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The Florists' Revie^v 



.ii i.Y :is. I'.tL'i 



:iil \ is.'ililr hi iiii'iii'|>(>r:il<'. tlir .-iriHunil ul' 

 iMc<>r|iiir,'it ion Ix-iii^ ^7').<i(i(i. 'I'lic lu'w 

 <(ir|iiii':it ion will |)iircli.-isi' tlir Imildiii;^ 

 in wliiih 111!' --tore is now iointr.j .-inil 

 'he greenhouse |iro|ieil \ . 'I'lie store 

 will Iji' eoin |ilel el \' icnioi leleil anil 

 llie se.-oiol .-iinl lliini lloors <-on\ertei| 

 into stoi'erooins aihl ol'lice s|iai-e. A 

 hew i-onser\ at oi v will lie aiMeil at tin 

 rear of tlie store anil a nioijerri colli 

 stoi-aee |ilant installeij in the liasenient. 

 ■|'he inror|iorat ois aie l\al|ih .1. Kos 

 kelly, Harriet K. h'oskelly, Charles \V. 

 h'o-kellw \iiio II. XehilinL; ami ('liarle~ 

 1'. ('oire\. 



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WELL, WHAT'S DOING? 



It is alioiit time \(Hi were hearinj.; 

 what's lioiii}; in tliis S. A, I', nienilier 

 ship ilrive, so we are now reailv to jii\e 

 yon some of the ilope. Many state \ii-e 

 liresicienis ami local cluli cnmmittees. 

 no iloiilit. ha\e soniet liin;^ ii|i their 

 s|ee\ es In sptin;^ at the S. A. I'. con\eii 

 t ion. 



rroiii tiiose w t' lia\ e lieanl from so lai, 

 liowi'ver. w (inclcrfiil results are reporteil ; 

 especially is tbat true of the sonfli. 

 where three more slates have ac(|iiirei| 

 enough nieinliers to put their presiijents 

 on the S. .\. I'. e.\ecuti\e lioal'il; namely. 

 Oklahoma. 'I'exas .anil (ieor^ia. Ten 

 uessee eot in last yeai' ;inil h.is also 

 adileil ailotiiei' ^ooij (juota this vear. 

 ^'oll fellows trom other stales wdiihl 

 liettel- yet luisy. That'- surne reconl 



t (ir t he sout hern florists. 



Listen to this; we just yot Word Iron. 

 1'. < '. llorean, slate \ ice presiileiit. ot 

 .M.acoM. (i;i.: ■•Kep<irt to date shows 

 thirty two annual memliers and one 

 life meinlier. '' How's that for a state 

 \ ice president .' \ou other fcdiows will 

 have fo yo some if you want \imu' I'e 

 ports to cotniiaie with this. 



Xow let us all make another liiy 

 drive just liefoie the convent ion. 



• 'orne on, all together no exciisi tin 

 1 imcl 



The S. .\. K. works fur us twelve 

 months in the ve.ir: let iis now work 

 :i few Weeks for 'he S. A. 1'. .and re 

 -ults will c(Mne. 



Memliersliip coniinil t ee: 



doseph H. Hill, 



.V. I.. Miller. 

 .1. 1-'. .\mmann. 

 S. S. I'ennock. 

 I'aul Ii. Klinespniri 



Butte. Mont. In the ncent parade 

 held in this ciiv the automoliile of the 

 ''olunilii.a I'lor.al ( 'o. vv:is ,-i strikini; 

 feature. 



Loy, Ark. The free r.m-e cattle ol 



*liis vicinity lifoke down the teuces .and 



deslriiVed the slock of 1'. .\. Cusaidv, so 



th.at .all he has left is :i couple of do/en 

 : I y e r .■ 1 1 u m s . 



Terre Haute, Iiid. Tin est.iiilivh 



melit of S.aeu;^! ]• liros. w.as d.aui.aLled liv 

 lii'e ."s.-it iirday. .Iiily III. to the extent of 

 ■ipliroxinialel V ^fL'..'lln^ .\ l.arne li.arn. 

 uilh its cotileiits. w.as liuriied and the 

 i;lass in the iireeuliouse w.as crai ked liv 

 'he intense he.at. 



