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The Florists' Review 



April 2, 1914. 



Poehlmann, of Chicago; A. N. Pierson, 

 of Cromwell, Conn.; W. F. Kasting, of 

 Buffalo; J. 'J. Hess, of Omaha; Joseph 

 Heacock,.-of Wyncote^ Pa.; A. Faren- 

 wald, of Roslyn,Pa.; W. H. Elliott, of 

 .BostonL.deo. ^.-Dennison, of -San Fran- 

 cisco; W. A. Glide, of Washington, p. 

 GI; Philip Breitmeyer, of Detroit; 

 Gigorge Asmus, of Chicago, and Prof. A. 

 C; Beall, o| Ithaca, N. Y. 

 > J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY 



Chas. M. Newman. 



jChas. M. Newman, for many years 

 in the trade at Charleston, S. C., com- 

 mitted suicide March 18 by shooting 

 himself in the temple with a revolver. 

 In a letter which he left to his wife 

 and children he gave business reverses 

 as the cause of his act. 



'■ Mr. Newman for a number of years 

 conducted the Carolina Floral Store, 

 at 339 King street, and greenhouses at 

 Ateeting and Romney streets. He is 

 reported to have made a big success 

 of this business and about two years 

 ago sold out and returned with his 

 family to Germany, where he was 

 born. He recently came back to 

 cHarleston and then went to Tampa, 

 Fla., where he engaged in business. 

 This venture did not prove a success 

 and he returned to Charleston with 

 his family the first part of March. It 

 is said that he was considering two 

 offers at the time of his death. One 

 was at Columbus, Ga., and the other 

 was to take charge of the proposed 

 Accabee cemetery at Charleston. 



Mr. Newman is survived by a widow 

 and two children, a son and a daugh- 

 ter. He was about 50 years old. He 

 was a member of several orders, includ- 

 ing the German Turnverein, the Ger- 

 man Friendly Society and Franklin 

 Lodge of Masons. 



C. F. Christensen. 



C. F. Christensen, in business at Egg- 

 ertsville, N. Y., died March 27 at his 

 home in Williamsville, N. Y. He was 

 one of the pioneer florists of Buffalo, 

 having begun business many years ago 

 with the late N. J. Palmer and William 

 Scott. "He had a greenhouse on Dela- 

 ware avenue, Buffalo, for a long time 

 and then removed to Eggertsville, 

 where he went into business extensive- 

 ly as a grower. He leaves one son, 

 Charles F. Christensen, who will carry 

 on the business. His loss is greatly 

 felt by all who knew him. 



Francis Walker. 



The Eev. Francis Walker, one of the 

 oldest ministers in the Indiana Metho- 

 dist Episcopal Conference, for thirty- 

 nine years at the head of the nursery 

 and florists' business of Francis Walker 

 & Co., in Louisville and New Albany, 

 died March 25 at his home on the 

 Charlestown ?oad, a mile from New Al- 

 bany, Ind. He had been ill for ten 

 days of an ulceration of the stomach. 

 Up to the time of his last illness he had 

 been in excellent health and continued 

 the supervision of his business up to 

 the time that he was compelled to take 

 his bed. 



The Rev. Mr. Walker was 83 years 

 " of age. He was a native of New Rich- 

 mond, 0., where he was born October 



23, 1831. His father died while he was 

 young and with his mother and brother 

 he moved to Illinois, where he' r^m'ained 

 a Jt'evK years, returning to J»fe.w Rich- 

 mond to attend Clermont Academy, at 

 that time a noted institution. . Later 

 he attended_ Ohio Wesleyan University. 

 He removed to New Albany in early ■^ 

 manhood with his mother and in 1853 

 was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth 

 Graham, a member of a pioneer l^ew 

 Albany family. He joined the Indiana 

 Methodist Episcopal Conference in 1^58 

 and began his ministerial work in Pa,oli. 

 His total ministerial work covered a 

 period of twenty-two years. i 



The Rev. Mr. Walker is survived! by 

 his wife and nine children. The faniily 

 has had a remarkable record for health, 

 there having been no deaths in a group 

 of eleven members in forty-five ye^rs. 

 The children are Herbert Walker,; of 

 Louisville, who has for many years 

 been the retail manager of the florists' 

 business; Ferdinand, Clarence, the Rev. 

 Dr. John M. Walker and Earl Walker, 

 of New Albany; Ernest Walker, of Au- 

 burn, Ala.; Francis Walker, of Wil- 

 mette, 111., and Misses Abbie and Har- 

 riet Walker, who have made their home 

 with their parents. 



