Febul'auy 27, lOia. 



The Florists^ Review 



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t'iety. The following coniniittee has 

 been named to arrange for schedules, 

 prizes, kind of entries and their classes: 

 J. Allen Davis, Joseph Aumer and Willis 

 E. Blodgett. E. C. A. 



OBITUARY. 



Abraham Moltz. 



Abraham Moltz, who was well known 

 in the cut flower trade in New York 

 city, died at his home, 1178 Forty- 

 fourth street, Brooklyn, February 20, 

 at the age of 45 years. He was born 

 in Russia, but came to New York at an 

 early age. He entered the cut flower 

 business as a youth and for some years 

 carried on a business on his own ac- 

 count. He had been employed by Henry 

 M. Robinson & Co. for several months, 

 in t^te Coogan building, and had ar- 

 ranged to join Alexander J. Guttman 

 just before he was seized by his fatal 

 illness. He had been married twice and 

 leaves a widow and three children. 



Edward Boiirque. 



Edward Bourque, manager of the 

 Madison avenue store of Charles A. 

 Dards, New York city, died of pneu- 

 monia at his home in Yonkers, Febru- 

 ary 20, at the age of 49 years. He had 

 been associated with Mr. Dards for 

 thirty years and was widely known in 

 the trade, having been the buyer for 

 many years. He was a member of the 

 Royal Arcanum. He was a man of 

 pleasing personality and had hosts of 

 warm friends among the florists of the 

 city. He leaves a widow but no chil- 

 dren. 



Wm. Blacker. 



Wm. Blacker, florist and well known 

 citizen at Clearfield, Pa., dropped dead 

 of heart disease at his home, in the 

 afternoon of February 21. 



Louis Spath. 



A household name, not only in the 

 nursery trade of Germany, but of Eu- 

 rope, and familiar also to many in the 

 United States, Louis Spath has passed 

 away full of honors. His nurseries at 

 Berlin, Germany, count among the larg- 

 est in Europe and the collections of 

 trees, shrubs and plants have few 

 equals. The model and extensive nur- 

 series remain a tribute to his business 

 acumen and abilities. 



Charles Slebrecht. 



Charles Slebrecht, for thirty years a 

 florist at Winona, Minn., died Febru- 

 ary 15, by his own hand. He had been 

 in ill health for some time and was 

 complaining that day, but nothing was 

 thought of it. When he failed to ap- 



Eear for supper, search revealed his 

 ody hanging in the barn. He was 54 

 years old. 



Charles Layer. 



Chtrles Layer, of Gilman, HI., died 

 February 22, as the result of cancer of 

 the stomach. His illness had been of 

 almost two years' duration, but he had 

 been about the place until three weeks 

 ago, when he was compelled to take to 

 his bed. He had been in the business 

 for eighteen years. J. Housemann has 

 been his manager since his health 

 failed. 



Charles A. Mason. 



In the death of Charles A. Mason, a 

 well known florist and old citizen of 

 Jacksonville, Fla., sorrow will be 



Abraham Moltz. 



brought to a wide circle of friends and 

 acquaintances. The deceased had been 

 ill for a number of months. A wife is 

 the only survivor left in Jacksonville. 

 Mr. Mason was about 54 years of agt 

 and was prominently connected with 

 the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the 

 Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of 

 the World, the Loyal Order of Moose 

 and the Order of Owls. His palllearera 

 were selected from these orders. The 

 interment was in the family lot in 

 Woodlawn cemetery. 



QBEENWICH, CONN. 



The first annual supper of the West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Germania hall. New 

 Rochelle, N. Y., February 18. As was 

 expected, keen but friendly rivalry ex- 

 isted in the bowline matches that took 

 place in the afternoon. Great excite- 

 ment prevailed in the Trade versus 

 Private games. The honors were about 

 even at the finish. Competitive games 

 were also arranged among the members, 

 the championship prize going to E. Mc- 

 Kenzie. In the clash that took place 

 for county honors, Westchester came 

 out on top, with a score of 2,486 

 against 2,347. 



At 7:30 about eighty members and 

 guests took their seats at the tables 

 in the spacious hall, to partake of the 

 good things provided. A fine feature 

 of this supper was the artistic decora 

 tion of the tables, finely flowered plants 

 of Cattleya Trianap being used exten- 

 sively. These were kindly lent by the 

 Geo. E. Baldwin Co., orchid growers, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y. Boutonnieres of 

 lily of the valley were provided by J. 

 Stuart, and miniature "stars and 

 stripes" were the favors kindly do- 

 nated h^ Charles McTaggart. 



.\mong the invited guests represent- 

 ing the trade and press were noted: 

 H. A. Bunvard, Joseph H. Sperry, W. 

 E. Marshall, Thomas B. Collie, Andrew 

 Wilson, W. K. Maynard, B. Hamilton 

 (ioodsell, A. Rickards, Chas. McTaggart 

 and Andrew Kennedy, all of New York; 

 Robert Renison and Louis F. Milliot, 

 of Yonkers. N. Y.; M. C. Ebel, Madi- 

 son, N. J.; Edward Neubrand, of Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.; Wm, Scott, of Elmsford, 

 X. Y.; Thomas Wade, of New Rochelle, 

 N. Y. 



President Robt. Williamson intro- 

 duced as toastniaster for the evening 

 .John M. Brown, of Stamford, Conn., 

 who handled the office with his usual 

 ability and tact. 



In response to the request of the 

 toastmaster, short addresses were made 

 by the diflFerent representatives of the 

 trade and press. M. C. Ebel spoke for 

 the National Gardeners' Association 

 and the International Flower Show; R. 

 Renison, for the Yonkers Horticultural 

 Society; H. A. Bunyard, for the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society; Joseph H. 

 Sperry, for the press. Speeches were 

 also made, of a congratulatory and 

 humorous nature, by F. E. Coninej H. A. 

 Bunyard, P. Hamilton Goodsell, Charles 

 McTaggart, W. E. Maynard, W. E. 

 Marshall, Edward Neubrand, A. Rick- 

 ards, Geo. E. Baldwin, William Scott, 

 President Robert Williamson, Ex-presi- 

 dent J. Stuart and Secretary J. B. Mc- 

 Ardle, which the company approved of 

 in a vociferous manner. 



The proceedings were enlivened dur- 

 ing the evening with songs by H. Wild, 

 J. M. Brown, O. A. Hunwick and A. 

 Rickards. 



Before closing, cheers were called for 

 President Williamson, Ex-president 

 Stuart, Secretary McArdle and the 

 toastmaster; also for "Our Noble 

 Selves." O. A. H. 



