The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . etrade and his absence at social andbusiness gatherings will be greatly feltbv his associates for a considerable time. He had little or none of the oldschool training in horticulture to aidhim in his endeavors and it is thereforeall the more to his lasting credit thathe made such a pronounced success oithose specialties which he took in Hartshorne was born in Shrop-shire, England. He came to Americain 1888, locating at Boston, but goingshortly to Exeter, N. H., to becomegardener to the late Chas. Burley. In1892 Mr. Hartshorne loc
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . etrade and his absence at social andbusiness gatherings will be greatly feltbv his associates for a considerable time. He had little or none of the oldschool training in horticulture to aidhim in his endeavors and it is thereforeall the more to his lasting credit thathe made such a pronounced success oithose specialties which he took in Hartshorne was born in Shrop-shire, England. He came to Americain 1888, locating at Boston, but goingshortly to Exeter, N. H., to becomegardener to the late Chas. Burley. In1892 Mr. Hartshorne located at Chica-go with a view of participating in thefloricultural work at the Worlds Fair,but he vi-as tendered an excellent offerby John C. Ure at Argyle Park, wherehis success with carnations did much toenhance the already excellent reputationof that establishment. In 1897 became head gardener toH. N. Higinbotham. who has a fineresidence on Michigan avenue in Chi-cago and an estate of 1500 acres justoutside of Joliet. It was Mr. Harts-. The Late James Hartshorne. homes recognized proficiency as a car-nation grower which led to the organ-ization of the Chicago Carnation the construction of its model rangeof houses upon the Higinbotham prop-erty. Mr. Hartshorne was an ex-presidentof the American Carnation Society,having been elected to that office at theDetroit meeting in 1904. He was alsoa member of the Society of AmericanFlorists, the Horticultural Society ofChicago, the Chicago Florists Club andhe was a prominent factor in the or-aanization of the Illinois State He was likewise promi-nent in social circles, being a member ofthe Masonic fraternity. Sons of , the Eagles and the Elks. TheMasons had charge of the funeral, whichtook place August 8, the florists beingrepresented by P. J. Hauswirth. \smus. P. J. Foley. J. B. Deamud,Leonard Kill and Edgar F. Wintersonas honorary pall bearers. The floraloflferings were very num
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