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Obituary 



John Caldwell. 



John Caldwell, an employe of the 

 Ross Bros' Seed Co.. died on Oct. 30, 

 aged 56 years. 



James Hart. 

 James Hart, son of M. A. Hart, well 

 known in the New York wholesale 

 flower district, died on Saturday. No- 

 vember 18, of consumption. 



John D. Crawford. 

 John D. Crawford, for many years 

 a florist in Brooklyn, N. Y., died at his 

 home at Roslyn. L. I., N. Y., on Nov. 

 2, aged 69 years. He was born at 

 Saratoga Springs and up to ten years 

 ago kept a florist's store at 372 Court 

 street, Brooklyn. 



wounded at Newbern, N. C, and hon- 

 orably discharged. In 1875 he became 

 assistant superintendent of Golden 

 Gate Park and later engaged in busi- 

 ness in Los Angeles. Oakland, Pasade- 

 na and other places. He returned to 

 Boston in 1899. 



John Jules Fonta. 

 John Jules Fonta. of New Orleans. 

 La was buried on Nov. 11. his funeral 

 being largely attended. Mr. Fonta 

 came to America from Rogat. France. 

 going to New Orleans in 1869. After 

 a successful career as a florist he be- 

 came manager of the Morgan Whitney 

 estate, later becoming superintendent 

 of Audubon Park, which position he 

 held till 1909. He leaves a wife, one 

 brother and two sisters. 



Elizabeth P. Foster. 

 A most estimable lady, well known 

 in the inner life of the florists' busi- 

 ness, passed away, November 13. 1911, 

 and has left a fragrant record of a 

 well spent and noble life in our an- 

 nals. Mrs. Foster died at Westerly, 

 R. I., on the above date. One daugh- 

 ter is the wife of Samuel S. Pennock 

 of Philadelphia, another is married to 

 H. N. Willits of Lansdowne. Pa., both 

 well known in florists' circles. Her 

 only son. Wm. H. Foster, of the River- 

 side Greenhouses, Westerly, R. I., and 

 two other daughters survive. Mrs. 

 Foster was born September 27th, 1849, 

 and came of good old Quaker stock. 

 She was a member of the Society of 

 Friends, and was a credit to it. 



Reuben T. Woodward. 

 Reuben T. Woodward, a man of 

 wide experience as landscape gardener 

 and horticulturist, died Nov. 15. in 

 Boston. Mass., aged eighty-se 

 He was born in Boston and secured 

 his first knowledge of gardening while 

 "bound out" at the age of seven to a 

 retired sea captain in Jamaica Plain. 



At the age of fourteen 1 

 tered the empl brother-in-law 



who had charge of some of the- larg- 

 est estates in Broo'-line. In 1853 he 

 began business in South Reading as 

 landscape gardener, later moving to 

 Melrose then to Haverhill. He en- 

 listed in the army in 1861, being 



Frank P. Baum. 



It was with sad regret we learned 

 of the death of our brother florist. 

 Frank P. Baum, of Buffalo, N. Y., who 

 died suddenly while on a business trip 

 to Salamanca, N. Y.. aged fifty-seven 

 years. Mr. Baum was born in Looney- 

 ville, N. Y., and came to Buffalo forty 

 years ago, where he has been engaged 

 in the florist business for twenty-five 

 years conducting a retail stand at the 

 Washington Market, and having eight 

 thousand feet of glass at 50 Kingsley 

 street, where a good portion of the 

 plants and cut flowers are grown for 

 the retail and wholesale market. Mr. 

 Baum was well known to the trade, 

 and had a large circle of friends and 

 business associates, also being a mem- 

 ber of several fraternal organizations. 

 He leaves a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth, 

 also a son, Frank, and daughter, Mrs. 

 B. E. Slee. 



The country has lost a sincere lover 

 of our profession, and an enthusiast 

 in his chosen field. Our heartfelt sym- 

 pathy goes out to his bereaved widow 

 and children in this'hour of their sor- 

 row. Words are of little aid in these 

 davs, but to the fatherless and widow, 

 it mav be a ray of pleasure to be as- 

 sured that through the length and 

 breadth of this adopted country, the 

 name of Frank P. Baum commanded 

 only respect and affection. E. C. B. 



William H. Moon. 



William H. Moon, senior member 

 and founder of the William H. Moon 

 Co., Nurserymen, Morrisville, Pa., 

 drooped dead on West State street, 

 Trenton, N. J., on Nov. 18th while on 

 his way to consult his physician in 

 that city. Funeral services were held 

 on the 22nd inst., from his home in 

 Morrisville. Interment at Fallsington 

 —where the family for several genera- 

 tions have their last resting place. A 

 brother. James Moon, and two sops, 

 Henry T. and J. Edward, were asso- 

 ciated with him in the business which 

 was one <il the largest nursery con- 

 cerns in the country. Being a char- 

 tered corporation 'the business con- 

 tinues under the same title. Two 

 daughters of Wm. H. Moon also sur- 

 vive. Mrs. Moon died last summer. 



Mr. Moon was 62 years of age and 

 had been an active and influential 

 force both in business and civics for 

 many years. He was a son of the late 

 Mahlon H. .Moon, one of the pioneer 

 nurserymen of this locality, and a 

 brother of the late Samuel C. Moon, 

 w ho succeeded Mahlon H. Moon. Tin- 

 Moon family were ardent members of 



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the Society of Friends — that sturdy 

 stock that did so much in early days 

 to put the destinies of Pennsylvania 

 mi a sound footing. To this day — not- 

 withstanding the immense influx of 

 strange peoples — the Quaker influence 

 is fundamental and far-reaching, not- 

 withstanding the fact that they have 

 been buried millions deep in numbers 

 by succeeding waves; which shows 

 clearly that quality, and not quantity, 

 is what counts, after all. William H. 

 Moon belonged to the quality stock, 

 and was a powerful influence for the 

 higher ideals of life and conduct — an 

 example to the pushing trampling mul- 

 titude, and a staunch upholder of right 

 and truth against all odds. 



G. C. W. 



