JUNB 2, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



James F. M. Faxqiihar. 



General regret was felt in Boston hor- 

 ticultural circles when it became known 

 that James F. M. Farquhar, one of the 

 firm of E. & J. Farquhar Co., and its vice- 

 president, had passed away May 23. He 

 was born at Fyvie, Scotland, in 1853, his 

 father being for many years head gar- 

 dener at Fyvie Castle, where the son im- 

 bibed much of his love for and knowl- 

 edge of his chosen profession. Coming 

 to the United States in 1870, Mr. Far- 

 quhar secured employment at Provi- 

 dence, B. I. A few years later he went 

 to Boston to assume charge of Forest 

 Hills cemetery, which he beautified 

 greatly and placed in the front rank of 

 great American cemeteries. 



In 1882 Mr. Farquhar started the seed 

 business of B. & J. Farquhar & Co., on 

 South Market street, Boston, with his 

 brother, Bobert. A third brother, John 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, later joined the firm 

 and became its president when Bobert 

 retired. While actively engaged in busi- 

 ness, James Farquhar showed not only a 

 keen knowledge of the seed and bulb 

 business, but, being a broad horticultur- 

 ist, he instituted a landscape depart- 

 ment and built up a large and lucrative 

 business, laying out some noted public 

 grounds and private estates with great 

 skill and taste. He was also one of the 

 sumptuous decoration at the Copley 

 Plaza hotel for the debut of Miss "Web- 

 ster, as well as some of the unique and 

 charming Farquhar displays at shows 

 in Horticultural hall, showed him to be 

 a born leader in his craft. 



Hard work, unfortunately, brought on 

 an apoplectic shock in 1913, from which 

 he made only partial recoveries and his 

 long illness, borne with exemplary for- 

 titude and patience, ended at the Boston 

 City hospital, where he had been taken 

 a fortnight before he passed away. The 

 deceased was greatly esteemed among 

 gardeners, florists and horticulturists 

 generally, and his memory will be a 

 precious one for many years to come. 



Among the societies to which Mr. Far- 

 quhar belonged were the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, S. A. F., New 

 England Seed Trade Association, Horti- 

 cultural Club and Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club of Boston. He was an active 

 member of the last named body for more 

 than thirty years, being elected to hon- 

 orary membership over two years ago. 

 He served as one of the executive com- 

 mittee as far back as 1893. 



Surviving Mr. Farquhar are his 

 widow, formerly Miss Jennie Hunt, of 

 Providence; three brothers, John K. M. 

 L., ex-president of the S. A. F., Bobert, 

 at one time a member of the firm, and 

 Dr. William Farquhar, of Aberdeen, 

 Scotland; two sisters, Mrs. George Muri- 

 son, of New York, and Mrs. James Hen- 

 derson, of Scotland. 



Funeral services were held at Forest 

 Hill cemetery, the last resting place hav- 

 ing been selected by the deceased many 

 years ago. There was a large attendance 

 of relatives and friends, which filled the 

 chapel, many seedsmen, florists, private 

 gardeners and nurserymen being in- 

 cluded. There were numerous beautiful 

 floral tokens. The seed stores and nurs- 



eries of B. & J. Farquhar Co. were 

 closed during the afternoon of the 

 services. W. N. C. 



Mrs. Teresa A. Budlong. 



May 26 Mrs. Teresa A. Budlong, wife 

 of the late Joseph A. Budlong and 

 mother of Albert H. Budlong and Mrs. 

 Florence B. Schupp, died at her home, 

 2418 Foster avenue, Chicago. .. • 



Mrs. Budlong was a member of a 

 family well known to the trade and her 

 passing away will recall to many of 

 us the noteworthy career of three 

 brothers, two of whom, Joseph A. and 

 Lyman A. Budlong, removed to Chi- 

 cago in the early sixties, leaving in 

 Providence, B. I., the third brother, Wil- 

 liam H., who gained much fame in that 

 city and nationally. 



Lyman A., it will be recalled, occu- 

 pied himself with market gardening and 

 before his death in 1909 was cultivating 

 more than 700 acres of land, was widely 

 engaged in the pickle industry and was 

 actively connected with the onion set 

 trade. At his death the business was 

 being conducted by his son, Joseph J., 

 who is today additionally well known as 

 president of the Lake View Trust and 

 Savings Bank of Chicago. 



Doubtless Mrs. Budlong was a great 

 aid and inspiration to her husband, 

 Joseph A., who built up a greenhouse 

 and a wholesale cut flower business that 

 had reached large proportions at the 

 time of his death in 1906, when already 

 Mr. Budlong had put the greenhouse 

 management in the hands of his son, 

 Albert H. Budlong, and the wholesale 

 cut flower business under the manage- 

 ment of his son-in-law, Philip C. Schupp, 

 to whom their respective departments 

 were later transferred. 



