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The Florists^ Review 



Jdne 25, 1914. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Mary Pollock is preparing to 

 move from her present location, on 

 Franklin street, to a new store on the 

 new extension of the street. 



William Chappell has been unusually 

 busy recently with table and hall decor- 

 ations for Masonic functions. 



Matthew Macnair will sail June 27 

 for a four months ' trip to Europe. Dur- 

 ing his absence he will visit Scotland, 

 Ireland, England, Germany and Swit- 

 zerland. 



Samuel Besnick, representing Joseph 

 Koppelman, has been calling upon flo- 

 rists and growers throughout the state, 

 taking orders for supplies. . " 



John Annis, of the Hampton Mead- 

 ows Greenhouses, has just purchased a 

 new Ford automobile. 



Andrew J. Olsen has given the con- 

 tracts for the erection of a cottage, 

 house and barn on his new property, 

 on Pawtucket avenue, East Providence. 



Albert Holscher is preparing to plant 

 his chrysanthemums. He will begin 

 with the large house which he has just 

 cleared of sweet peas. 



The school gardens at Pawtucket will 

 be in charge this year of Norman E. 

 McCulloch, of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College. 



No improvement is reported in the 

 condition of William A. Fisk, of the W. 

 E. Barrett Co., who has been sick for 

 several months. W. H. M. 



OBITUARY 



FBEIQHT ON CHBISTMAS TBEES. 



A complaint against the freight rates 

 on (christmas trees from points in 

 Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota to 

 points in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, 

 Arkansas and other points in Western 

 Trunk Line territory has been filed with 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission by 

 the Flatten Produce Co., of Green Bay, 

 Wis., and other western merchants. The 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and 

 other railroads were named defendants. 



It was said that during the season 

 1913 the rates were increased by fifty 

 to 125 per cent over the rates in effect 

 in 1912 and several seasons before. The 

 complainants desired the commission to 

 fix rates for the future that will not ex- 

 ceed the rates in effect in 1912. It was 

 furthermore said that in 1906 the mini- 

 mum weight on carload shipments of 

 Christmas trees was 20,000 pounds, and 

 between that time and 1912 the mini- 

 mum was increased at various times un- 

 til it reached 30,000 pounds. The com- 

 plainants claimed that a minimum of 

 over 24,000 pounds for a 36-foot car is 

 not warranted. 



STILIi SPREADING. 



European correspondence in the Hearst 

 papers records: 



"Alothers' day, an innovation from 

 America, was celebrated at the Central 

 Y. M. C. A., London, recently. Every 

 man wore a white flower, and was re- 

 quested to write to or visit his mother, 

 or if she were dead to place white flow- 

 ers on her grave." 



Providence, R. I. — An unmanageable 

 automobile climbed the curb and 

 knocked off a corner of the building 

 occupied by Migs Annie F. Peckham's 

 store May 28. Bricks and boards un- 

 der the show window were loosened, 

 but the plate-glass fortunately did not 

 break. 



Charles Fnieh, Sr. 



Charles Frueh, Sr., head of the firm 

 of Charles Frueh & Sons, and in the 

 trade at Saginaw, Mich., for over forty 

 years, died suddenly Thursday, June 

 18, at his new home, on Genesee avenue, 

 where the greenhouses of the concern 

 are situated. 



Although he had suffered from stom- 

 ach trouble more or less for some time, 

 Mr. Frueh appeared in his usual health 

 when he arose at 4 o'clock Thursday 

 morning, according to habit, and he 

 was cutting roses at 6. He began to 

 feel imwell during the morning and lay 

 down. Medical aid was called, but Mr. 

 Frueh died while the physicians were 

 examining him, the immediate cause 

 being heart trouble. 



He was born July 6, 1848, at Dies- 

 heim, Germany, and came to the United 

 States in 1872, making his home in Sag- 

 inaw, where he was married in Feb- 

 ruary, 1876. 



After working in the Dieckmann 

 greenhouses, the first to be established 

 in Saginaw, he embarked in business 

 for himself in 1875, on Hoyt avenue, 

 and was so successful, with the help of 

 his sons, that the present large plant 

 on Genesee avenue was built. 



Mr. Frueh was a member of the Ma- 

 sonic body, being connected with lodge 

 No. 77, with the Shrine and with other 

 branches of the order. He was an Elk, 

 a Maccabee, and belonged to the Ar- 

 beiter Society. 



There are surviving his wife and five 

 children, all living in Saginaw: Charles 

 Frueh, Jr., John A. Frueh, Jennie M. 

 Frueh, Lydia C. Frueh and Helen L. 

 Frueh. The funeral was held Sunday 

 afternoon, June 21, in the charge of St. 

 Bernard's Commandery No. 16, Knights 

 Templar, and the Saginaw-Bay City 

 Floricultural Society, of which he was 

 a charter member, attended in a body. 

 Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery. 



Isaac Kennedy. 



For many years one of the best known 

 florists in northern Ohio, Isaac Kennedy 

 passed away June 17 at his home at 

 Cleveland. He had been in poor health 

 for a number of years. 



Mr. Kennedy was born in England of 

 Scottish parents, March 27, 1864. He 

 came to America when a young man, 

 settling in Philadelphia, where he 

 served in some of the best known estab- 

 lishments in that section. He removed 

 to Cleveland in 1901 to take charge of 

 the rose houses of the J. M. Gasser Co., 

 where, in the next four years, he 

 achieved the reputation of being one of 

 the most skillful growers in the coun- 

 try. In 1905 he had accumulated suflB- 

 cient capital to build a place of his own 

 in West Park, 0., where he remained in 

 business until 1910. Mr. Kennedy was 

 for years an active member of the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club and served 

 several terms as its secretary. The 

 funeral, ,Iune 19, was in charge of Big- 

 low lodge of Masons, of which he was 

 a member. Many in the trade were 

 present and the ' floral tributes were 

 numerous and beautiful. 



John r. Oibbs. 



.lohn F. Gibbs, aged 75, one of the 

 pioneer florists and landscape gardeners 



of Allegheny county, Pa., died at his 

 home, at Pardee, Pa., recently, after an 

 illness of almost a year. He had only 

 lived in Pardee one year, having been 

 in the vicinity of Pittsburgh for thirty 

 years. He was from England and first 

 came to this country in 1878, coming to 

 superintend the landscape work at Gor- 

 don park, Cleveland. From there h© 

 went to Pittsburgh and engaged in the 

 florists' business. He retired a few 

 years ago to take charge of the North- 

 side City farm, at Warner, Pa., from 

 which position he retired in 1912. Ho 

 is survived by his widow, two sons and 

 three daughters, all of whom are mar- 

 ried: William Gibbs, of Pittsburgh; 

 Sidney, of Sandy Lake, Pa.; Mrs. C. 

 J. Smith, of Dormont; Mrs. M. 

 Eine, of Leetsdale, and Mrs. William 

 D. Faulk, of Dormont. He was a mem- 

 ber of the United Presbyterian church. 



Henry L. Murdock. 



Henry L. Murdock, the veteran florist 

 of Gardner, Mass., aged 75 years, died 

 June 9 at. his home, from heart trouble, 

 after an illness that dated from March 

 26. . 



Mr. Murdock was born in Hubbards- 

 ton, Mass., May 26, 1839. In 1866 he 

 was married to Miss Ellen Wilson, of 

 Hubbardston, and immediately after the 

 marriage they took up their residence in 

 Gardner. Forty years ago he established 

 a florists' business and conducted it 

 until eleven years ago, when his son, 

 Fred W. Murdock, assumed the manage- 

 ment. 



Mrs. Murdock died February 19, and 

 a few weeks later Mr. Murdock suffered 

 a shock, which resulted in his death, al- 

 thoff^h he retained his faculties up to 

 within a month of his death. 



Besides his son, Fred W. Murdock, he 

 leaves a grandson, Robert Murdock, one 

 sister, Mrs. Albert Mason, of Gardner, 

 and two brothers, Milo Murdock, of 

 East Hubbardston, and Alvin S. Mur- 

 dock, Gardner. The funeral took place 

 Friday afternoon, .lune 12, with services 

 by Rev. Burton S. Gilman, of the Con- 

 gregational church, of which Mr. Mur- 

 dock was a member. Burial was in 

 Crystal Lake cemetery. 



Qeorge M. Qarland. 



While the death of George M. Gar- 

 land had long been expected, because of 

 the nature of the illness from which he 

 suffered, his passing brings keen regret 

 to those who had admired his many 

 sterling qualities. To the majority of 

 the trade he was best known as the in- 

 ventor and introducer of the iron gutter 

 that was the first step in taking the 

 greenhouse out of the class of tempor- 

 ary structures, but by those who had 

 the privilege of his personal acquaint- 

 ance he was admired most of all for his 

 upright character and absolute honesty 

 of purpose. It was one of the deplor- 

 able circumstances that the last year of 

 his life, when strength was ebbing daily, 

 should have been saddened by financial 

 troubles, for, like many others in whom 

 the inventive genius finds domicile, the 

 commercial instinct was not highly de- 

 veloped and he left his practical affairs 

 largely in other hands, even before fail- 

 ing health made such a course impera- 

 tive. 



Mr. Garland was born at Des Plaines, 

 111., in 1864. His is a family of florists. 

 Sol, Frank and Warren are brothers and 

 Mrs. Percy Jones is a sister. Mrs. Gar- 

 land survives, with two sons, Harry 

 and William. 



