February 8, 1919 



irORTICULTUEE 



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a sufferer from diabetes, had been in 

 an extremely nervous state. He 

 leaves a wife and four small children. 



Charles Adams. 

 Charles Adams, of Butte, Mont., died 

 on Jan. 5th of influenza. He was for- 

 merly employed as foreman of the 

 Salt Lake Floral Co. and had attained 

 a wide reputation as a good grower 

 and an esteemed member of the craft. 

 He leaves a widow and one daughter, 

 also one son who is with the army of 

 occupation abroad. 



William Vogt. 

 William Vogt, of Camden. X. J., was 

 struck by an auto when in Philadel- 

 phia, January 22d, and died on the 

 night following from injuries received. 

 Mr. Vogt was 64 years of age and 

 highly esteemed. He has conducted 

 the flower business for some years 

 past since the death of his father. 



Harry F. Meyers. 

 Harry F. Meyers, of Delphi, Ind., 

 died recently from an attack of pneu- 

 monia, leaving a widow and four chil- 

 dren. Mr. Meyers has been in busi- 

 ness in Delphi for nine years, and as- 

 sociated latterly with Edwin Baum. 



Albert Saxer, 

 Albert Saxer, having a retail flower 

 store in Frankford, Pa., died recently 

 from the result of an attack of influ- 

 enza. He is survived by a widow and 

 one son. 



Henry Holtkamp. 

 One of the old florists of the town 

 died at Dallas, Tex., on January 12th. 

 He is survived by his widow, two 

 sons and one daughter. 



Mrs. Charles Lohr. 

 Mrs. Charles Lohr, wife of Charles 

 Lohr, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., died on 

 January 22d of pneumonia. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Wednesday, February 5th the Vic- 

 tory banquet to be given by the florists 

 of St. Louis and vicinity at Planters 

 Hotel promises to be a very elaborate 

 affair. A general get together gather- 

 ing will take place. 



J. Wm. Patton, formerly with Webb 

 Wm. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co., 

 will shortly open a retail store right 

 in the wholesale district. 



H. G. Berning and wife have re- 

 turned from Cleveland where they 

 were in attendance at the American 

 Carnation Society Convention. 



New Albany, Ind.— The range of 

 greenhouses of the F. Walker Co. has 

 been leased to G. L. Nance. 



Young Treies 

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complete in grades and sizes. 



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The suhject for discussion at the 

 February meeting of the Horticultural 

 Club of Boston was Carnations and 

 the recent convention. 



Arnold Janiten has retired from the 

 firm of Janiten & Wollrath, successors 

 of Fred Matheson at Clematis Brook, 

 Waltham, Mass. The firm will hence- 

 forth be known as Wollrath & Sons. 



A recent letter from E. H. Wilson, 

 at that time in Korea, brings the in- 

 teresting news that he is booked to 

 sail from Yokohama for America on 

 Friday, Feb. 7th, having completed his 

 mission of plant discovery in that 

 country. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



There was a family celebration in 

 the Burton household at Chestnut 

 Hill on the 28th of January. Gran'pop 

 John's 67th came along that evening 

 and the folks at home had something 

 to say about it. While we are not one 

 of the clan, we take the liberty of 

 voicing the sentiments of thousands of 

 outsiders and in voicing our and their 

 sentiments with "Many Happy Re- 

 turns." 



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 way home from the front). T. O'Con- 

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 Pittsburgh, Pa.: Max Schling, New 

 York City. 



New York — Paul R. Klingsporn, Chi- 

 cago; Geo. B. Hart, Rochester; Pat- 

 rick Welch, Boston; E. P. Tracey, Al- 

 bany; G. X. Amrhyn, New Haven; 

 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Breitmeyer, their 

 son, Harry Breitmeyer, just returned 

 from service abroad, and Mrs. Gray, 

 all of Detroit, Mich. 



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