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The Weekly Florists' Review; 



Tone 25, 1908. 



but if we had the fifth class rates on the 

 carload we could send it at 77 cents and 

 get the business. This would save the 

 consignee 20 cents per 100 pounds, the 

 railroads would get the haul and the reve- 

 nue and we would increase our sales." 



OBITUARY. 



Alexander Wallace. 



The death of Alexander Wallace from 

 heart disease June 17 at his home in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., came as a great shock 

 to the trade, for there were few members 

 of the profession who had a wider per- 

 sonal acquaintance or who were held in 

 higher esteem. 



Mr. Wallace was born at Laurencekirk, 

 Kincardineshire, Scotland, November 21^ 

 1859. His early life was one of struggle 

 against circumstances which would have 

 daunted one less indomitable. At 3 years 

 of age he was left an orphan and until 

 he was 15 the kindliness of John Keppie, 

 the village schoolmaster, was almost the 

 only bright spot .n his existence. 



Mr. Wallace's first employment was 

 with the Caledonian railroad yid it was 

 while in railroad employ in London that 

 he acquired the mastery of shorthand, 

 which proved of such great value to him 

 in later years. At various times h« was 

 secretary to Thomas Thornton, an attor- 

 ney at Dundee, in whose service he be- 

 came well grounded in the principles of 

 law. 



Mr. Wallace made a first trip to Amer- 

 ica in 1882, but it was not until 1888 

 that he came "to this country to make his 

 home. Shortly after his arrival here he 

 entered the employ of A. T. De La Mare, 

 who at that time was conducting a print- 

 ing oflSce in New York city and had just 

 started the publication of the Florists' 

 Exchange. Mr. Wallace was without ex- 

 perience of horticulture or knowledge of 

 the printing trade, but Mr. De La Mare 's 

 keen insight caused him to appreciate 

 that here was a man more than ordinarily 

 well equipped mentally and by nature for 

 the work in hand. In the early days it 

 was a case of every man turning to what- 

 ever most needed doing, but as the pub- 

 lication developed and a division of re- 

 sponsibilities became necessary, the edi- 

 torial management devolved on Mr. Wal- 

 lace and he more than justified Mr. De 

 La Mare 's early estimate of his character 

 and abilities. Mr. Wallace grew with 

 his work; for twenty years he applied 

 himself to his duties and turned out a 

 better and better product. He was en- 

 dowed with a more than ordinarily re- 

 tentive memory. All that he saw, or 

 heard, or read was his for future refer- 

 ence, and as a reporter his work was of 

 most painstaking and thorough character. 

 He was possessed of a rare power of 

 analysis, and it was his habit to go to 

 the bottom of every subject before ar- 

 riving at a conclusion. Under his edi- 

 torial direction the Florists' Exchange 

 early assumed a place high in the regard 

 of the trade— an advocate of clean, sane, 

 safe, conservative policies and enterpris- 

 ing in the gathering and dissemination 

 of trade news. In his editorial labors Mr. 

 Wallace performed inestimable service for 

 horticulture, for, with his fingers on the 

 pulse of things horticultural, his voice 

 was early lifted in warning or encourage- 

 ment, as the case might be. He was 

 deeply studious by nature and his judg- 

 ment, slowly formed, was rarely at fault. 



Aside from Mr. Wallace's work in the 

 office he found time for much other lit- 

 erary labor. The work by which he will 

 no doubt be longest known is the volume 



entitled * ' The Heather in Lore, Lyric 

 and Lay, ' ' published in 1903. This work 

 was the result of several years of patient 

 research through the great libraries of 

 the world and is an exposition of the 

 history of Scotland 's flower, including all 

 the literature, in both poetry and prose, 

 which an exhaustive search revealed. He 

 had an uncompleted volume entitled' 

 "Favorite Flowers of Robert Burns." 

 Last year Mr. Wallace contributed a 

 paper entitled "What Scotsmen Have 

 Done for Horticulture in America" at 

 the request of the Scottish Horticultural 

 Association, which received an enthusias- 

 tic reception when presented before that 

 body and which was widely circulated in 

 the British horticultural press. Mr. Wal- 

 lace was the author of the New York 

 Florists' Club's souvenir book in 1900, 

 published at the time of the S. A. F. 



Alexander Wallace. 



convention, and his work in the editing 

 of the textbooks published by the De La 

 Mare Co. has been of the highest char- 

 acter. 



