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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



39 



.1. A. Budlongr, who died Jan. 14, 1906. William H. Budlong. Lyman A. Budlong:, who died Nov. 6, 1909. 



Three Well Known Brothers, Only One of Whom Now Survives. 



automobile Tuesday, IS'ovenjber 2, on his 

 way to cast his ballot at the state elec- 

 tion. The machine had reached the cor- 

 ner of Hope and Seventh streets when 

 it was struck by an electric car. All four 

 men were thrown out, and Mr. Parmenter 

 struck upon his head. He was picked up 

 in an unconscious condition and wuh 

 taken at once to his home, where it was 

 found that he had suffered a fracture of 

 the skull and concussion of the brain. A 

 consultation of doctors was held, and it 

 was thought that his chances of recovery 

 were good, but Thursday afternoon ho 

 grew worse, and died early the following 

 morning. 



L. A. Budlong. 



Lyman A. Budlong, who was famed 

 as the world 's largest market gardeni?r 

 and who was widely known in the seed 

 trade as a leading grower of onion sets, 

 died quite suddenly on the evening of 

 Saturday, November 6, at his home in 

 Chicago. He was approaching his eightieth 

 birthday anniversary, but was strong and 

 active up to the last few days, and 

 possessed mental strength that was re- 

 markable in one of his years. The cause 

 of death was the hardening of the arte- 

 ries which frequently comes with atl- 

 vanced age. Mr. Budlong was up and 

 about the morning of the day preceding 

 his death. 



Lyman A. Budlong was born at Crans- 

 ton, R. I., December 22, 1829. In 1857 

 he removed to Chicago and shortly en- 

 gaged in market gardening, surmounting 

 obstacles and becoming the largest oper- 

 ator in that line, the L. A. Budlong Co. 

 now working 700 acres. Later he en- 

 gaged in the pickle business, and from 

 this grew his connection with the onion 

 set industry and the seed trade. In 

 1888 Mr. Budlong and S. F. Leonard 

 operated the onion set business together, 

 one doing the growing and the other the 

 distributing, and this continued to 1894, 

 when Mr. Budlong became both a grower 

 and distributor. His field of operations 

 gradually extended until he became a 

 leading factor in the onion set market. 

 All Mr. Budlong 's affairs were con- 

 ducted on a large scale and by most 

 modern methods, with the result that he 



leaves a considerable fortune. The busi- 

 ness, now conducted as the L. A. Bud- 

 long Co., has for some years been in 

 ciiarge of a son, Joseph J. Budlong, and 

 will continue without interruption or 

 change. 



Mr. Budlong left a widow, two suns 

 and three daughters. The son^^ are .lo- 

 seph .1. and E. L., the Nlaughters Mrs. 

 A. L. Jones, Mrs. H. H. Chester and Mrs. 

 Helen Shares. Of the brothers, Joseph 

 A., who also removed to Chicago and 

 whose greenhouse interests became exten- 

 sive, died January 14, 1906. The younger 

 brother, William H. Budlong, survives 

 and was for years a leading figure in 

 the vicinity of Providence, R. I. 



The funeral was held from the resi- 

 dence Tuesday afternoon, November 9, 

 and was largely attended, there being 

 many flowers. Interment was at Kosi; 

 Hill cemetery. 



C. D. Zimmerman. 



('. I). Zimmerman, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 who, for a number of years, had a retail 

 florists' store on Chippewa street, and 

 later was devoted to the landscape part 

 of the busine'ss, committed suicide early 

 one morning last week. 



A. W. Steiacke. 



A. W. Steincke died Friday, November 

 5, at his home near Woodmere cemetery. 

 Detroit, Mich. Mr. Steincke was (54 

 years old and had been a suft'erer from 

 dropsy for seven or eight months, and 

 his death had been expected for some 

 time. He is survived by his widow, and 

 by two stepsons, Charles and John 

 Warncke. Many fine floral emblems Avere 

 received for the funeral, among them 

 being a beautiful piece from the Detroit 

 Florists' Club. 



William F. Rowald. 



William F. Rowald, for several years 

 in the florists' business, died at his homo, 

 1904 Broad street, in Edgewood, R. I.. 

 November 3, after a short illness from 

 pneumonia, superinduced by an attack of 

 the grip. He was 59 years of age. T^j) 

 to a few months ago he conducted a 

 small range of greenhouses on Bluff ave 

 nue, near his home. 



Thos. McKenna Ulam. 



Thonms McKenna f'lani died Novem- 

 ber 3, aged 47 years, at his home at 507 

 Edgewood avenue, Edgewood, Pittsburg, 

 Pa. For many years he conducted a 

 floral establishment in Pittsburg, retir- 

 ing about four years ago. He is survived 

 by his mother, Mrs. Harriet Ulam ; one 

 brother and two sisters. 



Jane Gordon Murchie Falconer. 



At her residence, Forty-seventh and 

 Butler streets, Jane Gordon Murchie, 

 wife of William Falconer, superintendent 

 of the Allegheny cemetery, Pittsburg, 

 died of i)aralysls, Tuesday morning, No- 

 vember 2, aged 62 years. Airs. Falconer 

 was born near Stranraer, Wigtonshire, 

 Scotland, and came to this country in 

 1883, and was married to Mr. Falconer, 

 in New York, on the day of her arrival. 



Mrs. Falconer had been in failing 

 health for some years. Besides her hus- 

 band, she leaves a daughter. Miss Jean- 

 nie M. Falconer, and three sisters in 

 England, and two sisters and a brother 

 in New Zealand. Mrs. Falconer was 

 strictly a home loving woman, but took 

 a warm interest in church work, the Y. 

 W. C. A., and the like. Being of an ex- 

 ceedingly kind and sympathetic tem- 

 perament, her influence penetrated far 

 and wide, and she was sincerely beloved 

 by those who knew her. 



Many and choice were the flowers sent 

 by sorrowing friends. Both at the resi- 

 dence and in the cemetery, Randolph 

 & IMcClements had charge of the floral 

 furnishings and arrangements, and in 

 liberality, refinement, elegance and ap- 

 propriatenes-i the master hand was visi- 

 ble, Mr. McClements attending personally 

 to the whole matter. Besides a wealth of 

 lovely flowers and floral pieces sent by 

 private individuals, many of the florists 

 contributed generous tokens of their 

 respect. 



The pallbearers were Henry H. Negley, 

 James J. Booth, Walter G. Crawford, G. 

 Washington Axoore, John J. Young and 

 James Hardie. 



Your paper certainly sells the stuff. — 

 G. E. FiKK, Roselle, N. J. 



