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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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1 's Society, tlu> Kni;;lits i>t' St. John. 

 >.|its tit' ('(ihtiiiliii.s. the Soutli Side 

 |, ^iiii'ss and lii^iroveniciit Association, 

 I liiiitcr nicinlier of tiit^ ('olinnlius l*"lo 

 I ^' Cliil), and otlior societies, lie was 

 , .ieat worker in all tliat he was cmi- 

 , :,(l with and the crafl will miss his 

 . \;\\ dis[iosition and tiiu good nonl he 

 : lor e\eryljody. 



Thomas C. Thurlow. 



, honias Chase 'J'hurlow, of \\'(>st New- 



\. Mass., (lied .July L!l, on tiie farm 



\\hi(di he was horn, in Is;!!', and on 



, h he had lived all his life, save for 



, ;ir or two. TIk! fnneral was held in 



>,iine honso July L'.'i and w.as largely 



iided, for in his more than 7() yi'ars 



Thurlow luul gained a wide ac 



, iilaiice and, nidike the iii<i|ihet, was 



: williont honor in his own home, lie 



. ;i deacon of the < 'oiij4re<;at ional 



ich. wlii<-li he joineil sixty four years 



,,. lie always has been deeply iider 



,| in the welfare of the churcli and 



I. , i\s has lieen rea(iy to render linan- 



. ;, I aid. ile !;a\e a generous snni towards 



■.,. Iiuddin^i vif the new church, which 



i -iiiui tu be erected, lie was an ai'dent 



. i.dcale of teniiierance, intcicsteil in th(> 



-ik (d' the cause, and was a mendier 



. I th.' Massa<duiset ts Total Abstinence 



■-..•iri\ ami the New l']n;;laiul Anti 



s.looii Leaj;ue. 



\li. Thurlow 's aiu'cstoi's came t'rom 



I i uland ill the early days of the settle- 



II I III. loiatino at Newbury in ]();)."). His 

 '.I aihlt .ither, born in 1777, was a farmer 

 Mil.' turned his attention to fruit j^i'ow- 

 ni; aial market garileuiny. His father, 

 lioii ill Isil."), also went strmigly in foi 



I I nil iiiowinji'. lie also frequently vis- 

 M'd the nurseries of Wilder, iJreek, 

 iiii.ry. ]\eiiricks and other famous Bos- 

 i"M men of that time. Thomas Clinse 



ii :i:ilii<\. born December 'M. IS'.V2, in- 

 li<ritcd his ancestors' love for fruits, but 

 i" III:: of ratiier di'lieate physi((ue, after 

 >" ikiiiy with his father in the nurseries 

 I'll Slime time, tauohi a districf scdiool 



III iwo or three years. In |s,"(7 he went 

 "'•^1 tor a year, riding' horseback m 

 Mi^^oiiri half the time, ami returned east 

 ^ I'll health fully restored. 



He decided to start a nursery and 



III' acres at +oO per acre was the mod- 



■ I lH;;iiiiiiijo his purse wiuihl permit. 



' ' h'' made and saved more on that 



■a ihaii he has since done on forty. 



" uai majiles and other shade trees, e\er- 



-I eiiN ami ueciduiMis shrubs were taken 



hand. I,i\iuy in a cold country, lie 



' kly saw the necessity of wind breaks 



i scicriis. Norway ami white spruce 



"■ iiiosll\ used. The yieat advantage 



ilicsc lieilgi^.s, which are dense, is the 



■ieiiioii from cold winds to buildings 



' nurseries. Thousands of hybrid 



iocjcmlrons, azaleas and other plants 



■io'ibtful hai'diness have been carried 



■||^|| without other protection (d' any 



'''•iiiiics for many years wn'o a great 



laity with Mr. Thurlow. A few 



1^ a^o ho sold his entire collection 



he ('hicayo <arn;itioii ( o,, .loliit. III., 



auaiii \\ciit into their culture exten 



'> and now the nnrsery contains -■'>{).- 



plants in some film \:nieties. Iler- 



'■oiis jihlox ami (lerinan iris are other 



' iaities liirgelv handled. 



"'■tuber 1."), rs7!t, Mr. Thurlow and 

 ' S.iiah Kimball Hathaway Dean 

 "' in.-irried. She survives, with four 

 ' lici), )|i(. three s(Uis, (leorge. Ivlwaril 

 ' >^inthrop, being associated in busi 



~~ "ith their father, who in the last 





Thomas C. Thurlow. 



few yeais iias left e\ ciyt hiiiL; in their 

 ch.arge. 



