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TTBBRtJAEy 13, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



28 



J. Frank Blakeborough. 



Many friends in Clayton, N. J., and 

 vicinity, mourn the passing of J. Frank 

 Blakeborough, which occurred January 

 30, at the age of 57 years, at the Penn- 

 sylvania hospital, Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Blakeborough had been connected with 

 the trade for upwards of twenty-five 

 years. His range at Clayton was kept 

 in the pink of condition at all times and 

 he was successful and a designer of 

 exceptional taste. 



Mr. Blakeborough had been honored 

 by his fellow-townsmen by election to 

 various public offices, including that of 

 councilman, which he held for several 

 years. He was a member of the M. E. 

 church, in which also he had office. He 

 was affiliated with Woodbury Lodge, No. 

 280, L. O. O. M., with the Tulpehocken 

 Tribe No. 181, Imp. O. E. M., of Ger- 

 mantown, Pa., with the Clayton Lodge 

 P. O. S. of A. and Clayton Grange, No. 

 79 B. of H. Members of the borough 

 council were pallbearers at his funeral,' 

 at which the floral tokens were many. 

 He is survived by his wife and daugh- 

 ter. 



Edson Jefferson Foster. 



Edson Jefferson Foster, who died Jan- 

 uary 29 at his home in Findlay, O., had 

 been in business as a florist in that city 

 for thirty-four years. Mr. Foster had 

 been in declining health for several 

 years, although his last illness was of 

 short duration. He was a son of Jacob 

 Foster and was born in 1854. He mar- 

 ried twice, the first time Miss Anna 

 Bond; the second. Miss Elizabeth Fish- 

 er, who survives him, with four sons 

 and a daughter. 



Marius Mutillod. 



Marius Mutillod, head of the Secau- 

 cus Exotic Nursery, Secaucus, N. J., 

 died February 10 at the age of 50 

 years. Mr. Mutillod was well and fa- 

 vorably known to the trade and was 

 an important exhibitor at the New York 

 flower shows. J* H. P. 



Mrs. Mattle McFarland. 



Mrs. Mattie McFarland, wife of "Wil- 

 liam P. McFarland, of Akron, O., 

 who died January 31, had a wide cir- 

 cle of friends through her activities 

 in club work. She was a member of the 

 L. O. T. M. No. 35, Women's Relief 

 Corps, of the Protected Home Circle, the 

 Bethany Shrine and the Elva Chapter 

 of O. E. S. The latter organization con- 

 ducted the funeral services, which were 

 held at the late home of the decedent, 

 February 2. Burial was in Glendale 

 cemetery. 



Ida Elopfer. 



The many friends of G. Klopfer, for- 

 merly in the trade in Peoria, HI., but 

 now ranching at Node, Wyo., will learn 

 with regret of the death of his only 

 daughter, Ida, at the age of 19 years. 

 Miss Klopfer was helping her father 

 round up some stock when she was 

 thrown from her favorite horse and sus- 

 tained a fracture of the skull. The 

 funeral took place at Node and beauti- 

 ful floral offerings were in evidence, de- 

 spite the fact that the nearest florists 

 are at least 200 miles away, showing 

 conclusively that flowers are just as 



necessary among the folks of the cattle 

 lands as in the cities. School children, 

 Bed Cross workers and, in fact, the 

 whole population for miles around at- 

 tended the funeral services, conducted 

 by Eev. Edward Grim, who came all the 

 way from Elgin, la., for the purpose. 

 Miss Klopfer was a teacher in the Node 

 school; consequently the school car was 

 used instead of a hearse to carry her 

 remains from the ranch to their last 

 resting place. 



G. Klopfer is a brother of Henry 

 Klopfer, head gardener to Mrs. P. A. 

 Hearst, near Pleasanton, Cal. 



John F. Follett. 