August Kunkel. • 



After an illness, of, six months, Au- 

 ,gust Ki\nkel died, March 3l, at his home 

 in Chicago. Mr. Kunkel; was. .repre- 

 jsentatiye of the-^gJieat body of the 

 ;tr^de in any large city^— quiet, unas- 

 .svinxingjf but,, doing a considerable busi- 

 ness jjithe 8ecti,on_of the town con- 

 tigjioHS to fiis retail "flower stbre, ■w,tich 

 *for a doz en yea rs had be en located at 

 1058 West Chicago avenue. Mr. Kun- 

 kel was r<>6 'ytf^Vs' of 'ftge. He leaves 

 a widow .and six grown children, the 

 family assisting "in -th'fe' management of 

 . the- store. - - ■ « ;' 



Charles J. Precht. 



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Chas. J. Precht, 46 years of age, sop 

 of Theodore and the late Marie 

 .Precht, died suddenly Wednesday, 

 March 25, at Baltimore, Md. He was 

 buried Friday, March 27, at 3 p. m. in 

 Western cemetery. Mr. Precht re- 

 sided with his, father, at 2001 Sling- 

 luff avenue, wlhere th^y: wfre engaged 

 in business together.. ,T^9^ father is 

 one of thfe' oldest' norist^"'of^.'Bal'tjmore, 

 having. been . i^ -.busijgeps. tpyec, forty 

 years.^." Besides his f^i^ther, .'the deceased 

 is suryiYCiJ " by,^ ^is.. wif.e . %n<f j.pne son, 

 who are grjef .sirickpn^ Qvc their Joss. 



Mt. Clemens, Mich. — August "Von 

 Boeselager has ordered material for 

 two new greenhouses. 



Conneaut, O. — The Cummins Canning 

 Co. is planning to erect a greenhouse, 

 28x150 feet, in which to grow tomato 

 plants for farmers near by, and vege- 

 tables for market. 



Nashville, Tenn. — In connection with 

 his new establishment on Church street, 

 M, H. Skalowski will erect greenhouses 

 here to grow his own stock. He has 

 not yet definitely decided on the loca- 

 tion of the range. 



Ardmore, Pa. — ^Bids have been asked 

 for the erection of a store, greenhouse, 

 offices and apartments for the Primrose 

 Flower Shop. The building will con- 

 sist of three stories and basement and 

 will be of brick and frame construc- 

 tion, containing two office suites and 

 three apartments. 



Cleveland, O. — H. P. Merrick is in 

 charge of the office recently opened by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. in the Swetland 

 building. Through this office the com- 

 pany expects, by keeping more closely 

 in touch with the florists, to increase 

 its business in this section. The com- 

 pany is erecting a third factory, at St. 

 Catherines, Ont. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — Clarence D. Len- 

 non has sold his interest in the Broad- 

 way greenhouse to his brother, M. E. 

 Lennon, and purchased ten acres on 

 Maiden Lane, on which he will *erect 

 about 70,000 feet of glass for growing 

 vegetables. Harris Bros., of Chicago, 

 have the contract for the heating plant, 

 and the John.C. Moninger Co., of Chi- 

 cago, has the contract for the construc- 

 tion of the houses. 



Brockton, Mass. — Elmer E. Blood 

 has made application for a permit to 

 build a greenhouse at 310 Grove street. 



Norfolk, Va.— W. J. Newton, pro- 

 prietor of the Norfolk Floral Gardens, 

 has obtained a permit for a new green- 

 house. 



Sterling, Colo. — B. C. Johnson, of the 

 Sterling Greenhouse & Gardens, has re- 

 ceived the material for another green- 

 house, which will be erected at once. It 

 will be devoted to roses. 



Putnam, Conn.— C. S. Andem is plan- 

 ning for the construction of an- 

 other greenhouse, 200 feet long, at his 

 range on the east side. His business 

 has been steadily growing, and he now 

 has a market for more than he can 

 supply with his present glass. 



Mankato, Minn. — Neil Nejlsen is pre- 

 paring to add two houses to his plant 

 on Marshall street, doubling the size 

 of his range. The houses will be each 

 34x240 feet. The contract for the con- 

 crete and masonry work, including the 

 boiler room and the smokestack, has 

 been let to a local concern, which will 

 begin at once. 



MarshaUtown, la. — James L. Den- 

 mead, cashier of the First National 

 bank, is taking up the florists' business 

 as a side line. On seven and one-half 

 acres at Railroad and Ninth streets he 

 is erecting three houses, two 28x100 

 and one 28x120; a display house, 18x56; 

 an office building and a service build- 

 ing. The whole investment, including 

 the land, amounts to about $12,000. The 

 plant is expected to be ready July 1. 

 W. S. Bell, of Lexington, Ky., has been 

 engaged as grower, and Mr. Denmead 

 will give some time to the business. 



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