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The Florists^ Review 21 



Teanesiee Florists and a Few Otbers Visit Geoy Bros., at Nashville. 



THE OOLIJiaE FLOBISTS. 



As reported in The Review for March 

 30, a meeting of college and experi- 

 ment station florists and those inter- 

 ested in their work was held at Phila- 

 delphia March 28. As a result, the 

 directors of the S. A. F. March 29 

 adopted the following resolution: 



Resolved: That the members of the S. A. P. 

 Interested In the line of florlcultural education 

 and research be recognized as a section of the 

 S. A. F. under the title of the College Florists' 

 Section of the S. A. F. 



Those present at the college men's 

 meeting were H. B. Dorner, of Illinois; 

 E. A. White and A. C. Beal, of New 

 York; B. W. Anspon, of Maryland; 

 E. I. Wilde, of Pennsylvania; A. H. 

 Nehrling and A. S. Thurston, of Massa- 

 chusetts, together with W. N. Eudd 

 and Richard Vincent, Jr. At the meet- 

 ing various problems connected with 

 teaching and experimental work were 

 discussed. Among some of the things 

 which were talked over were how to 

 establish a closer relationship of the 

 commercial men with the colleges, how 

 the colleges might cooperate with the 

 commercial men, the best methods to 

 use to give students a practical train- 

 ing in floriculture, the education of the 

 public to a greater appreciation of 

 flowers, and the placing of students 

 during vacations in order that they 

 "}iglit get actual experience along prac- 

 tical lines. 



As a result of this informal meeting 

 it was felt that there was need of an 

 organization which not only would be 

 of mutual benefit to its members, but 

 could cooperate with the S. A. F. 



OBITUARY 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Newark, N. J. — By order of the 

 United States District court, the con- 

 tents of the Broad street store of H. C. 

 Strobell & Co., bankrupts, as well as 

 the contents of the greenhouses on 

 Elizabeth avenue, and an automobile, 

 were sold at public auction April 11. 

 There was a fine line of ferns and deco- 

 rative plants at the greenhouses. The 

 sale brought $1,114. Later in the week 

 the sale was confirmed by Referee 

 Porter. R. B. M. 



Wimam E. Doyle. 



William E. Doyle, one of Boston's 

 pioneer florists, died at his home, 15 

 Kilsyth Road, Brookline, Mass., April 

 16, after a brief illness, hemorrhage 

 being the immediate cause of death. 

 The deceased was born at Roxbury, 

 Mass., May 22, 1844. He was educated 

 in the Roxbury public schools and 

 moved while still a boy to Syracuse, 

 N. Y., where his father, himself a skill- 

 ful horticulturist, taught him the grow- 

 ing and care of plants and flowers. Re- 

 turning to Boston, Mr. Doyle in 1867 

 opened a flower store at 43 Tremont 

 street. For one year he was in partner- 

 ship with Thomas W. Dee, under the 

 firm name of Dee & Doyle. Later the 

 business was conducted in his own 

 name and he soon gained a wide repu- 

 tation. 



About twenty-six years ago he opened 

 a store at 306 Boylston street and later 

 a branch store at 6 Beacon street. Re- 

 moving his home to Cambridge, he took 

 over the once famous Hovey estate, 

 then in a much neglected condition. 

 Here he had some 35,000 feet of glass 

 and grew all kinds of flowers, also 

 making a specialty of large-sized palms 

 and other decorative plants. As a dec- 

 orator Mr. Doyle had a wide reputa- 

 tion and on numerous occasions at- 

 tested his skill. Decorations that he 

 liked to speak of were those on the 

 occasion of the visit of President Cleve- 

 land and his bride to the Hotel Ven- 

 dome and the decoration of the Boston 

 theater for the visit of the late King 

 Edward VII, at that time Prince of 

 Wales, and for over twenty years the 

 class day decorations at Harvard. He 

 also on a number of occasions furnished 

 and superintended decorations at the 

 Madison Square Garden, New YorK. 



Mr. Doyle retired from business two 

 or three years ago and had since inter- 

 ested himself chiefly in real estate in 

 his home city. He was a Democrat in 



politics, serving in the Cambridge coun- 

 cil as councilman and alderman, and on 

 the school committee. In 1884 and 1885 

 he was a member of the state legisla- 

 ture and was a mayoralty candidate in 

 1898. He was a delegate to the na- 

 tional convention which nominated the 

 Palmer-Buckner ticket. He was a per- 

 sonal friend and admirer of Ex-presi- 

 dent Roosevelt. 



For some years he was actively iden- 

 tified with the Gardeners' and Florists'" 

 Club of Boston, serving on the execu- 

 tive committee in 1887 and as vice- 

 president in 1890, the year the S. A. F. 

 convention met in Boston. At one time 

 he was actively interested in the S. A. 

 F. and the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. The Killarney rose was intro- 

 duced and popularized in Boston by Mr. 

 Doyle, as were many other flowers of 

 note. 



The deceased is survived by three 

 children, Alice W. Doyle, of Brookline; 

 Geo. B. Doyle, of Brookline; W. E. 

 Doyle, of London, England. At the 

 funeral services at St. Aldan 'a church, 

 Brookline, April 20, there was a large 

 attendance, including many of his old- 

 time friends and confreres. The floral, 

 tributes were numerous. 



W. N. Craig. 



Louis Coleman. 



Louis Coleman, for manj* years a re- 

 tailer at North Adams and' Westficld, 

 Mass., died at his home in Westfield 

 April 6, after a long illness. He was 

 born about sixty-three years ago in 

 Vermont and lived in Pittsfield for sev- 

 eral years before moving to North 

 Adams, where he established a large re- 

 tail trade. Besides his wife, Mr. Cole- 

 man leaves a daughter, brother and 

 three sisters. 



Vincennes, Ind.— Paul C. Schultz is 

 doing his Easter business in a store 

 complete from doormat to delivery 

 boxes with a new outfit supplied by 

 the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago. All 

 the fixtures were designed and built to 

 order, so that everything is not only 

 up-to-date but in perfect harmony. In 

 addition to new fixtures the store had 

 a complete new stock or supplies. 



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