March 23, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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the early advancement and growth of 

 the village. To them were bom five 

 children, three of whom, George, 

 Charles and Henry, are living. 



Klehm's Nurseries will ever stand 

 as a monument to the memory of the 

 man who gave the best years of his 

 life to developing it, who raised three 

 sons, of exemplary character, and edu- 

 cated them in the ways of business, 

 until they lifted the burden from their 

 father's shoulders. 



Mr. Klehm suffered for a large share 

 of his life, but he seldom complained, 

 even during the last eight months of 

 his life, when he was unable to lie 

 down, but was compelled to remain in 

 an easy ch%ir. 



There remain to cherish his memory 

 his wife, three sons, George and Charles, 

 of Arlington Heights, Henry, of Moline, 

 fifteen grandchildren, and a brother in 

 Niles Center, 111. 



George L. Freeman. 



George L. Freeman, of Fall Kiver, 

 Mass., died at his home, 469 Locust 

 street, March 9, after an illness of only 

 two days. 



Quiet and unassuming in manner, it 

 is doubtful if there was any florist who 

 had a more comprehensive knowledge 

 of the trade in this country, or who en- 

 joyed a larger acquaintance. He was 

 known and liked as well on the Pacific 

 coast and in the middle west as in his 

 own native New England. For many 

 years he had done a large business in 

 imported orchid plants, making collect- 

 ing trips to Central and South Amer- 

 ica to obtain stock to fill orders accu- 

 mulated as the result of long journeys 

 through the United States to call on 

 orchid growers; he once told the writer 

 of this note that he had for years aver- 

 aged 30,000 miles of travel per year 

 and his stories of his varied experiences 

 in the business made him an always 

 welcome visitor wherever trade infor- 

 mation is in request. There was no 

 one who had a more exact knowledge 

 of commercial orchids or of the market 

 conditions as relates to orchid blooms. 

 While he specialized on orchids his 

 views were so broad that his knowledge 

 extended to all other flowers compet- 

 ing with orchids in the markets and in 

 retail stores. Mr. Freeman had booked 

 passage for South America, intending 

 to sail from New York March 15, and 

 the portrait herewith presented is pre- 

 pared from a photograph made on the 

 Monday before his death. 



Mr. Freeman was born at Wellfleet, 

 Mass., where he conducted his orchid 

 business for some years before he re- 

 moved to Fall Eiver. The remains were 

 taken to Wellfleet for interment by 

 the Adams lodge of Masons. He is 

 survived by his widow, Catherine J. 

 Freeman, who, as administratrix of his 

 estate, will carry on the business, 



Jacob H. Harvey. 



Funeral services for Jacob Henry 

 Harvey, of 189 Broad street, Newark, 

 N. J., were held from his late home 

 Thursday evening, March 16. Mr. 

 Harvey died after a five weeks' illness 

 from the grip and pleuro-pneumonia, at 

 St. Michael 's hospital, March 14. Early 

 in the year Mr. Harvey contracted the 

 grip and was obliged to quit business. 

 A few days later Mrs. Harvey also got 

 the grip. She recovered in a • short 

 time, but Mr. Harvey had a series of 

 relapses. About three weeks before his 

 death he and Mrs. Harvey went to 



George L. Freeman. 



Atlantic City, in the hope that the 

 change would do them good. "While 

 there he seemed 'to be improving, but 

 after he returned home pleuro-pneu- 

 monia set in and he wds taken to the 

 hospital. 



Mr. Harvey was born in Newark, but 

 was educated in a private school in 

 Eichmond, Va. For a while he was in 

 the florists' business in the south. 

 When he returned to Newark he started 

 a flower store on Broad street, opposite 

 the Continental hotel. Mr. Harvey was 

 the fourth generation of Newark florists 

 of that name. His great-grandfather, 

 Jacob J., and his grandfather, Levinas 

 J. Harvey, carried on a florists* busi- 

 ness on a tract of land on Belleville 

 avenue, near where the Mt. Pleasant 

 cemetery now is. Harvey street, which 

 now extends through that plot, was 

 named after Mr. Harvey's grandfather. 



Surviving him are his wife, one 

 daughter, Mrs. William W. Macknaugh- 

 ton, and three sons, Otley C, Jacob J. 

 and Blakely Harvey. Mr. Harvey also 

 is survived by three sisters. R. B. M. 



Ruth L. Plumb. 



Ruth L. Plumb, wife of John C. 

 Plumb, landscape gardener, died at the 

 home of her parents, 7200 Yale avenue, 

 Chicago, March 20. She was in hea, 

 twenty-fourth year. Funeral services 

 were held March 22. Interment was 

 in Mount Hope cemetery. She is sur- 

 vived by her husband, both parents 

 and a sister. 



Elizabeth Elevem. 



Following an illness extending over 

 many months, Elizabeth Klevern, wife 

 of Leonard Klevern, doing business at 

 Chicago as the Fifty-ninth* Street Flo- 



rist, died March 18 of consumption. 

 Mrs. Klevern was born in Holland, 

 February 19, 1883. Funeral services 

 were held in the home at 6008 Union 

 avenue, at 2 p. m., March 21. Inter- 

 ment was in Mount Hope cemetery. 

 She is survived by her husband and one 

 child, a boy of 4 years. 



Charles E. Pierce. 

 Charles E. Pierce, of Washington, 

 D. C, died March 14 at one of the 

 local hospitals, to which he had been 

 taken a few hours before when stricken 

 with a sudden illness. He was 39 years 

 of age and is survived by four brothers, 

 James F., John H., William T. and 

 George E. Pierce. He was the son of 

 the late William P. Pierce, who, prior 

 to his death ten years ago, was en- 

 gaged for a quarter of a century in the 

 florists' business on Bowen road. The 

 deceased succeeded his father in the 

 business. C. L. L. 



DIVIDINO CANNA EOOTS. 



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Will you please tell me the best way 

 to start cannas and how to cut them 

 for starting? I have heretofore bought 

 them ready for starting. 



F. H. W.— N. Y. 



Divide the roots with a strong, sharp 

 ':*' knife, leaving a single strong eye to- 

 each division. Start these in a warm, 

 moist house. Lay the sets in flats con- 

 taining some moss, or stand them di- 

 rectly on the benches, preferably where 

 they can get some bottom heat. Pot 

 as soon as the roots are nicely started. 

 C. W. 



Toledo, O. — A flower store has been 

 opened at 615 Madison avenue by Jacob 

 A. Helmer and Josephine Helmer. 



