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Hoitt, A. P. JBtaer, A. E. Sargent, 

 Charles SanderT^V^illiam Martin, Wil- 

 liam Thatcher, j||d|Li an Finlayson, T. D. 

 Hatfield, W. £H|}h, John H. Dillon, 

 James B. She^|PF. N. Craig, W. H. 

 Judd, E. H. Wilson, David Weir, Leon- 

 ard Barron, W. E. Fischer, E. Allan 

 Peirce and Alfred Eehder. Interment 

 was at Christ Church graveyard, An- 

 dover, Mass., where Mrs, Dawson was 

 buried some years ago. The honorary 

 pallbearers were Prof. C. S. Sargent, 

 E. H. Wilson, Judge C. W. Hoitt, Wil- 

 liam Warner Harper, J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar and Prof. Benjamin M. Watson. 



W. N. Craig. 



Jolm Charlton. 



John Charlton died at his home, 629 

 Culver road, Rochester, N. Y., August 

 2, at the age of 80 years. In his death 

 the city loses one of its veteran horti- 

 culturists, one who ranked high in his 

 knowledge of plants and fruits and who 

 did much toward making Eochester 

 worthy of its distinction as the Flower 

 City. He was the last of the pioneer 

 nurserymen who settled in the vicinity. 

 He was born at Horningsham, Wiltshire, 

 England, November 19, 1835. At the 

 age of 17 years he became apprenticed 

 at the gardens of Longleat, which is 

 now one of the show places of England. 

 After completing his apprenticeship he 

 went' to the island of Guernsey, where 

 he took charge Of the garden of Peter 

 De Jersey. In the fall of 1856 the 

 young gardener landed in New York. 

 The first winter he worked in Canada 

 and in the following spring he removed 

 to Eochester, where he spent the rest of 

 his life. In 1864 he was married to 

 Miss Sarah McAskie. In 1865 he start- 

 ed in business for himself in a humble 

 way, growing flowers and small fruits. 



His wonderful knowledge of the busi- 

 ness won for him much respect and 

 prominence. His knowledge of botany, 

 both through study and through obser- 

 vation, was of the broadest kind. He 

 stood for all that was noble and progres- 

 sive in horticulture and the nursery 

 trade. He was known throughout the 

 country as the founder of the Charlton 

 nurseries, but he had still greater fame 

 as an importer of new varieties of 

 plants. In 1869 he introduced into this 

 country Ampelopsis Veitchii, and it was 

 he who first offered a number of the 

 Japanese and Chinese shrubs that long 

 since have become generally popular. 

 In 1873 he propagated the Peter Hen- 

 derson tree carnation, and later he in- 

 troduced the Pocklington grape and the 

 Golden Prolific gooseberry. After 1883 

 he devoted his entire time to the grow- 

 ing of nursery stock. When his sons, 

 John A. and Joseph M., became old 

 enough, he associated himself with them 

 under the firm name of Charlton & Sons. 



The funeral took place from his resi- 

 dence, August 4. Eev. Marvin J. 

 Thompson, pastor of the United Pres- 

 byterian church, officiated. Mr. Charl- 

 ton is survived by his wife and two 

 sons, John A. and Joseph M.; also by 

 two daughters, Mrs. W. B. Kerr and 

 Miss Margaret Charlton, and three 

 grandchildren. H. J. H. 



John Supper. 



John Supper, of Lakewood, N. J., 

 aged 70 years, who for many years sold 

 the output of his small greenhouse to 

 the people stopping at Lakewood 's 

 fashionable hotels, committed suicide 



John Charlton. 



July 31 by shooting himself. The trag- 

 edy occurred at the decedent's home. 

 Ill health was the cause of the act. A 

 wife and two sons survive. 



Naham J. GrelL 



Announcement is made of the death 

 July 17 of Naham J. Greil, president 

 of the Greil Bros. Co., of Montgomery, 

 Ala., wholesalers of groceries, liquors 

 and seeds. The seed department was 

 started September 1, 1915, the main 

 business of groceries having been es- 

 tablished in 1865. 



Mrs. George C. Shaffer. 



Mrs. George C. Shaffer, wife of one 

 of Washington's leading retail florists, 

 died August 6, after a long illness. 



Mrs. Shaffer was one of the best liked 

 among the lady florists of the national 

 capital. She was extremely active in 

 everything pertaining to the social life 

 of the florists and was a leader in the 

 ladies' auxiliary when it flourished for 

 a number of years. At the florists ' out- 

 ings she always took a prominent part 

 and usually wore the badge designating 

 members of the reception committee. 

 Her loss will be equally felt in the 

 neighboring city of Baltimore, for on 

 many occasions she was hostess to the 

 lady florists of that city. And other 

 cities will miss her pleasant smile dur- 

 ing the holding of S. A. F. conventions, 



for here again she always took a lead- 

 ing part, lending her every effort to 

 make the stay of some other person 

 pleasant. 



Mrs. Shaffer held the honors among 

 the lady florists of the District of Co- 

 lumbia as a bowler, for, like her hus- 

 band, she was an adept at that sport 

 and was the winner of many trophies. 



Besides her husband, Mrs. Shaffer 

 leaves behind her a young son, Clarence 

 Shaffer. The funeral was from her resi- 

 dence in the Brighton, 1342 I street, 

 northwest, with burial in the Congres- 

 sional cemetery. C. L. L. 



Mrs. J. L. Dillon. 



July 25 occurred the death of Mrs. 

 Louise H. Dillon, owner of the J. L. 

 Dillon florists' business at Bloomsburg, 

 Pa., under whose will the entire prop- 

 erty and business are given to her two 

 sons, Charles H. Dillon and Harold P 

 Dillon. 



The florists' business in Bloomsburg 

 was founded in 1875 by J. L. Dillonj 

 father of the present owners, under 

 whose successful management it grew to 

 the largest in that section of the state. 

 At his death in 1906, the business went 

 to' Mrs. Dillon, who greatly enlarged 

 and improved the establishment. The 

 business will be continued under the 

 name of J. L. Dillon and the manage 

 ment of Charles H. Dillon. 





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