JUNS 17, 1810. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. Sarah Starr. 



Mrs. Sarah Starr, for some years in 

 the florists' business with her husband, 

 the late A. E. Starr, at Joliet, 111., died 

 at the age of 85 June 8 at the home 

 of her daughter, Mrs. George T. Eelyea, 

 419 Bichards street, Joliet. Her maiden 

 name was Sarah A. Mogg. She was 

 born June 1, 1830, at Euclid, N. Y. In 

 1850 she came to Illinois with her hus- 

 band, and settled on a farm between 

 Steger and Crete. Later they engaged 

 in the florists' business at Joliet. I'or 

 many years she lived at 110 Macomber 

 street, and following her retirement 

 from business, she traveled much. She 

 had lived with her daughter for several 

 years, and enjoyed good health until 

 about three years ago, when began a 

 gradual decline. 



Mrs. Starr leaves three daughters, 

 Mrs. A. C. Johnston, Joliet; Mrs. Charles 

 Soudar, Eockwell City, la., and Mrs. 

 G. T. Eelyea, Joliet; two brothers, John 

 Mogg, Euclid, N. Y., and Jerry Mogg, 

 Fontana, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. F. G. 

 Bemmett, Joliet. 



The funeral was held Thursday after- 

 noon, June 10, at the Eelyea residence, 

 and burial was in Oakwood. 



Oeorge H. Evans. 



George H. Evans, of the Jordan Park 

 Floral Co., San Francisco, Cal., died 

 in that city June 9. Mr. Evans was 

 engaged in the flower trade there for 

 many years, and his death is regretted 

 by many friends. He had been in poor 

 health for some time, and for the last 

 few months had been living on a farm, 

 which he recently purchased, in Sonoma 

 county, hoping to be benefited by life 

 in the country. He returned to San 

 Francisco about two weeks ago to look 

 after the business there, but soon after 

 his arrival he was attacked by the 

 illness which ended in his death. It is 

 understood that a deal had been closed 

 to transfer the business to F. E. Strat- 

 ton. S. H. G. 



Mrs. Henry Baer. 



The wife of Henry Baer, of Peoria, 

 111., died suddenly June 2 at their 

 home, on Pleasant street near the 

 Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Baer suffered 

 a pain in the region cf her heart, and 

 called her husband to her. She slipped 

 from his arms to the floor and was 

 dead when a physician arrived. 



Mrs. Baer suffered illness incident to 

 the birth of a child last January, but 

 had apparently been in good health 

 since then. Heart failure is thought 

 to have been the cause of death. Be- 

 sides her husband, she leaves seven 

 children. 



Mrs. liisette Bergstenuann. 



Following an illness of only a few 

 days, Mrs. Bergstermann, wife of Con- 

 rad Bergstermann, the well known flo- 

 rist of St. Louis, died of paralysis, 

 June 11. She was born at Millstadt, 

 111., fifty-six years ago, and is survived 

 by her husband, one son, Edwin Nie- 

 bling, and a daughter, Mrs. Hulda Ruff. 

 Mrs. Bergstermann was a member of 

 the St. Louis Lady Florists' Home Cir- 

 cle. She entertained them for the first 

 time at the April meeting, at which the 

 ladies spent a pleasant afternoon. The 

 funeral took place June 14, from the 



family residence. Many beautiful floral 

 designs were sent by her many friends. 

 Many members of the Lady Florists' 

 Home Circle and of the St. Louis Flo- 

 rists' Club, of which Mr. Bergstermann 

 is a prominent member, were present 

 and extended their sympathies to the 

 bereaved family, J. J. B. 



James O'Connor. 



James O'Connor, who was well 

 knewn in Milwaukee as a landscape 

 gardener at the time of his retirement 

 eleven years ago, died at his home, 182 

 Fourteenth street, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 June 4, of old age. He was 92 years 

 old. He had been a resident of Mil- 

 waukee for sixty years, and had been 

 superintendent of the Fourth Ward 

 park for twenty-eight years when he 

 retired. He is survived by one son, 

 Joseph L. O'Connor, and by three 

 daughters, Sarah, Mary and Margaret. 

 The funeral was held from the Gesu 

 church June 7, and interment was in 

 Calvary cemetery. 



ILLINOIS BILL IN SENATE. 



