. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /p/v The n Fl oris t. 1197 of the flowers was lietter than hist year, as were also the jirices obtained. Bulbous sold well for the peo- ple were forced to take them because the other flowers were gone. There was an increased demand for plants and cut poinsettias. OBITUARY. Frederick Dorner, Sr. Frederick Dorner, senior, the eminent carnation died De- cember ^Z'^ at his home in LaFayette, Ind., having been confined to his bed only a week. Pnemnonia and heart failure were the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /p/v The n Fl oris t. 1197 of the flowers was lietter than hist year, as were also the jirices obtained. Bulbous sold well for the peo- ple were forced to take them because the other flowers were gone. There was an increased demand for plants and cut poinsettias. OBITUARY. Frederick Dorner, Sr. Frederick Dorner, senior, the eminent carnation died De- cember ^Z'^ at his home in LaFayette, Ind., having been confined to his bed only a week. Pnemnonia and heart failure were the direct causes of his death, although he had been failing Vor nearh- a year. Last January he had a severe attack of the grip from which he ne\er entirely recovered. He able to lie up and around at times and at other times was confined to the hotise. On December 23 he was taken 'luite ill and rapidly grew weaker un- til the end came. His death, how- ever, was not expected and was a great shock to his family and friends. Frederick Dorner was born in Baden. Germany, November 29, 18o7. He was the son of Frederick and Christina Dorner. When IS years old he decided to emigrate to America where the pos- sibilities for advancement w-ere greater than in his own land and he set sail for the United States, going directly to LaFayette where a brother, Philip, had previously settled. Very early in life he was a great lover of nature, hav- ing something of a poetic temperament in that he dearly loved flowers. He liked to see them grow and to culti- vate them, but unlike the poet, he also saw the great commercial side of this prodigal beauty of plant life and sought to turn it to account with the result that he began working for the florist. Lloyd, with whom he remained for a short time and then worked at other things until he had a start. On March 2. ]8(j1. Mr. Dorner chose a life part- ner in the person of Marguerita Eihl, daughter of Lawrence Eihl, of LaFay- ette, and wotdd have celeb
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