April 29. 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



Andrew Washburn. 



Andrew Washburn, head of the firm 

 of A. Weshburn & Sons, Bloomington, 

 111., died Wednesday morning, April 21, 

 at his home, 1007 North McLean street. 

 He had not been in robust health for 

 some time, but no acute illness was ap- 

 parent until a few days before his 

 death. He was out riding as late as 

 April 17. His death was due to a sud- 

 den attack of pneumonia. 



Andrew Washburn was born in New 

 York city March 5, 1838. He was the 

 son of Philo and Olivia Lombard Wash- 

 burn, of Lebanon, Conn. He g^ew to 

 young manhood on his father's farm, 

 and began life by teaching school in 

 the winter and working on his father's 

 farm in the summer. 



Early in the Civil war, Mr. Wash- 

 burn enlisted in Company C, Eight- 

 eenth Connecticut Infantry, his service 

 beginning in July, 1862. He won pro- 

 motions to sergeant, first sergeant and 

 lieutenant of his company. He was 

 made captain of Company H, Twenty- 

 ninth Connecticut, in January, 1864. 

 He was mustered out as captain No- 

 vember 24, 1865. 



In the spring of 1866, he removed 

 to Illinois and located at Danvers, 

 where he engaged in mercantile busi- 

 ness. Later he secured the place on 

 West Washington street road, near 

 Bloomington, where the large Wash- 

 burn greenhouses are now located. He 

 made his home at the farm until 1898, 

 when he removed to Bloomington and 

 located at 1007 North McLean street. 

 The home place west of the city con- 

 tinues to be the quarters of the propa- 

 gating business of the firm. 



Mr. Washburn was married in 1867 

 to Cordelia W. Loomis, of Lebanon, 

 Conn. She died in 1883, and in 1885 

 he was married to Julia A. West, of 

 Bloomington, who survives. The chil- 

 dren of the first marriage are Frank 

 L George A. and A. Edwin Washburn, 

 of Bloomington, and Mrs. Emma W. 

 Edmunds, of Clinton. The children of 

 the second marriage are Edna B. and 

 Lucy S. Washburn, at home. George 

 Washburn is president of the Commer- 

 cial Club of Bloomington. Frank L. 

 Washburn is treasurer of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association. 



Carl Hirsch. 



Carl Hirsch, proprietor of Hillsdale 

 ^oral Park greenhouses, at Hillsdale, 

 Mich and known to nearly every flo- 

 rist between Toledo and Chicago by 

 reason of his connection with the gar- 

 dening work on the New York Central 



A^^-i' o^^^ /* ^'^ ^o™« at Hillsdale 

 April 23 and was buried at Lake View 

 <^emetery there April 28. 

 A^M J^^^?<=.h was taken ill at Chicago 

 April 5 while on his way to Darling- 

 ton, Wis. He was taken home April 7 

 fit ^11 operated on three times in a 

 t^I A ' i"* gangrene had set in and 

 tne best that surgical skill could do 

 could not save his life. 



Carl Hirsch was a native of Chem- 

 nitz, Saxony, born November 1, 1864. 

 Mr. iiirsch was reared and educated in 

 his native land, and there he learned 

 xne art of landscape gardening. He 

 worked at his trade in Leipsic, Nurem- 

 berg and other European cities, and 



when he came to the United States in 

 1888 he soon secured employment with 

 the Garfield Park Rose Co., of Chicago, 

 with which he remained five months, at 

 the end of that time moving to Lake 

 Geneva, Wis., and being there em- 

 ployed by S. W. AUerton. In the spring 

 of 1894 he removed to Hillsdale, Mich., 

 to assist in caring for the greenhouses 

 and grounds belonging to the Michigan 

 Central railroad, and, in 1896, he was 

 given entire charge. At the time of 

 his death he had charge of all the gar- 

 dening work of the New York Central 

 lines between Toledo, O., and Chicago. 

 In 1895 Mr. Hirsch purchased his home, 

 where, during the same winter, he be- 

 gan the erection of his own green- 

 houses, which today cover about 30,000 

 square feet under glass. The estab- 

 lishn^ent is one of the most complete 

 and prosperous in southern Michigan. 

 He was assisted in this business by his 

 wife, who was Miss Emma Lorenz, 

 whom he married July 4, 1889, and by 

 his venerable father, Karl Hirsch, who 

 followed him to America in 1900. Mrs. 

 Hirsch will continue the business. She 

 has one daughter. Pearl. 



Mr. Hirsch was one of the most suc- 

 cessful and best known men in his 

 section and the funeral was largely at- 

 tended. , There were many flowers. 



John Langrlck, Sr. 



