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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



25 



when he purchased ^the AUenwood 

 Greenhouses from T. J. Allen. Mr. Linn 

 was highly respected in the trade and 

 out of it, and will be greatly missed by 

 all his acquaintances. He is survived 

 by his wife and a large family of 

 children. 



Mr. Linn's funeral was held May 19, 

 from the residence in Finleyville, there 

 being a large quantity of flowers and 

 an attendance of almost 3,000 people. 



Peter 0. Wilson. 



Peter C. Wilson, who for twenty- 

 seven years had been employed as su- 

 perintendent for James Weir, Jr., & 

 Son, at Fifth avenue and Twenty-fifth 

 street, Brooklyn, N. Y., died May 10 at 

 his home, 263 Ninth street, Brooklyn, 

 at the age of 68 years. He had been 

 confined to his home for the last five 

 months by rheumatism and a complica- 

 tion of diseases. He was born in Man- 

 hattan, June 21, 1843. He had belonged 

 to Putnam Engine Co., Volunteer Fire- 

 men, and was the first president of the 

 Putnam Club, which was organized 

 after the fire company's dissolution and 

 which met at Third avenue and Twenty- 

 fifth street and was once a power in 

 the Eighth Ward. He was the treas- 

 urer of the Brooklyn Veteran Volun- 

 teer Firemen's Association at the time 

 of his death and belonged to the So- 

 ciety of Old Brooklynites. He is sur- 

 vived by Mrs. Wilson, and by two sons, 

 Harry and Frank. 



William McMurray. 



William McMurray, of Wapakoneta, 

 O., passed away May 19, following an 

 attack of heart failure. Mr. McMur- 

 ray 's health had not been of the best 

 during the last year or more, but the 

 members of the family were not pre- 

 pared for the end so soon. The de- 

 ceased was the son of Joseph and Mary 

 McMurray. He was born April 10, 

 1858. His parents died early in Mr. 

 McMurray 's life, and several brothers 

 and sisters also passed away when Mr. 

 McMurray was young, so that he is. the 

 last member of the family. June 29, 

 1879, he was united in marriage with 

 Bachel Shawber, and to this union were 

 born three children, namely Mary Mc- 

 Murray, who passed away some years 

 ago; Eobert McMurray, now residing 

 in Bellefontaine, and Mildred McMur- 

 ray, of Wapakoneta, who survive, with 

 his wife, to mourn his death. About 

 twenty-seven years ago Mr. McMurray 

 started a greenhouse and ever since he 

 had been actively engaged in his work 

 as florist, giving the years of his life 

 most devotedly and earnestly to the 

 work of the now flourishing business. 

 Mr. McMurray was a member of the 

 Royal Arcanum. Funeral services were 

 held May 21 at the residence. Inter- 

 ment was in Greenlawn cemetery. The 

 Royal Arcanum lodge had charge of 

 the services at the grave. 



John Pearson. 

 John Pearson, for many years a florist 

 on Monticello avenue, Jersey City, N.J. , 

 and one of the most esteemed residents 

 of the 'Ninth Ward, passed away Sun- 

 day, May 12, at his home, 283 Monti- 

 cello avenue, after a long illness. He 

 was a member of Zeredatha Lodge, No. 

 131, F. and A. M. A son and daughter 

 survive him. Funeral services were held 

 at his late home May 14, the Rev. Dr. 

 Oeorge Daniel Hadley, rector of St. 

 John's P. E. church, officiating. Inter- 

 ment took place in the Arlington ceme- 

 tery. 



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BUSINESS Zr. NOTES 



Des Moines, la. — The Wilson Floral 

 Co. secured the contract for the plant- 

 ing of the grounds at the Polk county 

 courthouse. 



Dajrton, O. — ^Mrs. Ruby A. Leslie, 

 daughter of George Bartholomew, of 

 the Miami Floral Co., is convalescing 

 from an eight weeks' siege of typhoid. 



Pueblo, Colo.— The Pueblo Floral Co. 

 opened for business May 15 at 508 

 North Main street. The business will^^ 

 be operated by Mr. D. Marsh, who has 

 engaged in the same line in La Junta 

 for the last five or six years. 



Milford, Mass. — Gardner B. Metcalf, 

 who has been associated with his father 

 as a market gardener for many years, 

 will sail from Boston May 28 for an 

 extensive European trip. Mr. Metcalf 

 will combine business with pleasure and 

 expects to be gone more than two 

 months. 



Anchorage, Ky. — Louis Weber, man- 

 ager for the I. W. Bernheim estate, says 

 shrubs were considerably damaged by 

 the hard winter, but that everything is 

 again in good shape. Fred Taylor has 

 bought the place formerly run by Mr. 

 McNally and will devote it principally 

 to vegetables, with a few flowers. 



