OCTOBEU 18, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



John H. Hale. 



Jobu Ilowjird Ilale, que of tlie i'oio 

 most liorticultiirists aiul {^rowci's of 

 ])eaches in the United States, died at liis 

 home in South tJlastonbury, Conn., Oc- 

 '(»ber 12, a<^ed (54 years. Mr. JIale 

 owned orchards at South Glastonbury 

 and at Fort Valley, Ga., where he j^frew 

 fruit for the market. Mr. Hale was the 

 Mii<:jinator of the Million l)(dlar jieach. 

 lie was prominent in the nursery trade 

 and in 1894 was president of tiie Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen. 



It was more than forty years a<jo that 

 Mr. Hale first became interested in 

 peaches. Kecently, in writing of his 

 career, Mr. Hale declared that a seed- 

 ling peach tree that grew along a fence 

 row sujjplied him with " I'osy little 

 peaches" while he was at work on a 

 neighboring farm as a "hired boy.'' 

 Then and there he decided that wlien 

 he had money enough he would buy 

 some trees and ])lant them on his moth- 

 er's farm. The next >-ear he secured 

 a job as a farm liaml at $12. Ho jkm- 

 month and board, wliicli gave him the 

 ciiance he desired. At tlie time of his 

 death he was hailed as tlie ''peach 

 king." Mr. Hale sujiplied an article 

 on growing peaches in tiie south for 

 Bailey '.s Cyclopedia of Tforticulture. 



In c()nne(;tion with I*rof. Powell, of 

 the United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture, Mr. Hale conducted the first 

 experiments in precooling peaclies. 

 These ox]H'riments led the Soutliern 

 Pacific railroad to invest more than 

 .■{iljUtlOjOdd in precooling stations to pre- 

 serve fruit in transit. 



At the time of his death Mr. Hale 

 was a member of the State I'tiiities 

 Commission of Connecticut. 



William Nilsson. 



William Xilsson, the Woodlawii, X. 

 Y., florist, died suddenly Oct(dier 11 

 of apoplexy. Mr. Nilsson was ().'> years 

 of age and for many years conducted a 

 flower stiire :it the entrance to Wood- 

 lawn cemeti'iy. He was a member of 

 several Ibnists' societies and held the 

 respect of the trade. He leaves a wife, 

 son and daughter. The son will con- 

 tinue the busijiess. ,T. A. S. 



N. F. FUtton. 



Noah 1'. l''litton, superintendent of 

 the new Cwyniis I'alls park, lialtimore, 

 Md., and for nearly twenty years con- 

 nected Mith the work of constructing 

 that city's ]>nvk system, died at his 

 home in the park October S. Tie is sur- 

 vived by his wife, four sons and five 

 grandchildren. 



The funeral services were held Octo 

 ber in and were attended by many 

 memb(>rs of tiie trade in H;iltimorc. The 

 floral offerings were numerous and tu-au- 

 tiful. 



Mr. Flittoii was l)orn in London, Kng 

 land, .August 27, Jsin, and -^tiidird un- 

 der the leading landscape jirchitccts 

 of that c(uintiy. When a nier(> lad he 

 was apprenticed to the landscape gar- 

 dener on the estate of Sir .F(diii .Sea- 

 bright, in I?radfordsliire. A^ liis train 

 ing was designed to eipiip him to 

 m.'inage large privat(> estates, he was 

 given courses in agriculture and fores- 

 try. After finishing his preliminary 



N. F. Flitton. 



education, .\I r. I'litton made a trip to 

 the I'niteil States, retuining to his n;i 

 ti\-e countrv to take (diaige of the nur 

 series and oiiianieiital gaiileniiig at Pxd 

 \()ir ('astle. the country estate ot' the 

 duke of rortl.'llid. 



WluMi he .again \ isited this coiintiy 

 in ]87(;, Mr. Flitton brought lett.'rs of 

 iiiti'oiluction to .lolin Lee Carroll, then 

 go\(>rnor of Maryland. The meeting 

 resiilteil in Mr. I'litton 's engaiifuieiit as 

 manager cd' (ioxcrnor ('arndl's estate, 

 Doughoie^^lian .Manor, in llowaiij coiiii 

 ty. His next emplo\nient \\;i-- on tiie 

 est.'ite of .bdiii S. (iillinan. Jiow within 

 the P>altiniore city limits. 



