OCTOBEB 19, 1016. 



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August Carl Oelachig. 



lost successful career as a florist 

 was brought to a close October 12 

 when August Carl Oelschig, of Savan- 

 nah, 6a., founder of A. C. Oelschig & 

 Sons, one of the largest concerns in 

 the entire south, departed from this 

 life. Death came as an end of an ill- 

 ness that began about eighteen months 

 ago. 



The deceased, who was born in the 

 kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Novem- 

 ber 27, 1848, was a veteran of the 

 trade, for on his arrival in America in 

 1874 he secured employment with 

 Gabriel Marks, at Woodside, Long Is- 

 land^ N. Y., and there mastered the pro- 

 fession. 



In ,'1881 Mr. Oelschig removed to 

 Savannah and launched the greenhouse 

 business which later became the foun- 

 dation of the large establishment lie 

 conducted at the time of his death. 

 At the start Mr. Oelschig specialized 

 in producing rose plants for the north- 

 ern markets, and in this he had gr6at 

 success for a number of years. Later 

 he expanded his business by venturing 

 into the retail field and subsequently 

 started a department for the wholesale 

 production of rubber plants. As a 

 grower of ficus the deceased enjoyed a 

 national reputation; more than 20,000 

 ficus cuttings were shipped by the 

 concern during last spring and summer. 

 Mr. Oelschig was said to be the intro- 

 ducer of wild smilax, palm leaves, 

 southern palms and pine tops for deco- 

 rative purposes. The business, which 

 makes use of twenty-four houses, a nur- 

 sery and store, will be continued by the 

 sons, Carl H. and Albert Oelschig. 



The deceased was a member of the 

 S. A. F. for a number of years and 

 served several times as vice-president 

 for the state of (Georgia. He was the 

 incumbent of the office at the time of 

 his death. He was actively identified 

 with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and 

 Knights of Pythias and was one of 

 the leading factors in German social 

 and benevolent activities. 



The survivors of Mr. Oelschig are his 

 wife, six children, one sister and 

 numerous relatives in Germany. The 

 children are: Carl and Albert Oelschig, 

 Mrs. L. Schweizer, Misses Anna, Elsa 

 and Olga Oelschig. All of these reside 

 in Savannah. 



Funeral services were held October 

 13 atid interment made in Hillcrest 

 cemoiery, with rites of the Knights of 

 Pytttifts. Numerous floral tributes from 

 his many friends and acquaintances 

 marked the last resting place. 



Samuel Fleming Kerns. 



Samuel F. Kerns, pioneer of 1852 in 

 the state of Oregon and founder of 

 the first nursery at Portland, which he 

 later transferred to Eugene, Ore., and 

 conducted under the firm name of 

 Kerns & Parson, died October 8 at the 

 age of 83, death resulting from a 

 broken leg sustained in a fall four 

 weeks previously. 



Mr. Kerns was born in Hillsboro, 

 Highland county, Ohio. In his early 

 boyhood his family followed the re- 

 ceding frontier, settling for a time in 

 Indiana at Logansport and Rensselaer, 

 when the boy was 19 years of age. 



They entered Oregon by the old Barlow 

 road and took up a farm in what is 

 now Montavilla, Ore. The same year 

 his future wife. Miss Elizabeth Clag- 

 gett, was brought west as a child by 

 her parents, who chose the route 

 through The Dalles. 



Mr.. Kerns worked for some years in 

 the Mt. Tabor district, and at the time 

 of his marriage in 1868 was able to 

 bring his bride to a 20-acre tract on 

 the east side of Portland. Here he de- 

 veloped one of the first nurseries in 

 Oregon. Mr. Kerns remained in the 

 nursery business, first in Portland, but 

 from 1883 to 1908 in Eugene. In 1908 

 he broke his leg, the same one whose 



Phillips the car flopped right side up 

 and, with its engine still running at full 

 speed, stood sentinel over the corpfie 

 until found several hours later. 



