JAMAIIV 20, 1!I21 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



OBITUARY 



I Sit iilsd |i,itrr :!l 1 



Charles W. Crouch. 



S;it iii'd.'iy (•\('iiiii<4', .I.'imini'v S, dc'ith 

 chiiiiicd <'li;irl('s W. ('[(juch, |ii(iiircr ll<i 

 ri.st ol' K iKi.willr, 'rciiii., I'liildwi ri;^ .-i 

 liiiiiciiiij,^ illness. Mr. ('i-(nicli siitlrrccl 

 ii sli'oUc dl' jmralysis srsi'ii yciiis :i;^ii 

 ;ili<l ii('\ci- fully recovered, lie retired 

 I'roiii ;icti\e business some time au;o and 

 spent his declining- days at his resi 

 deuce. 



.,„^J.r... Crouch was horn in .Manchostei-, 

 'Knfilan<l, in iSoL', and came to .\merica 

 witii his f.ather at, tiu; ii'^t' ol' 7 years. 

 The family located in New \'ork city, 

 where his father ]danned the lielle 

 View y.arden and other jiarks in (ioth.am. 

 He \\;is a ti;iiiied landsc;i|ie ^;irdeiicr, 

 Ijaviiij,' fidlowed that ]ir(»fession in 

 J']in()|K'. lie [ilanned some of the f,i ■ 

 mous |iarks in Paris liet'ore he came to 

 this country. 



'rii(> family mo\ cd west following' an 

 <'Xtendeil stay in New Vork, the ('rouch 

 honu'stead at Knoxville liein<,' the loca 

 lion of the new home at that time. .\1 

 tliou^;li it w;is in the i-ountry at that 

 time, the city's L;rowth lir(M|iiht it en 

 tir(dy within the city limits and the 

 home is imw within \\\f limits ol' M-reat er 

 J\llo\\ ille. 



('liailes ('ro\hdi was the orL;;in i/i-r of 

 .-111 ondiestra and also a hand. He wa3 

 a musician of note and always en 

 <lea\dred to exc(d in all his musii-.il uii- 

 dertakinjjs. His sons, Thomas and Wil- 

 liam, also .acted as directors of the 

 musical orjiani/at ions. 



!Survi\iny; are the widow and one son, 

 AVilliam Crouidi, two sons ha\iMLi died 

 se\'ei'al years aeo. Two sisteis and 

 four i^randidiildreii also survive. Hail 

 Mr. (riMicli lived until Se|iteml)er, he 

 and Mrs. (rouidi wduld have c(d(d>r;ited 

 their j,'oldeii wcildin^ anniversary. 



Mr. Crouc h succeeiled in the oiier.ation 

 <d' ;i ret.ail store. Following his failure 

 in health, he i-elireil t'rom .'ictixe hnsi- 

 ness, ;is well as I'roui the I'eyular at- 

 teiid.allce ot' the ser\ices ;it St. .lohu's 

 K|dsco]ial (dnnadi, of whicdi chnndi he 

 was ;i memhei-. His son, William Croucdi, 

 now I'onducts the husiness started hy , 

 liis father. 



Funer.'il services vsen' held Mond:iy 

 afternoon, .l.anu.ary 10. 



Henry F. C. Sander. 



The de.ath of Henry V. ('. Sand(>r. 

 sienior nirtnhir and founder of the tirm, 

 S;inder iV Si,ris, ,,( S], Alhaiis, Entlland. 

 :ind UruLic's, l',(dt.'ium, occurred l)eccn;hei- 

 lM, ;it Hru^'es. The career of this indom- 

 itahle m.an in the world of horticulture 

 h;is hei'u a remarkable one. In iSiiT he 

 eiiterecl the service of .lani(>s ('iirttM' i^- 

 ' o., .and while there lie met Henedict 

 lioe/.l. till' t'anious explorer and plant ccd 

 lector. I'.otli Were enthusiasts with re 

 tjaril to pl.ants. :ind they decided to com 

 Idne forces, K'oe/.l to collect, S.ander to 

 receive and dispose of the collections. 

 Mr. S:iiiiler commenced business in .a 

 luod^ way on (leorjje .street, ^t..\lbans, 

 ]irinci]ially as ;i seeilsnian, but Koe/.l "s 

 consignments of oreh'ds and other rare 

 |dants became so important and so exten- 

 .sive that in 1*^7.'! Sir. Sander built his 

 first greenhous(>, almost entirely with his 

 own lianils. This accommodation soon 

 jiroved too small, and in l^M the present 



l.ai'j^t' nursery w;is established just out 

 side the town of Ht. .\lbans. The busi- 

 ness a|ilitui|e of the man is slmw u in the 

 fact tiiat .at one time he emploved no 

 fewer than twenty three collectors, who 

 were busy in dill'erent p.aits ol' the 

 world. His jmjiortat ions became so lari,fi' 

 that for several'^ye.ars he had orchid sales 

 in London on four days in the week. \',y 

 his introduction in (piantity ol' ('atlleya 

 labi.ata, Demlrobium rii.alanopsis, <'at- 

 tleya Schroedera' and other orchids, .Mr. 

 S.'inder did more th.an any other man to 

 pojnilarize or(diids and brinj,f them within 

 the rea(di of tliose with modest means. 

 During th(> eighties he established ar. or 

 (diid nursery in the I'liiti'd States, at 

 Summit, N. J., and ]il;iieil Mr. I'orster 

 man in (di.arge. Later .\. l>immock be 

 came m.an.ager, but as the nursery was so 

 far from the home ceiitei- it w.as even 

 tn.ally disposed of to Lager & Hiyrell, 

 who still condui't it as :in orchid estab- 

 lishment. Ill IMU, .Mr. Sander started .a 

 new Venture bv establishing a nnrserv ;it 



Charles W .Crouch. 



