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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Januart 18, 1912. 



ing committees: Essay committee, Will- 

 iam Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa., and Robert 

 Tyson, Convent, N. J. Exhibition 

 committee, Xavier E. E. Schmitt, Phila- 

 delphia, and James Bell, New York. 

 The duties of these committees are to 

 provide suitable exhibits and papers 

 at the executive meetings of the organ- 

 ization, which it was decided will be 

 held quarterly. The next meeting will 

 be held in Philadelphia at Horticul- 

 tural hall, April 15. 



Among those present were: Thomas 

 W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; John Shore, 

 Harrison, N. Y.; John F. Huss, Hart- 

 ford, Conn.; William Kleinheinz, 

 Ogontz, Pa.; Carl Schaeflfer, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y.; M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; 

 James Bell, New York; Xavier E. E. 

 Schmitt, Philadelphia; Ed. C. Trethe- 

 wey, Yonkers, N. Y.; Robert Tyson, 

 Convent, N. J.; Wm. E. Maynard, New 

 York; T. J. Kempton, Baychester, N. Y., 

 and Peter DuflF, Orange, N. J. 



M. C. Ebel, Sec'y. 



MISSOUBI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



H. C. Irish, superintendent of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, at St. 

 Louis, gave an interesting lecture be- 

 fore the Engelmann Botanical Club, of 

 St. Louis, on "The New Range of 

 Plant Houses to Be Erected at the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden This Year. ' ' 

 The houses are designed to compare 

 with the largest exhibition houses of 

 the world. They undoubtedly will be 

 the first of the kind in this country. 

 The various plans were shown, which 

 enabled the members and visitors to 

 get a clear interpretation of these mas- 

 sive houses for the cultivation of 

 plants. 



The range, as a whole, will be in 

 the form of a quadrangle. The main 

 houses will face the main entrance to 

 the garden. The center house, which 

 will be devoted to the cultivation of 

 tropical palms, is 112 feet long, eighty 

 feet wide and sixty feet high, the rooL 

 being of curvilinear architecture. Th^ 

 main entrance will approach the center 

 house by an ornamental vestibule, ar- 

 tistically supported by a half dozen mas- 



sive columns. Directly opposite this 

 entrance, on the west, will be an exit 

 somewhat similar to the entrance, only 

 the visitors will be confronted by a 

 formal garden, enclosed by the wings 

 of the quadrangle. 



The ends of the palm house, north 

 and south, are ninety-four feet long, 

 forty-seven feet wide and thirty-five 

 feet high. This, included with the 

 palm house, will give a frontage of 

 300 feet. Connected with the ends 

 are the wings running west. These are 

 135 feet long, thirty-four feet wide and 

 twenty-seven feet high and are divided 

 into two sections. An interesting fea- 

 ture is the ground elevation, which is 

 seven feet lower than the main houses. 

 A series of steps will connect the 

 houses, aflfording visitors an excellent 

 view looking from the main houses 

 through the wings. 



The heating plant will be located 

 about 400 feet north of the plant houses. 

 Two steam boilers, each with a capacity 

 of 100 horse-power, will be the medium 

 for supplying the heat. These will be 

 connected to the houses by means of a 

 surface tunnel six feet wide and eight 

 feet high. 



The contract for these extensive con- 

 servatories is in the hands of the well 

 known firm, Pierson U-Bar Co., of New 

 York. The contract calls for the com- 

 pletion of the building by October 1, 

 1912. 



After the lecture a series of lantern 

 slides, picturing the greenhouses of 

 Kew Gardens, London, were shown for 

 comparison, by G. H. Pring, of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. P. H. G. 



OBITUARY. 



Joseph Stainel. 



Joseph Stainel, aged 68 years, for 

 several years a resident of Omaha, 

 Neb., and Council Bluffs, la., and at 

 one time owner of one of the largest 

 florists' establishments in the Tri- 

 Oities, was found dead on the morn- 

 ing of January 8, at 801 North Six- 

 teenth street, Omaha, where he had 



Mr. and Mrs. W. A, LuD, New Berlin, N. Y. 



been rooming for some time. He had 

 been taken ill four days previously 

 and had been confined to his room. 

 No doctor attended him. When the 

 chambermaid went into his room she 

 found his lifeless body. 



John Balph. 



John Ralph, one of the most success- 

 ful florists of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 

 died January 7, at his home on Wood- 

 lawn avenue. His health had been 

 somewhat impaired since the sudden 

 death of his son, John L, several yearrf 

 ago. He had, however, been able to 

 attend to business. Early this fall he 

 suffered from an attack of pneumonia, 

 and this greatly weakened him. About 

 a week previous to his death his heart 

 became affected. 



Mr. Ralph was a native of the town- 

 ship of Alice, Province of Ontario, 

 Canada. Thirty-six years ago he moved 

 to Saratoga Springs and almost imme- 

 diately engaged in the florists' trade. 

 He built up his at first small business 

 by honest, upright methods, until he 

 became one of the really substantial 

 men of the village. He was a member 

 of High Rock Council, No. 652, Royal 

 Arcanum, and of the Immediate Relief 

 Association of the council. He was 

 also a member of the Albany Florists' 

 Club. He is survived by his wife and 

 three daughters, the Misses Mary, 

 Katherine and Margaret, all of Sara- 

 toga Springs. 



Thomas Oalvin. 



Thomas Galvin, one of the first men 

 to establish a florist's business in New- 

 port, R. I,, died at his home in that 

 city, Friday afternoon, January 12, at 

 the advanced age of 86 years. He was 

 born in Ireland, February 21, 1826, and 

 came to America when only 10 years 

 of age. He secured employment with 

 a gardener on one orf the big estates 

 near New York and after a few years 

 went into business for himself, later 

 removing to Boston, and about sixty 

 years ago took up his residence at 

 Newport. He established a small flo- 

 rist's business, which grew until at .his 

 death he had an extensive place at the 

 corner of Spring and Dearborn streets. 

 His home was on the same property. 

 He was twice married. His first wife 

 was Mary Kelly, of Newport, and they 

 had six children, of whom two survive. 

 His second wife was Mary Nicholson, 

 of New York, who survives with two 

 daughters. He was uncle of Thomas 

 Galvin, the widely known florist in 

 Boston. 



Thomas Molden. 



Thomas Molden, one of the oldest 

 and best known gardeners in Newport, 

 R. I., died at Middletown, R. I., 

 January 10. He was born in the county 

 of Fermanagh, Ireland, October 28, 

 1838. He came to America in 1855, 

 and shortly afterwards became a gar- 

 dener's assistant on an estate at Hay- 

 densville, Mass. In 1863 he removed to 

 Newport, wnere he was a gardener on 

 promiinent estates for many years. A 

 year ago last October Mr. and Mrs. 

 Molden celebrated their golden wed- 

 ding. He leaves a widow and three 

 sons. 



IN HIS EIQHTY-FntST YEAE. 



The photograph here reproduced was 

 taken in the conservatory of W. A. 

 Lull, of New Berlin, N. Y,, and shows 

 Mr. and Mrs, Lull standing just inside 

 the doorway. Their attitude in the 



