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The Florists' Review 



Sbptembbr 3, 1914. 



OBITUARY 



J. M. Brunson. 



J. M. Brunson, the pioneer florist of 

 Paducah, Ky., died August 25, of 

 Bright 's disease. He was 74 years of 

 age and had resided in Paducah about 

 a quarter of a century. He was born 

 at Kenton, O. In 1891, with his son, 

 Carroll L. Brunson, he established the 

 florists' business now conducted at 

 Paducah by John Van Aart. C. L. 

 Brunson was the leader in the business 

 until his death. May 16, 1912, the firm 

 being known as C. L. Brunson & Co., 

 and in October, 1912, J. M. Brunson 

 sold to Mr. Van Aart and retired. The 

 business had become one of the largest 

 and most successful in that part of the 

 state. 



Mr. Branson's only surviving rela- 

 tive is a brother, H. C, Brunson, of 

 Cumberland Falls, Ky. 



George Dickson. 



European trade papers now coming to 

 hand carry long notices of George Dick- 

 son, head of the firm of Alexander 

 Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, Ireland, 

 who died August 13 at the advanced 

 age of 83 years. As the originator of 

 Killarney, Liberty, Mrs. Jardine, Mel- 

 ody, Irish Fire Flame and many others, 

 his fame was world-wide and his work 

 was of practical value to every Amer- 

 ican florist. The following is condensed 

 from a Belfast paper: 



' ' George Dickson was not only a rose 

 specialist — he was an all-round horti 

 culturist of exceptional ability, and his 

 name is associated with many varieties 

 of garden vegetables, which his skill 

 and patience in the art of selection and 

 development enabled him to bring to 

 the highest degree of perfection. The 

 rose gardens and nurseries of New- 

 townards, if more famous, are not more 

 useful or more beneficial to the horti- 

 ■cultural world than the seed trial 

 grounds which were their neighbors. 

 Both the horticulture and the agricul- 

 ture of County Down owe much to the 

 Newtownards establishment in conjunc- 

 tion with the extensive seed trade 

 which the firm carries on in Belfast and 

 Dublin. 



"Mr. Dickson's father was a native 

 of Scotland who settled in the north 

 of Ireland and founded the firm which 

 subsequently acquired a national repu- 

 tation under the title of Alexander 

 Dickson & Sons. Skill in horticulture, 

 and especially in rose culture and de- 

 velopment, is hereditary in the Dick- 

 son family. George Dickson inherited 

 it from his father, and has transmitted 

 it to his sons. The late Mr. Dickson 

 was a man of great business energy. 

 In the establishment of an extensive 

 American business he several times 

 visited the United States, while his 

 trade connection with England was of 

 colossal proportions. Some years ago 

 he turned the concern into a private 

 limited company, of which he remained 

 chairman until his death. 



"Personally Mr. Dickson was es- 

 teemed by all who met him, either 

 commercially or socially. The great 

 rosarians, home and foreign, have 

 shown from time to time a respect for 

 his character which was not less than 

 their admiration for his genius. The 

 Roval Horticultural Societv conferred 



upon him their highest honorary dis- 

 tinction. In Newtownards, which was 

 his home through a long lifetime, there 

 was no more popular or esteemed per- 

 sonality. A kindly, genial man, a good 

 neighbor, aud a friend of the poor, his 

 death, full of years though he was, 

 will be an even sharper loss to the 

 Ards district than to the horticultural 

 world. ' ' 



At the time the Dean Hole medal 

 was voted to Mr. Dickson, W. Atlee 

 Burpee wrote for The Review: "While 

 relieved from active work by his sons, 

 he is still greatly interested in the an- 

 nual introductions of the firm of which 

 he has so long been head. ivir. Dick- 

 son has been certainly fortunate in 

 having the assistance and hearty co- 

 operation of his six sons. Of these sons 

 Alexander Dickson and George Dickson 



George Dickson. 



