December 16, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



807 



Obituary 



Jerome Jones. 



Jerome Jones, Boston merchant and 

 philanthropist, passed away suddenly 

 at his home in Brookline, Mass., on 

 Wednesday noon, December 13, aged 

 79 years. Heart failure following an 

 illness with bronchitis was the cause. 

 Mr. Jones was the senior member of 

 the Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., 

 dealers in crockery, cliina and glass- 

 ware. 



To the florist trade Jerome Jones is 

 best known in connection with the 

 chrysanthemum named for his late 

 wife by her father, Henry A. Gane, 

 who raised it as well as several other 

 varieties of note. After the death of 



Jerome Jones. 



Mr. Gane, Mr. Jones established the 

 Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund in care 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, the income to be awarded an- 

 nually for exhibits of the chrysanthe- 

 mum varieties originating with Mr. 

 Gane. 



Edward Manning Bigelow. 



"The parks of the city will remain 

 his best monument, because they are 

 a blessing for future generations," said 

 the Rev. Dr. Frank W. Sneed, during 

 the funeral service of Edward Man- 

 ning Bigelow, "the father of the Pitts- 

 burgh parks." last Saturday. "Mr. 

 Bigelow," he continued, "loved Pitts- 

 burgh and expressed that love in a 

 practical and invaluable service. He 

 ' had a vision of the city, which he had 

 the courage to pursue, and in a meas- 

 ure, realize, although often bitterly op- 

 posed." 



The death of Mr. Bigelow took place 

 the previous Wednesday morning at 

 the Allegheny General Hospital follow- 

 ing an operation for cancer of the in- 

 testines. For some time he had been 

 a sufferer and ascribed his condition 



to the hard work of the State Highway 

 Department. 



Mr. Bigelow was born on November 

 6, 1850, in Pittsburgh, where his entire 

 life was spent and wliere most of tlie 

 important municipal improvements 

 stand as his monument. He was presi- 

 dent or trustee of many institutions 

 and benefactions. Mr. Bigelow was in- 

 strumental in obtaining the gift of 

 Schenley Park from Mrs. Mary Schen- 

 ley, of London, England, to the city, 

 and it was directly through his efforts 

 that Henry Phipps presented the 

 Phipps Conservatory of Schenley Park. 

 Both Schenley and Highland Parks 

 were laid out during his regime. He 

 leaves his widow and three sisters. 

 The funeral was held at his home on 

 North Highland avenue and the re- 

 mains were placed in the family vault 

 in the Homewood Cemetery. 



Frank S. Howard. 

 Prank S. Howard, for the last fifteen 

 years private gardener for the F^ill- 

 man estate, Chicago, passed away sud- 

 denly of heart failure, on Friday morn- 

 ing, Dec. 8th, at his home, 1826 Calu- 

 met avenue. Mr. Howard was born in 

 Austria, in 1849, and came to this 

 country w-hen twenty years of age. 

 .\fter staying six months in New York 

 lie came to Chicago where he spent 

 the remainder of his life, working for 

 .1. Y. Scannon several years, then in 

 Washington Park for another term of 

 years, and last at the place in which 

 death found him busy at the work he 

 loved. He leaves a widow, four sons 

 and one daughter. Interment was at 

 Oakwoods, on Sunday, Dec. 10, under 

 Masonic auspices. 



Herbert W. Johnson. 



Former State Senator Herbert W. 

 Johnson, 66 years old, died at his home 

 in Haddonfield, N. J., on Sunday, De- 

 cember 10, after a long illness from 

 Bright's disease. Mr. Johnson was 

 former head of the firm of Johnson & 

 Stokes, seedsmen, of Philadelphia, 

 which was established about the year 

 1886 and continued for about 20 years 

 when the partnership was dissolved 

 and Mr. Johnson established the John- 

 son Seed Co., which continued in busi- 

 ness for a number of years. Mr. 

 Johnson filled several offices of public 

 trust from time to time. He is sur- 

 vived bv a widow and four children. 



Albert L. Muller. 

 Albert L. Muller, for several years 

 assistant to Landscape Architect John 

 Nolan, of Cambridge, Mass., was 

 struck by a Chicago & Northwestern 

 train at a grade crossing in Kenosha, 

 Wis., and passed away December 8. 

 Mr. Muller was a native of Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass.. and was 26 years of age. 

 Last spring he went to Kenosha as the 

 manager of the Kenosha Homes Co. 

 and had charge of the field work there. 

 Mr. Muller was a graduate of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural College and 



for a time was Professor Waugh's as- 

 sistant in the department of landscape 

 gardening and horticulture. 



William C. Barry. 

 We are grieved to learn of the 

 death of W. C. Barry of the nursery 

 firm of Ellwanger & Barry, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. Mr. Barry passed away on 

 Tuesday, December 12, after a brief 

 illness with pneumonia. In nursery 

 and poniological circles Mr. Barry was 

 a shining light. He succeeded his 

 father, the late Patrick Barry as presi- 

 dent of the Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Society in the year 1890 after 

 having served as vice-president for 

 seven years and has been continuously 

 its presiding officer ever since. In the 

 financial life of Rochester Mr. Barry 

 was a large participant and his loss 

 will be felt in the city's affairs. Per- 

 sonally he was a most agreeable and 



William C. Bj\J!BY. 



companionable gentleman whom to 

 know was to love. In years past he 

 wrote several books and many maga- 

 zine articles on horticulture and pomo- 

 logical topics. 



The annual meeting and Vegetable 

 Show of the Pennsylvania Vegetable 

 Growers' Association will be held at 

 Harrisburg, Pa., January 23, 24 and 

 25, 1917. The program will consist of 

 four sessions led by growers and spe- 

 cialists. It is probable that there will 

 be one session on each of the follow- 

 ing subjects: Green liouse Problems, 

 Pests of Vegetable Crops and Latest 

 Methods of Control, Economic Produc- 

 tion and Marketing. An interesting 

 and profitable time is assured. The 

 State Horticultural Association meets 

 at same time and place, as well as 

 the State Board of Agriculture, Penn- 

 sylvania Breeders' Association and 

 other state agricultural organizations. 

 Association officers for 1916 are pres- 

 ident, S. Herbert Starkey, Bustleton, 

 Pa.; vice-president, W. H. Wein- 

 schenck. New Castle, Pa.; secretary, 

 J. R. Bechtel, State College, Pa.; treas- 

 urer, H. W. Pierce, Wilkes Barre, Pa. 



