. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. .^^: -?^ January 20, 1916. The Florists^ Review 25 •was widely esteemed. The sons will continue the business. Albert McCullough. Albert McCullough, one of the lead- ing figures in the seed trade of the United States as well as in the business life of his home city, died January 13, at Christ hospital, Cincinnati, follow- ing an operation for an intestinal dis- ease. Mr. McCullough, born in 1851, was a native of Cincinnati, his paternal grandmother having been the first white girl to have set foot at that place. Upon the completion of his school
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. .^^: -?^ January 20, 1916. The Florists^ Review 25 •was widely esteemed. The sons will continue the business. Albert McCullough. Albert McCullough, one of the lead- ing figures in the seed trade of the United States as well as in the business life of his home city, died January 13, at Christ hospital, Cincinnati, follow- ing an operation for an intestinal dis- ease. Mr. McCullough, born in 1851, was a native of Cincinnati, his paternal grandmother having been the first white girl to have set foot at that place. Upon the completion of his school ca- reer Mr. McCullough embarked in the seed business with his father, J. M. McCullough. When his father died Mr. McCullough and his brother, J. Charles, assumed charge of the business, but later the latter established the J. Charles McCullough Seed Co. Albert McCullough then incorporated the com- pany of which he was the head at the time of his demise. Although Mr. McCullough was prin- cipally known in the trade as a seeds- man, his business included wholesale cut flowers and everything in the line of horticultural supplies for both the wholesale and retail trade. He was a pioneer member of the Society of American Florists and a charter member of the Cincinnati Florists' Society. His membership in the American Seed Trade Association dates from 1884, the second year of that organization's ex- istence. He took great interest in its affairs and served as secretary-treasurer for three years, 1886 to 1889. In 1890, at the Saratoga meeting, he was elected president, and again at the Chicago meet- ing in 1900, the honor of two terms in the presidency never having been g^ven any other man. For nearly a quarter of a century he was chairman of the associa- tion's membership committee and thus in large measure shaped the course of the seed trade's organized efforts. He became its first president when the Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers' Asso- ciation was formed. At the time of his death h
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