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NOVEHBBB 4, 1910. 



The Florists* Review 



OBITUARY 



Frederick W. Tlmme. 



Again, in the death of F. W. Timme, 

 which occurred October 27, Chicago has 

 lost its oldest florist. 



Frederick W. Timme was born in 

 Magdeburg, Germany, January 14, 1843, 

 and came to America in 1857. He en- 

 listed in the Civil war, in the Missis- 

 sippi squadron, serving on board Ad- 

 miral Lee 's flagship, Blackhawk, in 1863 

 and 1864. The vessel was destroyed 

 during the siege of Natchez, Mr. Timme 

 receiving injuries which confined him 

 to the hospital for eight months and 

 which were the indirect cause of his 

 last years of suffering. After receiving 

 his honorable discharge from the navy, 

 he spent five years in and around La 

 Salle, 111,, laying out many places, 

 among them that of Mathewson, the 

 zinc magnate. He removed to Chicago 

 in 1870 and entered the employ of Allan 

 Pinkerton, the detective, as private gar- 

 dener, where he met and married Isa- 

 bella Johnston, of Crystal Lake, HI. 

 He left the employ of Mr. Pinkerton to 

 enter that of Capt. Parker, of Oconomo- 

 woc, Wis., where he laid out the grounds 

 at a large summer home on the shore of 

 Oconomowoc lake. He also laid out 

 large places in Lakeside and Oak Park. 

 He was one of the men who helped lay 

 out Lincoln park, Chicago, turning an 

 old cemetery into a park. He then en- 

 tered the employ of Potter Palmer, as 

 private gardener, starting with the con- 

 servatories on the roof of the Palmer 

 House hotel. He moved them to Forty- 

 seventh street and Grand boulevard, 

 where it is said he grew the first carna- 

 tions ever grown in or around Chicago, 

 getting them from Peter Henderson, 

 who imported them from France. The 

 Palmer conservatories were then moved 

 to their present location at Bank street 

 and the Lake Shore drive. 



Mr. Timme was in the employ of Peter 

 Palmer sixteen years, part of which he 

 was cashier at the Palmer House hotel. 

 During these years he bought the prop- 

 erty and started his own business as 

 wholesale and retail florist at 4016 

 North Tripp avenue, Irving Park, Chi- 

 cago, where he resided and carried on 

 his business for thirty years. In the 

 early years of his business he grew car- 

 nations, and made a specialty of rais- 

 ing new varieties, preferring to sell to 

 other growers for introduction to the 

 trade rather than disseminate them him- 

 self. In 1892 he disseminated Carna- 

 tion Lucia, a profitable scarlet variety, 

 taking many prizes with it at the flower 

 shows. Later he made a specialty of 

 asters and other novelties for the Chi- 

 cago markets. In the last few years he 

 devoted his entire time to pot plants. 



In 1906 Mr. Timme made his first visit 

 to his old home in Germany after forty- 

 nine years in this country. He enjoyed 

 the trip so much that he went again 

 the following year^ taking his wife and 

 daughter with him. This time he made 

 a more extensive trip, visiting Scotland, 

 England, Holland, Switzerland and Ger- 

 many, also a large part of the eastern 

 states. For many years he was a regu- 

 lar contributor to trade papers, writing 

 many articles of interest and also trans- 

 lating foreign papers. In 1908 he suf- 

 fered a severe stroke of paralysis, fol- 

 lowed by a slight one eight months 



later. He recovered sufficiently to en- 

 able him to attend to his business and 

 enjoy life until the latter part of Au- 

 gust, when complications set in, causing 

 a breakdown, resulting in his death. 

 Funeral services were held October 30, 

 burial being at Crystal Lake, HI. He 

 leaves his wife, one son, William F., of 

 Chicago, and a daughter, Mrs. Harry 

 Blewitt, of Des Plaines, and one grand- 

 son. William F. Timme will carry on 

 the business, at least for a time. 



Edward O. Eggeling. 



Following a short illness from throat 

 trouble, Edward G. Eggeling died at 

 his home Saturday, October 30, He 

 was born in St. Louis 43 years ago. 

 He' is survived by his wife and one 

 daughter, Lillian Eggeling. 



The flower store at Grand and La- 

 fayette avenues was one of the oldest 

 in the city, having been founded by his 

 father at the close of the war. Mr. 

 Eggeling was a member of the St. 



Frederick W. Timme. 



Louis Florists' Club and was promi- 

 nent in many other societies. 



