. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late Louis M. Noe, in Dakota last September hastened his death. Mr. Noe was a life-long resident of Morris county, and one of the most extensive rose growers in the country. He was born in Chatham township May 13, 1S47. and represented one of the old- est families in the state. He was of French descent, his grandfather, Louis. The Late Eugene Germain. Seu Obituary Column Issue of February 27. Noe, having come to this country as a soldier with Lafayette and served through the revolution. After studying law for
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late Louis M. Noe, in Dakota last September hastened his death. Mr. Noe was a life-long resident of Morris county, and one of the most extensive rose growers in the country. He was born in Chatham township May 13, 1S47. and represented one of the old- est families in the state. He was of French descent, his grandfather, Louis. The Late Eugene Germain. Seu Obituary Column Issue of February 27. Noe, having come to this country as a soldier with Lafayette and served through the revolution. After studying law for two years he turned his attention to the nursery and fruit-growing business, in 1872 forming a partnership with his brothers-in-law. Samuel and O. N. Brant, comprising the firm of Brant. Noe & Brant. Their or- chards were located iu Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey. In the spring of 1SS4 he established his rose gardens, and gave up the interest iu the peach-grow- ing and nursery business to Samuel Brant. At the "time of his death. Mr. Noe had an immense area under glass in Chatham township, and also owned half interest in the Brant & Noe Floral Co. iu Chicago, of which he was president. Tliis company has also a very large glass area. He owned 500 acres of land, and in his orchards and gardens gave employ- ment to an army of men. And it is a noteworthy trait of his character that he alwayr. paid as much attention to the comfort and proper housing of his ern- ployes as to his own family. One of his recent commercial ventures was the es- tablishment of a model dairy, in con- nection with his son, Louis A. Noe, where milk from a specially collected herd of 300 cows is bottled and sold un- der the most improved hygienic meth- ods. The manure from the dairy was used iu the greenhouses. In 1S70 he was married to Miss Emily E. Brant, who, with three of their four children, survives him. The children are: Maria, wife of Lincoln Pierson. of the Pierson U Bar Co., who res
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