Terre Haute. Iiid. i . (,. .\ndirson. 

 ■it I 'a vis (i.ardeus, h.i-, returned liom 

 :. -uccesvfnl liiisiness nip thr(iu;:h the 

 southern st.ates. takin;.; in the conveu 

 ;ions at ()kl.aliom.a ''it\ ,-|||(l San .\ n 

 fonio. Te\. 'J'he tjorists in the s(,n||i^ 

 he says; s('( ni to lie prospering; and the 

 outlook for f.all .and Christmas liusiness 

 IS expeeilinolv lirieht. 



OBITUARY 



John K. M. L. Farquhar. 



Like ,a holt from a clear sky came iTTi^ 

 news .luly l! ) that one ot' America 's most 

 noted hort iciilt iirists, ,l(din K. M. L. l''ar 

 (pih.ar, had passc^l away. .Mi'. I'a npih.ai 

 had lieen iti somewhat I'ailiii};' hcaltli for 

 over a year. He spent the smuiuer of 

 lilL'ii aliro.ad, v isitinji lMi;,dand, Scotland. 

 I'laiice, Holland ami Hid^^MHiii, and in 

 idudcci the I'reiodi w;i r /one as W(dl as 

 leadine nurseries, puldic parks, jiardeiis. 

 seed and liiilli f.aiiiis in his itinerary. 

 On iiis return lie j;';ive many iuterestiiii; 

 lectures on his e.xpt'rieiices. The i'aivo 

 peaii lii|i (lid not iiiipidvc his health, as 

 travadinjr and liviii<i lacked the coiiiforts 

 of prewar days. 



.\s recently as July !» Mr. I^'aiqiiha r. 

 with .\lliert C. Huriafic ami others, at 

 tended n coiniiiitteo nicctiut; itt Jlorti- 



James H. De Forest. 



cultui.al hall ,and the writer enjnved a 

 conversation with him ;it that time. 

 I'ol' live o|- six days 1)( t'ore the end caille 

 he h.ad luen ciiiilined to his lied .and 

 during; the List twn days he was uii.'ilth 

 to speak. He passed peacefully away 

 at his home, at the Hotel I'riiiieton, on 

 < 'oinmon wea It h .iveniii. IImsIhh. on the 

 .afteinooM of .liilv L'L onlv two mouths 

 .after his liiother. .Lames I". .M . I'.arqu- 

 li.ar. whose death occiiri'el .M ,a v l.'.'!. 



The deceased w.as linril ill Is.'iS .at 

 I'yv ie Casth. .Mierdecaisliire. Scotland, 

 .and with his t'.ather, who for manv years 

 had ch.aiLie of the o;irdens there, he se 

 lined ;i l;i'oi1 ^^eiieral eromidw ork in 

 •.^.a ideniiiL;. To improve liiiiisidf fiirthei. 

 he later went to the Uiival Hort ii-iilt iir.a I 

 Socielv Liaideiis at Chisvvick. London, 

 and worked iindev .\. 1'. Harron. whose 

 soil. I.eini.ard llarroii. is now editor of 

 the (i.ardi i; M.a^a/iiie. in New ^'olk. On 

 leaving chiswiik he spent two ye.ars 

 with Heiii.amin i»eid A. Cu., nt' .Mierdeeii. 

 wliicli w.as then one ot' the l.aieest seed 

 houses in .Scot land. 



.After he left AliCfdcen he came In 

 Itoston .and was einjilfiyod for three years 

 in till' l: I ein houses at Forest Hills ceme- 

 tei-y. On htivinii' I'oresi Hills lie went 



7* 



to the liotauic j^ardeiis of Harvard Uni- 

 ver.sity, Caiuluidfic, and from there to 

 .roliii (Jurrier's estate, at J.i0well, whicdi 

 w.as at that time one of the leading New 

 Kiifj^land private places. He also si)ent 

 three years at WhitiiisvJlle, Miiss., lay 

 ill}!' out a new cemofeiy. 



