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FXBBUARY 11, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



OBITUARY 



Jesse E. Northrup. 



Jesse E. Northrup, a former presi- 

 dent of the American Seed Trade Asso 

 elation, founder of the seed firm of 

 Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, 

 Minn,, and for nearly thirty years man- 

 ager of the business, died February 3, 

 at his home, 1900 Emerson avenue, 

 south, Minneapolis, at the age of 57 

 years. He was stricken with apoplexy 

 two years ago and had never fully re- 

 covered. 



He was born in Salem, Mich., Decem- 

 ber 1, 1857, the son of Elijah A. and 

 Sarah (Brown) Northrup. His father 

 was prominent in Michigan and was a 

 state senator at the time of his death. 

 Jesse attended Waterville Academy, 

 Waterville, N. Y., and Hungerford In- 

 stitute, Adams, N. Y. He entered busi- 

 ness as a seedsman in 1879 and removed 

 to Minneapolis in 1884, founding the 

 wholesale seed house with which his 

 name has been connected ever since. 

 He retired from active participation 

 in the business in 1912. 



He was elected president of tho 

 American Seed Trade Association at 

 the Rochester convention, June 11 to 

 13, 1901. 



His interest in plant life and outdoor 

 beautification led to his service on the 

 park board. He was a commissioner 

 from 1889 to 1895; from April, 1900, 

 to January, 1901, and from January, 

 1903, to January, 1913, when he re- 

 signed on account of poor health. He 

 was vice-president of the board from 

 1905 to 1907, and president from 1907 

 to 1909. Through a long part of his 

 membership he was chairman of the im- 

 provements committee. 



In his seventeen years of service as 

 member of the board of park commis- 

 sioners, he showed his appreciation of 

 the natural advantages of the land- 

 scape by means of which it was possible 

 to make Minneapolis one of the most 

 beautiful cities in the world. One of 

 the pioneers in the movement for in- 

 telligent acquisition and improvement 

 of park territory, and of the upbuilding 

 of connecting boulevards, he took a 

 large part in the actual work that has 

 resulted in the system today that has 

 challenged thd admiration of all visit- 

 ors. 



As a practical seedsman, he took a 

 deep interest in originating and intro- 

 ducing valuable seeds suited to north- 

 ern conditions. He was one of the 

 earliest preachers of the possibilities 

 of Minnesota as a corn state and he 

 lived to see corn grown hundreds of 

 miles north of its 1884 "farthest 

 north" line. 



Mr. Northrup was a Republican and 

 a member of the Congregational church. 

 Four children are living. They are a 

 son, Edwin B. Northrup, now secretary 

 of Northrup, King & Co., and three 

 daughters, Mrs. Gerald Martin, and the 

 Misses Isabel and Helen Northrup. Mrs. 

 Northrup died several years ago. 



Richard Groves. 



Richard Groves, for fourteen years 

 the owner of the Park Floral Co., at 

 San Francisco, Cal., was struck by the 

 Southern Pacific Stockton flyer Satur- 

 day night, January 30, at San Leandro, 

 Cal., and was almost instantly killed. 



He was crossing the tracks during a 

 rain storm, and his umbrella obstructed 

 his view of the approaching train. 



A brother, Frank R. Groves, in the 

 florists' business in Oakland, Cal., was 

 notified of the accident. After instruc- 

 tions had been received from the par- 

 ents, at Atchison, Kan., the funeral 

 services were held at Oakland Monday 

 afternoon, February 1, and the body 

 was placed in a receiving vault. Later, 

 when the health of the parents permits, 

 it will be taken to Atchison, to be in- 

 terred in the family lot. 



Mr. Groves was born in Atchison, 

 Kan., January 23, 1870, where his 

 father, R. J. Groves, is rounding out 

 his fiftieth year in the florists' busi- 

 ness. He went east to gain experience 

 in special lines and opened up a busi- 

 ness of his own in Topeka, where he 

 remained four years. In 1903 he estab- 

 lished the Park Floral Co., a retail con- 

 cern, at 1437 Haight street, San Fran- 



sek took charge. She is continuing the 

 business, but hopes to dispose of it. 



