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The Florists' Review 



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OBITUARY 



Louis Bismaxck Schult«. 



Louis Bismarck Schulte, president of 

 the seed firm, Reichardt & Schulte Co., 

 Houston, Tex., died March 20, at the 

 age of 45, at 1620 Lamar avenue, Hous- 

 ton, after an illness of six weeks. 



He was born November 19, 1870, in 

 Houston, where he attended school and 

 entered business. In 1899 he became 

 a partner in the Reichardt & Schulte 

 Co., which was incorporated in 1909. 

 He was a member and for several years 

 a director of the Houston Turnverein. 

 He was also a member of the Elks, the 

 Knights of Pythias, the Travelers' Pro- 

 tective Association and the American 

 Seed Trade Association. 



He is survived by two brothers, Gus. 

 and Ed. H. Schulte, the latter secre- 

 tary of the Reichardt & Schulte Co.; 

 and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Wisenfield 

 and Mrs. W. A. Reichart, the widow 

 of the other original member of the 

 firm, who died in 1909, and vice-presi- 

 dent of the company. The funeral was 

 held at the home of Mrs. Reichardt, 

 with whom he resided, March 22. In- 

 terment was in Glenwood cemetery. 



William Schroeder. 



William Schroeder, for many years 

 in the florists' business at Manitowoe, 

 Wis., died March 21, at his home at 

 Tenth and Green streets, from old age. 

 Mr. Schroeder had been failing in health 

 for a long time, &,nd his demise was 

 not unexpected. 



Mr. Schroeder was born in Germany, 

 March 2, 1843, and came here with his 

 mother in the early 60 's to join an 

 older brother, Christian. He was of 

 a large family of children, three broth- 

 ers of whom survive, one at Manitowoc 

 and two in Iowa. Mr. Schroeder is also 

 survived by his wife, two sons and 

 one daughter. 



John G. McBeynolds. 



John G. McReynolds, aged 61, died at 

 his home at Cleveland, Tenn., Monday, 

 March 22. He had been in ill health 

 for the last two years, and had twice 

 visited the John Hopkins hospital in 

 an effort to regain his health. He was 

 widely known in his section, having 

 been in the nursery business all his life. 

 He is survived by his wife, five chil- 

 dren and three brothers. 



GeorgQ E. Frow. 



George R. Frow, who was in busi- 

 ness with his father, Richard Frow, at 

 Normandy, St. Louis, Mo., died March 

 26, after a short illness. He was 35 

 years old. He was born in St. Louis 

 and brought up in the florists' business. 

 He was a member of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, He leaves his wife, 

 mother and father and a brother and 

 sister to mourn his loss. The funeral 

 took place Marcli 29. Interment was 

 at St. Peter's cemetery. The Florists' 

 Club sent its usual floral design and 

 many other offerings in flowers were 

 received from friends in the trade who 

 attended the funeral. J. J. B. 



Mrs. lilartlia Beming. 



Mrs. Martha Beming, wife of Henry 

 Beming, the well known wholesale flo- 

 rist of St. Louis, died March 28 at her 

 home, 4211 Westminster place, after an 



illness of three years. She was 

 born in Hanover, Germany, thirty-eight 

 years ago. She was a member of the 

 Ladies' 8, A. F. and the Lady Florists' 

 Home Circle, Besides her husband, she 

 leaves a brother and sister, Otto and 

 Emma Bruenig, Many expressions of 

 sympathy were heard. The funeral took 

 place March 30 and interment was in 

 the new St. Marcus cemetery. J. J. B, 



Edwin D. James. 



Edwin D. James, aged 93, died March 

 23, at the home of his son, Walter 

 James, 7209 Mount Vernon street, Pitts- 

 burgh. He had been ill for one week, 

 death being due to pneumonia. 



Mr. James was born in England, and 

 moved from there to Canada. He fought 

 there during the Fenian raid in Onta- 

 rio, in 1866. He had been a resident 

 of Pittsburgh for thirty years, and was 

 engaged in the florists' business, hav- 

 ing conducted an establishment in the 

 Squirrel Hill district about ten years. 

 Despite his great age, he had been quite 

 active until a short time before his 

 demise. He was a member of the Brush- 

 ton M, E. church, and attended the 

 service two weeks before his death. Mr. 

 James had fifteen children, ten of whom 

 survivQ. Twenty-two /grandchildren 

 and twelve great-grandchildren also 

 survive. 



0, W. Moore, 



C, W. Moore, of Clinton, 111., died at 

 his home March 22, aged 59 years. He 

 was born at Lancaster, Pa. He mar- 

 ried, in 1885, Miss Jennie Kollough, of 

 Philadelphia, and then removed to Clin- 

 ton, 111., engaging in the florists' busi- 

 ness and continuing in it until a month 

 before his death. His wife, two daugh- 

 ters, four brothers and one sister sur- 

 vive. The brothers are Amos, Ellis, 

 .Tohn and William Moore, all of Phila- 

 delphia. He was a member of the Uni- 

 versalist church, the Modern Woodmen 

 of America and the Eagles. 



