March 17. 1921. 



The Florists' Review 



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a stroke of paralysis, from the effects 

 of which he did not recover. 



Mr. Hall was one of the founders of 

 the Denver Wholesale Florists' Co. and 

 was associated with this concern at the 

 time of his death. He leaves a widow, 

 Emma J. Hall; a daughter, Mary B., 

 and a brother, Charles Hall, of Denver. 

 He was active in church affairs, being 

 a member of St. Luke's Episcopal 

 church, of Monteclair, and there the 

 services were held Thursday, March 10, 

 with interment at Fairmount cemetery. 

 The large attendance at the church and 

 cemetery, and the numerous and beauti- 

 ful floral pieces, were evidences of the 

 esteem in which Mr. Hall was held by 

 his friends. 



John Mees. 



John Mees, a retired florist of Laurel, 

 L. I., died at the Brooklyn hospital 

 Wednesday evening, March 9. The 

 cause of his death was cancer, for which 

 he had been operated on in the hopes of 

 restoring his health. He was 73 years 

 of age. Surviving are his widow and 

 five daughters, Mrs. Don J. MacDoiiald, 

 of Brooklyn; Mrs. John H. Hagen, of 

 Riverside; Mrs. Jennie Benjamin, Mrs. 

 J. F. Weir and Miss Justine Mees. 



John Stevenson. 



John Stevenson, a former member of 

 the trade at Queens, L. I., died Satur- 

 day, March 5, at his home after a long 

 illness. His death was due to septic 

 poisoning. He was 65 years of age and 

 was at one time prominent in civic af- 

 fairs. His first venture in business was 

 in the furniture line, at which he pros- 

 pered. He extended his activities in this 

 line and his success was not so notable. 

 He then took up the growing of flowers. 

 He erected several greenhouses and 

 branched out in this enterprise. 



He was a member of the Masonic or- 

 der and the Knights of Pythias. Both 

 lodges had an active part in the burial 

 services. 



Surviving are his wife, one daughter, 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Hendrickson, and four 

 sons: Dr. Robert, Christian R., Hector M. 

 and Dr. J. Ritchie Stevenson. 



The funeral services took place March 

 7, at his home, under the direction of the 

 two lodges, and were conducted by the 

 Rev. Dr. Lyons, of the Baptist church 

 of Queens, to which the deceased be- 

 longed. Interment was at Evergreen 

 cemetery. 



0. R. Kimberlln. 



A telegraphic report of the do.ith of 

 C. R. Kimberlin, of the Kimberlin Seed 

 Co., San Jose, Cal., appeared in last 

 week's issue of The Review. As a mem- 

 ber of the company which bears his 

 name, the deceased was well known not 

 only in California, but throughout the 

 United States and in Europe, where the 

 business interests of his company ex- 

 tend, and his many friends and business 

 associates will learn with sorrow of his 

 death. 



He was born in the town of Santa 

 Clara, Cal., in 1864, where he continu- 

 ously made his home until three years 

 ago, when he moved to San Jose. His 

 father, who came to California via the 

 Isthmus in 1852 with his bride, was one 

 of the early settlers in Santa Clara 

 county, and a pioneer in the seed grow- 

 ing industry. His father, for some 

 years after coming to Santa Clara 

 county, was a professor of languages 

 at the College of the Pacific, but left 

 his profession as a teacher to engage in 



William Wilcox Barnard. 



the seed growing industry, in which his 

 sons later achieved unusual success. 



The deceased received his early edu- 

 cation in the town of Santa Clara, 

 where he later became associated with 

 his father in the growing of garden 

 seed. With his brother, L. M. Kimber- 

 lin, he organized the Kimberlin Seed 

 Co. some fifteen years ago, and the 

 company in which his son and the son 

 of his brother are also associated. 



He was a member of the Methodist 

 church of Santa Clara, and for many 

 years actively identified with the Wood- 

 men of the World and the Fraternal Aid 

 Society. 



He is survived by his widow, one 

 son, Floyd M. Kimberlin, and by the 

 following brothers and sisters: O. B. 

 Kimberlin, of Berkeley; H. B. Kimber- 

 lin, of Santa Clara; L. M. Kimberlin, 

 of San Jose; Mrs. May Z. Rancin, of 

 Oakland, and Mrs. M. C. Sanders, of 

 Morgan Hill, Cal. 



Funeral services were held March 8, 

 following which the body was interred 

 at Oak Hill cemetery, San Jose. 



Arthur M. Kosell. 



Arthur M. Resell died suddenly at 

 Mercy hospital, Parsons, Kan., Tues- 

 day morning, March 8. The deceased 

 underwent an operation, February 28, 

 for acute appendicitis and great hopes 

 were entertained for a complete re- 

 covery. His death came as a shock to 

 his many friends. He had a pleasing 

 personality and was a grower of excep- 

 tional ability. For nearly six years he 

 had been manager of the Eastende 

 Greenhouses & Gardens, of the Wirt 

 Floral Co. He was 39 years old and 

 well known among the growers of Kan- 

 sas, Oklahoma and Missouri. 



J. Keimel, as follows: Production, E. 

 Allen Peirce, Carl Hageuburger and W. 

 J. Pilcher; marketing, Joseph Kohout, 

 Carl Hagenburger and Earl Mann; 

 credits and collections, Thomas Roland, 

 Earl Mann and J. S. Wilson; legisla- 

 tion, Earl Mann, Thomas Roland and 

 W. J. Pilcher. J. F, Ammann, Sec 'y. 



FOLIAOE TURNING BBOWN. 



Have you any data at hand indicating 

 why freesias have a tendency to get 

 brown tips on the leaves? The flower 

 stems are perfect, but the foliage is 

 not. K. & S.— Wis. 



There are three possible causes for 

 freesia foliage turning brown at the 

 tips; first, overdryness at the roots; 

 second, applying liquid manure in too 

 heavy doses, and third, fumigation. 

 The plants will stand occasional weak 

 applications of liquid manure, but 

 nothing will turn the tips more quickly 

 than an overdose. Fumigation often 

 raises havoc with foliage; tobacco stems 

 always burn the tips badly, but you 

 can use one of the nicotine papers with 

 perfect safety. C. W. 



FLOWER GROWERS' ASSOCIATION 



Committees Appointed. 



Standing committees of the National 

 Flower Growers' Association have been 

 appointed from among the members of 

 the board of directors by President W. 



Lansing, Mich. — Nelson Haner, who 

 has been engaged in fruit growing, is 

 preparing to grow gladioli this season. 



Springfield, 111.— A. C. Brown finds 

 conditions more favorable now than they 

 have been and anticipates a good Easter 

 and spring business. Both at the green- 

 houses and at the store everything is in 

 good shape for the continuation of as 

 successful a business as has been en- 

 joyed in former years. 



Marysville, Kan.— H. R. Fisher in- 

 tends to erect four cottages at Walker, 

 Minn., on a tract of land called Fisher's 

 Point, which is owned by his nephew. 

 The plan is to make the point, which is 

 on the shore of Leech lake, a summer 

 resort. Mr. Fisher spent five weeks 

 last summer at Walker and also two 

 weeks during February. He will spend 

 the summer there this year, leaving his 

 business about June 1. 



