January 27, 190G 



horticulture; 



99 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



The Brooklyn Eagle of Jan. 17 has 

 a yarn about an emerald green carna- 

 tion which a florist in Far Rockaway 

 Las "succeeded in cultivating." We 

 supposed that all newspapers of any 

 intelligence had "gotten on" to this 

 humbug. The carnation society 

 might do worse than to officially re- 

 cord its condemnation of this atrocious 

 annually-recurring libel on the flower 

 to the interests of which their organ- 

 ization is consecrated. 



The F. R. Pierson Company has 

 adopted a plan for labelling each 

 bench of carnations which is worthy 

 of being copied by large establish- 

 ments generally where an entire bench 

 or more is given to a single variety. 

 The wooden cross-bars to which the 

 wires are attached at the end of each 

 bench are painted a dark green and 

 the name of the variety is inscribed 

 thereon in gold letters by a handy em- 

 ploye. It is a great convenience for 

 visitors and saves the answering of in- 

 numerable questions as well. 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE. 



This illustration shows an average 

 plant as grown for the Christmas 

 trade, in a six-inch pot by Samuel 

 Murray. Kansas City. Mo. Mr. Mur- 

 ray found a prodigious demand for 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



Sow lettuce for early use. Sow 

 lobelia, forget-me-not, myosotis and 

 petunia for pot plants. 



Keep on propagating until you are 

 satisfied you have rooted a sufficient 

 number of everything needed, but 

 make sure; faulty guesses are poor 

 consolers. 



Get your melon frames in serviceable 

 shape to be ready for immediate use 

 when needed. Paint sashes and all 

 woodwork. 



Make all the stakes that may be 

 required during the year; tie them up 

 in bundles, each size in a separate 

 bundle. 



If you haven't already given your 

 men a holiday, tell them now they can 

 have one. if not more. They will come 

 back feeling good, and you will feel 

 better, too. 



Don't try to rush tulips: if you d i 

 you will have but little for your 

 trouble. 



In packing, don't lie deceived by the 

 weather: rather aim at cheating the 

 weather that may be. than taking any 

 stock in the weather that is. 



Now is a good time to wash fruit 

 and other trees with limoid for San 

 Jose scale. The preparation can be 

 bought ready mixed, but it is better 

 if applied hot. 



On all likely days give air to every- 

 thing in frames out doors, and if the 

 weather permits, remove all decayed 

 leaves and vegetable matter from the 

 living. 



It is thought better not to prune 

 maple trees in winter. 



Prune all flowering shrubs, but don't 

 shear their tops to make them look 

 like umbrellas; better just cut away 

 the wood that is weak and not re- 

 quired, and leave the wood that will 

 flower. That is the legitimate intention 

 in pruning, but alas! what do we often 

 see! 



these at the holidays. At the Kansas 

 City Flower Show he staged a splendid 

 cxhiliii cif specimen Lorraines, giving 

 evidence of high professional skill. 

 The group was one of the notable fea- 

 tures of the show. 



PRESIDENT BUTTERFIELD. 



Much as Rhode Island loves Massa- 

 chusetts, it is doubtful if the love is 

 ardent enough to ungrudgingly allow 

 Massachusetts to entice her educa- 

 tors away from her. However, be that 

 as it may. President Kenyon L. But- 

 terfield of the Rhode Island College of 

 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts has 

 been elected president of the Massa- 

 chusetts College of Agriculture at Am- 

 herst. Mr. Butterfield during the time 

 he has been at the head of the college 

 at Kingston impressed those most in- 

 terested as a man exceedingly well fit- 

 ted for the position, and though they 

 are pleased that he sees in the change 

 prospects' of more extended usefulness 

 and a wider scope for his recognized 

 abilities, they nevertheless feel that 

 the agricultural interests of the State 

 would be greatly benefited by his re- 

 maining in the State, and for that rea- 

 son, as well as other personal reasons, 

 much regret is expressed at his de- 

 cision to become president of the Mas- 

 sachusetts College. But Rhode Island's 

 loss is Massachusetts' gain. 



THEY MADE AN ERROR. 



Certain recent publications have re- 

 ported a case of bankruptcy as being 

 that of L. Menand, the Menand florist. 

 This, we are informed, is an error. 

 The bankruptcy proceeding mentioned 

 was taken by H. L. Menand. who was 

 recently engaged in the florist supply 

 business on William street, in the city 

 of Albany. 



Mr. L. Menand is a citizen of con- 

 siderable means, and has been engaged 

 in a lucrative business for a great 

 many years, and is far from being in 

 the position of a bankrupt. 



OBITUARY. 



William North Shedaker, son of the 

 Hon. B. D. Shedaker, Edgewater Park. 

 N. J., the well known asparagus 

 grower, died on the 17th inst. 



We are indebted to Howard Earl, 

 manager for W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 

 for the following note on the late 

 Paynter Frame who passed away at 

 his home Harbeson, Del., on the 18th 

 inst, aged 80 years. 



"The Hon. Paynter Frame was 

 one of Delaware's leading citizens 

 and was an active figure in the 

 politics of that state for over 50 years, 

 serving three terms in the state 

 legislature, and was widely known as 

 the king of water melon growers. 

 .Mammoth Ironclad, Fordhook Early, 

 Mammoth Santiago, and The Dela- 

 ware, were among the varieties raised 

 bj him and introduced by Burpee. He 

 also raised Burpee's Melrose and Golden 

 Eagle musk melons. Mr. Frame was 

 one of the most conscientious of men 

 and was possessed of very pleasing 

 manners. If I were not so busy today 

 1 could tell you a whole lot more about 

 this grand old man." 



The death of Joseph A. Budlong on 

 Sunday morning, January 14, removes 

 from the horticultural arena a figure 

 that has been identified with its in- 

 terests for many years and has con- 

 tributed largely to its development in 

 the west. 



Mr. Budlong was born in Cranston, 

 R. I.. March 17. 1841, and on Febru- 

 ary 1. 1866. was married to Miss 

 Teresa Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y., who 

 with two children, Albert H. and Mrs. 

 Phil Schupp, survives him. 



Mr. Budlong was a New Englander 

 of the old school, genial, resourceful, 

 kind-hearted, upright in all his deal- 

 ings. His devotion to his childhood's 

 home was shown in his annual pil- 

 grimage thereto on his bicycle each 

 summer, a distance of 1,150 miles. 

 It was while riding his wheel at the 

 corner of Foster and Robie streets 

 on Saturday. January 13, that he met 

 with the accident that caused his 

 death. 



In early life he was engaged in the 

 market gardening and pickle business 

 with his brother Lyman A., but some, 

 twenty years ago he entered into the 

 growing of cut flowers, and the large 

 Lnge of glass covering an entire 

 re and the wholesale store in the 

 downtown district testify to his suc- 

 cess. 



He retired Erom active business 

 life a few years ago. since which time 

 the greenhouses have been in charge 

 of his son and the store in charge 

 of his son-in-law. The business will 

 be ontinued by the estate. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



PERSONAL. 



Jno. Melntyre, late with H. H. 

 Battles, Philadelphia, is now with J. 

 J. Habermehl's Sons at the Bellevue- 

 Strafford. 



Cards are out announcing the mar- 

 riage of Robert Halliday of Baltimore 

 to Alverda Mary Easter, on January 

 24. The happy couple will be "at 

 home" after February 25th, at 1624 

 Bolton street. 



