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PLAN FOR CHICACK) SHOW. 



There is given herewith the ground 

 plan of the Coliseum as laid out for 

 the Chicago Grand Floral Festival, to 

 be held November 9 to 14. Trade ex- 

 hibits that appeal to the public, such 

 as those of retailers, plantsmen and 

 seedsmen, are platted for the spaces 

 surrounding the competitive exhibits. 

 Exhibits that are of interest primarily 

 to those in the trade are to be at the ex- 

 treme ends of the hall and in the an- 

 nex. The key to the chart is as fol- 

 lows: 



A — Betail florists. • 



B— Plants. 



C — Seeds, bulbs, garden requisites. 



D — Greenhouse appliances. 



E — Florists' supplies, 



F — Miscellaneous. 



G — Nurserymen. 



H — Boilers and heating apparatus. 



The rate to be charged for the main 

 hall is 30 cents per square foot, while 

 that for space in the annex is 20 cents. 

 The selling of goods by persons not 

 having engaged space will be prohib- 

 ited unless such persons shall have ob- 

 tained a license from the secretary at 

 a cost of not less than $25. The chair- 

 man of the trade space committee, to 

 whom application for space should be 

 made, is A. Henderson, 369 River 

 street, Chicago. 



OBITUARY 



Richard James Oroves. 



Richard James Groves, for fifty years 

 a florist ^t Atchison, Kan., died July 

 17 of apoplexy. The funeral was held 

 July 18 at the Groves' residence, lOlg 

 North Third street. Burial was at 

 Mount Vernon cemetery. 



Mr. Groves was 83 years old. He 



Atlanta, Oa. — John Wilson, formerly 

 manager for the West View Florist, 

 has opened a new retail flower store 

 in the Hotel Ansley. He uses the 

 business name Wilson The Florist. 



Cleveland, O. — A premium list has 

 been issued for the third annual show 

 of the Gladiolus Society of Ohio, to be 

 held at the HoUenden hotel, August 13 

 and 14. Copies may be had by address- 

 ing Wilbur A. Christy, secretary and 

 treasurer, Warren, 0. C. Betscher, of 

 Canal Dover, is president, and Mrs. A. 

 H. Austin, of Wayland, vice-president. 

 The exhibition committee consists of 

 H. J Alford, of Garrettsville; R. E. 

 Huntington, of Painesville, and Mrs. 

 Austin. The judges selected for this 

 show are W. C. Werner, of Painesville, 

 and F. W. Griffin, of Cleveland. 



Richard J. Groves. 



was born August 8, 1831, at Broms- 

 grove, England, and there married Miss 

 Hannah Amelia Clinton June 11, 1857. 

 They at once sailed for America. 



Their first location was in Utica, 

 N. Y., where they lived a year. Then 

 they moved to St. Catherine, Mo., and 



after spending another year there, 

 moved to Doniphan, Kan. In 1861 they 

 moved to Atchison. Their golden wed- 

 ding anniversary was celebrated ia 

 1907. 



The decedent was a veteran of the 

 Civil war, having been a member of the 

 Thirteenth Kansas volunteers. Company 

 D. He belonged to the John A. Martin 

 post, G. A. R. 



Mr. Groves established the florists' 

 business at 1018 North Third street in 

 1865. He retired from the greenhouse 

 July 6, and turned the business over 

 to his daughters, who will conduct it 

 under the name of the Groves Floral 

 Co. 



A widow and eight children survive. 

 The children are Alfred Groves and 

 Frank R. Groves, Oakland, Cal.; Walter 

 C. Groves, Dover, Okla.; Oscar W. 

 Groves, Drumright, Okla.; George W. 

 Groves, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Anna Q. 

 Lang^orthy, Atchison, and Misses Lil- 

 lian and Marian Groves, who are at 

 home. 



The body of his son, the late Rich- 

 ard Groves, who was killed in Oakland, 

 Cal., in a railroad crossing accident 

 .January 29, was buried in Mount 

 Vernon cemetery a month ago. 



Joseph Whipple. 



.Joseph Whipple, prominent landscape 

 architect and florist of Santa Barbara, 

 Cal., was instantly killed July 27 when 

 the automobile in which he was riding 

 turned turtle on rounding a curve at 

 Ventura, Cal. Mr. Whipple's son, who 

 was in the car at the time of the acci- 

 dent, escaped uninjured. 



The decedent was in his fortieth 

 year, and is survived by a widow, a 

 son and daughter. Mr. Whipple was 

 a prominent Elk and had many friends 

 in Los Angeles, San Diego and San 

 Francisco, who mourn his death. 



Lebanon, Pa.— D. Hammond Mish, 

 whose eyesight has been troubling bin* 

 for some time, was operated upon at 

 the Lebanon sanatorium by Dr. A. B. 

 Gloninger and Dr. Schwenk, of Phila- 

 delphia, and hopes are entertained for 

 the restoration of his sight. 



