August 26. 1011 



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Obituary 



Herman Goertyhain. 

 Herman Goertyhain, florist, of Pair 

 OaKs, California, died at his borne on 

 August 13, aged 65 years Four sons 

 survive him. 



Tracey Bolles. 

 Tracey Bolles, Valley Creek, Wis.. 

 was killed by a freight train al Oak 

 Park on August 13. He was formerly 

 employed by Holm & Olson, florists, 

 of St. Paul. 



George Hedtler. 

 George Hedtler. 1419 Wrightwood 

 avenue, Chicago, 111., died on August 

 21, as the result of being overcome by 

 the heat while at work in the green- 

 house of Joseph Lange, on Aug. 11. 



Joseph Bock. 

 Joseph Bock, florist, Burlington, 

 Iowa, died on August 7 of typhoid 

 fever. He was born in Germany in 

 1846, coming to this country in 1867. 

 For twenty-two years he was a nur- 

 seryman and florist. 



Fred C. Chapman. 

 Fred C. Chapman, pioneer florist of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., died on August 

 17 at his home on Madison square. 

 Mr. Chapman was born in Stamford, 

 England, coming to Grand Rapids in 

 1880. He established the first green- 

 houses in the city, which were lo- 

 cated on the site of the greenhouses 

 of Crabb & Hunter. He continued to 

 be one of the successful florists of 

 the city up to the time he retired, 

 about eight years ago. He is survived 

 by a widow and one son. 



William Bryant. 

 The death is reported at Jamestown, 

 R. I., of Mr. William Bryant, a member 

 of the firm of Bryant & Whiting Co., 

 a fertilizer Arm located on Curtis Bay, 

 Mil Mr. Bryanl was stricken some 

 time ago with malaria, but feeling a 

 little better decided to go to his 

 father's summer home at Jamestown. 

 Here the malaria turned into typhoid 

 which proved fatal. He was 36 years 

 of age, and is survived by.a widow and 

 one daughter, who are at present 

 traveling in Europe. Burial tool; place 

 last Sunday at Alexandria, Va. 



John Flood. 

 John Flood, Woburn, Mass.. passed 

 away on August 23, aged about 10 

 years. Mr. Flood was born in Lon- 

 don, England, and was employed in the 

 seed department of James Vietch .^ 

 Sons, for whom his father \\ s lore- 

 man. About twelve years ago lie was 

 employed by Peter Henderson. New 

 York, from there going to R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co.. Boston, Mass After 

 leaving there he was employed on the 

 estate of Joseph II. White of Brook- 

 line, Mass., under James \\ In e r. go- 

 lng from there to Buffalo and spending 

 three years in that city. He then lo- 

 cated a business of his own in Ded- 

 ham. Mass., which he maintained for 

 about three years. One year ago he 

 bought the David Fisher property in 

 Montvale. .Mr. Flood had been ailing 

 for about three months, the result of 

 an attack of the grippe, a rela] caus 



ing ins sudden d< ath. The time ol 

 funeral could not be learned b< 

 HORTICULTURE went to press. 



Joseph R. Freeman. 



Again it becomes our painful duty 

 to record the passing away on August 

 22 of a well-beloved member of the 

 horticultural craft, J. It. Freeman, of 

 Washington. 



Mr. Freeman was born in England 

 sixty-two years ago. He came to 

 Washington when fourteen years of 

 age, at first working for the late John 

 Saul. He remained with Mr. Saul 

 for several years, when he was mar- 

 ried to Miss Mary E. Weaver, of 

 Washington. With his wife, Mr. Free- 

 man moved to Baltimore, where they 

 remained for two years, at which time 

 they came back to Washington. Mr. 

 Freeman then established himself in 

 the florist business, which he continued 

 until his death. His first business was 

 located at Thirteenth and E streets, 

 near Pennsylvania avenue. About lfi 

 years ago Mr. Freeman removed to 612 

 Thirteenth street, his last location. 



