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The Florists" Review 



Fbbbuary 25, 1915. 



H. Frank Darrow. 



Horace Frank Darrow, of New York, 

 died February 21 in the Long Island 

 College hospital after a brief illness. 

 He was for many years a resident of 

 Brooklyn and leaves a wife and daugh- 

 ter. The funeral was held February 23, 



Mr. Darrow was born at New Lon- 

 don, Conn., in 1866. His first expe- 

 rience in commercial life was with the 

 firm he afterward succeeded in busi- 

 ness, so that his entire career was 

 devoted to a single line of endeavor, 

 in which he was successful to a marked 

 degree. In 1887 the young man, hav- 

 ing just attained his majority, secured 

 a position with Theodore Pabst & Co., 

 at that time a well known firm in the 

 importing brokerage business in New 

 York and American representatives of 

 a number of European houses. They 

 had a horticultural department in 

 which Mr. Darrow found congenial sur- 

 roundings. "When August Ehotert took 

 over this part of the Pabst business 

 in 1893 Mr. Darrow continued with 

 him, at length becoming chief clerk 

 and later a partner. Since the death 

 of Mr. Ehotert, in 1906, Mr. Darrow 

 has carried on the business in his own 

 name and it is understood the estate 

 will so continue it. While a general 

 business as a customs broker has been 

 done, a specialty has been made of 

 horticultural interests. Some of the 

 firms that were represented in New 

 York by Pabst & Co., a quarter of a 

 century ago, still intrust their Amer- 

 ican interests to Mr. Darrow 's organi- 

 zation, notably Vilmorin-Andrieux & 

 Co., Paris, and Louis Leroy & Co., 

 Angers, France. Other widely known 

 concerns with large American interests 

 for whom Mr. Darrow was agent are 

 the Haerens Co., Ghent, Belgium; John 

 Palmer & Sons, Ltd., Annan, Scotland; 

 P. J. Looymans & Son, Oudenbosch, 

 Holland. In addition he handled non- 

 competitive stock for his own account 

 and was widely acquainted in the trade 

 in Europe through his periodical trips 

 of inspection. 



Mr. Darrow was at one time commo- 

 dore of the Rock away Point Yacht 

 Club. The family home is at 2811 

 Clarendon road, Flatbush. 



S. W. CalL 



S. W. Call, of Perry, probably the 

 oldest active nurseryman in the state 

 of Ohio, was killed February 22 as he 

 was driving ^n^ automobile across the 

 tracks of the New '^ork Central rail- 

 road at his home town. He was alone 

 in the car, which was demolished. 



Martin M^ Doyle. 



Martin M. Doyle, 'eenior partner of 

 M. Doyle & Son, at 2660 Douglas 

 street, Philadelphia, uied February 18 

 at his" home at Lehigh avenue and 

 Douglas street. His wife, Mrs. Mar- 

 garet M. Doyle, and son, Clarence, sur- 

 vive him. The business will be contin- 

 ued by the son. 



William B. E^ng. 



William B. King, for many years a 

 grower at Apponaug, in the town of 

 Warwick, E. I., died February 14. 

 Death was due to a complication of 

 diseases incident to advancing age, he 



being 75 years old. For a quarter of a 

 century he conducted the florists' busi- 

 ness, until two years ago, when he re- 

 tired, leaving his son, Daniel A. T. 

 King, to continue it. 



Mr. King was born in East Hartford, 

 Conn., in 1840 and was a son of Capt. 

 Ira and Sarah Borden King. At the 

 age of 16 he ran away from home and 

 went to sea on a whaling vessel. Upon 

 his return he enlisted in the navy at 

 Philadelphia and during the Civil war 

 served on six different vessels. After 

 returning from the war he worked for 

 a number of years as a lather and in 

 1888 built a greenhouse and started in 

 the florists' business, which increased 

 to considerable proportions. He was 

 one of the charter members of the Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island, with which he continued an ac- 

 tive interest until he retired from busi- 

 ness. He was lieutenant colonel of 

 the Kentish Artillery, one of the inde^ 

 pendent chartered military commands 



H. Frank Darrow. 



of the state; a member of Thomas Post, 

 G. A. R., and of Pei severance Lodge; 

 I. O. O. F. His widow and one son 

 survive him. W. H. M. 