Bettendorf, la. — The J. W. Davis Co., 

 which last season put up three Lord & 

 Burnham iron frame greenhouses each 

 43x600, has recently placed an order 

 with the Chicago office of the concern 

 for two similar houses, 64x600. This is 

 a vegetable range that some day may 

 be used for cut flowers or pot plants. 



Valley Junction, la.— The W. K. 

 Fletcher Bulb & Floral Co., which makes 

 a specialty of outdoor flowers, reports 

 being completely sold out of dahlias, 

 orders having exceeded the supply. Dr. 

 Fletcher, the dahlia specialist of the 

 concern, was thrown from a wagon in 

 April, suffering the fracture of two ribs 

 and other injuries. It will be some 

 time before he is able to attend to 

 business. 



Memphis, Tenn. — J. W. Moore, pro- 

 prietor of a greenhouse at 791 South 

 Dudley street, shot George N. Garner, 

 aged 18, in the thigh at 11:30 p. m. May 

 15. Moore told the police he caught 

 Gamer and a companion in the green- 

 house taking carnations. He captured 

 the wounded boy where he fell, but his 

 partner escaped. When found. Gamer, 

 the police say, had about $10 worth of 

 flowers in a bundle wrapped in a news- 

 paper. He was not seriously injured. 



Madison, N. J. — Charles H. Totty has 

 received an order for a shipment of 

 Sunburtt roses for the Duchess of Con- 

 naught, Government House, Ottawa, 

 Can. This places Mr. Totty in the list 

 of thosp honored with royal patronage. 

 He and .he other American florists who 

 have gone to visit the great show in 

 London will be the guests of Leopold de 

 Rothschild on Friday, May 24, at Gun- 

 nersby Park, near London, and later 

 at Ascott Park, Bedfordshire, owned 

 by the same gentleman. At both places 

 Mr. Rothschild will entertain in person. 



Maiden, Mass. — Neil E. Boyle, of 295 

 Salem street, is erecting a large green- 

 house on his property on Joseph street. 



Jackson, Tenn.— The James & Nelson 

 Floral Co. is erecting a greenhouse on 

 East Deaderick avenue, at a cost of 

 about $2,000. The greenhouses on High- 

 land avenue are now much too small to 

 supply the needed flowers for the firm's 

 trade. 



Cedar Falls, la.— Joseph Bancroft & 

 Son state that the proportion of white 

 flowers purchased at their store for 

 Mothers' day was about forty per cent 

 of the total sales. Carnations and roses 

 sold better than last year. On the 

 whole, the business for the occasion 

 was highly satisfactory. 



Dayton, O.— Warren G. Matthews' 

 new store, at 32 South Main street, 

 was formally opened just in time for 

 the observance of Mothers' day, and 

 the window display was both attrac- 

 tive and appropriate, consisting prin- 

 cipally of a tasteful arrangement of 

 white carnations. A large electric sign 

 will be hung in front of the store. 



Charles City, la.— Arthur M. Brisco, 

 at present m the florists' trade at Ros- 

 coe, 111., is preparing to build two 

 greenhouses, each 29x132, on a half 

 acre of ground which he recently pur- 

 chased here. This piece of land is 

 situated on the east side of the drive 

 to Chautauqua park and just north of 

 the bayou bridge at the end of Gilbert 

 street. It is said that Mr. Brisco will 

 close out his business at Roscoe and 

 ship his plant here. 



Doylestown, Pa. — The Darlington 

 brothers, Hilborn and Henry, are plan- 

 ning to build two more greenhouses. At 

 present they have four modern houses, 

 of concrete and iron construction, but 

 are unable to grow enough roses and 

 carnations to supply the demand. Much 

 of their knowledge of the business was 

 acquired under the guidance of their 

 father, the late Dilwyn Darlington, who 

 was connected for many years with the 

 firm of W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



Abilene, Tex.— H. Watters, of the 

 Pine Street Nursery, is planning to 

 build an addition to his plant houses 

 and enlarge the space used for propa- 

 gating. Business at his place has been 

 unusually good. There has been an 

 abundant rainfall this spring and out- 

 door crops look promising. He says that 

 Mrs. C. R. Lee, of the West Texas Floral 

 Co,, has evidently had a heavy trade 

 also, judging from the way in which 

 the quantity of her stock has been re- 

 duced, 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Henry Weber, who 

 has been conducting a store and green- 

 houses at 2692 Main street, will dis- 

 continue business there at the expira- 

 tion of his lease, July 1, and will re- 

 move to Springville, N, Y., where he 

 will grow stock for the Buffalo market, 

 besides supplying the local trade. He 

 will be succeeded at the Main street 

 place by Leo Alberts, who has leased 

 It for two years, Mr. Alberts is fore- 

 man, at present, of the city green- 

 houses at Humboldt parkway. . 



