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Decembbb 31, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



OBITUARY 



Matthew J. Leach. 



Matthew J. Leach, founder of the 

 firm of M. J. Leach & Sons, Pawtucket, 

 R. I., died at his home, on Newman 

 avenue, Seekonk, Mass., Monday night, 

 December 21, after an illness of several 

 days. He had been a resident of Paw- 

 tucket and vicinity for sixty years, 

 and, with his sons, had been engaged 

 in the florists' business at Pawtucket 

 for the last twenty-three years. For 

 eleven years previous to coming to 

 Pawtucket he w^ located in Seekonk, 

 Mass., where the greenhouses and home 

 of Mr. Leach are at present located. 



Mr. Leach was born in Yorktown, 

 N. Y., in March, 1845, the son of Edwin 

 and Martha Leach, and moved to Paw- 

 tucket with his parents when a small 

 boy. After receiving his education in 

 the public schools, he engaged in the 

 monument business for a number of 

 years, but later gave this up to enter 

 the florists' business, in which he con- 

 tinued until his death. For the last 

 few years his sons, Edward L and Her- 

 bert A. Leach, were associated with 

 him in the business. 



The deceased was a member of Union 

 Lodge No. 10, of Masons; Enterprise 

 Lodge No. 22 and Blackstone Encamp- 

 ment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 

 lows, and the Pawtucket Veteran Fire- 

 men's Association, all of Pawtucket. 

 He was one of the founders and charter 

 members of the Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club of Rhode Island. He was a 

 prominent member of the committee 

 from this club that entertained the 

 Society of American Florists in 1896 

 during the annual convention at Provi- 

 dence, and was foremost in everything 

 calculated to further the interests of 

 Rhode Island florists. 



He is survived by his wife, one 

 daughter and three sons. At his funeral 

 Thursday afternoon, December 24, there 

 were a number of florists from all 

 sections of Rhode Island and eastern 

 Massachusetts. Interment was at Oak 

 Grove cemetery, Pawtucket. 



W. H. M. 

 William Kind. 

 William Kind, father of Hugo Kind, 

 the nurseryman and grower, of Ham- 

 montgn, N. J., died December 24, at 

 the age of 75. In 1905 he purchased 

 tne tract of forty-seven acres on which 

 his son established the nursery he now 

 carries on. "^ 



Frank Landers. 

 Frank Landers, a member of the firm 

 of Landers Bros., the business of which 

 'L^u^ parried on by his brother, 

 Samuel T. Landers, at New Castle 

 Del., died at his brother's home Decem- 



^L,l ' ^i*" *^ "^°«ss of several 

 months. He was 59 years old. He 

 was a member of several organizations 



?L . .^*,"^ ^- C- Church. The 

 funeral took place December 22, with 

 requiem mass in St. Peter's church. 

 Interment was in the churchyard. 



Hiram S. Chandler. 



• ^i!^"^ ^* Chandler, for several years 

 in the florists' business at Tewksbury, 

 Mass., died suddenly from a shock De- 

 cember 23, after retiring for the night. 

 two sons were associated with Mr. 

 Chandler m the business, and violets. 



sweet peas and chrysanthemums were 

 the specialties grown. The deceased 

 was 56 years of age, and the esteem 

 in which he was held by his towns- 

 people and members of the trade was 

 attested by the large gathering at the 

 funeral services December 26. There 

 was a beautiful display of floral souve- 

 nirs. Mr. Chandler was a stall holder 

 at the Boston Flower Exchange. 



W. N. C. 



Mrs. Mary A. Mack. 



Mrs. Mary A. Mack, wife of John 

 Mack, for many years in business at 

 Beverly, Mass., died suddenly December 



21 at her home on Rantoul street. She 

 leaves, besides her husband, one brother, 

 James Goggin, of Peabody, Mass., and 

 two sisters, Mrs. Michael Connolly, of 

 Peabody, Mass., and Mrs. Margaret 

 Lynch, of Salem, Mass. 



Thomas J. O'Dea. 



Thomas J. O'Dea was found dead 

 Christmas morning near the entrance to 

 one of his greenhouses, at 203 Ely 

 avenue. Long Island City, N. Y. The 

 physician who examined him said he 

 was attacked by heart disease and died 

 of exposure to the cold. Mr. O 'Dea was 

 69 years of age, and leaves a family. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN KA>NDS 



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Brussels, Belgium. — All flowers grown 

 in this vicinity are required to be sold 

 here in the capital, but the prices are 

 such that many florists do not take 

 the trouble to send their stock to mar- 

 ket. 



