November 4, 1916 



nORTICULTURE 



607 



- Obituary 



Fred W. Biermaas. 



Fred Biermaas, who died in I'hila- 

 delphia on Ottober 2f!th, was a gradu- 

 ate of the John Burton establishment 

 at Chestnut Hill. Later he was con- 

 nected with Charles E. Meehan. 



James Arado. 



James Arado, for many years man- 

 ager of the cut flower department at 

 C. Young & Sons, St. Louis, Mo., 

 passed away after a lingering illness. 

 Many friends among the florists sent 

 floral tributes. 



Thomas Franks. 

 Thomas Franks, founder of the firm 

 of Thomas Franks & Son, florists. 

 Champaign, 111., died Oct. 18. He was 

 born in Westbury, Eng., seventy-two 

 years ago and came to this country at 

 the age of 21. He was at one time 

 gardener of the University of Illinois, 

 also Park Commissioner at Cham- 

 paign. He was a charter member of 

 the Society of American Florists. 



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Henry Schwarz. 

 Henry Schwarz, the well known 

 Cincinnati and Norwood florist, died 

 on Saturday, October 28th. after an 

 illness that has lasted for some time. 

 The burial was Tuesday, October 31st, 

 at Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. Schwarz 

 was born on December 8th, 1864, in 

 Germany. In 1882 he came to this 

 country. After eight years speut in 

 working at Knightstown, Anderson 

 and Richmond. Indiana, he went to 

 Cincinnati and settled on Price Hill 

 where he started a florist business. In 

 1901 he moved his business to Nor- 

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 the time of his death. Mr. Schwarz 

 was very enterprising and thorough 

 and very successful in Imsiness. His 

 kindliness and consideration toward 

 others made lor him numerous life- 

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 the Cincinnati Florists' Society he was 

 prominent and had held the presi- 

 dency and other offices. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow, Mrs. Ophelia 

 Schwarz, and Ed. Schwarz, his son. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Philadelphia, Pa.— The florist shop 

 of M. .1. Callahan, 3924 Market St., was 

 damaged by fire on Monday, Oct. 23d. 

 The loss is estimated at $500. 



Salem. Mass. — James Ward of Pea- 

 body was sentenced to four months in 

 the House of Correction on Xov. 1 by 

 .Judge Morton in the United States 

 District Court for using the mails in 

 a scheme to defraud. Ward endeav- 

 ored to collect commissions from va- 

 rious nurseries in New York State on 

 fictitious orders for plants and shrubs. 



Springfield, Mass. — There was a $4,- 

 000 fire in the basement of Mark Ait- 

 ken's flower shop on Oct. 2G. The fire 

 was seemingly put out, but in the 

 evening a second alarm was sounded. 

 The fire had crept up in the walls into 

 the second and third stories. The fire- 

 men had a real battle this time. Capt. 

 William Boss of the fire department 

 sustained serious injury when an axe 

 slipped from the hands of a fireman 

 and cut the artery of his right thumb. 

 Mr. Aitken was the heaviest loser. 

 The total loss is estimated in the 

 neighborhood of $4,000. 



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