April 10, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



497 



Obituary 



Thomas Burnet. 

 During tiie current week deatii took 

 Thomas Burnet, one of tlie oldest flor- 

 ists in Cincinnati. He had been ailing 

 for several months. 



Charles Scallen. 



Charles Scallen, a well known florist 

 of New York City was found dead last 

 Saturday in his room on West 51st 

 street, a tube connected with an open 

 gas jet in his mouth. 



S. H. Orvis. 



Seba H. Orvis, a florist at 507 and 

 509 South avenue, Elmira, N. Y., died 

 at Binghamton, on March 30, after an 

 extended illness, aged 39 years. He is 

 survived by his widow. 



Thomas Emerson. 

 Thomas Emerson, for the past 45 

 years head gardener to the Dinsmore 

 family, Staatsburg, N. Y., died there 

 on April 3rd, in his 76th year. Mr. Em- 

 erson was *idely known and widely 

 respected among the gardening frater- 

 nity. In his passing away the craft 

 sustains a distinct and irreparable loss. 

 W. E. Marshall, the well-known seeds- 

 man, is a nephew of Mr. Emerson. 



William W. Weil. 



A victim of robbers, William W. 

 Weil, aged sixty-five, a Chicago florist, 

 was found dead in his shop, 421 W. 

 63rd street, on Monday, April 5. His 

 hands and feet were tied with a rope 

 and he was gagged and strangled, but 

 a superficial examination showed no 

 bullet wounds. The cash register had 

 been rifled. Three men were seen run- 

 ning away from the shop. Jolly Billy 

 Weil was a pioneer florist of Engle- 

 wood section of Chicago. He was a 

 bachelor, 55 years old and lived alone 

 in the rooms back of his store. So far 

 as known he has no relatives. 



W. A. Bridle. 



William A. Bridle of Xavesink, N. J., 

 died on March 30 of pneumonia, after 

 having been confined to his bod three 

 days. He was about seventy years old 

 and leaves but one relative, a niece. 

 She is Miss Mabel Bridle, wlio has 

 kept house for him since the death of 

 his wife last October. Mr. Bridle was 

 born in Devonshire, England, and came 

 to America when he was a young man. 

 He engaged in the florist business over 

 thirty years ago at Navesink and he 

 had lived at that place ever since. His 

 partner, William DeVesty, will carry 

 on the business hereafter. 



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