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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_25_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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December 2, 1000. The Weekly Florists' Review. J7 ices to horticulture. Removing to this country shortly after the Civil war, Mr. Lange located at Worcester and for more than a quarter of a century has been en- gaged in the greenhouse business there, building up the largest range of glass in his section and achieving a national repu- tation. He was one of the staunch sup- porters of the Worcester Horticultural Society and the principal exhibitor at all its flower shows. Carl Jurgeas. Carl H. Jurgens, well known through- out America as a bulb importer and grower of lilies of the valley, died sud- denly in his home, in Newport, R. I., Fri- day, November 26, of heart failure. He had not been out of his house since the Saturday previous, suffering from a se- vere cold, but had been able to be abput the house, remaining indoors as a pre- cautionary measure. He was suddenly affected that morning and died within a short time. Carl H. Jurgens was born in Holstein, Germany, February 26, 1844, and was the son of Wulf and Catherine (Horn) Jur- gens, his father having also been a native of that province. Mr. Jurgens received his education in the public schools of Holstein and at the age of 16 years be- gan to learn the florists' business at Hamburg. After an apprenticeship of five years in that city he went to Paris and served in the Imperial Gardens of the Tuilleries. From Paris Mr. Jurgens removed to London, where for two and one-half years he was employed in the largest florist's establishment of that metropolis. While in England he was called home for military service, being placed in the Reserves. After serving the time demanded by his country, he decided to try his fortunes in the United States and arrived in New York in October, 1869. For two years he was engaged with a florist in Astoria, Long Island, and in 1872 removed to Newport and established the business which he has conducted for thirty-seven years. He made a specialty of importing and growing lilies of the valley for the wholesale market. In this he was emi- nently successful, establishing the leading business of its kind in this country, which made it necessary for him to make a trip to Europe every summer to secure the best pips obtainable for the American market. The business increased steadily and reached such proportions that Mr. Jurgens' annual sales have reached sev- eral millions of valley and more than a million other bulbs. He is credited with originating the process of freezing the pips of valley, and keeping them in cold storage to bring into the greenhouses as required, and this he early applied to giganteum and other bulbs. He shipped his stock to Boston, New York, Philadel- phia and other markets. lie began in a small way in his garden on Mill street, Providence, and as the business increased he purchased land on the western shore of Easton's pond, north of the waterworks, and there built a larger range of greenhouses, gradually acquir- ing large tracts of land and erecting ad- ditional houses, until the establishment became one of the largest in the country devoted to special flower growing. In addition to lilies of the valley ho devoted several houses to the growing of the higher grades of roses, notably American Beauty, and supplied not only local florists but distant markets as well. At certain seasons of the year tlie Jurgens
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Catl Jurgens. Beauties were always counted on as sure to be of higher quality than the local supply of other markets. His greenhouses cover from three to four acres and his market for lilies of the valley and roses extends as far south as Palm Beach. He had as many as fifty men at all times in his employ, his bulb-forcing establishment being the second largest in the world. Mr. Jurgens married, April 10, 1S77, Miss Louise Kuhn, daughter of William F. Kuhn, of Newport, who survives him, together with three children, Katherinc, who married F. C. Scheerer, of New York; Louise, who married Charles H. Parker, of Providence, and Carl Jurgens. Jr., who resides at Newport and has been engaged as his father's assistant in the miinugcnicnt of the largo business. Mr. .Iiirgeiis was a self-made man and achieved his success through his energy, pluck and perseverance, cou;>Ie(l with a slirewd, careful business instinct. This was shown not only in tlio oversight of liis financial afTairs.'but in the kindly am sideration for his eiiiployees, wliicli amounted to a personal I'rieiidsiiip. Many of his employees had been in liis service for a long period of years. His home life was of the happiest charneter. his nfTee- tion for his wife and eliildren, and for the latter's children. Ixing nnliomided. Ho took little! active interest in j>ublio affairs, although he was always on the side of good government and civic bet- terment and ready to Hujtport any move nient for the improvement of the oily and the advancement of its best interests. w. n. M, Miss AonA Cronin. Miss Anna Cronin, who h.<id been in the flower business at Covington. Ky., for a number of years, died Xovcmbor 22 from ptomaine jxiisoning, s. gardener of public buildings and gnninds in Wa, gardener. The public grounds of the national capital, including those of the While House and the Capitol, were laid out under his direction, and he had charge of the lloral decorations at the White House for many of the big se.ial and state alTairs of the last few years. H was well known to the trade in Wash- ington. ru,HiKST\>x. MiXN. Mr. Widniau. of the Carnation Store, has removed from the Palace Hotel Mock to the .tid r<\st- ott\ce building. His new stove has Iven handsomely redecorated and is one of the finest establishments in the citv.

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