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JOLY 31, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Frank Pelicano and Arnold Ringier. 



the force of E. H. Hunt, in the cut 

 flower sales department. The two com- 

 bined the qualities desirable for operat- 

 ing the wholesale cut flower business and 

 set up for themselves in May, 1912, un- 

 der the firm name of Erne & E^lingel. 

 Mr. Klingel conducted the office end of 

 the business until February 15, 1917, 

 when he retired because of the stomach 

 trouble which had made his attention to 

 business intermittent during the preced- 

 ing year. Mr. Klingel was a man of 

 quiet and unobtrusive disposition, but 

 his thorough, businesslike methods made 

 him master of his work and earned 

 him the respect and friendship of all 

 with whom he came in contact. 



Interment took place at Eose Hill cem- 

 etery July 24. 



Bichard Welch. 



Eichard Welch, of Painesville, O., one 

 of the oldest nurserymen of the state, 

 died July 21, after an illness of seven 

 weeks. 



Born in Ireland in 1841, he came to 

 America when but 16 years of age. He 

 first settled in New York and there be- 

 gan his career as a nurseryman. In 1869 

 he went to Painesville, taking up work 

 with the Storrs & Harrison Co. He was 

 not only among the first of that con- 

 cern's employees, but was always looked 

 upon as one of their best men. About 

 ten years ago, worn out with hard labor, 

 he was compelled to retire from active 

 service. 



Surviving are four sons, S. E. and 

 James S. Welch, of Painesville; Edward 

 A. Welch, of Detroit, and John J, Welch, 

 of Pasadena, Cal.; three sisters, Mrs. 

 Sarah Davis and Mrs. Charles Hacker, 

 of Painesville, and Miss Mary Welch, 

 of Eochester, and one brother, Pat 

 Welch, of Victor, N. Y. 



Funeral services were held July 24. 

 Interment was in Evergreen cemetery. 



Frank McCabe. 



Thousands of florists all over tlie 

 United States, but particularly in the 

 south and southwest, will learn with 

 great regret of the drowning of Frank 

 McCabe, at Ottawa Beach, Mich., 

 July 29. 



Mr. McCabe was at the lake resort on 

 his annual vacation. Nothing is known 

 of the circumstances of the drowning, 



the information coming in a brief tele- 

 gram. M. A. Leganger, long associated 

 with Mr. McCabe, at once went over to 

 Ottawa Beach to bring back the body. 



Frank McCabe was a native of CM- 

 cago, 29 years of age^, His entire busi- 

 ness life had been spent with the A. L. 

 Eandall Co., where he started as a boy 

 just out of business college, about thir- 

 teen years ago. Beginning in the cut 

 flower department, he worked his way 

 through practically every branch of that 

 large organization and had contributed 

 no little to its growth. For several 

 years, and until this spring, Mr, McCabe 

 traveled widely in the interests of the 

 Eandall concern. He is known by prac- 

 tically every florist in the south and 

 southwest and has made numerous trips 

 to the Pacific coast. Last spring he 

 stopped traveling, except in special 

 cases, and for the last few months has 

 been on special duty in the store. He 

 was qualified to handle any situation 

 which might arise and was highly es- 

 teemed by all his associates. 



Mr. McCabe never married. He leaves 

 a mother, four sisters and a brother. 



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B. E. Everett. 



E. E. Everett, husband of Mrs. Ever- 

 ett, who operates the Highland Green- 

 houses at Pawhuska, Okla., died July 24. 

 Mr. Everett underwent an operation that 

 day and succumbed to the^hock. 



Mr. Everett was an ice dealer in Paw- 

 huska and his wife has been in the 

 florists' business for the last five years. 

 They had recently completed a new 

 home and were planning to move into it 

 soon. 



Funeral services were held in Paw- 

 huska and the burial took place at Law- 

 rence, Kan., Sunday, July 27. J. E. K. 



Patrick Cudahy. 



Patrick Cudahy, connected with the 

 trade through his interest in the Cudahy 

 Floral Co., at Cudahy, Wis., died of apo- 

 plexy at his heme in Milwaukee July 25. 



Mr. Cudahy was most widely known 

 as the head of the packing firm of Cud- 

 ahy Bros., and it was in this business 

 . that he became a multimillionaire. 



About 1915 the Cudahy Floral Co. was 

 organized by Patrick Cudahy, his son, 

 John, and G. W. Scott, who had the 

 management of the 50,000 feet of glass 

 erected at Cudahy, Wis. The business 

 was incorporated for $125,000, The com- 

 pany grew chiefly roses, which were 

 shipped to the Milwaukee market. 



Mr. Cudahy was born in Ireland 

 March 17, 1849, and came to the United 

 States as an infant, one of five brothers. 



Arnold Ringier and Sam Murray. 



who built up one of the five largest pack* 

 ing houses in the world. 



George W. Potter. 



George W. Potter, 34 years of age, 

 brother of W. Q. Potter, wholesale flo- 

 rist, at 421 High avenue, Cleveland, was, 

 with his family, struck by an electric 

 car and killed July 27. 



At a particularly dangerous crossing 

 the automobile containing Mr. Potter, 

 his wife, and two sons, George W. Pot- 

 ter, Jr., 2 years old, and Donald Potter, 

 4 months old, was struck by an intar- 

 urban car running at a high rate of 

 speed. All were thrown from the auto- 

 mobile, which was' burned and twisted in 

 a mass of wreckage. Mr. Potter and his 

 wife were found under the car, badly 

 mangled. Donald was still living when 

 picked up, but died on the way to the 

 hospital. 



W. Q. Potter, with whom the deceased 

 was associated in business, took charge 

 of the funeral arrangements. The par- 

 ents live in Pennsylvania. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Wallace, Idaho. — The property of the 

 Wallace Florists is to be sold at auction 

 July 25. This place has been in the 

 hands of a receiver ever since the dis- 

 appearance of Eobert G. Lowe, who sud- 

 denly disappeared while making a visit 

 to Spokane the first part of last May. 



GYPSOPHILA PANICUIiATA. 



Will you kindly tell me through The 

 Review when is the best time and the 

 best way to propagate Gypsophila pani- 

 culata by means of root cuttings! 1 

 must do this outdoors, as I have no glass. 



E. W. G.— Minn. 



Frederick G. Kilngel. 



By propagating by root cuttings I 

 understand the inquirer to mean increas- 

 ing the stock by divisions from the old 

 plant. The best time to do this is late 

 in September or early in October. Cnt 

 away small divisions of the plant with 

 some roots attached and replant in well 

 prepared soil where they can be watered 

 should the weather be extremely dry, 

 so as to encourage them to make good 

 root-growth before severe weather seta 

 in. M. P. 



