May 30, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



17 



Maerostachya cannot be beaten, Presi- 

 Uent Carnot, with large, double, conical 

 trusses of pale lilac, with white center, 

 is good. Souv. de Ludwig Spaeth and 

 Philemon are fine dark varieties. Presi- 

 dent Grevy and coerulea superbk are 

 striking double blues. Marc Micheli, 

 with immense trusses of soft azure 

 lilac, is fine; so is Mme. Kreuter, single 

 bright red. Alphonse Lavalle, double 

 blue, shaded violet, and Belle de Nancy, 

 double light rose, are reliable old sorts. 

 There are some fine new Lemoine hy- 

 brids, but these novelties do not sur- 

 pass the older introductions. 



The seed stores report that, while 

 they are still busy, orders are now 

 mostly for small lots. They are doing 

 a brisk trade in bedding out and vege- 

 table plants. Farquhar & Co. had to 

 turn down many tree and shrub orders 

 this season, being simply overwhelmed 

 with late orders. 



The date for the annual peony and 

 rhododendron show is not yet fixed, but 

 it will probably be June 15 and 16. 

 Peonies are this season making a most 

 luxuriant growth, thanks to the copious 

 rainfalls we have had all spring. 



Peirce Bros., of Waverley, are plan- 

 ning to add roses to their specialties 

 another season. 



The Scituate Greenhouses have a 

 ^'rand lot of hydrangeas, which are in 

 active demand and sell as fast as they 

 arrive. 



June 18 will be kept as ladies' night 

 by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club. 

 This always brings out a large attend- 

 ance. A fine entertainment is being 

 arranged for. 



We are pleased to see Jackson Daw- 

 son around again after his sickness. 

 Henry S. Dawson, who is the youngest 

 son of Mr. Dawson, and who operates 

 the Eastern Nurseries, will be married 

 June 10 at Emmanuel Church, Boston, 

 to Miss Pauline Fenner Mason Smith. 



W. N. Craig. 



James F. Quinn, who was born and 

 brought up in Brookline and who has 

 been in the florists' business there for 

 many years, has been elected a mem- 

 ber of the board of selectmen to fill a 

 vacancy. The election was held May 

 24. Mr. Quinn won by four votes out 

 of a total number of 2,298. The elec- 

 tion will go down in the annals of the 

 town as one of the closest and most ex- 

 citing in its history. 



Aberdeen, Miss. — The Aberdeen Flo- 

 ral Co. will erect two new houses, each 

 30x80, using material furnished by the 

 John C. Moninger Co., Chicago. The 

 houses will be used for vegetables for 

 winter forcing. 



Minneapolis, Minn.— This city, it 

 would seem, ought to be blessed with 

 a clear, smokeless atmosphere, espe- 

 ■cially favorable to the growing of flow- 

 ers, for even the florists themselves, 

 the inveterate enemies of smoke, have 

 pad difficulty in satisfying the smoke 

 inspector's requirements. John Mon- 

 son, of the Minneapolis Floral Co., was 

 a recent victim of the inspector's zeal 

 and was mulcted to the extent of $25. 

 The charge against Mr. Monson was 

 first presented about three months ago, 

 but his case was continued in order to 

 give him an opportunity to make pro- 

 visions for the checking of the smoke. 

 The results of his efforts, however, were 

 not all that the inspector demanded 

 and so the penalty was enforced. 



OBITUABT. 



John Lodder. 



John Lodder, a highly respected flo- 

 rist of Hamilton, OMo, passed away 

 at his home May 23^ after years of 

 failing health, at the age of 78 years 

 8 months 17 days. He was a native 

 of Holland, Germany, but emigrated 

 to America about fifty-four years ago 

 and had resided in Hamilton for forty- 

 six years, most of the time being en- 

 gaged in the florists' business. He was 

 one of the trade's pioneers in south- 

 ern Ohio and, being an industrious 

 man, by his thrift he built up a large 

 nursery with greenhouses and accumu- 

 lated considerable real estate. Mr. 

 Lodder had a large circle of friends 

 and was regarded with much respect 

 by his neighbors and people generally. 



Mr. Lodder is survived by five sons 

 and one daughter, namely, "William, 

 Henry, Fred, Eudolph, Charles and 

 Mary Lodder, five grandchildren and 

 a brother, living in Marceline, Mo., 

 also a sister, a resident of Buffalo, 

 N. Y. ' • ■ 



The funeral took place at the house 

 at 8:30 a. m.. May 25, and at 9 o'clock 

 in St. Joseph's church. Interment was 

 in St. Stephen's cemetery. 



Thomas Clark. 

