



September 7,. 1916. 



Florists' Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



William J. Newton. 



William J. Newton, 33 years of age, 

 of Norfolk, Va., died in the Protestant 

 hospital of that city August 29, after 

 several weeks of illness from typhoid 

 fever. 



The deceased's whole life had been 

 spent in the florists' business at Nor- 

 folk, first with his father, the late A. J. 

 Newton, who was among the pioneers 

 of the business there, and then branch- 

 ing out for himself at his father's 

 death. His ability and striking person- 

 ality soon earned for him a good pat- 

 ronage, with the result that he built a 

 business second to none of the kind in 

 the city. His store on Granby street 

 was beautiful and his modern range of 

 houses on Colonial avenue turned out 

 some of the finest stock seen in Norfolk. 



Besides his mother, wife and two 

 children, three brothers, Ernest J., 

 Alton R. and Arthur M., survive him, 

 all of whom are engaged in the florists ' 

 business in the same city. The funeral 

 was held from the late residence, Au- 

 gust 31, many members of Elk and 

 Moose orders, of which he was a mem- 

 ber, being in attendance. 



'William T. BelL u: rr, 



Walking home along the tracks after 

 he had paid a visit to a friend at Gon- 

 neaut Lake, William T. Bell, aged 73, 

 one of the best known citizens of 

 Franklin, Pa., was struck and instantly 

 killed by an Erie passenger train in the 

 afternoon of August 29. . 



William Temple Bell was born Febru- 

 ary 19, 1843, in the village of Eals, 

 county of Northumberland, England. 

 The family came to the United States 

 in 1849, settling in Franklin. Mr. Bell 

 had received little education from the 

 schools, as he began working when 

 quite young. Largely to gratify the 

 wish of his father, he began the study 

 of law and January 24, 1865, he was 

 admitted to the bar and became a 

 partner of Samuel Plumer, with whom 

 he practiced the legal profession for 

 some time, being most interested per- 

 sonally in the study and investigation 

 of titles to real estate and the laws re- 

 lating thereto, and in the preparation 

 of conveyances, contracts and other 

 legal papers, and caring less for that 

 branch of the business formerly known 

 in England as "Old Bailey practice." 



His natural inclinations, however, led 

 in other directions and in 1868 he em- 

 barked in business on a small scale as 

 a florist, being the first to engage in 

 that pursuit in the section of the coun- 

 try where he lived, but as there was 

 but little demand for his productions 

 at the beginning of his experience in 

 that line he, as he expressed it, starved 

 out twice and was compelled to seek 

 other employment, being engaged by an 

 attorney in Oil City to assist him in 

 the practice of his profession, but after 

 having saved a suflBcient amount of 

 money to justify him in doing so, he 

 returned to the business of his choice, 

 which, because of his careful and in- 

 telligent industry, continued to im- 

 prove and was carried on successfully 

 for more than forty years. The busi- 

 ness now is conducted by the Bell 

 Floral Co., under the management of 

 the sons, John and Edward. 



VllUam T. BeU. 



Mr. Bell was a prolific writer and 

 contributed many articles to The Re- 

 view, frequently illustrating them with 

 photographs of his own making. In 

 earlier years he was called on to judge 

 many flower shows, last serving in that 

 capacity at the Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion. His last appearance at a trade 

 convention was when he read a paper 

 at the Pittsburgh convention of the 

 American Carnation Society in 1910. 

 As early as 1866 he published two small 

 volumes of verse and he subsequently 

 produced many essays, poems, songs, 

 historical sketches and illustrated lec- 

 tures. He served six years as school 

 director and was also at one time on 

 the board of managers of the Franklin 

 cemetery. 



Mr. Bell left his wife, who was 

 Rachel Likins, of Ohio, and to whom 

 he was married December 1, 1869; also 

 the following children: Miss Anna, at 

 home; John, of Niles; Philip, of Dallas, 

 Tex., and Edward, at home. Two sis- 

 ters survive: Jane F. Bell and Rachel 

 Bell, of Sandycreek township. Edward 

 and Miss Anna Bell were absent, on the 

 homeward journey following a tour of 

 the Yellowstone, at the time of the ac- 

 cident and it was several days before 

 they could be reached with the sad 

 news. 



The funeral was largely attended and 

 there were many flowers. 



NEW BEDFOBD, MASS. 



The Market. 



The local growers are all preparing 

 for fall and winter. The unusual 

 weather conditions have delayed a good 

 deal of the work, but with the present 

 bright, cool days it will not take long 

 to catch up. 



The early bulbs are coming in and 

 the appearances are that there will be 

 more of these than ever. 



Late asters of good quality are 

 scarce. Gladioli are* plentiful and 

 cheap. Business in general was unus- 

 ually good for August. 



Various Notes. 



The work of preparing for a busy 

 winter at the establishment of the Peck- 

 ham Floral Co. is coming on in fine 

 shape under the guidance of the man- 

 ager, Samuel Peckham. 



Ernest Chamberlain is contemplating 

 another move. He is not entirely satis- 

 fied with his present location. 



The best late asters in the city are 

 being cut by Edward M. Pierce. He 

 has some fine carnation plants housed. 

 His violets in the field are also as fine 

 as anyone would wish to see. 



George N. Borden has returned from 

 a two weeks' vacation spent at Jolly 

 island. Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H. 



The carnations in the field of Robt. 

 H. Woodhouse are of poor quality, ow- 

 ing to the unusually wet summer and 

 the low ground on which they were 

 planted. 



Wm. P. Pierce has given up his shop 

 on Pleasant street and will conduct his 

 business entirely from his greenhouses 

 on Elm street. 



Wm. Davenport reports business as 

 rather dull at present. 



A recent visit by the writer to the 

 Kingston Gardeners' place, at King- 

 ston, Mass., found everything looking 

 fine. H. J. Walsh, the grower, has some 

 good carnations in the field. He is cut- 

 ting some first-class gladioli. 



W. M. P. 



Eydal, Pa.— Harry Markhorst, a Hol- 

 lander, has started a florists' business 

 here. 



