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William Reid Siebrecht. 



AVilliani Hcid Sicliifilit, of Sicljreclit 

 liros., liH'., iSuveiitv tliird stii'ct aiiti 

 ,\I:iclis(>u avenue, New York, died of 

 li,.;iil disease at his lioiue in New Ko 

 , hi'lle Se])teniber 4. J)eutli came wliili 

 Ml. Sitd)re<'ht was asleep. Mr. JSiebreidit 

 \v;is I.'! years old. He was born in As 

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

 Siel>re(dit, who for more than fifty years 

 lias been identified with the llorists' 

 business as grower, wholesaler and le 

 taih'r. Mr. Siebreeht was eonnected 

 with the trade all of his working life 

 ;nicl since IDOf) had been manager of the 

 store he and his brother, Walter Sie 

 breidit, owned. 



.Mr. Siebreeht is survived by his wife 

 and two daughter.s, his parents, one sis 

 ter, Mrs. W. S. Monroe, and three l)roth- 

 ers, 11. A. Siebrecht, Jr., of Pasadena, 

 Oal.; Charles W, Siebrecht, manager of 

 the Rose Hill Nurseries, ainl Walter ]\'. 

 Siebrecht. 



The funeral services weie held fidm 

 the home at New Rochelle Septend)er 7 

 and were attended by many fiicnds in 

 the trade in New York city. The home 

 was tilled witli lloral offerings, coming 

 from florists in New York and viciii 

 ity. .1. A. S. 



Julius Niednagel. 



One of the veterans of Indiana, .lulins 

 Niednagtd, who started a llorists' biisi 

 ness at Kvansville in 1SS!», dieil at his 

 home September 6, at the age nt' (is. 

 Until the early part of last summer Mr. 

 Niednagel had enjoyeti good healtii, but 

 an acute case of dial)etes developed and 

 culminated in death at the end of two 

 months. 



The decedent was liorn in ("lermany 

 and came to this country at the age of 

 14. After a number of years at New 

 ^'ork he moved to Kvansville, in 1887. 

 The l)usiness he started a \'v\v years 

 later prospered, and today the firm of 

 Julius Niednagel & Sons operates ap- 

 proximately 100,000 feet of glass. The 

 sons, Kmil, Curt, Waldcmar and Fred, 

 \vill continue the liusiness. 



Ml'. Niednagel wa^ well known and 

 liked liy (>\ ery(uie. Wo always seemed 

 youuLT 'lU' his years, was (piick of step 

 and tniik ;i keen intert>st in trade mat- 

 ters, lie was vice ]>resident of the 

 Kvaus\ilh> I'lorists' Club at the time of 

 his death. 



T!i(> fiiiuMal, which took ]>lace Sep- 

 tember s, was largely attended by 

 fiiends, tlie lloral tribute^ lieing uimsu- 

 ally numeii.u-. T.. L. F. 



George F. Moore. 



• i. F. Moore, of Kushviile. hiil., who 

 li;id been in ]>oor health for a nuniber ol' 

 ye;ii>, died last week of paralysis. .V 

 wit'e, daughter and son sur\i\ e. The 

 business established by the decedent 

 lia< been managed by the son for several 

 \'ears. 



Oscar H. Will. 



*>ne of tlie iiioiK^-r seedsmen of the 

 northw(^st, Oscar H. Will, president of 

 O. H. Will & C,)., of liismarck, N. P., 

 died recently at lus home, after an ill- 

 ness of several nu)nths. 



Mr. Will was born n(\'ir Pompey, N. 

 Y., in IS;")"). He spent his boyhood days 

 on a farm ami at the age of 1." entered 

 the tMiiploy of a In'other enujiged in the 



William Reid Siebrecht. 



iiuisei\ liusiness at I'ayetteville, N. ^'. 