H. J. S. 



BALTIMOSE. 



Richard Groves. 



Cisco, near the entrance to Golden Gate 

 park. He gradually worked into the 

 wholesale business, and closed out the 

 business on Haight street several 

 months ago in order to give his whole 

 time to the wholesale end, in which he 

 was engaged in San Leandro at the 

 time of his death. He was secretary 

 of the Haight and Ashbury Improve- 

 ment Association, an organization of 

 business men to work in behalf of the 

 Panama-Pacific exposition. 



John Meyer. 



John Meyer, for fifteen years florist 

 at the quartermaster's depot at Jeffer- 

 sonville, Ind., is dead after two days' 

 sickness, at Portland, Ore. He was 69 

 years old and a native of Germany. 



Anthony W. Wonasek. 



Anthony W. Wonasek, of Milwaukee, 

 Wis., died January 17, after a long 

 illness. He was 34 years old. For a 

 time he was manager of the flower de- 

 partment of the Boston Store. Later 

 he opened a retail store at 717 Grand 

 avenue, under the name of the Flower 

 Shop. He served his patrons personally 

 until his last illness, when Mrs. Wona- 



The Market. 



We have had almost three weeks of 

 continuously cloudy weather, something 

 rather unusual, and its effect is felt 

 especially in the cut flower market. 

 The demand continues to be better than 

 the supply. Roses are a little more 

 plentiful, but carnations are scarce 

 and have reached $4 per hundred, the 

 top price this season for fancy stock. 

 Valley has been selling poorly, and 

 lilies, both rubrum and the Easter 

 type, have been in little demand; even 

 at reduced prices few sales were made. 

 Violets have jumped from a glut a 

 week ago to almost a scarcity during 

 the latter part of last week, with a 

 corresponding rise in prices. A good 

 number of tulips are seen, of a much 

 better quality than formerly. Golden 

 Spur jonquils are also in good supply. 

 The week's demand was mostly for 

 standard stock, novelties not being 

 much called for. There is a good sup- 

 ply of greens. 



Club Meeting. 

 The regular meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club was held Feb- 

 ruary 8, Vice-president Hamilton in the 

 chair. A motion to amend the by- 

 laws was made, so that the nomination 

 of candidates for oflBce will be made 

 at the meeting before election instead 

 of making the nominations and hold- 

 ing the election both at the same meet- 

 ing, as has been the custom. Action 

 will be taken at the next meeting. It 

 was decided to hold the annual banquet 

 on the election night, as usual, and a 

 committee consisting of I. H. Moss, 

 James Boone and F. C. Bauer was ap- 

 pointed to make the arrangements. It 

 was also decided to hold the nomina- 

 tions at the next meeting. Quite a 

 number of members were in favor of 

 increasing the annual dues so that more 

 entertaining can be done for the mem- 

 bers and their families. 



Various Notes. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is handling a 

 fine supply of cut myosotia. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., has been on the 

 go all over the state, lecturing before 

 different clubs and organizations, and he 

 spent this week on the "eastern sho'. " 



J. R. Dunkerly, of Dorsey, suffered 

 a sad bereavement last week, losing 

 his wife and young child after a short 

 illness. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. put a new 

 delivery car in service last week. This 

 car was promised in time to take care 

 of the Christmas trade, but was de- 

 layed in shipment from the factory. 



Harry J. Quick, who has been ill, is 

 slowly recovering, although not well 

 enough to leave his room. 



M. Hilpert expects to extend each of 

 his houses fifty feet during the com- 

 ing season. This will give him four 

 houses, each 200 feet long. 



Joseph Merritt is cutting some good 

 Gorgeous carnations. W. F. E. 



Ashtabula, O. — Faust & Lockwood, 

 who formerly had their headquarters 

 at 164 Main street, have moved across 

 the street to 153 Main street. The new 

 store has been remodeled and a plate- 

 glass window installed. 



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