 Thomas Clark, who for a number of 

 years conducted a greenhouse in the 

 village of Manton, a suburb of Provi- 

 dence, E. L, died at his home in John- 

 ston, R. I., May 16'. He was born in 

 England seventy-eight years ago and 

 when a young man was engaged as a 

 gardener. He became an expert violet 

 grower and when he came to this coun- 

 try he built a house and grew violets 

 for the Providence market. About a 

 year ago his health forced him to aban- 

 don the greenhouse work. His condi- 

 tion had apparently so much improved, 

 however, that he had begun arranging 

 to take up the work again. He was 

 taken suddenly ill, however, with heart 

 complications and died in a few hours. 

 He leaves a widow. 



Lawrence Hay. 



Lawrence Hay, for many years one 

 of the best known gardeners in New 

 England, died May 25 at West Har- 

 rington, R. I. He was a few days over 

 .80 years of age, death being due to a 

 complication of heart troubles from 

 which he had been suffering for some 

 time. 



Mr. Hay was born in Perthshire, 

 Scotland, and had gardened all his life. 

 For about thirty years he was the head 

 gardener for Col. Sir William Gordon, 

 one of the famous 600 members of the 

 Light Brigade which made the charge 

 at Balaklava and whose magnificent 

 show place at Earlston has been fa- 

 mous for years. About a score of years 

 ago Mr. Hay's wife died and he came 

 to this country, whither his four sons 

 had already preceded him. They had 

 all become settled in Rhode Island and 

 he accordingly went to that state and 

 for some time was employed as head 

 gardener at the estate of Harry Blood- 

 good, at Narragansett Pier, and later 

 at Marsden J. Perry's estate in Provi- 

 dence. He was at the latter 's place 

 when Mr. Perry installed the great 

 boxwood hedge that was assembled 

 from various parts of the country and 

 which is said to surpass anything in 

 America. 



During the last few years Mr. Hay 



had been working with his sons, all of 

 whom are gardeners, although last win- 

 ter he was employed by Burke & Burns, 

 Johnston, R. I., in charge of their rose 

 houses, but failing health forced him 

 to abandon the work. The sons, all of 

 whom survive him, are Lawrence Hay, 

 Jr., of East Providence; William Hay, 

 who has large greenhouses at Oaklawn, 

 R. I. ; James Hay, who is the head gar- 

 dener at the estate of Mrs. William 

 Goddard, at Potowomut, in East Green- 

 wich, R. I., and Daniel Hay, who is 

 head gardener at the estate of Mrs. 

 Elsie French Vanderbilt in Newport. 



Mary E. Strall. 



Mrs. Mary E. Strall, who had been 

 doing a prosperous florists' business at 

 Superior, Wis., died May 11. The busi- 

 ness has been discontinued. 



Luther T. Brown. 



Luther T. Brown died May 20 at 

 his residence in Columbus, O., after an 

 illness with organic heart trouble which 

 had continued for nearly eight months. 

 He was 67 years of age and had been 

 a resident of Columbus for twenty-one 

 years, during the greater part of which 

 time he had been connected with the 

 nursery trade. He is survived by a 

 widow and two daughters. 



G. A. Lindsay. 



G. A. Lindsay, proprietor of the Long 

 Beach Nurseries, at Long Beach, Cal., 

 died suddenly in his place of business. 

 May 13, while talking to a customer. 

 On the previous day he had complained 

 of suffering from severe pains, but his 

 condition had not been considered crit- 

 ical. He was 64 years of age and was 

 a native of Scotland. He is survived 

 by his wife and one son. The funeral 

 services were held at his home, 719 

 Locust avenue. 



(Georges Bruant. 



We regret to announce the death of 

 that well-known nurseryman of Poitiers, 

 France, M. Georges Bruant. His estab- 

 lishment was known far and near; 

 zonale pelargoniums and chrysanthe- 

 mums were his specialties, but many 

 other subjects, such as begonias, can- 

 nas, dahlias, fuchsias and roses, were 

 grown by him in large numbers. Both 

 in France and abroad M. Bruant 's serv- 

 ices were often in request at the various 

 international horticultural shows. He 

 had been appointed to act as a juror at 

 the international exhibition at London 

 that opened a few days after his death. 

 M. Bruant was held in high esteem by 

 his fellow countrymen, and was the re- 

 cipient of important honors, of which 

 the Cross of OflScer of the Legion of 

 Honor was perhaps the most important. 

 The business will be carried on by his 

 son-in-law, M. Viaud Bruant. 



Northboro, Mass.— R. E. Wadsworth 

 & Co. have awarded the contract for 

 the construction of a concrete coal 

 bunker and concrete foundations for 

 a new greenhouse. 



Worcester, Mass. — Michael Querrey, 

 formerly employed by Henry F. Little- 

 field, the Main street florist, has gone 

 into the flower business on his own 

 account at 14 Front street. 



Clarksville, Tenn.— The business of 

 P. R. Palethorpe Co., manufacturing 

 Nicoticide, has been removed here from 

 Owensboro, Ky., and incorporated under 

 the laws of Tennessee. 



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