. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. August 1, 1912, The Florfijts^ Review 18 two hours after physicians arrived. Mr. Bester had been active in the business affairs of Hagerstown for many years, and was wealthy. He is survived by bis widow and four children, as fol- lows: Harry E. Bester, Miss Kena Bester, Miss Mary Bester and Mrs. Kiieisley, wite of Dr. Herbert L. Kneisley, all of Hagerstown. He was a brother of County Commissioner Hi^nry A. Bester and an uncle of City •Councilman Edward Bester. Ohas. Knopf. Chas. Knopf, one of the most widely known carnation growers of the middle we
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. August 1, 1912, The Florfijts^ Review 18 two hours after physicians arrived. Mr. Bester had been active in the business affairs of Hagerstown for many years, and was wealthy. He is survived by bis widow and four children, as fol- lows: Harry E. Bester, Miss Kena Bester, Miss Mary Bester and Mrs. Kiieisley, wite of Dr. Herbert L. Kneisley, all of Hagerstown. He was a brother of County Commissioner Hi^nry A. Bester and an uncle of City •Councilman Edward Bester. Ohas. Knopf. Chas. Knopf, one of the most widely known carnation growers of the middle west, died July 25 at his home on Asy- lum avenue, at Eichmond, Ind., after only a few days' illness. He was 36 years of age and is survived by one brother, Louis Knopf, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Grube and Mrs. Ed Crowell. Mr. Knopf started at greenhouse work in Bichmond about twenty years ago, at the Cascade Greenhouses. From' there he went to the establishment of E. G. Hill, where he acquired a gen- eral knowledge of the business and be- came inoculated with the fever for hybridization. After about two years and a half on the Hill place he went back to the Cascade Greenhouses, where he found the Carnation Dorothy being grown as a seedling. Shortly after returning to the Cascade Greenhouses he saw a good opportunity to establish a wholesale business at the E. T. Grave place in Bichmond, which at that time consisted only of two small houses, run more for the pleasure of Mrs. Grave than for profit. Mr. Knopf went to work for Mrs. Grave as grower and man- age'* greatly enlarging the place. He then bonght Carnation Dorothy, worked up stock and distributed it in the trade. After five years at the Grave green- houses he interested capital in the or- ganization of the B. K. & B. Floral Co., erecting a range of greenhouses west of town especially for carnation grow- ing. Later Mr. Knopf acquired the other interests and the concern became known as the Charles Knopf Floral Co. Car
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