October 21, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



561 



Obituary 



J. A. McKee. 



J. A. MoKee, nurseryman, of King*! 



Mountain. Ky., died recently :ii I tin 

 age of 84. One son and a daughter 

 survive him. 



Bert Anderson. 



Bert Anderson, formerly a florist at 

 Greeley, Colo., died In Chicago on 



September 2'i, and was burled from 

 the home of his sister in Davenport. 



Mrs. Letitia Peel. 



Mrs. Letitia Peel, who tor twenty- 

 six years has conducted a florist estab- 

 lishment on old Lawrence street, 

 Flushing, N. V.. died on October 12, 

 78 years. 



Mrs. Mary Therese Russell. 



Mrs Man Therese Russell, widow 

 of Thos. L. Russell, died on Oct. 14 at 

 her i Idem ■ 132 Seventh avenue, 

 Brooklyn. N V.. aged 47 years. She 

 was for some years a florist in South 

 Brooklyn and her late husband was a 

 traveling representative for the Flor- 

 ists Exchange tor some years, writing 

 over the name of Peripatetic. Mrs. 

 Russell was born in Ireland. Two 

 sons and one daughter survive her. 



Patrick Kelly. 



Patrick Kelly, 60, for years in busi- 

 ness as a gardner on the East Side, 

 Providence, It. I., was found dead in 

 bed at the home of James W. Collins, 

 11 Howell street, on October 16. The 

 bedroom was filled with gas, pouring 

 from open jet, but a wide-open window 

 at the head of the bed indicated that 

 death was due to accident. It was also 

 found the gascock was loose. Kelly 

 was last seen by members of the Col- 

 lins family on Saturday night. He had 

 been employed by numerous residents 

 of College Hill. 



Thorwald Jensen. 

 This well-known florist died at his 

 home, Mamaroneck, N. v., on Octo- 

 ber 9, aged 67 years. Interment was 

 at Rye Cemetery, October 11. Mr. Jen- 

 sen was a very successful carnation 

 grower for the New York market, es- 

 pecially in the days when Ladj Emma 

 and Portia were in their prime of pop- 

 ularity as scarlet varieties. He grew 

 them in large quantities and high 

 qualities. He has been located in 

 Mamaroneck lor about thirty years. 

 Mr. Jensen was a companionable gen 

 tleman and leaves a large number of 

 friends to mourn his loss. 



Nanette Huebner. 

 Nanette Huebner, niece of Mrs. 

 Frank Hen. Chicago, with whom she 

 had made her home for four years, 

 died suddenly, September 29th, after 

 an illness of but a few hours. She 

 was born in Beyreuth. Germany, 20 

 years ago and came to this country 

 to make her home with and assist 

 Mi and Mrs B( u In the reenhouses 

 and had made many friends among 

 the young people. The funeral was 

 held from the residence. October 2nd, 

 six young ladies acting as pallbearers. 

 Her death occurred four years from 

 the day she arrived. Interment was 

 in Montrose Cemetery. 



TWO GOOD ROSES. 



The accompanying picture shows 

 the two rose- sent out by Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co. in 1910— Silver Moon and 

 Dr. Van Fleet— growing in Mattapoi- 

 sett, Mass., at the residence of Miss 

 Alice Stackpole. They were pur- 

 chased on the strength of HOllTlt'l I, 

 TURK'S description of them and plant- 

 ed in May, 1910. The photograph was 

 taken duly ::. 1911. Miss Stackpole, in 

 an interesting letter concerning these 

 roses, writes as follows: 



The iirsi year their ran.- wen ten or 

 twelve feet Lou.-, and 1 wrote to Henderson 

 to ask if they were really hardy. They 

 answered that* They had DOl been tested 

 north of New Jersey, so I earthed them up 



light 

 Ins "i straw, Verj little of the wood 

 lost One plant of It Van Fleet I 

 in an exposed place and only put 



Ing around the ts The wood was 



killed Back so far that l shall protect It 



this wltder. A neighbor has both these 



.11 e stein- wall and th< y went 



through the winter without protection. 



Silver Moon Is the nearest rose 



Dr. V.'UI Fleet |S On the tWu el -litre pll- 



lars and the rose al thi furthest corner 



i g Pillar, and all have now reached 



I per Btory. These roses are not only 



lint have l-.-autiful glossy 



foliage. Silver Moon Is. unite four Inches 



i, and I >r. Van Fleet, while net 

 lull I* .in exquisite shade of pink and love- 

 lv In the house. 



It Is a pleasure to find roses that are 

 quite all thev are described, and I hope 

 i In islinf Wright will turn cut as well. 



Robert MacMillen. 

 Robert MacMillen died at his home 

 in Greenwich. Conn., on October 9, 

 aged 51 years. Mr. MacMillen took 

 sick June 2, but recovered so far as to 

 go to Babylon. Long Island, for a tew 

 weeks, but after his return he seemed 

 to grow weaker and the end came 



coming to this country and reaching 

 ..n when in his 22nd year. When 

 we first knew him a quarter century 

 ago, he was a grower of miscellaneous 

 stock in Pearl River, New York, where 

 he had a small range of greenhouses. 

 Four years ago he started a retail 

 flower business In Greenwich and has 

 I n doing well. He was a very skill- 

 ful and tasty decorator and, as a man, 

 was respected and beloved by a large 

 circle of friends in the business. 



ROBEBI M V' Mil I 1 N 



\ erj peacefully . I let. 9th. He had an 

 abscess on the brain which was hope 

 less from tile first. He was buried in 



Putnam Cemetery. Greenwich. Tie 

 funeral services were from his late 

 residence, 60 Arch St.. Thursday 

 12. He is survived by his wife. Mr. 

 MacMillen was a native of Scotland, 



Charles A. Fox. 



It is with deep regret that we have 



to publish the news of the death of 



Charles A. Fox. one of Baltimore's 



oldest florists, who passed away on 



Saturday last at his late residence, 



l-i'2 Bolton street. Death was caused 



by the infirmities of old age. Mr. Fox 



ttg seen eighty milestones pass 



him on the way. He had been located 



niton and Dolphin Btreets tor the 



fifty years or more and was one 



. foremost ni the florists and or- 



- ntai horticulturists of the city. 



His widow. Mrs. Eliza Fox. two sons, 



w iliiam .1. and Charles A Pox, Jr.. 



three daughters, Margaret, Jane 



Nellie Fox. survive him. He was 



a lifelong member of the Church of 



[mmaculati i tlon and from 



in re he was buried on Tuesday last in 



Bonnie Bra i ry. He i- 



l him a hosl of saddened friends 



in Mr l-'ox was .-\er well-liked and 



hi passing away is a matter of deep 