Joseph R. Freeman. 



The cans.' of death is given as Uright's 

 disease. 



Few men have been more blessed 

 with neighborly and companionable 

 traits than J. R. Freeman. To his 

 friends and they were legion — he was 

 the embodiment of open-handed hospi- 

 tality. He was prosperous in busine 

 and was widely known and respected 

 among the business men of Washing- 

 ton. He was a life member of the So- 

 i iety of American Florists ami served 

 as its vice-president in 1905. At the 

 convention in Washington thai year he 

 was nominated for president but de- 

 clined the honor. At the conven 

 tion in Rochester last year be 

 seconded the nomination of Baltimore 

 and urged the selection of that city as 

 the meeting place for 1911. He wa 

 also a member of the Florists' Club of 

 Washington, a large delegation from 

 which attended the funeral. 



Mr. Freeman is survived by his wile. 

 three sons. .1. W . .1. S.. and William E. 

 Freeman; and one daughter, Catherine 

 Elizabeth Freeman, all of Washini 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 A Thousand Pound Sweet Pea Prize. 



The Crystal Palace was lately the 

 scene of the big sweet pea show, or- 

 ganized by the "Daily Mail." This 

 newspaper and its associated journals 

 have for weeks given the competition 

 a "boom," for it is not often the ama- 

 teur grower has a chance of winning a 

 thousand pounds first prize. EntrieB 

 poured in from all parts of the king- 

 dom, and the judges had a difficult 

 task in picking out the best blooms, 

 which were eventually staged, and 

 formed the largest exhibition of sweet 

 peas seen in this country. The blooms 

 all had to be sent through the post, 

 thus giving the entire body of ex- 

 hibitors the same chance. Much in- 

 genuity was displayed in endeavoring 

 to secure the transit of the blooms in 

 a fresh condition. The heated state of 

 the glass building caused the flowers 

 to fade, and on the second day a very 

 poor display was made. The drought 

 has been very trying to' most of the 

 growers this season. There was only 

 one trade exhibitor, W. J. Unwin, who 

 showed an interesting assortment of 

 some of his leading introductions. The 

 first prize was won by Mrs. J. H. 

 Fraser, a minister's wife, of Sprouston, 

 Kelso, Scotland, and by a strange co- 

 incidence her husband won the third 

 prize. The judging was done with 

 numbers, so that the judges were not 

 aware of the relationship of the two 

 successful exhibitors. The second 

 prize went to the Isle of Wight. 



The National Carnation and Picotee 

 Society. 



There were several absentees from 

 the usual exhibitors at the annual 

 show of the National Carnation and 

 Picotee Society, owing to the unfavor- 

 able season. James Douglas, of Great 

 Bookham, Surrey, carried off the first 

 prize in several classes, as well as the 

 Cartwright Challenge Cup, in the open 

 classes, also the Society's cup for the 

 highest aggregate number of points in 

 the first division of the schedule. 

 Among the new seedlings was a 

 crimson self-colored. Mrs. F. J. John- 

 son, shown by Arthur R. Brown, Ltd., 

 of King's Norton. Hayward Mathias 

 showed Ariel, a new yellow ground 

 picotee, with a light pink edge. Each 

 of these received a first prize in their 

 special class. 



We are advised that a swindler 

 operating under the name of Chris. 

 Meyer has been working in and around 

 Madison, N. J., and our readers are 

 hereby warned so that they may be 

 irepared for him. 



He has evidently worked at the 

 florist business as he can talk glibly 

 enough regarding the different varieties 

 of roses and carnations. He has vic- 

 timized several of the tradesmen of 

 Madison by the use of small forged 

 becks, claiming a long acquaintance 

 with a number of prominent growers. 



He is of medium height, with dark 

 hair, and gains attention by claiming 

 to be an Elk of a Virginian Lodge, so 

 florists would be well advised to see 

 the card of any man looking for favors 

 under the plea that he is an Elk 



