iLGisi' 12, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



15 



Robert M. Rahaley. 



Edward M. Lyman. 



IJdwaid ]\I. Lyman, foiiiKlcr of I li(> 

 111 III of Kdward M. JiViiiaii & Son. si'cds 



I'll at Springfield, Mass., died Sunday, 

 \ ii,nist 1, at the age of 84 years. Jle 



:id been in fairly good health until two 

 >'ii'ks previous to his death. He was 



iii;agetl in the busine.'^s of growing and 

 -' iling seeds for about seventy years and 

 ' I'l resided for more than lialf a century 

 " Springfield. 



He was born in South IIa<llev, Mass., 



-i.iv 13, 181i5, the 



son 



of Israel Lvniau, 



I'armer in that town. He was tlie 

 ■ungest of twelve children, all of whom 

 <'■ Dow dea<l. Jle canu; of sturdy I'uri- 

 II stock, his tirst ATueric.-ui ancestor 

 iving sailed from England in IGiil. He 

 -i-s related on his nu)ther's side to 

 '^^ight L. INIoody, the evangelist. His 

 it her died when he was a boy of II, 



1 he had to go to work for a livi?ig. 

 • Avorked for seventeen years at the 

 aker settlement in Knfield, Conn., where 

 e Shakers made a business of laising 

 d selling seeds. He reeeiveil only his 

 ■ard and lodging and clothing for this 

 'rk. He was employed in tiie depart- 

 ' lit of raising and packing seeds for the 

 ■irket, and later became .salesman for 

 '■ community. With the Shakers he re- 



M'd the thorough training that proved 



be the foundation for his successful 

 '^iness career as a seed raiser and 

 H'ker. 



'le removed to S[>ringlield in IS.")! and 



irted a seed business of his own on a 

 "all scale. His first store was at the 



I ner of Main and Ferry streets, and 



conducted a retail aiul wholesale de- 



ntment there. He soon found, how- 



•■r, that the retail department did not 

 '■'}'. as there was so much comjietition 

 ' town. He accordingly gave up the 



'ail end of the business and moved to 

 '"' jiresent location on Charles street. 



Here the business gi'ew under his direc- 

 tion, until it is now one of the leading 

 seecl establishments in the country. He 

 gave sjiecial attention to the introduction 



of I'oreign seeds, and visited luirope, 

 where he spent much time securing seetis 

 for culti\ation in this country. He was 

 I'esponsible for many of the im[)rove- 

 iiienls ill the see<| busines.s that have 

 been made in the last fifty years. 



Mr. Lyman retire(| from acti\e busi- 

 ness se\eral years ago, and the l)usiness 

 has since been managed by his son, Al- 

 bert l-;. Lyman. Jii November, 1908, the 

 (iiiii of i;. .M. Lyman & Son was incorpo 

 rate<l. 



-\pril 1, 1S54, Mr. Lyman married 

 Caroline, daughter of Koswell lilodgett, 

 of Holland. A second marriage, on dune 

 9. LSSO, was to Elizabeth, tli(> daughter 

 of John Bayliss. She survives iiiin, as 

 does the son, Albert E., flit! president of 

 the company. He also leaves five grand- 

 ( liildren, Aliss Kuth and Lyman l]|mer. 

 and the Misses Marjorie P.. and Mililred 

 E., and Albert E. Lyman, .Ir.. all of 

 Spriiiiffi(dd. 



(iKKEXFlELD, ]\IaS.S. — The Creelllield 



specialty Floral t'o., of which <i. .1. Stark 

 is manager, has sliijiped (|uaiitities of 

 sweet peas and other tlowers tliis season. 

 The firm's gardens are ]iart icul.-uly at- 

 tractive. 



WiiEp;i.iNG, \V. \a.-.1o]iii iJieckmann 

 & Co., the florists on Raymond street, are 

 building a range of greenhouses on the 

 property they recently purchased at Park 

 View. Two houses have been coinpIete<l 

 and twf) more are in pi'ocess of construc- 

 tion. 



.\tiioi,. .Mass.- (;eor;;e W. Sutherland 

 has nearly completed a fine brick smoke- 

 stack, sixty feet high, in conuivtion witli 

 his new steam plant for heating his 

 greeniiouses and residence, (ui South ALain 

 street. This completes a niuuber of en- 

 iargement.s and improvements that have 

 recently been made bv Mr. Sutherland. 



Hugo Schroeter. 



