APBIL 21, 1921 



The Rorists' Review 



29 



Augustus H. Goodwin. 



Augustus H. Goodwin, vice-president 

 of the W. W. Barnard Co., died sud- 

 denly from a stroke of apoplexy, at the 

 Drexol Arms hotel, (Jhicago, April 16. 

 Mr. (Joodwin was born at Watervillo, 

 N. Y., July 16, 1843. His early business 

 career was in the cotton business in the 

 east. He entered the seed business 

 about thirty years ago, when he became 

 one of the firm of the Isorthrup, Bras- 

 Ian & Goodwin Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 

 His next venture was with the Good- 

 win-Harries Co., of Chicago, of which 

 firm he was president. In 1905 this 

 firm consolidated with the W. W. Bar- 

 nard Co., and Mr. Goodwin became the 

 vice-president. He retired from active 

 work several years ago, but returned 

 to his duties five years ago, when Mr. 

 Barnard's health forced him to retire. 

 From that time until a week previous 

 to his death, lie was on active duty. 

 He was confined to his apartment the 

 last week, as he complained of a bad 

 cold. His death was unexpected, for 

 he was up early and ate heartily and 

 seemed to be feeling well on Saturday, 

 a few hours before he suffered the 

 stroke. There was a brief service held 

 Tuesday, April 19, at the chapel of 

 Boydston Bros. Funeral services and 

 the burial will be at Waterville. He 

 leaves a widow, who was in the east 

 at the time of his death. 



Oustav Hackbartli. 



Gustav Hackbarth, who was for 

 years connected with the florists' busi- 

 ness in Utica, N. Y., died April 6, at 

 Syracuse, N. Y., where he had lived for 

 the last eighteen years. He was born 

 in Stolp, Pomerania, April 19, 1838, and 

 came to America in 1870. He worked 

 for a short time in the greenhouses of 

 Henry Wagner. For fifteen years he 

 worked in the vegetable garden of the 

 Utica State hospital. For a while he 

 was in charge of the grounds of Judge 

 Doolittle. In 1888 he erected a green- 

 house, in which he grew flowers for the 

 market. He moved to Syracuse in 1903. 

 He leaves a widow and two children, 

 Mrs. Amelia Schneider, of Syracuse, and 

 Gustav, Jr., of Liverpool, N. Y. 



John S. Stuart. 



.John S. Stuart, aged 71, died of can- 

 cer, Sunday, Ajjril 10, at his home, 202") 

 Jackson street, Anderson, Ind. Funeral 

 services were held Wednesday, April 

 13, at 3 ]). m. at the home, with Rev. 

 L. C. Bentley in charge, and burial was 

 in Maplewood cemetery. Besides his 

 widow, he is survived by one son, 

 Kdgar; two sisters, Mrs. E. (J. Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind.; Mrs. Edward .1. Teas, 

 Eaton, ()., and three brothers, E. A. 

 and R. A. Stuart, of Seattle, 

 and Frank Stuart, of El Paso, 



Stuart 

 Wash., 

 Tex. 



Mr. 

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Stuart was born in (iuilt'ord 

 , X. C. He lived at Richmond, 

 Ind., about ten years. He had lieen a 

 resident of Anderson thirty-four years, 

 during which time he had been en- 

 gaged in the florists' business. He was 

 the senior member of the firm of Stuart 

 & Haugh, later J. S. Stuart & Son. He 

 was <i former president of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society, and was a 



Augustus H. Goodwin. 



iiieiiibcr of till' Society of American 

 Florists. He was affiliated with the 

 Knights of Pythias and Maccabees and 

 an active member of the First Method- 

 ist Episcopal church, Anderson, Ind. 



THE WEST MENTOR WIZARD. 



There are not many florists from the 

 famous horticultural center of Ohio 

 that are better known to the trade 

 than Carl Hagenburger, of West Men- 

 tor. Mr. Hagenburger is a natural 

 born florist, choosing this profession as 

 his vocation when 15 years of age. 

 He worked first for his father, the late 

 Philip Hagenburger, then in charge of 

 the Lake Shore railroad's greenhouses 

 and of all the landscape work from To- 

 ledo to Buffalo. The flower beds and 

 ornamental plantings at intermediate 

 stations, as it has been said by many 

 railroad officials, were the most beau- 

 tiful and artistic in the country. After 

 working at this a few years, Carl 

 Hagenburger became eager to learn 

 growing cut flowers and plants in a gen- 

 eral way, having a keen desire of some 

 day possessing a business of his own. 



This was in 1893, and he took a posi- 

 tion with the Storrs & Harrison Co., 

 working there about a year. He went 

 later to the J. M. (lass^r Co., Rocky 

 River, and also worked for William 

 Scott, at Buffalo, X. Y., gathering 

 knowledge and ex]ierieii<-f to enable 

 him to carry out his ambitions. In 189.' 

 ground was broken at West Mentor and 

 three greenhouses were erected. From 

 that time until now the n:inie of C.nrl 

 Hagenburger h:is remain(>(l as a pillar 

 in floriculture. 



At the beginning liis path was not 

 strewn with roses, and it was an uphill 

 fight. Working night and day was not 

 an unusual occurrence for Mr. Hagen- 

 burger. At one time he also owned 

 greenhouses at Painesville, O., and 

 Madison, O., which were both paying 

 propositions, but the mental strain of 

 looking after so many places prompted 

 him to dispose of the two mentioned, 

 so that he could give his entire atten- 



tion to his main establishment at West 

 Mentor. Mr. Hagenburger has 50,000 

 s()uare feet of glass devoted to grow- 

 ing choice pot plants and ten acres of 

 well enriched soil, which is used for 

 growing outdoor cut flowers and Cleve- 

 land cherries. For the latter this place 

 is world-famous. T. .1. M. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 



A meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee of the American Rose Society was 

 held at Horticultural hall, Boston, April 

 7. Nearly all the members were pres- 

 ent and the guests included ex-Secre- 

 tary White and Thomas N. Cook. 



After the secretary and treasurer 's 

 reports had been read the editor re- 

 ported that the 1921 Rose Annual had 

 been sent out to all 1921 members. 



There was a long discussion in regard 

 to increasing the membership and sev- 

 eral directors pledged themselves to 

 bring ill twenty-five members each be- 

 fore the middle of the summer. 



John C. Wister, Sec 'v. 



COMMERCIAL ROSES. 



[ConcUulejl from paKf -''.1 



the market now for about thirty years 

 and today stands by itself. It is noted 

 with great regret that so many of the 

 growers are dropping it W decreasing 

 the space devoted to it. It is still a 

 wonderful rose if well grown. What 

 can you get that will give the effect of 

 a dozen fine, long-stemmed American 

 Beauties! Twenty-five or fifty of any 

 other rose would hardly make as good 

 a showing. Unless it continues to 

 bring a good jirice, it will not be grown 

 liy anyone in ;i few years, which will 

 lie a great pity. 



Natchez, Miss. — The store which was 

 formerly conducted by Miss Ruth Davis, 

 and which was taken over by Miss F. 

 U. Dixon at the time of Miss Davis' 

 death, lins been jiurchased by F. D. 

 Bennersclieidt. 



