Mat 4, 1916. 



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The Rorists' Review 



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OBITUARY 



Ira O. Marvin. 



Ira G. Marvin, aged 52, for many 

 .years the leading florist at Wilkes- 

 Barre, Pa., died at his home, 359 Wyo- 

 ming avenue, in the adjacent town of 

 Kingston, at 11:20 p. m., April 30. Not 

 liaving been in good health since the hol- 

 idays, Mr. Marvin had been unable to 

 leave his bed for nine weeks. The cause 

 'Of death was heart trouble. 



Since beginning the florists' and 

 nursery business for himself in Wilkes- 

 Barre in 1886, Mr. Marvin had taken a 

 prominent place in the business repre- 

 sentation of the city. Besides his re- 

 tail stores he was an extensive grower, 

 having first a range of greenhouses on 

 South Main and South Franklin streets, 

 and then extensive greenhouses at Fir- 

 wood, from which place he was driven 

 by a succession of flood losses, and his 

 present houses on Pringle street, Kings- 

 ton. 



For many years Mr. Marvin had 

 branch stores in the neighboring towns, 

 and the trade he built up through years 

 of ~catering to the flower lovers of the' 

 region became second to none in this 

 part of the state. In the spring of 1915 ■ 

 his affairs became involved and he filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy, although his 

 assets much exceeded his liabilities. The 

 estate still is in the hands of the court. 



Ira 6. Marvin was the ninth gen- 

 eration in the line of descendants in 

 this country of Beinold Marvin, who 

 settled in Connecticut in 1636. He was 

 born February 11, 1864, at Stroudsburg, 

 the son of Henry H. Marvin and Sar^ 

 A. Miller. His father and mother both 

 dying when he was quite young, he 

 spent his early childhood with his 

 grandfather, Eev. George Miller, who 

 was one of the pioneer pastors of Mon- 

 roe county. He was a student at Fair- 

 view Acadamy, Brodheadsville. He lo- 

 cated at Wilkes-Barre when a young 

 man, following from the first the 

 florists' and nursery interests and be- 

 ginning business for himself in 1886. 



Mr. Marvin was married November 

 12, 1891, to Sophie L. Ahlborn, daugh- 

 ter of Frederick Ahlborn, and is. sur- 

 vived by his wife and the following 

 children: Gertrude, George Guthrie and 

 Ira Huston, and one brother. Steward 

 Marvin, of Stroudsburg. 



Frederick A. Bolze. 



Frederick Bolze, who died recently 

 at his home in Pleasantville, N. Y., at 

 the age of 70, had the distinction of 

 being one of the florists of New York 

 city before the days of the Civil war, 

 in 1859, to be precise. Mr. Bolze was 

 born in Hanover, and was educated at 

 the Boyal College of King George of 

 Hanover, receiving a special degree of 

 merit, and soon after came to this coun- 

 try. He first started a florists' busi- 

 ness on Fifth avenue, near Forty-sec- 

 ond street. New York, but later moved 

 to Lexington avenue and Fifty-fourth 

 street. In 1896 Mr. Bolze disposed of 

 his New York possessions and moved 

 to Pleasantville, N. Y., where he es- 

 tablished the greenhouse and nursery 

 business in which he was actively en- 

 gaged up to the time of his death. He 

 was a member of the Knights of 

 Pythias. He leaves four daughters and 

 one son. New York florists attending 



Flowers at the Last Resting Place of Bertha Rleisen Buechel> St. Louis. 



the funeral were W. H. Siebrecht, Sr., 

 and W. G. Badgley, of Badgley & 

 Bishop. 



John B. Savageau. 



John B. Savageau, better known as 

 John B. Sargent to the gardeners of 

 Massachusetts, died of blood poisoning 

 April 24 in the Leominster hospital, 

 Leominster, Mass., at the age of 43. 

 The deceased accidentally scratched one 

 of his fingers a few days previous to 

 his death and, thinking it not serious, 

 did not give it proper care. Blood 

 poisoning developed quickly and he was 

 taken to the hospital for treatment, 

 which was unsuccessful from the start. 



Mr. Savageau was born in Mason- 

 ville, R. I. When 14 years of age he 

 moved to Leominster with his parents. 

 He found employment there under Jo- 

 seph Fuller and learned the business at 

 the Fuller greenhouses. Later he went 



to South Lancaster, where for several 

 years he worked for E. O. Orpet, now 

 of Lake Forest, lU. Three years ago 

 Mr. Savageau returned to Leominster 

 and established the florists' and green- 

 house business in which he was en- 

 gaged up to a few days before his 

 death. He is survived by three chil- 

 dren, five brothers and two sisters. 



Mrs. Mary J. Stevens. 



Mrs. Mary J. Stevens, proprietor of 

 the Stevens Floral Co., of Port Huron, 

 Mich., passed away April 25 following 

 a lingering illness. Mrs. Stevens was 

 the widow of the late D. E. Stevens, 

 whose death occurred about four years 

 ago. Since that time Mrs. Stevens had 

 ably managed the business left to her 

 care. She was born in Toronto, April 

 23, 1849. A daughter and son survive 

 her. 



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One of the principal features of the 

 Easter business noted by Manager 

 George Geraghty, of Dunlop's Flowor 

 Shop, Toronto, Ont., was the increase 

 in orders by wire. More than 160 tele- 

 graph orders were received during the 

 week preceding Easter, from all parts 

 of the vast country between Nova Sco- 

 tia and Vancouver. Another half-dozen 

 were handed in April 24, including one 

 from San Antonio, Tex., and some from 

 Winnipeg, Man., for delivery the fol- 

 lowing week. An excellent plan is that 

 with every express shipment a prepaid 

 acknowledgment card is enclosed, so 

 that the consignee may advise the con- 

 signor in what condition the shipment 

 arrived. Should any complaint be re- 

 ceived the order is duplicated. "We 

 believe it a good policy, although some- 

 times we may get stung," said Mr. 

 Geraghty. Of special note was a spray 

 made with Marguerite Mrs. Sander; 

 both the single and double blooms were 

 exceptionally fine. I understand this 

 is one of the most profitable things 

 grown in bush form, for design work. 

 The new store is 31x95 feet, handsomely 

 equipped, and has a regular force of 



five women and six men to handle the 

 retail end. 



J. Gammage & Sons, of London, Ont., 

 report an excellent season. William 

 Gammage, Sr,, is busy in the land- 

 scape department on some planting con- 

 tracts for the Grand Trunk, railway, 

 which is beautifying its principal sta- 

 tions along the line. It is hoped to 

 apply the idea throughout the entire 

 system. Mr. Gammage, Jr., was a high- 

 ly interested visitor at the National 

 Flower Show and was favorably im- 

 pressed with what he saw on this, I 

 understand, his first of&cial trip. 



Colin Ogston, superintendent of the 

 Kimball Greenhouses, Rochester, N. Y., 

 is proud of a fine specimen plant of 

 Dendrobium chrysotoxum, in a 5-inch 

 basket, carrying nine perfect spikes of 

 exquisite color. 



John F. Malone, the new commissioner 

 of Buffalo parks, is mapping out a 

 project for making the Buffalo parks 

 and gardens more attractive to the pub- 

 lic, who showed their appreciation in 

 connection with the recent plant decora- 

 tion at the Elks ' festival. W. M. 



