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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



OBITUARY. 



John F. Pollworth. 



.Iiiliii I'. I'nilwdrtli. t'atlicr .it' ( '. ( '. aihl 

 Jos. !•;. J'dllwnltll. of tllf C ('. I'ollwdltll 

 (II.. .MilwMukcc. ilicd Wcdiiosilav cxciiiiiy. 

 Mnv l'.». at the aj^c (if 71. .Mr."P(ill\V(irtli 

 was a ]iiiiii(.M'r si'ttlcr in .Milwaukee; and 

 was dill' ni the earliest iiutel keepers in 

 ihc I'ity. lie retired from active Iiusiuess 

 •ilHiut scM'iiteeii years ajiu, liiit in Jater 

 vears lie took great iuterest iu the com- 

 mercial progress of iiis seven sons, all of 

 wiioin are located in .Milwaukee. 



lie wari a lover of flowers and took 

 yreat pride in l)eautifying liis home sur- 

 ionndiii<iS. He belie\eil life's greatest 

 |ileasure was to create (dieerfulness. ami 

 liierefiire hr was liberal in distributing 

 (lowers among his friends. The Old Set- 

 I Ills' Club, of which he w.is an active 

 iiicinber. was always kejit supplied with 

 Mowers either from hi.s own garden or 

 irom the establishment of the C. C. J'oll 

 worth ( 'o. He was well ai-quainted locally 

 III the tradi', and many llorists will ic- 

 nieinber meeting him during their \isit 

 III Milwaukee when the Jlorists' coiimii 

 I inn was held there. 



Charles L. Allen. 



\ Ciinalilr Chaiirs L. Allen is ilrad. 

 rie- end ranie Saturday, .May L'L', .at Flo- 

 r,il I'ark. .\. \ .. in thr riglity lirst year 

 ■<( his age. 



( harles I,. Allen was born at L'uioa 

 Springs. <'ayuga county, N. Y., June 13, 

 ISliS, and the story of his life, if fully 

 lold, would run in paralhd lines with the 

 narrative of the devrlojiinent of the re- 

 sources of the country, for when he first 

 liegan to practice horticulture the mition 

 was in its youth with him. l[e was of a 

 deeply studious nature and in young nian- 

 iiootl (;ame to be recognized as an author- 

 ity iu Imrtii-ultural matters. For numy 

 years lie Avas one of tht; most extensive 

 i^riiweis lit' seeds of i-abliage, kale and 

 allied plants, and also ot bulbs, on Long 

 Island, giving his pei-soiial attention to 

 ilii' details of the work, but he some 

 vears ;igo retiied from active man;ige 

 iiient. turning the burdrii ot' detail over 

 111 his grandson. Linmeus Allen, who was 

 iri-riitly rallrd Imnir fiiiin a trip among 

 die trade in thr wrst by the senior's ill 

 uess. 



To (liarles I,. Allen as much as to 

 •iny man is due the gre.at industry of 

 ui.'irket gardming now practiced on Long 

 Island. ;iud especially that part of it 

 vvhiidi makes ;i spiecialty of cabbage and 

 ■ ■aulillouer. lie was a pioneer grower 

 of these crops for market and later for 

 >cei|s. The gladiolus .also wiis one 

 of his i^iily specialties, and it is said 

 that he was the iir.st to grow this llmver 

 ior the New Ydrk market. His coljic 

 lion of gladioli was sold to E. \ . Ha I lock 

 A; Sor., and later passed to .lohn Lewis 

 •liilds, with the Hallock stock. 



-Mr. Allen was a man of strong mental 

 My and literary in his tastes. Jlr was a 

 constant contributor to the gardening 

 Jiress and ^vas the authoi' ot' several \dl 

 'imes on trade and jmrt icultnr.al subjects. 

 His monograph on "Cabbage, Caulillower 

 and Allied Vegetables," written years 

 ago, is considered in the trade as the 

 ■standard work on tlie.se important crops, 

 and still has a steady sale. A more pre 

 tentious volume is "Bulbs and Tuberous 

 ivooted Plants," which will bo found in 

 all the libraries making any pretentions 

 toward supplying gardening literature. 

 How strong his nn^ntal faculties remained 

 was commented on a fortnight ago, when 

 a pajier prepared by him was read bel'ore 



the New \'ork Florists' ( lub, his physical 

 strength not permitting his presence. 



Saturday, dune bi, IIHIS. Mr. Allen 

 celebrated his eightieth birthday anni- 

 versary at hi.s home in I'Moral I'ark and 

 there was a large gathering of friends 

 and rcdatives, to whom he read a jiapei' 

 entilleil ''At Mighty," in which he said: 



''.Man's greatest mistake is in giving 

 u[i. To give up is to give out. 'idie ma- 

 (diineiv lit' life will soon stop running if 

 it has nothing to run for. The man that 

 tore diivvn his barns to build grca'ev ones, 



C. L. Allen. 



fiMind that vvlieii he beg.an to take his 

 ease, he wa.s taken. .Man vv.-is created for 

 ;i jiiirjiose. to, be iiset'iil along the line of 

 his endow nieiits. There is ;i divei-sitv ot' 

 I'.allings. one ;is impori.int as another. The 

 man with the hoe is as essenti.al as the 

 man with the ]ien - -jierliaps more so. 

