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The Florists^ Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



William Beid Siebrecht. 



William Eeid Siebrecht, of Siebrecht 

 Bros. Inc., Seventy-third street and 

 Madison avenue, New York, died of 

 heart disease at his home in New Ro- 

 chelle September 4. Death came whih 

 Mr. Siebrecht was asleep. Mr. Siebrecht 

 was 43 years old. He was born in As- 

 toria, N. Y., and was a son of Henry A. 

 Siebrecht, who for more than fifty years 

 has been identified with the florists' 

 business as grower, wholesaler and re- 

 tailer. Mr. Siebrecht was connected 

 with the trade all of his working life 

 and since 1905 had been manager of the 

 store he and his brother, Walter Sie- 

 brecht, owned. 



Mr. Siebrecht is survived by his wife 

 and two daughters, his parents, one sis- 

 ter, Mrs. W. S. Monroe, and three broth- 

 ers, H. A. Siebrecht, Jr., of Pasadena, 

 Cal.; Charles W. Siebrecht, manager of 

 the Rose Hill Nurseries, and Walter R. 

 Siebrecht. 



The funeral services were held from 

 the home at New Rochelle September 7 

 and were attended by many friends in 

 the trade in New York city. The home 

 was filled with floral offerings, coming 

 from florists in New York and vicin- 

 ity. J. A. S. 

 Julius Niednagel. 



One of the veterans of Indiana, Julius 

 Niednagel, who started a florists' busi- 

 ness at Evansville in 1889, died at his 

 home September 6, at the age of 68. 

 Until the early part of last summer Mr. 

 Niednagel had enjoyed good health, but 

 an acute case of diabetes developed and 

 culminated in death at the end of two 

 months. 



The decedent was born in Germany 

 and came to this country at the age of 

 14. After a number of years at New 

 York he moved to Evansville, in 1887. 

 The business he started a few years 

 later prospered, and today the firm of 

 Julius Niednagel & Sons operates ap- 

 proximately 100,000 feet of glass. The 

 sons, Emil, Curt, Waldemar and Fred, 

 will continue the business. 



Mr. Niednagel was well known and 

 liked by everyone. He always seemed 

 young for his years, was quick of step 

 and took a keen interest in trade mat- 

 ters. He was vice-president of the 

 Evansville Florists' Club at the time of 

 his death. 



The funeral, which took place Sep- 

 tember 8, was largely attended by 

 friends, the floral tributes being unusu- 

 ally numerous. E. L. F. 



George F. Moore. 



G. F. Moore, of Rushville, Ind., who 

 had been in poor health for a number of 

 years, died last week of paralysis. A 

 wife, daughter and son survive. The 

 business established by the decedent 

 has been managed by the son for several 

 years. 



Oscar H. Will. 



One of the pioneer seedsmen of the 

 northwest, Oscar H. Will, president of 

 O. H. Will & Co., of Bismarck, N. D., 

 died recently at his home, after an ill- 

 ness of several months. 



Mr. Will was born near Pompey, N. 

 Y., in 1855., He spent his boyhood! days 

 o;x a farm and at the age of 15 entered 

 the employ of a brother engaged in the 



William Reid Siebrecht. 



nursery business at Fayetteville, N. Y. 

 In 1881 Mr. Will removed to Bismarck, 

 N. D., where he found employment at 

 the Fuller greenhouse. A year later he 

 purchased the greenhouse and estab- 

 lished in connection therewith North 

 Dakota's first nurse»y, from which he 

 branched into the seed business. The 

 decedent was a member of the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association since 1888 

 and also was one of the first to join 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men. He was state correspondent for 

 North Dakota in the interests of the 

 first-named body at the time of his 

 death. 



Alexander McAllister. 



A. McAllister, a retired florist of Pas- 

 saic, N. J., died last week after an ill- 

 ness of several months. He was 70 years 

 of age and before his retirement had 

 been in the retail business at Passaic 

 for many years. He is survived by his 

 wife. 



BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 



Announcement is made that the 

 Fraser Nursery Co., of Huutsville, Ala., 

 has purchased the nursery and green- 

 house stock, together with all equip- 

 ment and the good will of the Elmwood 

 Floral & Nursery Co., leasing the real 

 estate for a number of years. The 

 change took place September 1. Oli- 

 ver W. Fraser, vice-president of the 

 Fraser Co., will have active charge of 

 the Birmingham business, with J. P. 

 Foster, who has been field foreman of 

 the Huntsville nursery, as his assistant. 

 Both parties will move their families 

 to Birmingham at once. The Elmwood 

 Floral & Nursery Co. lias enjoyed a large 



business in the past and the line of or- 

 namental plants is conceded to be one 

 of the largest and best in the south, the 

 stock of broad-leaved and coniferous 

 evergreens being exceptionally fine. 

 Messrs. Fraser will continue to operate 

 the retail flower store in the Tutwiler 

 hotel. 



USINGER'S UTTERANCES. 



W. F. Moreland, of Toronto, O., is 

 tearing down his greenhouses. He will 

 discontinue growing stock and devote 

 liis time to his store. 



Miss Jane McDowell, of Steubenville, 

 O., has had a rush of funeral work dur- 

 ing the last few weeks. 



W. Cooper, of Huscroft's Flower 

 Shop, Steubenville, O., is spending his 

 vacation on his farm "somewhere" in 

 Pennsylvania. 



Charles Nelson, of Wellsville, O., is 

 making preparations for a big increase 

 in fall business. The summer months 

 proved good, and the future has a rosy 

 hue. 



The Brown Floral Co., of Canton, O., 

 has purchased the store of L. F. Heit- 

 ger, at Massillon, O. This gives the 

 Brown Floral Co. three retail stores, 

 the other two being in Canton. 



J. R. Cowgill, of Canton, has turned 

 over his flower store to his brother, and 

 is now an officer at Fort Benjamin 

 Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Fred Geltz, of Canton, is getting 

 ready for a big flower season, addi- 

 tional floor and storage space having 

 been added at the store. 



The Kay-Dimond Co., of Youngstown, 

 O., has an attractive window of out- 

 door things — stock, pool, frogs and gold- 

 fishes. W. T. U. 



