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May 25, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



OBITUARY 



Patrick Larkin. 



Patrick Larkin, or "Paddy," as he 

 was familiarly known, florist and poli- 

 tician of Kansas City, Mo., died May 16 

 at St. Joseph's hospital of injuries re- 

 ceived in an automobile accident twelve 

 days previously. The deceased, who 

 was in his thirty-fifth yea,r, was deliv- 

 ering flowers May 4 by automobile, 

 from his store at 1208 Baltimore ave- 

 nue. According to the press, Mr. 

 Larkin was standing in the body of 

 the car and was thrown head foremost 

 against the street curbing when the 

 car rounded a curve sharply. He suf- 

 fered concussion of the brain and was 

 taken to St. Luke's hospital, later be- 

 ing removed to St. Joseph's hospital. 



For many years Mr, Larkin was a 

 power in Fifth Ward politics and prac- 

 tically controlled the Italian vote. The 

 Fifth is known as Kansas City's "OLit- 

 tle Italy." He was born and reared in 

 the ward and knew nearly every man, 

 woman and child there. Two years ago 

 he was' secretary of the city police 

 board. 



Mr. Larkin supported a widowed 

 mother, who survives him. He was a 

 member of the Kansas City Athletic 

 Club, the Elks, Woodmen of the World 

 and the Eagles. Burial was at Mount 

 St. Mary's cemetery. 



' John Eral. 



John Krai, for twenty years mana- 

 ger of the wholesale cut flower business 

 of Moore, Hentz & Nash, New York, 

 after two weeks of intense suffering 

 from pneumonia, died at his home in 

 Port Chester, N. Y., Sunday morning, 

 May 21, leaving a wife and daughter. 

 His age was 42. 



Practically Mr. Krai's whole busi- 

 ness life had been spent in the florists' 

 business. Commencing in the employ 

 of Hobson, a retail florist then on I^f th 

 avenue, and afterwards two and one- 

 half years with Alex, McConnell, he 

 began his experience in the wholesale 

 business over twenty years ago, with 

 the New York Cut Flower Co., going 

 with the firm of Moore, Hentz & Nash 

 upon its formation. He was held in 

 the highest esteem by the members of 

 the firm and by everyone who knew 

 him. 



The funeral services, at Rye, N. Y., 

 May 24, were largely attended by his 

 associates and many floral offerings at- 

 tested their respect and affection. Mr. 

 Krai was a thirty-second degree Mason, 

 and chief of the fire department of 

 Port Chester. He was buried with 

 Masonic honors. J, A. S. 



Alfred Boss. 



Alfred Ross, a pioneer of Wichita, 

 Kan., and head of the Ross Bros. Seed^ 

 House, died unexpectedly of heart fail- 

 ure at his hom-e in Wichita on the morn- 

 ing of May 14. 



The deceased was born July 23, 1849, 

 at Mill Creek, Va. His father, brother 

 and himself were millers. In 1884 Mr. 

 Ross and his brother, J. M. Ross, moved 

 to Widhita and opened a produce and 

 seed business at 319 East Douglas ave- 

 nue. Within three years the firm en- 

 gaged in the seed business almost ex- 

 clusively. 



Alfred Ross never married. Until 

 three years ago he made his home with 



his brother, J. M., and after the death 

 of the latter in 1903, with his sister-in- 

 law. 



He was successful in the business and 

 owned considerable property in and 

 around Wichita. It is probable that the 

 business will be pontinued under the 

 old name, under the management of 

 L. B. McCausland, who has been with 

 the house seventeen years and now is 

 manager of the concern, which is a 

 member of the American Seed Trade 

 Association. 



Funeral services were held May 16. 

 The pallbearers were L. B. McCausland, 

 F. W. Brose, J. Christopher, W. Christo- 

 pher, J. Crane, Charles Dye and M. J. 

 Koenigsman. 



George Haigb. 



George Haigh, of Saginaw, Mich., 

 died May 16 of paralysis at the homp 

 of his son near Saginaw. Mr. Haigh 

 was born in Yorkshire, England, in 

 1840^and immigrated to America with 

 his parents in 1859. They located at 

 Hamilton, Ont., where he met and mar- 

 ried Miss Ruth Cull, in 1860. Shortly 

 after the marriage Mr. Haigh moved to 

 Detroit, where he found employment 

 as a gardener. In 1898 he engaged in 

 the florists' business at Evart, Mich,, 

 and carried it on successfully until 1911, 

 when he sold the business and retired, 

 moving to Saginaw to live with his son. 

 His son and two daughters survive. 



Charles A. Marquet. 



