January 18. 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



61 



Obituary 



DENDROBIUM LYONII. 



Mrs. Thomas Page. 

 The many friends, throughout the 

 Cnited States, of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 

 Page of Great Barrington, Mass., will 

 be shocked to learn of the sudden 

 death of Mrs. Page on Saturday. Jan- 

 uary 4, 1919, following an operation 

 at the House of Mercy Hospital, Pitts- 

 field. Mass. Mrs. Page is survived by 

 her husband and three young children. 

 She was a charming and accomplished 

 Edinburgh woman and will be grate- 

 fully remembered for her whole-souled 

 hospitality and kindness to visiting 

 horticulturists at "Brookside." She 

 had Ihhui active in Red Cross and other 

 women's war work since 1914. Her 

 death is a severe loss to Great Barring- 

 ton and to her multitude of friends 

 everywhere. 



Mrs. Emily Blewett Prickitt. 

 Pneumonia has claimed another 

 victim who was closely connected with 

 the trade, and it was with extreme re- 

 gret that the news of the death of Mrs. 

 John Prickitt at Des Plaines on Jan. 

 1>th was received by her many friends. 

 Emily Blewett was born in London. 

 Eng.. forty-two years ago and her 

 father, H. C. Blewett is one of the best 

 known growers of Des Plaines, 111., 

 where he has lived for many years, 

 and he has the sincere sympathy of 

 the trade in the loss of this, his only 

 daughter. Mrs. Prickitt also leaves 

 her husband and one brother, Harry 

 Blewett. who are growers and are op- 

 erating a fine range of houses under 

 the name of the Des Plaines Floral Co. 

 Mrs. Prickitt had a nature which en- 

 deared her to those around her and 

 she will be sorely missed. 



George Conklin Saltford 

 George Conklin Saltford, vice-presr 

 dent of The Saltford Flower Shop, 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., died suddenly at 

 his home on North avenue on Thurs- 

 day, Jan. 10. He was well known to 

 the trade and was a splendid artist in 

 his chosen profession and had a host 

 of friends. He was born in Pougli 

 keepsie and lived there all his life. 

 Mr. Saltford was Commodore of the 

 Poughkeepsie Yacht Club, chaplain of 

 the Elks, a member of Booth Hose Co. 

 and the Dutchess County Horticul- 

 t uial Society. The funeral took place 

 on Sunday and was attended by repre- 

 sentative men from many parts of the 

 state. Many handsome floral pieces 

 were sent by friends, among which 

 was a casket blanket of carnations 

 Mr, Saltford married Miss Carrie 

 Gregg of Goshen, Orange Co., X. Y 

 who survives him. He is also survived 





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The accompanying picture is of a 

 very rare and beautiful Dendrobe from 

 the Philippines, flowered in the orchid 

 collection of Louis Burk, at Phila- 

 delphia. The picture shows seven 

 flower spikes with an average of ten 

 flowers on each. The sepals are of a 



beautiful dark wine color with pinkish 

 white petals. Mr. Burk received 

 these plants from the late Wm. S. 

 Lyon, hence the name. Dendrobium 

 Lyonii. This plant was grown and 

 flowered in an intermediate cattleya 

 house. 



by one son 11 years old, by his parents 

 Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Saltford and a 

 brother, W. Arthur Saltford. 



Lieut. William Aherne. 



Lieut. William Aherne, a well-known 

 florist of Columbia, Pa., died from val- 

 vular disease of the heart on the morn- 

 ing of January 9. 



October 6, 1878, he enlisted as a pri- 

 vate in Co. H, 11th Regiment of N. 

 G. P. and was subsequently appointed 

 corporal, sergeant and first sergeant 

 of the company and in 1891 was com- 

 missioned first lieutenant. He com- 

 manded the company during the 

 Homestead strike. 



He was one of the old-time florists 

 with a knowledge of plant life and 

 culture that one seldom finds today, 

 and that deep love for his plants and 

 flowers that made it a pleasure to see 

 him among them. 



He was a member of St. Peters 

 Catholic Church. Knights of Columbus 

 and the Lancaster County Florists' As- 

 sociation. Honored and respected by 

 them all, his loss will be keenly tell 



His wife, who preceded him to the 

 "great beyond" by several years, was 



Miss Mary Brady of County Wexford. 

 Ireland. Albekt M. Hkrr. 



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