MABCH 2, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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As the organizer and first president 

 of the Oakland Golf Club, Mr. Taylor 

 gave a part of his estate at Bayside, 

 which .-was /known as the Oaks, to the 

 club to ' be uSed as part of tbe course. 

 He was alSoi one of the organizers of 

 All Saints' Episcopal Church in Flush- 

 ing. Besides, he was a member of the 

 ll[niversity, Lawyers', New York Flo- 

 rists ', Niantic and New York Athletic 

 clubs, Cornucopia Lodge, F. and A. M., 

 and the New York Horticultural 

 Society. 



Mr. Taylor was a nephew of William 

 Taylor, proprietor of the St. Denis 

 Hotel, and a cousin of Charles Leigh 

 Taylor, proprietor of the Hotel Marti- 

 nique. He is survived by a widow and 

 two children of his first wife, Mrs. 

 Adele A. Manning and Beginald Taylor. 



S. J. Galloway. 



A report has just been received of the 

 death of S. J. Galloway, well known 

 in the trade as a grower of hardy 

 herbaceous plants and perennials, at 

 Eaton, O. The funeral services were 

 held on Sunday afternoon, February 26. 



Robert Bodden. ^ 



Eobert Eodden, a florist in Newton 

 <'enter, Mass., and a stallholder in the 

 Boston Cooperative Flower Market, died 

 suddenly from convulsions February 18. 

 Mr. EoVlden visited the flower market 

 in Boston ouly two days before his 

 <leath. He was, for a number of years 

 before going into commercial floricul- 

 ture, gardener on the Schlesinger estate 

 in Brookline, Mass. 



F. K. Phoenix. 



Fran\lin Kelsey Phccnix, one of the 

 pioneer nurserymen of the United 

 States, died recently at his home in 

 Delavan, Wis., at the age of 86 years. 

 He was born in Ferry, Genesee county, 

 N. Y., in March, 1825. Twelve years 

 later, in March, 1837, he removed with 

 his parents to Wisconsinj and in the 

 spring of 1842 he began his long career 

 as a nurseryman at Delavan. In 1852 

 he founded a branch nursery at Bloom- 

 ington, 111. This new business received 

 almost his entire attention for twenty- 

 five years, was developed into a large 

 establishment and was afterward con- 

 <lucted for a time by his son, F. S. 

 Phoenix. In 1877 the elder Mr. Phoenix 

 withdrew from the Bloomington busi- 

 ness and, after four years of rest, re- 

 sumed the management of the Delavan 

 nursery, with which he continued his 

 active connection until a few years 

 before his death. 



In 1850 he married Miss M. E. Top- 

 ping, of Darien, Wis. Of their family 

 of four sons and two daughters, only 

 the second son, F. S., already men- 

 tioned, has taken special interest in 

 horticultural pursuits. 



Hopkinsville, Ky.— T. L. Metcalfe 

 was painfully, though not seriously in- 

 jured in a wreck on the Tennessee Cen- 

 tral railroad, about one mile from 

 Clarksville, Tenn., February 19. Though 

 the coaches were destroyed by fire 

 within seven minutes after the wreck 

 took place, and though he was cut, 

 bruised and stunned, he succeeded in 

 rescuing three others from the flames 

 before saving himself. Mr. Metcalfe 

 has greenhouses at Madisonville, Ky.; 

 Jackson, Tenn.; Clarksville, Tenn., and 

 Springfield, Tenn., as well as in this 

 city. He is also proprietor of the Hop- 

 kinsville Steam Laundry. 



Portland, Ore.— S. W. Walter is erect- 

 ing a greenhouse at 1109 East Twenty- 

 ninth street. 



Dows, la^ — Shaffer & Larson, proprie- 

 tors of the Dows Greenhouses, are plan- 

 ning to erect another greenhouse in 

 the coming spring. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — James E. Beaeh 

 has purchased property with a frontage 

 of 100 feet on North avenue and ad- 

 joining his greenhouse property on Park 

 avenue. 



Stockbridge, Mass. — C. S. Mellen is 

 having plans made for a large green- 

 house which is to be erected during 

 the coming summer at his country place. 

 Council Grove. 



Tarrytown, N. Y. — E. W. Neubrand, 

 secretary of the Tarrytown Horticul- 

 tural Society, announces that the fall 

 show of the organization will be held 

 October 31 to November 2. 



Bochester, N. Y. — George J. Morgan, 

 of 211 Lexington avenue, who formerly 

 made a specialty of growing salvia, 

 aster and petunia plants, has sold the 

 business to David McGregor. 



