Febkoakx 18, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





W. Guy, of Belleville; Henry Johann, of 

 Collinsville ; William Winter, W. J. Pil- 

 cher and Frank Venneraann, of Eark- 

 wood; John Steidle, of Central; J. F. 

 Ammann and Henry Blixen, of Edwards- 

 ville; Edwin Denker, of St. Charles, Mo., 

 and A. C. Brown, of Springfield, 111. 



J. J. B. 



GERANIUM MRS. GLOEDE. 



R. F. Gloede, of Evanston, 111., has a 

 new geranium, rose-pink in color, which 

 he thinks so well of that he has named 

 it Mrs. Richard F. Gloede. The illus- 

 tration opposite shows his house of 

 it in bloom last season. The habit is 

 described as strong but dwarf, the flow- 

 ers semi-double and the blooming qual- 

 ities excellent, as can be seen in the pic- 

 ture, the plants being in 3 1^ -inch pots. 

 Mr. Gloede says it is his intention to put 

 the geranium on the market during the 

 approaching season, bijt it is stated no 

 offer will be made including the specimen 

 in the center of the view. He is only 

 6 months old, but is destined, unless the 

 old saying about "the best laid plans" 

 comes true, to follow his father in his 

 profession. 



OBITUARY. 



John H. Smalt. 



John H. Small, pioneer florist of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, died at his country place, 

 in the Brentwood road, February 14, at 

 the age of 82 years. 



Mr. Small was born in Watford, Eng- 

 land, in 1826. His horticultural taste 

 •came by inheritance through both lines of 

 ancestry. His paternal grandfather owned 

 a nursery in Colnbrook, England, and for 

 years leased Cliveden, present estate of 

 W. W. Astor, on part of which he con- 

 ducted a nursery, in connection with his 

 Colnbrook business. His maternal grand- 

 father, Roberts, was a Welsh landscape 

 gardener, an authority on the subject. It 

 was to him the first Duchess of Marl- 

 borough, while planning Blenheim, went 

 for advice. 



Mr. Small received his early training 

 at the hand of his grandfather, later fin- 

 ishing his course at Frogmore, Windsor 

 and Kew Gardens. He came to America 

 in 1848, with the intention of making 

 landscape gardening — for which he had 

 been trained — his life work. In Philadel- 

 phia he learned that a "Mr. Linthicum, of 

 Georgetown, D. C, wished to procure the 

 services of a landscape gardener. He ob- 

 tained this position and remained in Mr. 

 Linthicum 's employ until 1854, when he 

 went into business for himself. His han- 

 diwork was manifested in the shaping of 

 the landscape architecture of many of 

 the estates in and about Washington in 

 tis early career. 



Mr. Small not only had the distinction 

 of being the pioneer decorator of Wash- 

 ington, but to him belongs the honor of 

 having brought about the use of natural 

 flowers for table decorations in this coun- 

 try. When Lord Lyon was British min- 

 ister to this country, he was a social 

 leader and a lavish entertainer. He used 

 for table decoration feather flowers and 

 wax fruits. At Mr. Small 's solicitation 

 he abolished the feather flowers and wax 

 fruits, substituting the natural, a return 

 to the old English fashion. 



In Mr. Small's early career his busi- 

 ness was located in Georgetown. In the 

 year 1867 a more central location became 

 urgent, and he removed to Fourteenth 

 tind G streets. In the last forty years he 



John H. Small, Sr. 



was brought into contact with most of 

 the celebrities who have visited or made 

 the national capital their homo. As his 

 sons reached maturity, they became asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Small in his business en- 

 terprises. Some ten years ago he with- 

 drew from active participation in busi- 

 ness, directing his energies to horticul- 

 tural pursuits at his country place in the 

 Brentwood road. Nine years ago he had 

 a mild stroke of apoplexy, which, for a 

 time, incapacitated him for active pur- 

 suits. From this date he hscd been more 

 or less an invalid. 



Mr. Small was a genial man, of sunny 

 disposition, kind to all, and readily ex- 

 tended a helping hand. He leaves a wife 

 and nine children. 



Paul Thomson. 



Paul Thomson, one of the best known 

 residents of West Hartford, Conn., died 

 February 10, after a brief illness of 

 pneumonia. 



Mr. Thomson was born in Perthshire, 

 Scotland, April 15, 1846. He got his 

 education in Scotland, where he followed 

 the occupation of farming until 1871, 

 when he came to this country. After 

 living in Hartford for a short time he 

 removed to West Hartford and in 1872 

 bought the farm at "Thomson's Cor- 

 ners," South Main street, where he had 

 since lived. Mr. Thomson developed his 

 farm and soon became known as a pro- 



gressive market gardener. About ten 

 years ago he rented the larger part of his 

 land and had since been successfully en- 

 gaged in the growing of carnations and 

 violets on a large scale. Last season he 

 introduced the new yellow carnation, 

 Neptune. 



For many years he was deeply inter- 

 ested in the West Hartford Grange and 

 had served as its master. He was also a 

 member of the State Grange. He was a 

 member and constant attendant of the 

 Congregational church in West Hartford 

 and had served upon the committee of 

 the Ecclesiastical Society. He was a 

 member of the Connecticut Pomological 

 Society and of the Veteran Association 

 of Company K, First Regiment, C. N. O. 



Mr. "Thomson was enthusiastic over the 

 introduction in this country of the Scotch 

 game of curling, and was president of 

 the West Hartford Curling Club. 



Mr. Thomson is survived by his wife 

 and three sons: W. Wallace Thomson 

 and R. Roy Thomson, of West Hartford, 

 and Carlyle C. Thomson, of Hartford. 



Mn. Minnie Unglaub. 



Mrs. Minnie Unglaub, wife of Charles 

 Unglaub, died at her home in Springfield, 

 O., February 9. Death was due to tuber- 

 culosis. Mrs. Unglaub had been ill about 

 five years and her death was not unex- 

 pected. She is survived by her husband 

 and two young children. 



