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Gardeners and Florists’ Annual for J9J8 
Boks, Uartin, nurseryman, New 
York City, d. March 28, at his 
liome in East Rutherford, N. J., a. 
48. 
Bopp, John A., florist, Cumber- 
land, Md., d. early in August, a. 
62. 
Briuton, Wm. P., florist, Chris- 
tiana, Pa., d. early in May, a. 82. 
He was an active member of the 
Pennsylvania Hort. Society. 
Brown, Asa Zi., Kearny, N. J., 
florist, d. Dec. 21, 1916, a. 68. 
He was a resident of Kearny for 
over 50 years. 
Browne, Joe, owner of the 
Lischey Nurseries, Nashville, 
Tenn., d. Jan. 25, a. 57. He was 
a Negro and well liked in his 
home city. 
Buck, Herbert B., employed with 
W. E. Marshall & Co., seedsmen. 
New York City, d. July 21, a. 29, 
of typoid pneumonia. He came 
rom England. 
Bnrdett, Harold, florist, Seattle, 
Wash., d. Nov. 22. 1916, a. 32. He 
was an Englishman by birth and 
came to Seattle when he was 10 
years old. On the outbreak of 
the European war he joined a 
Canadian regiment and went with 
it to Prance. He was killed in 
battle, in No Man’s Land. 
Calthrop, Hev. Dr. Samuel, Syra- 
cuse, N. Y., d. the middle of May. 
He was noted as a student of sun 
spots. 
Clucas, B. W., proprietor of the 
Palisades Nurseries, Sparkill, N. Y. 
d. Oct. 6, a. 57. He was born in 
Liverpool, England. In 1878 he 
came to the United States. 
Conbeeney, Patrick P., for 35 
years foreman for Thomas Galvin, 
the landscape gardener and florist, 
d. March 25, at Newport, R. I. 
Cotter, Iiawrence, pioneer flor- 
ist and gardener, d. March 24, at 
Jamestown, N. Y., a. 62. He was 
born in Ireland, where he began 
his career as a gardener. 
Crawshaw, Geo., florist, New- 
burgh, N. Y., d. April 3. 
Cull, Alfred, salesman at Covent 
Garden Flower Market, London, 
England, d. about Aug. 1, a. 37, of 
pneumonia. He was the son of 
W. A. Cull. J. P.. nurseryman. 
Cummings, Geo. H., secretary 
Sioux City Nursery Co., Sioux City, 
la., d. Oct, 13. a. about 67. 
Cushman, Montgomery, member 
of the firm of M. Cushman & Co., 
seedsman, Rochester, N. Y., d. 
Sept. 12, a. 43. 
Cushing, J. H., proprietor of the 
Quidnick Greenhouses, Quidnick, 
R. I., d. Nov. 25. 1916, a. 66. He 
had over 100,000ft. of glass, and 
as a grower and a wholesaler of 
cut flowers was known through- 
out Rhode Island. 
Daenhke, Herman, florist, Mor- 
rell Park, Md., d. Nov. 5. 
Davey, John, employed with the 
growing establishment of John 
Scott estate, Brooklyn. N. Y., d. 
April 30, a. 60, of cancer. 
Downer, Prank N., prominent 
nurseryman of Bowling Green, Ky., 
d. Feb. 22, from heart disease, a. 
65. 
I>uffy, James, florist of Greens- 
boro, N. C., d. April 19, a 73. 
Duncan, David W., florist and 
grower, with greenhouses at Ar- 
lington, Mass., d. Feb. 23, a. 50 
years. He was born in Scotland 
and on coming to this country 
worked for R. & J. Farquhar & 
Co., Boston. 
Bisennart, Hodman M., Torres- 
dale, Philadelphia, d. June 12, of 
heart failure, a. 62. He was a large 
grower of Sweet Peas and Violets. 
Blbrecht, Chas., florist. West- 
erly, R. I., d. there Dec. 10 1916, 
a. 60, of gas poisoning. 
Slicker, Jacob, Homestead, Pa., 
one of the oldest florists in Alle- 
gheny County, d. early in April, of 
erysipelas. 
Blser, John M., d. Jan. 8, a. 60. 
for 40 years was engaged in fores- 
try. He was a native of Germany. 
Blspermann, John C., florist, 
Evansville, Ind., d. Aug. 6, a. 60. 
Engelbirt, John H., for 25 years 
representative of the Whilldin Pot- 
tery Co., d. March 3, by asphyxi- 
ation, due to a broken gas main. 
His wife, Georgiana Warden, died 
at the same time. 
Bntemann, Wm. B., wholesale 
and retail florist, d. Sept. 23, a. 50. 
He was a member of the S. A. F. 
and the New York Florists’ Club. 
Brdmann, Walter W., florist and 
grower of Baltimore, Md., d. Sept. 
21, of spinal meningitis. He was 
a member of the firm of Burnett 
& Erdmann. 
Falkenholm, John, a. 62, well- 
known gardener on the G. M. 
Hutton estate, Newport, R. I., d. 
April 20. He was born in Sweden. 
Fisher, Dr. Jabez, horticulturist 
and fruit grower, d. Dec. 15, 1916, 
at Fitchburg Mass. a. 93. 
Finl^ John W., well-known Chi- 
cago florist, d. the end of April, 
while on a visit to New York 
City; death was due to heart fail- 
ure, 
