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AUQLST 12, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



31 



often reach a length of two or three 

 feet, and have' more branches than the 

 other kinds. The flowers are arranged 

 in two rows along the spike. The 

 sepals and petals are a beautiful light 

 mauve edged with whitfe; the lip is 

 of the same color, with darker spots; 

 the iiLside is handsomely spotted; in- 

 deed, the whole aspect of the plant is 

 most attractive. They are best grown 

 in baskets hung near the roof and kept 

 shaded, in a moist atmosphere. When 

 water is required, the plants should 

 be taken down and dipped, great care 

 being taken not to allow the water to 

 get into the heart of the plants. 

 Otherwise decay or spot is likely to 

 occur. A temperature of 60 to 65 de- 

 grees, or a little more, will do no 

 harm with sun heat, always giving a 

 little air when the weather permits it. 

 Oncidiums, with their useful sprays 

 of bronze and yellow; Vanda cacrulea, 

 with its various shades of blue, and 

 others too numerous to mention here 

 but which I hope to treat of at some 

 future date — not forgetting the 

 odontoglossum and cypripedium, with 

 its quaint and interesting flowers — 

 have all proved themselves our best 

 and most beautiful commercial or- 

 chids. 



OBITUARY. 



William H. Wcstcott. 



William H. Westcott, a widely known 

 and highly respected florist of Philadel- 

 phia, died of heart failure at his home, 

 7043 Ridge avenue, Friday evening, 

 August 6. He was 72 years of age. 

 Mr. Westcott 's death was entirely un- 

 expected. He underwent an operation 

 a year ago, which, while successful, was 

 a severe st*in on his system. While 

 able to be about, he was not the same 

 as before. Mr. Westcott was out on 

 the day of his death and ate his sup- 

 per as usual. While seated in a chair 

 afterward he was heard to gasp. When 

 his family reached him he had expired. 



William H. Westcott commenced 

 work when a lad as assistant to his 

 father, William Westcott, who was a 

 private gardener. With his brother, 

 John he opened a flower store in 

 Brooklyn. Later, when John Westcott 

 came to Philadelphia to enter the firm 

 of Pennock Bros., then on Twelfth 

 street; William H. Westcott established 

 himself as a grower at Twentieth and 

 Tioga streets, in the City of Brotherlv 

 Love. Mr. Westcott grew a general 

 line of stock, as was the custom in 

 those days. He remained at Twentieth 

 and Tioga streets for twenty years, 

 leaving there to rejoin his brother, 

 John, in the purchase of the Ferguson 

 place at Ridge and Lehigh avenues, 

 where they established themselves in 

 business as Westcott 's Laurel Hill 

 Nurseries. Here their business was 

 chiefly drawn from the great burial 

 ground opposite. The partnership was 

 maintained for about eighteen years 

 and a large and successful business was 

 conducted. William H. Westcott with- 

 drew five years ago. He bought prop- 

 erty farther out on Ridge avenue and 

 erected greenhouses, in which he grew 

 some wonderfully fine stock. Mr. 

 Westcott was an able grower. His 

 plants always looked well and his place 

 «Iean and neat. 



Mr. Westcott is survived by a widow 

 and three children, Mrs. Edward Davis, 

 ^1/s. Frank budell and William H. 



^stcott, .Jr., who was associated with 



his father in business. Mr. Westcott 's 

 funeral took place at his residence 

 Monday afternoon, August 9. It was 

 attended by members of the Florists' 

 Club and many friends. Phil. 



Frank Tylner. 



Frank Tylner, of 28 Second street. 

 South Orange, N. J., who for the last 

 four years had been employed by Will- 

 iam A. Mauda as foreman in the green- 

 houses in South Orange, committed sui- 

 cide by shooting himself in the head 

 at the New Varnum hotel, Washington, 



D. C. He had married Miss Mary 

 Krupha, also of South Orange, nine 

 days before. It is not known what 

 took him to Washington. The body was 

 found by the hotel employees. Jii the 

 room was a letter addressed to the 

 bride. Upon finding the letter, the po- 

 lice ordered the body removed to the 

 morgue. Mrs. Tylner could give no 

 reason for her husband's act. The 

 body was ordered shipped to Hartley, 

 Del., the home of Mr. Tylner 's mother, 

 where the funeral services were held. 

 He was 34 years old. R. B. M. 



