January 23, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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Obituary 



Michael Sweeney. 



Michael Sweeney, a veteran florist, 

 of Providence, R. I., died on Sunday, 

 January 17, at his home in Edgewood. 

 He was in his 71st year. 



Mr. Sweeney was horn in Leitrim, 

 Ireland, June 3, 1844. When he was 

 a boy he came to this country and set- 

 tled in Providence. In 1873 he estab- 

 lished a greenhouse at Broad and Pine 

 streets and his business, which has 

 since grown extensively, has been lo- 

 cated there ever since. He occupied 



Michael Sweeney. 

 the same business site for 42 years. 

 In 1888, much against his Inclination, 

 he was nominated and elected to the 

 city council from the sixth ward. He 

 served three years and in 1891 at his 

 own request he retired from active 

 politics. He was a great home lover 

 and spent most of his spare time there. 

 Mr. Sweeney was highly respected in 

 the trade for his sterling character and 

 his unostentatious but free handed 

 generosity. He served one term as 

 president of the Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club of Rhode Island. 



R. W. Allen. 



Richard W. Allen a leading florist 



of Hudson, N. Y., for many years, died 



on January 10, aged 67 years after one 



week's illness. Mr. Allen was a na- 



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tive of Cornwall, England being the 

 son of John Allen, gardener on the es- 

 tate of Lord Falmouth. He came to 

 New York in 1872. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Albany Florists' Club, also 

 of the S. A. F. for a number of years. 

 The Hudson Republican in its obit- 

 uary notice of Mr. Allen's death paid 

 high tribute to his memory in the fol- 

 lowing words: 



"Mr. Allen possessed a mind and heart 

 that awakened the strongest feelings of 

 friendship in those who knew him well. 

 He was generous to a fault and his gen- 

 erosity took on that fullness that only a 

 broadminded man could possess. It was 

 not so much what he did or gave; It was 

 the hearty sincerity that entered Into his 

 doing and giving that made his help so 

 valuable to the recipient. He will be 

 mourned as an affectionate friend, charm- 

 ing companion and model citizen." 



Wm. H. Nye. 



William Henry Nye, who was for 

 many years gardener on the T. J. Hill 

 estate died at the Rhode Island Hos- 

 pital, Providence, on January 10, aged 

 82 years. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



It is rumored that Roman J. Irwin, 

 owing to increased business, will take 

 larger quarters at 108 West 28th St. 



President Harry A. Bunyard repre- 

 sented the New York Florists' Club at 

 the Morristown, N. J. dinner held last 

 Tuesday evening. 



The Horticultural Society gave a 

 small exhibition at the Museum of 

 Natural History on Wednesday, Janu- 

 ary 20, from 1 to 5 P. M. 



John Young is handling the entire 

 output of cut Polypodium Mandaian- 

 um grown by W. A. Manda of South 

 Orange, N. J., and reports that this 

 splendid decorative plant is being 

 taken up more freely by the promin- 

 ent retailers who are now beginning 

 to see what a wonderful thing it is 

 for decorative purposes, its lasting 

 qualities being so much in its favor. 

 It is a question whether Mr. Manda 

 will be long able to keep up the sup- 

 ply. 



The Flower Show Committee will 

 hold a meeting at the Grand Central 

 Palace, Saturday next, the 23rd, at 2 

 P. M. Reports regarding this exhibi- 

 tion are more encouraging from day to 

 day. The secretary reports additional 

 orders for space in the trade section 

 being received almost daily. The 

 Horticultural Society, through Messrs. 

 F. R. Newbold and T. A. Havemeyer, 

 are working strenuously on their end 

 of it and are to be congratulated on 

 the good results they are obtaining 

 and the interest they are arousing 

 among the flower buying public. It is 

 too bad that we have not more of 

 these men who are interested in the 

 advancement of floriculture. A. L. Mil- 

 ler and the Brooklyn committee are 

 busily engaged raising cash for the 

 purpose of advertising and exploiting 

 "Brooklyn Day" which will be made 

 one of the important days of the Flow- 

 er Show. F. R. Pierson, chairman of 

 the Flower Show Committee, is In New 

 York almost daily in the interests of the 

 comint; exhibition and expects to do 

 so until the close of the show. F. R. 

 has a happy faculty of making the 

 "fur fly" when he gets right down on 

 the ,iob. 





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