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May 11, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



41 



John H. Patterson. 



John H. Patterson, founder and chair- 

 man of the board of directors of the 

 National Cash Register Co., Dayton, O., 

 whose machines are used by nianjj flo 

 rists, died suddenly May 7 aboard a 

 train bound for Atlantic City, N. J. 



Mr. Patterson was stricken with a 

 heart attack. He was seated in a chair 

 chatting with his valet, his only com- 

 panion, when he suddenly fell uncon- 

 scious. 



John Henry Patterson, who started 

 life as a farmhand near Dayton, O., and 

 established the biggest business of its 

 kind in the world on the land that he 

 had plowed as a boy, retired as presi- 

 dent of the National Cash Register Co. 

 July 16, 1921. At that time he was 77 

 years old, having been born December 

 13, 1844. 



He did farm work, canal toll collect- 

 ing, retailing of coal, mine operating, 

 and finally went west to seek his fortune 

 as a ranch and orchard owner before he 

 hit upon the idea that made his career 

 — manufacturing and selling cash regis- 

 ters. 



After his venture as a ranchman in 

 Colorado he returned to Dayton, where 

 he set up a factory for making cash 

 registers, employing at first thirteen 

 men. Today the establishment employs 

 hundreds and is looked upon as a model 

 factory institution. 



A daughter of Mr. Patterson is Mrs. 

 Noble B. Judah, of Chicago. A son, 

 Frederick Beck Patterson, is president 

 of the National Cash Register Co. 



Fred H, Hunter. 



Fred H. Hunter, well known whole- 

 sale seed merchant of San Francisco, 

 Cal., died at his home in that city May 

 3, after a long illness, leaving a wide 

 / circle of friends and associates through- 

 [ out the country to mourn his loss. Mr. 

 Hunter had been in business in San 

 Francisco for the last ten years, under 

 the firm style of the Hunter Seed Co., 

 and previously was manager of the Ger- 

 main Seed Co., at Los Angeles. Prac- 

 tically all his life he had been in close 

 , touch with the seed business and was 

 generally considered one of the leading 

 authorities on seeds in the west. 



Besides taking a keen interest in 

 business, he was a member of the San 

 Francisco Commercial Club and San 

 Francisco Olympic Club and was alert 

 in all matters pertaining to the develop- 

 n»ent of the city, as well as the special 

 problems of the seed trade. Mr. 

 Hunter was 45 years of age, the son of 

 Dr. John W. Hunter and Henrietta E. 

 Hunter, of Walla Walla, Wash. He 

 leaves a widow, Mrs. Gladys M. Hunter, 

 and two small children, Fred H. Hunter 

 and Phyllis M. Hunter. He is also sur- 

 vived by two sisters, Mrs. Rj H. Harper 

 and Miss Laura Hunter, of Spokane, 

 Wash., and two brothers, Frank W. Hun- 

 ter and William H. Hunter, of Walla 

 Walla. M. M. 



E. C. Matthes. 



E. C. Matthes passed away at New 

 Brunswick, N. J., Sunday, April 30, at 

 Hoon. 



The deceased was born at Sach, Ger- 

 many, sixty-three years ago. He came 



John H. Patterson. 



to the United States in 1882 and was in 

 the employ of a Mr. Marks, on Long 

 Island. In 1886 the deceased started in 

 business for himself and had a range of 

 greenhouses until 1912. He then leased 

 his land and purchased a 30-acre farm at 

 Middlebush, N. J., where he specialized 

 in the growing of roses and dahlias. 

 Morning, noon and night found Mr. 

 Matthes among his roses. 



Three years ago his only daughter 

 died at Middlebush, N. J. The deceased 

 is survived by his wife and a niece. 



USINQ LIMESTONE. 



Is limestone of any value as a plant 

 food or fertilizer in growing chrysan- 

 themums, asters, snapdragons and As- 

 paragus plumosus? I have several 

 houses that I use only in the summer 

 time, beginning about May 1. The soil 

 has been in these houses for four years, 

 but it has been allowed to freeze dur- 

 ing the winter. Each spring I have 

 mixed stable manure and some bone 

 meal, but the soil now appears to be 

 getting too light and arid. Will lime- 

 stone dust give it more substance? Our 

 soil is a clay loam. Is it a good thing 

 to put the limestone in soil which is 

 used for planting seeds to prevent the 

 seedlings from rotting? What care is 

 necessary to make the seedlings grow to 

 good, stocky plants? Is there any bet- 

 ter method of planting snapdragon 

 seeds than in sand? I find that the 

 seedlings do not damp off as they do 

 when thev are planted in the soil. 



B. H.— la. 



If your soil is acid and a good deal 

 of green scum shows, a liberal dressing 

 ot limestone dust would prove advan- 

 tageous. It will not add any body to 



your soil, and lime is not really a food 

 at all, but lime releases plant food 

 which is otherwise inert. 



It also sweetens acid soil and helps 

 to keep away soil pests. It is not a 

 good policy to apply lime at the same 

 time as the stable manure is applied, as 

 in this case too much of the ammonia 

 would be released into the atmosphere. 

 After your manure, however, has been 

 well incorporated with the soil, it will 

 be all right to broadcast some of the 

 limestone dust and rake it in. If your 

 loam is of a clayey nature, the addi- 

 tion of lime should be distinctly beue- 

 hcial. 



For seeds I would go lightly on the 

 lime. Some leaf-mold procured from 

 rotted leaves, with sand added, makes 

 the best starting medium for snap- 

 dragon and other seeds. All flower 

 seeds need only a light covering and 

 small seeds do not need any covering 

 at all. Begonias, gloxinias, tracheliums, 

 petunias and mimuli are of this class. 

 All seeds should be protected with 

 glass, and papers should be laid over 

 the glass to exclude the sun and prevent 

 drying out. Great care is also necessar^^ 

 to prevent seed pans and flats from dry- 

 ing out. C. W. 



Dasrtona, Fla. — L. F. Darnell has sold 

 the Daytona ("ut Flower Shop to Curry 

 the Florist, of Deland, Fla., who will 

 conduct this store as a branch establish- 

 ment. The store is closed after Mothers ' 

 day, until next November. Mr. Darnell 

 reports the closing season's business as 

 quite good, showing about a third in- 

 crease over the previous year's, an espe- 

 cially good record in view of the fact 

 that this has been an off season for 

 Florida. Mr. Darnell will return next 

 week to Cleveland. O., for the summer. 