Mr, Wallace was a member of the 

 S. A. F. and was appointed a member 

 of its board of directors by Patrick 

 O'Mara. He also was a member of the 

 American Carnation Society, the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society and the New York 

 Florists' Club. At the meetings of the 

 latter he always was a prominent figure, 

 both in the deliberate affairs of the or- 

 ganization and in its social life, for he 

 was possessed of a rare voice and de- 

 lighted the members with his rendition 

 of the Scottish ballads, which were his 

 favorites. 



Mr. Wallace married Miss Rachel Ma- 

 rion Banta in 1893 and their home in 

 Brooklyn was the brightest spot in all 

 the world to him. 



Of kindly, genial aisposition, and with 

 the faculty for remembering names and 

 faces, Mr. Wallace gained a wide per- 

 sonal acquaintance in the trade and of 

 the many who took pleasure in the grasp 

 of his hand thore is not one who will not 

 feel that he personally shares in the great 

 loss which has come upon his wife and 

 his business associates. 



Carl Anderson. 



Carl Anderson, chief gardener at the 

 Mountain Branch Soldiers' Home, near 

 Chattanooga, Tenn., died June 12, having 



been operated on for appendicitis. A 

 wife survives him. Mr. Anderson was 43 

 years of age. He had charge of the lay- 

 ing out of the grounds of the Mountain 

 Branch Soldiers' Home and planting of 

 trees, shrubbery, flowers, etc. He trans- 

 formed the place from a gully-washed 

 briar patch to as lovely a spot as can be 

 found. 



M. Cavanaugh. 



The many members of the trade who 

 have visited the establishment of the 

 Robert Craig Co. at Forty-ninth and Mar- 

 ket streets, Philadelphia, will regret to 

 learn of the death of M. Cavanaugh, an 

 old-time employee whose courtesy to vis- 

 itors caused him to be widely known. 



AUitter David Rose. 



AUister David Rose, 44 years old, died 

 June 16, after a long illness, at his home, 

 116 Orange road, Montclair, N. J. Mr. 

 Rose was bom in Scotland, but came to 

 America when a boy. He removed to 

 Montclair nine years ago, where he en- 

 gaged in business as a florist. He was a 

 member of the Society of American Flo- 

 rists, of the New Jersey Floricultural 

 Society, and was also a Mason and an 

 Elk. He was a member of the Methodist 

 church. Mr. Rose is survived by a 

 widow and three daughters. 



John Cammack. 



John Cammack died at his residence, 

 2553 Brightwood avenue, Washington, 

 D. C, June 15. 



Mr. Camimack was born in Washington 

 75 years ago, and had lived there ever 

 since. When a young man he engaged 

 in the florists' business and followed it 

 for years. He was a director of the 

 Columbian National Bank and of the 

 Washington Loan and Trust Co. He was 

 also prominently connected with the 

 Washington Railway and Electric Co., 

 the Franklin Fire Insurance Co., the Co- 

 lumbia Title Insurance Co. and the Real 

 Estate Title Insurance Co. 



He is survived by his wife and two 

 children, a son and a daughter. The 

 daughter is Mrs. Anna Hardisty, of 

 Washington, and the son is John Ed- 

 mund Cammack, who is attending a col- 

 lege at Emmitsburg, Md. 



Mr. Cammack was a member of the 

 Oldest Inhabitants' Association. 



Emanuel Hippard. 



Emanuel Hippard, for many years a 

 prominent member of the trade in 

 Youngstown, O., died of paralysis June 

 16, in his home at 103 West Rayen ave- * 

 nue, in that city. He had been ill for 

 more than a year, and during the last 

 ^few days of his life he had suffered in- 

 tensely. He was stricken in Jackson- 

 ville, Fla., six weeks before his death, 

 while returning to Youngstown from a 

 trip to Cuba. He was taken home a 

 short time later in a serious condition, 

 from which he never rallied. 



Mr. Hippard 's death had been ex- 

 pected for some time by the family and 

 immediate friends; nevertheless, when 

 the end came, it was a distinct shock. 



Emanuel Hippard was bom in Eliza- 

 bethtown, Pa., August 6, 1845, and at the 

 time of his death was nearly 63 years 

 old. He was a veteran of the Civil war, 

 having served in both the army and navy. 

 He served in Co. G, 1st Pennsylvania 

 Militia, and was a member of Tod Post, 

 G. A. R. 



For three years Mr. Hippard served as 

 a sailor on the Wachusett, in the Union 

 navy. He served in the 20th regiment, 