John Langrick, Sr., aged 77 years, 

 proprietor of the Oak Hill Green- 

 houses at Bradford, Pa., died suddenly 

 at the Bradford hospital April 13. Two 

 weeks before his death Mr. Langrick 

 slipped on a step at his home, dis- 

 locating his hip and fracturing a small 

 bone so that it was necessary to take 

 him to the hospital for treatment. He 

 was thought to be getting along nicely, 

 and his death came as a great shock. 

 A blood clot on the brain is given 

 by the physicians as the cause of 

 death. 



Mr. Langrick was born at York, Eng- 

 land, February 25, 1838, and at the 

 age of 10 went to Canada. When 20 

 years old he removed to Titusville, 

 where he followed the oil business. 

 Thirty-six years ago he went with his 

 family to Bradford and fifteen years 

 ago purchased the Oak Hill Green- 

 houses. In 1859 he was united in mar- 

 riage with Miss Mary A. Thwaite, who 

 survives him with several children, as 

 follows: Mrs. Sarah Hemphill and 

 Mrs. Maggie Hemphill, both of Titus- 

 ville; Mrs. Grace Higgins, of Brad- 

 ford; Mrs. Alice Campbell, of San 

 Francisco, Cal.; E. T. Langrick and 

 John Langrick, Jr., of Bradford, and 

 Mrs. Jennie Hyde, of Gillmore. He also 

 leaves eight grandchildren and two 

 great-grandchildren. 



Otis L. Kent. 



Otis L. Kent, for many years the 

 senior member of the firm of Kent & 

 Marsh, Newburyport, Mass., died at 

 his home, 17 North Atkinson street, 

 April 20, from heart trouble. 



Mr. Kent was a native of Newbury, 

 having been born on the historic old 

 Kent estate at Kent's Island, which 

 patrimony his family has held for more 

 than 200 years. 



Early in life he established a milk 

 route, and later became associated with 

 Horace W. Marsh in the florists' busi- 

 ness, which has since grown into one 

 of the largest of that kind in the city. 



Mr. Kent was a director and at one 

 time general manager of the Newbury- 



port Fair Association. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Belleville Improvement So- 

 ciety and I. O. O. F., and a trustee of 

 the Home for Aged Men. 



Mr. Kent was twice married, and by 

 his first wife, who was Miss Marsh, he 

 had a. son, George Kent, of Winthrop, 

 who, with a brother, Leonard Kent, of 

 Kent's Island, and three grandchildren, 

 survives. 



Mr. Kent is the third of a family of 

 four brothers to pass away within two 

 years. 



Walter Woodward Burger. 



Walter Woodward Burger, aged 29 

 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. 

 Burger, of Baltimore, Md., died at 

 Sierra Madre, Cal., April 24. Mr. Bur- 

 ger was well known in Baltimore, hav- 

 ing been associated with his father in 

 the florists' business for some years. 

 Ill health finally compelled him, some 

 months ago, to seek another climate. He 

 was a member of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Baltimore and is sur- 

 vived by his parents, a brother and 

 three sisters. One sister. Miss Florence 

 M. Burger, was with him when the end 

 icame and accompanied the remains 

 back to his home. Funeral services 

 were held from his parents' residence, 

 2828 St. Paul street, Baltimore. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



There are plenty of flowers to be had 

 for the good business that the florists 

 are doing. Carnations are especially 

 abundant. The weather, which con- 

 tinued cold so late, has turned ex- 

 tremely warm for this time of year 

 and has brought everything along in a 

 hurry. Last week the city market was 

 loaded with plants and cut flowers. 

 Spring planting will all come in a 

 bunch, being limited to a week or two, 

 and everybody will have his hands 

 full. 



Various Notes. • 



J. C. Espermann is rushed with 

 spring trade. He has a nice stock of 

 plants. He has been ill since Easter, 

 but is able to be about again, though 

 unable to do much work. 



Karl Zeidler is extremely busy, hav- 

 ing a lot of funeral work to do along 

 with the filling of boxes and baskets. 



Miss Nellie Goodge will have her 

 rush season soon, when people are sure 

 there will be no more frost. She has 

 a fine lot of plants for her spring 

 trade. 



C. L. Nied'nagel has his young rose 

 stock in excellent condition. He has 

 some Beauties which he has cut back 

 and started up and they are looking 

 fine. His cut of Killamey is heavy. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons are cutting 

 an immense crop of nice carnations. 

 Their business is good. 



The Wm. Blackman Floral Co. is cut- 

 ting lots of stock and finds the demand 

 satisfactory. 



Theodore Kuebler is selling lots of 

 stock at the city market. His shipping 

 trade is good. 



Eoyston & Penton are getting more 

 orders for plants and cuttings than 

 they can fill. They expect to build a 

 house for propagating purposes, to be 

 ready by fall. E. L. F. 



Onondaga Valley, N. Y.— E. E. Smith 

 & Sons have erected greenhouses at 

 216-8 West Seneca street. 



