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The Florists^ Review 



23 



obituary| 



George Arnold. 



Gcoi'^^f Arnold, ;it, one tiiiu^ farm sn 

 l>erinten(lc'iil I'oi- ,I;iincs Vick's Sons, ilicd 

 ;it Ensonorc, X. Y., Tuesday iiiniiiiii^. 

 Scptturibor '2, Jil tin- um' of (il* years. 

 I'ollowiii;^ .'III illness of alioiit two weeks. 

 lie is siir\iveil iiy liis wife and one son. 

 Sclmyler, the latter liaviiij,' Just re 

 turned from service overseas. 



l''or (he last, four years (ieoij^e A i 

 riidd liiid been in (diar^c oi' tiie estate 

 iif Mrs. J. Ijctcli worth, at lOnsenore, N. 

 y. He had b(M'n in the employ nt 

 .lames Vick's Sons fur twelve years, 

 most of that time ;it the tiial >irounds 

 ;it O^den, N. '\'. Several vi'ars h'^o he 

 was in cliary;e of th(> 11. II. West in;; 

 Ikiiisc estate. 



VVIkmi the SiieiK-er sweet |ieas were 

 introdiieed he became miudi interested 

 .'liid ;;rew many of the best \,irieties t'nr 

 eommercial ])urposes and also to I'.imil 

 iari/.e hims(df with their \'ariiiiis habits. 

 .\ number of years .-lyo he int roiliiced 

 into the market I'rimiila veris sii|terba, 

 whi(di he disposed of to Ife+ijy .\ . Dreer, 

 ln<-., :ind dames X'ick's Suns. Since 

 then it has become a popular plant. 



Mr. Arnold was fond ot' asters ;iiid 

 lie liu<l a |,'re;it deal to do with iiitro 

 ■ iiicin^ ;in(l improving' the difTerent 

 Htr.'iins of asters. Tt was throii^di his 

 efforts tlint the upright type of asters 

 was introduced. V.ach year he, had a 

 plot of about one acre, where he weiild 

 experiment and work out the better 

 \ :iri(dies. 



The fiiner.-il was lodd I'roni his late 

 iiome, .-it Spencerport, \. "\'., Saturday', 

 September fi. There Were great ijuanti 

 ties of flowers sent as expressions of 

 Mymp.athy, among whi(h was a piece 

 from the ko(diester Florists' Associa 

 tion, of whicdi ho was at one time prosi- 

 dent. He was also ji.'ist master of the 

 loeal Crangc. If. .1. IT. 



Heiiry Meyer. 



Henry Meyer, Sr., ;iged .")(! years, for 

 more th;iii twenty five years in business 

 .it Keiiosh;i, Wis., liied Wednesday (>ve 

 niiig, August L'7, about 7 o "(dock at his 

 home at .'iKJ Hroad atroot, following a 

 long illiK^ss from leakage of the he;irt. 



Henry Meyer was born in Herndorf. 

 • ■ermany, .Tanu;iry 14, l>^<i:!, the .son of 

 Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer. He cami 

 to America with his jiarents tliirtyfive 

 years ago an<l st.irted in tlu' flower busi- 

 ness in Kenosha teji years later. He 

 was the founder .'ind senior member of 

 the firm of H. Meyer & Son^ whiidi will 

 MOW be continiieil by his sons, Henry, 

 dr., I'r.ank J. and I'l'tir ATever. as Henry 

 Meyer Sons. 



Mr. Meyer retired from \]\o manage 

 "leMt III' his business several \i'ars ago 

 lieeaiise o t' ill health, but when the war 

 started .-uid one of his sons, lleiirv, en 

 liste<l in the rnited States Marines, and 

 a second, I'rank, joined the TInite(l 

 Wtales .army, he returned fo work in the 

 :ireeiili(insrs until tiuv h.-id come back 

 from the dcfen-c nf the llag. Two 

 uiouths au'ii lie w.is taken with serious 

 illness .-iiid sinee that time had been un 

 able to do iiiiiidi of the werk at tin* 



Lrreeliholises. lie was .'i liiellllier ot' the 



St. .loseph's .Society and li.id t.'ikeu an 

 ;iiti\e p.art in the work ot' the order. 

 Mr. .Me\ir i-> -iir\i\ed liv his wife. 



George Arnold. 



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.Nils. I '.arli.i r;i .\li\er: li\ idiii ^oiis, 

 li.am Meyer, of Soine;s, Wis.; II 

 Meyer, .Ir., I'eter Meyer .'ind I' 

 Meyei', of Kenosha, and by two da 

 ters, -Mrs. I'Vcd Hoerllinger, ot' Son 

 .•ind -Miss Clara Meyer, of Kenosha. 