The funeral was held Monday, No- 

 vember 1, from his late residence, 3612 

 Lafayette avenue. Interment was at 

 Bellefontainc cemetery. J. J. B. 



Folkert A. Vander Meulen. 



Polkert Andries Vander Meulen, of 

 Dunkirk, N. Y., died October 21, at the 

 home of his son, T. F. Vander Meulen, 

 635 Eagle street. He was born at 

 Makkum, Holland, April 18, 1831, and 

 for many years conducted a gardening 

 and flower business in his native coun- 

 try. He came to Dunkirk in 1892 and 

 for a number of years was in charge 

 of the park system there, 



Mr. Vander Meulen was a strong ex- 

 ponent of temperance and the rights of 

 the laboring man and made many pub- 

 lic addresses in the interest of those 

 causes. He was the author of numer- 

 ous essays and books in the Dutch and 

 Friesian languages. 



The deceased was twice married, his 

 first wife dying in 1874 and his second 

 wife in 1907, He is survived by two 

 sons, T, F. Vander Meulen, of Dunkirk, 

 and Peter Vander Meulen, of Portland, 

 Ore,, and one daughter, Mrs. A. Van 

 Beek, of Portland. 



Horace J. Harvey. 



The death of Horace J. Harvey, one 

 of the founders of the Harvey Seed Co., 



of Buffalo, occurred October 31. Heart 

 disease was the cause of his death. Mr. 

 Harvey was in a rowboat in the Niagara 

 river in the afternoon of October 30 

 when he was stricken. He was removed 

 to his home, where he died soon after 

 midnight. He was United States con- 

 sul at Fort Erie, Ont,, a Canadian point 

 near Buffalo, He was 78 years old. 



Born in Granville, Mr, Harvey located 

 at Buffalo when a young man. In part- 

 nership with his brother, the Harvey 

 Seed Co. was established. From 1858 

 until his appointment as consul at Fort 

 Erie by President Roosevelt, Mr. Har- 

 vey was an active Buffalo business man 

 and a member of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce. Selling his interests in the Har- 

 vey Seed Co. thirty years ago, Mr, Har- 

 vey became connected with other enter- 

 prises, with which he was associated 

 until 1898, when he removed to Fort 

 Erie. He recently was replaced by an 

 appointee of President Wilson. Miss 

 Annabel Harvey, of Fort Erie, is the 

 only surviving child. 



PITTSBUBOH. 



The Market. 



October was one of the most delight- 

 ful months in the experience of many 

 here and business was quite satisfac- 

 tory. The weather continues fine. The 

 outdoor chrysanthemums are much in 

 evidence, as the market is full of them. 

 Geraniums in sheltered places still are 

 blooming. 



The wholesalers have their hands 

 full with chrysanthemums. Wm. Tur- 

 ner, Chieftain, White Chieftain and 

 Bonnaffon are the finest, but there is 

 any amount of rubbishy stock. Lilies 

 and valley are again plentiful. Beau- 

 ties, fine roses, orchids, yellow daisies 

 and carnations make up a list of stock 

 offered in quantities. Violets do not 

 seem to attract much attention. 



The retailers, while fairly busy, are 

 not rushed. The chrysanthemums help 

 them to keep up beautiful displays. 



Various Notes. 



The John Bader Co. last week re- 

 ceived two carloads of palms from Bel- 

 gium, the finest ever received and all 

 in excellent condition. 



The Karl Koenig Co. has received a 

 large consignment of Japanese bulbs. 



A. W. Smith, Jr., has made an auto- 

 mobile tour among the Ohio nurseries^ 

 looking up stock for next spring. 



Allen Langhans, who quit the flo- 

 rists' business to go into the oil busi- 

 ness, is visiting his old friends in the 

 trade here. 



Again there is talk of another whole- 

 sale house in this city. 



Earl Tipton, buyer for the A. W. 

 Smith Co., is back at his post after 

 spending the summer at the Canfield 

 greenhouses. 



Wm. Turner reports his business as 

 showing a steady improvement and in- 

 crease since he has taken charge of the 

 store and given up the greenhouse end. 



The burning of a box factory, in 

 which thirteen girls and one man lost 

 their lives, October 29, gave the north 

 side fiorists all the work they could do 

 for several days. Clarke. 



Detroit, Mich.— Albert F. T. D. 

 Pochelon has found birds and bird 

 homes a sufficiently attractive side line 

 so that the L. Bemb Floral Co. has is- 

 sued a handsome special catalogue un- 

 der the title, "Bring Back the Birds." 