He Joined his hiaitliers, Kohert and 

 .lames, in the seed house of Ii. & J. Far- 

 i|Uliar Co., starte(l in \HH'2, and on 

 Hdliert 's retirement he at oiu-e became 

 one ol' the film 's active Jind prof;ressivi' 

 heads, lieini;' presidi'iit tit the tiiiU! id' his 

 death. 



The house of Far(|uli:ir has for mtiiiy 

 ye.ars he(>n noted for its lii<rh-<iriide seeds 

 and hiilhs and has always had a lari^e 

 and stdect trade, ])articularly anioni^ 

 jironiinent estate owners in Americti. 

 Some years afto the firm branched out 

 into the nursery business and built 

 jiTeenhouses at Roslindale, Mass., wliere 

 herbac('(His |)erenn.i;ils, tre(>s and shrubs 

 tilso were >;tii\vii. I-ater, more extensive 

 .and modern houses were built at Dedhani 

 and over 100 acres weta^ de\'ote(l to 

 nursery sto(dt, in iiddition to a larjji' 

 nursery for e\ erjirca'tis jit Sh.aroii. Still 

 later liOO iicn^s additional were secured 

 ■at West Biinistable, Mass., and IiiM'e are 

 now to be found immense f(uantities of 

 rhododeiidions, kalniias, new Chinese 

 spruces and firs, jiew liliums and other 

 plants. 



Mr. Farrpihar wtis an extensive tia\- 

 eler and had tnade numerous Fiiropean 

 trips, iiicludiii'j jiractically every Kuro- 

 (leaii country in his tours, even Rus.sia. 

 He had also made trips to China, Jajian 

 and other easti'rn countries and secured 

 there niiudi \alu;ible matcri;il for our 

 U.anleiis. In more recent years he had, 

 with the .\iiiold Arboretum, nuole jios 

 sible the jd.aiit collecting: trips of K. H. 

 Wilson to China, Japan, Formostt, etc., 

 and his firm hiis acted as distributin<; 

 .ajreiit for many of the numerous and 

 valuable new trees, shrubs, herbs tind 

 liiilbs introdiu-ed by Mr. Wilson, carry- 

 in<i; more ]ilant novelties than any other 

 linn in the new world. f)ne of the most 

 noted of their introductions is Liliiiin 

 ret;ale, t he veyal lily. 



Mr. I'aiapihar Wiis an indef.at i;iable 

 worker for the cause of horticulture. 

 He h;id liiaiii !i life member of the Mas- 

 saidiusetts Horticultural Society for 

 thirty (ine years .and had served as direc- 

 tor continuously since the new form of 

 iiovernment was est.ablished, twenty 

 years aj^o, serving as presidetit for two 

 lerms. In addition to beiiij;- a ilirector, 

 at tlu' time of Iiis death he was :i mem 

 lier of I he ( (Hiimittees on jirizes and exhi 

 Mtiiius ,aiid lectures and publications. 

 The l",ari-|uh;ir firm litis made manv 

 notable exhibits :it Horticultural hall, 

 few im[)ortant shows p.assiiig without 

 larne .and strikino displays, whi(di re 

 leived gold medals, special diplomas and 

 ot her Ii igh !i w.ards. 



Ot' the < ..Mill ners ' .and florists ' Cliil. 

 of I'xistnii .Mr. I'anpihar had luen a 

 nieinliei alioiit twiaity live ve.ars and 



served on tl xeciitive committee in 



iMt''. Is'.i'.t. llMis. litii!!. 1!H1 .and served 

 •as \ ice piesiileiit in I'.IUII. He g.ave olii- 

 of his Well known illiist r.at ed lectures 

 liefoie the. (lull .almost vcarly, the last 

 occasion lieiiig October I'.'. lltL'o, when 

 he lectureil on his recent l']uro]ie.in trip. 

 He w.as mu(li in d<'m.aii(l liy garden 

 (diilis, horticultural societies .and tlo 

 rists' (diilis :is a lecturer, in C;in;ida as 

 w(dl as in the United St.ates, giving a 

 hature in Toronto, Can.ada, bid'ore the 

 i-ivic authorities onlv a sliort time .ago. 



