. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FCBKDABT 6, 1919. The Florists' Review 29. Mrs. EUen M. OiU. The pioneer ain|b^ women floriats, as well as the most^BDOus woman florist, Mrs. Ellen M. G^JP^f Medford, Mass., is dead at the age of 88 years. Mrs. Gill grew flowers for the Boston market for fifty years and her interest in the florists' business continued after the infirmities of increasing years compelled her retirement. Of Puritan ancestry, Mrs. Gill num- bered John Alden and Richard Warren among her forbears. At the age of 19 she was married to George Gill and the first home of the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FCBKDABT 6, 1919. The Florists' Review 29. Mrs. EUen M. OiU. The pioneer ain|b^ women floriats, as well as the most^BDOus woman florist, Mrs. Ellen M. G^JP^f Medford, Mass., is dead at the age of 88 years. Mrs. Gill grew flowers for the Boston market for fifty years and her interest in the florists' business continued after the infirmities of increasing years compelled her retirement. Of Puritan ancestry, Mrs. Gill num- bered John Alden and Richard Warren among her forbears. At the age of 19 she was married to George Gill and the first home of the couple was at Melrose, Mass. In 1854 they removed to Medford and it was at the Medford home that Mrs. Gill'^ opportunity came, when her husband purchased the property which became the family home, together with a range of greenhouses. It was not only the greenhouse stock which interested Mrs. Gill, but the outdoor flowers as well, and within a few months the flow- ers grown by her were noted throughout the region roundabout. In 1865 Mrs. Gill was admitted to membership in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. In 1870 she built the first of four green- houses upon her grounds and embarked upon her career as a commercial grower. 8he specialized in roses, carnations and callas. She was one of the first florists to grow violets for the market. Marechal Niel was the first hybrid rose grown in- doors at her range, but other varieties were added later. It was her great love of flowers which inspired Mrs. Gill's activities in their culture and enabled her to achieve such distinguished success. Her interest in the trade's activities continued up to the last years of her life and she was a familiar figure at the various shows and exhibitions of Boston and vicinity. Mrs. Gill was noted also for her ben- efactions lo the sick, to whom her gifts of fiowers were generous and frequent. Twice eack week, during the active years of her career, she sent large donations to the Flower Mission of
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