July 21t. 1920 



The Florists' Review 



23 



OBITUARY 



Jacob Schulz. 



Jacob Schulz, of Louisville, Ky., one 

 of the pioneers of the tr.'ide in that city, 

 ilied July 21 of acute ji.-ilpitation of the 

 heart, at the home of his d.-iuirhter, Mrs. 

 Frances Lukinj;, in Parkerton, Wj-o. lie 

 was born in Baden-Baden, (Jermany, 

 July 25, 1842, and was thus four days 

 less than 78 years/ffTd jit the time of his 

 death. I 



Mr. Schulz received ;i tli()roufj;li trnin 

 ing in Germany and wiien he came to 

 this country :ind to Louisville in 18(5;') he 

 ,it once took charge of the estate of 

 (Colonel Alexander, at that time one of 

 ihc show places nround Tjoiiisville and 

 now a ])art of ('herokee ])ark. In 

 1873 he started in business for himsidt' 

 lit 831 Cherokee road, from which ad 

 dress he conducted all of his business 

 until 1904, when he bought the retail 

 iiusiness of the F. Morat 's Sons Co., the 

 store at that time ])eing near the corner 

 of P\)urth and Walnut streets. A few 

 vears later he purchased the property at 

 "i.'O Fourth avenue and continued a re- 

 lail store until al)out four ye;irs ago, 

 when he disposed of the retail business 

 to the Jacob Schulz Co.. which had been 

 incorpor:ited by his son, George K. 

 Schulz, its present president. 



Mr. Schulz was notable both for his 

 love of ])lant life and for his ability to 

 impart his knowledge to his employees; 

 many successful members of the trade 

 '■we their ])rogress in jiart to his instruc- 

 tion and guidance. He ;ilso believed 

 strongly in trade organizations. Tie was 

 'ine of the tweuty-tive ])ioneer members 

 xf the S. A. F., served several times as 

 the state vice-president for that society 

 ind was a regular attendant at the con- 

 ventions until the last two or three 

 years, when, because of his age, he was 

 not so regular. lie was a charter mem- 

 lier of the Kentucky Society of Florists 

 ind served as its president a number of 

 times. Fxcept in the last two years. 

 d was never too hot or too cold for him 

 'o attend tho monthly meetings of the 

 state society and enter into all its activ- 

 ities. He was also a member of the 

 \merican Carnation Society. 



In 1877 he married Miss p]lizabeth 

 Morat, daughter of Francis Morat, who 

 was the ])ioneer florist of Louisville. 



Mr. Schulz is survived by his wifi . 

 'wo daughters. Mrs. Joseph A. Fueglein. 

 "f Tjouisville, .-md Mrs. Francos Luking. 

 '•f Parkerton, Wyo.; four sons, Frank G. 

 ^chulz, city salesman for the Frank A. 

 Menni^ (\andy Co.; George !•]. Schulz. 

 I 'resident of the Jacob Schulz Co.: Fred 

 I.. Schulz, who was connected with his 

 ' ither in business, and Henry .T. Schulz, 

 ' ])liotograplior. There are also three 

 "tot hers, two sisters and eleven grand 

 iiildren to mourn his death. 



Th(> funeral services were held Mon- 

 I'ly morning, July 20, from St. Martin 's 

 'voman Catliolic church; interment wa.- 

 n V:\vc Hill cemetery. The active pall- 

 'C.irers were present and former em- 

 'loyees who liad been with Mr. Schulz 

 '^r long |)eriods of time. The disjday of 

 !ovvers was ])articularly beautiful; 

 iianv of tho floral tokens of regard came 

 ' "m distant points. 



To the trade around Louisville Mr. 



^chulE was lovingly known and always 



■'Upd "boss." To the writer he was 



Jacob Schulz. 



I'or sixteen yeais an aetual ••l><is>'' and 

 for thirtv-two vears an atTectiduatc 

 "bos.s. " " " A. K. P.auiii.i. 



Edwin G. Scott. 



Ldwin (i. Scott, owiief of the Marsii 

 field Florist Co., Marsh<i(dd, Ore., die. I 

 July 16 at Camp Lewis. Washington, 

 at the age of ."l.") years. He was killed 

 by the explosion of a ti incdi rifle while 

 at target practice with his conipany ot 

 the Oregon ('oast Artillery. ( )reg()n .\'a 

 tional Guard. 



Mr. Scott was Ixirn in .\(dirask;i and 

 moved to (Wirfiidd, Wash., in l!»no. Aftei- 

 I'ompleting a high school course at <iar 

 field he affemied the floricultural coursr- 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col 

 lege, at Amherst. 



In 19fu; he built two small greenhouses 

 at (iarfield: these were torn down in 

 1908 to he rejilaced by largei- and more 

 modern houses. At this time he was 

 .joined by his brother, Louis K. Seott. 

 in ;i partnership uiuler the naine ot' the 

 Koselawn (ireeniiouses. In 1!M1 the 

 firm bought .1. L. Houni "s range at Mos 

 cow, Ida., to whiidi it iiio\t'il tlu' (Gar- 

 field range. Because of poor health 

 Kdwin Scott in 1!M.") seM'red his connec 

 tion with the lii'm of' Hoscdawn Green 

 houses ami moveil to M;irshtield. Ore., 

 where he engageil in business under the 

 firm name of the Marshfield Florist Co., 

 having bought the store ami greenhouses 

 of the Drew Flor.il Co. He had re- 

 cently been experimenting with the 

 shipnu>nt of cut rhoclodeudroii blooms 

 for April, May and June use and had 

 shipped, duriTig the season iust past, 

 large cpiantities of the blooms to various 

 points west of tho Kocky nuuintains. 



He is survived liv his wife, who was 

 t'ormerly Miss l-'Al-.i Farver, of l>cs 

 Moines, la., and to whom he was nuir- 

 ried in 1912. She has been closely as- 

 sociated in the liusiness with her hus- 

 liand. 



Fiiner;il >er\ices wi-re Indd from the 

 Metliodisi (diurch .Inly 1!». All business 

 houses leiriaiiieil (doseij cjuring the 8er^■- 

 ices. L. R. S. 



Edward Johnson. 



l\d\\artl .Icdinson, who. with his wife, 

 was attacked in his h(une, 852 East 

 i'wenty-ninth street, I'latbush, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., July J. di.'d July 17 as a 

 ie>nlt (d" till' attack. Mrs. Johnson died 

 .July »;. J. H. P. 



Mrs. M. S. Foreman. 



Mrs. .M. S. I'oreman, widow of the 

 late Cli.irle- 11. Foreman, dieil at her 

 lioiiir in Louisiana, Mo.. .Inly 18, after 

 .1 brief illiiess/fcdlow ing a stroke of 

 a|iople\y tlie Frid.ay before, from whiidi 

 ^lie ne\cr re>i;iined conscMousness. Mrs. 

 I'oreinan continued the tbirists' buaines^ 

 .ifter the de.ith of her husband and 

 built up a re]intation as a successful 

 liiisiness \\(iiu;in. She was assisted in 

 till liu>ines-; by her daughter, Miss Kuth 

 I'oreuian. who will continue to operate 

 it. 



Jolm Maconn. 



Prfifessoi' .loiin ^iaconti, a leading bot- 

 .inist of Canada, dioil at his home at 

 Sydney, B. C, July IS. He was known 

 as :i great contributor to the science of 

 Initany. He is survived by his wife, 

 three daughters and (Uie son, W. T. 

 Macoun, of the experimental farm, 

 Ottaw.'i, Can. 



