OCTOBHB 28, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Pelder for the last few years associated 

 lith him in the business, which will be 

 oiitinued under Mr. Van Gelder's man- 

 agemcnt. Mrs. Jones is the sister of 

 (ipoTSC Sol, Frank and "Warren S. Gar- 

 land and of Mrs. Fred Wittbold. 



Xhe funeral was held Monday, Octo- 

 ber 25, from the residence at 219 Austin 

 avenue, Oak Park, interment being at 

 Park Ridge. There was a large attend- 

 ance, many in the trade being present or 

 ygpr(.aented. The floral tributes were nu- 

 merous and beautiful. The pallbearers 

 from the trade were John Sinner, George 

 Wr.lt her, Charles Klehm and Harry Clif- 

 ton. 



Tlie Garland family was doubly be- 

 reavpd last week, Josephine Garland, the 

 Jausliter of Mr. and Mrs, George M. 

 Garhmd, having died at the family home 

 at Des Plaines on the day preceding the 

 ileatli of her uncle. She was 23 years of 

 age and had suffered for nearly two 

 years with anaemia. Mrs. George M. Gar- 

 land is the youngest sister of Mrs. George 

 Wittbold. Besides the parents, there are 

 two brothers, Harry, who is associated 

 with his father in the greenhouse material 

 business, and Will, the youngest of the 

 family. The funeral was held at the 

 home at Des Plaines, Sunday, October 

 ■>i, burial being at Maine cemetery, Park 

 Ridge. 



Emanuel Sutermeitter. 



The news of the death of Emanuel 

 Sutermeister, of Milton, October 21, will 

 come as a shock to many of his hosts of 

 friends. His genial good nature made 

 him the friend of everyone, and few 

 faces will be more missed in flower cir- 

 cles in Boston. The deceased gentleman 

 was born in Boston in 1851. He early 

 acquired a love for flowers, first finding 

 employment with L. Davenport, of Mil- 

 ton. In 1890 he started in business on 

 his own account and had for many years 

 made a specialty of bulbous stock, which 

 he grew particularly well. 



Mr. Sutermeister had for a long time 

 been identified with the Boston whole- 

 sale flower market and for some years 

 and up till the time of his death was a 

 director of the Boston Co-operative 

 Flower Growers' Association, operating 

 the Park Street Market. Though not 

 identified with the S. A. F, or other 

 societies, he occasionally visited the con- 

 ventions and took a keen interest in all 

 pertaining to their welfare. 



During the last few years the deceased 

 had had several illnesses, and on one 

 occasion broke his leg, which incapaci- 

 tated him from duty for some time. His 

 last illness came on quite suddenly Octo- 

 ber 21 and it was deemed best to move 

 hi Hi to the Emerson hospital. Forest Hills, 

 for a possible operation. The operation 

 "as performed, but he never rallied from 

 'f .'tnd passed away at 10:30 p. m. the 

 ''^iiiio day. The cause of death was pan- 

 * '<:ititis, or inflammation of the pancreas. 



-^Ir. Sutermeister is survived by a 

 widow and a grown-up son and daughter. 

 His son, Edwin, is a chemist at Madison, 

 ^^i^., only moving there a few days prior 

 ^f his father's death. 



The funeral services were held at the 

 'ate home of the deceased, October 24, 

 "le Rev. R. Stebbins, of the Unitarian 

 'hurch, Milton, officiating. In spite of 

 ^he inclement weather, there was a large 

 1,'athering of friends who had come to 

 I'J'v their last tribute of esteem. Floral 

 '"kens were numerous and beautiful, each 

 "I the wholesale flower markets and 

 "inny in the trade being among those 



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contributing. The board of directors of 

 the Park Street Market and many mem- 

 bers from the wholesale markets were 

 among the mourners. The employees of 

 the deceased acted as pallbearers. 



Patrick J. KeUer. 



Patrick J. Keller, one of the best 

 known of the old established nursery- 

 men in the vicinity of San Francisco, 

 Cal., died suddenly of heart failure, in 

 Oakland, October 14. Mr. Keller estab- 

 lished himself in the nursery and florists' 

 business in that town in 1875. He was 

 located for many years close to the Moun- 

 tain View cemetery and afterwards 

 moved to a large tract in the town of 

 Piedmont, where he continued raising 

 stock for many years. This land becom- 

 ing too valuable for nursery purposes, 

 Mr. Keller finally retired from active 

 labors in that line and devoted himself 

 to improving this property, on which he 

 built many houses and stores. He is sur- 

 vived by a widow and eight children. 



Mrs. Beojamin B. Smalley. 



Mrs. Zelia E., wife of Benjamin B. 

 Smalley, of Everett, Mass., passed away 

 at a Boston hospital Saturday afternoon, 

 October 9, after a few days' illness. Mrs. 

 Smalley had seemed to be in the best of 

 health, when she was taken down with a 

 carbuncle. As it did not yield quickly to 

 treatment, she was rcniove<l to the hos- 

 pital. She was a native of Cutler, Me., 

 and with her husband had resided in 

 Chelsea, Mass., for many years previous 

 to taking up their residence in Everett. 

 She was a member of the Baptist church 

 and also a member of Faith Rebekah 

 Lodge and N. E. Order of Protection. 



Funeral services were held at her late 

 home, 18 Franklin street, Everett. A 

 profusion of beautiful floral tributes, the 

 like of which had not been seen in that 

 city for many years, was a touching tes 



timonial of the high esteem in which she 

 was held. Besides her husband, she is 

 survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Simp- 

 son, of Everett, and a son, B. J. Smalley. 

 of New York. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. . 



D. R. Herron, of Clean, N. Y., is add- 

 ing three houses, 22x150 feet, six and 

 one-half feet to the gutter, twelve feet 

 to the ridge, of King construction, with 

 cement walls and pecky cypress benches. 

 He will give these a good trial, and if 

 they produce the goods, which it is be- 

 lieved they will, a big range will be 

 erected upon the same lines. Quantities 

 of stock are grown and sold annually 

 through the medium of the Review. He 

 has a grand batch of Bostons for the 

 holidays. 



Mrs. J. H. Johnson, of Clean, reports 

 a rather quiet season, but with several 

 orders in sight for society functions. 

 No doubt she will get the usual share 

 of patronage this coming season. 



It was a dull day when I called on 

 Geo. L. Graham, of Bradford, Pa., but 

 he has a happy faculty of making every- 

 thing look bright. A run through the 

 houses showed stock in fine shape, with 

 lots of bloom in sight. There is a strong 

 smell of oil in the air, but both plants 

 and flowers seem to delight in it. 



B. A. Bartlett, at Greenhurst, is a 

 heavy shipper to Buffalo, chiefly of 

 carnations and greens. 



Thomas Russell is increasing his plant 

 at Brooklyn Heights and is likely soon 

 to have the largest greenhouse area in 

 this vicinity. 



Daniel Oflferle & Son, of Warren, Pa., 

 spent part of the summer months in 

 building a show house, 40x50 feet, of 

 cement and iron — an elegant job, done 

 by their own employees. M. 