Mr. Thurlow was a uiember of the 

 .Vmerican .\ssociat ion of Nurserymen, 

 the .\nierican l'(Uiio|oL;ic,il Socio, y and 

 the American I'eony Society. 



Nicholas Beierle. 



Nicholas Ueierle. nh years of age. ;i 

 well known (iernian resident ot' St. Mat 

 thews, Ky.. dieil last wfck at his home 

 on IJreckeiiridge avenue, .after an illness 

 (d' several months. lie hail been in ihi' 

 employ id' Nan/ tV: Neuner for thirty 

 years. The funeral took place fiiuii the 

 late residenc;', July lI4. Theie was also 

 a sor\ice at Ibdy Trinity chun h. ISuiial 

 was in St. .Nricluud's cemetery. Mr. 

 H'-iei'le is survived by threi- il.iuulifeis. 

 .Miss .Mary P.eierle. Mis. .\iiiia 1!. |ie,-kel 

 and .Mrs. Hugo Schull/. and by two sous, 

 .\ndrew ,iud Jose|ili Heieile. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Secictaiy l-ienjaiiiin Hammond has 

 issued a preliminary list of classes and 

 |ui/.es f(U' the annual exhibition of the 

 American Kose Soc icty, to be ludil in 

 .March of liMii. at the Mu-^eum id' Natu 

 ral History, in New N'oik city. The list 

 col resjiomis closelv lo those of picviims 

 years. The classes for pot plants are 

 continued, althiaigh the respeu^e ah'av- 

 has been disaj)point ing. l''or exhibits of 

 fifty blo.uiis ISeauty. Killarney. b'ich 

 inoml, W iiite Killarney. My .M.arylaml 

 and ' hatenay prtMiiiums of $l'." and ifl"> 

 ;ire offered in each idass, tlie s.ime for 

 I'eauiy as for < 'hatenay. There are 

 classes fill- exhiliits of tvv luity liv c blooms 

 of all th" sorts commonlv liiowii under 



L;lass. ,111 1 loi twelve liloutns, competition 

 in the Ijiiier lieing open mily to private 

 ^.'.ardcaiers. 



The s|iecial prizes ;ilre:idv offered ju 

 (du<;e .+ 1011 olVeled by I'liiliji 1 ireit mevia-. 

 for 111 si display of h,-.rdy rose-: in pots; 

 llie lioiraiice challeiioe trophy, for lar^; 

 est di-|il;iy of miI blooms; ■si'.-, l,v |',,li| 

 UL-'iiii I'.i V. (■,... t„|- lull \]y Maryland; 

 ■fi'.'i liv roeldinann l-'.ros. Co., for lOi) 

 White Kill.arney; a dip by Wehh P.ros.. 



fill' iMelilvlive White Kiljariiev; .■iL'.") liV 



Idlwaie. r \ I'.airy. i,,y Wichuraiana in 



pol-. 



THE STOTT SPRAYER. 



In the l.'iAiKw of .Inly i.-|. in speakine 

 ot the s|iiaviiiM ,if niums. Charles 11. 

 Totty sl;ites th;it he usi s the Stott 

 sprayer. Will you ple.ase ask him where 

 I could procure one.' [. A. p_ 



^ince the piiblii-at ion. two weeks ago. 

 ot Mr. Totty 's article coutainiiie- |iis 

 luief mention of the Sfiitt spraver. the 

 liM;vii:\\ ii;is leeeived ■-eveial in(|uiries of 

 the -;i;iie import ;is the fori'going. It is 

 e\ idi ni. therefore, tli.at the little, inci 

 dental retell iiee to the soiaver has ere 

 .-iled a considerable demand for it. Mr. 



Toltv. however, says he h;is I n in 



toiiiied th.at the maunfacturers of the 

 'iticle are now nut of business. Can aiiv 

 re-'i'er of the b'i;vii-:vv state wiiere the 

 >;ir;iver ean be procured .'- -Mn. 



iMTiaUT. .Mien. C. |,. Walker is build 

 ing ;i ei-eeiihouse on the south side of 

 Cratiot avenue, between I'.elv idere and 

 1 lohoiiib. 



