Januabt 2, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



OBITUARY 



E. y. Teas. 



A veteran horticulturist and nursery- 

 man passed away December 15 in the 

 person of E. Y. Teas, who has been 

 living at Eaton, O., since his retirement 

 in 1912, when the Cunningham Nursery 

 Co., of Seymour, Ind., purchased the 

 business, stock and fixtures of the firm 

 of E. Y. Teas & Son. F. E. Teas, the 

 "Son," however, continued in the 

 trade, giving special attention to the 

 growing of gladioli for the wholesale 

 market. 



It was in 1842 that the brothers, E. Y. 

 Teas and John C. Teas, started growing 

 orchard trees in a small way for their 

 own use, when the former was only 12 

 years of age. This led, however, to the 

 growing later of fruit trees for sale 

 and, as the years went on, an extensive 

 business was developed in the nursery 

 line. 



The firm of E. Y. & J. C. Teas sup- 

 plied the eastern trade with many varie- 

 ties of fruit trees of western and south- 

 ern origin and in 1844 the brothers com- 

 menced the growing of catalpa trees 

 from seed. They placed on the market 

 the first seedlings of Catalpa speciosa 

 sold commercially in this country. The 

 superior hardiness of this variety has 

 brought it into wide acceptance since 

 that date and millions of it have been 

 used. It has largely replaced C. bignon- 

 ioides, which had been the catalpa of 

 commerce. E. Y. Teas was the first dis- 

 seminator of Garber's Hybrid pear and 

 of the Lucretia dewberry. He pro- 

 duced the variety of sugar cane known 

 as Early Amber from seed selected per- 

 sonally in Paris, in 1859-60. He origi- 

 nated the President Wilder currant. 

 The name of Teas also is linked imper- 

 ishably with the weeping mulberry. 



E, Y. Teas was one of the twenty-one 

 charter members of the Indiana Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1880 and he survived 

 all the others by many years. He also 

 was one of the earliest members of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 and was faithful in attendance upon the 

 meetings of that body for three dec- 

 ades. 



Mr. Teas' illness was brief, although 

 he had been failing in health for sev- 

 eral weeks, being in his eighty-ninth 

 year. He never lost his interest in hor- 

 ticultural affairs and was a reader of 

 several horticultural publications, as 

 well as of trade papers. He is survived 

 by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. J. E. 

 Parker. 



Floyd Long. 



Floyd Long, manager of the green- 

 houses of Kolf Zetlitz, Lima, O., died 

 December 16 at his home on Bellefon- 

 taine avenue, of pneumonia. Mr. Long 

 was 29 years of age and had been em- 

 ployed at the greenhouses for six years. 

 Besides his widow and a daughter, he 

 is survived by his father, J. M. Long, 

 of American township, and four broth- 

 ers. 



Wlnfield S. Harry. 



Having rounded a half century in the 

 florists' trade at Conshohocken, Pa., 

 Winfield S. Harry died at his home in 

 that city, December 19, at the age of 

 75 years. He was one of the best known 

 of its citizens, his vocation having 



Edward Y. Teas. 



brought him into association with many 

 people. He is survived by his wife, two 

 sons, Eeverend Ernest Harry, an Epis- 

 copal clergyman, of Cleveland, O., and 

 William Harry, of Philadelphia. 



Emmett McDonald. 



Emmett McDonald, a dahlia specialist 

 and mum grower, died at his home in 

 Overland Park, Mo., of influenza, De- 

 cember 24, at the age of 42 years. Mr. 

 McDonald was well known in trade cir- 

 cles in St. Louis and was a member of 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club. He leaves 

 a wife and two brothers to mourn his 

 loss. The funeral services were held De- 

 cember 27 and the interment was De- 

 cember 28, at Decatur, 111., his former 

 home. J. J. B. 



Alonzo W. Vose. 



Alonzo W. Vose, for more than a quar- 

 ter of a century identified with the 

 greenhouse and retail florists' business 

 in northern Rhode Island and southern 

 Massachusetts, died at his home on Cum- 

 berland hill road, Woonsocket, R. I., De- 

 cember 26, after an extended illness. 

 He was in his seventieth year, death 

 being due to a complication of diseases. 



Mr. Vose was born in the town of Lin- 

 coln, R. I., August 6, 1849, the son of 

 the late Albert E. and Minerva (Esten) 

 Vose. He attended the public schools 

 in his native town and graduated at the 

 Woonsocket high school. He married 

 Miss Ida Sprague, of Cumberland, June 

 20, 1869, and remained in Cumberland 

 until 1895, when he moved to his pres- 

 ent home on the Cumberland hill road. 



While a resident of the town of Lin- 

 coln in his younger days he was prominent 

 in town affairs and held important town 

 offices. For a number of years he held 

 the office of postmaster of the Manville 

 office. He retired from this position 

 thirty-five years ago to enter the flo- 

 rists' business and had been identified 

 therewith ever since. He was a member 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety and frequently officiated as judge 

 of plants and flowers at the exhibitions 

 of that and similar societies. His green- 

 houses were situated near his home and 

 comprised more than 10,000 square feet, 



wherein he grew several thousand vege- 

 table and bedding plants each year, in 

 addition to cut flowers for his retail 

 store at 241 Main street, Woonsocket. 

 He also supplied other retailers in that 

 section. 



Mr. Vose was a man of sterling char- 

 acter and one who took a deep interest 

 in the affairs of the community, as well 

 as in the upbuilding of horticultural and 

 floricultural interests. Besides his wife, 

 he is survived by a daughter, one son, 

 two sisters and three grandchildren, one 

 of the latter, Joseph Foster, being a pri- 

 vate in the 26th Regiment of Engineers, 

 A. E. F., now in France. W. H. M. 



W. H. Drake. 



W. H. Drake, who died December 23 

 at his home in Kenosha, Wis., was a 

 veteran florist and landscape gardener, 

 whose success in these lines was due to 

 his fine taste. Mr. Drake was a man of 

 sterling character and held the esteem 

 of many friends. He was 67 years of 

 age. 



John Paget. 



John Paget, landscape gardener of the 

 Pennsylvania State hospital, Harris- 

 burg, Pa., for the last twenty-six years, 

 died December 23 at that institution, at 

 the age of 73 years. He formerly was 

 gardener for the late Senator J. Donald 

 Cameron, at the latter 's farm at Lochiel, 

 Pa., a position he held for seventeen 

 years. 



Charles Wamcke, Jr. 



Charles Wamcke, Jr., Detroit, Mich., 

 died Christmas morning of bronchial 

 pneumonia at his home on West Fort 

 street. He had been associated with his 

 father, Charles Wamcke, in the trade for 

 the last ten years. He was a member of 

 the Detroit Florists' Club and of the 

 Elks. 



Enfield, England. — A disastrous fire 

 occurred at Perry 's Hardy Plant Farms, 

 December 10, completely getting a large 

 block of buildings, including at least 

 4,000 lilies awaiting shipment to a cus- 

 tomer in the United States. Unfortu- 

 nately, this stock cannot be replaced. 



