.V"VijMBi;it 10, 11)11. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



45 



PETER DEVOY NEAR DEATH. 



At last report from I'oiiglikcci.sic, X. 

 ^'.. P.'tiT T. J)(>V()y, tlic w.'ll kin.wii 

 \ inlet yiowcr, who was siLldcnly taken 

 ill several days ayo, was so low that 

 the doi-tors j,'ave uji all hopes of liis re 

 eovery, and his deatli was thoii-ilit to 

 lie only a matter of a t,.\v hours. .Mr. 

 |)e\()y was taken ill with inieiimoM ia 

 and later tyidioid i'ever set in. 



-Mr. J)e\oy was l.orn in l'onyhki'e|isie 

 and has lived the ;;reater |iart (d' his 

 lite in that city. Atter attending;- the 

 |.ul.|ic seliools tliere h(> learned the llo 

 rist ''- trail'.' and has since heen <'ni;aL;ed 

 in that hu^-iness. lie lias lieen a promi 

 iient Miemlier ot the Knijihts ot " oium 

 lius and several trafernal or;;ani/at ions 

 and has en.joyed a larj^e cirrle of 

 friends. .Mi-s. I'eti'r SliiehU, niotiier of 

 Mis. |)e\oy. also was in a ciiticai con 

 • liti'Oi at her liome at I 'oit'.^hkee|ivj,.. 



OBITUARY. 



Gabriel H. Pie.ser. 



'I'lie not iinexjiecteil announreuient ol' 

 the cleatll of (ialaiel II. I'ieser. for 

 inan,\ \ears connected ^\ith Keiinii-ott 

 l'«ros. <"o., Chicatio. cann' Adxcmlier II, 

 a loiiy struo^le against ilissolution Jiav- 

 inc terminated ;it t wd o"(dork th.at 

 iiiorniii;;. 



Mr. I'ieser had lieen ill Uiv m.any 

 months and for Aveeks it h;id iieen cer- 

 tain that reco\'ery Avas im|io^silde. His 

 trouble A\;ts enlaryt'inent of the heart. 

 At the he^iinnin;;- ttY his illm'ss he 

 \\(Mild lie ;(|i|)arently .as well ;is e\-er 

 .and then siuldenly would lie. tor .-i time, 

 .almost at <leatli "s dooi'. l"or some days 

 prior to the end he was delirious. 'I'lie 

 luneral will lie li(dd from the residence. 

 at 1447 Indiana a\'enue. Thui sday morn- 

 my. November ]fi. 



• iabriel II. I'ieser was one of (,'hi- 

 i-a^o's iiati\'e sons. He w.as born on 

 li'andoljih street. Just Avest of the river. 

 May s, ]S,r\~>^ and he saw the sjirawliny 

 town of that day. i;ro\v to be the 

 metropolis ()f the west. In early life 

 he was in the Hour ;inil feeil Inisiness. 

 Imt oxer twent.'' \ e;irs ii;^o he changed 

 the spelliTi<i; from llour to flower, ,ioin- 

 int; l-"liiit Keiniicott, wlio was then 

 doinj;- u wholesal(> c(nnniis>ion lin^ines> 

 under the niime of Kennicott liros.. 

 and who already had had for some 

 .\e;irs as his cliief lieutenant .Mr. Tic- 

 ker's younger brother, l]. ]'.. I'ieser. the 

 I resent head ot' the Keniiicotl T>ro^. < o. 

 When the coiiioration was fnraned <i. II. 

 I'ieser became secretary, becoming;' both 

 president and secretary when Mr. Ken- 

 nii-ott ilied, in I'.HiT. In Keia'inber, 

 li'lH, apprcM-iatiny- that his illness \va> 

 ~ucli tli.it it would be wise to put his 

 lii'U--e III order, he ('isposeil ol' ;ill liis 

 I'U.siness interests and the ]iresidency 

 "f the company to \\liicli he had jii\en 

 ^m h I lose .application during; the ^^reat- 

 er part of his busine-^s life, was t.aken 

 o\er |,y liis brother. llesides I'.. K. 

 Tie>er, one other brother li\e-<, and two 

 ^i'^tei>. 'I'll,. Prother is Ike I'ieser, who 

 '^ Ihe manufacturer ol i'mle .Icrry's 

 Taiicake Flour. He was twice married 

 and is sur\i\('d by thi' second wife, 

 Kathleen AVorley I'ieser, also by (ieorye 

 II- I'ieser, son of b'os.a I'ieser. 



