April 17, 1915 



HOKTICULTURE 



523 



Obituary 



Mrs. G. W. Starrett. 

 Geo. W. Starrett, pioneer seedsman 

 of Walla Walla. Wash., has the sym- 

 pathy of the trade on account of the 

 death of his wife on March 29. 



John Niquet. 

 John Niquet, Patchogue, L. I., son of 

 Frank Niquet, died on Tuesday, April 

 13, of pneumonia. Mr. Niquet, at the 

 time of his death, was manager of the 

 flower department of C. C. Trepel at 

 Gimbel Bros. 



Edward Eisenberg. 

 Pneumonia is almost an epidemic in 

 New York at present. Edward Eisen- 

 berg, age 24, son of I. H. Eisenberg, 

 Astoria, N. Y., died on Saturday, April 

 11, of pneumonia. Ill only three days. 



Grace Worn. 

 Miss Grace Worn, of the Misses 

 Worn, residing in San Anselmo-, Marin 

 County, Cal., who tor many years have 

 been doing decorative work in the San 

 Francisco Bay district, died on April 2, 

 following an'illness of several months. 



James J. Maloney 

 James J. Maloney. a well known 

 landscape gardener of Auburndale, 

 Mass., died on April 5. At the funeral 

 In West Newton, on Thursday, April 

 8, the church was filled with mourners 

 and the floral tributes were many and 

 beautiful. 



Simon Rodh. 

 Simon Rodh, who for many years 

 had been at 40 West 28th street. New 

 York, in the ribbon business, died on 

 Friday, April 10, age 64. Buried on 

 Sunday at Cypress Hills Cemetery. Mr. 

 Rodh was a member of the New York 

 Florists' Club. Ill three days with 

 pneumonia. 



Alexander Haig. 

 Alexander Haig, aged 35 years, son 

 of John and the late Mary Haig passed 

 away at the residence of his father. 

 1511 N. Clarion St., Phila., April 8. Mr. 

 Haig was a respected and trusted em- 

 ployee of the Pennock-Meehan Co., off 

 and on, for the past twelve years: pre- 

 vious to which he was with Charles 

 Fox. He had been in poor health for 

 some years back, but continued at 

 work up to about two weeks ago. 

 Charles E. Meehan of the firm in 

 speaking of him voiced the sentiment 

 of all his associates when he said — 

 "Aleck was a good boy and stuck right 

 on his job whether he was sick or 

 well. He was kind, considerate and 

 obliging and nothing was too much 

 trouble for him. He will be nuifh 

 missed and long remembered.' 



passed away. The sympathy of every- 

 one in the florist trade, wherever Mr. 

 Nugent and his beautiful wife are 

 known, is extended him in this great 

 bereavement. 



Mrs. Nugent was universally beloved. 

 Her friends were innumerable. Es- 

 pecially was she esteemed by the mem- 

 bers of the New York Florist Club, of 

 which her husband was president in 

 1911. She was a lady of rare attain- 

 ments, her musical ability giving her 

 a national reputation. There was no 

 limit to the generous use of her tal- 

 ents in behalf of others. The sunlight 

 of her smile was a perpetual delight 

 in her home, and wherever she was 

 known. For years her wonderful voice 

 was heard at the Florists' Club's ban- 

 quets, and its memory will ever re- 

 main an inspiration to those who 

 heard it. As a puljlic singer her career 

 was at its zenith. She had just com- 

 pleted a contract to sing in opera at 

 Washington when stricken. Hope for 

 her recovery was felt up to the end. 

 Mrs. Nugent was 33 years of age. 



Funeral services were held at 10.30 

 on Tuesday morning at the Broadway 

 Tabernacle, 56th street and Broadwav. 

 The floral offerings from Mr. Nugent's 



Mrs. John B. Nugent. 



On Sat\irday night, April In, af.cr a 

 week of intense suffering, from pneu- 

 monia. Sabery Dorsell Nugent wife of 

 John B. Nugent, of New York City 



Mrs. Joiix B. Nugent. 



many friends were iuuunierable. Near- 

 ly every florist of note in the city man- 

 ifested by his present e at the funeral 

 the high esteem felt for the departed. 

 Interment was at Woodlawn. 



