February 21, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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Obituary 



Jefferson Doremus. 



Jeff. Doremus, a well-known rose 

 grower of Madison, N. J., until recent- 

 ly when his health became impaired, 

 died on February 7, aged 65 years. 



Henry Copas. 



Henry Copas. of Copas Bros., died 

 at his home in Elyria, O., on Febmary 

 2, aged 34 years. Mr. Copas was born 

 in England, coming to this counti;y 

 with his parents when a child. 



David Wirth. 



David Wirth, of the firm of Wirth 

 & Gaupp, Springfield, 111., died at his 

 home Feb. 3d. He was 48 years of 

 age and a lifelong resident of Spring- 

 field. He is survived by his wife and 

 two daughters. 



George D. Cooley. 

 George D. Cooley, of Mittineague, 

 Mass., died last week from the result 

 of a paralytic stroke, at the age of 74. 

 Mr. Cooley had been engaged in the 

 florist business in Mittineague for 

 many years and was highly respected. 

 He leaves a widow and four children. 



Mrs. H. B. Beatty. 



A telegram from Richmond, Va., un- 

 der date of February 17. tells us of 

 the death of the wife of H. B. Beatty, 

 former treasurer of the Society of 

 American Florists. Funeral services 

 at Oil City, Pa., on Friday afternoon, 

 February 20. This bereavement will 

 fall very hard on Mr. Beatty who was 

 affectionately devoted to his wife and 

 Horticulture joins in the heartfelt 

 sympathy which will now go out from 

 the hundreds of S. A. F. members in 

 the irreparable loss sustained by our 

 friend of many years. 



Helen Frances Amrhyn. 



After a long illness. Miss Helen 

 Frances Amrhyn, ' the nineteen-year- 

 old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave 

 X. Amrhyn, died on February 15 at 

 her parents' home, Whitneyville, 

 Conn. The deceased's father is super- 

 intendent of parks in New Haven, and 

 her death brings intense sorrow to re- 

 latives and numerous friends. The 

 late Miss Amrhyn is survived by her 

 father and two sisters, the Misses 

 Elsie and Jeanette Ami'hyn. The 

 funeral was held Wednesday morning 

 from St. Joseph's R. C. church. New 

 Haven. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Edwin P"'allas 

 of Lowell has commenced suit against 

 Eli Cross, florist, for $2,500 for his al- 

 leged failure to keep a contract for 

 200,000 tomato plants. 



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GREENHOUSES CRUSHED BY 

 SNOW. 



Since the heavy storpi of last Satur- 

 day, many reports of damage to 

 greenhouse establishments. bave come, 

 in, only two of them thus far, how- 

 ever, being serious. These were, at 

 North Wales, Penna., where a section 

 of the root 75x300 feet in the big 

 house of the Florex Gardens, 170 ft. 

 wide and 750 ft. long, collapsed, bury- 

 ing many thousands of roses under 

 snow and broken glass; and at Mad- 

 bury, N. H., where about 400 running 

 feet of the extensive house of W. H. 

 Elliott was crushed in bringing de- 

 struction to about 600 running feet 

 planted with carnations. We are very 

 sorry to learn of these heavy losses 

 to two of the leading establishments 

 in floricultural enterprise. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — George Howard, 

 an expert horticulturist was indicted 

 by the grand jury yesterday, on a 

 charge of extortion. He is accused of 

 attempting to secure $5,000 from Mrs. 

 F. M. Ferguson, of Morewood and 

 Fifth avenues, where he was formerly 

 employed as a gardener. Howard is 

 said to have sent a letter to Mrs. Fer- 

 guson last Wednesday demanding 

 money, and threatening that if she 

 failed to give it to him he would blow 

 up her residence. Pittsburyh Lfudi'r. 



Boston — E. J. MacMulkin, florist, 

 194 Boylston street, has filed a volun- 

 tary petition in bankruptcy in the 

 United States District Court. He 

 states that he owes $83,937.27 and 

 that his assets are of an uncertain 

 amount. To unsecured creditors he 

 owes $56,861.34 and $9,340 to secured 

 creditors. The remainder of the lia- 

 bilities consists of taxes, $302.09: 

 wages, $482.25, and notes and bills, 

 $16,951.59. There are about 150 un- 

 secured creditors. Among them are 

 the Federal Trust Company, $6588; C. 

 H. Worster, Boston. $9184.05; George 

 R. White, Boston, $3352; Waban Rose 

 Conservatories. Boston, $2797. Fran- 

 cis J. Carney of Boston, with a claim 

 of $5000, is the largest of the three 

 secured creditors. Acting upon a pe- 

 tition of creditors. Referee Olmstead 

 in the United States Bankruptcy Court 

 has appointed John C. Heyer, receiver. 



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During Recess 



The Greek Florists' Ball. 



This affair, one of the greatest 

 events in the calendar of the New 

 York floral fraternity, was this year 

 the biggest yet. The hall was crowd- 

 ed to the doors, leaving little room 

 for moving about. The costumes of 

 the Greek ladies were very beautiful. 

 There was a splendid vaudeville show, 

 with some of the Greek talent as well 

 as the professional performers. Master 

 William George Polykranas made a 

 big hit with his violin playing. Most 

 of the prominent florists of the city, 

 wholesalers and growers attended and 

 all are enthusiastic over the courteous 

 treatment extended by the oflScers and 

 committees. The decorations under 

 the careful direction of George Nich- 

 olas, George Polykranas and Peter 

 Velotas were the best seen in the hall 

 in its history. 



Bar Harbor Horticultural Society. 



The Bar Harbor Horticultural so- 

 ciety held its annual ball on the night 

 of Feb. 11, and a very successful oc- 

 casion it was. The mercury was 15 

 to 20 below zero, and this prevented 

 the moving of plants and shrubs and 

 palms for decorative purpose. Usu- 

 ally the winter decorations of this ball 

 have been surpassingly beautiful and 

 elaborate. 



NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW. 



Flower show matters are apparently 

 progressing in great shape. The in- 

 tervening weeks will be a time of 

 great activity in all departments of 

 this big enterprise. J. H. Pepper has 

 been appointed chairman of the pub- 

 licity committee. Trade tickets will 

 be sold in blocks of 25 to 100 at the 

 rate of 25c. each; in blocks of 100 or 

 more at $20 per hundred. There will 

 be no rebate for unsold tickets and 

 the tickets must be paid for when de- 

 livered to the purchaser. 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of al) Kinds of 



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 1008 Vine St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



