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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUND 15. 1005. 



PURCELLVILLE, VA. 



Death of W. S. Davis. 



The following account of the life and 

 death of Mr. Davis is taken from the 

 local newspaper and serves to show the 

 esteem in which he was held in his com- 

 munity : 



On the morning of May 25 the friends and 

 relatives of W. S. Davis were shocked by the 

 news of bis sudden death. Mr. Duvis had not 

 been well a few days before, but retired ou 

 Wednesday night in apparently his usual 

 health. Between 3 and 4 o'clock the little 

 daughter, who is only twelve years of age, 

 was awakened by moanings coming from her 

 father's room. She fearlessly arose and has- 

 tened to his bedside. With a child's tender- 

 ness she tried to arouse him. Failing to do 

 BO, she performed a most remarkable act for 

 a child, she ran to the telephone and sum- 

 moned the cook to her assistance and also 

 Dr. Hackley, who resides in the town. The 

 cook being unable to bring to sense the spirit 

 that was then struggling with death, this 

 brave and devoted little daughter ran for her 

 grandfather, A. B. Davis, whose residence is 

 about twenty yards distant. When she re- 

 lumed with him death had closed his icy 

 fingers about the struggling form and all was 

 ■till. God had claimed his own. 



On Wednesday morning, being assured by 

 her husband that he had entirely recovered 

 from the slight disability of a few days be- 

 fore, Mrs. Davis went with some friends to 

 Washington. She returned on the first train 

 Thursday in response to a telegram to find 

 the sad news of her husband's death awaiting 

 ta«r. 



W. S. Davis, son of A. Boone and Susanna 

 8. Davis, was born Sptember 3, 1867, at the 

 home where he spent his short life of nearly 

 thirty-eight years. While yet a boy he showed 

 a great love for flowers and the work in his 

 father's greenhouse. This love, accompanied 

 by a rare talent, characterized his life and 

 brought him almost unparalleled success as a 

 florist and specialist in carnations. 



In October, 1891, he was married to Miss 

 Lillian Simpson, of North Fork, and after 

 fourteen years of happy, prosperous married 

 life, she, with one daughter of twelve years, 

 is left to .mourn her great loss amid the deep 

 sympathy of many friends. 



The first dream of his boyhood was pretty 

 flowers — the last act of his life, so far as is 

 known, was to prepare two large bonquets, as 

 a personal donation, to be strewn upon the 

 craves of the Confederate dead in the 

 cemetery at Leesburg. 



Prom a small beginning he developed one 

 of the largest retail trades in flowers in the 

 United States, extending into every state and 

 territory, and even into foreign countries. 

 EJach year he added new greenhouses, but 

 finally the trade became burdensome to him, 

 on account of the difllculty of securing suitable 

 labor, and he disposed of the foreign retail 

 business and In recent years had devoted all 

 of his energies to the growing of carnations 

 for the wholesale markets, and was known to 

 fioral circles as a leader in producing these 

 sweetly-scented flowers. For many months 

 past every carnation that entered the White 

 House was grown by W. S. Davis. He had not 

 only Improved many of the old varieties, but 

 had produced many new ones. 



As a citizen he was honored and respected 

 by all who knew him. He was one of those 

 quiet, unobtrusive, temperate-ln-all-thlngs gen- 

 tlemen whom you seldom meet. The county, 

 as a whole, will regret his death. 



On FVIday afternoon the funeral services 

 were held at Friends' Meeting House, Lin- 

 coln, the deceased having been a member of 

 the Society of Friends. Among the flowers, 

 so appropriately laid upon the grave, was a 

 beautiful wreath of red carnations, the Red 

 Sport of Maceo, which variety was this sea- 

 son distributed to the trade by Mr. Davis. 



J. D. THOMPSON 

 CARNATION CO., 



JOLIET, ILL. 



CARNATIONS OUR SPECIALTY 



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CARNATIONS 



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Rooted Cuttings and Plants. 



ROSES. 



2>i-ln. 2>i-ln. 



stock, stock. 



