May 27, 1909. 





Thc Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



OBITUARY. 



John F. PoUwotth. 



John F. Pollworth, father of C. C. and 

 Jos. E. Pollworth, of the C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., Milwaukee, died Wednesday evening, 

 May 19, at the age of 71. Mr. Pollworth 

 was a pioneer settler in Milwaukee and 

 was one of the earliest hotel keepers in 

 the city. He retired from active business 

 about seventeen years ago, but in later 

 years he took great interest in the com- 

 mercial progress of his seven sons, all of 

 whom are located in Milwaukee. 



He was a lover of flowers and took 

 great pride in beautifying his home sur- 

 roundings. He believed life's greatest 

 pleasure was to create cheerfulness, and 

 therefore he was liberal in distributing 

 flowers among his friends. The Old Set- 

 tlers' Club, of which he was an active 

 member, was always kept supplied with 

 flowers either from his own garden or 

 from the establishment of the C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co. He was well acquainted locally 

 in the trade, and many florists will re- 

 member meeting him during their visit 

 to Milwaukee when the florists' conven- 

 tion was held there. 



Charles L. Allen. 



Venerable Charles L. Allen is dead. 

 The end came Saturday, May 22, at Flo- 

 ral Park, N. Y., in the eighty-flrst year 

 of his age. 



Charles L. Allen was born at Union 

 Springs, Cayuga county, N. Y., June 13, 

 1828, and the story of his life, if fully 

 told, would run in parallel lines with the 

 narrative of the development of the re- 

 sources of the country, for when he first 

 began to practice horticulture the nation 

 was in its youth with him. He was of a 

 deeply studious nature and in young man- 

 hood came to be recognized as an author- 

 ity in horticultural matters. For many 

 years he was one of the most extensive 

 growers of seeds of cabbage, kale and 

 allied plants, and also of bulbs, on Long 

 Island, giving his personal attention to 

 the details of the work, but he some 

 years ago retired from active manage- 

 ment, turning the burden of detail over 

 to his grandson, Linnaeus Allen, who was 

 recently called home from a trip among 

 the trade in the west by the senior's ill- 

 ness. 



To Charles L. Allen as much as to 

 any man is due the great industry of 

 market gardening now practiced on Long 

 Island, and especially that part of it 

 which makes a specialty of cabbage and 

 cauliflower. He was a pioneer grower 

 of these crops for market and later for 

 seeds. The gladiolus also was one 

 of his early specialties, and it is said 

 that he was the first to grow this flower 

 for the New York market. His collec- 

 tion of gladioli was sold to E. V. Hallock 

 & Son, and later passed to John Lewis 

 Childs, with the Hallock stock. 



Mr. Allen was a man of strong mental- 

 ity and literary in his tastes. He was a 

 constant contributor to the gardening 

 press and was the author of several vol- 

 umes on trade and horticultural subjects. 

 His monograph on ' ' Cabbage, Cauliflower 

 and Allied Vegetables," written years 

 ago, is considered in the trade as the 

 standard work on these important crops, 

 and still has a steady sale. A more pre- 

 tentious volume is "Bulbs and Tuberous 

 Rooted Plants," which will be found in 

 all the libraries making any pretentions 

 toward supplying gardening literature. 

 How strong his mental faculties remained 

 was commented on a fortnight ago, when 

 a paper prepared by him was read before 



the New York Florists' Club, his physical 

 strength not permitting his presence. 



Saturday, June 13, 1908, Mr. Allen 

 celebrated his eightieth birthday anni- 

 versary at his home in Floral Park and 

 there was a large gathering of friends 

 and relatives, to whom he read a paper 

 entitled "At Eighty," in which he said: 



' ' Man 's greatest mistake is in giving 

 up. To give up is to give out. The ma- 

 chinery of life will soon stop running if 

 it has nothing to run for. The man that 

 tore down his barns to build greater ones, 



C. L. Allen. 



found that when he began to take his 

 ease, he was taken. Man was created for 

 a purpose, to be useful along the line of 

 his endowments. There is a diversity of 

 callings, one as important as another. The 

 man with the hoe is as essential as the 

 man with the pen — perhaps more so. 

