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The Florists' Review 



21 



John W. Lyon. 



John W. Lyon, senior member of the 

 firm of Lyon & Anderson, Belvidere, 

 111., died July 28 at the General hospital 

 in Freeport, where he was taken a few 

 weeks ago, suffering from a physical 

 breakdown which developed into heart 

 trouble. 



Mr. Lyon was well known in this part 

 of the state, was prominent in lodge and 

 business circles, at one time was mayor 

 of Belvidere, and was a member for a 

 number of terms of the city council. 

 For several years he has been associated 

 in the florist business with his son-in- 

 law. 



Besides the widow, he is survived 

 by three children, Allen Lyon and Mrs. 

 Herb Anderson, both of Belvidere, and 

 Mrs. Florence Hahn, of Elgin, and three 

 grandchildren, John, Arthur and Violet 

 Lyon. 



The remains were brought to Belvi- 

 dere July 29 and the funeral was held 

 in the Methodist church, July 30. In- 

 terment was in Stockton, 111., the for- 

 mer home of Mr. Lyon. 



Bidiard H. Dunbar. 



Following an illness that extended 

 over several years, Eichard H. Dunbar, 

 for many years a retail florist and 

 grower at. Bristol, R. I., died at his 

 home in that town July 28. 



Richard Harker Dunbar was born in 

 Bristol fifty-eight years ago, the son of 

 the late Robert and Ruth (Coggeshall) 

 Dunbar. His ancestors were prominent 

 in colonial and revolutionary days. 

 He attended the public schools of 

 Bristol and in his youth was engaged 

 in the grocery and market business. 

 While still a young man he established 

 himself in the greenhouse business at 

 Bristol and for several years maintained 

 a prominence in the business. He was 

 one of the early members of the Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island and one of the active advocates 

 and workers for the entertainment of 

 the convention of the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists in Providence in 1896. 

 About three years ago his health was 

 undermined to such an extent that he 

 retired from active business. Mr. 

 Dunbar was twice married, his first wife 

 dying several years ago, leaving two 

 daughters. The second wife, a brother 

 and a sister survive him. W. H. M. 



Boyal Hodsden. 



Notice comes from the Pacific coast 

 of the death July 23 of Royal Hodsden, 

 of Santa Monica, Cal., who for many 

 years was associated with his half- 

 brother, George Black, in the florists' 

 business at Back Bay, Boston. The de- 

 cedent was 62 years of age and is sur- 

 vived by four half-brothers, Edwin C. 

 Black, of Jersey City, N. J.; George 

 Black, of Falmouth, Mass.;, Fred W. and 

 Arthur N. Black, of Santa Monica, Cal. 



E. W. Olaxk. 



Announcement is made of the recent 

 death of E. W. Clark, of New London, 

 Conn. Hiei demise was not unexpected, 

 following an attack of grip during the 

 Christmas holidays, from which . he 

 never recovered. Born in Perth, Scot- 

 land, in 1847, Mr. Clark came to Amer- 



ica and shortly after entered the em- 

 ploy of the late John Spalding, later 

 engaging in business on his own ac- 

 count. He was a citizen of New 

 London almost half a century, well 

 known and highly respected in the 

 community. The business will be con- 

 tinued by the son, John E. Clark, who 

 has managed the store end for several 

 years. W. M. 



Mrs. Theresia Ealisch. 



Mrs. Theresia Kalisch, mother of John 

 M. and Edward W. Kalisch, of St. Louis, 

 Mo., died July 24, after an illness of 

 ten days. She was treasurer of the Ka- 

 lisch Bros. Floral Co. and well known 

 to all in the trade. The funeral was 

 held at Lupton 's parlors July 27. Many 

 of the trade attended and the room was 

 completely filled with floral tributes, 



J. J. B. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The hot wave at this writing con- 

 tinues and business suffers considerably. 

 July 24 the official thermometer regis- 

 tered 98 degrees and July 30 the temper- 

 ature was 115 degrees, on the street level. 

 The extreme heat has cut off the de- 

 mand as well as the supply. The exodus 

 of people to the lake resorts has been 



large. Funeral work is the only outlet 

 for the stock in the market. 



Easter lilies lead the stock offered in 

 the market at present, as they are of 

 excellent quality. Roses are poor and 

 carnations have disappeared entirely. 

 Gladioli are plentiful and of fine qual- 

 ity. Chinese asters also are good. The 

 variety and bulk of. outdoor stock are 

 smaller, owing to the lack of rain and 

 the terrible heat. 