Ghent, Belgium. — With no mails here, 

 most of the growers in the district who 

 have foreign connections have estab- 

 lished postal addresses at Sas Van 

 Ghent, Holland, a messenger calling 

 for the mail periodically. 



London, England. — One of the chief 

 difficulties the trade is encountering is 

 delays in transportation. Both domes- 

 tic and export shipments are delayed, 

 the latter suffering perhaps less than 

 the stock less carefully prepared. 



Trier, Germany— In a letter to Myer 

 Heller, Newcastle, Ind., Peter Lam- 

 bert says: "I am not in the army. 

 We have plenty of soldiers. There are 

 still millions of young men and those 

 40 to 45 years old, who are not yet 

 called. I think we have now about 

 seven and one-quarter millions of armed 

 soldiers, and our friends, the Austrians, 

 have four and one-half millions, mak- 

 ing together about twelve millions. 

 When necessary we could send five mil- 

 lions more against our enemies. We 

 are quite busy in our trade and manu- 

 facturing. In all towns you cannot see 

 that there is a terrible war on the 

 other side of our frontiers. We make 

 our shipments to your country through 

 Rotterdam, Holland." 



Ghent, Belgium. — Although on the 

 edge of the battlefield, conditions here 

 have improved of late. Of first im- 

 portance is the opening of transporta- 

 tion; coal is available, although it costs 

 twice as much as ever before. The 

 German army has not done much dam- 

 age to greenhouses or nurseries, but 

 labor has been scarce. However, where 

 stock has been housed it now can be 

 kept clear of frost. Arthur De Smet, 

 president of the trade syndicate, made 

 representations to the German military 

 authorities which resulted in the re- 

 sumption of exports via Holland, but 

 the quantity of stock which has gone 

 has not been large. Great quantities 

 of stock, especially azaleas, remain on 

 hand and the year's sales do not in 

 any way compare with peaceful sea- 

 sons. 



Ypres, Belgium. — V. Bouckenooghe, 

 whose greenhouses and nursery were at 

 length destroyed by shellfire, has taken 

 refuge, with his family, at Burnley, 

 England. 



Paris, France. — The French govern- 

 ment has decided to allow a train to 

 be made up daily to carry flowers from 

 the south of France, but because mili- 

 tary trains have right of way the run- 

 ning time is doubled. It therefore 

 takes three days for the outdoor .flow- 

 ers of the Riviera to reach Paris, and 

 four days to reach London. 



. Ollloules, France. — A good many of 

 the Italians who constituted the labor 

 in the French bulb fields have left for 

 Italy and planting has not been as 

 good as usual. So far as prices for 

 1915 crop are concerned, we do not 

 know anything about it, but for all 

 we can see they will be about the same 

 as last year, if deliveries can be made. 

 A. Bernard, Fils, is in the service as a 

 chemist in the military hospital at 

 Marseilles. 



Rotterdam, Holland.— A report from 

 the bulb district, dated December 4, 

 says: "Hyacinths will be cheaper in 

 all grades next season, the demand 

 having been less than usual, in conse- 

 quence of the European war, so that 

 we had to plant our surplus stocks. 

 As to tulips, we expect the better class 

 varieties, as Couronne d'Or, Vuurbaak, 

 Tea Rose, Lucretia, Boule de Neige, 

 Couleur Cardinal, Le Matelas, Prince 

 of Austria, Proserpine, Rose Luisante 

 and a few others, will be rather less 

 in price, but Chrysolora, Duchess de 

 Parma and Keizerskroon have proved 

 to be scarce and will be much dearer 

 next season. All pink and rose colored 

 varieties are fairly plentiful. Darwin 

 tulips are getting more and more popu- 

 lar in America, but prices will be easier 

 next season. Narcissi cleared out well, 

 with the exception of ornatus and Sir 

 Watkin, while there has been a short 

 supply of most leading sorts, notably 

 extra double-nosed Emperor, Empress, 

 Victoria, Golden Spur, Barrii con- 

 spicuus, Stella, Elvira, Glory of Leiden 

 and Mrs. Langtry. The crop of Double 

 Von Sion always is uncertain, even if 

 the acreage of stock planted out is 

 sufficiently large." 