Edlnburg, Ind. — Mrs. Thomas Wood- 

 ard has been extremely busy this winter 

 and she is planning to double the 

 capacity of her place, so as to be able 

 to meet the increasing demands of her 

 trade. 



Hillsdale, Mich. — Carl Hirsch, propri- 

 etor of Hillsdale Floral Park, recently 

 submitted to a dangerous operation for 

 appendicitis and double rupture. He 

 believes he is now on the road to entire 

 recovery. 



Canton, O. — N. M. Bassinger, who 

 several years ago was connected with 

 the trade in Calla, O., has now made 

 arrangements to engage in the bulb and 

 plant business at 1339 Logan avenue, in 

 this city. 



Marshalltown, la. — I. 0. Kemble has 

 purchased four acres of ground known 

 as the Louis Diesing property, near 

 the end of North Third street, and ex- 

 pects to use it eventually for the ex- 

 tension of his business. 



Joplin, Mo.— A friend of H. A. Hall, 

 of this city, sends the following report: 

 ' ' January 26 was a sad day for Mr. 

 Hall and his family. The boys were 

 bringing the cow home after school — 

 an everyday duty — and, knowing the 

 cow to be gentle, they tied the rope 

 around the youngest one's waist. The 

 cow became frightened and dashed 

 down the street at full speed, dragging 

 the youngster to death." 



Davenport, la. — ^James W. Davis, who 

 has been successfully conducting the 

 establishment formerly known as the 

 Danacher greenhouses, on upper Brady 

 street, finds that he is likely to be 

 crowded out of that locality by the di- 

 vision of the property into city lots. 

 He is therefore planning to erect a 

 range of greenhouses elsewhere, prob- 

 ably at Bettendorf, near this city, 

 though at last report he had not fully 

 decided. 



Port Huron, Mich. — Thomas Jowett 

 has nearly completed his new green- 

 house. 



Smithtown Branch, N. Y. — E. G, Lud- 

 der announces the arrival of a "new 

 and only daughter." 



Los Angeles, Cal. — A local newspaper 

 states that ' ' a yellow poinsettia blos- 

 som, a freak that grew on an ordinary 

 poinsettia plant, was recently presented 

 to the chamber of commerce by E. A. 

 De Camp, of 4504 Russell avenue." 



Newport, Ky. — Anton Hummel has 

 purchased the establishment formerly 

 owned by the late H. D. Edwards, on 

 Alexandria pike, near Fort Thomas. 

 The place includes two greenhouses, 

 close to St. Stephen's cemetery. 



Danielson, Conn. — A recent fire on 

 the property of W. J. Schoonman, the 

 North street florist, caused a loss 

 amounting to between $300 and $400, 

 chiefly in the barn and its contents. 

 The greenhouses were unharmed. 



Albany, N. Y.— W. J. Roberts has re- 

 sumed the personal management of his 

 establishment at 259 First street, which 

 has been leased to others since May, 

 1907. Prior to that date, Mr. Roberts 

 had conducted the business for many 

 years. 



Gasport, N. Y.— White Bros, say the 

 report that they had sold their green- 

 houses here is incorrect. The range is 

 still in their possession and will be oper- 

 ated in connection with a new range 

 that they expect to build this summer 

 at Medina, N. Y. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — Rudolph Mauers- 

 berger, who for the last four years has 

 been gardener and florist at Stoneover, 

 in Lenox, has leased the greenhouses 

 and grounds connected with Miss Hall 's 

 school, on the Holmes road, and will 

 engage in business for himself. 



Bangor, Me.— Mr, and Mrs. A. J. 

 Loder, who for many years were resi- 

 dents of Pittsfield, Me., have removed 

 to this city, where Mr. Loder purchased 

 the business of Carl Beers some months 

 ago. It is umderstood, however, that 

 Mr. Loder will continue to operate his 

 range of greenhouses at Pittsfield. 



Eldora, la. — James M. Pierce, owner 

 of the Iowa Homestead and one of the 

 proprietors of the J. S. Polland Floral 

 Co., has purchased seventeen acres of 

 ground in the north part of the city 

 and will build a handsome residence. 

 The Polland Co. recently completed the 

 erection of a large range of green- 

 houses. 



Saddle Biver, N. J.— John G. Esler, 

 secretary of the Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation, whose injury in a street car 

 collision was reported in a recent issue 

 of The Review, made the trip from 

 New York hospital to his home Feb- 

 ruary 21. He arrived without sustain- 

 ing any added injury and is able to 

 attend to oflice work with the aid of a 

 pair of crutches. An auto ride home 

 was an antidote to his hospital ex- 

 perience. 



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