. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ??-r";,>.^^?i:y^7^%vifr^;!ri^'w v^fr^^T^Tf-W'?^*vv;^' 42 The Florists^ Review NOVEHBEB 23. 1922 OBITUARY Henry H. Barrows. In the death of Henry H. Barrows, of Whitman, November 15, Massachusetts lost her most noted fern specialist. Mr. Barrows had made a trip to New York and was taken ill on his return. He was taken to the Brockton hospital and only lived five days, being uncon- cious the last twenty-four hours. An autopsy showed peritonitis to have been the cause of death. Tlie deceased was born at West Sum uer. Me., in 1856. His fa
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ??-r";,>.^^?i:y^7^%vifr^;!ri^'w v^fr^^T^Tf-W'?^*vv;^' 42 The Florists^ Review NOVEHBEB 23. 1922 OBITUARY Henry H. Barrows. In the death of Henry H. Barrows, of Whitman, November 15, Massachusetts lost her most noted fern specialist. Mr. Barrows had made a trip to New York and was taken ill on his return. He was taken to the Brockton hospital and only lived five days, being uncon- cious the last twenty-four hours. An autopsy showed peritonitis to have been the cause of death. Tlie deceased was born at West Sum uer. Me., in 1856. His father fell in the Civil war- When Henry H. Bar- rows was 6 years old, his mother, with five children, moved to Abington, Mass. Henry helped his mother to support the family. When 12 he went to work in the nurseries of his uncle, Henry Har- vard Bobbins. When 19 he married Abbie Louise Fadden. Four children, Henry H., Jr., Percy, Ernest and Grace, survive him, as does also his 90-year old mother, Mrs. Butt P. Barrows, of Abington; a sister in Greenfield, Mass., and a brother in Florida. The Barrows are of old Pilgrim stock. When Mr. Barrows started in the flo- rists' business he had two small houses. He grew a general line of stock and was specially proud of a banana tree, which produced two large bundles of fruit. Some twenty-five years ago, he owned and operated three flower stores, one each in Whitman, Eockland and Lynn. A little later he started to spe- cialize in ferns and continued in this until his death. There are many who will well remember his introduction of Nephrolepis Barrowsii, followed by N. Whitnianii, the , still jioj)- ular, of wliieh tlie deceased grew large quantities to the last, there being a strong demand for cut fronds, greater, indeed, than he could meet. Several other distinct and l)eautiful sorts of nephrolepis originated in his green- houses, l)ut Whitnianii will for a long time keep his name fragrant among fern lovers. The deceased was of
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