. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. Til I-: A MI- A' Id A' /'V. ^' A- / .V /: 1247 iit Its annual ciMivtjiUtons and a tir»-lfHS worker fur llio advancement of the alms of tlio orRanlzntlon. Anione tlio closest and dearest of Mr. Clark's fricmls were his oldest business aopialntances. with whom ho enjoyed business and sports equally ; whether on the stream with rod, In tho brusli with dog and gun. or In business, he was ever true blue. lie served his country, town and state, con- solenllously. Ho was a devoted husband and fond father and has be
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. Til I-: A MI- A' Id A' /'V. ^' A- / .V /: 1247 iit Its annual ciMivtjiUtons and a tir»-lfHS worker fur llio advancement of the alms of tlio orRanlzntlon. Anione tlio closest and dearest of Mr. Clark's fricmls were his oldest business aopialntances. with whom ho enjoyed business and sports equally ; whether on the stream with rod, In tho brusli with dog and gun. or In business, he was ever true blue. lie served his country, town and state, con- solenllously. Ho was a devoted husband and fond father and has bequeathed to his sons a priceless herltaRe which, to emulate, will command their utlnost ef- forts. Few men. In short, were more highly esteemed or universally respected In tho trade, than Everett B. Clark, and he will be greatly missed and sincerely mourned by all. Alfred Plant. Alfred IMant, iiresiilout of the l*lant Seed Company of St. Louis, and one of the oldest Yale graduates, died at G:la o'clock December 28 at his home in Web- ster Groves, near St. Louis. He had been ill eight months. Tlie funeral was held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning from the family home and burial was in Bellefcm- taine cemetery. Mr. Plant, who was S7 old, was born in Lancaster (now Clinton), Mass. He attended the Leicester (Mass.) Acad- emy, supporting himself by liis own efforts. He was at Yale from 1S43 to 1S47, graduating with honors. His health failed and he came to St. Louis in 1S50. He was in Europe the following two years, visited the first world's fair in London, and in December, ISol, saw the slaughter of 2,500 in the streets of Paris tliat made Napoleon III emperor. He returned to St. Louis in 1S53 and in 1856 he entered the employ of Plant & Bro., dealers in farm tools, machines and seeds. From this position lie became, in years, head of the seed company. He was one of the first whigs, casting his first vote for Henry Clay in 1844, and later became a republican. In 1879 he was
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