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The Florists* Review 



Jui-V 28, 1921 



adviHuble to iiu'ori)oriiti', the iiniouiit of 

 incorporation being $75,000. The new 

 corporation will purchase the building 

 in which the store is now located and 

 the greeiiliouse ])roporty. The store 

 will be completely remodeled and 

 the second and third floors converted 

 into storerooms and office space. A 

 new conservatory will be added at the 

 rear of the store and a modern cold 

 storage plant installed in the basement. 

 The incorporators are Ralph J. Ros- 

 kelly, Harriet K. Roskelly, Charles W. 

 Roskellv, Arno IT. Xehrling ajid (^li;ivles 

 P. Coffev. 



OBITUARY 



WELL, WHAT'S DOING? 



It is about time you were hearing 

 what's doing in this S. A. V. member- 

 ship drive, so we are now ready to give 

 you some of the dope. Many state vice- 

 presidents and local club committees, 

 no doubt, have something up their 

 sleeves to spring at the S. A. V. conven- 

 tion. 



From those we have heard from so far, 

 however, wonderful results are reported; 

 especially is that true of the south, 

 where three more states have acquired 

 enough members to put their presidents 

 on the S. A. F. executive board; namely, 

 Oklahoma, Texas and (ieorgiii. Teii- 

 nessee got in last year and has also 

 added another good quota this year. 

 You fellows from other st.'ites would 

 better get busy. Th;it 's some record 

 for the southern florists. 



Listen to this; we just got word from 

 I). ('. Morgan, state vice-president, of 

 Macon, Ga.: "Report to date shows 

 thirty-two annual members and one 

 life member." How's that for a state 

 vice-])resident? You other fellows will 

 have to go some if you want your re- 

 j)()rts to compare with this. 



Now let us all make another big 

 drive just before the convention. 



Come on, all together — no excuse for 

 time! 



The S. A. F. works for us twelve 

 months in the year; let us now work 

 ;i few weeks for the S. A. F. and re- 

 sults will come. 



Mcmbershiji committee: 



Joseph H. Hill, 

 A. L. Miller, 

 J. F. Ammaiin, 

 S. S. Pennock, 

 Paul R. Klingsporn. 



Butte, Mont. — In the recent i)arade 

 held in this city the automol)ile of the 

 Columbi.a Floral Co. was a striking 

 feature. 



Loy, Ark. -Tlie free range cattle of 

 this vicinity Ijroke down the fences and 

 destroyed tlie stock of F. A. Cusack, so 

 that all he has left is a cou|ile of dozen 

 .igeratnms. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The establish 

 nient of Sjieiigcr Bros, was damaged by 

 tire Saturday, July Ifi, to the extent of 

 approximately $2,500. A large barn, 

 with its contents, was burned and the 

 glass in the greenhouse was crucked l)v 

 the inteiise heat. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — C. (i. Anderson, 

 of D.'ivis (iardens, h;is returned from 

 a successful business trip through the 

 soutlieru states, taking in the conven- 

 tions at Oklahoma (^ity and San An- 

 tonio, Tex. The florists in the soutli, 

 he says, seem to be prospering and the 

 outlook for fall and Christmas business 

 is exceedingly bright. 



John K. M. L. Faxquhar. 



Like a bolt from a clear sky came the 

 news July 24 that one of America 's most 

 noted horticulturists, John K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, had passed away. Mr. Farquhar 

 had been in somewhat failing health for 

 over a year. He spent the summer of 

 1920 abroad, visiting England, Scotland, 

 France, Holland and Belgium, and in- 

 cluded the French war zone as well as 

 leading nurseries, public parks, gardens, 

 seed and bulb farms in his itinerary. 

 On his return he gave many interesting 

 lectures on his experiences. The Euro- 

 ])ean trip did not improve his health, as 

 traveling and living lacked the comforts 

 of prewar days. 



As recently as July 9 Mr. Farquhar, 

 with Albert C. Burrage and others, at- 

 tended a committee meeting at Horti- 



James H. Dc Forest. 



cultural hall and the writer enjoyed a 

 conversation with him at that time. 