Contrary to expectations and predic- 

 tion, the parliamentary "stall" of Lee 

 O'Neil Browne proved sufficient to re- 

 vive the bill providing for the licens- 



ing of engineers of heating plants 

 carrying more than 5,000 feet of radia- 

 tion or operating boilers of more than 

 ten pounds pressure. At the time it 

 was voted upon and lost, as reported 

 in last week's Review, Eepresentative 

 Browne obtained postponement of con- 

 sideration pending announcement of 

 vote. Three days later, June 11, the 

 bill was passed by the lower house, and 

 is now before the senate. 



Inasmuch as the senate adjourns 

 June 18, it is possible that the bill will 

 be passed, along with a batch of others, 

 without being read. For this reason, 

 the danger of its getting on the statute 

 books is greater now than earlier, when 

 the press of business was not so great. 

 There is the compensating possibility, 

 however, that one or two determined 

 senators can stop the measure if they 

 watch for it carefully. To vigorously 

 protest its passage at the end of the 

 session would mean the certain defeat 

 of the bill. Various interests through- 

 out the state are doing their best to 

 get senators to make this determined 

 opposition, and so kill the measure. 



There is the additional possibility, 

 of course, that, at this late hour, the 

 bill will not even come to the attention 

 of the senate. This is devoutly to be 

 hoped for. 



SHRAPNXr 



London, England. — In spite of the 

 war the great annual Chelsea show for 

 1915 compared well with any previously 

 held under the auspices of the R. H. S. 

 The great tent was one span less in 

 extent than in 1914, but against this 

 was the fact that the exhibitors were 

 more numerous. The quality of the 

 exhibits was up to the best previous 

 record. The only bad feature was the 

 weather, which was rainy. 



Quedlinburg, Germany. — That the 

 work of the seed growers here is less 

 interfered with by the war than is 

 supposed in America is made plain by 

 the correspondence received. The work 

 in fields, greenhouses, etc., is going 

 along much as ever; there is help 

 enough of its kind. In spite of Ger- 

 many's isolation, mail has gone out and 

 come in with no great delay, but most 

 of the foreign business now is being 

 handled through intermediaries in Hol- 

 land, through whom shipments still are 

 being sent out. The exporters here do 

 not expect to suspend shipments. 



Naarden, Holland — Much to the sur- 

 prise of most of the nurserymen in this 

 section, trade has been quite fair. 

 Naturally, the war shut off the German 

 market and some of those who special- 

 ize on articles principally wanted in 

 Germany, like Prunus Laurocerasus, 

 were hard hit, but trade with America 

 has been fully as good as ever during 

 the last ten months. At least the usual 

 quantities of conifers have gone over 

 the ocean. Peony roots sold out closely 

 last autumn and it seems likely the fall 

 of the present year will see a lively 

 demand both for peonies and peren- 

 nials. 



Amsterdam, Holland. — The govern- 

 ment has been asked by Dutch nursery- 

 men to interest itself in securing the 

 withdrawal of the embargo placed on 

 all imports of pinus by the United 

 States government, effective July 1. 

 The minister of agriculture will seek 

 to disprove, with the nurserymen's 

 help, the need for such quarantine. 



London, England. — M. Vilmorin, of 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Paris, was 

 the guest of honor at a recent dinner 

 of the Horticultural Trades' Associa- 

 tion, having been stationed in London 

 for some time as a representative of 

 the French government in the purchase 

 of war supplies. He told the diners 

 that while the war has had a serious 

 effect on the trade in France, still it 

 is marvelous, under the circumstances, 

 the way planting and cultivation have 

 been attended to this spring. 



Toulon, France. — It ifi estimated that 

 the losses of growers in the Var and 

 Alpes-Maritimes provinces during the 

 season of 1914-15 on account of trans- 

 portation difficulties, the closing of 

 German, Belgian and other northern 

 markets, and the light local demand, 

 will amount to several million dollars. 

 According to the report of Mr. Aussel, 

 secretary of the Ligue-Florale du Sud- 

 Est, to the Toulon Chamber of Com- 

 merce, the shipments of cut flowers, 

 bulbs and nursery stock from the de- 

 partment of Var alone have averaged 

 about $3,000,000 in value in recent 

 years. Shipments of immortelles and 

 the local consumption of the other lines 

 add considerably to these figures. In 

 Var there are 2,500 horticultural estab- 

 lishments, whose average area is a little 

 less than three acres. 