"Charles A. Marquet, formerly presi- 

 dent of the village of Rhinebeck, N. Y., 



and one of the most wid^^ly known 

 violet growers in that section, dropped 

 dead in a yard near his home May 13. 

 Death was caused by heart disease. 

 The deceased was in his sixty-fifth year 

 and is survived by his wife and one 

 daughter. 



John Wright, V. M. H. 

 Many American gardeners of British 

 nativity will regret to learn of the 

 death. May 2, of John Wright, V. M. H., 

 for many years editor of the Journal 

 of Horticulture, London, one of the old- 

 est of British gardening papers, Mr. 

 Wright was born in 1836, so that he 

 was in his eightieth year. 



Carl Oilmore, 

 Carl Gilmore, a well known grower of 

 Kenton, O,, was found dead in his room 

 May 15. He had been in poor health 

 for a long time. 



STAMP TAXES TO GO, 



The administration forces are 

 thought to have decided to abolish the 

 stamp taxes provided for in the so- 

 called war emergency revenue law of 

 October 22, 1914, to take effect July 1, 

 This would do away with the necessity 

 for placing revenue stamps upon ex- 

 press receipts, bills of lading, convey- 

 ances, notes, telegrams and other legal 

 and commercial documents. The spe- 

 cial taxes will also be eliminated and 

 this will relieve commission florists and 

 florists' exchanges from the payment 

 of the tax provided for them. 



C. L. L. 



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Pyfer & Olsem, of Wilmette, 111., re- 

 port a steady increase in local trade, in 

 addition to the daily city shipments. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co., of Milwau- 

 kee, believe the sale of cut flowers for 

 Mothers' day exceeded that of Easter, 

 which is pleasing information. Mrs. 

 Russell roses, grown at the Deer Park 

 place, were of exquisite color and had 

 perfect foliage. 



The C. C. PoUworth Co., of Mil- 

 waukee, handles considerable landscape 

 work, which provides an outlet for much 

 of the stock carried. Every department 

 was busy, 



Sol Garland, of Des Plaines, 111., has 

 built a corrugated boiler shed 34x70 

 feet, to eliminate the risk of fire, which 

 created such havoc not long ago. 



Frank Garland, of Des Plaines, finds 

 a demand for all the adiantum he can 

 grow, an improved type of A. decorum. 



David Vogt, of Coldwater, Mich., 

 has a snug place that bespeaks thrift. 

 It is situated in a small park and is 

 decidedly attractive at all seasons of 

 the year. Mr. Vogt is a veteran of the 

 old school, one of his pets being a 

 grand Marechal Niel rose. He is ably 

 assisted in the management of the busi- 

 ness by his wife and son. 



W, J, & M, S, Vesey, of Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., consider cattleyas a leading fea- 

 ture of the business and give figures that 

 make interesting reading. Two houses, 

 each about 24x90 feet, produced 3,600 

 blooms of Cattleya Trianse during the 

 season; a total cut of 8,000 blooms was 

 recorded for the year. Samuel Hudson, 

 the grower, is particularly proud of a 



specimen of Cattleya gigas, carrying 

 fourteen buds and blooms, in a 4-inch 

 pot. C. Mendeli, a beautiful flower, but 

 not commercially popular, is unique in 

 that it is not counterfeited as the 

 purples. White scale, the greatest 

 enemy, is kept under by careful watch- 

 ing and spraying. 



W. D, Rettic, of South Bend, Ind,, 

 expressed the opinion that the demand 

 for Mothers' day flowers eventually 

 would be similar to that of any other 

 red-letter day and would depend largely 

 on what the retail.er has to offer. He 

 bases this opinion on this year's sales, 

 A shipment of carnations of inferior 

 grade was received. As the price was 

 high, he pushed the sale of flowering 

 plants to good advantage. The idea 

 is, he had the plants. 



The Beyer Floral Co, and the South 

 Bend Floral Co., of South Bend, were 

 well pleased with saleS and have fine 

 stock for Memorial day business. 



The West View Floral Co., of Elk- 

 hart, Ind., find the Hill range, recently 

 acquired, a big asset to the business. 

 At the present rate it will be necessary 

 to stall further expand. Landscape 

 work is heavy. 



The Van Aken Bros, store at Elkhart 

 reports good business. The range at 

 Coldwater, Mich., is being enlarged to 

 meet the increasing business. Messrs. 

 Van Aken are giving up market garden- 

 ing and substituting the growing of 

 high-grade alfalfa-fed cattle, which they 

 figure will be more profitable. They 

 have a fine stand of this profitable 

 clover. W. M. 