W. S. Sisson. 



Mr. Winfield Scott Sisson, treasurer 

 of the Broadway Hardware Company 

 and a well known grower of dahlias, 

 died at his home on Bliss Road, New- 

 port, R. 1., Friday afternoon. Stricken 

 with apoplexy Friday morning, he died 

 in the afternoon, without recovering 

 con.sciousness. Mr. Sisson was born 

 in 1862 in Portsmouth. For a number 

 of years as a young man he was en- 

 gaged in farming on Union street, 

 Portsmouth, liut more recently was 

 connected with the George A. Weaver 

 Company, and on the organization by 

 the employees of that establishment of 

 the Broadway Hardware Company was 

 made treasurer. He devoted much 

 time to the growing of dahlias and 

 other flowers and in connection with 



Parker Thurston was a frequent and 

 successful exhibitor of dahlias in the 

 flower shows of Newport and Provi- 

 dence where their entries won many 

 prizes. He was for many years a mem- 

 ber of the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Mr. Sisson was a man of quiet 

 tastes and pleasant disposition and 

 iiad many friends in the community. 

 His love of flowers led him to grow 

 them for the sake of their variety and 

 beauty and made him a valuable mem- 

 ber of the Horticultural Society, where 

 his advice, always unostentatiously 

 given was held in high esteem. 



CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The preliminary premium list for 

 this coming fall exhibition in con- 

 junction with the annual exhibition of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica has been published and copies may 

 be obtained on application to Frank 

 A. Friedley, secretary, 356 Leader 

 Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. This show will 

 be under the auspices of the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society, Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club and Cleveland Garden Club. 

 Casli prizes of between $3000 and 

 $4000 are offered besides numerous 

 medals, cups and certificates and many 

 special premiums are to be added 

 when the final list is made up. All 

 classes of flowers and plants are pro- 

 vided for. 



The Cleveland Flower Show Commit- 

 tee is constituted as follows: 



H. P. KNOBLE, General Chairman. 



Publicity — Oeorse Bate, Chairman, H. B. 

 .Tones, F. Ritzenthaler. T. J. Kircliner, 

 Chas. L. Gilison. 



Trade Display — H. P. Merrick, Chairman, 

 R.. F. Koch, Victor H. Morgan. E. B. 

 Georsre. Painesville. O. 



Exliibitiou and Hall— Frank A. Friedley, 

 Chairman. Herbert Bate. L. Utzinger, Carl 

 Hageiilierger, Mentor, O. 



EntiTtainment— fj. W. Smith. Chairman. 

 S. X. Pentecost, C. J. Graham, F. C. Wit- 

 thuhn, Alfred Wright. 



Decorations— F. C. W. Brown, Chairman, 

 G. B. Shearer, Walter Priest. C. A. Meyers, 

 T. .T. Kirchner. 



Priiuiums— Herl)ert Bate, Chairman, J. 

 Curnciw. Akron. O., Frank A. Friedley. 



Xoii Commercial— F. E. Carr, Chairman, 

 .\lliert Wright. .T. Cumow. Akron, O., 

 H.ilurt Weelis. 



K..iail Di.splavs— C. E. Russell, Chairman, 

 Frank RiJ^zentluiler, C. M. Wagner. 



.\clmission— 'I'imotliv Smith. Chairman. 

 A H Barlier. Chas. F. Bastien. \V. A. 

 Braniley. W. A. Calhoon. F. W. GrilHn. Al 

 l,cit l.ini,'ii'n. I". It. Williams. 



A FORMAL GARDEN AT SOUTH 

 BRAINTREE, MASS. 

 Our cover illustration this w-eck de- 

 picts a garden of formal design on the 

 estate of Ellis Hollingsworth. South 

 Hr:iinree. Mass. This estate com- 

 prises between three and four hundred 

 acres, woodland largely. The highly 

 cultivated i ortion about the residence 

 covers about ten acres, of which the 

 t;:irden here shown is the central fea- 

 ture. The material used is principally 

 hardy perennials, w-ith American ar- 

 borvilae and buxus placed at regtilar 

 intervals and the borders filled in with 

 l)iilliant flowering annuals from seed, 

 for spring and fall display especially. 

 The pergola is garlanded with wiste- 

 rias and rambler roses. The conserva- 

 tory, which is partially shown in the 

 liicture, is of Lord & Burnham con- 

 struction, 18x200 ft. A. Carlson has 

 been in charge of this place for the 

 past ten years and he has made it the 

 leading sliow place of the Braihtree 

 section. 



