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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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DixiMuii: 2, 11)01). The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 17 ices to hia'ticulturc. Removing to this country sliortly after the Civil war, )\Ir. Laiige located at Worcester and for more than a quarter of a century lias been en- gaged in Ihe greenhouse business there, building up the largest range of glass in his section and achieving a national repu- tation. )lc was one of tlio staunch sup- porters of the Worcester Horticultural Society and tiie principal exliibitor at all its flower shows. Carl Jurgens, (ail 11. durgens. well known through- out Aim rii-a as a Imlb iiiijiorter and grower of lilies of the \alley, died sud- denly in his honie. in Newport, 11. I., Fri- day, isoveniber I'd, of heart failure. He had not been out of his house since the Saturday )ire\ious, suffering from a se- vere cold, liut had been able to be about tiie hoiHi', reniaiiiiiig indoors as a pre- (■autioiiaiy nieasuie. He Avas suddenly affected that inoniiiig and dietl within a short tiiiif. Carl H. durgens was born in Holstein, Ceriiiaiiy. Frbniary I'G. 1S44, and was the :iu\^ of \\'iill' and Catherine (Horn) Jur- gens. his father having also been a native of that province. Mr. Jurgens received his eihicatinii in the public schools of ilolsicin ;;iid at the age of fG years be- wail til h-arn the llorists' business at llaiiiliiiig. After an apprenticeship of live yr;ir>- in that city he went to Paris and served in the Imperial Gardens of I he Tiiilli'iiis. From I'aris Mr. lu'-gens removed to London, where for two and one half years he was employed in the largfsi florist "s establishment of that iiietropoli-., Wliile in England ho was .•ailed JHPirh' for military service, beino' placed in the Keservcs. Altrr ^ir\ing the time demanded by his country. he decided to try his furtunes 111 the I'liited States and arrived in jS'ew ^'ork in r)ctol)er. isGO. For two years he \\a> cnuvitii'd with a ilorist in Astoria, Cong l-l.-iiid. and in ls72 removed to Xrwpott ;iiid o-;t;ildi>hcd the business which lie iia^ conducted for thirty-seven year;dr market. Jn iliis he was cmi- iienUy >uccessl'ul, establisliing the leading Musiness of its kind in this country, which made it necessary for him to make a trip 10 Furope every summer to secure the oest )\\)> "f valK\. ;,;;,; ki oping tiiem in cold "'"'•'- '■' I'Miiu iiiio tiio greenhonses as ■"l'iiid. 11-1 ihis I,,. ,:,,-;v ap;.li(^d t, -'-•"ll'll"' ;'ln; ,,tlirr bulbs.' II,. .hippe.l ^ '"'^ •" 1- <ioii. .\cu \'oilc, Cliiladol- ■••' and ..t i,rr inai kcts. "' '" -.-'11 in rt Miiiill \\;r,- m. his garden '" "^1' -'!• ' i. l'rM\;,;rnce. -nid as the ':"-""" nicl. ;,„.,; he puivha.e.l 1;;,;,; ,,,, ""■ "aieiuorks, and there buili alar-er i^i'iue ,,t -roenhouses, gradually acquir I'll: l.arue ,nK-ls of Innd and erectin- a.l- ;'""'"'il l'""se,. until the estnldishinent ■"■'■'■""" """ "'■ I'lK^ lar-eM in the coinitrv •I. \oi, ,1 ;., .penal ilnu,.,- or,,\vini:. In '■'•'""'"'" i:'l"-"f il:c A,.,liev he devoted :'•■,'■• '""'-"-^ 1« t!i gr.,\;ing uf the ii^iKT uiade. ,,f ro• ^"" . ^'>pplie,l not 'onlv local """>'-; bai .h.tant markets as ^u^\\ \f ■"'■'■'"" --i-'!'^ -t the vear the .Tin-ens
