NOTBMBKU 121, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



James Young. 



James Youiijr, of tlic C. Younjr & Sons 

 Co., and oiio of tlie best known llorists 

 in St. Louis, died November 113, at 8t. 

 John's liosjiital, from blood iioisouing, 

 followiiif^ an operation. 



Mr. Youn<^ was l)orn in Knj^land sixty- 

 nine years aj^o. Wiien a baby lie came 

 to this country with his parents, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Christopher Younfr. They 

 landed in Canada, but came to Ht. Louis 

 in 1800 and started in the florists' busi- 

 ness in a small way at licit and Water- 

 man avenues. The place then was 

 known as Younjjf's Creenhouses. A few 

 years later it had beconic! the larji^est 

 {jjrcenhousc establisliment in St. Louis. 

 When the sons had j^rown up, Mr. Younpj 

 took tliem into jiartnershiji and formed 

 the C. Younjij & Sons Co. At the death 

 of William and .lohn Youn<^ and the 

 withdrawal from the business of Henry 

 and ('harles Vounj,', all brothers, Mr. 

 Younji^ took into the concern his two 

 sons, ('harles and Walter, and in recent 

 years took only a passive interest in the 

 manaj^'cment, leavin<i; it to the; younjjj 

 men. Mr. Yonnjj; was vice-i)resi(lent of 

 the company at his death. 



Mr. Younfj is survived by his wife 

 and two sons; two brothers, IFenry and 

 Charles Yonnjij, and two sisters, Mrs. 

 William Ellison and Mrs. IL Hclwig. 



Knowinf:^ Jim Youii<f as I diil, 1 can 

 voiKdi that he was a true friend, a loving 

 liusband and fatlier and an honorable 

 business man. His many sterling quali- 

 ties maile him resjiected and likeil by all 

 in the trade. 



The funeral services were held No- 

 vember 10 at 8:.'{0 a. m. from the liouse 

 and later from St. Roch 's church. The 

 interment was in Calvary cemetery. 

 Members of the trade attended the fu- 

 neral in a body and many beautiful 

 floral offerings were sent by friends, 

 that of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 being a wreath. The ]iallbearcrs were 

 C. A. Kuehn, Henry (). Berning, John 

 Iloolihan, Henry llelwig, M. Courtney 

 and J. J. lieneke. J. J. B. 



Henry Gaethje, Jr. 



The symi)athy of the trade is with the 

 wife and i)arents of Henry Gaethje, Jr., 

 ]{ock Island, 111., whose death occurred 

 November 8, after a long illness, at the 

 age of '.M years. Members of the Tri- 

 City Florists' Club, consisting of the 

 florists of Davenport, la., Kock Island 

 and Moline, 111., attended the funeral 

 services, which took j)lacc November 10. 



Samuel Slack. 



Sanuud Slack, Balboa i)ark rosarian, 

 formerly rose grower for Boyle «& Dar- 

 naud, and one of the best informed rose 

 culturists on the west coast, jiassed away 

 at his home in San Diego, Cal., October 

 19, of j)neumonia. 



Mr. Slack was in charge of the fa- 

 mous Balboa park rose gardens, of tho 

 San Diego park system, for nearly five 

 years, and his kindly, ever-courteous 

 treatment of visitors endeared him to 

 the many thousands of tourists from all 

 over the world, who came to view the 

 varied and beautiful exhibit in his 

 charge. 



Mr. Slack was born in Nottingham 

 shire, Kngland, sixty-five years ago and 

 had spent the greater j)art of his life iu 



acipiiring liis extensive knowledge of 

 loses and their culture. Before; coming 

 to the United States, he was in the em- 

 ploy of th(! late Kev. Dean Hole, one of 

 the world's noted rosarians, and liis 

 subse(pient career in this country dem- 

 onstrated that he was a worthy ajipren- 

 tice t(» his noted instructor. 



Known and loved by San Diego ])ro- 

 fessional and amateur liorticult urists, 

 Mr. Slack was always generous with his 

 knowledge and experience!, and many 

 beautiful gardens contain roses that will 

 serve to keep his memory green for 

 years to come. 



Superintendent .Tohn <{. Morley, of 

 Balboa park, ex|)ressed d(Mt|( regret over 

 the loss of Mr. Slack, whose; services he 

 valued highly and for whom he had tho 

 warmest peisonal regard. A. 1). 



Benjamin Connell. 



Benjamin Connell was a well known 

 figure in the florists' and nursery busi- 

 ness of the eastern Uniteel States. An 

 acepiaintance of over fifty years among 

 his associates left with them an impres- 

 sion of on(> who gave; edose attention to 

 busine-ss, who jieissessed a rare under- 

 staneling of business conditions, e-oufjleel 

 with an ability to use his kiieiwleeTge 

 for the Ituileling e)f a consielerable; busi- 

 ness. His strie-t iute'grity anel faithful 

 ;itte'ntie)n te) duty as he saw it in family, 

 civic and business life, constitute a 

 (■re'ditable recorel se'aled by his eleath 

 Ne)veml)er I). 



