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JANOABT 22, 1920. 



The Florists' Review 



27 



obituary| 



James Oumey. 



James Gurney, 88 years old, superin- 

 tendent of Tower Grove park, St. Louis, 

 died January 15 at his home, in Tower 

 Grove park, in which he had lived for 

 the last thirty years. 



Mr. Gurney was a native of England 

 and learned the trade at the Eoyal Gar- 

 dens at Kew, where he later Had charge 

 of the aquatic section and, it is said, 

 developed the famous Victoria regia 

 water lily. 



He came to St. Louis when still a 

 young man and became chief gardener 

 for Henry Shaw and often said he was 

 a gardener, not a botanist. He laid 

 out and planted the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden and Tower Grove park under 

 the personal supervision of Henry Shaw. 

 He often said that Tower Grove park 

 was wholly an artificial park and every 

 tree was placed where it is for a special 

 purpose, to produce a special effect. 



Mr. Gurney was an honorary member 

 of the St. Louis Florists' Club and 

 many attended the funeral, which took 

 place Sunday afternoon, January 18, at 

 his late residence. His wife died twenty 

 y^ars ago and he is survived by two 

 sons, James and George. J. J. B. 



Itevl H. Bead. 



Levi H. Bead, of L. H. Read & Co., 

 Deer Park, Ala., died at his home Jan- 

 uary 15 as the result of pneumonia, fol- 

 lowing a long siege of typhoid fever. 

 He was 57 years of age at the time of 

 his death. 



Mr. Read was born in eastern Ver- 

 mont of sturdy New. England stock. 

 He early showed a love of plant life 

 and experimented, in hybridization, of- 

 ten with successnil results. When he 

 had reached m^hood, he moved to 

 Wisconsin. About 1900 he moved again, 

 this time to Alabama, where he resided 

 until his death, continually working in 

 the seed, bulb and nursery business and 

 developing* the business of the firm 

 which bears his name. This business 

 will be carried on, for a while at least, 

 under its present name. 



Mrs. Fredericka Flister. 



Mrs. Fredericka Flister, wife of the 

 late Ferdinand Flister, died at the home 

 of her daughter, Mrs. Marie Flister 

 Fugleberg, Oshkosh, Wis., January i4 

 at the age of 85. Mrs. Flister was 

 born in Germany and had lived in Osh- 

 kosh for the last forty-seven years. 

 Her husband was the founder of the 

 present greenhouse firm of Fugleberg & 

 Flister and, until ten years ago, Mrs. 

 Flister was active in the business her- 

 self. She is survived by her only child, 

 Mrs. Marie Fugleberg, seven grand- 

 children and four great-grandchildren. 

 Funeral services were held from the res- 

 idence, 1949 Doty street, Friday morn- 

 ing, January 16. 



Mrs. A. J. Enapp. 



Mrs. A. J. Knapp died suddenly at 

 her home at Evansville, Ind., January 19 

 and was buried January 21. She was 

 the wife of Dr. A. J. Knapp, who from 

 a small beginning as an amateur be- 

 came one of the largest peo4y growers 

 in the middle west. At Evansville 



James Gurney. 



peonies bloom in May and Dr. Knapp 

 annually ships many thousands of 

 dozens to Chicago for the Memorial day 

 demand. The quality of his stock is of 

 the best and he has gained a wide ac- 

 quaintance in the trade, although ac- 

 tively engaged in it only a part of each 

 year. 



Frank McQregor. 



Frank McGregor, president of the 

 McGregor Bros. Co., Springfield, O., 

 died at his home January 11, at the 

 age of 81. 



Wlnftred J. Smith' 



Winfred J. Smith, of Rochester, 

 N. Y., died suddenly at his home Mon- 

 day morning, January 12. He was taken 

 ill quite unexpectedly Sunday after- 

 noon and death from angina pectoris 

 followed at 2:30 the next morning. 



Mr. Smith was born in Abington, 

 Mass., in April, 1860, and came to 

 Rochester at the age of 17. Though not 

 strictly in the florists' business, he was 

 for many years one of the leading di- 

 rectors of large dinners, weddings and 

 other social affairs and gave much time 

 to the arranging of floral decorations, 

 in which he was an artist. The major- 

 ity of the larger functions in Rochester 

 took place under his supervision. 



He was also active in the Y. M. C. A., 

 a member of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 a prominent member of the Brick Pres- 

 byterian church, for ten years superin- 

 tendent of the Brick Church Institute 

 Boys' Club and for twenty-five years 

 secretary of the Sunday school. 



In 1890 he married Miss Charlotte 

 Curtis and went to live in the family 

 home at 151 Harvard street. His wife 

 survives him. 



The funeral took place Wednesday 

 afternoon, January 14, followed by in- 

 terment in M.ount Hope cemetery. The 



large number of beautiful floral trib- 

 utes testified to the warm affection and 

 high esteem in which he was held. 



H. J. H. 



CHICAaO. 



The Market. 



The present market condition is one 

 of most unusual character. Early last 

 week, for a day, there were signs that 

 a turn was coming; there were increased 

 supplies of carnations and sweet peas, 

 as well as of orchids and violets. But 

 the weather turned dark and cold, with 

 the result that, instead of weakening, 

 the market stiffened still further. The 

 upward trend has been continuous, each 

 day finding the market with less flowers 

 than the day before, while the demand 

 has increased even as the supply has 

 shrunk. The weather has been respon- 

 sible for the decrease in the supply and, 

 no doubt, also is to be credited with a 

 considerable part of the increased de- 

 mand. Orders are coming in a flood 

 from those who do not buy in this mar- 

 ket except at times when the home sup- 

 ply is unequal to the demand. These 

 buyers report that in their cities the 

 bad weather has cut down the supply at 

 a time when the demand is strong, but 

 their S. O. S. call meets with little re- 

 sponse; they may get a part of what 

 they order, especially if it is long roses, 

 but there is small chance for the ir- 

 regular buyer to get what he most 

 wants, flowers for work. 



The increase in the call for funeral 

 flowers has been one of the notable 

 features of the week. It is apparent 

 that a widespread epidemic of flu and 

 pneumonia is operating to give the , 

 trade an extremely busy and difficult 

 time. A few weeks ago the bulk of the 

 call was for high grade stock for social 

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