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The Florists" Review 



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Peter Youngers. 



I.'iicxin'ctfdlv and (|uito siidilcnly 

 Peter "b'oiiiifjt'is, (if (iciiev.'i, Nob., diod 

 of heart failure at his summer liome, 

 near Mercer. Wis., Aufjust ITj. He was 

 OS years okl. Honored as one of the 

 prominent citizens of his home town, 

 Mr. Youngers was also nationally 

 known and deeply respeeted by the 

 nurserj' trade. For Peter Younjrers 

 jiosscssed the invincible qualities that 

 liad promoted him from a street urchin 

 in Xew York city to a reco{;nized leader 

 in the nursery trade; to treasurer and 

 later president of the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society, in 1888; to mcm- 

 I)ership in tlie state board of agricul- 

 ture and in its board of managers; to 

 the president of the Western Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen, in ]906; to treas- 

 urer of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen in 19i;i, and later to hon- 

 orary membership in that organization; 

 to a charter membership in the Ne- 

 braska Hall of Agriculture, in 191C, and 

 to many other honors. 



When a youth of 19 years Mr. Young- 

 ers went to Nebraska and found em- 

 ployment as a field hand in the nurser- 

 ies at Crete, Neb. He applied himself 

 wholeheartedly to learning the details 

 of the nursery liusiness and not long 

 after, in connection with A. J. lirown, 

 establislied the nursery business of 

 Youngers & I'o.. at (Jeneva, Neb. This 

 soon became one of the largest nurser- 

 ies in the state, employing from forty to 

 121) men. Later it became known as 

 the Geneva Nurseries. Just a few years 

 ago Mr. Youngers withdrew from the 

 nursery business and applied himself to 

 his other investments. He was the only 

 honor;iry member of the A. A. N. at the 

 time of his death. 



The funeral took place from the fam- 

 ily' home, Thursday afternoon, August 

 IS. The funeral services wer(> held on 

 the lawn, to permit room for the many 

 friends who gathered, and the floral 

 offerings from these were numerous anil 

 beautiful. 



I'l'rliaps S. ('. liassett, ol' (iibboii, 

 \eb., long associateil with Mr. N'oungeis 

 on the state board of ;igricult ure and in 

 tiie Nebraska State llort ii'ult ur.il Sn 

 cietv, best describes the <li.ir.ict er ol 

 Mr. Youngers in this tribute: ''In tin 

 passing of I'eter Youngers NeliriisK;i 

 loses one of its grass-root pioneei-s. duc 

 of the builders of the state." 



Herman Gerald Hershey. 



Herman (ii'r.ald Hershey was born 

 near (iettysburg, O., December 18. 18S(i, 

 and dieil at his home in Clinton, ftid.. 

 .Vugust 21, 1921, at the age of 4o year-. 

 His earlier years were spent in baike 

 and Miami counties, O., where he began 

 his work as a florist in the greenhousi's 

 at Piqua, O. His later business activi- 

 ties in liis chosen field were .-ilmost 

 wholly in Indiana and Illinois. He was 

 manager of the C. A. Rieman green 

 houses, at Connersville, Ind., and lat cl- 

 owned and operated greenhouses in 

 Marshall, 111., and Clinton and Brazil. 

 Ind. He was aggressive and sincere in 

 all his business relations. 



The widow of the decoiisod, l>efore 

 tluMr marriage, was Miss Lillian W'eltz, 

 of Newcastle, Ind. She and George Von 

 Waitz survive. Other relatives who 

 survive him are his parents, Mr. and 

 Mrs. A. B. Hershey, Piqua, O. ; two sis- 

 ters, Mrs. Maude Frisch and Mrs. Emma 

 Hoyle, both of Piqua, and three broth- 

 ers^ F. R. Hershey, Hereford, Tex.; C. 

 B. Hershey, Swansea, ALiss., and .L 

 Blaine Hershey, Bradford, O. One sis 

 ter, Mrs. Laura .Johnson, jireceded him 

 in death in 1909. 



Mr. Hershey 's last sickness was of 

 several months' duration, during which 

 time he suffered greatly and was con 

 fined to his bed about ten weeks. He 

 was patient during his illness and he 

 was calm in the hours and days of a 

 certainty of approaching death, making 

 plans for the continuation of his busi- 

 ness and giving a father's counsel and 

 admonition to his son, and a luisband 's 

 love and fond farewell to a devoteil 

 companion. His de[>arture will be gre;it- 

 ly felt in business circles, among his 

 relatives and especially in his own home. 



The business will be continued both 

 at Clinton and Br;izil bv Mrs. Hershey. 



Peter Youngers. 



TROUBLE WITH CALLAS. 



I should like some information as to 

 what is wrong with my calla lilies and 

 T am sending some bulbs so that you c;ni 

 examine them. They were jiotted little 

 mort' than a week ago. The center of 

 them seems to rot. 1 have had this trou 

 lile :it the time the bulbs were drying 

 oft". As soon as the leaves would dry 

 off to the bulb the center would start 

 to rot. At such a time I have dug 

 them up and placed them in a dark cel- 

 lar and the rot li;is stopjied. But now 

 wlien they are planted again I have the 

 same trouble. About one-third of them 

 seems to be lost in the jiots now. Will 

 yiMi tell me the trouble.' A. .T. L.~-Mo. 



You are not the only grower who has 

 more or less troulile with calla bulbs. 

 It is presumed that you cultivate your 

 c.allas in raised benches or scdid beds 

 under glass, as you speak of digging 

 them up and placing tliem in a dry 

 cellar. It is always well to let the soil 

 get quite dry for a short time before 

 taking up your bulbs, to assist in ripen- 

 ing them. If you dig while the soil is 

 moist and th<> plants have luxuri.nnt 



Herman G. Hershey. 



your compost may liave tieeii, it woulil 

 be well to le.'ive out chemical fertilizers 

 and animal manure, unless it is well de 

 (•••lyed. Give them all they want when 

 they are in active growth. C W. 



NARCISSI FOR NORTH. 



Will you let us know whether varie 

 ties of narcissi such as Kmperor. Sir 

 Watkin and (iloria Mundi are hardv 

 in the latitude of Buffalo, N. Y.? Will 

 Spanish iris thrive in that latitude and 

 can it be grown in colilframes? 



C. B.— Can. 



.Ml the v:irieties named are just ;is 

 h.'irdy .as jtoeticus or (loldeu Spur. Sir 

 W.atkin an(l Kmperor do especially wi'll 

 in grass lancl, as well as in cultivated 

 bordiTs. Spanish iris can be grown in 

 coldframes .'ind also succeeds well out 

 doors. Do not plant it outside until 

 just before the grouml freezes up. I 

 liave found it to be Just as hardy as the 

 German iris. C. W. 



Mount Morris. Mich. — C. S. H. Chase, 

 prominent in fratern.il circles, has gone 

 into business on the Dixie highway, 

 where he has purcli.ased a greenhouse, 

 30x100. He is in the m.-irket for car- 

 iiaf ions. Miinu plants, et<'. 