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Cat! Jurgens. IJeauties were always coiint(>d on as sine to be ol' higher (jiiality than the local siiiiply "f "tlier markets. His greenhouses cover from three to four acres and hi- market for lilies of the valley and roses extends as far south .as Falm" i'.i.ach. lie liad as many as fifty men at all times in his employ, his bulb-forcing estaldishment being the second largest in the world. Mr. Jur^^eiis maiiied. Ajiril In. l.>77, ^iiss I,()uise J\'ulin, .laugliter of William ' C. I\ulin, of Newport, who siiiAi\es him. '"Uctliei- xvith three children. Katheime. '\iio married F. (. Sch.-'i.T. ot .Xew Y'l-k; Louis.\ win, iiianie,! (haijes 11. I'aiker, ,,f l'io\ i.lriic.', and ('arl .liiroeii,. di.. who icsiile-. a; .Newport .and lias l.ieen '•'ii^aL;,.,! a- hi- fathei'-s ;issj>iani in the I'l^iiia-eni,'!:! ,,11 h,. I.ai-^e business. Ml-. .Inii^eiis \\as .a s,.li ii,;,,;,. man ami achie\,.,; nis sue,-, ss thi,,i;oii i,i^ ,.;M-ru\. 1"'^ ■III I 1" r-e\, r.ance. r,,iipled with a ^'i""'i. (arefiil l,iisi,;,... instill,-t. Fhl^ "•l~ -llo\M, I,,,, ,,;;!v il, ,),,. ,,v..;,;^ht ef III- liiiaiKoal .alfaiis. ;,i,i j,, ,1,,. kin.llv ,-,oi- ""'■•"l"ll fol liis eniplo\,.,.s. \Uiich i".""i"l'M to ,a peis,,,ial fiieinlsiii,,. Man-.- ';l his eiii;.l,,yees had be,mi in liis s,.r\iee. '"'■ •' ."1.^ i'erio,; ,,)■ y,ars. lli- h,,MI,. llle '^=1^ "'■ the h,a;,pies; ,diai,a,-le;-. his aiiV,- '""1 '"'• III- wif,. .aiel .-hiMivn. .in,! tor "■ '•■•"'■I '- •diihlren. I,. i,,e ,n,;,ni,i,,l,.,;. "•' '""l^ ll'lle .a,-ti\.. interest III pill,I,,- allairs. altli,ni-li he vv.as .alu.axs ,oi the , shU^ of goo,I -ovei-nment and ci\i,' ;„.t- i •'•in.-nt ami ready t.. s,ip;„,,t ;i„y ,ii,,ve- j I'li'ii' fi'i- tiie iinpre\ein,'iit ot the ,-itv \ ■I'ld the advam-.'ment ,,i' its best interests. I W. II. M. Miss Anna Cronin. Miss Aiiii.a ('roniii. who had Im^'h in 'li'-' tjowcr business; at < ev inj^t,,,)^ Kv.. I'er a mimlier e; years. ,ii,.,; Xo\ ,.;iih,.i- -■J. I'r.ini ptom.aiiie p,,is,iniii;4. s,ai,; i,, have be, II the rt-nl! of eating ,,\st,as. i(,.r estidilishment on Madison a\,.mu'. bo- lv\e,.ii l-'oiirth and l'"iftli sire, is, ^\as one "f till' well known p;a,-es ,.f i ■,,\ii;Mt,,n, bn' the h,,iii.. ,,t' her ,-iiil,lho.„l wiTs in ' ,\ nthiana. \\\ .. w li,.;,^ ; j,,. i,.;iKiiiis i. ,.,,. ':d i),iiai .;e,-,,iat i .n- at the While House I'or many ,,i' ;!i,. ;,;- -,,,-iai ami -late affairs of the la-' Ow v,ars. lie w.a- Well kmoMi 1.1 the 'ra.!.. m W.a-i,- I n^;! lui. ' iai.iKsT,)-:. Mi:,-;. .\(,. \\ ,.;;,,..,,,. ,,r ihe •■arnati(ni Store, lias i,.ni.,N,.,l tV,-,ni 'lie I'alace ;;,,t,d bl,„ k i.. ii„. ,,1.; I'o.st- MlTice bail,ling. His n,.\\ si,,,,, ha- l.e.-n hands,,iiiely le.l, ,-,,1:, i ,■,! ...n.l is ,,,;,. ,,f the finest establishments m ih,. ,.i,v.

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