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The Florists' Review 



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Greenhouses of W. H. Gullett & Sons, Liocoln, III. 



t'rom which distribution is made as the 

 season progresses. The accompanying 

 illustration shows how the ferns come 

 down to the railroad. G. J. Walker, ot 

 Savoy Center, Mass., asserts that it is 

 the largest load on record, having 

 weighed 10,175 pounds and "contained 

 588,000 ferns. This load was hauled 

 t'rom the Vermont jyoods to North 

 Adams, Mass., and thence shipped to 

 the New England Cold Storage Ware- 

 house, at Pittsfield, Mass. 



OBITUARY. 



Charles Dingee. 



Charles Dingee, one of the founders 

 of the firm of Dingee & Conard, died 

 November 29, at the advanced age of 

 S8 years. The funeral services, which 

 were largely attended, were held at his 

 home in West Grove, Pa., Monday, De- 

 cember 2. The interment was at Long- 

 wood cemetery. 



Charles Dingee is widely known as a 

 pioneer in the growing of rose plants 

 for distribution through the mail and 

 by express. , Far from a large city, Mr. 

 Dingee carrie4 into successful operation 

 the putting of growing roses into gar- 

 dens and gre^houses all over the coun- 

 try, and everiflijpyond the seas. The aim 

 was to grow^'*86e best varieties and to 

 interest the Ijteateur through the me- 

 dium of thOWcatalogue. The prices 

 charged wertf^So reasonable that the 

 plants were "Within reach of the most 

 modest purse. The business prospere<l 

 and Air. Dingee had the satisfaction, on 

 his retirement a few years ago, of leav- 

 ing to his brothers-in-law, P. Joseph 

 Lynch and M. Henry Lynch, an im- 

 mense place thoroughly equipped. 



Iieopold Landretli. 



Leopold Landreth, of Bristol, Pa., 

 died December 1. He was 68 years of 

 age. He was educated at the Pennsyl- 

 vania Military Academy and at Heidel- 

 berg, Germany, and was subsequently 

 for nearly thirty years a partner in the 

 seed firm of David Landreth & Sons, 



but in 1903 he retired from the seed 

 business, though continuing to reside at 

 Bristol. 



. William D. Baxter. 



William D. Baxter, who had been in 

 business for some years as a florist at 

 11 Park street, Stoneham, Mass., died 

 of heart failure November 25, at the 

 age of 66 years. He was born in New 

 Ashford, Mass., July 26, 1846. He had 

 been in ill health for some time. He 

 leaves a wife, two sisters, Maria and 

 Ardella, the former of Cartridge, N. Y., 

 and a brother, of New Ashford. 



Walter Hart. 



Walter Hart, a florist of Pontiac, 111., 

 died at St. James hospital, in that city, 

 November 25. His death was due to 

 old age. He was born at Norage, Eng- 

 land, February 27, 1833, and came to 

 this country with his parents when 

 quite young. They first settled at Au- 

 rora, 111. On removing to Pontiac, in 

 1875, Mr. Hart was engaged for two 

 years as gardener at the Illinois State 

 Reform School, now the State Reforma- 

 tory. At the end of that time he re- 

 signed to start in business for himself, 



establishing greenhouses on South Mill 

 street, which he continued for five 

 years, when he moved the business to 

 the north side of the city, locating near 

 where the Brady Coal Co. now has a 

 coal mine. Eight years later he re- 

 moved to 507 North Ladd street, which 

 has since been his home. He was united 

 in marriage in 1866 to Miss Sarah 

 Springer. To this union seven children 

 were born. Three of them died in in- 

 fancy. James W., Mary Ann, now Mrs. 

 Pearl Carrier, Adeline, now Mrs. Charles 

 Page, and George E., all of Pontiac, to- 

 gether with the widow, survive him. 

 Besides these, he leaves twelve grand- 

 children. 



G. W. Jenne. 



G. W. Jenne, of Fulton, Ky., departed 

 this life November 25, at his home, Y\o 

 ral Hill, in his seventy-sixth year. He 

 suffered a stroke of paralysis in March, 

 from which he never recovered. Four- 

 teen years ago he, with his wife, em- 

 barked in the florists' business. In re- 

 cent years, however, Mrs. Jenne had the 

 entire management of the business. For 

 twenty years Mr. Jenne was a resident 

 of Chicago, where he was engaged as 

 a clothing salesman, and he always 

 spoke of that city as his home. 



Peter Lauch. 



Peter Lauch, a retired florist of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., died recently at the resi- 

 dence of. his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Wutt- 

 ke, 118 Carrick boulevard, at the age of 

 82 years. He was a florist on the south 

 side for a number of years. He is sur- 

 vived by three sons, Charles and Sydney 

 Lauch, of Rochester, N. Y., and Will- 

 iam Lauch, of New Galilee, Pa., and 

 two daughters, Mrs. John H. Nusser 

 and Mrs. L. J. Wuttke. 



Peter Kunst. 



Peter Kunst, one of the earliest flo- 

 rists of Grand Rapids, Mich., died No- 

 vember 25 at his home. Crescent street 

 and North Union avenue. He started 

 the business in 1875 which ultimately 

 became the Crescent Avenue Floral Co. 

 He was 75 years old and had resided in 

 Grand Rapids since 1865. He was born 

 in St. Philipsland, Netherlands. Asso- 

 ciated with him in business at the time 

 of his death were Peter and Cornelius 

 Kunst, his sons. Besides these and the 

 widow, Mrs. Nellie Kunst, he leaves 

 two other sons, Louis and John Kunst, 

 and a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Kramer. 

 He leaves ten grandchildren. 



Sidney, N, Y.— Harry Thorndycraft 

 has completed a new greenhouse in his 

 gardens on River street. 



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