Nashua, N. H. — A 2 1/^ -story dwelling 

 is being erected for W. W. Powers. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. — The Jamaica 

 Floral Co. has installed a large show 

 refrigerator. 



Chepachet, B. I. — Alex. M. Marseilles 

 recently returned from an eight weeks' 

 trip in Canada. 



Fairhaven, Mass.— James Garthley is 

 moving his greenhouse to a better site, 

 on Cedar street. 



Newton, Mass.— H. W. Cotton has 

 purchased the business and greenhouses 

 of John C. Clarke. 



North Weymouth, Mass.— William B. 

 Dasha has broken ground for an addi- 

 tion to his greenhouse. 



Westfield, Mass.— Edward Gillett is 

 erecting a greenhouse to replace the 

 one recently torn down. 



Portland, Me.— W. H. & H. T. Sawyer 

 are erecting a greenhouse, 24x60 feet, 

 at their property at 110 Coyle street. 



North Leominster, Mass. — The firm 

 of Finney & Todd has leased green- 

 houses and land on Mooreland avenue. 



MiUdale, Conn.— Nicholas Grillo has 

 broken ground for the greenhouses he 

 is to build here at a cost of $10,000. 



Portland, Me.— In the Portland Press 

 for Ma^ 30 Mrs. Lizzie I. Dennett gave 

 a few particulars of the rise of the 

 florists' trade in Portland during her 

 thirty years' experience in it. 



Lewiston, Me.— The continual rains 

 have seriously hampered the construc- 

 tion of a greenhouse for Ernest Saun- 

 ders. Thus far, only the framework of 

 the big structure has been erected. 



Southington, Conn.— Frederick N. 

 Francis and John Olstm have purchased 

 the Goodison greenhouse, at Main and 

 Bristol streets. Both men have been 

 in the business here before. Mr. Goodi- 

 son and family have moved to Walling- 

 ford. Conn. 



Pittsfield, Mass.— The Flower Shop, 

 of which Stanley G. Barnes is manager, 

 will observe charity day August 3. The 

 proceeds of the sale of flowers donated 

 and a percentage from the sales of the 

 regular store business will be given to 

 the tuberculosis hospital. Mr. Barnes 

 held a similar observance last year. 



Newburyport, Mass. — C. J. McGregor 

 has begun the work of enlarging one of 

 his greenhouses. 



Hartford, Conn. — Robert Marchant is 

 erecting an addition to his greenhouse 

 on Huntington street, according to Lord 

 & Burnham Co. plans. 



Ellsworth, Me.— Miss M. A. Clark 

 is building an addition to her already 

 large range of houses. The new green- 

 house, 20x70, will be devoted to carna- 

 tions. 



Andover, Mass. — The prize list of the 

 annustl exhibition of flowers, fruits and 

 vegetables, to be held September 10 and 

 11 under the auspices of the Andover 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club, has beeu 

 issued. 



Houlton, Me.— A. E. Newell is offer- 

 ing 25-cent bouquets of mixed flowers 

 each Saturday during the summer. Or- 

 ders are taken at both the store and 

 greenhouse at this price and the bou- 

 quets are jdaced in the ■ cemetery if 

 desired. 



Crowell, Mass.— Fire broke out re- 

 cently in the office at the range of 

 J. J. McManmon and, before the flames 

 could be subdued, the building was 

 damaged to the extent of several hun- 

 dred dollars. The origin of the blaze 

 was not ascertained. 



Jamestown, R. L— John Garlate, for 

 the last eighteen years in the employ 

 of Samuel Smith, has received notice 

 from Brazil of the death of an uncle, 

 who left him coffee plantations and 

 lands valued at over $400,000. He has 

 arranged to go to Brazil at once. 



Lowell, Mass. — The local park com- 

 missioners recently entered a requisi- 

 tion for the purchase of 8,000 tulip 

 bulbs, to be set out this fall. The 

 wanted varieties were: 3,000 Vermilion 

 Brilliant, 2,000 Prince of Au.stria and 

 3,000 Pottebakker. Bids were opened 

 August 5. 



Holyoke, Mass.— The Holyoke and 

 Northampton Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club met July 13 at the Smith Bo- 

 tanical Gardens, Northampton. The 

 annual chrysanthemum show was set 

 for November 3 and 4. The show will 

 be held in Windsor hall. Plans are 

 under way to make it the most elab- 

 orate and most successful show ever 

 held. The club voted to hold a picnic 

 this month. 



