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HORTICULTURE 



November 4, 1911 



Obituary 



Charles Pflomm. 

 Charles Pflomm, a pioneer Connecti- 

 cut florist, died in Middletown recent- 

 ly, aged 78 years. 



George M. Woodward. 

 George M. Woodward, gardener ior 

 J J. Mitchell, Lake Geneva, Wis., died 

 on October 24, aged 63 years. He was 

 born in Malvern, England, and came 

 to America 35 years ago. 



Benjamin R. Wilson. 



Benjamin H. Wilson, one of the best 

 known residents o£ Bristol county as 

 a seedman and gardener, died at his 

 home in Bristol, R. I., on Oct. 2G as 

 the result of a paralytic shock. He 

 was in his G2nd year. He had a 

 shock last spring and since that tiroi 

 his health had been gradually tailing 

 to the end. He was prominently iden- 

 tified with affairs in his native town 

 and was considered an authority on 

 seeds and garden work. 



He is survived by a daughter. Mis- 

 Lillian M. Wilson of Bristol; a broth 

 er Charles C. Wilson also of Bristol; 

 and a sister, Mrs. John W. Wright of 

 Providence. 



Mrs. Elsie Martini. 

 Mrs. Elsie Martini, aged 39 years, 

 wife of A. Martini, head gardener at 

 •Loramoor" Lake Geneva, Wis., died 

 October 22nd. of tetanus resulting 

 from a broken limb received in a run- 

 awav accident. The death of Mrs. 

 Martini came as a shock to the many 

 friends of the family as it was hoped 

 she was recovering from the result ol 

 the accident. Mr. Martini, formerly 

 with Ernst Wienhoeber Co., Chicago. 

 came with his family to Lake Geneva, 

 a year ago last June and they have 

 made a great many friends in this 

 community who sympathize with the 

 bereaved husband and children in then- 

 deep sorrow. Deceased was a woman 

 of sterling character and beloved by 

 all who knew her. The funeral was 

 attended bv the members of the Gar- 

 deners' Association and a large con- 

 course of sorrowing friends. The floral 

 tributes from members of the Associ- 

 ation and other friends were beautiful 

 beyond description and expressed in a 

 measure the esteem in which Mrs. 

 Martini was held by her associates. 



Chestnut Hill. Another brother, Rev. 

 James Lamb, is rector of the Episco- 

 pal church at Radnor. Mr. Lamb was 

 • if a very genial disposition and made 

 friends everywhere, high and low. rich 

 and poor. He was a thorough demo- 

 cral with a small d— was gifted with 

 a shrewd and far-seeing mind and 

 had a fund of grim humor which 

 flashed out in unexpected places- 

 aften almost upsetting the grave dig- 

 nity of judges when trying cases in 

 court. He was a member of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia and for 

 many years took an active part in all 

 its social activities. A warm-hearted, 

 sentle. kindly man. We will all miss 

 him— especially those who had the 

 good fortune to be particularly inti- 

 mate with him. 6. C. W. 



John Lamb. 

 A brief telegram as we go to press 

 announces the sudden death of John 

 Lamb, a distinguished Philadelphia 

 lawyer, who for many years was close- 

 ly allied with the horticultural trade 

 Of that locality, and held in the high- 

 est esteem both socially and profes- 

 ally, bv all who knew him. Mr. 

 Laml. was born in Scotland and came 

 to Philadelphia in his infancy with 

 his parents. He became a great 

 lawyer and enjoyed a large private 

 practice besides being latterly counsel 

 for the Reading. He is survived by 

 a widow and many boys and girls. 

 His oldest son. William, has been 

 associated in his father's law prac- 

 tice foT several years. One brother 

 was in the florists' business and at 

 the time of his death was foreman on 

 the establishment of John Burton at 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Bellingham, Wash.— The greenhouses 

 of S. M. Wile have been purchased 

 by J. W. Kincaid. 



Rockport, Mass. — It is rumored that 

 a Boston florist will build a range of 

 500-foot greenhouses here for rose 

 growing in the near future. 



New Orleans, La. — Robert Reinecke, 

 3826 Dryades street, will start a nur- 

 sery on 40 acres of land recently pur- 

 chased in St. Bernard. 



Johnson City, Tenn — Swan & Cheg- 

 gin, dealers in evergreens, are suc- 

 ceeded by S. A. Swan. They were for- 

 merly located in Huntdale, N. C. 



Bradford, Pa. — The greenhouses of 

 \V. C. Rockwell have been purchased 

 by Wilson & Rickerson, who with this 

 addition have about 25,000 feet of 

 glass. ■ 



Warren, Ohio — The greenhouses of 

 A. T. Hoyt, 505 W. Market street, 

 have been purchased by Thomas 

 Fletcher, who will remove them to his 

 place on Wood street. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — On November 1, 

 John W. Mclntyre, wholesale cut 

 flower dealer, moved to 1713 Ranstead 

 street from his present location at 

 1601. 



