AiKii, 20, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



Tennessee Florists and a Few Others Visit Geny Bros., at Nashville. 



THE COLLEGE FLORISTS. 



As rcjiortod in Tlio l^cvicw for ^Tarch 

 • >•'. a mooting of college and experi- 

 inent station florists and those inter- 

 ested in their work was held at Phila- 

 delphia Marcdi L'8. As a result, the 

 directors of the 8. A. F. ^Farrh 2'J 

 .idopted the following resolution: 



r.esolvod: Tliat the moniliors of tlio S. A. F. 

 iiili Tostcd in flip line of tidrieultnral oduoation 

 iinl rcsciircli lie recojitiized ns a seition of the 

 S. A. F. Miiclei- the tillr i.t' the ('(ilh'<;o Florists' 

 S.rtiou of the S. A. F. 



Those present at the college men's 

 meeting were 11. B. Dorner, of Illinois; 

 K. A. White and A. C. Real, of Now 

 ^■ork; H. W. Anspon, of Maryland; 

 K. I. Wilde, of Pennsylvania; A. II. 

 Xehrling and A. S. Thurston, of Massa- 

 'husetts, together with W. X. Pudd 

 and Ri(diard ^'incent, Jr. At the nieet- 

 iiig \nrious proldeins connected with 

 tiiii hiiig and experimental work were 

 di^russ<>d. Among some of the things 

 \\lii(di were talked ovov weie how to 

 fstaldish a closer relationsliip of tin- 

 'onmiercial men with the colleges, how 

 the e(dl(>ges might coiiperate with the 

 '■onimiMcial men, the host methods to 

 u<e to give students a jHactical train- 

 ing in floriculture, the education of the 

 I'uldic to a gr(>ater appreciation of 

 lli'wors. and th(^ jdaeing of stui|(Mits 

 luring vac.'itions in order th;it they 

 might get actual experience ;ilong pr.'ic 

 'i'-al lines. 



As ;i. result of this informal nifcting 

 it was felt that there was need of an 

 "r^jani/at ion whi<h not o.dy would ln' 

 "!' mutual lieuetit to its memlKMs, Imt 

 iiiiihl loiipci :it(' with the S. A. F. 



OBITUARY 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Newark. N. J. — Py oider of the 

 I."nited States District court, the con- 

 tents of the Proail sti-eet store of II. < '. 

 >^trot)(dl & (Jo., bankrupts, as well as 

 the contents of the greenhouses on 

 ldi/;ilieth ;i\enue. and an .•lutonuihiU", 

 were sold at jnildic ."iiiction April 11. 

 Ihere was a fine line of ferns and deco- 

 latlve pl.'irits at the greenhouses, 'i'lie 

 sale hrought $1,114. Pater in the we(d< 

 the sale w;is confirnie(| li\' K'el'eree 

 Porter. J.'. P.. M. 



WiUiam E. Doyle. 



William E. Doyle, one of Boston's 

 jdonoor florists, (lied at his home. ]'> 

 Kilsyth Road, ]>rookline, Mass., April 

 1(3, after a brief illness, hemonhage 

 lieing the immediiite cause of death. 

 The deceased was horn at Koxliurv. 

 Mass., May 22, 1841. lie was educated 

 in the Koxhury pul)lic s<diools and 

 mo\ I'd while still a hoy to Syrai-use, 

 X. v., whei-e his f.ather. himstdf a skill- 

 ful horticulturist, taught him th(> grow- 

 ing ;ind care of jdants ;ind Mowers. Re- 

 fuming to ISoston, Mr. Doyh' in IStiT 

 open(^(| a flower store at l^'. Tieniout 

 street. I'oi' one year he was in p;ntn(M'- 

 sliip with Thomas W. Dee, under tlii> 

 firm narm^ of Dee iV: Doyle. Later the 

 hnsiness w;is conducted in liis own 

 iianu> anil lie --oon ijainecl a \\ ide icpii 

 fat ion. 



Ahout fw(^nty six years a^o !ic o|i.'iicd 

 a stor<^ ;it ;i(H! Poylston street •■ind later 

 a hranili stori' at <i liea<oii str(M't. Pe 

 iHoxing his home to ( ';indirid:^e, he took 

 o\er the once t';urions ||(p\ey est.ate. 

 then in a niurh neglerted rondition. 

