January 9, 1013. 



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ber. of large decorations at the down- 

 town hotels and clubs for New Year's 

 €ve. J. J. B. 



OBITUARY. 



John T. Temple. 



John T. Temple, the veteran Daven- 

 port florist, fell dead Saturday after- 

 noon, January 4, at Oakdale cemetery, 

 where he had been attending the funer- 

 al of a friend. 



Mr. Temple had been in good health 

 80 far as known, but had had frequent 

 attacks of heart failure. This is thought 

 to have been the cause of death. He 

 had been a resident of Davenport for 

 many years and was widely known. 



Mr. Temple was born in Manchester, 

 England, March 7, 1844, and came to 

 America with his parents when a small 

 boy. After working several years with 

 a florist in the east, his father bought 

 a tract of five acres near Little's 

 Grove, la., and three years later took 

 up residence in Davenport. On the 

 death of his father in 1862, John T. 

 Temple took up his work and soon be- 

 came known as one of the leading flo- 

 rists in his vicinity. For several years 

 he held the position of president of the 

 "Tri-City Florists' Association, and on 

 the organization of the Society of Iowa 

 Florists, at Des Moines, July 1, 1903, 

 he was chosen, as the state's most 

 prominent florist, to be the first presi- 

 dent. The portrait on this page is the 

 •one which appeared in The Eeview at 

 that time; it probably is 20 years old, 

 but was his favorite photograph. Mr. 

 Temple was a member of nearly all the 

 trade societies and a regular convention 

 attendant. He served a term as direct- 

 or of the S. A. F. and for years was a 

 •director in the Florists' Hail Associa- 

 tion. He also belonged to many local 

 bodies, including the Volunteer Fire- 

 men, the K. of P. and the I. O. O. F. 

 December 30, 1868, he was united in 

 marriage with Miss Josephine Ahern, 

 who passed away in 1906. Surviving 

 are only two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Gay- 

 man and Mrs. Louise Downs. 



Funeral services were held privately 

 Tuesday, January 7, at the home of 

 Mrs. Downs, followed by public serv- 

 ices at Trinity cathedral. There was 

 a large attendance and a wealth of 

 flowers. Practically all the florists of 

 the Tri-Cities were present in a body. 

 Interment was at Pine Hill cemetery. 



Mis. Jas. Murdoch. 



Mrs. Margaret Murdoch died Decem- 

 ber 31, aged 71 years. Mrs. Murdoch 

 was the widow of James Murdoch, one 

 of the old-time florists of Pittsburgh. 

 For many years they were on Smith- 

 field street, with greenhouses and nurs- 

 ery on Squirrel Hill. Mrs. Murdoch 

 presented the city with what is known 

 as the Murdoch entrance to Schenley 

 park and the name has been associated 

 with the florists ' business of Pittsburgh 

 for more than fifty years. There are 

 three surviving sons, two of whom 

 are still in the business, Jas. B. Mur- 

 doch and W. B. Murdoch, who have a 

 wholesale house on Ninth street, with 

 greenhouses at Canonsburg, Pa. 



Bobert B. Hoon. 



Robert B. Hoon, the well-known flo- 

 rist and market gardener, died suddenly 

 at his home in Mercer, Pa. He had 

 been in poor health for several years, 

 the result of a stroke of paralysis. He 



John T. Temple. 



had not been feeling well for several 

 days and experienced considerable 

 trouble with his heart, but his condition 

 was not such as to cause any uneasiness. 

 He had spent the greater part of his 

 life in Mercer and was respected by 

 everybody. He was an elder in the 

 Second Presbyterian church. He was 

 married three times, and is survived by 

 his wife, two sons and one daughter. 



James W. McNary. 



James W. McNary, one of the pro- 

 prietors of the Dayton & Xenia Nurs- 

 eries and an influential resident of 

 Dayton, O., for some years, passed 

 away at his residence, 215 Summit 

 street, Dayton, December 31. He had 

 been gradually failing in health for 

 several years. Two days previous to 

 his death he was attacked with pneu- 

 monia, and this complication culmi- 

 nated in his death. He was born in 

 Harrison county, Ohio, March 1, 1857, 

 and had been engaged in the nursery 

 business for years. He was at one time 

 connected with the firm of Hoover & 

 Gaines, west of Dayton. Surviving him 

 are his widow and three small children, 

 Helen, James and Robert McNary. 



B. J. Wakeman. 



Bradford J. Wakeman, of B. J. Wake- 

 man & Co., the nursery firm of Che- 

 banse. 111., died at his home near Che- 

 banse, December 21, at the age of 71 

 years. He was a son of James H. Wake- 

 man, who conducted a nursery in that 

 vicinity in the Iftte fifties. 



Bradford Wakeman was born at 

 Elmhurst, HI. In 1861 he enlisted as a 

 musician in the Thirty-third Regiment 

 Illinois Infantry and was soon pro- 

 moted to ' 'chief fif er, "in which ca- 

 pacity he served during the entire Civil 

 war and participated in many of its 



important battles. After being mus- 

 tered out, he settled at Chebanse and 

 married Etta Root, and since then he 

 had been active in the promotion of 

 his business interests. He leaves to 

 mourn his loss, besides his wife, two 

 sons, George and Oliver, of Chebanse, 

 and three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ballard 

 and Mrs. Emily Sykes, of that place, 

 and Mrs. August Erickson, of Kan- 

 kakee. 



William J. Young. 



William J. Young, one of the pionee# 

 florists in the Philadelphia district, died 

 January 3, at the home of his son, W. 

 J. Young, Jr., in Germantown. He was 

 77 years of age. The funeral was held ; 

 January 6 and was largely attended, j 

 there being many flowers. 



D. L. Dalgleish. / 



David Laidley Dalgleish, for maify 

 years a greenhouse builder and carjJen- 

 ter contractor at Milwaukee, Wis., 

 passed away at his home, 264 Twenty- 

 seventh street, on the morning of De- 

 cember 25. He was born at Selkirk, 

 Scotland, September 30, 1843, and made 

 his home at Milwaukee in 1872. He 

 has been an active member in Scottish 

 gatherings. He is survived by his wife 

 and three sons, Alec, David and Ben, 

 and four daughters, Mrs. C. H. Johnann- 

 sen, Elizabeth and Helen Dalgleish and 

 Mrs. Walter Bender. 



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Hampton, Tenn.— The Hampton Ever- 

 green Co. states that it is no longer in 

 the greens business. 



Normal, HI. — Robert M. Dale, former- 

 ly in business at Bloomington, 111., is 

 now at 1007 North Linden street, in 

 this town. He has erected three green- 

 houses, one of them for violets, an- 

 other for general stock, and the thircl 

 I for vegetable plants. 



