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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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THE VATER GARDEN. 



[An extract from a paper by Peter Bigset, 

 read before the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club May 18. Continued from the Review of 

 May 27.] 



The hardy water lilies begin to flower 

 \ ;ry early in the season. In sheltered 

 ponds the first week in June will see sev- 

 eral of them in bloom, and from that 

 time until well into September flowers of 

 iiardy water lilies can be picked. The 

 roots of the hardy water lilies, will com- 

 mence to flower within a few weeks after 

 planting and will keep on blooming 

 iliroughout the season. The hardy lilies 

 live us a great variety and variation in 

 i he form of the petals, as well ^s in the 



olor of the blooms. Some of the flowers 

 vise above the water on stems of from 

 .;ix to nine inches; others float on the 

 • urface, presenting an endless variety in 



eaf and flower. 



The best of the hardy lilies spring 

 from the American species, Nymphsea 

 odorata, Nymphsea reniformis (or tube- 

 rosa), as it is more commonly called, and 

 the Mexican variety, Ijfymphsea Mexicana. 

 These, with the European species, 

 Nymphsea alba and Nymphsea alba rubra, 

 and the Chinese Nymphsea tetragona, or, 

 as it is better known, pygmsea, have all 

 been used by the hybridist to give us the 

 many beautiful forms we now possess. 



Some Good Nymphaeas. 



Nymphsea odorata, the white, fragrant 

 pond lily of the northeastern states, is 

 still a desirable one, and should be grown 

 by every person who cultivates water 

 lilies. By the side of the one just men- 

 tioned should be planted Nymphsea odo- 

 rata rosea, the far-famed Cape Cod pink 

 (Concluded on pa?e 28.) 



OBITUARY. 



John E. Andre. 



John E. Andre, one of the best known 

 florists in Pennsylvania, died at his home 

 in Doylestown, Thursday, May 27, of 

 peritonitis, after a brief illness. 



John E, Andre was born in Detroit, 

 Mich., April 28, 1859. He removed to 

 Doylestown in 1881 to take the position 

 of foreman for John Y. Smith, then a 

 leading florist. When ^Mr. Smith with- 

 drew from business in 1888, Mr. Andre 

 started for himself, gradually building 

 up an excellent business and a reputation 

 for character and ability. Mr. Andre 

 was a rose grower for the Philadelphia 

 market. His stock was ranked among 

 the best coming into that city. This repu- 

 tation, consistently sustained throughout 

 a score of years, was due to hard work 

 and perseverance quite as much as to his 

 knowledge of his profession. Mr. 

 Andre's place always looked clean; his 

 plants always showed vigor. * ' I always 

 plant good plants in time," he said. 

 This sentence, indicating thought, punc- 

 tuality, system, will show why he was 

 successful. Mr. Andre devoted his at- 

 tention chiefly to Brides and Brides- 

 maids. 



He is survived by a widow and one 

 son, John E. Andre, Jr. The funeral 

 took place Monday, May 31. Mr. Andre 

 will be mourned by a large circle of 

 friends. Phil. 



James H. Woodbum. 



James H. Woodbum, a pioneer resi- 

 dent and nurseryman of Sterling, 111., 

 died May 25, of paralysis. 



James H. Woodbum was born in New- 

 ville. Pa., October 12, 1836. In the fall 



John E. Andre. 



of 1838 he went west with his parents. 

 Mr. Woodbum was given a liberal edu- 

 cation at Linn Academy, Indianapolis, 

 and at the Big Springs Academy. After 

 graduating he returned to Sterling and 

 engaged in farming. August 2, 1862, he 

 enlisted in Company I, Seventy-fifth Illi- 

 nois Volunteer Infantry. He participated 

 in the battles of Stone Eiver, Lookout 

 Mountain, Missionary Eidge and Ring- 

 gold Gap. He was with Sherman in the 

 Atlantic campaign and remained in the 

 service until the close of the war and 

 was mustered out on June 12, 1865. 

 After his return from the war he turned 

 his attention to horticulture and floricul- 

 ture, and at the time of his death was 

 the proprietor of a nursery west of the 

 city. 



James H. Woodburn was married "No- 

 vember 15> 1858, to Miss Susan Farrar, 

 a native of Manchester, N. H. Two chil- 

 dren were born, George W., who died in 

 April, 1890, and Charles H., an attorney 

 of Sterling. Mrs. Woodburn died in 1903. 



Julius Friedlander. 



Julius Friedlander, whoge flower store 

 was in Times square, New York city, 

 thirty years before the name Times 

 square was applied to it, died May 25, 

 at the home of Walter Gantz, 124 West 

 Fifth street, Bayonne, N. J., of cancer 

 of the stomach. He was 56 years pld and 

 leaves a widow, two married sons, three 

 brothers, and a sister. The sister is Lot- 

 tie Abeles, wife of Edward Abeles, the 

 star in "Brewster's Millions," and her- 

 self a member of the company. Mr. 

 Friedlander 's mother is still living, at 

 the age of 86, in Norwalk, Conn. 



Mr. Friedlander 's father, the late Lud- 

 wig Friedlander, opened a florist's shop 

 at Broadway and Forty-eighth street in 

 1868, and it was never closed until ill- 

 ness forced the son to give up the busi- 



ness in the fall of 1908. Mr. Friedlander 

 was little more than a boy when his 

 father's business was established. There 

 was then a small structure with a fence 

 around it on the site of the Times build- 

 ing. There were many fine private "es- 

 tates in the vicinity. The owners - of 

 these places, long ago displaced by busi- 

 ness blocks, were liberal patrons of the 

 Friedlander flower store. 



M. C. Peonock. 



Matthew C. Pennock, former superin- 

 tendent for J. E. Jackson, at the Pied- 

 mont Greenhouses, Gainesville, Ga., died 

 Monday afternoon, May 24. He had been 

 in ill health for some time, and had re- 

 ceived treatment at several sanitariums. 

 He had many friends in Gainesville and 

 in his former home, Philadelphia. He 

 leaves a wife and one son, Herbert. 



Mr. Pennock had been with the Pied- 

 mont Greenhoiises for nine years. He 

 was a skillful florist and a man of lov- 

 able nature and kind disposition. He 

 had a severe attack of typhoid fever 

 seven yjsars ago, and since then his health 

 had been gradually failing, especially 

 during the last twelve months. 



Lottie LeMouIt. 



Miss Lottie LeMoult, daughter of A. 

 LeMoult, the veteran florist of the Bow- 

 ery, New York, and sister of the wife of 

 Jos. Fenrich, the New York wholesale 

 florist, died of consumption Memorial 

 day and was buried June 3. Miss Le- 

 Moult was a lady of splendid mentality 

 and popular with all who knew her. 

 Profuse floral mementos attested the love 

 of many friends. 



Fab Rockaway, N. Y. — Axel Lind- 

 strom, whose son, ten years old, was 

 killed last January by a dangling tele- 

 phone wire, has accepted $2,000 from the 

 telephone company, as settlement. 



