JUMS 3, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. Edward J. Welch. 



Mrs. Edward J. Welch, wife of Ed- 

 ward J. Welch, of Welch Bros. Co., the 

 well-known Boston wholesale florists, 

 who had been ill with pneumonia at her 

 home, 96 Ashmont, in Dorchester, died 

 May 24. Less than a week before, a 

 flon, Edward Welch, in his twenty-first 

 year, died of pneumonia, shortly after 

 he had entered his father's business. 

 Mrs. Welch was ill at the time and was 

 unable to attend the funeral of her 

 son. Mrs. Welch was Miss Christina 

 Carroll, of South Boston. She is sur- 

 vived by her husband, one son, Fred, 

 and two daughters, Christina and Agnes. 



Interment was in Mount Calvary 

 cemetery, May 27, when there was a 

 large attendance of sorrowing relatives 

 and friends. The floral tributes were 

 numerous and extremely beautiful. 



James Cursham. 



James Cursham, who conducted a re- 

 tail store at 1430 Columbia avenue, 

 Philadelphia, for the last twenty-five 

 years, died suddenly of heart disease, 

 May 24; at his home over the store. 

 He was 54 years old, and is survived 

 by his widow. 



Henry M. Humfeld. 



Henry M. Humfeld, of Frankfort, 

 Ind., died suddenly at his home, of 

 lung trouble. May 21. Mr. Humfeld 

 came to Frankfort from Kansas City, 

 Mo., and was well known in this section 

 of Indiana. He was one of five broth- 

 ers, all of whom made names in the 

 florists' business. William Henry Hum- 

 feld died June 25, 1914, at Kansas 

 City, at the age of 59. The other three 

 are living: Simon Humfeld, at Muncie, 

 Ind., Chas. Humfeld, at Clay Center, 

 Kan., and E. A. Humfeld, at Kansas 

 City. 



Robert E. Scott. 



Robert E. Scott, 42 Qrand street. New 

 Britain, Conn., died May 23 at the age 

 of 62, as the result of a general brea!k- 

 down in health. Mr. Scott was the 

 son of George W. Scott, well known as 

 a florist in New Britain, and followed 

 his father 's trade until a few years ago. 

 He was born in New Britain, March 

 31, 1853. The funeral was held at the 

 late home, May 25, and interment was 

 in Fairview cemetery. Surviving Mr. 

 Scott are his widow; four children, 

 Mrs. James F. Hattings, Miss Hanna 

 Scott, William A. Scott and Miss Har- 

 riet E. Scott; two brothers, William 

 Scott, of New Haven, Conn., and 

 George W. Scott, of Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne, England, and five grandchildren. 



Warren S. Engard. 



Warren Sibil Engard, of Philadel- 

 phia, died at a sanitarium of tubercu- 

 lar trouble May 29, after a long ill- 

 ness. He was young, only about 27 

 vears of age. Mr. Engard was well 

 known in the floral world. He was for 

 some years with William Berger & Son, 

 where he assisted in all their artistic 

 work, winning many friends by his 

 charming manner. Later he filled other 

 positions, being the first salesman to 

 offer long-stemmed Killarney in Phila- 

 delphia. For them he introduced the 

 joke, "Do you want any poets? " When 

 asked what he meant he would reply 



with a smile, " Longf ellows. " 111 

 health marred his career, his last posi- 

 tion being with D. B. Edwards, Atlan- 

 tic City, N. J. Warren Engard 's fu- 

 neral took place from his home at 

 Mount Airy, Pa., June 1. He is sur- 

 vived by a wife and two children. 



Phil. 



J. H. Everett. 



J. H. Everett, 65 years old, senior 

 member of the wholesale seed firm of 

 J. H. Everett & Son, 29 West Alabama 

 street, Atlanta, Ga., died Saturday 

 morning, May 29, at his home, 251 

 Angier avenue. 



John A. Oarlin. 



John A. Carlin, who with his brother- 

 in-law carried on the florists' business 

 operated under the name of his sister, 

 Mrs. L. A. Dunsmore, at 3269 Fairview 

 place, Denver, Colo., died from a stroke 

 of apoplexy May 19. He had gone 

 about his work as usual the day before. 

 He was stricken during the night and 

 succumbed in the morning shortly after 

 his condition had been discovered and a 

 physician summoned. 



Mr. Carlin was 73 years old and a 

 native of Nottingham, England. He 

 had been a resident of Denver for thirty 

 years. His wife died several years ago. 

 His sister, Mrs. L. A. Dunsmore; his 



brother-in-law and a niece and nephew 

 survive him. 



