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The Florists^ Review 



Jn-Y 20, 1922 



Seitaro Aral. 



Cable advice was received July 13 

 of the death of Seitaro Arai, which oc- 

 curred on the island of Erabu, Japan, 

 where lily bulbs are produced. Mr. 

 Seitaro, about 65 years of age, was 

 the founder of the well known export- 

 ing firm of this name, the offices of 

 which are located in Yokohama, Ja- 

 pan. In addition to large exports to 

 America of Lilium giganteum and other 

 bulbs, the firm likewise carries on a 

 most extensive business along genera^ 

 commercial lines. 



Seitaro Arai visited America for the 

 first time in 1917 to urge at Washing- 

 ton modifications of the war regulations 

 which closed America to Japan as a 

 market for lily bulbs. He made many 

 friends during his sojourn in this coun- 

 try. When Mr. Miller, of the American 

 Bulb Co., Chicago, visited Japan in 

 1919, Mr. Arai expressed his kindest 

 recollections of his American trip and 

 a strong desire to pay a visit again to 

 his many friends in this country. 



For the last ten years, the business 

 has been carried on by his son, Inoski 

 Arai, Mr. Arai, Sr., devoting his time 

 to his stable of famous horses. Mr. 

 Arai, Jr., has made a signal success of 

 this important business since becoming 

 manager, having extended it from a 

 comparatively small export concern to 

 one of the largest in Japan, the total 

 volume during the war amounting to 

 some ten million dollars per year. 



The sympathy of Mr. Aral's many 

 friends here and the American trade in 

 general is extended to the family of 

 this esteemed gentleman. 



Peter Clausen. 



The founder of the Lake Shore Green- 

 houses, Albert Lea, Minn., Peter Clau- 

 sen, passed away Monday evening, 

 July 10, at Selma, Cal., whither he had 

 gone with the hope of finding a climate 

 that would improve his physical condi- 

 tion. Paralysis of a creeping nature. 



coupled with a general breakdown, are 

 said to be the immediate cause of his 

 death. 



The deceased was born in Denmark, 

 April 5, 1850, and came to America in 

 1869. For a time he followed farming 

 at Rochester, Minn., and then practiced 

 as a carpenter and cabinetmaker at 

 Grand Meadow, Minn. Later he fol- 

 lowed the same occupation at Austin, 

 Minn., but returned to Grand Meadow 

 and engaged in the furniture business. 

 In 1878 he went to Albert Lea, where 

 he followed the furniture business and 

 the undertaking profession, until 1884, 

 when he established a greenhouse busi- 

 ness on a small scale. The business 

 grew and in 1897 a son, G. A. Clausen, 

 was admitted as a partner. 



Mr. Clausen was always foremost in 

 civic improvement. He was a member 

 of the Albert Lea Building & Loan As- 

 sociation and at one time was a mem- 

 ber of the city park board of Albert 

 Lea. He had traveled and lectured suc- 

 cessfully in the interests of the Dan- 

 ish Lutheran church body. He was 

 widely known as a horticulturist and 

 was president of the Southern Minne- 

 sota Horticultural Society. Annually 

 he exhibited at the state horticultural 

 meetings. 



The deceased was married in April, 

 1873, at Grand Meadow, to Mary Chris- 

 tensen, who died in December, 1895, 

 leaving three children: G. A. Clausen, 

 the partner of the deceased; Emma 

 Clausen, the wife of Walter Heegard, 

 of Albert Lea, and Mrs. H. E. Wilkins, 

 of Duluth, Minn. In August, 1897, Mr. 

 Clausen married Mary Jorgensen, and 

 this union resulted in seven children: 

 Agnes, Gerhard, Arthur, Richard, Mar- 

 garet, Harold and Esther, all of Albert 

 Lea. 



Frank J. Ayres. 



Frank J. Ayres, a prominent florist 

 and landscape gardener of David City, 

 Neb., died July 9, from heart trouble. 

 Mr. Ayres was born at Galva, 111., in 

 1857, but had been a resident of David 

 City, Neb., for forty-two years, operat- 

 ing a greenhouse business for the last 

 sixteen years. He is survived by his 

 widow and three children: John Ayres, 

 of Lincoln, Neb.; Miss Helen Ayres, of 



Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. R. C. Roper, of 

 David City. Three brothers also sur- 

 vive the deceased: E. A. Ayres, of 



Peter Clausen. 



Fairbury, Neb.; Sheldon A. Ayres, of 

 Galesburg, 111.; James Ayres, of Green- 

 leaf, Kan. uiilj 



THIS FAUi'S STATE FAIRS. 



Here's a list of the state fairs .to be 

 held during the coming months, show- 

 ing where and when they will be held, 

 so that those who wish to exhibit will 

 have due notice: 



HAIL AGAIN HITS NEBBASKA. 



It is estimated that between five and 

 six thousand dollars' worth of damage 

 was done when a terrific hail storm 

 swept over Pierce county, Nebraska, 

 Saturday, July 15. Hail fell for more 

 than an hour and a half and formed 

 drifts; this was followed by rain storms. 

 Between seventy and eighty acres of 

 the richest farm land in Pierce county 

 was right in the path of the storm. 

 Hundreds of acres of grain were carried 

 away in the swollen creeks. T. E. E. 



SELLING WELL. 



Seitaro Arai (Holding Cane) When He Entertained A. Miller. 



Young, stock of chrysanthemums is 

 selling well this season. Like this: 



Please cancel our chrysanthemum ad in The 

 Review at once, as we are completely sold out. 

 — F. W.-Heckenkamp, Jr., Quincy, 111. 



If you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising, you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



