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The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Sobert Montgomery. 



Bobert Montgomery, the noted rose 

 specialist of Natick, Mass., died sud- 

 denly August 5 from a complication of 

 diseases. 



Mr. Montgomery was born at Kir- 

 kinner, in Wigtownshire, Scotland. He 

 served his apprenticeship in the trade 

 at Galloway house, the well-known seat 

 of the Earl of Galloway. He worked at 

 his trade near Glasgow and then in 1880 

 came to America. He first found em- 

 ployment in America at "Wellesley Col- 

 lege, Mass., which was near his home. 

 Later he worked at Dover, Mass., and 

 then entered the employ of Norton 

 Bros., remaining with them for seven 

 years. After leaving Norton Bros, he 

 entered into business with his brother 

 John, now deceased, at Wellesley, and 

 sixteen years ago bought his present 

 place, on Worcester street, Natick, right 

 on the line of the Boston & Worcester 

 electric railroad. Mr. Montgomery 

 specialized in roses and as a side line 

 grew chrysanthemums. He had many 

 up-to-date houses, which produced some 

 of the finest stock sent to the Boston 

 market. 



Robert Montgomery was married and 

 had four children. He lost a son in the 

 war, killed in a submarine destroyer ac- 

 cident. One son, Alexander, has been 

 a flower salesman, and Bobert E. is a 

 member of the firm of T. J. Grey Co. 

 Alexander Montgomery, the prominent 

 head of the Waban Bose ConseJ^atories, 

 is a brother. 



Mr. Montgomery was director of the 

 Boston Cooperative Market^ since it 

 started and was at one time president of 

 the board. He was a member of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists* Club, a Mason 

 and a Knight Templar. 



George Anderson. 



George Anderson, landscape gardener 

 and nurseryman, died July 19, at his 

 home, 5230 Woodland avenue, Philadel- 

 phia. He was 70 years old. 



Mr, Anderson came to this country 

 from Scotland in the earlies seventies. 

 He took part in landscaping that sec- 

 tion of Fairmount park which was the 

 site of the centennial buildings and 

 grounds in 1876. In later years he spe- 

 cialized in the cultivation of roses. He 

 is survived by a widow and eight chil- 

 dren. 



J. F. Lembke. 



The death of J. Fred Lembke, who for 

 the last fourteen years has represented 

 the W W. Barnard Co., Chicago, in Ohio, 

 Pennsylvania and adjoining territory, is 

 reported. His thorough knowledge of 

 the requirements of the trade, his fair- 

 ness in all of his dealings, his ever good 

 humor and kindly disposition won for 

 him a host of friends among the trade 

 he visited and the respect and aflfection 

 or his business associates. 



Mr. Lembke was taken ill in the Mc- 

 Kinley hotel, Canton, O., early last 

 week and was removed to the Mercy 

 hospital in that city, where he was oper- 

 ated on August 1, for appendicitis. He 

 was unable to survive the operation and 

 passed away August 3, at 11 p. m. His 

 body will be taken to the home of his 

 sister, Mrs. N. Pung, 68 Burleigh stieet. 



Robert Montgomery. 



Milwaukee, Wis., and funeral services 

 will be held August 7, at the chapel of 

 Schmidt & Hilgendorf, undertakers. 



Born in Germany, Mr. Lembke was 

 with W. J. Smyth, and later with John 

 Fuhrmann, Chicago retailers, before go- 

 ing to the W. W. Barnard Co., where he 

 started on the road at once. The com- 

 pany received a telegram that he was 

 comirig along finely after the operation; 

 then a sudden change took place. 



THE CANADIAN CONVENTION. 



August 12 to 14. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion plans to entertain a record crowd 

 this year at the annual convention to be 

 held at Toronto, August 12 to 14. This 

 will be the first convention since the 

 end of the war and preparations are be- 

 ing made on a large scale. Inasmuch as 

 the florists entertained 300 persons last 

 year, despite the trying conditions the 

 country was passing through, they are 

 arranging to accommodate 500 this year. 



Plenty of recreation has been planned 

 to offset the business meetings. On the 

 second day of the convention the florists 

 will be the guests of the Retail Florists' 

 Club at a picnic at Long Branch. Spe- 

 cial electric ears will be provided to 

 take the florists and their friends to the 

 picnic grounds-. A dance will be given 

 in the evening. August 14 they will be' 

 the guests of the city and will be taken 

 by automobile to visit the greenhouses 

 of Sir John Eaton and Sir Henry Pellatt. 

 In the evening the banquet will be given 

 at the Prince George hotel. A boat trip 

 across the lake, the next day, will com- 

 plete the society's festivities. 



The local committee consists of the 

 exeoutives of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Association and of the Retail Flo- 



rists' Club. H. G. Dillemuth is chair- 

 man of the convention committee; Alex- 

 ander Simpson, secretary; Herman Sim- 

 mers, treasurer, and J. J. Higgins, super- 

 intendent of exhibits. 



Complete Program. 



The complete program, in its final 

 form, is as follows: 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 10 A. M. 



Address of welcome, by Mayor Chnreh. 



Reply, by B. B. Hamilton. 



President's address, by George Douglas. To- 

 ronto. 



Discussion of address. 

 ^Report of secretary-treasurer, by H. J. Eddy, 



Announcements. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12 



To;^nt"'lnd^r.^"<^"'^han%«nZ*a1 '^•«"»«— • 

 Modem Greenhouse Construction," by W O 

 H. Cobb, New York. ' 



TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12. 



h,"w°*i?*'"5® Gardening and Hardy Shrubs," 

 by W. F. Harries, Buffalo. 



"Cooperation," by W. E. Groves, Hamilton. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 9 A. M, 



Session in charge of Retail Florists' Club 

 Report on questionnaire sent out by club 

 Discussion. ' 



Question box. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 13. 



Picnic and dance of Retail Florists' Club, at 

 Long Branch. AH are invited. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 9 A. M. 



,«J~"'S^^ ^'V' '^*'«''' Future," by Herman Sim- 

 mers, Toronto. 



"Plant Registration." by Henrv .T Afoorp 



Queen Victoria parls, Niagara Falls. ' 



Question box. 



Unfinished business. 



Election of officers. 



THURSDAY. AFTERNOON, AUGUST 14. 

 Motor trip around tlie elty and to the eropn. 

 houses of Sir John Enton and sfr Henry pfl?att 

 Refreshments will be served at the latter- all 



THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 



Annual banquet at the Prince George hotel. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. 



