Mabch 22, 1906. 



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his growers to look over the prospects 

 for the Easter supply. Already he re- 

 ports having secured an option upon a 

 large supply of Easter lilies which will 

 be of especially good quality this year. 



The various plants of the Murphys, lo- 

 cated at Murphysville, have been turn- 

 ing out the best quality of stock in their 

 history this year. They report being 

 very well satisfied with the condition 

 of the flower business in this city the 

 past year and they predict a glowing fu- 

 ture for the wholesale business in this 

 city. 



Miss White, of Lexington, Ky., passed 

 through this city on her way home from 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Miss White was 

 full to overflowing with praise for the 

 Golden state and said that it was her 

 intention to close up her business at 

 Lexington and move out west for good. 

 She purchased a tract of land at Los 

 Angeles and will make that city her 

 home. C. J. Ohmer. 



Dayton, 0. — C. M. Schafor says the 

 1907 convention will be the greatest suc- 

 cess in the history of the S. A. F., and 

 says that anybody who misses it will 

 make the mistake of his life. 



Salem, O. — J. H. Brown is now pro- 

 prietor of the Garfield Avenue Green- 

 houses, having bought out Harry T. 

 Miller, who a short time ago succeeded 

 Joseph E. Bonsall. 



OBITUARY. 



James Wolfe. 



James Wolfe, of Waco, Tex., the pio- 

 neer florist of that section of Texas, 

 died at his home Monday morning, 

 March 5. He was 56 years old. The 

 widow, two sons and two daughters sur- 

 vive him. He was born in India, but 

 came from Birmingham, England, to 

 this country while a young man. He 

 was an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, an 

 Eagle and was also a prominent worker 

 in the Business Men's Club and the 

 Texas Floral Society. The business is 

 to be continued by the widow and sons. 



James Clark. 



James Clark, at one time employed at 

 the United States Botanic Gardens at 

 Washington, D. C, died at his home at 

 White Oak farm, near Burnt Mill, Md., 

 last week. He was a native of Oban, 

 Scotland, but came to this country when 

 23 years old. He located at Baltimore, 

 where he married and resided until the 

 civil war, when he went to Washington, 

 D. C, and entered the employ of the 

 government at the Botanic Gardens, re- 

 maining for thirteen years. 



J. N. Gildea. 

 James Newton Gildea passed away at 

 his home, 1721 Story street, Boone, la.. 



Saturday, March 10, at 10:45 p. m., 

 after an illness of over two years. Dur- 

 ing this time he was an invalid, occa- 

 sionally going out for a ride and meet- 

 ing his friends. His death was due to 

 a complication of diseases. 



Mr. Gildea was born in Bowling 

 Green, Ind., in 1845, and in 1851 he re- 

 moved to Iowa with his parents. In 

 1860 he entered the grocery business in 

 Boone, and continued it until 1890, when 

 he took up the florists' business, in 

 which he remained till his death. 



He leaves a widow, two sons and one 

 daughter to mourn his loss. He was a 

 man of exemplary character, a Christian 

 gentleman by profession and by works, 

 and died breathing a prayer for the 

 members of his family and his friends. 



The business will be continued by 

 Mrs. Gildea. 



COUNCIL OF HORTICULTURE. 



Jameston Exposition. 



Acting upon a request from the land- 

 scape designer of the Jamestown Expo- 

 sition for advice and co-operation, the 

 National Council of Horticulture at its 

 last meeting designated different com- 

 mittees for this purpose. These com- 

 mittees have ?ince been approved by 

 Warren H. Manning, landscape designer 

 of the exposition. The members are as 

 follows: 



Classification. Prof. L. R. Taft, Agri- 



