NOVBMBBB 10, 1921 



The Rorists^ Review 



35 



Mrs. J. T. D. Tulmer. 



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The death of Mrs. J. T. D. Fulnier oe- 

 •'urred at hsT Tioime im Union Park, Des 

 Moines, la., at 2 a. ni. Saturday, Novem- 

 ber 5. While she had been in failing 

 liealth for more than two years, she was 

 not critically ill until the last few weeks. 

 Suffering severe pain, Mrs. Fulnier was 

 kept under the influence of opiates for 

 several days and slept quietly and peace- 

 fully away. 8he is survived by her hus- 

 band, one daughter, Perle B., and a son, 

 Carl G., of Los Angeles, Cal. Services 

 were held Monday, Nov«mber 7, with 

 buriil in Woodland cemetery. 



In bielaalf of the Ladies' S. A. F., Mrs. 

 C. H. Maynard made public the follow- 

 ing statement: "In the passing over 

 of Mrs. J. T. D. Fulmcr, the Ladies' S. 

 A. F. loses one of its most valued and 

 enthusiastic members. Mrs. Fulmer, an 

 excellent parliamentarian, was a great 

 help in guiding our annual meetings. 

 She will be sadly missed by her many 

 friends." 



George W. Coates. 



George W. Coatea, a well known flo- 

 rist of Jenkintown, Pa., was killed when 

 a train of the Philadelphia & Reading 

 railway struck lus automobile at a 

 crossing on Second street pike, Beth- 

 ayres, October 31. 



Mr. Coates is said to liave lost control 

 of his machine, which smashed through 

 the safety gates in front of the express 

 train. The train carried the automobile 

 200 yards before the engineer could 

 stop it. The machine was wrecked. 



Mr. Coates was a former constable 

 and the father of Corporal William 

 Coates, killed in action in France, for 

 whom the Coates-Jordan post of the 

 American Legion, at Jenkintown, is 

 named. He was 62 years old and lived 

 on Cedar street, Jenkintown. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow, three sons and one 

 (laughter. 



Edward J. Canning. 



Edward J. Canning, Prospect street, 

 Northampton, Mass., a well known hor- 

 ticultural expert, landscape gardener 

 .md florist, died at his home November 

 1. The cause of his death was harden- 

 ing of the arteries. 



Mr. Canning was born January 19, 

 1S63, near Stratford-on-Avon and was a 

 1,'raduate of the Royal Botanical Gar- 

 •itns at Kew. He came to this coun- 

 try in 1885 and, after working on large 

 I'l'ivate estates for some time, was ap- 

 I'ointed superintendent of the Smith 

 ■'oUege botanical gardens, a position 

 H'hich he held for about twenty-five 

 "•oars. It was under his administration 

 'hat the Smith gardens became known 

 liroughout the country as among the 

 nest to be seen in American collegiate 

 nstitutions. 



In 1911 Mr. Canning severed his con- 

 ■lection with Smith College and started 

 '11 business as a nurseryman and land- 

 '•'•ape gardener. In this trade he built 

 'ip a large and lucrative business, rc- 

 ^•eiving many large contracts for de- 

 velopment work on private estates. For 

 •i number of years and while still at 

 ■^mith College he contributed a great 

 'leal to the hortieultur.al press, partieu- 

 '■irly that fine magazine. Garden and 



Forest. He was a member of the New 

 England Nurserymen's Association, the 

 Kew Guild and other organizations. 



He leaves a widow, three daughters 

 and one son, Herbert M. The son was for 

 a number of years with Olmstead Bros., 

 landscape architects, Brookline, Mass., 

 but for the last two years had been as- 

 sociated in business with his father. 



Mrs. Mary Euebler. 



Mrs. Mary Kuebler, the wife of Theo- 

 dore Kuebler, of Evansville, Ind., died 

 as a result of heart failure October 23. 

 She was 39 years old. About a year ago 

 she had experienced bad health, but of 

 late she seemed to be much improved 

 and her death came as a shock to all. 



Besides her husband, she leaves three 

 children, two sons, Wilbur and Per- 

 shing; and a daughter, Hazel. There 

 are also two stepsons, Arthur and 

 Theodore, Jr. Theodore, Jr., who is em- 

 ])loyed with Baur & Steinkamp, at In- 

 dianapolis, attended the funeral. 



E. L. F, 



James Clinton McPheron. 



The sudden death of James Clinton 

 McPheron, a florist at Carrollton, 111., 

 who was crushed to death under a Big 

 Four switch engine at Alton, 111., was a 

 shock to his many friends. 



Mr. McPheron, a son of James A. and 

 Amanda C. McPheron, was born March 

 .■), 1868, on the old McPheron homestead 

 in the Providence neighborhood. At an 

 early age he went to Milwaukee, Wis., 

 to take up railroad work, but returned 

 several years later and became his 

 father's partner in the greenhouse and 

 nursery business. Later he bought the 

 interests of his father and moved the 

 business to its present location. 