The services for Mrs. Budlong were 

 held in Bosehill chapel, Chicago, Satur- 

 day, May 28, when many friends gath- 

 ered to do honor to the memory of their 

 beloved friend. There were many 

 flowers. 



Sirs. M. E. HoUcraft. 



Mrs. M. E. Hollcraft, for twenty years 

 in the retail business at Topeka, Kan., 

 died Monday evening. May 30. She had 

 been in ill health for several years, but 

 death came unexpectedly. She is sur- 

 vived by one daughter, Mrs. May 

 Bennor. During the time of the funeral, 

 Thursday afternoon, June 2, all the 

 Topeka flower shops were closed. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I, 



The Market. 



The week preceding Memori.al day 

 was the first one that afforded prac- 

 tically an entire week of pleasant 

 weather in several months and, follow- 

 ing six or seven rainy Saturdays, busi- 

 ness with the seedsmen and florists was 

 lively and kept everybody on the jump. 



The closing days were especially busy 

 ones in preparation for Memorial day 

 and potted plants cleaned up well; cut 

 flowers, made-up baskets and designs 

 were also in demand, but the number of 

 wreaths, crosses and other designs in 

 magnolia leaves and artificial flowers 

 was enormous, every corner store 

 throughout the city handling these 

 wares, while hawkers on the street dis- 

 played large numbers. The prices on 

 these ranged from 98 cents in the de- 

 partment stores for small-sized wreaths, 

 having half a dozen flowers, to more 



pretentious pieces that brought $5 to $8. 

 The clear, warm weather of several 

 days was reflected in the larger supply 

 of cut blooms than were available for 

 Mothers' day, and there was not the 

 almost prohibitive increase in prices 

 that ruled on that occasion. Carnations 

 ranged from $8 to $12 per hundred; 

 roses, $6 to $25 per hundred; stocks, $4 

 to $6; marguerites, $1.50 to $4; callas 

 and Easter lilies, $2 and $3 per dozen. 



Various Notes. 



Parker H. Nelson was granted a mar- 

 riage license last week. The bride-to-be 

 is Miss Lucy F. Simms. 



Burke & Burns have removed from 99 

 Washington street to 136 Washington 

 street, over the retail flower store of 

 William A. Bowers. 



Abe Kroll had a temporary stand for 

 the sale of designs at 417 Westminster 

 street. 



The Tom Thumb Greenhouse, 29 Calla 

 street, had a special line of potted 

 plants. 



The case of Cohen Bros. vs. E. Line- 

 burg was heard by Presiding Justice 

 Tanner in the Superior court May 28 

 and the nonsuit removed, defendant to 

 pay costs. W. H. M. 



After June 1, T. J. Johnston & Co. 

 will be located at 204 Washington 

 street, opposite the Schubert Majestic 

 theater. 



CHIOAGO. 



The Market. 



Here is the record of the number of 

 boxes of flowers taken by the express 

 company out of the Chicago cut flower 

 market in four days last week: 



Date Boxe» 



Wednesday. May 25 3.570 



Thursday. May 26 3.720 



Friday, May 27 *'22* 



Saturday, May 28 • 2.772 



Total 14.882 



This is the count of pieces; the rec- 

 ords show the average Memorial day 

 shipment consisted of three boxes, so 

 that the number of shipments figure 

 out at about 5,000. 



It is the consensus that in bulk, if 

 not in value, the shipments of Wednes- 

 day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 

 Sunday, May 25 to 30, set up a new 

 record for this market. ' ' Bed ' ' Gannon, 

 in charge of the express company's 

 crew, says the 4,820 boxes taken off the 

 market before 5 p. m. May 27 constitute 

 the greatest amount of "freight" the 

 wholesale cut flower section ever has 

 given the carrier in one day. And 

 "Red" should know, as he is a veteran 

 of fifteen years ' continuous service. He 

 had forty-two men in his brigade last 

 week and hauled away thirty big truck 

 loads of flowers on the big day, most 

 of the shipments going long distances, 

 as the overnight runs did not go out 

 until Saturday or Sunday. 



In considering the 4,820 boxes, big 

 boxes, mostly of the largest size, taken 

 off the market May 27, it should be re- 

 membered that this was the count up 

 to 5 p. m., when pick-up service ceased 

 for the day. But many of the whole- 

 sale houses were by no means through, 

 their crews of packers working far into 

 the night before the last order was out. 

 These boxes do not show in the express 

 company's count, having been sent to- 

 the stations as best might be, by pri- 

 vate truck, by touring car, or by hired 

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