Edward Houck. 



After a busy day superintending the 

 rush of St. Valentine's day business, 

 Edward Houck, one of the best, known 

 florists of Denver, Colo., suffered an 

 attack of paralysis which resulted in 

 death February 15. 



Mr. Houck was 48 years old and was 

 the manager of the Elitch-Long flower 

 store as well as the secretary of the 

 Elitch-Long Amusement Co. He had 

 resided in Denver twenty-five years, 

 removing there from his birthplace, 

 San Jose, Cal. He was a brother of 

 Mrs. Elitch-Long. He was a member 

 of the Knights of Columbus, the Wood- 

 men of the World and the Chamber of 

 Commerce. 



He is survived by his wife and two 

 sisters. The funeral was held at St. 

 Leo's church February 17 and was 

 largely attended by members of the 

 trade. 



Joseph Volz. 



Joseph Volz, one of the old-time flo- 

 rists of Cincinnati, died in St. Francis 

 hospital in that city February 16, at 



an advanced age. Many years ago he 

 established himself on Dina avenue, 

 where a prosperous business has been 

 done. Later the firm became Joseph 

 Volz & Son and in the course of ad- 

 vancing years the founder retired, 

 since which time the business has been 

 conducted under the name of Frank A. 

 Volz. The name is well known outside 

 of Cincinnati through a wholesale busi- 

 ness in goldfish, conducted in connec- 

 tion with the retail florists' establish- 

 ment. Mrs. Volz dipd some years ago. 

 One son is in the piano business and 

 four daughters also survive. 



Harold Losee. 



The bodies of Harold Losee and his 

 bride of a year were found February 

 22 in their home on the estate of Alex- 

 ander C. Humphreys, president of 

 Stevens Institute, of Hoboken, on the 

 outskirts of Morristown, N. J., where 

 Losee was employed as a florist. Much 

 mystery surrounds the deaths of the 

 couple. 



Lucius H. Mann. 



Lucius H. Mann, of Randolph, Mass., 

 died February 14, aged 76 years and 

 eleven months. He had for over 

 twenty-five years been keenly interested 

 in floriculture. He had a fall two weeks 

 before his decease and this, added to 

 a weak heart, hastened his end. He 

 worked until a few weeks ago in the 

 greenhouses now managed by his two 

 sons, who, with a widow, survive him. 

 The establishment of Mann Bros, is a 

 noted one. They are the largest bulb 

 growers for the Boston market and tlie 

 deceased gentleman lived to see it grow 

 from a modest beginning. Interment 

 was at Randolph February 17. Many 

 beautiful floral tributes were sent by 

 relatives and friends. W. N. C. 



Mrs. Wellington Hughes. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Porter Hughes, 

 wife of Wellington Hughes, who, until 

 his death, November 19, 1911, con- 

 ducted the Hillsdale City Greenhouses, 

 at Hillsdale, Mich., died recently at her 

 home in Hillsdalie. 



Mrs. Hughes was born in London, 

 England, November 19, 1836, and came 

 to this country when she was 14 years 

 old. For four years she lived in Mon- 

 roe, Mich., moving then to Hillsdale, 

 where she married Wellington Hughes, 

 November 19, 1861. They conducted a 

 greenhouse for many years on North 

 Hillsdale street. In 1902 they sold this 

 property and built the present green- 

 houses and residence. 



Mrs. Hughes is survived by a brother, 

 William R. Porter, of San Bernardino, 

 Cal.; a son, Charles, who has been in 

 charge of the greenhquses since his 

 father's death, and a daughter, Clara. 



Mrs. Adam H. Enaust. 



The wife of Adam H. Knaust, for 

 many years in the florists' business at 

 Saugerties, N. Y., died Sunday, Febru- 

 ary 14, of heart trouble. She was 

 nearly 70 years of age. Her husband, 

 a daughter, Mrs. David Bell, and a son, 

 George, all of Saugerties, and a mar- 

 ried daughter residing in New York 

 survive her. 



Mrs. Fred Eanst. 



Eliza Kanst, wife of Fred Kanst, for 

 forty years head gardener of the south 

 side park system in Chicago, died Feb- 

 ruary 19, at the family home, 6658 Kim- 

 bark avenue. Interment, February 21, 

 was in Oakwoods cemetery. 



