Skptbmbeb 8, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



OBITUABY. 



Lyman B. Craw. 



Universal sorrow will follow the an- 

 nouncement of the death, September 1, 

 of Lyman B. Craw at his home at 

 Irvington, N. Y. His demise was not 

 unexpected by those in position to keep 

 in touch with him, for he had been ill 

 for more than two years. He realized 

 probably more fully than anyone else 

 that his time was short and put his 

 affairs in order, but never spoke of the 

 future except in the most hopeful way. 

 No man ever "wrapped the mantle of 

 his couch about him and lay down to 

 pleasant dreams" with greater thought- 

 fulness for those about him. 



Lyman Burnham Craw was born 

 forty years ago and his entire business 

 career was with the Lord & Burnham 

 Co. Beginning in the bookkeeping de- 

 partment at the age of 17, by the time 

 he had become 30 he had risen to be 

 secretary of the company and its gen- 

 eral sales manager. He continued in 

 charge of the New York office for 

 nearly ten years, during which time he 

 gained a wide acquaintance and made 

 many warm friendships in the trade. 

 He understood every detail of green- 

 house architecture and construction, and 

 his foresightedness was noteworthy both 

 as relates to the affairs of his company 

 and those of the trade at large. 



Mr. Craw was a great lover of flowers 

 and horticulture. His artistic and at- 

 tractive house and grounds at Irvington 

 show his knowledge of, and affection for, 

 decorative landscape work. The home 

 in which he was forced to leave his 

 wife and little girl is indeed lovely. 

 There gathered on Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 3, a large number of business asso- 

 ciates, friends and neighbors, to pay 

 the last respect to one who had held the 

 respect of all in life. There were many 

 beautiful floral tributes. 



Edward Morrison. 



Edward Morrison, a nurseryman of 

 Dansville, N. Y., died August 28 at his 

 home on Health street, at the age of 

 60 years. He was a former street com- 

 missioner and a member of the C. M. 

 P. A. He is survived by his wife, two 

 sons and one daughter, besides a 

 brother and sister, who live in New 

 York. 



Charles Schramm. 



Charles Schramm, of Toledo, O., a son 

 of one of the pioneer florists of that 

 city, died August 30 at his home, 1315 

 Cherry street, as a result of paralysis 

 of the left side. He was 40 years old. 

 With his brother, Benjamin Schramm, 

 he took over his father's business some 

 years ago. The other brother died less 

 than three months ago. 



Mrs. Charles E. Wingate. 



Mrs. Addie R. Wingate, wife of 

 Charles E. Wingate, of Lawrence, 

 Mass., died at her home, 8 Fulton 

 street, September 1, at the age of 59 

 years. She had been ill for about ten 

 months. She was born in Lower Bart- 

 lett, N. H., March 7, 1851, and was a 

 daughter of Judge G. W. N. Pitman. 

 After graduating from Fryeburg Acad- 

 emy, in Fryeburg, Me., and spending a 

 few years in teaching near her native 

 place, she removed to Lawrence thirty- 

 four years ago. She is survived by 

 her husband, by three daughters, Mrs. 

 Frank V. Thompson, of Boston; Mrs. 



Lyman B. Craw. 



Frank G. Murch, and Miss Willa Win- 

 gate, of Lawrence; and by four sons, 

 Edward, of Louisville, Ky.; Thomas 

 Moses and Ray Wingate and Joseph 

 Leon Wingate, all of Lawrence. 



IMPATIENS SULTANI. 



Last season I grew some sultan 's im- 

 patiens, but the plants did not branch 

 as freely as they should. D'o they re- 

 quire to be kept pinched back? Some 

 time ago I noticed an ad from Schmidt 

 & Botley, in which they call attention 

 to some new colors in impatiens. I can- 

 not find their address. Can you supply 

 itf H. E. D. G. 



I presume you refer to Impatiens 

 Sultani, commonly called sultan's or 

 Zanzibar balsam. Of I. Sultani sepa- 

 rate shades of rosy scarlet and pink 

 are offered in a number of seed cata- 

 logues. I. Holstii can be procured either 

 in its original color, a rich vermilion 

 scarlet, or in mixed shades of color. 

 All these impatiens make excellent pot 

 plants. They also succeed well in the 

 outside borders in summer, especially 

 where they can get a slight shade. At 

 some seaside resorts they are popular 

 bedding plants, being notably well done 

 at Bar Harbor, Me. They are improved 

 by judicious pinching. The tops are 

 easily rooted and soon make nice 

 plants. Some growers offer as many as 

 four separate shades of I. Sultani. 



The address of Schmidt & Botley is 

 Springfield, O. C. W. 



Bowmanvllle, Ont. — S. J. Jackman 

 is building several new greenhouses to 

 take care of his increasing business. 



ALBANY, N.Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Albany 

 Florists' Club was held in the evening 

 of September 2, with President Fred 

 Goldring in the chair. The minutes of 

 the previous meeting were read by Sec- 

 retary F. A. Danker, and passed. Dis- 

 cussions followed. 



William Sanders, grower for H. G. 

 Ayres, brought a specimen of asters to 

 be named, and it was decided by Sam 

 Goldring to be the old Victoria, now so 

 difficult to obtain. There was a conun- 

 drum for the boys in the shape of two 

 specimens of poinsettias, grown under 

 exactly similar conditions; one was 

 sick, the other healthy. Each member 

 passed on it, agreeing it was an inter- 

 esting subject and one for an expert. 

 It was finally decided to send to Cornell 

 for an opinion. 



President Goldring encouraged the 

 idea of a question box, stating that it 

 stimulated interest in the meetings. He 

 has rounded out a long term of service, 

 with a record of never missing a meet- 

 ing, though he lives out in the country. 



It was decided to hold a fall show on 

 even a larger scale than the one of last 

 year, which was the first and a most 

 successful one from every point of view. 

 Committees were appointed and will at 

 once get to work. 



Walter Mott, of the Yuess Gardens 

 Co., was a visitor and gave a talk on 

 convention matters and visits to the 

 aster fields. M. 



Greenwich, Conn. — Robert Cummings, 

 who had been employed by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Cochran, of Yonkers, N. Y., for 

 thirty-five years, has taken a position 

 as gardener for Mrs. Bowen here. 



