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Seed Trade Association for its presi- 

 dent. He was president and organizer 

 of the Electric City Bank at Niagara 

 Falls, N. Y. 



During the war Mr. Eice incurred 

 from exposure a severe case of rheuma- 

 tism, which increased as years went by, 

 and for months at a time he was unable 

 to attend to business. The disease con- 

 tinued in spite of all medical skill, and 

 for years he was wheeled about in a 

 chair. This condition renders his great 

 business achievements all the more re- 

 markable, and yet his mental energy 

 never flagged, but indeed developed 

 as the demands upon it increased, so 

 that he continually performed an 

 amount of work that few physically 

 sound men would be equal to. 



Both socially and in a business way 

 Mr. Eice was a genial, courteous gentle- 

 man, and was universally liked. A 

 caller soon forgot his physical infirm- 

 ities because of his personal magnetism, 

 his mental vigor and hospitable manner. 



Mr. Eice is survived by his wife, 

 Laura Chandler Eice, whom he married 

 July 19, 1877; three daughters, Mrs. 

 Frederick Wallace, Mrs. Evelyn Eice 

 Lovejoy, Miss Marguerite Hodges Eice, 

 and one son, Jerome B. Eice, Jr., and 

 one granddaughter, Betsy Eice Lovejoy. 



Mr. Eice was a member of Cambridge 

 Valley Lodge, No. 481, F. & A. M.; also 

 of John McKie Post, No. 309, G. A. E., 

 and was president of the Board of Trus- 

 tees of the Methodist Episcopal church. 



The funeral was held in Cambridge, 

 Wednesday, June 12, and was largely 

 attended. The interment was at Wood- 

 lawn cemetery. 



Charles A. Juengel. 



The sudden death of Charles A. 

 Juengel will be sad news to his many 

 friends in the trade. He died on Mon- 

 day morning, June 10, at 8 o 'clock. The 

 cause was a tumor of the neck. Al- 

 though he had been ill since last Febru- 

 ary, no one thought his sickness would 

 prove fatal. He was one of the oldest 

 florists in St. Louis. He succeeded his 

 father and had lived near the same 

 place of business since he was 10 years 

 of age. He was 57 years old at the 

 time of his death. 



Mr. Juengel was president of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club in 1904. He was 

 a charter member of this club and also 

 a charter member of the Society of 

 American Florists and the Florists ' Hail 

 Association. 



He leaves a widow and five children, 

 who have the sympathy of all in the 

 trade in their hour of sad bereavement. 

 The funeral took place on Wednesday, 

 June 12, from his late residence, 1847 

 South Fourteenth street, to Concordia 

 cemetery. The members of the St. 

 Louis Florists ' Club attended in a body. 



J. J. B. 



George A. Johnston. 



George A. Johnston, of Pawtucket, 

 E. T., died at the Ehode Island hospital 

 in Providence, Saturday afternoon, Juno 

 8, of rheumatism, from which he had 

 suffered for several years. He was one 

 of the pioneers of the retail flower trade 

 in the business section of Providence 

 and was among the best known mem- 

 bers of the trade in New England. He 

 was obliged to retire from active busi- 

 ness about six years ago on account of 

 ill health, but during these latter years 

 he had assisted at various times in mak- 

 ing up work for different dealers. 



The father of George A. Johnston was 



Cbas. A. Juensel. 



Eobert, who was one of the earliest 

 greenhouse men in Ehode Island to 

 raise flowers for commercial purposes. 

 He owned a small farm on Swan Point 

 road, now Eochambeau avenue, and 

 Blackstone boulevard, and more than 

 half a century ago began raising a few 

 flowers for sale to persons visiting the 

 Swan Point cemetery. His business 

 grew and as his large family of boys 

 grew older he inducted them into the 

 trade with good success. Thus, father 

 and seven sons have been actively iden- 

 tified with the florists ' business in Prov- 

 idence for nearly three generations. 



George A. Johnston was born at the 

 family homestead and was early set to 

 light tasks about the greenhouses. With 

 one of his brothers, the late Thomas J. 

 Johnston, he opened the first retail flo- 

 rist shop in the business center of the 

 city, at the corner of Westminster and 

 Clement streets, twenty-nine years ago. 

 After some time their business, which 

 was only maintained during about seven 

 months in the year, was removed to 

 the corner of Westminster and Union 

 streets. Building changes made it nec- 

 essary to move again some time after 

 this and the brothers a little later sepa- 

 rated. Thomas opened the store on 

 Weybosset street, now conducted by 

 T. J. Johnston & Co., Edward Brooke, 

 manager, George setting up for him- 

 self on Union street. Later he entered 

 into partnership with another of his 

 brothers, John J., on Westminster 

 street, which partnership existed until 

 about ten years ago, when George's 

 health obliged him to withdraw. He 

 continued at infrequent intervals for 



himself in a small way, but finally gave 

 up business activities about six years 

 ago on account of the ravages made in 

 his physique by rheumatism. 



Mr. Johnston was at one time a mem- 

 ber of the Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club of Ehode Island and of the Ehode 

 Island Horticultural Society. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife and one daughter, 

 Miss Marcella Johnston, who lives at 

 home. There are also living his mother 

 and five brothers, Eobert and John, now 

 in the florist business on Dorrance 

 street, Providence; Edward and Charles, 

 at the greenhouses at the homestead, 

 and William, a florist in Pawtucket. 



W. H. M. 

 Frank Kunz. 



Frank Kunz, a pioneer florist and 

 nurseryman of Sacramento, Cal., died 

 May 27, at the age of 78 years. His 

 death was due to old age. He had man- 

 aged the Union Nurseries, at 2131 Tenth 

 street, Sacramento, for sixty years. 

 Until a short time ago he was in fairly 

 good health and had continued active 

 in business. He was a native of Ger- 

 many. A widow, two daughters, Emma 

 and Hattie Kunz, and a son, Charles F. 

 Kunz, of Humboldt county, survive 

 him. 



Waukegan, 111. — Besides his green- 

 houses on Marion street, Theodore 

 Meyer has a branch store at 130 Wash- 

 ington street. The business was founded 

 in 1893, by Mr. Perkins, and was con- 

 ducted by him till 1897, when he was 

 succeeded by Mr. Meyer. 