Mr. Connell was born in Ireland, De- 

 ceml)er 7, 184.1. He emigrated to this 

 e-ountry when a boy of Hi and went to 

 live with his jiarents and brother anel 

 sister at Jenningsville, Pa., they having 

 ])recede;d him by a year. He took a po- 

 sitiein with the Dingee & Conard Co., 

 with which ceincern he was identified 

 for thirty years. He then establisheel 

 himself in business which he conducteel 

 in West drove. Pa., up to ten years ago, 

 when lie moved to Merchantville, N. J., 

 where he married his second wife. He 

 is survived by five sons and one elaugh- 

 tcr by the first union and his wife and 

 a young daughter by the second, lie 



was highly respe'cteel in the; community 

 in which he lived, :is wedl as in his 

 former heune in (,'liester e-emnty. Ho 

 was sick only edght elays, the cause of 

 eleath being influe'iiza and pM<'ume)nia. 

 ('onard & .Imies (Jo. 



Harry W. Shaw. 



Harry VV. Sliaw, cetndiictin;,' the; biisi- 

 IH'SS of the' AllMiepierepic (ire'eiilieiuse! (!<)., 

 Albueiuerepie, N. M., dieei at a sanita- 

 rium tliesre Nove'inbe-r IL', abe)ut si.x 

 hours afte'r bedng removed Ihe-re fre)m 

 his home. He was strie-ken with Span- 

 ish iii(lue'u/.a about two we'ed<s age), 

 whie'li turned iiitu piieiumemia and e-auseMl 

 his eleath. 



Mr. Shaw, who w;is beirn in l^atem, (J., 

 thirty years age), rcme)ve'd te) Albu- 

 epie'repie; abeiut li\ e; and erne; hall" ye;ars 

 age) fienu Trinielael, (.'e)Io., \vlie;re he had 

 been in the; gree-nlieiuse business. In 

 ceunpany with his I'.'itheT, (irant Shaw, 

 he toe)k e)ver the; l)iisine;ss e)f the Albu- 

 epierejue (iree'iilieiuse; ('o., wliie-h immo- 

 eliatedy be'gan to preispeir unde^r their 

 manageme;nt. 



Deie-eele-nt was e)ne; e)f the; meist lika- 

 ble young l)usiness men of his city. He 

 w;is a nu'uibe'r oi' the Maseins, a Shriner, 

 a membeM- e,f the; 1. O. O. K., .M. W. A., 

 and an \\\k. He alse) belonge'd to the 

 Reitary (Jlub. In aelditie)n te) his wieleiw, 

 he is survivcel by four ediilelre;n, his 

 fatlie'r, (irant Shaw, anel a siste^r. The 

 cliildre'ii we're ill with inlhie'iiza when 

 the; father die'd. 



Pierre Guillot. 



A elistinguisheei I'Ve'iiedi teisarian 

 passeel away recently in the; peTse)n of 

 Pierre Guillot, whet was asseie-iateel with 

 a prominent I're'iieli lieiuse' e)f Lynns, 

 which has give'ii le) the wurid iriaiiy 

 si)le;ndiei type-s e)f the epiccn i>f flnw.'rs, 

 including La l'"rane-e-, .\!me'. I'aicot, Mine;. 

 He)ste, (lloire; Lye)nnaise', .Mine Leon 

 I'ain and ('omte'sse d'()xfe)r(l. .NL G\iil- 

 lett Ihriu into liis life wejrk enthusiasm 

 .•ukI d(\()tie)M, lie-ing ii gre'at le)ve-r of 

 idsi's. He \\;is gcni:il an(l kinel-he-artc'l 

 anil always ;iir(pr(l(d a lu'arty welce)mo 

 to visitors. 



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MOTT~LY MUSINGS 



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"This season we changeel from carna- 

 tions to chrysanthemums," observed E. 

 V. B. Felthousen, of Schenectady, N. 

 Y. "One house, planteel to early vari- 

 eties, which was cleaneel out at a good 

 figure, now is i)lanted to lettuce. An- 

 other house «)f late mums is exi)ecteel to 

 re'turn eepially well, prices keeping uj) 

 as they eio." This statenie'nt calls to 

 mind a grower (name given on request) 

 who, from one house 28x200, planteel to 

 early chrysanthemums, chiefly Unaka, 

 cleared $1,600. Ho will succeed with 

 lettuce for a cold crop. The cut of 

 mums was handled by a wholesale house 

 in Manhattan. 



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W. H. Showers, Schenectady, N. Y., 

 wonelers if business will continue to 

 be as good as it has been. Schenectady 

 has paid heavy toll to "Old Mortality," 

 creating a big call for "tokens of sym- 

 pathy. ' ' 



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The Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, 



N. J., is taking advantage of the opjior- 

 tunity in the lull of inii)orting to in- 

 eTcase as rajiidly ;is j)ossibl(' its large 

 stock e)f orchielSj in view of the; elemand 



soon to come. 



• • • • 



"Too busy even tei think," observed 

 F. X. Dienst, of Midelletown, N. Y., an,l 

 when e)ne stoi).^ to think lieiw rapid is 

 the flight of thought, one realizes how 

 strenuously our worthy confrere has 

 been eni])loyed of late. 



• • • • 



W. W. Hannell, of Watervlict, N. Y., 

 believes the demanel for heather, cycla- 

 mens, poinsettias and pot plants gener- 

 ally will be ae-tive fe)r tho holidays, 

 judging from the number of inquiries 

 and orders received. Stock here is in 

 fine shape anel the shortage of labe)r 

 seems hardly to be felt, an example of 

 how one can accustom oneself to new 

 conditions. Hydrangeas for Easter are 

 jiromising and will be' anuther strong 

 item for spring sale's.. W. M. 



