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OBITUARY 



Roger Murphy. 



Roger Murphy, of Worcester, Mass., 

 one of the oldest florists in New Eng- 

 land, died August 1 of pa^monia. Mr. 

 Murphy had been in the employ of 

 H. F. A. Lange for nearly thirty years, 

 and was an expert grower of bulbs. He 

 always had the best hyacinths and 

 tulips on the local market. 



He is survived by four daughters, 

 Mrs. Mary Mulcahy, Mrs. Anna Kelly, 

 Helen and Johanna Murphy, and two 

 sons, John F. and Michael J. Murphy. 



Louis Bapin. 



Louis Bapin, who will be remembered 

 by Buffalo residents as having kept a 

 florists' shop on Main street many 

 years ago, died at his home August 15, 

 after a long illness. Mr. Rapin was 

 almost 58 years old. 



It has been thirty-eight years since 

 Mr. Rapin conducted the flower store 

 on Main street. He moved from the 

 location in 1877 to Pine Ridge road and 

 Genesee street, where the greenhouses 

 are located, and conducted a store 

 there until five years ago, when his 

 son, Louis, succeeded him. 



Mr. Rapin is survived by his wife, 

 Katie T.; a son, Louis A. S.; a brother, 

 Edward, and a sister, Sophia. 



Hermann Bossbach. 

 Hermann Rossbach, of New Orleans, 

 La., died August 13 at the age of 65 

 years. He was a native of Essen, Ger- 

 many, and came to New Orleans in 

 1872. Mr. Rossbach was well known 

 among the trade at New Orleans, hav- 

 ing been a gardener and florist for 

 many years. He is survived by a son 

 and three daughters. 



Alfred Rivers. 



Word comes from England of the 

 death, August 6, of T. A. H. Rivers, 

 senior partner of the firm of Thomas 

 Rivers & Son, Sawbridgeworth. Mr. 

 Rivers' work among hardy fruits, in 

 which he maintained the tradition of 

 two previous generations, is well 

 known. From his own personal qual- 

 ities and the world-wide connection of 

 the firm, Mr. Rivers had a wide circle 

 of friends and acquaintances in the 

 nursery trade. 



William Warring. 



William Warring, who had been an 

 employee of the William Scott Co. for 

 thirty years, died at his home August 

 15, after a brief illness. He was well 

 known by the Buffalo florists and loved 

 by all who knew him. His wife and 

 four children, William, Emma, Sarah 

 and Mrs. Frank Miller, survive him. 

 The funeral was held August 17 from 

 his home, 22 East Balcom street. Many 

 floral tributes were sent by the local 

 florists. E. C. A. 



John Payne. 



"Johnny" Payne is dead. It seems 

 too sad to be true; his bright smile and 

 cheerful greeting won him friends 

 everywhere. People liked Johnny 

 Payne; they couldn't help it; he had 

 that way about him. It always seemed 

 that any little thing that was wanted 

 would be done if he could do it, and 

 if he couldn't, why, he would try, and 

 that made matters better. So there will 



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s^ CENTRAL NEW YORK 



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be florists all over Philadelphia, all 

 over Pennsylvania, even all over the 

 United States, who will miss Johnny 

 Payne and sincerely mourn his loss. 

 John A. Payne died August 21, at 

 his home near Seventeenth and Sny- 

 der streets, Philadelphia, of tubercular 

 trouble, after an illness of several 

 months, leaving his wife and two chil- 

 dren. He was 26 years of age. Four- 

 teen years ago he entered the house of 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co. as errand boy. 

 By industry he steadily rose to a posi- 

 tion as stock clerk, shipper, city sales- 

 man and, best of all, won the respect 

 and confidence of the members of the 

 firm, who feel that in his loss they 

 have suffered a personal bereavement. 

 The funeral took place August 24, from 

 his home; interment at Holy Cross 

 cemetery, Yeadon, Pa. ' Phil. 



George Earl Luffman. 



George Earl Luffman, of Birmingham, 

 Ala., died August 15 at the age of 58 

 at his home. Glen Iris. He conducted 

 a store and nursery at his home for the 

 last sixteen years. Mr. Luffman is sur- 

 vived by his wife and three daughters: 

 Mrs. Lambly, Mrs. Goddard and Miss 

 Nellie Luffman. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Club Meeting. 



The Lancaster Florists' Club was 

 entertained Thursday afternoon, Au- 

 gust 19, by President and Mrs. B. F. 

 Barr, at their beautiful home, Avon- 

 dale Farm. 



An inspection of the 100 acres which 

 Mr. Barr devotes to nurserv stork was 



interesting. His collection of speci- 

 men evergreens is exceptionally fine. 

 In the large formal garden the hardy 

 perennials were all in bloom and a fine 

 bed of Heliotrope Monstrosa was much 

 admired by the members. 



Sports were started after the visit 

 to the nursery grounds. Bowling on 

 the green was much enjoyed by all. 

 A. M. Herr and Jacob Flear were in 

 fine form, and their bowling was a 

 surprise. In croquet J. Rutter Hess 

 and Chas. B. Herr swept everything 

 before them. In quoits George Gold- 

 bach and W. B. Girvin were winners. 



At 6 o'clock, dinner was served on 

 the piazza. After dinner the regular 

 monthly meeting of the club was held. 

 The principal business of the meeting 

 was the report of the dahlia committee 

 of the coming dahlia show, which is 

 to be held in connection with the Lan- 

 caster county fair, the last week of 

 September. David F. Rose, amateur, 

 was elected to membership. On a mo- 

 tion by H. A. Schroyer, Frank L. Kohr 

 extended a vote of thanks of the club 

 to Mr. and Mrs. Barr for their hospi- 

 tality. Frank A. Suter exhibited a 

 vase of the newest cactus dahlias. 



The visitors from out of town were 

 Bertrand H. Farr, president of the 

 American Peony Society, Wyomissing; 

 F. H. Lauck and H. J. Huesman, of 

 Reading; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smith and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaeffer, of 

 York, and D. T. Connor, of Philadel- 

 phia. About thirty-five of the club's 

 members were present. 



A number of the members intend to 

 participate in the show of the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society, at Atlantic City, 

 August 26 to 28. H. K. R. 



