July 30, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



OBITUARY 



Theodore Bock. 



Theodore Bock, one of the best 

 known older florists in the United 

 States, ended his lif^ by shooting him- 

 self in the head at ~the home of his 

 brother, George Bock, in Hamilton, O., 

 Monday, July 27. Despondency as the 

 result of ill health caused the deed. 

 Mr. Bock was 68 years of age. He re- 

 tired from business a year ago, the 

 Heiser Nursery & Tloral Co. buying 

 most of the stock and greenhouses. 

 Since then he had been doing nothing, 

 his failing health not permitting. 



Theodore Bock 's name has been ap- 

 pended to many well written and val- 

 uable articles which have appeared in 

 The Review. His services were fre- 

 quently called for as a judge at flower 

 shows in Indianapolis, Chicago and Cin- 

 cinnati and it was as a chrysanthemum 

 grower that he made his greatest suc- 

 cess. Several good varieties owe their 

 origin to him. He was in business in 

 Hamilton twenty-seven years, cater- 

 ing to a general retail and cemetery 

 trade. Before that he was employed 

 as a florist in the White House green- 

 houses under Presidents Arthur, Hayes 

 and Garfield. He was not married, but 

 is survived by several relatives in Ger- 

 many, of which he was a native; in 

 Canada, and in his home city. 



Thomas Mansfield. 



The unexpected death is reported of 

 Thomas Mansfield, for more than twen- 

 ty years a florist at Lockport, N. Y., 

 and for a long term a subscriber to The 

 Review. 



Mr. Mansfield was 75 years of age. 

 He was about his business as usual 

 July 23, but on the following morning ; 

 was stricken by heart disease and ex- 

 pired almost immediately, in his home 

 adjoining the greenhouses at 481 Haw- 

 ley street. He is survived by his wife, 

 four daughters and one son — Mrs. 

 Charles Fraser, Lockport; Mrs. William 

 Midgley, Loraine, O.; the Misses Mary 

 and Salina Mansfield and William 

 Mansfield, who will carry on the busi- 

 ness their father had conducted suc- 

 cessfully for two decades. The funeral 

 was held Sunday afternoon, July 26, 

 at the home. The interment was in 

 Glenwood cemetery. There were many 

 present, and many flowers. 



Ruby Bartholomew Leslie. 



The death, July 23, of Mrs. Ruby 

 Bartholomew Leslie, daughter of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bartholomew, of Dayton, O., 

 comes as a great surprise and shock to 

 her many friends. The deceased had 

 been connected with the florists' trade 

 a good many years and leaves a large 

 circle of acquaintances to mourn her 

 loss. Mrs. Leslie was born at Lily Lake, 

 111., and July 14. 1903, when 18 years 

 of age, removed to Dayton with her 

 parents. She was associated with the 

 Miami Floral Co., as designer and book- 

 keeper, for ten years. For the last two 

 years she had assisted her father in 

 his business. Mrs. Leslie was also an 

 earnest and active worker in the church. 

 Besides her husband, Claud Leslie, she 

 leaves a little daughter 2 weeks old. 

 The funeral services were held Satur- 

 day afternoon, July 2.'3, from the resi- 

 dence, 1117 South Broadway, and from 



Theodore Bock. 



Miami U. B. Chapel. Burial was at 

 Woodland cemetery. K. E. Y. 



G-ottlieb Steinbrenner. 



Gottlieb Steinbrenner died July 26, 

 at the age of 72, at his home in Cleve- 

 land, O. Born in Wurtemberg, Ger- 

 many, he came to America in 1874 and 

 soon after settled in Bucyrus, O., where 

 he worked for his brother for one year, 

 after which he operated a truck farm 

 on his own account. In 1892 he re- 

 moved to Cleveland and worked nine 

 years at another trade, starting in the 

 florists' business in 1900, at 7710 Lo- 

 raine avenue, where he conducted a 

 general greenhouse business till 1912, 

 when he turned the establishment over 

 to his son. Funeral services took place 

 July 29. Interment was at West Park 

 cemetery. F. A. F. 



Martin M. Cimimings. 



Martin M. Cummings, of Reading, 

 Mass., who formerly carried on an ex- 

 tensive florists' business, died Sunday 

 morning, July 12, at 4 o'clock, from 

 cerebral hemorrhage and hardening of 

 the arteries. 'He was born seventy- 

 eight years ago in Ireland. He is sur- 

 vived by a son, John M. Cummings, of 

 Reading. Mass was celebrated by 

 Rev. Francis Walsh, Tuesday morning, 

 July 14, at St. Agnes' church. Burial 

 was in Laurel Hill cemetery. 



George H. Keyes. 



George H. Keyes, president of the 

 recently organized Meneray-Omaha 

 Nursery Co., of Omaha, Neb., died 

 early Tuesday morning, July 14, after 

 a lingering illness, at his home, at 3222 

 Blondo street,. Omaha. He was 59 



years old and is survived by his wife. 

 Burial took place Friday, July 17, in 

 Forest Lawn cemetery. 



BED SPIDER ON HABDY PHLOX. 



Will you kindly let me know what I 

 can do to get rid of red spider on 

 hardy phlox? I have been bothered 

 with the pest for the last two seasons. 

 I have sprayed three times this season 

 with kerosene emulsion and also with 

 strong tobacco tea. Last season I gath- 

 ered all the stems and leaves in fall 

 and burned them, thinking I was rid of 

 the pest, but this year it is as bad as 

 last. As I grow a lot of phlox and 

 cannot sell it when it is covered with 

 this pest, the loss is heavy. R. M. 



Once red spider has got a secure foot- 

 hold on hardy phlox, it is difficult, if 

 not impossible, to clean it out. Spray- 

 ing, such as you have done, is the best 

 remedy, added to pressure of water 

 from a spray nozzle. Spider usually 

 attacks plants in periods of drought, 

 and when they are moist at the root 

 and growing freely it rarely does much 

 harm. If you can water your phlox 

 artificially, so that the roots will be 

 moist, you can banish the spider. A 

 mulch will aid in keeping the roots cool 

 and moist in hot, dry weather. Spray- 

 ings from the hose will refresh the 

 plants and prove distasteful to red 

 spider. Give the phlox a deep, rich, 

 moist soil and water freely; then you 

 win not have much red spider. 



^_^ C. W. 



Waterbury, Conn.— Ralph Dileo, on 

 Hamden avenue, has obtained a permit 

 to build a greenhouse. 



