January 10, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



551 



Store of Johnson Seed Co., Philadelphia, from a Photo Made one W^eek Before Christmas. 



Farquhar will furnish one of his ex- 

 cellent stereopticon lectures; on this 

 occasion "Italian Gardens" will be 

 chiefly spoken of. There will be music 

 and refreshments and, as it is ladies' 

 night, an attendance of 300 is expected. 



The enforcement of the new so-called 

 blue laws is stirring up members of the 

 trade in Boston. While it is adjudged 

 permissible to make up funeral designs 

 and other work of necessity on Sunday, 

 stores must not be opened for a general 

 transaction of business. Already sev- 

 eral florists have been fined for at- 

 tempting to do this. "While the present 

 rigid enforcement may not be con- 

 tinued, it will undoubtedly work hard- 

 ship on many who counted Sunday one 

 of their best days. There has been, 

 however, too much Sunday selling and 

 if store keepers would all confine their 

 operations to six days and rest on the 

 seventh they would be much better off 

 in every way. 



A. H. Pewkes and Paul E. Riehwagen 

 are among those who are just recover- 

 iDR from attacks of the grip. 



Farquhar & Co. Avill distribute seeds 

 01 any novelties secured of E. H. Wil- 

 son, who has just left on his third ex- 

 pedition to western China, this time 

 under the auspices of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum. 



Among others who are bringing in 

 extra fine freesia are S. J. Goddard, 

 Tailby & Son and Frank T. White. 



John J. Fee is bringing some fine 

 tuJips and narcissi. 



William Patterson, of Wollaston, has 

 good double Von Sions. 



.f^- N- Eaton is last in the market 

 with mums and still brings in some nice 

 blooms. 



Thomas F. Galvin will occupy the 



basement under the Music hall flower 

 market as a storeroom. 



J. J. Butterworth states that the call 

 for cattleyas and other orchids is so 

 good that his flowers are practically all 

 sold before they open. His Cattleya 

 Trianae are now good. 



James Silman, of Waltham, will use 

 automobiles in lieu of teams the com- 

 ing spring and will dispose of all his 

 teams. 



The landscape gardening classes of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club con- 

 tinue to prove very popular, being 

 largely attended each evening. 



E. W. Wood, of West Newton, whose 

 decease occurred on the closing day of 

 1906, was a familiar figure at Horticul- 

 tural hall and had been chairman of 

 the fruit committee for many years. 

 His two sons, Elijah A. Wood, of West 

 Newton, and W. K. Wood, of Chicago, 

 are each well known to the trade and 

 the sympathy of many horticulturists 

 goes out to them in their bereavement. 



W. N. Craig. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



George Gunderman. 



George Gunderman, landscape garden- 

 er, of Pittsburg, Pa., died January 1, 

 aged 88 years. He is survived by one 

 daughter, eleven grandchildren and seven 

 great-grandchildren. 



Frederick Vervaene. 



One of the oldest florists and land- 

 scape gardeners in Bridgeport, Conn., 

 died December 30, aged 70 years, at the 

 home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas 

 Owens. Frederick Vervaene was born 

 in Ghent, Belgium. After serving an 



apprenticeship in the horticultural gar- 

 dens there he came to this country and 

 entered the employ of Nathaniel Wheeler, 

 of Bridgeport. Later he entered busi- 

 ness for himself, but experiencing finan- 

 cial reverses in the '70s he sold out and 

 went to Troy, N. Y., where he had charge 

 of the grounds of the James Townsend 

 Burden estate. Later he had charge of the 

 estate of C. P. Huntington at Throg's 

 Neck, N. Y. On the death of Mr. Hunt- 

 ington Mr. Vervaene returned to Bridge- 

 port and resumed his occupation. Be- 

 ing a widower, he made his home with 

 his daughter, Mrs. Owens. It is said 

 that many successful florists in Bridge- 

 l>ort owe their success, in a measure, to 

 Mr. Vervaene 's tuition. A cancer of the 

 jaw was the cause of his death. He 

 leaves three daughters and two sons, as 

 follows: Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Thomas 

 Owens, Mrs. John Vickers, Samuel Ver- 

 vaene and Joseph Vervaene, who is in 

 the United States army. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Collin. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Collin, widow of 

 Charles Collin, who was a gardener and 

 florist, died December 31, after being 

 unconscious several days from a stroke 

 of paralysis. 



George Johnson. 



George Johnson, who was in the em- 

 ploy of the Storrs & Harrison Co., at 

 Painesville, O., died last week. The 

 funeral was held from the residence, at 

 the nursery, December 24, and was large- 

 ly attended by the nursery employees and 

 people of the city. 



Sarcoxie, Mo. — Herman Wild has re- 

 tired from business on account of age, 

 being 82 years old. 