 Both are useful — both essential and en- 

 titled to the same degree of respect." 



Mr. Allen never "gave up"; his big 

 brain was busy and strong, although his 

 body never recovered from an illness with 

 pneumonia suffered during the last year. 



Mr. Allen leaves two sons, Charles H. 

 Allen, a carnation grower at Floral Park, 

 and W. S. Allen, a wholesale florist in 

 New York city. The seed business will 

 go on under the management of the 



grandson, Linnseus Allen, who is a young 

 man well liked in the trade. 



The funeral services were held Mon- 

 day, May 24, and were attended by a 

 large number of people, including leading 

 men on Long Island and in the trade. 

 The flowers were numerous and beautiful. 



A. Q. Wolf. 



A. Q. Wolf, of Dayton, O., the origi- 

 nator of the Wolf ventilating apparatus, 

 died May 19, of Bright 's disease. He 

 was about 50 years of age. He had been 

 totally blind for several years, but never- 

 theless conducted his business in a suc- 

 cessful manner. 



Hugo Beyer. 



Hugo Beyer, a veteran seedsman of 

 Iowa, died at his home near New London, 

 May 18. He had been ailing with heart 

 trouble for some weeks, but was up and 

 around the house up to the time of re- 

 tiring that evening. 



Mr. Beyer perfected the perpetual- 

 bearing raspberry, known in many states, 

 and has perfected many novelties in the 

 plant world. Two sons survive the father, 

 the wife having died several years ago. 

 For years Mr. Beyer has lived alone in 

 his little home about four miles north of 

 New London. 



The funeral was held at the M. E. 

 church in New London. In all the talk 

 on the streets regarding Mr. Beyer, all 

 regard him as a wonderful man. He was 

 born in Germany, and was trained in the 

 culture of plants in the Fatherland. He 

 leaves his sons a legacy in the training 

 he has given them in his own chosen line. 



John Gusidy. 



John Cassidy, founder of the firm of 

 Cassidy & Sons, Long Island City, N. Y., 

 died May 18, at the age of 98 years. His 

 sons, Joseph, James, John Thomas and 

 Richard, survive him. 



Mr. Cassidy was born in County Ty- 

 rone, Ireland, and came to New York 

 city when a young man. At the Suggestion 

 of Archbishop Hughes, of New Y->rk, 

 who was his relative, he removed to Long 

 Island City and began business as a flo- 

 rist in the neighborhood of Calvary cem- 

 etery. In 1849 he formed a partnership 

 with Cavanagh & Flaherty. After sev- 

 eral years this partnership was dissolved, 

 and Mr. Cassidy took his sons into the 

 business. This business he continued 

 until within a few weeks of his last ill- 

 ness. 



Mr. Cassidy helped to organize the first 

 Democratic county committee in Queens. 

 Although prominent in politics, he re- 

 fused to hold any office except that of 

 school trustee, which had no salary at- 

 tached. 



EDGING FOR CANNA BED. 



What kind of plants in the buff color 

 would make a desirable border for a 

 canna bed? R. R. C. 



I do not know of a coleus of just the 

 color you wish. Golden Redder will 

 be too light and Verschaffeltii too dark. 

 Try Acalypha Macafeana. The color will 

 probably be pretty nearly what you want. 



C.W. 



SOMKRSWORTH, N. H. — Besides rebuild- 

 ing the greenhouses which were recently 

 destroyed by fire, G. S. Ramsburg has 

 now purchased the glass for another 

 house, which wDl be erected after Me- 

 morial day and will be used for violets 

 and sweet peas. Mr. Ramsburg has a 

 fine stock of Memorial flowers, which 

 seem to be timed just right. 