St. .\ndi'e, just outside the gates of the 

 aiudenl city of l!ruges. This rapidly 

 develojicd into a huge undertaking, with 

 over liHi greenhouses, some thirty ol' 

 whiidi ;ire devoted to orchids. .Azaleas 

 aiicl ba V trees are grown in enormous 

 ipiantit ies at Hriiges, as widl as jialiiis, 

 liliums and begonias. This establish 

 nient ji.assed into the hands of the enemy 

 during the war and was a constant 

 source of anxiety to its owner, who, 

 however, lived to see it freed again, and 

 to le.arii that his manager, ^L Mellstrom, 

 was safe. During recent years Mr. 

 S.ander, with his three sons, I'earnley, 

 I'red and Louis, whom he took into |iart 

 nership in I'.tOL', devoted much attention 

 to the raising of hybrid orchids, which 

 now forms the main feature of the tlrm's 

 activities. 



Mr. Sander liad been ill for the last 

 few years, following the first of a s(naes 

 of o|ier,ations wliicli were performed to 

 extend his life. He ha<l been of robust 

 health during the greater part of his life, 

 and even tovvard the end did he r.allv 



;ind improve in health so much that 

 I hose in attendance thought he w;ls on 

 th(; ro.ad to recovery. .\ sudden ndapse. 

 from which lie never rallied, brought the 

 end. His body w.as t.akeii to Kngland 

 anil was biiiaed .at St. Alb.ans, December 

 30. 



Robert M. Kemp. 



I'^very metiibcr of t he i'''lorist s ' ( dub of 

 Jialtimore iiiniirns the death of one of its 

 oldest and at one time most .active mem- 

 bers, Hubert M. Kemji. ,\ jieculiar coin- 

 cidence was tli.at .Mr. Kr-mp met his uu- 

 1 iiindy death .laniiarv HI, the night of the 

 club meeting, .at which his absence was 

 noted, fur, .altlioii;;h iiilirm and (piitc; 

 de.af, he li.ad never missed a meeting. 

 It was his custom to sit as close to tlie 

 president's chair .as jiossiblo and read 

 The Review .all evening. Mr. Kem[) was 

 7 1 ye.ars of age and was the last member 

 of his f.amily, his only brother having 

 died shoi'tly before ( 'hrist m.as. It w.as 

 to his brother- lli.at his club lienefit cer- 

 tilicate was made out, ;ind he liad ex 

 press,. i| liis intention to have it changed 

 at the l.ast meeting. .\ g.as stove in his 

 loom had in some u|,aiiiier become discoii- 

 iiei'ted, and when ►je was found, owing to 

 his vvi/akened coii'dition. he was lincoii- 

 siiiiiis, and died <in the w.ay to the hos- 

 pital. 



About thirty ye.ars ago the Kem|i 

 family were ;iniong the most prominent 

 llnrists in Haltimore. There is no niem- 

 b'-r of the club that could be more siri- 

 ii'ielv misscfl from his .accustomed pLace 

 than ''I'ncle Hob.'' His funeral took 

 pl.ace from the home of his niece, .Mrs. 

 Deems, on Xorth I'.ond street. The pall 

 be.arers, .all members of the club, were 

 I'resiileiit K'(dieit L. (Mahain. .Ir.. Will 

 i;ini I'. i:k,as, .lolm .1. j'erry, ( '. M. Wag- 

 lur, lidw.ard Kir^s and .lames (llass. 

 There w,-!^ .a l:ir;^i- atteiid.ance ol' llorists 

 and iiiaiiv li:iiid--iime funeral offerings 

 w eie >ent . Tate. 



Mrs. R. MautT. 



-Mrs. \i. M.iiifi, formerly vviibdy 

 known a^ :i piionii llorist of Denver, 

 <'olo., died .-it Lnv .\ng(des, Cal., Tiu's- 

 dav, .lanuary 11. I'it'ty years .ago .Mrs. 

 .MaulT opeiicMl ;i greenhouse at lllL'.") 

 Loi;;iii street. Deliver, aiid remaiiii'd in 

 charge of it until I'.tli;, when she re- 

 moved to f.'.alifornia. 



Mrs. Maiiff was active in cliundi and 

 civil afl'airs during her lung residence 

 ill Denver. Surviving her are four 

 d.aiighters and one son, .Albert MaufT, 

 well known llniist of Denver. Relatives 

 at the latter |il,ice left .Tamiar,v 11 for 

 Los Angeles, where the burial touk 

 place. R. E. H. 



Frank R. Steinbach. 



I'r.ank R. Steiiib.ai h died suddenly at 

 his home in Henrico county, near Rich- 

 mond, \';i., Wednesday, .lanuiirv 12, at 

 7:<i'i .a. m. Death was due to he.art 

 t'ailure. Mr. >St(dnb.ach was well known 

 to the trade generally, being a frequent 

 .attendant at the conventions of the 

 Society of Amerii'an Florists, and was 

 for one term vice president for the 

 st.ate of A'iryini.a. 



Mr. Steiiib.ach was 4- years of .age 

 and is survived by his wife and sister. 

 The funeral services were held Siind.ay 

 afternoon, .lanuary Ifi, and were at- 

 tended by numbers of friends and 

 members of tli(> trad(\ There were 

 many beautiful lloral offerings. His 

 sunny disposition and lios]iitable mnn- 

 nor will be missed by ni.any friends in 

 the trade at large. 