 Here he li;iii some .'..".odii I'cct of i^las- 

 aucl grew all kinds of flowers, .-dso 

 m;ii<ing ;i speeialtv <il' l.ai L:e-si/ei| palms 

 and other decorative |dauts. \s a dei- 

 oratf)r Mr. Doyle ii.ol a wide reputii 

 tiou and on numerous occasions ,at- 

 testi'd his skill. Decoi ;it ions ih.at lie 

 liked to s|i,'ak' ot' weii' tliost^ un the 

 o<-c;ision of the \ isit of President ('le\e 

 land .and his hiid<' to the llidtd \'eii 

 dome and the ilecor.afnui oi' the I'.oston 

 fhe.afer f'or the \ isit of the l.ate Kin^ 

 Kdward Vn. .at that time I'rin.'O of 

 W.ales, and for ovt>r twenty years the 

 (dass day dcH-orations ;it llarv.ard. lie 

 ;ilsu on ;i numher at' occasions fnrnisheil 

 and superinten<led deior.af ions at the 

 M.-idison S<|uare (!arden. New ^'orK. 



Mr. Doyle retired from imsiness twd 

 or three years ago .and had sini-e intei- 

 ested himstdf cdiiefly iu leal estate in 

 his home (dt\". He was a Democr.at in 



politics, serving in the Camhiiii^ie cmin- 

 1 il as councilman and .alderman, and on 

 the school committee. In 1>>^1 and isS.l 

 lie was a memhei- of the state l(>gisla- 

 ture a)id was a. mayoralty candidate in 

 iSltS. He was ;i delegate to the na- 

 tional convention whi(di nominate. 1 the 

 i'ahner-Bu(d\ner ticket. lie w,is a p(M- 

 sonal friend and admiier of |]\ presi- 

 dent h'oosexelt. 



l''or some yeai's he was aiti\i-l\ iden- 

 tifieil with tiie (iardeners" and I'l.uists' 

 Cluh of Boston. ser\ing on the .xecu- 

 five committe(> in lss7 and ,i- vic(i- 

 presidenf in IS'.ni, the year the .>^. A. F. 

 conx'ention met in Postoii. At onr timt> 

 he was aidi\tdy interested in the S. A. 

 l'\ and the M.assachuset fs Ihn t i.iili ural 

 Societv'. The Killarney rosi' v\ a ~ infi-o- 

 dureil and ]iopu l.a ri/.eij in Ilo^ton !'V' Mi'. 

 l>o\le, ;i> weia- many othei- ijuwi i~ of 

 note. 



Till' ilei-ca^ed is slir\i\i'.| !.\ i h ice 

 idilMri'ii, Alice W. I»u\!e, (11 1 !i M.iK I ine; 

 Ceo. P.. Doyle, ol' Prookliii.-: W. Iv 

 Doyle, of London. 1-aiglanii. At tlie 

 t'uneral -.er\ ires ;it St. .\ldai,'- .Iiiii-cli, 

 r.rookline, April I'n, there \\,-ts a lai^c 

 aft end.aiiie. ijohidiiig many of ids ,,|d 

 time t'rieiid'" ami cont'rere^. The limal 

 t li iiiites w ,. I !■ nnmeious. 



W. \. '■,,.|i.; 



Louis Coleman. 



I.oiii^ <'(demaii. t'(M' man\' \"i-:ii- a n' 

 t.ailei- at North Adams and We-t liel.l, 

 Mass., died at his home m \\ .^tii.dd 

 April li, at'ter a hui^- ilhies-. He was 

 hoin .aiioiit sixty three y..ai - a'jo ill 

 N'eiinout and liveil in I'ittslh'i.i i.u s,.\ . 

 eral years before niovin:^ r., ?\oitii 

 Adams, where he est.aldislied a l.uue le 

 tail trade. P.t^sides his wile. M ; . i (de 

 m.an leaves a daughter. Inotinr and 

 three sisters. 



Vincennes, Ind. P.aul < . s.lmlt/ is 

 doing his l'],aster business in a stiir(> 

 eoinpbde t'roin doormat to delivery 

 lioxes with ;i new outfit ^iipjdied bv 

 the A. P. K'aiidall Co.. < ||i,ae,,. Al! 

 the fixtures were designe.l and bailt to 

 order, so tli.at exerything is not on(^' 

 iip-to-d.att^ Imt in perfect haiinonv. In 

 addition to new fixtui'es, the stnji' li.ad 

 •a i-oniplete new stoidx of silpplie- 