Mrs. Mina Ditzenberger. 



Mrs. Mina Henrietta Thorer Ditzen- 

 berger, wife of William Ditzenberger, 

 of the firm of Ditzenberger Bros., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., which was dissolved 

 several years ago when the property 

 was sold to a real estate syndicate, died 

 at the age of 67, March 26. Her hus- 

 band, now retired, survives her, as do 

 two sons, Philip, who is foreman for 

 H. E. Froment, New York, and one now 

 in the employ of Woodrow & Marketos, 

 New York. The funeral was held at 

 the residence, 550 Fifty-seventh street, 

 Brooklyn, March 29, with services fol- 

 lowing at the German Lutheran St. 

 Paul's church. Interment was at 

 Greenwood cemetery. 



Nathan G. Abbotts 



Nathan G. Abbott, of Salem, N. H., 

 died March 18, at the age of 74. From 

 1884 to 1899 he was undertaker and 

 superintendent of Pine Grove cemetery. 

 Afterwards he engaged in business as 

 a market gardener and florist. 



Mr. Abbott was born at Concord, N. 

 H., June 20, 1840, He moved to Salem 

 in 1858 and followed the shoemakers' 

 trade until 1891, with the exception of 

 five years, when he kept a general 

 store. He married Miss Martha Ellen 

 Ayer in 1864, He is survived by a 

 son, Town Clerk Daniel A. Abbott; a 

 brother, H. Edward Abbott, of Con- 

 cord, and two sisters, Mrs. Susan A. 



Cluff, of Salem, and Mrs. Amanda A. 

 Farnum, of Danbury. Mr. Abbott was 

 a member of the First M, E. church 

 and of Salem grange, and past master 

 of Spicket lodge. A, F, & A, M, The 

 funeral was held at his residence March 

 21, Interment was in the family lot in 

 Pine Grove cemetery, 



Howard E, Merrill. 



Howard E. Merrill, head of the H. E. 

 Merrill Nursery Co., of Geneva, N. Y., 

 died at the sanatorium at Canandaigua 

 after a lingering illness, at the age of 

 52. A son of the late Andrew Merrill, 

 he was born in Geneva and lived there 

 until the last few years. He was vale- 

 dictorian of his class, graduating from 

 Hobart College in 1883, and received 

 Phi Beta Kappa honors. 



William Granger. 



Old Kew men, of whom there are 

 many in the United States, will learn 

 with the deepest regret that William 

 Granger, who was in service at the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 

 for nearly forty-three years, died at 

 Kew March 12, aged 86 years. After 

 serving for eight years in the royal 

 navy, he entered Kew as a laborer. In 

 course of time he filled various offices, 

 including those of office-keeper and 

 curators' clerk, until, in 1866, he was 

 appointed keeper of the stores, a posi- 

 tion he held until his retirement in 

 1893. Of the many gardeners who 

 passed through Kew during the time 

 Mr. Granger was timekeeper there is 

 not one but will cherish his memory, 

 for his geniality and kindness made him 

 extremely popular. 



ALVIN, TEX. 



The winter of 1914-1915 seems to be 

 a matter of history here, as all indica- 

 tions point to the arrival of spring, 

 and we are indeed glad to see it. Straw- 

 berries are beginning to move freely. 

 Cape jasmine growers are feeling jubi- 

 lant over the prospect of an early ar- 

 rival of the crop. At this date, March 

 17, the crop is at least two weeks in 

 advance of what it was last year on 

 this date. W. L. Heller, manager of 

 the Alvin Cape Jessamine Floral Co., 

 reports that there are several hun- 

 dred thousand buds set and developing 

 nicely on that firm's large farm. The 

 long rains of last, fall and winter have 

 developed a wonderful growth, and the 

 quality of the stock this season is to 

 be above the average. The company's 

 additional 3,000 young trees are in the 

 pink of condition and will probably be 

 ready to cut several days in advance 

 of the balance of the orchard. Mr. 

 Heller says: "Our little plant and 

 bulb ads in The Review have been 

 hustling for us and making us hustle to 

 keep up with the orders. Orders have 

 come all the way from West Haven, 

 Conn., and Santa Monica, Cal. We 

 cleaned up in all lines, thanks to The 

 Review. ' ' 



Meadvllle, Pa — Geo. W. Haas & Son 

 report their sales for 1914 nearly $1,000 

 ahead of any previous year in their 

 forty years in business, and 1915 is so 

 far ahead of last year. Their recipe 

 for success is: Grow plants just a little 

 better than the others, send out nothing 

 but quality plants and flowers, pay bills 

 promptly, and take advantage of dis- 

 counts. Sunday closing has not been at 

 all detrimental to their business 