'file fliner.al services Were held S; 

 day morning, .\iigust IMi, at lo o 'c 

 at the St. <;eorge chiir<di, after w 

 interment was mad(> in the family 

 at the St. (ieorge eemeferv. 



Ludwig Heyn. 



.\fter a short illness Ludwje jieyn, 

 the sole iirojiriidor of tin- inisiness con 

 diicte(l under the n;ime ot' ('oiir.ad .Vjipid, 

 Harmstadt, (Jermanv, died ,Iuly \'.\. 



.Mr. Heyn was in his sixty first year, 

 lie entered the business of his father 

 .ind uncle July 1, IHSS. Conr.ad .Xppel's 

 business was established in ]~s'.\ l.y the 

 great grandfather of .Mr. H.^yn and 

 from small ]iro]iort ions gr;idii;illy in- 

 ere.-ised to its jireseiit standing .•ind rejm 

 fat ion. 



-Mr. Heyn is survived bv his widow. 

 The business is transferred to his 

 nephew, the son of his (uily sister, Paul 

 Aiiding, who took charge «f affjiirs An 

 gust 12 and who will eoiitinue the busi 

 ness in the same style as before. The 

 business now bidongs to the faniih of 

 the toiinder in the tifth gener;i t imi. 



David Rehr. 



I>;i\id Kelir, for ?n;iny vears m busi 

 ness ;it T.idiighton, I';i., dud nt' cnmpli 

 cations .\ugust 2H. He was 71 years of 

 .'ige and is survived by his wife, two 

 sons •■ind two daughters. 



August E. Jahn. 



.\ugiist J-;, .lalin. of I'rooklyn, \. \ ., 

 who retired ;ili(iiit twelve ve.'irs ago, 

 died .S;it uiday. Sept em Ihi i1, ;iI his home. 



."illS M;icoii street, i '. I m ik I \ II, lb vv,•|^ 

 born in (iotlia, < >eriii;iii v , ;iiid in e;irl\ 

 life came to this i-ountrv, shortly ;if'tei 

 wards establishing himsidf as n retail 

 Itoiist ;it 1L'>^ I'.ro.-idway, Williamsburg, 

 where he rontinued in business until 

 the time of his retirement. He lcavp« 

 hi- wit'e, one daughter, .Mrs. Klla Klf«Tt, 

 ••ind two sons, .Mfred and Hugo H. Jahn. 

 The latter is conducting a retail store at 

 710 N'ostrand avenue, ISrooklyii. Tip 



deeeased was a member of (^V)perilieU- 



lodgi', the Hanover <'lub and the .\rioii 

 .Singing Soeietv. t'mic'i :il services wi're 



hi'ld at the hliMie ..|i Tlle-ii;iV e.enine, 

 September !». .1. II. I'. 



THALICTRUM WORTH GROWING 



I'lider separ.ite rover 1 .un ni;iiling 

 voii ;i plant, ot which 1 would like to 



know the li.'inie. .\lso tell me whetllel 



the trade rei|niri- such ,•( p|;int. 



The pl;iiit ill i|iiestion vvoiihl be ;i good 

 substitute tor ntliei gleells, .-idill U t Ulll , f OI 



instance, jis tin- |'l;iiit reseintdes it to i 

 splendid degree. It i- a good keeper, 

 l;isting ;is long as ten days .•ind even 

 longer in :i cool pl.o- . remaining green 

 .ind crisp. The iiatiin' of the pl;int is a 

 clinging \ine, fuit if piiicheii it remains 

 a bushy plant. If left alone the vine pro 

 duces sm;ill (link flowers aVxnit the si'/e 

 ot' tile forget me lint, liiit in a sn;ipi' re 

 seiiiblini: the tlovver-. of ;i bals;ini, or 



touch me lint. X. F. ,1, 1 'ji . 



The -|iecimen sent is one of tin- th;iiie 

 'riiiiis. T. minus adiaiit ifidiiim. Th' 

 thalictriitiis, nr niiailnw rues, have fern 

 like t'oli;ige and are u-efiil in making u| 



liiilli|Uets. They ale sometimes ofl'eled 



III the markets ni a -ni;ill w;iy .ind ;ir' 

 worthy nt' (•ultiiie liv .-ill llorists who dn 

 ;iiiv r.'';iil lui-in s-. W. \. f . 