 In ISSl .Mr. Will renio\ed to iSismarik, 

 N. 1)., whei'e he fonnd eniploynu'Ut at 

 the Fuller greenhouse. A year later he 

 ]>urchased the greenhouse and estab- 

 lished in connection therewith North 

 Dakota's first nursery, from which he 

 l)ranched into the seed business. The 

 decedent was a member of the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association since 1SS8 

 and also was one of the first to join 

 the Ameiican Association of Nursery- 

 men, lie was state corresj>ondent for 

 North |)akota in th<> interests of the 

 first-named body at the time of his 

 death. 



Alexander McAllister. 



A. McAllister. . a retired llonM ol' Pas- 

 saic, N. J., died last week iil'tri an ill- 

 ness of several inontli^. lie wa^ 7" vfars 

 of age and ln-fore his ret ii ( luiiit hail 

 been in t hc^ retail business ;it I'assaic 

 for m:iiiy years. He is sur\i\ed ^<y his 

 w it'e. 



BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 



A lllliillHrement is ni:|i|e tlllll tin' 



r"r;is,.|- Xui'sery I 'o.. n\ 1 1 ii lit -\ i lie, Ala., 

 lias puiTJi.-ised the niirsei\ mid ;_M'een- 

 liouse stock, together with all e(piiii- 

 ment and tlie goocl will ot' the FIniwood 

 Floral & Nursery Co., leasiuLT the real 

 estate lor a ininibei- ol' years. The 

 change took jd.-ice September 1. Oli- 

 ver W. I'l-aser, \ iie presiilent of the 

 l''iaser Co., will ha\e acti\c charge of 

 the Birmingham business, with .1. P. 

 Foster, who has b(>eii tiidd foreman of 

 the Huntsville nursery, as his assistant. 

 Both jtarties will nio\e their families 

 to P.irminghaui at once. The Flmwod.j 

 Florjl iV Nnrserv <'n. li;is i-n i(i\ nj n lariie 



luisiiiesv ill tile |i:isi :iiiii tlie liiie of or- 

 namental jilauts is conceded to be one 

 of the largest and best in the south, the 

 stock (d' binad leavi'il and coniferous 

 i\elgreeh^ InMUg e\ce| d io'ia ! I \- tine. 

 .Messrs. ["laser will coiiiiinie in operate 

 the ridiiil llnwer store in the Tiitwiler 

 hotel. 



USINGER'S UTTERANCES. 



W. 1". Mdieland, of Toronto, ().. is 

 tearing down his greenhouses, lie will 

 disciuit i line growing stock and devote 

 his time to his store. 



Miss .lane .McDowell, ,,f Steiibenville, 

 O., h;is had a rush of I'tnu'ral work dur 

 iug the last few we(dvs. 



W. Coopei-. of Iluscrot'l's Flower 

 Shop, Steubenv ilh', O., is spending his 

 \ .acat ion on his t'arni ' ' snniew here ' ' in 

 Pennsvh ania. 



<'li;irlcs Nelson, ol' Wells\il|e, O., is 

 makinij preparations t'or a Id^ increase 

 in f;ill business. The sinniner months 

 proved giiod, ;iii,l the t'litiire tias a rosy 

 hue. 



The Brown ldio-;il ' 'n., ol' <';iiiron, ().. 

 lias ]iurcdi;ised the si,,re nf 1,. |', Urit 

 LT'^r, ;it Massilhin. O. This i.'i\ es t!. 

 r.rowu l-'loral Co. ihiee ret.iil stores, 

 the other two b(dn^ in ('anton. 



.f. R. Cowgill. of ('.•niton, has turned 

 oxiT his flower st,M-r \n his brother, ;iihl 

 is now ;in id'lici'i- .-It i'ort IJenjaiiiin 

 llarrisen, Indianapolis, Ind. 



I'red (ielt/, 'i\ I 'anion, is gidting 

 ready for .a bi^: llower season, addi- 

 tional lloor .'ind stor;ige s|i;ice having 

 been ,'olded ;it the store. 



'J'he Kay Binioiid Co., of Youngstown, 

 O., h;is ;in ;ittraidi\e wiiolow of niit 

 donr things — stock, pool, fro;^s and cold 

 lishes. ' W, T. r. 