Mr. I'ieser was of that unswerxiny 

 honesty thai made his wand as ^ood as 

 iii<)tlier man's liond aii'l he was so 

 tliornuyli and methodical in hi- business 

 allairs that he ^.ained for himself .-i 

 liiuli poMJtion in tin' Im-ino^ wairld. 



Gabriel H. Pieser. 



Stephen Taplin. 



since the Last issue of 'J'he K'ex iew 

 went to press, Hetroit, Mich., has lost 

 its oldest tlorist, Stephen T.aiilin. He 

 die. I on Thursdax', XoxtMiiber !•, .after 

 sma'ral months ot' illness ;ind much 

 acute sull'erini;. The cause of death 

 Avas said to lie a mali<;nant internal 

 ;;rowtli. 



He w.is not only the ohlest repie- 

 sentatixe of his traile in his cit.x'. Iiut 

 xxas one of the noted inemlieis ot' the 

 family of llorists whose combined 

 .ichiexcnients liaxc made the name of 

 Taplin familiarly known and hiL;hly re- 

 -perted amoiiL; llorists throui^hout tin' 

 Inited States. In such recoids of his 

 life .IS are axail.able there i> a notice 

 .able lack of d.ates and other exaci in- 

 formation, but it is certain that he was 

 liorn at Dxcrtoii, llani|ishiri', liiiLilaud. 

 sometime in the early thirties and \\as 

 xxithin a \ear or two of four score xcars 

 of aj;e at his death. After obtainiiiL; 

 the laidiments of an educ.-ition at the 

 X illa;4e sidiool, at the aye of 17 he lefl 

 home to beyin the comprehensix e t.ask 

 of learnin;^' y.ardeniny. To be iin Knt; 

 lisli j^arilener of hiyh standin;^ reipiireil 

 ext'li more extensive Jind xaried ac 

 coniplishments in those daxs th.an at 

 present, lor in these modern times the 

 dixisioii of labor has done something to 

 reliexc exen the liardeiier from the ohl 

 lime mnltiplicity of his duties. Hut -Mi'. 

 Taplin learned the tr.ade t horouiihl y, ob 

 t.aininy some of his early experience on 

 the estate of the Duke of ."-^ut herlan.l. 

 .and then spent I'iylit or ten yeai-< in the 

 serx ice of dilVerent iiiiMiibers nl' the 



l']ii<.'lish nobility, including' the ^Maripii- 

 of Lansdcjwne and the Harl of Stiim 

 ford. At the Karl fif Stamford's, it i- 

 said, he xv.as associ.ated, as a fellovx em 

 ployee, xxith Kdwin I.<insdale. now in 

 chaiye of ,1 bramdi of the busines-; ol 

 W. .\tlee l'>ur| \ < 'o., at Hampoi-, I'al. 



W'lu'u abnut ."i."i years of aye .Mr. Tap 

 Iin came to .\nierica. Arrixiny. after 

 ;i time, at Hetroit. he |iurcha-ed the 

 I'ort •-treet yreenhoiiso \xhicli were 

 to form the nucleus of his future estab 

 lishnient. Then he returned to Hnylaiid 

 and biouylit his l';imily oxer on one oi 

 the larye--t steamships on the ocean at 

 the time, the <'iiy of I'aii-. Mis yrecii 

 houses .afterxxard cox cred more than ac 

 acre of ground .at lid'J to |it;',o We-t I'm ' 

 -ti'eet. aii'l he also luol a ."i-acre iinrsei\ 

 in another |iart ol" the city, where lif 

 L;rexv roses .and other hardx stock. Hi- 

 knowledge of luu't icult uial sub.jt'ct- x\a~ 

 so thorough that he soon became an ;ir 

 knoxvledyed authority on smdi matter-. 

 lie retired from business some xear- 

 ■A'j.11. He is surxixcd by his xxil'e. by one 

 daughter. .Mrs. K. .1. .Stapleton, .and li\ 

 txvo sons. 



Stephen Taplin 's brother, .lames Tap 

 Iin. x\ ho died in I^l'L', was .also promi 

 nent in the tr.ade, and Axas the fathei' 



of Ihr hildreii ax ho became wtdl 



known in horticultural cir<les. One of 

 the three is .lames S. Taplin, now with 

 .siebrei lit iV Son. at New K'oclielle, \. 

 \.: ;inothei- is W. H. Taplin, superiii 

 teiidenf for I >,a illedouze liros., at Hrook 

 Ixn, and the third is Mrs. K. T. b'oyl.. 

 for xears ;tss(icj,a te editor ol' the li'ur:i| 

 New ^■ol•|^e|•. . 



