. The 

 body was taken to Wellfleet, where 

 the Adams Lodge of Masons had 

 charge of the funeral. 



Sackville S. Bain. 



Sackville S. Bain, florist, of Mon- 

 treal, who was known throughout Can- 

 ada as an interpreter of Scotch songs, 

 died on Saturday night, March 10, at 

 his residence in Westmount, P. Q., 

 Canada. He was in his seventy-first 

 year and died of pneumonia after a 

 three weeks' illness. 



Mr. Bain was born at Cromarty, 

 Scotland and came to Canada set- 

 tling in Montreal in 1871 at the age 

 of twenty-six years. He founded the 

 florists' business which still bears his 



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name and later established large 

 nurseries at Verdun, of which town he 

 was once mayor. 



He was the originator and leader of 

 the Caledonian Choir, a past president 

 of the Caledonian Society and a mem- 

 ber of the St. Andrews' Society. For 

 a quarter of a century he led the chil- 

 dren of the Presbyterian churches at 

 their New Year gatherings. 



He married Francis S., daughter of 

 the late Col. Aubrey Woolls of Stan- 

 stead, Que., in 1874, who survives him 

 with two sons and one daughter. The 

 children are Dyson Bain, in his fath- 

 er's business; Stewart Bain, manager 

 of the Canadian Tungsten LamP' 

 Works, Hamilton, Ont., and Mrs. 

 George Dies, Montreal. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Eugene, Ore. — G. C. Israelson, flor- 

 ist, has filed a voluntary petition in 

 bankruptcy. 



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