William Beslar. 



William Beslar, of Portland, Ind., 

 was knocked from the track by a f rei^t 

 engine May 24 and died next day. He 

 was 45 years old and unmarried. 



Benver, Colo. — According to the 

 terms of the wiU of the late Bernard 

 Beer, head of the Colfax Avenue Floral 

 Co., which was bought out and ab- 

 sorbed by the Park Floral Co. in 1908, 

 his two sons, Llewellyn B. and Justin 

 H. Beer, will receive $500 from their 

 father's estate for every $500 they 

 earn by their own efforts. To obtain 

 any payments after the flrst, they must 

 show that they have saved the first 

 $500 received from the trustees. This 

 is Mr. Beer's method of encouraging 

 habits of industry and thrift in his 

 sons. Besides the bonuses, the sons re- 

 ceive $100 per month from the estate 

 and $50 additional per month when they 

 become married.' These payments and 

 bonuses are to be paid by the trustees, 

 John Thams, Clyde B. Stevens and 

 Llewellyn B. Beer, until the younger 

 son, Justin H. Beer, reaches 30, when 

 the estate will be divided between the 

 brothers. The estate amounts to more 

 than $100,000. 



Blue Point, N. Y. — Charles Fish is 

 having a large greenhouse erected on 

 his West Main street property. 



Norfolk, Va. — J. W. Grandy, Jr., has 

 secured a permit to erect a greenhouse 

 on Forty-ninth street at a cost of $700. 



East Patchogne, N. Y. — Willey's 

 Farm is about to erect a greenhouse, 

 35x150 feet, of the latest type of con- 

 struction, for miscellaneous stock. 



Iowa Falls, la. — W. H. Hall, propri- 

 etor of the Iowa Falls Greenhouse, has 

 purchased the lot just west of the green- 

 house and expects to build an addition 

 on it. 



East Setauket, N. Y. — Charles Rem- 

 nant will erect greenhouses on the seven 

 acres of land on Railroad avenue re- 

 cently sold by C. W. Ryder to John W. 

 Shutt, of Whitestone. 



Oklahoma City, Okla — Ten houses, 

 21x134, are in course of construction 

 here by the Dawson Produce Co., which 

 will use them for vegetables. A No. 

 15 Kroeschell boiler will be installed 

 for heating purposes. 



Altoona, Pa. — Myers Bros, will erect 

 two greenhouses, each 42x200 feet, on 

 their land near Meadow Brook station. 

 They will be devoted to carnations and 

 violets. Work on the buildings will be 

 commenced in a short time. 



Iron Mountain, Mich. — Odin Eskil, 

 son of J. J. Eskil, who has for several 

 years conducted a 40-acre fruit and 

 truck farm near Green Bay, has re- 

 turned here to engage in the florists' 

 and market gardening business. He 

 has purchased several lots on Stephen- 

 son avenue, on which he will build two 

 greenhouses, each 25x75 feet. 



Central Valley, N. Y. — A green- 

 house is being erected by a local 

 builder for J. B. Ford. 



Alton, HL — ^The material for the new 

 greenhouse of the Alton Floral Co. is 

 on the ground, and the completion of 

 the building is looked for soon. 



Ottawa, DL — The order for the ven- 

 tilating machines for the two new 

 greenhouses of Lohr Bros, has been 

 given the John A. Evans Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Minerva, O. — A. M. Stackhouse has 

 purchased a tract of land outside the 

 corporation limits, on the Lincoln high- 

 way, on which he expects to build some 

 larger houses at a later date. 



Utica, N. Y. — Brant Bros, have ob- 

 tained a permit to erect a steel and 

 concrete greenhouse and a boiler house 

 on Sunset avenue, at an estimated cost 

 of $7,000. Lord & Burnham Co. will 

 do the work. 



Big Bapids, Mich.— Walter F. Wilson, 

 from Chicago, has moved to the E. J. 

 Marsh farm, on the Clear Lake road, 

 and will grow flowers principally for 

 the Chicago market. He has 30,000 

 Marie Louise violets started. Materials 

 for the construction of permanent 

 greenhouses are on the ground. 



Saginaw, Mich. — Work has been com- 

 menced on three 300-foot greenhouses 

 at the range of Charles Frueh & Sons 

 on Genesee avenue, just outside the city 

 limits. When thesei are completed, 

 three more will be begun. The increase 

 is made necessary by the sale of the 

 Hoyt street property. This firm has 

 half an acre devoted to the experiment 

 of growing ginseng under laths. 