Norton, Mass.— F. B. Luther writes 

 HORTICULTURE that the building of 

 his greenhouses recently reported is 

 held up owing to a land deal wh:ch 

 will not be settled till sometime this 

 winter. 



Norwood, R. I.— N. D. Pierce, pro- 

 prietor of the Home Nursery, writes 

 HORTICULTURE that the report gen- 

 erally circulated that he is building 

 or contemplating building or adding 

 to his present plant is erroneous. 



New York, N. Y.— R. J. Irwin, who 

 has recently opened headquarters here 

 in general horticultural line, has just 

 returned from a trip in New York 

 State which gave him very encourag- 

 ing results. 



Wyomissing, Pa. — Bertrand H. Fair, 

 proprietor of the Wyomissing Nursery 

 and president of the American Peony 

 Society, writes that he is building a 

 packing shed and storage for plants. 

 28 x 100. He has a nursery of 20 

 acres. • 



Elizabeth, N. J.— The Wilson Plant 

 Oil & Fertilizer Co. have removed 

 their office from New York City to 

 Elizabeth, X. J., where they have a 

 large new plant and can handle the 

 business to better advantage. Mr. 

 Creighton and Mr. Watson are still 

 interested in the company. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Trade Notes. 

 J. Schoepfle has finished the Post 



Office building and new greenhouses 



at 933 Belmont Ave. 

 The A. Henderson Co., is having a 



very busy season. Mr. Muller and Mr. 



Reburn are both on the road again 



ttiis wggK. 

 J. Mangel had a butterfly luncheon 



decoration at the Blackstone Monday. 



Baskets of flowers were used on the 



tables and floral butterflies of tiny 



yellow pompons, violets, etc.. were 



among the flowers. 

 The preliminary premium lists of 



the Milwaukee and Cincinnati flower 



shows have reached Chicago and no 



doubt will attract the growers here. 

 The Milwaukee show will be held at 

 the Auditorium from Nov. 15 to 19 

 inclusive and the Cincinnati show from 

 Nov. 13 to 18. 



Geo. Fisher, Chicago buyer of the 

 Fisher Floral Co., says that the firm 

 moved into its new store in the Bur- 

 dick block Kalamazoo, Mich., last Sat- 

 urday. The local press speaks very 

 highly of the location and appearance 

 of the store and also of the business 

 ability of the firm. 



The wholesalers experienced a very 

 busy week end as the shipping day 

 for New Orleans fell on Saturday and 

 Sunday. All Souls Day and All Saints 

 Day called for thousands of chrysan- 

 themums, roses and carnations, and in 

 some stores the force worked till mid- 

 night on Saturday and all day Sun- 

 day getting up their shipments. 



Personal- 

 Frank Miller, an employe of J. P. 

 Brooks of Morton Grove, quite seri- 

 ously injured both wrists by falling 

 upon some nails in the yard Sunday 

 morning, and is laid up for the pres- 

 ent. 



Fred Krauss is back again with the 

 E. F. Winterson Co., after several 

 weeks' absence. 



Harry Klunder has moved a few 

 doors west and is now with Harrv 

 Rowe. 



J. Propp has taken a position with 

 the Alpha Floral Co. 



Carl Beu is about again after a 

 week's illness. 



Miss Minnie Zalud is the latest ad- 

 dition to the force at J. Mangel's. 



Visitors— Mrs. J. M. Smely, Aurora. 

 111.; Ch. Lund, Wausaw, Wis.; J. A. 

 M tiller of Julius Roehrs Co., Ruther- 

 le.nl, X. J ; W. F. Easting, Buffalo, N 

 Y.; Fred C. Weber St. Louis, Mo.; 

 F. A. Gussenbauer, Adrian, Mich.; C. 

 Peterson. Escanaba. Mich. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Baltimore.- Thomas Meehan & Sons 

 of Philadelphia. Pa., are doing the 

 landscape work around the court 

 house at Towson. 



All eyes are trained on the coming 

 Maryland Week Exposition to be held 

 under the auspices of the Maryland 

 Horticultural Society. December 

 i in 'i. inclusive. Prominent speakers 

 will attend and the display will be 

 large, being held in the Fifth Regi- 

 ment Armory. 



The record price for flowers last 

 month was $4.50 paid for sixteen fad- 

 ed roses and what might have been 

 asparagus foliage, at the sale of un- 

 claimed freight from the Baltimore & 

 Ohio Railroad Co. 



