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Rose Garden on the grounds of Mrs. J. C. Hoagland, Seabright, N. J. 



of named roses, not less than 150 

 flowers. There is almost 200 acres In 

 these grounds. Geo. H. Hall is gar- 

 dener, and the place is kept up to a 

 high standing Ijy his well known and 

 acknowledged ability. 



Adjoining this is the L. H. Terrell 

 estate and everything there reflects 

 the greatest credit on the genial gar- 

 dener, Jas. Dowlen. He is the kind of 

 man who permits his plants to speak 

 for him, for here growing under many 

 difficulties can be found as pretty 

 and as well grown a collection of 

 stove and greenhouse plants as one 

 would care to see. If Mr. Dowlen 

 could be induced to bring his collec- 

 tion to the exhibition next month he 

 might make many a noisy individual 

 keep quiet and incidentally capture a 

 few awards. 



Across the boundary fence Mr. Hess 

 is rapidly whipping into shape one of 

 the finest of gardens. Adam Wenger- 

 ter, a noted grower of all that is best, 

 is in charge and everything is tip top. 

 But one could go on Indefinitely all 

 around here. 



The gardens are well kept. Perhaps 

 there is a preponderance of landscape 

 architecture in its weedy embellished 

 forms on many of the estates; one 

 would like to see more of the really 

 beautiful and less of the theoretic — 

 or semi-scientific, expressed in the 

 planting. We mean, of course, that 

 useful flowers for cutting could be put 

 where rubbish usurps the most promi- 



nent parts, but it's hard to convince 

 a draughtsman that he doesn't know 

 it all. Gardeners know the vast 

 amount of nonsense garden engineers 

 make use of, still, with all, though 

 mostly through the efforts of practical 

 men, the gardens along Rumson Hill, 

 Seabright, are well worth seeing. 

 J. I. DONLAN. 



THE LATE HARRY DALE. 



I cannot refrain from adding a note 

 of regret to the many which have al- 

 ready appeared on the occasion of the 

 great loss to the fraternity of florists 

 by the death of Harry Dale, of Bramp- 

 ton, Ontario, Canada. 



While I was associated with the 

 Canadian Experiment Station in Can- 

 ada, it was my privilege and pleasure 

 to meet Mr. Dale quite frequently. One 

 of the things which always struck me 

 in connection with Mr. Dale's person- 

 ality was his innate modesty and un- 

 failing courtesy of manner. The en- 

 ergy, foresight and abilit'y which he 

 displayed in building up such an ex- 

 tensive business in the remarkably 

 short period of ten years is unparal- 

 leled in my experience and observa- 

 tion. His success was largely due 

 to strict attention to the details and 

 the institution of various labor-saving 

 devices in connection with the work- 

 ing of his large establishment. 



There was very little of the "rule 

 of thumb plan" about Mr. Dale's prac- 

 tice. He took as much Interest in 



the underlying scientific principles of 

 floriculture as if he were an experi- 

 ment station worker, and it was his 

 strict adherence to fundamentals as 

 well as details that brought to him the 

 great measure of success which he at- 

 tained. As a worker he was simply 

 indefatigable, and I suppose this in- 

 tense application to business had 

 much to do with shortening his ca- 

 reer. His death is a national loss. 

 JOHN CRAIG. 

 Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, la. 



ENGLISH IVY ON TREES. 



[Continued from last week.] 

 Ivy will not injure your trees, nor 

 would any other vine unless the foli- 

 age of the vine overlapped that of the 

 tree. The clinging to and covering of 

 the trunk does no damage that I have 

 ever observed. 



It is not uncommon to see wistarias, 

 poison vine, Virginia creeper and 

 other vines destroying trees, but in 

 these cases it is always on account of 

 the killing out of the foliage by the 

 smothering caused by the dense foli- 

 age of the vines. 



Let the English ivy alone, unless 

 it desires eventually to overlap the 

 leaves of the trees. 



JOSEPH MEEHAN. 



YOU WILL surely want an adv. in 

 the Annual Convention Number of 

 The Florists' Review, to be issued 

 August 23. Send copy early. 