In LSitH the city was looking foi- ;i 

 man capable of converting Clifton, tiie 

 former home of .Ldiiis llojd<ins. into ;i 

 park, and thi^ cli(dce t'ell upon Mr. I'lil 



ton. He ;iccolllpli--lied thi' Wdlk ■^n well 



that he \\;is gi\('ii (liaise ol' I'.atteison 

 ]iark. WIkmi work on the iiesv (iwynn^ 

 I';i1ls paik wa-- begun, Mr. I'litton .ag.'iin 

 was called on ami \\a^ engage(| o)i the 

 project .at the time (d' his death. Thll^ 

 in. ('lil'ton park and the nnlinished 

 <iwyniis I'alU park he li'a\c^ inonn 

 inellts th.at will Ulldollbt e(| 1 \- endure t'dl 

 ceiituiies. 



.Mr. l''litton, altlion^h not in the com 

 nierci.al end of the trade, was ;il\va\-- 

 acti\(dy inteicsted in florists" affairs. 

 He w;is one (d' the founders <)\' the ii;il 

 timore Gai-deiiers' ;ind Florists' Club, 

 and ser\ ei| se\eral terms ;is its piesj 

 dent :ind recordine viM-retary, ludcling 

 the latter (dlice when he died. He was 

 also a member of tlie S. .\. !'., the 

 .\niericaii l);ilili;i Soidety, the Maryland 

 liorticnltural Soidety, the .\mericaii 

 I'.-iik and Outdoor .Xssociat ion .and the 

 New Kngland Association of Park Sn 

 |ierinteudents. .Mr. I'litton w.as a mem 

 ber oi' the \\'a\erl\- Masonic lod<re and 



ot' the ( iiisade ( 'oni ma ii de rv , Knights 

 Templar. He \\a^ prominent in the 

 alfaiis (d' the W.averly M. K. church 

 and was supeiiiiteutlent of its Sunda.v 

 -M liool for many ye.ars. .Mr. Flitton con- 

 tributed freely to the leading horticul- 

 liir.al and agricultural pajiers of the 

 country, .aiol his advice was t'l'eipieiit- 

 1\ sought on park m.atters. 



In tiie de.ath of .Mr. I'litton the trade 

 in I'.altiniore has lost one cd' its most 

 prominent tigiires. His genial and 

 clieerl'nl d i-~iio>-it ion and his consider;! 

 tioii tdr those with whom lie canu- in 

 contact made liiiii a host of friends, 

 among wIhuii the news ot' his death was 

 n'cei\('d with the deepest regret. 



T:it.. 



ANNUALS BETWEEN PERENNIAXS 



I have collie t r.'ilisplaiif ed |ieieiinial 

 seedlings in row- two t'eet apart, ('oubi 

 si'cds (d' hardv annuals be sown between 

 these rows this fall and transplanted 

 ill the spring.' What kinds of annuals 

 wouhl you ad\ise sowing in this way 

 for cut tlowcis next year. The reason 

 I'oi s(,\\in^ between the rows ot' (lereii 

 nials is the l.ack ot' suitable sp.ace else- 

 where at this time, but 1 shall have 

 plent\ id' room for transplanting in the 

 sprin'-. C. F. W. .Mich. 



I do not know ot any li;iidy annuals 

 that could be sown at this late date in 

 the way \ oil suLi^est, and bt> trans|ilant- 

 ei| in s|,iiiiL;. \ ou will get f;ir better 

 [■••suits 1p\ starting seeds under glass 

 earl\- in the new vear. ( ,'. W. 



Fulton, la. F. Ostema, of Morrison. 

 Li., has purchased a half interest in 

 the greenhouse establishment of John 

 11. I>ykema, .'iiid has iiio\ ed his t'aiiiil\ 

 to I'llltoll. 



