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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 8, 1906. 



flowers freely, has well-formed, fragrant 

 blooms, remaining in perfect condition 

 for a considerable length of time, and 

 showing no center. They open in all 

 kinds of weather, the buds are of a 

 tender rose color, long and finely formed. 

 It is one of the best varieties of the 

 rose we have received from America. — 

 Eosen Zeitung. 



OBITUARY. 



Wm. Doogue. 



William Doogue, superintendent of 

 public grounds for !Boston, died at his 

 home in Dorchester, November 2, after a 

 long illness. 



Mr. Doogue was born in Stradbally, 

 County Queens, Ireland, June 24, 1828, 

 and emigrated to the United States when 

 a mere lad. He settled first in Middle- 

 town, Conn., and at the age of 17 years 

 was apprenticed to Affleck, Whittamore & 

 Co., which in its day had one of the 

 largest nursery and greenhouse plants in 

 New England. After Mr. Affleck's death 



At that time there were neither tools, 

 plants nor houses to work with. All 

 stock for bedding had to be purchased. 

 In 1885, after a number of appeals, he 

 secured a plot of land between East Ches- 

 ter park and Northampton street, and 

 had a large block of greenhouses built 

 where he could grow the stock needed 

 for the Public Gardens and other 

 grounds. This location had to be vacated 

 in 1893 and land was secured near the 

 juncture of East Cottage street and Mas- 

 sachusetts avenue. The greenhouses were 

 removed in 1894 and are still located 

 there. Mr. Doogue 's floral displays in 

 the Public Gardens have attracted wide- 

 spread attention, the bulbous show in 

 April and May being always specially 

 good, and on the occasion of visits from 

 the Masons, Odd Fellows, Christian En- 

 deavorers, G. A. E. and other bodies he 

 always arranged elaborate complimentary 

 displays. The deceased leaves three 

 daughters and two sons. One of the lat- 

 ter, Luke J. Doogue, is employed in his 

 father 's department, and is a possible 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. Westray Ladd. 



Mr. Doogue became one of the firm. In 

 the early sixties the deceased separated 

 from the firm of Whittamore & Co. and 

 removed to Boston, establishing himself 

 as a florist and decorator at the rear of 

 his residence on Warrenton street. He 

 did an excellent business here, and his 

 success as a decorator led to his selection 

 in 1878 as city forester of Boston. 



successor. The interment, November 5, 

 was at Middletown, Conn., and there was 

 a large display of floral pieces. 



W. N. Ckaig. 



R. J. Mendenhall. 



E. J. Mendenhall, a pioneer Minne- 

 apolis florist, died October 29. Mr. Men- 

 denhall was a resident of Minneapolis 



for half a century. Sprung from English 

 ancestry, he was born in 1828 at James- 

 town, N. C, where his early life was 

 spent. In early youth he was sent north 

 to attend a Quaker school at Providence^ 

 E. I., and later he engaged in teaching 

 at various places in.JjS:^ England. 



Upon his arrival in Minneapolis he 

 formed a partnership with Cyrus Bed© 

 in the land and loan business, and con- 

 tinued in this line of business until 1862, 

 when he was elected city treasurer. The 

 same year he became president of the 

 State Bank of Minneapolis. Some year& 

 later he was elected secretary and treas- 

 urer of the board of education and con- 

 tinued in the capacity for a number of 

 years. Later he engaged in the florists '^ 

 business and built up what was a large 

 and flourishing institution until advancing 

 years impaired his ability to give it the 

 attention demanded. He retired several 

 years ago. In 1858 Mr. Mendenhall mar- 

 ried Miss Addie G. Swift, of Falmouth, 

 Mass. Mrs. Mendenhall died a few yeara 

 ago. 



Hans Reck. 



Hans Eeck, who was in the employ of 

 James Beach, Bridgeport, Conn., com- 

 mitted suicide, October 28, by taking 

 carbolic acid. Mr. Eeck was about 25 

 years old, unmarried, and lived with hi» 

 widowed mother. The motive for the 

 rash act is attributed to a friendly ad- 

 monition regarding his personal habits, 

 administered the preceding evening by a 

 young lady acquaintance. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Ladies' Auxiliary. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, of Detroit, 

 fearing that someone might be overlooked 

 in mailing circulars, requests the publica- 

 tion of the following: 



"While at the S. A. F. convention at 

 Dayton, O., a few ladies, seeing so many 

 with whom they were not acquainted, 

 took it upon themselves to call a meeting 

 on Friday, August 24, to consider a pin 

 for identification. Mrs. W. J. Vesey, of 

 Fort Wayne, Ind., was chosen chairman, 

 and four ladies to confer with her, Mrs. 

 E. A. Scribner, Detroit; Miss Tillie 

 Meinhardt, St. Louis; Mrs. John Sibson, 

 Philadelphia, and Mrs. Charles H. May- 

 nard, Detroit, and it was voted to leave 

 the selection of the pin with them. 



"On September 11 another meeting 

 was held at the home of the chairman, 

 Mrs. W. J. Vesey, at Fort Wayne, where 

 the auxiliary question was put under the 

 same committee. Mrs. Scribner was ap- 

 pointed treasurer and Mrs. Maynard sec- 

 retary. It was voted to call a meeting at 

 Philadelphia next summer at the date of 

 the S. A. F. convention. In the mean- 

 time we wish to get as many ladies to 

 join as charter members before January 

 1 as possible. Fee for joining, including 

 pin, $3; annual dues thereafter, $1. First 

 year to end January, 1908. We wish 

 your hearty co-operation in forming a 

 society or our own, where we can get to 

 know each other socially anu education- 

 ally. We have quite a list of members 

 as a start, and prospects are good for a 

 large society. Applications for member- 

 ship and pin may be sent to the secre- 

 tary, Mrs. Charles H. Maynard, 219 Hor- 

 ton avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



DuLUTH, Minn. — W. W. Seekins has 

 been devoting his energies to pushing 

 to completion a range of five houses 

 with an "annex" for violets. 