He is survived by a widow; two 

 daughters, Mrs. Edna Simpson and Miss 

 Olive; one brother, R. A. McPheron, of 

 Litchfield, 111., and one sister, Mrs. Ella 

 Scruby, of Los Angeles, Cal. 



The business of J. A. McPheron & Son 

 will be continued by the family. 



PROVIDENCE, E. I. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums fill the windows of 

 the dealers and reflect the entire activ- 

 ity of the local market. There is a fair- 

 ly good demand, but prices are far short 

 of what they were once. There is an 

 increasing demand for sprays, pompons 

 and the hardy mums, although the big 

 blooms move well among those desirous 

 (if something more than ordinary. 



Roses are coming along in improving 

 quality and increasing quantity, with 

 liricos that range within the means of 

 all, and the reports from the growers in- 

 dicate a plentiful supply for the coming 

 season. Carnations also show improve- 

 ment. Every day shows the advance- 

 ment of the incoming crop. Violets are 

 beginning to assert themselves, but they 

 find hard work to encroach on the 

 mums' domain. 



Various Notes. 



The twenty-second annual chrysanthe 

 mum show under the auspices of the 

 Queen 's Daughters, at Kingston, was 

 held last week and was successful. In 

 the professional class Chesman O. Childs, 

 of the Oakwoods Greenhouses, made a 

 fine display, which was staged in a novel 

 and efl"eotive manner. It was a natu- 

 ral rock garden, with a rock-rimmed 

 brook flowing through the center and 



a background of evergreens. Among 

 the I'eading varieties shown were Chrys- 

 olora, a yellow globe incurved; Butler's 

 <'aprice, a variegated, and Tints of Gold, 

 both on the Japanese order; Midget, a 

 heliotrope pompon, and Nippon, a white 

 l)ompon. John Cirwein, of the Kenyon 

 Avenue Floral Co., had twelve named 

 varieties, all magnificent single blooms, 

 which, though entered solely for exhibi- 

 tion, were given a special prize. 



Orrin Smith, of the Mineral Spring 

 Avenue Greenhouses, Pawtucket, has 

 completely overhauled the range and in- 

 stalled a new front to the office. 



Mr. and Mrs. William E. Chappell, of 

 Branch avenue, celebrated the fiftieth 

 anniversary of their marriage Tuesday 

 evening, November 1, and received the 

 congratulations of a large number of 

 friends. 



Smith's Flower Shop, Westerly, E, I., 

 is handling a large consignment of 

 bulbs this fall. 



Peter S. Byrnes has been elected an 

 officer of the Swartmore Chautauqua 

 Association, at North Kingstown. 



The Colonial Flower Shoppe had the 

 bouquets and decorations for one of the 

 season's first coming-out receptions last 

 week. 



A. H. Dolan, for several years with 

 Howard Vose, at Attleboro, has opened 

 a retail flower store in North Attleboro. 



Johnston Bros., Dorrance street, had 

 several large funeral orders last week. 

 John Johnston was a business visitor in 

 Boston and vicinity last week. 



William A. Bowers, of Bowers & Co., 

 was a business visitor in Boston last 

 week. 



Edward Brooke, of the T. J. Johnston 

 Co., made a business trip through central 

 Massachusetts last week. 



Louis D. Pierce has been elected chair- 

 man of the board of directors of the 

 Rhode Island Yacht Club. 



Vincenzo Salafia has been granted a 

 marriage license by the city registrar 

 of Providence; the bride-to-be is Miss 

 Rosa Viola. w. H. M. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



A few days of overdue cool weather 

 have been the principal factor in an 

 improvement in market conditions. The 

 rush of stock was checked by the lower 

 temperature and the demand was stimu- 

 lated. Neither change has been sharp 

 enough to produce any marked effect on 

 jirices, but conditions now are season- 

 able. Last week started poorly and the 

 market was overloaded right through, 

 a good volume of orders Friday and Sat- 

 urday not being sufficient to clean the 

 iceboxes of the wholesalers. 



With most of the growers rose crops 

 !ire lighter than for many weeks. It is 

 the usual condition at this date, growers 

 not wishing to compete with mums and 

 I>lanning to bring in a crop for Christ- 

 mas. Although the supply is much less 

 than a week ago, there is no trouble fill- 

 ing or.lers and prices are not greatly 

 aff'ected. The rose in greatest demand is 

 Premier; Russell has dropped almost out 

 of the running. Crusader is popular, but 

 not abundant, and Milady comes from 

 only a few growers. Columbia, in some 

 wholesale houses the most plentiful of 

 roses, is the bread and butter variety 

 with many groAvers and retailers, but 

 would sell better if there were not so 



M'oMt'miid (in pagr 40.) 



