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HOKTICULTURE 



December 14, 1912 



AUTO DELIVERY 



OBITUARY. 



Peter Lauch. 

 Peter Lauch, a retired florist of 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., died recently in his 

 eighty-second year. He leaves three 

 sons and two daughters. 



Lee H. Bradley. 



Lee H. Bradley, who for many years 

 ran the florist business now conducted 

 by his son, Smith T. Bradley, at 133 

 Grand avenue, New Haven, Conn., died 

 suddenly of heart disease on Decem- 

 ber 6, aged 76 years. He leaves a 

 wife and one son. 



Walter Hart. 

 On November 25, Walter Hart, flor- 

 ist, of Pontiac, Mich., died, aged 79 

 years. He was a native of England, 

 but came to the United States with 

 his parents while quite young. He 

 was first engaged as gardener and 

 then entered business for himself. 

 His wife and four children survive 

 him. 



Charles B. J. Noelke. 

 On December 6, Charles B. J. 

 Noelke, florist. Seventh avenue and 

 131st street. New York, N. Y., died 

 after a short illness with pneumonia. 

 He had conducted his store for fifteen 

 years and was well-known and liked. 

 He was particularly interested in 

 schools. Mr. Noelke was 62 years of 

 age and leaves a widow. « 



Peter Kunst. 

 Peter Kunst, proprietor of the Cres- 

 cent Avenue Flora! Co., Grand Rap- 

 ids, Mich., died on November 26, aged 

 75 years. Mr. Kunst began the busi- 

 ness in 1875, his two sons later becom- 

 ing associated with him. He came 

 from the Netherlands and settled in 

 Grand Rapids in 1865. He is survived 

 by his wife, four sons and one 

 daughter. 



Francis Fillmore. 

 Francis Fillmore, aged 87, passed 

 away at St. Mary's Hospital, St. 

 Louis, on Friday, Dec. 6. His death 

 was caused by an accident a week ago 

 which broke his leg. He was the 

 father of F. J. Fillmore, the well- 

 known St. Louis florist. The funeral 

 took place on Monday and the trade 

 generally attended and extended their 

 sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr, 

 Fillmore was born at Wimbleton, Eng- 

 land, in 1825 and came to this country 

 in 1870. 



Mrs. Anna Marie Schultz. 



Mrs. Anna Marie Schultz passed 

 away at her late residence 2927 23rd 

 street, Northeast, Washington, D. C, 

 on December 2, at the age of 73 years. 

 She was a well known figure in this 

 city having been connected with the 

 business for half a century. At one 

 time she and her husband were located 

 on the north side of D street, near 

 Seventh street, Northwest, where they 

 had greenhouses, later taking a stand 

 in the old Centre Market shed. Mrs. 

 Schultz suffered the loss of her son in 

 Philadelphia last month which proved 

 quite a shock to her. She was the 

 widow of the late Charles L. Schultz. 

 Her son, Charles, is continuing the 

 business at the Centre Market. 



Henry A. Dreer sends us photo- 

 graphs of the vans used In the auto 

 delivery system recently adopted by 

 that house. As many of our readers 

 are, no doubt, contemplating the sub- 

 stituting of autos for horse service, 

 the following notes from Dreer's will 

 prove interesting: 



"Last winter we laid the foundation 

 of this system by installing a three- 



are received I'ruiii tustuiiii-rs rebidiug 

 in the city and nearby suburban towns. 

 "The present 'Dreer Delivery Sys- 

 tem' consists of one three-ton Packard 

 van, which is automatically heated 

 during cold weather; one three-ton 

 Packard truck with tarpaulin sides 

 and one two-ton Autocar, all of which 

 are efficiently handled by men who 

 formerly had charge of our horse- 

 drawn vehicles. 



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ton Packard van and soon learned 

 that this is the ideal manner of hand- 

 ling such large quantities of goods 

 as must be moved quickly during the 

 busy season. With these auto trucks 

 we not only make quick delivery to 

 railroad and steamship companies of 

 orders for shipment to customers liv- 

 ing at a distance, but are also enabled 

 to quickly deliver the orders which 



"Besides the great advantage of 

 quick service, this 'Auto System' to- 

 gether with a complete telephone serv- 

 ice, brings us in such close communi- 

 cation with the nurseries nine miles 

 distant, that we are now enabled to 

 conduct our seed and plant business 

 in as satisfactory a manner as would 

 be the case were they under the same 

 roof." 



