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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 19, 1000. 



twenty-six big cases, and all his latest 

 inventions, including his best novelty, 

 the metal relief work in twenty-eight 

 varieties. 



Brooklyn sent Messrs. Phillips, "Wil- 

 son and Miller, three of its brightest 

 lights, to the convention. 



Hugo Jahn is summering with his 

 family at Patchogue, and Mrs. Sperwin, 

 the retail florist, is at Blue Point. 



David Mellis left on August 14 for 

 Glasgow, because of the serious illness 

 of his mother, now 87 years of age. 



H. C. Reidel, of Guttman's, is spend- 

 ing three weeks with his family at the 

 seashore. Mr. Hortenstein, of the same 

 house, leaves next week for the moun- 

 tains. 



E. J. Deal, of the W. W. Johnston 

 Seed Co., of Boston, England, is in the 

 city; also Lawrence S. Payne, represent- 

 ing E. Andre Leroy & Co., Angers, 

 France. 



Eomeo Guido, for several years with 

 Tho8. Young, Jr., is now with Charles 

 Millang. 



Mr. Hanfling has returned from a two 

 months' trip to Europe, with many bas- 

 ket and other novelties. Russin & Han- 

 fling now occupy the whole building and 

 their trade is widening. 



T. J. Wolfe, the florist of Waco, Tex., 

 was a visitor last week at Boddington 's. 



Mr. Russin and Leo Rosen, of Russen 

 & Hanfling, left this week for a holi- 

 day in the Catskills. 



The demand for Aphine, the insect de- 

 stroying discovery of George E. Tal- 

 madge, of Madison, N. J., is widespread. 

 Its endorsement has been remarkable. An 

 unsolicited editorial in Collier's Weekly 

 is especially strong in its behalf, and 

 Arthur Herrington, Albert M. Herr, 

 Louis A. Noe, Brant-Hentz Flower Co., 

 Aug. Belmont and the entomologists, J. 

 B. Smith and E. B. Southwick, have 

 much to say as to its efficiency. 



The Smart Set Floral Co. has been 

 incorporated by Henry Pearlman, 8691 

 Nineteenth avenue, Brooklyn, and others, 

 with a capital of $5,000. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



which henceforth conducted business un- 

 der the name of W. H. Gullett & Sons. 

 Mr. Gullett was married January 29, 

 1861, to Nancy Randolph, who survives 

 him. Ten children were born to them. 

 Three of these died in infancy, but the 

 rest of the family still survive and 

 three of them reside in Lincoln, namely: 

 Charles Edward and Wilbur J., of the 

 firm of Gullett & Sons, and Frank E. 

 Gullett. The others are W. F. Gullett, of 

 Deer Lodge, Mont.; Eugene R. Gullett, 

 Lansing, Mich.; and Misses Anna Gul- 

 lett, of Pontiac, and Ida B. Gullett, of 

 Columbus, O. 



V. H. Vright. 



W. H. Wright, for many years a florist 

 in Vicksburg, Miss., died at his resi- 

 dence, at First Eafet and Monroe streets, 

 in that city, August 10, at the age of 

 60 years. He was well known and highly 

 esteemed in the city. He is survived 



OBITUARY. 



William H. GuUett. 



William Henry Gullett, head of the 

 firm of W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, 

 111., died of heart failure August 10. 

 He had celebrated his seventy-seventh 

 birthday on the preceding day. He had 

 been operated on by Dr. J. B. Murphy, 

 at Mercy hospital, Chicago, June 2, and 

 was taken back to his home July 15. 

 Until a few hours before his death, he 

 appeared to be recovering. 



He was bom August 9, 1832, on a 

 farm near Circle ville, Pickaway county, 

 O. While he was still in his early boy- 

 hood his family moved to Indiana. Soon 

 afterward his father died, and then the 

 young man began to work at the car- 

 penter trade, which he followed when he 

 removed to Lincoln from Carroll county, 

 Ind., in 1856. He was a carpenter and 

 builder until the opening of the Civil 

 war, when he purchased a forty-acre 

 tract of land and started the Lincoln 

 Nursery. From 1876 to 1884 Walter 

 Birmingham was associated with him in 

 the business. This relationship was dis- 

 solved in 1884, and the reorganized firm 

 was styled W. H. Gullett & Son, with 

 Fred Gullett as the junior member. Fred 

 Gullett retired in 1889, and C. E. and W. 

 J. Gullett became members of the firm, 



Pennock began work as a florist about 

 1887, with his father's firm, A. L. Pen- 

 nock & Son, at Lansdowne. Later he 

 went into business for himself, building 

 greenhouses near Lansdowne. Mr. Pen- 

 nock was best known as a forcer of lily 

 of the valley. He was so successful iu 

 producing high grade flowers as to earn 

 the title of the ' ' Valley King, ' ' his best 

 stock attaining a wonderful degree of 

 perfection in finish, in number and size 

 of bells and in length of stem. Mr. 

 Pennock was also a rose grower of note, 

 specializing Killarney. During the last 

 year or more he had devoted some atten 

 tion to peonies and had gathered a fine 

 collection. 



Mr. Pennock married Elizabeth Naomi 

 Woolman, November 1, 1906. 



Mrs. Robert George. 



Mrs. Robert George, wife of Robert 

 George, of the Storrs & Harrison Co., 



Wm. H. Gttflett. 



by four children, Elmira, Mary, Tom and 

 Douglass; also by two sisters, Mrs. 

 Bidsong and Miss Eloise Wright, and 

 by three brothers, Charles G., Douglass 

 S. and H. C. Wright. 



A. J. Pennock. 



A dispatch from Denver, Colo., an- 

 nounces the death of A. J. Pennock. 

 Mr. Pennock had been enjoying his va- 

 cation in the far western states, wheh he 

 was stricken with spinal meningitis. 

 Mrs. Pennock and a near relative were 

 with him when he died. The announce- 

 ment came as a terrible shock to Mr. 

 Pennock 's family and many friends in 

 and near Philadelphia. 



A. J. Pennock was born August 20, 

 1868, at Hoodland, Upper Darby, Dela- 

 ware county, Pa. He was the son of 

 Abram L. and Anna C. Pennock. Mr. 



Painesville, O., died Friday, August 13, 

 and was buried August 16. The funeral 

 was one of the largest in the town for 

 years, as Mr. and Mrs. George and their 

 son and his family all numbered every 

 member of the community as acquaint- 

 ance and friend. Mr. George was one of 

 the organizers of the S. A. F. and an old 

 schoolmate of E. G. Hill, of Richmond, 

 who attended the funeral, with Adam 

 Graham and Charles Hart, of Cleveland. 

 The flowers were many and beautiful. 



Valentine Fox. 



Valentine Fox, aged 69, a well known 

 gardener and long a resident of Wayne 

 township, near Fort Wayne, Ind., died 

 suddenly August 9. He was born in 

 Baden, Germany, January 12, 1840, and 

 came to this country as a boy of 15. 

 He was for many years a prominent gar- 