PerlOO PerlOOO 



American Beauties.. S5 00 $45.00 



Cbatenay 4.00 80.00 



UDCleJobn 4.60 40.00 



Perles 



8}{ln. 



Btock. 



PerlOO 



$7.00 



5.00 



6.00 



5.00 



2J4-in. 



Btock. 



PerlOO 



Golden Gates $3.60 



Bridesmaids 4.00 



Brides 400 



Sunrise 4.00 



2^in. 



stock. 



PerlOOO 



$30.00 



85.00 



85 00 



85.00 



8^-ln. 



stock. 



PerlOO 



$6.00 



5.00 



5.00 



6.00 



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Cnt Back Bench Beantlea, $45.00 per 1000. Meteora, Maids, Brides, Gates, 



Chatenay, Ferles, $2.50 per 100. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



White. 



R. C 

 PerlOO 



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Willowbrook $1.60 



Estelle 1.60 



Kalb 1.60 



Robinson 1.60 



Ivory 1.60 



Jerome Jones 1.60 



Wanamaker 1.60 



Timoiby Eaton 2.00 



W. ttonna&on 2.00 



Ohadwlck 2.60 



Crawford 2.00 



Merry Obristmas 1.60 



Tellow. 



Monrovia 200 



Parr 1.60 



Sunsbine 1.60 



Whllldln 1.60 



Halllday 1.60 



Appleton 2.00 



2>i-ln. 

 PerlOO 



$2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.60 

 8.0O 

 2.60 



8.00 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 8.00 



Tellow. 



R. 0. 

 PerlOO 



BonnaSon $1.60 



Reiman 2.60 



TeUow Eaton 2.60 



Ohautauqua Gold 2.00 



NaKoya 2.00 



Pink. 



Lady Harriet 200 



Pacific 1.60 



V. Morel 2.00 



Perrln 1.60 



Xeno 200 



Maud Dean 1.60 



Quito 1.60 



Pink Ivory 1.60 



8haw 1.60 



Lady Hanbam 2.00 



Bed. 



Intensity 2.00 



Sbrimpton 2.00 



2>{-in. 



PerlOO 

 $2.60 

 8.60 

 8.60 

 800 

 8.00 



8.00 

 2.60 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 800 

 2 60 

 2.50 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 8.00 



8.00 

 8.0O 



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NBW VABZETZEB. 



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R.O. 2j<-in. 



White. Doz. Doz. 



EmiiyMUebam $4.00 $5.00 



Mme. Paul Sabut 4.00 6.00 



N. Pockett (cream) 60 .76 



Majestic (per 100) 1000 



adella " 1000 



Tellow. 



Mrs. Wm. Duckbam (cup 



winner) 6.00 7.60 



Merstb am Tellow 4.00 6.00 



Kimberly 60 .75 



Prima 60 .76 



Plumridge (per 100) 2.00 



T. W. Pockett ...( per 100) 1.60 .... 



2^-in. 



PerlOO 



$10.00 



40.00 



400 



16.00 



16.00 



60 00 

 40.00 



8.00 

 2.60 



R.O. 

 Pink. 100 



American Beauty $2 60 



Cobbold 2.60 



McNiece... 2.60 



Ben Wells (ligbt pink) 2.60 



Leila FilkiDB 2.60 



Etberington 2.60 



Dr. Enguebard ...T 2.60 



Marie LiKcr 2.60 



Ooombes 260 



Wm. Duckbam 2.0O 



Bed. R. 0. doz. 



Sport of Duckbam $1.60 



Lord Hopetoun 75 



2}^-lD. 



PerlOO 

 $4 00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 400 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



2H-in. doz. 



$2.60 

 1.00 



STEYIA. 



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Rooted Cuttings, per 100 $1.50 



Rooted Cuttings, per 1000 12.60 



2ji-inch. per 100 $2.60 



2>^incta, per 1000 22.60 



Headquarters for finest Cut Roses, Carnations, etc. 



Every order has our personal attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. 

 Orders for less tban $2.00 not accepted. 



POEHLMANN BROS. CO. 



MORTON GROVE, ILL. 

 ^ Cut riower Salesroom, 33-37 Randolph St., CHICAGO • 



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