January 2, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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HAPPY NEW YEAR Tq the Florist Trade of America 



We have now come to the turning point of an exacting period. The busiest season of 

 the year should now ensue. It will be just what you and I make it. If customers are 

 slow in coming forward, get after them and t-^ll them what you can do for them, just as we 

 are getting after you in this New Year's Greeting. 



IVe have the greatest and most complete collection of Florist Supplies in this country. Stunning New Year's 

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H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



The Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



1129 .A,i-cl-> S-t., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Obituary 



William Kind. 

 William Kind, father of Hugo Kind, 

 proprietor of Shady Lawn Nurseries, 

 at Hammonton, N. J., passed away on 

 Thursday, Dec. 24, aged 75 years. He 

 purchased the place, which his son 

 now conducts in 1905. 



H. S. Chandler. 



H. S. Chandler, of Tewksbury, died 

 of a paralytic shock last Tuesday 

 night, Dec. 22. He was fifty-eight years 

 old and had been for many years in 

 the florist business, growing carna- 

 tions as a specialty. During his life- 

 time Mr. Chandler also won a rather 

 enviable reputation as an apple grow- 

 er. The deceased leaves a widow, 

 Theresa, and two sons, J. W. and Thad- 

 dens S., who will continue with the 

 business, consisting of greenhouses 

 and orchards. 



Matthew J. Leach. 



Matthew J. Leach, florist, died Sun- 

 day night, Dec. 20, at his home. New 

 man avenue, Seekonk, Mass., after an 

 illness of several days duration. Mr. 

 Leach, together with his sons, had 

 been engaged in the florist business in 

 Pawtucket, R. I., for the past 23 years 

 and n years previous to locating in 

 Pawtucket was located in Seekonk, 

 Mass., where the greenhouses are at 

 present located. 



Mr. Leach was born in Yorktown, 

 N. Y., March, 1845, the son of Edwin 

 and Martha Leach, and came to Paw- 

 tucket with his parents when a boy. 

 He was engaged in the monument 

 business for a number of years, but 

 later engaged in the florist business, in 

 which he continued until his death. 

 For the past few years Edward I. and 

 Herbert A. Leach, sons, have been in 

 business with their father. 



John Munson. 

 John Munson, proprietor of the 

 Minneapolis Floral Company died at 

 Minneapolis, Minn., on December 28, 

 of pneumonia and a complication of 

 diseases, in the fiftieth year of his age. 

 Mr. Munson came from Sweden in 

 1892 and worked for August Swanson 

 at Merriam Park and went thence to 

 assume the position of foreman of the 

 Smith greenhouses. In 1890 he start- 

 ed in business for himself and has 

 been very successful. He was an ac- 

 tive and popular member of the Minn- 



eapolis Florist Club, Minnesota State 

 Florists' Association and Society of 

 American Florists. He leaves a wid- 

 ow and one daughter. The funeral 

 on December 31 at Lakewood Cem- 

 etery Chapel was largely attended by 

 mourning friends in the florist frater- 

 nity. 



Frank D. Hunter. 



Frank D. Hunter died in New York 

 City on Monday, December 28. Mr. 

 Hunter was last employed as manager 

 lor Noll & Co., of Newark, N. J., in 

 their branch seed store in the Hudson 

 Terminal Building in New York. This, 

 branch was closed up some months 

 ago as an unprofitable proposition 

 since which time Mr. Hunter has not 

 been engaged in any business. 



He was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. 

 about 65 years ago, and there obtained 

 his knowledge of the seed business. 

 Later he resided with his parents who 

 had greenhouses, at Lodi, X. .T. Subse- 

 quently he embarked in the seed and 

 supply business in Passaic, N. J., and 

 afterwards entered the wholesale cut 

 flower commission trade with James 

 Hammond as Hammond & Hunter at 

 50 West 30th street. New York. On 

 the dissolution of the partnership Mr. 

 Hammond took charge of the book- 

 keeping department of J. H. Small & 

 Sons in their Broadway store, where 

 he remained for 14 years, afterwards 

 taking the aforesaid Noll proposition. 



Mr. Hunter was very severely in- 

 jured by being i-un down by an auto- 

 mobile several years ago and since 

 tliat time his health has not been as 

 good as forn,erly but he was always 

 cheerful and optimistic and everyone 

 in the trade who knew him respected 

 1 im highly. The news of his death 

 will bring sadness to many friends. 



John Muir. 

 John Muir, the famous California 

 naturalist, died on Dec. 24 of 

 pneumonia. He was visiting his daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Helen Muir Funk, at Daggett, 

 a town in the desert of San Bernadino 

 county, and fell ill. He was brought to 

 Los Angeles for treatment, but sank 

 rapidly, death coming at 10 o'clock 

 Thursday morning. 



John Muir was born in Dubar, Scot- 

 land. At the age of 11 years he came 

 with his parents to this country and 

 made his home first in Wisconsin, 

 where by his own energy and industry 

 he was finally graduated after a four 

 .vears' course in the University of Wis- 

 consin, in the class of 1864, following 

 which he plunged into his life work of 

 geologist, explorer and naturalist, mak- 

 ing his home at Martinez, California. 

 He traveled and explored extensively, 

 making elaborate classifications of 

 animal and plant life and wrote con- 

 siderable in the form of magazine and 

 newspaper articles. He published two 

 books. "The Mountains of California" 

 and "Our National Parks." His writ- 

 ings overflow with an exhuberant love 

 for nature and poetic descriptions that 

 fascinate and inspire the reader. Of 

 him the Boston Herald says: 



■•.rolm Muir, like .Tolin Burrough.s, with 

 whmii liis iiMine ofteu lias been linked, be- 

 Icinycd to tbat school of British naturalists 

 wliiise work was so fused with the writer's 

 personality and so perjneated b.v individual 

 feeling tbat tbeir output was as much lit- 

 erature as science. Philosoplier and artist, 

 as well as observer, he took a creative dc- 

 lifrbt in all his work which no mere ela.ssi- 

 fleation of details could have brousht. He 

 isolated himself for 10 years in the Sierra 

 Nevada mountains. sulTorinK untold hard- 

 ships and perils in order to carry on hi.s 

 investitrations. Harvard. Yale, Wisconsin 

 and other universities granted him honor- 

 ar.v degrees and he was elected to member- 

 ship iif many scientific societies." 



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