 Both are useful -liotli essential and en- 

 titled to the same degiee of res|iect.'' 



Mr. .\llen never ''gave up''; his big 

 brain w.as busy and strong, although his 

 body never recovered from ;in illness with 

 pneumonia suffered during the last year. 



.Ml', .\llen leaves two sons, Charles H. 

 .Mien, a carnation grower at Floral i*;irk. 

 and W. S. .\llen. a wholesale tlori-i m 



New ^'lll■k city. The s I business will 



go on under the in;iiiagement of the 



grandson, l.inmeus .Mien, who is a young 

 mail W(dl liked in the trade. 



The I'lineial services were held Mmi 

 dav. .M.iy Lll. jiiid were .attended by ;t 

 large number ot' people, including le.aiiing 

 men on Long Island ami in the trade. 

 The llowi'is Were numerous and beautiful. 



A. Q. Wolf. 



.\. (,). Wolf, of D.ayton, ().. the origi 

 ii.ator of the Wolf ventilating app.'iratiis. 

 died .May l'.>, of IJiight "s disease. He 



was about "iti yeais ot' age. He had I ii 



totally blind for sever.-il ye.ais. but never 

 tlieless coiidiicted his Imsiiiess in ;i sue 

 cesst'nl manner. 



Hugo Beyer. 



Ilii;;ii I'ever. a veteran seedsiiia ii oi' 

 Iowa, died at his home iie.ir .\ew London. 

 .May Is. lie had been ailing with lie.art 

 trouble for some weeks, but was U|i and 

 .around the house u|i to the time ot' re- 

 tiring that evening. 



Ml. Heyei' perfected the jierpetual 

 bearing r.aspberry, knouii in many states, 

 and has perfected luiiny novelties in the 

 plant world. Two sons survive the father, 

 the wife having died sevei'al years ago. 

 For years .Mr. P>t'yer has lived alone iu 

 his little home about four miles north ot' 

 New London. 



The funeral wa.s held at the .M . K. 

 cjuirch in N'ew Lomlon. In all the talk 

 on th(^ streets regarding .Mr. Heyer. all 

 rt'gard liiin as ;i womlerfnl man. He was 

 born in Cermany, and was trained in the 

 ■nlture of })lants in the Fatherland. He 

 leaves his sons a legacy iu the training 

 he has given them in his own chosen line. 



John Cassidy. 



Jolin Cassidy, founder of the tirin of 

 Cassidy tSc 8ons. Long island City, \. V.. 

 died .May IS, at the age of 1)8 years. Ills 

 sons, Joseph, James, .lohn Thoma.s and 

 Kichard, survive him. 



Mr. Cassidy was born in l oiinty Ty 

 rom-, Ireland, ;uid came to Nevv \'iirk 

 city wIk.mi a young man. .\t t he suggest ion 

 of .\r(dibisho[i Hughes, of New Y' rk. 

 vvlio was his rtdative, he removed to Lmig 

 Island City and began business as a llo 

 rist in tlie neighborhood of ( alvary cein 

 eterv. In iSd'J he formed a partnership 

 with Ca\anagh & Flaherty, .\fter sev- 

 eral years tliis partiieisliip w.as dissolved, 

 and Mr. Cassiily took his sons into the 

 busim^ss. This business he continued 

 until within a few weeks ot' hi.s l.ast ill 

 ness. 



.Mr. Cassidy helped to organi/e the tirsi 

 Pemocratic county committee in (^)iieens. 

 .Vlthough promiiu'id in politics, he re 

 fused to hold any i llic(» except that of 

 school liaistee, which li.-id no salary at 

 taclied. 



EDGING FOR CANNA BED. 



What kind of ]ilaiits in the bnlV color 

 Would make a desirable bolder tor a 

 caiiiia bed .' I\, li'. ( '. 



r do not klliivv ot' a coleiis ot' just the 

 Color you wish, (loldeii I'.edder vvill 

 be too light and \'e|sr|i;i Ifelt ii too dark 

 Try .\calyplia Macat'eaiia. The color will 

 probalilv be' prettv neailv vvh.'il vmi want. 



< . W. 



SiniFtJ.SWdRTir. X. II. I'.esi.jes lelnlild 



ing the greenhouses which were leceutly 

 destroyed by fire, G. S. b'.amsbmg has 

 now pur(diased the gl.ass for .aiiollier 

 house, which will be erected after ?de 

 iiiorial day and will be used I'or violets 

 and sweet peas. .Mr. Ivamslmr-g has a 

 line stock of Memorial llowers. wi.ich 

 seem to lie timed iust rijjlit. 