Many of the local florists are taking 

 advantage of the dull spell and are on 

 vacation trips. Others are cleaning and 

 redecorating their stores, Collections 

 are coming in nicely. 



Various Notes. 



A visitor last week was Robert Hero, 

 representing Zinn & Co., New York. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lanternier and 

 daughters, Ruth and Hilda, motored to 

 Paulding, O., last week. Mr. and- Mrs. 

 E. J. Lanternier have gone to Lake 

 James for a week's outing. 



Will J. Vesey, Jr., has returned from 

 a business trip to Peru, Ind. 



The Doswell Floral Co. has its new 

 rose house, 30x100 feet, near comple- 

 tion. The house will be planted to 

 Hoosier Beauty and Russell roses and 

 sweet peas. 



Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Shive, of the 

 Flick Floral Co., and Mildred, Marguer- 

 ite and Georgia Flick motored to Lake 

 Wawasee July 30. R. F. 



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F. I. Drake, of Pittsfield, Mass., 

 leased his business to R. Engelmann, in- 

 tending to retire. After a rest of nearly 

 three years, however, he decided to re- 

 turn to his old love. He secured a 

 handsome store in the center of the 

 town, which is managed by Mr. Engel- 

 mann. Mr. Drake has the greenhouses, 

 as formerly. He was giving "first at- 

 tention" to a promising lot of chrys- 

 anthemums at the time of my visit. 



L. W. Acheson, of Pittsfield, says 

 funeral work has kept him busy, to the 

 detriment of indoor planting. Outdoor 

 work is about completed. 



My old friend, F. L. Follwell, of 

 Pittsfield, has the best wishes of all 

 who know him on his recovery of his 

 former health. 



Frank Burfitt, of Chicopee Falls, 

 Mass., observed that, like many others, 

 he deferred building owing to the scar- 

 city of lal?or. The situation now seems 

 to be easing. 



G. H. Sinclair, of Holyoke, Mass., is 

 waiting for a further increase in values 

 to dispose of his land here. He will re- 

 move to the new place at Smiths Ferry 

 at the earliest opportunity. 



The Beach Greenhouses, at South 

 Hadley Falls, Mass., report a full share 

 of the season's good things. 



L. D. Robinson, of Springfield, Mass., 

 has joined the ranks of the grangers 

 by the purchase of a fine 45-acre farm, 

 with an eye to the city growing in that 

 direction. Gladioli in large quantities 

 and of the finest varieties are among 

 the specials set out. 



J. W. Adams & Co., of Springfield, 

 observed that this season has been one 

 of the easiest for planting in their sev- 

 eral years of experience in the nursery 

 business, and they believe the trade 



will endorse this opinion. They have 

 leased the glass devoted to flowering 

 stock, finding that the nursery end de- 

 mands their entire attention. 



W. Schlatter & Son, of Springfield, 

 are remodeling their store, adding a new 

 McCray and a Gloekler refrigerator. 

 These make a handsome appearance 

 with the new show cases. The work- 

 room is in the rear and the office and 

 sanctum overhead. 



Mark Aitken, of Springfield, says 

 both his stores are doing well. The 

 greenhouses at Agawam are keeping up 

 the good reputation made. 



H. F. A. Lange, of Worcester, Mass., 

 is making a good display of summer 

 flowers at his fine store. Early closing 

 is in vogue and is taken advantage of 

 by all concerns, after such a long and 

 busy season. 



F. E. Keyei, of Worcester, is pre- 

 paring for a busy fall. Mr. Keyes suf- 

 fered a severe accident recently and is 

 slowly recovering from its effects. It 

 is hoped he will soon be himself again. 



L. C. Midgley has disposed of his 

 interests in the range at Westboro, 

 Mass., and is giving his entire atten- 

 tion to the Worcester Conservatories, 

 assisted by his two sons. Carnations 

 and chrysanthemums are leaders. A 

 catch crop of Tomato Comet planted 

 June 2 is now — July 12 — showing fruit. 

 It is expected these will be cropped and 

 cleaned out by the time carnations are 

 ready to come in from the field. * * Plants 

 are doing finely, ' ' commented Mr. Midg- 

 ley, "and 80 are the weeds." 



Oscar Schultz, of Newport, R. I., was 

 a visitor to the Hub at the time of my 

 call, and remarked that this is his best 

 season yet. W. M. 



