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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 14, 1910. 



OBITUARY. 



J. W. Dudley. 



J. W. Dudley, senior member of the 

 firm of J. W. Dudley & Sons, Parkers- 

 burg, W. Va., died suddenly on Sunday 

 evening, July 3, at his home in Dudley- 

 ville. He had been in ill health for 

 nearly three years, afflicted with a com- 

 plication of diseases, but the greater 

 part of the time he was able to attend 

 to business, though in that time he 

 rarely went downtown, as was his cus- 

 tom before he became ill. 



Mr. Dudley was 69 years of age, and 

 a native of Oswego county, New York. 

 He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 

 Lysander Dudley. The family removed 

 to Parkersburg about 1852, and the 

 father became prominent in the busi- 

 ness affairs of the community, as a con- 

 tractor, some of the larger and most 

 important of the older buildings of the 

 city having been constructed by him. 



J. W. Dudley, in his early manhood, 

 devoted his energies to the establish- 

 ment of a range of greenhouses. This 

 business he made his life work, his 

 father being associated with him. At 

 the death of the latter his brother, 

 Lysander, was connected with the enter- 

 prise. Of late years the firm has been 

 J. W. Dudley & Sons. The business has 

 grown to large proportions, being prob- 

 ably the most extensive of the kind in 

 the state. 



Next to his love for flowers Mr. 

 Dudley delighted in politics, always 

 keeping in close touch with political 

 affairs. He served two terms as sheriff, 

 from 1891 to 1895 and from 1901 to 

 1905. 



He was married in 1862 to Miss 

 Emma G* Leonard. Her death occurred 

 April 15, 1903. The surviving children 

 of this union are William Dudley, 

 Charles P. Dudley, Mrs. Grace Shields, 

 Miss Lou Dudley, Mrs. Lawrence 

 O'Neil, Mrs. George D. Heaton, Mrs. 

 Fred Woods, Mrs. F. C. Coffman, of 

 Washington, Miss Elizabeth Dudley, 

 Brainard and Albert Dudley. 



Mr. Dudley's second marriage oc- 

 curred four years ago. His second wife, 

 who was Mrs. Sallie Woods, daughter 

 of Rev. Dr. Walker, a prominent clergy- 

 man of Huntington, survives him. 



Mr. Dudley was a stanch and consist- 

 ent member of the Baptist church, with 

 which he had been afiiliated since early 

 manhood, and of which he was a liberal 

 supporter. He was devoted to his 

 family, his home life being an ideal 

 one. He was kind and generous to all, 

 dispensing charity lavishly, but quietly 

 and unostentatiously. 



The funeral services were conducted 

 Tuesday afternoon, July 5, at the family 

 residence, by Rev. W. E. Henry, of the 

 First Baptist church. 



Thomas W. Dee. 



Thomas W. Dee, formerly a florist in 

 Boston, died at his home, 223 Brattle 

 street, Cambridge, Mass., July 2, at the 

 age of 73 years. He had been in poor 

 health for 'more than a year, but was 

 not taken dangerously ill until Memo- 

 rial day. The burial was in the old 

 Mount Auburn Catholic cemetery, in 

 the family lot where Mrs. Dee was 

 buried in 1876. 



He was born May 27, 1837, in the 

 Kittery navy yard, where his father 

 was a commissioned officer. He at- 

 tended Holy Cross College and later ^ 

 attended Nicollette College, in Quebec. 



He was a fluent French scholar. He 

 served an apprenticeship in the Charles- 

 town navy yard, and at the outbreak 

 of the Civil' war was appointed as as- 

 sistant engineer in the navy, in the 

 gunboat Coeur de Lion. He first went 

 into the florists' business with John 

 Galvin and later with William E. Doyle, 

 under the firm name of Dee & Doyle, 

 at the corner of Beacon and Tremont 

 streets, Boston. Later he went into 

 business with his brother, John Dee. 

 He conducted as a separate business 

 the great flower conservatories at 

 Mount Auburn. He retired from active 

 business on account of failing health 

 eight years ago. He is survived by a 



STUMP AND ISMENE. 



Stump and Ismene. 



daughter. Mrs. J. H. Gearan, with whom 

 he had lived for many years. 



J. W. H. Krumm. 



John W. H. Krumm, formerly a flo- 

 rist, died July 1 at a hospital in St. 

 Joseph. Mo., after an illness which had 

 extended over a period of three years. 

 He was -to years old. He is survived 

 by four brothers. Casper W., of Kansas 

 City, William F., of Goff, Kan., and 

 Henry and Fred, of St. Joseph, and by 

 two sisters, Mrs. Alfred Lenzelere and 

 Mrs. Fi'ed Leucht, of St. Joseph. 



How a little ingenuity will transform 

 an unsightly object into a thing of 

 beauty and a joy forever is shown by 

 the accompanying illustration, repro- 

 duced from a photograph made in the 

 vard of J. N. King, the well-known 

 florist of Norristown, Pa. An old stump, 

 something more than five feet high 

 and hollow, was filled with soil and a 

 series of holes were cut in different 

 parts of the stump. Then about fifty 

 bulbs of Ismene calathina were planted. 

 The photograph was made after the 

 bulbs had produced abundant bloom. 

 13. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., who sent 

 the photograph to The Review, said it 

 "presented an exceptionally handsome 

 appearance and has been in bloom dur- 

 ing the entire month of June, show- 

 ing what can be done with what would 

 ordinarily be an eyesore; it can be 

 made into a thing of beauty." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that A. 

 X. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., 

 offers for registration the roses de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration, or to the use of 

 the proposed names, is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once, 

 railing to receive objection to the regis- 

 tration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Raiser's descriptions: Name, Lady 

 Cromwell. A sport of My Maryland, 

 originating with A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 

 1908. This rose in every way resembles 

 My Maryland, except in color. It is a 

 shell pink outside, shading deeper 

 toward the center, which is a creamy 

 yellow, and sometimes quite a deep 

 yellow. During the hot weather, how- 

 ever, the yellow center disappears, and 

 the rose looks much the color of an 

 Enchantress carnation. It is very 

 fragrant. This rose will not be dis- 

 seminated until the spring of 1912. 



Name, Dark Pink Killarney. A sport 

 of Killarney, originating with the Mon- 

 trose Greenhouses, Montrose, Mass., and 

 acquired by A. N. Pierson, Inc., by 

 purchase. It is identical with the parent 

 in habit and size of bloom. The color, 

 however, is much darker than Killarney 

 at all times of the year. This rose will 

 be disseminated in 1911. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Hoopes Bro. & Thomas Co., of West 

 Chester, Pa., offers for registration the 

 rose described below. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration, or to the use 

 of the proposed name, is requested to 

 communicate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the regis- 

 tration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Raiser's description: Name, Purity. 



A strong growing, climbing rose, making 



shoots of from ten to twelve inches in 



a season. Foliage, bright, glossy green, 



free from mildew or black spot. Flower 



four to five inches in diameter, pure 



ivory white. Petals of great substance 



and beautifully cupped. The plant is 



very floriferous, literally covering itself 



with its large flowers. Resembling the 



Clematis Henryi, they are borne on long 



stems twelve to eighteen inches long 



and are very fragrant. Buds are verv 



large and fine for cutting. Can be used 



either as a pillar or climbing rose. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec 'v. 

 July 7, 1910. 