John F. Follett, 77 years of age, of 

 Diamond Hill road, Cumberland, R. I., 

 died at his home February 3, after an 

 illness of only a few days from bron- 

 chial pneumonia. He was born in Cum- 

 berland and had lived in that vicinity 

 all his life. For more than thirty years 

 he conducted a retail florists' business 

 in Central Falls, having greenhouses on 

 Summit street of that city. He was also 

 employed for more than half a century 

 in the machine shop of Fales & Jencks, 

 from whom he received a pension for his 

 long period of service. 



Mr. Follett was a Past Master of 

 Jenks Lodge and a member of the Royal 

 Arch Chapter of Masons, of Pawtucket. 

 He is survived by three sons, one daugh- 

 ter and a brother. W. H. M. 



George Talbot. 



Death ha« claimed another of the 

 most popular men connected with the 

 florists' business in Baltimore in the 

 person of George Talbot. He was ill for 

 a week after having contracted pneu- 

 monia, which proved fatal February 4. 



He was born in England sixty-one 

 years ago. After serving for a time on 

 the private estate of Aston, near Man- 

 chester, he emigrated to this country in 

 the early 80 's and found employment in 



George Talbot. 



the conservatories at Patterson park. 

 Afterwards he was transferred to Clif- 

 ton park and the greater part of his life 

 in Baltimore was spent in the parks. 

 Ten years ago he started business on his 

 own account at Darby and Greenspring 

 avenue. Two years ago, one cold night, 

 an accident happened to his boiler, re- 

 sulting in the destruction of his entire 

 range. He then took a position with the 

 government at Camp Meade, where he 

 was employed at the time of his death. 

 Mr. Talbot had been financial secre- 

 tary of the Gardeners ' and Florists' Club 

 for years, and this position brought him 

 into contact with everyone connected 

 with the trade in the city. His funeral 

 was largely attended by the members of 

 the trade and the floral offerings were 

 many and handsome. Tate. 



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Poinsettias and cyclamens figured 

 largely in the banner holiday trade of 

 the Friedley Co., Cleveland, O. A batch 

 of the latter coming into flower later are 

 valuable for funeral work. Several, 

 garlands for caskets noted were made 

 by S. Norris, who was with A. Graham 

 & Son many years and has now joined 

 the Friedley forces. Adam Graham II 

 finds time amid the strenuosity of busi- 

 ness life to acquire foreign languages. 

 He now is studying Russian, on the 

 theory that knowledge of the language 

 makes for a better understanding of the 



people. 



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J. H. Bockman, of the Henry F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia, is of the 

 opinion that the day for the package of 

 Holland or Edam cheese to be found in 

 the bulb case is past, our Dutch brethren 

 now being fearful of tempting their tem- 

 perate American customers. 

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A. C. Kendel's new seed store is the 

 admiration of the trade and a fine testi- 

 monial to the eighty years of its ex- 

 istence, from 1839 to 1919. W. H. Bailey, 

 a prominent member of the Kendel 



staff, has been invalided for some time 

 through a carbuncle on his neck, which 

 at one time was the cause of much con- 

 cern. At the same time his daughter, 

 an only child, a lovely girl of 19 years, 

 was stricken with influenza and passed 

 away. The family has the sympathy of 

 numerous friends in the trade. It is 

 hoped Mr. Bailey will soon be able to 

 return to his post again. 

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Guy French, of French & Salm, Union 

 Grove, Wis., suggests the addition of 

 two to the list of national flower days: 

 June 30, to celebrate the victory over 

 John Barleycorn, and November 11, Ar- 

 mistice day. He argues, with apparent 

 good reason, that there must have been 

 a universal desire for peace or two such 

 important events in the world's history 

 would never have happened. 

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Charles Schwake, of New York, says 

 his firm is importing azaleas from Ghent 

 this spring, and that the growers report 

 considerable damage done to the green- 

 houses. Yet prospects look promising, 

 if our authorities will help along the 

 good work. W. M. 



