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The Florists^ Review 



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,oming its first president. He was the 

 author of several pamphlets on rose 

 iiropagation. 



No sketch of Mr. Barry 's career would 

 be adequate without a description of 

 liis work as president of the EUwanger & 

 Jiarry Realty Co., a subsidiary concern 

 ,:1 the nursery, which was such an im- 

 uM-t&nt factor in. the beautification of 

 t'O residence section, or the city bor- 

 (uiing on Highland park. Indeed, it 

 w.'S largely through the taste and ex- 

 jr,ii)le of Mr. Barry that the homes in 

 tint and other sections of the city be- 

 c;;ine so attractive as to win for Roches- 

 t( the cognomen of "City of Homes." 

 y. . Barry was a member of the Eoches- 

 ti park commission from its inception 

 111 lil it disbanded in 1915. He was par- 

 ticularly interested in the formation of 

 I{i.jhland park and took much pride 

 iu its popularity. Nearly twenty acres 

 of land were presented to the city by 

 E iwanger & Barry as the first step in 

 it: creation. In this way and that, Mr. 

 P,nrry added to the park, got appropria- 

 tions for it and, through the assistance 

 oi" Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, of Boston, increased its 

 ctlucational value and beauty. In 1890, 

 in celebration of EUwanger & Barry's 

 soniicentennial anniversary, the com- 

 pany erected an elaborate 2-story 

 pavilion at Highland park and dedicated 

 it to the children of Rochester, 



Mr. Barry lived to see his Lilac day, 

 wliich now is an annual feature in 

 Knchester's parks. In 1909 Mr. Barry 

 introduced the variety of lilacs known 

 as Syringea cserulea superba, which is 

 considered one of the best of its color, 

 a rich blue. Mr. Barry at this time 

 printed several treatises on lilacs. 



A splendid presiding officer, Mr. 

 Barry became president of the Western 

 Now York Horticultural Society and 

 served in that office for twenty-seven 

 years; in fact, the members of that 

 most utilitarian body would not permit 

 him to retire and he died the incumbent 

 of the office of president. During his 

 administration the membership grew 

 from 300 to 1,500. As previously stated, 

 Mr. Barry served as president of the 

 American Rose Society, of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen and of the 

 Eastern Nurserymen's Association. He 

 also was deeply interested in the State 

 College of Agriculture at Cornell Uni- 

 versity and in the establishment of ex- 

 perimental stations. He was president 

 of the board of control of the New York 

 State Experimental Station and was a 

 member of the American Pomological 

 Society. He was a member of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce and the Business Men's 

 A sociation and at one time was con- 

 1' 'ted with the various electrical rail- 

 ways and railroad enterprises of Roches- 

 ter. Mr. Barry was president of several 

 0* the leading banking institutions of 

 th city at the time of his death. His 

 ^' ne frequently had been mentioned 

 f^' the position of mayor. 



'uneral services were held Thursday, 

 D ember 14, at St. Patrick 's Cathedral. 

 T' ^i services were largely attended, in- 

 ^- ding Hiram H. Edgerton, mayor of 

 ^ 'hester, city officials, county officials, 

 S' eral court judges, members of the 

 P k board, a large representation of 

 ^ horticultural society, officers of the 

 ^' amber of Commerce, members of the 



Chester Florists ' A.ssociation, officers 

 ''I directors of the city banks and the 

 e iployees of EUwanger & Barry, Inc. 



Mr. Barry is survived by three sons, 



Villiam C Barry. 



William C, Jr., Frederick G. and 

 Arthur A. Barry; a daughter, Mrs. 

 Charles H. Stearns, and a sister, Mrs. 

 B. Leisching. Mrs. W. C. Barry, nee 

 Miss Louise Gaffney, whom the decedent 

 married in 1874, died five years ago. 



Charles A. Hanley. 



Charles A. Hanley, of Orange, N. J., 

 was stricken with paralysis December 

 11 while at the station of the Lacka- 

 wanna railroad at Orange, and died be- 

 fore midnight. He was to take 

 charge of laying out the flower beds and 

 shrubbery around the new station. Mr. 

 Hanley was 49 years old. He was a 

 native of West Orange and had been a 

 florist all his life. Besides his wife, he 

 leaves two daughters and three sons. 

 Interment was at St. John 's cemetery, 

 Orange. R. B. M. 



Qeoige Hunter. 



George Hunter, senior member of the 

 Crabb & Hunter Floral Co., of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., died December 14 at the 

 home of his son-in-law, George F. 

 Crabb. He would have reached the age 

 of 90 had he lived until spring. 



Although Mr. Hunter was in the flo- 

 rists' business for thirty years, he was 

 not well known commercially, as his in- 

 terests were mostly with the mechanical 

 ends of the business. Born at Leith, 

 Scotland, May 31, 1827, he came to this 

 country at the age of 20 and began his 

 career hauling logs on the site of what 

 now is Cleveland. Later he became in- 

 terested in the chain-making business at 

 Detroit. Thirty years ago he moved to 

 Grand Rapids with George F. Crabb and 

 established the florists' business of 

 Crabb & Hunter Floral Co. 



Mr. Hunter was a studious man and 

 gleaned a fine education from books 

 after reaching this country. Many flo- 

 ral tributes from the trade were in evi- 

 dence at the funeral services, which 

 were held December 16. He is survived 

 by three sisters and nine grandchildren. 



A. F. C. 



George Sawyer. 



George Sawyer, of Murray Hill, N. J., 

 died December 7 at the Overlook hos- 

 pital, at Summit, N. J. The deceased 

 entered the hospital for an operation 

 for cancer, and, while the operation it- 

 self was successful, he did not rally 

 from the effects of the cancer. 



The decedent was one of the fore- 

 men at the L. B. Coddington rose grow- 

 ing establishment, at Murray Hill. He 

 was well liked by all who knew him 

 and a most valued friend. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife, three children, two 

 sisters and his father and mother. 



Decatur, IU.— This town recently has 

 had an exhibition of the folly of price 

 cutting, for as late as December 15 two 

 of the local florists were trying to see 

 which one could lose the most money 

 selling carnations at 15 cents per dozen 

 and paying the advertising bill. 



Huntingburg, Ind.— Peter Morgen in 

 increasing his facilities with much regu- 

 larity. A potting shed 63x75 feet haa 

 just been added, a greenhouse 15x150 

 and a plant house 33x60. Beauties con- 

 tinue to be his leading specialty, bat 

 he also finds a profit in roses, carnations, 

 lilies and other bulbous stock and is 

 trying the forcing of imported pot 

 plants. *^ 



