Necrology 
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Iiehr, Henry M., Rose grower. 
Haltimore, Md., d. March 20. His 
father, Wm. F. H. Rehr, died only 
about two weeks before. Henry 
M. Lehr was a member of the 
Baltimore Florists’ Club and a 
life member of the S. A. F. 
Lehr, Wm. T. M., one of the old- 
est florists of Baltimore, Md., d. 
March 7, a. 93. In his youth he 
served for some time on the es- 
tate of Bismarck. 
Lowden, Thos. L., florist and 
market gardener, Pittsfield, Mass., 
d. May 19. 
Luther, AugTist, florist, Kansas 
City, Mo., d. Feb. 27, a. 69. 
Molloy, Wm. P., Wellesley. 
Mass., d. Nov. 7, 1916 a. 57. He 
was in the employ of the Waban 
Rose Conservatories. 
Molyneux, Herbert E., a notable 
writer on Roses, d. at Southamp- 
ton England Nov. 22, 1916, a. 48. 
Muller, Alfred L., assistant Dr. 
John Nolan, Cambridge, Mass., 
famous as a landscape gardener 
and city planning expert d. Dec. 
8, 1916, from the result of in- 
juries in an automobile accident 
at Kenosha, Wis.; he was 26 
years old, and son of a prominent 
Boston merchant. 
McAllister, Alex., retired flor- 
ist, Passaic, N. J., d. there Sept. 
7, a. 71. He was born in Ireland 
McClaue, James, widely-known 
retail florist, Philadelphia, Pa., d. 
April 25, a. 68. He established 
his store, 41 years ago. 
McFadden, Roger, gardener on 
the estate of Dudley Field, Hast- 
ings-on-Hudson, d. about Aug. 1, 
a. 78. 
Mackerer, Jos., florist, Union 
Hill, N. J., d. Oct. 6, of heart 
trouble, 
Martin, Thos., head salesman 
for Traendly & Schenck. wholesale 
florists. New York City, d. April 5, 
of tuberculosis, a. 37. 
Massee, Geo., well-known botan- 
ist and mycologist, d. at Sevenoaks. 
Kent, England, Feb. 27, a. 66. He 
was a leading authority on plant 
diseases, and his text book on the 
subject is used in the United 
States as well as England. For 
many years he was principal as- 
sistant (Cryptogams) in the Kew 
Herbarium. 
Mayo, D. R., seedsman, Knox- 
ville, Tenn., d. Feb. 16, of apo- 
plexy, a. 63. 
Metcalf, Clarence L., florist, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., d. June 14, of a 
complication of diseases. 
Miller, Miss Alice J., florist, 
Louisville, Ky., d. July 9, a. 61, of 
heart trouble. 
Morrill, Pred O., florist, Bangor, 
Me., d. Oct. 7, a. 44, as the result 
of an automobile accident. 
Morton, Prank S., enthusiastic 
amateur Gladioius grower and 
prominent in American Gladiolus 
Society, d. early in January. 
Hewton, Edward W., florist. 
Hartford, Conn., d. Nov. 4, after 
a long illness a. 49. He was born 
in Norfolk, Va., but lived in Hart- 
ford practically all his life. 
Nelson, Swain, leading Western 
nurseryman, head of the firm of 
Swain, Nelson & Sons Co., Chicago, 
111., d. Jan. IS, a. 89. He was a 
native of Sweden and came to Chi- 
cago in 1855, engaging in landscape 
gardening. In 1865 he submitted 
plans for Lincoln Park, which were 
accepted, and for the following 
15 years he directed the work of 
developing that park and several 
others. 
Nilsson, Wm., florist, Woodlawn, 
New York City, d. Oct. 11, a. 65. 
He was born in Sweden and came 
to this country at the time of the 
Philadelphia (Centennial. He was 
very skillful in bedding work 
Olson, Mrs. O. J., wife of O J. 
Olson, of Holm & Olson, St. Paul, 
Minn., d. about Oct. 22. 
Pearson, Prof. H. H. W., direc- 
tor of the National Botanical Gar- 
den of South Africa, at Kirsten- 
bosch, d. at the end of 1916. He 
had traveled widely and made 
many botanical studies and con- 
tributions. 
Pappas, Gus, one of the pro- 
prietors of the Alpha Floral Co., 
Chicago, 111., d. Oct. 16, a. 41. 
For many years he conducted a 
branch store at Des Moines, la. 
He was born in Greece. 
Pennock, Abraham L., florist and 
grower, Philadelphia, d. June 29. 
a. 89. He had been in the florist 
business practically all his life 
and was one of the oldest florists 
in the country. He was the origi- 
nator of the plan of placing Lily 
of the Valley pips in cold storage 
and the founder of the firm of 
Pennock Bros. A few weeks be- 
fore his death he had celebrated 
the anniversary of his golden wed- 
ding. 
Phillips, John, well-known Edin- 
burgh, Scotland, nurseryman, d. 
Sept. 14, a. 58. 
Pratt, Robt. Marion, Boston, 
Mass., known for his work in horti- 
culture and floriculture as an ama- 
teur, d. Jan. 9, a. 79. 