are now the hybridizers and growers 

 of new roses at Newtownards; Thomas 

 Dickson is manager of the farms, while 

 Andrew Dickson is manager of the rose 

 gardens at Dublin. Hugh Dickson, so 

 well known as an expert both in sweet 

 peas and culinary peas, is manager of 

 the seed business. The legal end of 

 the business is undf>r the able control 

 of Gordon Dickson, solicitor in Belfast, 

 who a few years ago protected the 

 right of the name Alexander Dickson 

 by securing letters patent for the dis- 

 tinctive name ' Hawlmark ' as applied 

 to roses, plants and seeds. ' ' 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



During tlic last week no large volume 

 of business was transacted, but a slight 

 improvement over the preceding week 

 was noticed. Asters have slightly de- 

 creased in quantity and the outside 

 stock has been bruised and battered bv 

 almost a week's steadv rain; the prices 

 are about average. Roses continue a 

 glut and thousands are put on the 

 streets. Gladioli are being offered at 

 any figure, with few bu.vers, and the 

 wholesale houses have any quantitv on 

 hand. Vallev and Beauties were in bet- 

 ter demand thnii usual; in fn<-t, the 



business of the week showed more ao. 

 tivity in the better grades of stock 

 than for some time. Short carnations 

 from the indoor crop have begun to 

 come in, but are in competition with 

 asters and are finding a poor sale. 

 Lilies, both Easter and rubrum, me 

 plentiful, with a poor demand even at 

 low figures. Greens are abundant, witli 

 the demand slightly increased. 



Club Meeting. 



The adjourned meeting of the i'lo- 

 rists' Club was held August 31, Vice- 

 president Hamilton in the chair. The 

 outing committee, through its chair 

 man, F. C. Bauer, presented its final 

 report, which showed a balance of 

 $16.38 in favor of the club over .uid 

 above all expenses. The committee 

 that entertained the Pittsburgh dele 

 gation en route to Boston also present- 

 ed its report, which, was accepted ami 

 the committee was discharged with the 

 club's thanks. 



The main topic of the evening was 

 whether the club should make a display 

 in the Star Spangled Banner centennial 

 parade. It developed that the senti 

 ment was in favor of making a displa.v, 

 but the majority of those present 

 thought the time too short to get a 

 creditable display together. 



The matter of inviting the American 

 Rose Society to hold its next annual 

 meeting in this city was brought up 

 and action deferred until the first meet 

 ing in September. A letter was read 

 from Richard Vincent, Jr., inviting the 

 club to attend the annual dahlia show 

 at White Marsh during the last week 

 in September. The club decided on 

 Tuesday, September 29, as the oflBciai 

 club day, as the Washington Club will 

 hold its annual outing there on that 

 date. 



Various Notes. 



Pierce & Co. have on exhibition, in 

 their store window on Charles street, 

 a miniature colored model of their new 

 store which is now under construction 

 at Charles and Hamilton streets. 



J. J. Cummings cut some of the first 

 mums of the season last week. Thev 

 were of the Golden Glow variety, of 

 which a large lot will be ready for cut 

 ting shortly. 



Halliday Bros, have almost finished 

 the greenhouse they are having erected 

 on their place near Monkton. As soon 

 as this one is completed, another will 

 be erected adjoining it. 



Martin Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, and George Herr 

 mann, of A. Herrmann, New York. 

 called on the trade here last week. Botl' 

 gentlemen report that immortelles are n 

 scarce article and that the majority <i' 

 those who have been depending "" 

 them for Christmas work will havf tn 

 choose a substitute from a number ot 

 ditterent articles, any of which "ia.> 

 permanently cut into the sales of in^ 

 mortelles during the coming years. 



W. F. H- 



Sheboygan, Wis.— J. E. Matthew^on 

 is building an extension, 27^1'^ ^y 

 feet, at his range on the Upper K:'l'^ 

 road. 



Tenafly, N. J.— The Kenwood Green- 

 houses have l)een incorporated, to "cul 

 tivate flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, 

 etc.," with a capital stock of $90,w<i- 

 The incorporators are P. F. Burton, «. 

 V. Dalv and J. E. Burton, of Tenali^- 



