Januabt 9, 1919. 



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, III., prominent 

 in tlie wholesale trade in the Chicago 

 cut 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. Ilis success 

 from the first was marked, a fact which 

 he attributed to the kindly aid 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 laml 

 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 7ij,000 feet, where roses, 

 carnations, chrysanthemums, freesias 

 and liis specialty, sweet peas, were 

 grown. Mr. Amling had been known 

 to the trade as one of the most export 

 growers of sweet peas and chrysanthe- 

 nnims shipjiing to the Chicago uhnlesale 

 cut flower market. Ills three sons, Wal- 

 ter, Herbert and Martin, have assisted 

 their father in the growing end of Ihc 

 work and all are nienibers of the Chicago 

 Florists' (,'Iub. Walter, the eldest, took 

 over the rose range a few ye;irs ago and 

 has operated it swceessfully for his own 

 account. Martin Amling, tiic youngest 

 son (if W. 11. Amling, is in the service 

 of Uncle Sam, leaving Herbert in charge 

 of the l)usiness (•((iiduct"d until recently 

 by his f;itli(>r. Since the initiation into 

 the trade of his sons, Mr. Amling had 

 enjoyed nuire leisure for lionie and social 

 life ami \\n- the rest (if which he stood 

 in Heed. f(ir iiis lie;iltli had been failing 

 f(ir tiie last twii years, since the disease 

 fi'oni whitdi he suffered, ;ina'Miia, became 

 inure .'iilvanced. it w;is due to the state 

 (if his health, in fact, that he was unable 

 to discharge the duties of the oflice of 

 president of the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 to which he was elected in December, 

 1910. ilr. Amling desired to decline this 

 ;i]ijireci;ited honor, feeling uneiiual to 

 the r('(|uii('nients of the jiosition, in \ie\\ 

 of his |)hysical condition, but his tellow 

 members would take no refusal, lie hail 

 been jironiinently identified with the ac- 

 tivities of the club from liis entrance 

 into the trade and also was a nieudier of 

 the S. A. F. 



Mr. Amling was a man of the highesi 

 principles and possessed a personality 

 whiidi attracted to him the strongest 

 sentiments of friendship ;ind esteem. 

 I>esid(>s his brothers and his sons, he is 

 sur\ived iiy his widow and two daugh 

 ters, Elsa and Irm.a. Funral services 

 were held .l.'inuary 7 at Si. Paul's 

 church, Melrose I'.ark, 111., with inter- 

 ineni at ('oiiconlia cenieleiy, l-'orest 



WilUam H. Amling. 



I 'ark 



Edward Eccles. 



\ menilier ot' ihe liade who will be 



missed by mtiiiy friends pas^nl a\\ay in 

 the ]ierson of Edward Ec(des, whose sud 

 den death occuired ("hristmas clay. Mr. 

 Eccles was the son-in-law of Thomas 

 .Jones, the well known orchid grower, 

 of Short Hills, N. J., whose il.ni:^lii "r, 

 hllizabeth, widow of ^Ir. i^cles. sur- 

 vives. Mr. Fc(des had been assocJ;ite<l 

 in business t'or thirty years with Mr. 

 .Jones and was well known to tin wliole- 

 s.'ile trade of New York city and nthei 

 eastern m.'irkets, where his jdeasiuL; per 

 sonality won him many friends, lie is 

 sui\ ixcil also liy three daughters and .a 

 son. He was ."iS years of aui' and was 

 liorn in l'arinli>', longhand, where his 

 niothei. three brothers ;ind a -l^ter still 

 reside. .1. j(. 1'. 



George James Allen. 



The de;illl of (le(ir;^e .lailieN Allen, uho 



coniliicled a retail flow.)- •store ;ii ."til 

 West Tw cnt y eiLiht h >treet, \ew ^'ork 



city, Oi-cUll'ed the eNcnillg ot' |)ecendiei' 



.'!i>, after ;in illness ot' but a t''\\ heiir^. 

 He had reni.ained at hi< po^t in tlie 

 store, in t'act, until an hour Inl'iire the 

 end came, lie h.'id complained ot' (diilN 

 durinL; the da\-, his illness Ininu lobai 

 pneuiiumia. Mr. .Mien was the son ot' 

 .1. K. -Mien, Well known wholesale tlorist , 

 ot' West Twenty-eighth street. New 

 ^'ork. lie ^\•as IW'i years of age ;ind 

 lea\es ;i wife ;ind II yt>ar(ild daughter, 

 bt>sides his parents ;iud ;i brotlef and 

 sister. .1. II. P. 



Thomas M. Howard. 



Tliom.as M. Ilowaid. owner ot the 

 llow.ard < i reeidiiiu--es and Flower Shoji. 

 Scot tslduff, Nell., died ai his home in 

 that city D-cendier I. liHs. the cause 

 of ilis deal h being heart failure. 



Mr. and Mrs. Howard est.aldishe.i a 

 snuill yieenhouse liusiness in Scot tsbluff 

 in I'.iiis and it ha^ grown ii|i with the 



i-oiint r>-. Ml-, Howard retired sc\eral 

 \ears ago and his business has been man- 

 ageil iiy his .-^luis. At the outbreak of 

 I he w.ai-, two of his sons enlisted in the 

 military ser\ ice, since whi(di time the 

 business has beiMi managed iiy the,' 

 \(iun;;e-^t sou. Ki(di;ird L. Howard, 



'l''lie oMer boys ha\'e now r'lurned 

 fmiu military to ci\-il life aiol it is the 

 intenli<;n of the Howard Krot luis to 

 coi.tinue the management of their 

 mother's business and to gi-eatly enlarge 

 it t i'e coining year. 



The I-'lower .Shop, ;it 1 1 1 "i I'.roadway, 

 is as .attractive as an\' in the middle 

 wc-t and is man;ig(^il Iiy .M i ~. How.ard's 

 iwo da luiitei^, the Mi>-( - .Marianna and 

 l.yd'a ilnwarl. 



Ellwood Cooper. 



Fllwood Cooptr, III' S.ania liarlcira, 

 <'al., known as the father of the olive 

 indiistrv in southern California, died 

 Deceinlier '29 at the Arlington Iiotel in 

 ih.al city. Mr. Coojter was 89 years of 

 ai;e and c.aine to California in 1870, 

 -iuce when he has been connected with 

 .I'^iiciiitiire and horticulture in many 

 and varied ways. He was formerly 

 president of the California P.(iard of 

 Horticulture and introduced many fine 

 varieties of eucalyptus. He was the 

 autlior of several books on the subjects 

 in which he was interested and was 

 widely read and well informed. He had 

 li\i'd at the Arlington for several vears. 



H. K. R. 

 John E. Williams. 



.lolm i;. Williams, who died January 

 - at his home in Streator, 111., was 

 known to the trade through his work as 

 fu(d ;idniinistr;itor for the state of 

 Illinois, in which cajiacity he proved a 

 friend in need in the exigencies arising 

 out of the fuel restrictions h\9t winter. 