 For five or six days before the end came 

 he had been confined to his bed and 

 during the last two days he was unable 

 to speak. He passed jieacefully away 

 at his home, at the Hotel -Princeton, on 

 Coninionwealtli avemif, Boston, on the 

 afternoon of .July 24, only two months 

 after his brother, .lames F. M. Farqu- 

 har, whose deiith occurred May 23. 



The deceased was born in 18.T8 at 

 Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 

 and with his father, who for many years 

 had charge of the gardens there, lie se- 

 cured a good general groundwork in 

 gardening. To improve himself further, 

 lie later went to the Royal Horticulturnl 

 Society gardens at Chiswick, Tjondon, 

 and worked under A. F. Barron, whose 

 son, Leonard Barron, is now editor of 

 the Garden Magazine, in New York. On 

 leaving Chiswick he spent two years 

 with Benj.'imin Reid & Co., of Aberdeen, 

 which was then one of the largest secil 

 houses in Scotland. 



After he left Aberdeen he came to 

 Boston and was employed for three years 

 in the greenhouses at Forest Hills ceme- 

 tery. On leaving Forest Hills he went 



to the botanic gardens of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, Cambridge, and from there to 

 John Currier's estate, at Lowell, which 

 was at that time one of the leading New 

 England private places. He also spent 

 three years at Whitinsville, Mass., lay- 

 ing out a new cemetery. 



He joined his brothers, Robert and 

 .James, in the seed house of R. & J. Far- 

 ()uhar Co., started in 1882, and on 

 Robert's retirement he at once became 

 one of the firm's active and progressive 

 heads, being president at the time of his 

 death. 



The house of Farquhar has for many 

 years been noted for its high-grade seeds 

 and bulbs and has always had a large 

 and select trade, particularly among 

 prominent estate owners in America. 

 Some years ago the firm branched out 

 into the nursery business and built 

 greenhouses at Roslindale, Mass., where 

 herbaceous perennials, trees and shrubs 

 also were grown. Later, more extensive 

 and modern houses were built at Dedham 

 and over 100 acres were devoted to 

 nursery stock, in addition to a large 

 nursery for evergreens at Sharon. Still 

 later 200 acres additional were secured 

 at West Barnstable, Mass., and here are 

 now to bo found immense quantities of 

 rhododendrons, kalmias, new Chinese 

 spruces and firs, new liliums and other 

 plants. 



Mr. Farquhar was an extensive trav- 

 eler and had made numerous European 

 trips, including practically every Euro- 

 pean country in his tours, even Russia. 

 He had also made trips to China, Japan 

 and other eastern countries and secured 

 there much valuable material for our 

 gardens. In more recent years he had, 

 with the Arnold Arboretum, made pos- 

 sible the plant collecting trips of E. H. 

 Wilson to China, Japan, Formosa, etc., 

 and his firm has acted as distributing 

 agent for many of the numerous and 

 valuable new trees, shrubs, herbs and 

 bulbs introduced by Mr. Wilson, carry- 

 ing more plant novelties than any other 

 firm in the new world. One of the most 

 noted of their introductions is Lilium 

 regale, the regal lily. 



Mr. Farquhar was an indefatigable 

 worker for the cause of horticulture. 

 He had been a life member of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 thirty-one years and had served as direc- 

 tor continuously since the new form of 

 government was established, twenty 

 years ago, serving as president for two 

 terms. In addition to being a director, 

 at the time of his death he was a mem- 

 ber of the committees on prizes and exhi- 

 bitions and lectures and publications. 

 The Farquhar firm has made many 

 notable exhibits at Horticultural hall, 

 few important shows passing without 

 large and striking displays, which re- 

 ceived gold medals, special diplomas and 

 other high awards. 



, Of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston Mr. Farquhar had been a 

 member about twenty-five years and 

 served on the executive committee in 

 18!)8. 1899, 1908, 1909, 1911 and served 

 as vice-president in 1900. He gave one 

 of his well known illustrated lectures 

 before the club almost yearly, the last 

 occasion being October 19, 1920, when 

 he lectured on his recent European trip. 

 He was much in demand by garden 

 clubs, horticultural societies and flo- 

 rists' clubs as a lecturer, in Canada as 

 well as in the United States, giving a 

 lecture in Toronto, Canada, before the 

 civic authorities only a short time'ago. 



