. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists' Review Sbptembbr 3, 1914. OBITUARY J. M. Brunson. J. M. Brunson, the pioneer florist of Paducah, Ky., died August 25, of Bright's disease. He was 74 years of age and had resided in Paducah about a quarter of a century. He was born at Kenton, O. In 1891, with his son, Carroll L. Brunson, he established the florists' business now conducted at Paducah by John Van Aart. C. L. Brunson was the leader in the business until his death. May 16, 1912, the firm being known as C. L. Brunson & Co., and in October, 1912, J. M. Brunson sold to
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists' Review Sbptembbr 3, 1914. OBITUARY J. M. Brunson. J. M. Brunson, the pioneer florist of Paducah, Ky., died August 25, of Bright's disease. He was 74 years of age and had resided in Paducah about a quarter of a century. He was born at Kenton, O. In 1891, with his son, Carroll L. Brunson, he established the florists' business now conducted at Paducah by John Van Aart. C. L. Brunson was the leader in the business until his death. May 16, 1912, the firm being known as C. L. Brunson & Co., and in October, 1912, J. M. Brunson sold to Mr. Van Aart and retired. The business had become one of the largest and most successful in that part of the state. Mr. Branson's only surviving rela- tive is a brother, H. C, Brunson, of Cumberland Falls, Ky. George Dickson. European trade papers now coming to hand carry long notices of George Dick- son, head of the firm of Alexander Dickson & Sons, Newtownards, Ireland, who died August 13 at the advanced age of 83 years. As the originator of Killarney, Liberty, Mrs. Jardine, Mel- ody, Irish Fire Flame and many others, his fame was world-wide and his work was of practical value to every Amer- ican florist. The following is condensed from a Belfast paper: '' George Dickson was not only a rose specialist—he was an all-round horti culturist of exceptional ability, and his name is associated with many varieties of garden vegetables, which his skill and patience in the art of selection and development enabled him to bring to the highest degree of perfection. The rose gardens and nurseries of New- townards, if more famous, are not more useful or more beneficial to the horti- ?cultural world than the seed trial grounds which were their neighbors. Both the horticulture and the agricul- ture of County Down owe much to the Newtownards establishment in conjunc- tion with the extensive seed trade which the firm carries on in Belfast and Dublin. "Mr. Dickson's father was a nati
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