Januabt 9, 1910. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



OBITUARY 



William H. Amling. 



A well known figure in trade circles, 

 one whom the local trade was pleased 

 to honor, will be seen no more. William 

 H. Amling, of Maywood, 111., prominent 

 in the wholesale trade in the Chicago 

 out flower market, passed away at his 

 home in Maywood January 4, at the age 

 of 52 years. 



Mr. Amling took up the florists ' voca- 

 tion after twenty-one years of teaching 

 school in Milwaukee, Wis. His success 

 from the first was marked, a fact which 

 he attributed to the kindly 6id and wise 

 counsels of his brothers, Albert F. Am- 

 ling, also well ' known to the Chicago 

 wholesale trade, whose rose ranges at 

 Maywood are widely known, and E. C. 

 Amling, president of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., Chicago. It was in the summer of 

 1907 that W. H. Amling purchased, at 

 the age of 40 years, two acres of land 

 on which were three greenhouses com- 

 prising 10,000 feet of glass, in Maywood. 

 Here he embarked in the business of 

 growing flowers for the wholesale mar- 

 ket, specializing at first in carnations. 

 He continued to add to his glass until 

 the establishment consisted of ten acres 

 of land and two separate ranges of glass 

 aggregating 75,000 feet, where ro^es, 

 carnations, chrysanthemums, freesias 

 and his specialty, sweet peas, were 

 grown. Mr. Amling had been known 

 to the trade as one ,of the most expert 

 growers of sweet peas and chrysanthe- 

 mums shipping to the Chicago wholesale 

 cut flower market. His three sons, Wal- 

 ter, Herbert and Martin, have assisted 

 their father in the growing end of the 

 work and all are members of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club. Walter, the eldest, took 

 over the rose range a few years ago and 

 has operated it successfully for his own 

 account. Martin Amling, the youngest 

 son of W. H. Amling, is in the service 

 of Uncle Sam, leaving Herbert in charge 

 of the business conducted until recently 

 by his father. Since the initiation into 

 the trade of his sons, Mr. Amling had 

 enjoyed more leisure for home and social 

 life and for the rest of which he stood 

 in need, for his health had been failing 

 for the last two years, since the disease 

 from which he suffered, anaemia, became 

 more advanced. It was due to the state 

 of his health, in fact, that he was unable 

 to discharge the duties of the office of 

 president of the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 to which he was elected in December, 

 1916. Mr. Amling desired to decline this 

 appreciated honor, feeling unequal to 

 the requirements of the position, in view 

 of his physical condition, but his fellow 

 members would take no refusal. He had 

 been prominently identified with the ac- 

 tivities of the club from his entrance 

 into the trade and also was a member of 

 the 8. A. F. 



Mr. Amling was a man of the highest 

 principles and possessed a personality 

 which attracted to him the strongest 

 sentiments of friendship and esteem. 

 Besides his brothers and his sons, he is 

 survived by his widow and two daugh- 

 ters, Elsa and Irma. Funeral services 

 were held January 7 at St. Paul's 

 church, Melrose Park, 111., with inter- 

 ment at Concordia cemetery. Forest 



^^^^' Edward Eccles. 



A member of the trade who will be 



William H. Amling. 



missed by many friends passed away in 

 the person of Edward Eccles, whose sud- 

 den death occurred Christmas day. Mr. 

 Eccles was the son-in-law of Thomas 

 Jones, the well known orchid grower, 

 of Short Hills, N. J., whose daughter, 

 Elizabeth, widow of Mr. Eccles, sur- 

 vives. Mr. Eccles had been associated 

 in business for thirty years with Mr. 

 Jones and was well known to the whole- 

 sale trade of New York city and other 

 eastern markets, where his pleasing per- 

 sonality won him many friends. He is 

 survived also by three daughters and a 

 son. He was 58 years of ago and was 

 born in Farmby, England, where his 

 mother, three brothers and a sister still 

 reside. .1. 11. P. 



George James Allen. 



The death of George James Allen, who 

 conducted a retail flower store at ;161 

 West Twenty-eighth street, New York 

 city, occurred the evening of December 

 30, after an illness of but a few hours. 

 He had remained at his post in the 

 store, in fact, until an hour before the 

 end came. He had complained of chills 

 during the day, his illness being lobar 

 pneumonia. Mr. Allen was the son of 

 •T. K. Allen, well known wholesale florist, 

 of West Twenty-eighth street. New 

 York. He was 36 years of age and 

 leaves a wife and 11-year-old daughter, 

 besides his parents and a brother and 

 sister. J. H. P. 



Thomas M. Howard. 



Thomas M. Howard, owner of the 

 Howard Greenhouses and Flower Shop, 

 Scottsbluflf, Neb., died at his home in 

 that city December 4, 1918, the cause 

 of his death being heart failure. 



Mr. and Mrs. Howard established a 

 small greenhouse business in Scottsbluff 

 in 1908 and it has grown up with the 



country. Mr. Howard retired several 

 years ago and his business has been man- 

 aged by his sons. At the outbreak of 

 the war, two of his sons enlisted in the 

 military service, since which time the 

 business has been managed by the 

 youngest son, Eichard L. Howard. 



The older boys have now returned 

 from military to civil life and it is the 

 intention of the Howard brothers to 

 continue the management of their 

 mother's business and to greatly enlarge 

 it the coming year. 



The Flower Shop, at 1415 Broadway, 

 is as attractive as any in the middle 

 west and is managed by Mrs. Howard's 



1 wo daughters, the Misses Marianna and 

 Lydia Howard. 



Ellwood Cooper. 



Ellwood Cooper, of Santa Barbara, 

 Cal., known as the father of the olive 

 industry in southern California, died 

 December 29 at the Arlington hotel in 

 that city. Mr. Cooper was 89 years of 

 age and came to California in 1870, 

 since when he has been connected with 

 agriculture and horticulture in many 

 and varied ways. He was formerly 

 president of the California Board of 

 Horticulture and introduced many fine 

 varieties of eucalyptus. He was the 

 author of several books on the subjects 

 in which he was interested and was 

 widely read and well informed. He had 

 lived at the Arlington for several years. 



H. R. R. 

 John E. Williams. 



John E. Williams, who died January 



2 at his home in Streator, 111., was 

 known to the trade through his work as 

 fuel administrator for the state of 

 Illinois, in which capacity he proved a 

 friend in need in the exigencies arising 

 out of the fuel restrictions last winter. 