The deceased, who was well known 

 in Wichita and neighboring towns, was 

 37 years of age and unmarried. He is 

 survived by a sister, Mrs. George 

 Winters, of Colwich, Kan. 



Augtist Carl Oelschig. 



repeated breakage caused his death, 

 and retired fipom business, turning his 

 nurseries ovet to his sons, LeBoy and 

 Harold Kerns. 



Twice Mr. Kerns responded to his 

 country's call for soldiers. He served 

 as a private along the Snake River in 

 the Indian war of 1856, and in 1862 

 he volunteered for the Civil war. 



The two sons, and two daughters, 

 Mrs. F. L. Chambers, wife of a Eugene 

 banker, and Miss Maude Kerns, teacher 

 of art in the X^incoln high school at 

 Seattle, survive him. 



Nicholas Phillips. 



Nicholas Phillips, for ten years man- 

 ager of the rose department of C. P. 

 Mueller, the Wichita, Kan., florist, was 

 killed two weeks ago when the automo- 

 bile which he was driving got beyond 

 control and turned turtle on a road not 

 far from Wichita. After killing Mr. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



' ' This is the most vagarious season in 

 my experience," remarked W. A. Ken- 

 nedy, of the C. C. Pollworth Co., Mil- 

 waukee, "and I was raised in a flower 

 pot, so to speak. With the greenhouse 

 thermometer registering 160 degrees in 

 the shade, is it any wonder that roses 

 and mums, especially on the edges of 

 the beds, were burned? We growers 

 are feeling the effects of the heat in 

 the early period and are compelled .to 

 fire to keep down black spot and other 

 diseases. The result of the setback is 

 seen in the late-flowering stock, more 

 noticeable on account of the severe 

 early frost that killed all outdoor stock, 

 with nothing in sight but carnations — 

 for a spell at least." Mr. Kennedy be- 

 lieves that sympathy with the other 

 fellows in the same boat helps out 

 quite a bit. 



Herman V. Hunkel, of the Helton & 

 Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, now figures 

 labor as one fixed advance charge. He 

 agrees that labor in the greenhouse, 

 with its number of hours, has not been 

 adequately recognized until now. "The 

 item of coal is not fixed, as it is possi- 

 ble that the winter may be brighter 

 and shorter, so that in the end the ex- 

 pense may not be beyond the aver- 

 age," said Mr. Hunkel. "The high 

 cost of glass certainly has checked 

 building, for the present anyhow. We 

 are figuring the advance in prices now 

 charged to cover the general increase 

 already unavoidable, but we cannot 

 stand the additional strain, which I be- 

 lieve is only temporary," concluded Mr. 

 Hunkel. Russell and Killarney roses 

 are seen in excellent quality for first 

 crop, from the Deer Park range. 



Robert Rahaley, manager of the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, of 

 Detroit, says anything good sells nowa- 

 days. "This cold spell will shorten up 

 stock, just when we have begun to look 

 for a good supply to please both our 

 customers and ourselves," said Mr. 

 Rahaley. 



William Dilger, of the Dilger Land- 

 scape Co., Detroit, informs me that a 

 large share of the company's business 

 is done in Canada. When I met him he 

 was making a visit to Walkerville, Out., 

 to look over the decorative work an- 

 nually contracted for by J. Breit- 

 meyer's Sons. 



Van Bochove & Bro., of Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., report a busy summer. July 

 was rather better than August, with 

 much design work. The first display 

 of fall bulbs in the store window was 

 fine and a good reminder of planting 

 time. "Planting time soon will be 

 here, ' ' observed Mr. Van Bochove, ' ' for 

 the frost is on the pumpkin and the 

 gardens soon will be desolate." 



W. M. 



Hagerstown, Md. — After several years 

 of apprenticeship in the smart flower 

 stores along Fifth avenue, New York, 

 M. I. Brewer has returned to Hagers- 

 town, his home town, and opened a 

 good-looking store. 



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