Fbbruabt 9, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



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In 1902 he launched out as a florist and 

 purchased thirty acres on the south 

 of the city. He developed one of the 

 best known wholesale greenhouses in 

 Virginia. Besides catering to local pat- 

 ronage in cut flowers and potted plants, 

 he specialized in growing Spanish iris, 

 peonies and gladioli for wholesale, ship- 

 ping largely to commission merchants in 

 New York and Philadelphia. As his 

 local business grew, Jie opened a store 

 on Main street four years ago. 



Mr. Lankford took a lively interest 

 in public matters. He was a member 

 of the Masons, being a Knight Templar 

 and Shriner, Odd Fellows and Macca- 

 bees. 



Mr. Lankford married Miss Mary 

 Elizabeth Walters, of Charlottesville, 

 who survives with one daughter, Mrs. 

 E. D. Campbell, and three grandchil- 

 dren. He also leaves his father, William 

 S. Lankfotd; four brothers, C. M. and 

 I. P. Lankford, of Franktown; F. G. and 

 S. S. Lankford, of Moratio, and three 

 sisters, Mrs. Carrie Fisher, Mrs. Maggie 

 Dunton and Miss Ella V. Lankford, all 

 of Franktown. 



The business will be continued by Mr. 

 Lankford 's family. 



Olaxence Wedge. 



Following a four days' siege of grip 

 that resulted in an attack of acute ap- 

 pendicitis, Clarence Wedge, for many 

 years head of the Wedge Nursery, Albert 

 Lea, Minn., died January 25, 65 years of 

 age, failing to survive the effects of 

 an operation performed January 12. 



Clarence Wedge was born in Fond du 

 Lac county. Wis., June 30, 1856, and 

 went to Albert Lea with his mother in 

 1858, after the death of his father. In 

 1876 he began his career on n 200-acre 

 tract south of Albert Lea. While en- 

 gaged in general farming and stock rais- 

 ing, he established his first commercial 

 nursery in 1890. To obtain better soil 

 for the purpose, hv moved to Itasca vil 

 lage, near Albert Lea, in 1900. In 1906 

 a partnership was formed with the sec- 

 ond son. Robert, and under their com- 

 bined efforts the business has grown to 

 its present proportions. For some time 

 Mr. Wedge was in Florida for his health 

 and there he developed an 8-acre tract. 



Besides his widow and children, he is 

 survived by one sister, Mrs. II. .1. Petran, 

 of Albert Lea. 



George Henry Bean. 



George Henry Bean, a florist at West 

 Medford, Mass., died January 26, at his 

 home, 242 High street. The deceased 

 was born December 16, 1853, in York- 

 shire, Enfrlaiul, and came to America 

 with his parents when a child 12 months 

 old. His father started greenhouses at 

 West Medford, in which the son worked 

 as assistant. On his father's death, the 

 son carried on the business successfully. 

 He had four large greenhouses and most 

 of his material was sold at retail. He 

 was married twenty-five years and his 

 wife survives him. He had no chil- 

 dren, but two brothers and two sisters 

 survive. 



Mr. Bean was a member of the Odd 

 Fellows and Masonic orders, but was not 

 affiliated with any florists' organiza- 

 tions. Funeral services were held at the 

 Episcopal church. West Medford, Janu- 

 ary 28, interment being in Oak Grove 

 cemetery. W. N. C. 



William Aloysius Oilson. 



William A. Oilson, head salesman at 

 t'-e Cooperative Flower Market for 

 Thomas Roland, died February 4 at his 



David S. Lake. 



late home, 34 Columbus avenue, Somer- 

 ville, Mass., after a brief illness with 

 pneumonia. He had been troubled for 

 some time with chronic 'bronchitis. He 

 was born at Natick, Mass., December 21, 

 1874, the son of J. and Delia Gilson, and 

 was educated in the public schools of 

 Xatick. When 18 years of af^e, lie en- 

 tered the employ of J. T. Butterwortli, 

 the orchid specialist of Frainiiigliani, and 

 acted as salesman tor him in th(> Boston 

 retail stores until liKtS, when he went 

 to work for Thomas Roland at the Bos- 

 ton Coiijierative Flower Market and re- 

 mained in his employ until his death. 



He was an excellent salesman, cour- 

 teous, efficient and popular in the trade. 

 His death is deeply regretted by a host 

 (if friends, who appreciated his integrity. 



He was married in 1908 to Miss Anne 

 Doyle, who survives him. Four sisters 

 also survive: Mary, Ida, Katherine and 

 Josephine. Funeral services were held 

 February 6, with high mass at Somer- 

 ville R. C. church. There was a large 

 attendance of salcsnion and growers, 

 particularly from the Coiiperative 

 Flower Market, and some beautiful floral 

 tributes were sent. There was a large 

 number of mourning friends present out- 

 side the trade, including delegates from 

 the Knights of Columbus ami ^L^ssa- 

 chusetts Order of Foresters, of which he 

 was a member. W. N. C. 



Mrs. Cynthia Margaret Wetzel. 



Thursfl.-iy exciting, February 2, death 

 claimed a highly esteemed resident of 

 Painesville, O., in the passing of Mrs. 

 Cynthia Margaret Wetzel. The deceased 

 was 83 years of age at the time of her 

 death and quite active, performing her 

 household duties until a few days before 

 her death. 



Mrs. Wetzel was born in Germanv in 



18o9 and came to tiiis country when 

 quite young. Whe had lived at Paines- 

 ville for more tlian forty-three years. 

 She is survived by four daugliters and 

 eight sons. The latter are all in the 

 nursery business. Tiiey are Fred, 

 Charles and Henry, kuown as Wetzel 

 Bros., Painesville; .1. L. Wetzel & Son, 

 Painesville; Edward Wetzel, of Madison, 

 U.; Joseph Wetzel, of Fremont, O., and 

 Frank and George Wetzel, of Battle 

 Creek, Mich. 



Funeral services were held Monday, 

 Februarv 6, at 8:30 a. m., from St. 

 Mary's Church. T. J. M. 



Mrs. Carl C. Reck. 



The trade is grieved to hear of the 

 death of Mrs. Emily Reed Reck, wife of 

 Carl C. Reck, who is jiroprietor of the 

 firm of John Reck & Son, Bridgeport, 

 Conn. 



Mrs. Reck was a noted woman and was 

 widely known throughout the state of 

 Connecticut, as well as locally, for her 

 activities in organizing politically Re- 

 publican women. Death came- at the 

 family home, 162 Oak street, Bridgeport. 



Those surviving, besides her husband, 

 are one son and one daughter, Thomas 

 and Cornelia; the father, Edward 

 Thomas, of New York, and two sisters, 

 Miss Louise Thomas, of New York, and 

 Mrs. James Taylor, of Glen Ridge, N. J. 



Luther C. Hemingway. 



January 3u, Luther C. Hemingway, 

 351 Michigan street, Benton Harbor, 

 Mich., died at the home of his son, Frank 

 Hemingway, at Bristol, Ind. The do- 

 ceased had been in the trade for a con- 

 friderable number of years, having been 

 a subscriber to The Review since 1913. 

 The son is planning to carry on his 

 father's business on a small scale. 



