February 3, 1906 



horticulture: 



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OBITUARY. 



John Reck, well known for many 

 years as a leading florist of Bridge- 

 port, Conn., died on January 24 at the 

 German hospital in New York City, 

 where he had undergone an operation 

 for the removal of a leg. Mr. Reck 

 received a kick from a horse last 

 summer and, gangrene setting in, am- 

 putation was necessary. His constitu- 

 tion had been so weakened by the 

 long illness that he was unable to sur- 

 vive the shock. 



John Reck was a native of Nurem- 

 berg, Bavaria. He studied floriculture 

 in the best private and commercial 

 establishments, and was a thorough 



John Reck. 



master of his art. On first coming to 

 Bridgeport he took position as a pri- 

 vate gardener, but later bought the 

 floral business of Mr. Varvene, which 

 he conducted until the time of his 

 death, his son being latterly associated 

 with him in business. Besides his son 

 Carl, he leaves a widow and one 

 daughter. Two other daughters died 

 close together a few years ago. 



The funeral took place on January 

 27, services being held at St. Augus- 

 tine's Church, Bridgeport. Floral 

 tributes were sent by every florist in 

 the city, many of whom were present 

 at the funeral. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 

 W. M. Gabrielle, a gardener. 42 years 

 of age, was struck by an electric car 

 this week, sustaining a fracture of his 

 skull and two broken ribs. It is 

 thought he may recover. 



Harvey Lyon, of the nursery firm of 

 Comstock & Lyon, died in Silvermine 

 on January 20, in his seventy-fourth 

 year. Death resulted from a stroke of 

 paralysis. Two daughters survive him. 



A CORRECTION. 



In the report of the Carnation Show 

 last week the award to vase of 50 

 blooms, crimson — 2d Bowker & Co., 

 Cambridge, should be Backer & Co., 

 Billerica. Also the award for vase of 

 50 blooms yellow varieties — 1st Patten 

 & Co., Billerica, should be Barker & 

 Co., Billerica, with Eldorado. 



J. F. Smalley, editor and publisher 

 of the Northwestern Californian, 

 which has been running here for about 

 three months as a horticultural weekly 

 devoted to the interests of the coast 

 counties, was arrested this week on a 

 charge of obtaining $500 from Edwin 

 H. Ives by false pretence. He is the 

 son of P. J. Smalley of the St. Paul 

 Dispatch. 



The trial of D. W. Helm, a promi- 

 nent horticulturist of California, for 

 murder has resulted in his acquittal. 

 He had shot a Japanese whom he 

 caught stealing in his Pomona orange 

 orchard and pleaded self defense. As 

 a result of this trial orchardists are 

 getting together for the purpose of 

 having the law amended by the next 

 Legislature so that fruit stealing will 

 be made a felony. 



The seasonable rainfall in Southern 

 California is greater than last season 

 at this date, but elsewhere through- 

 out the state it is still considerably 

 less. Growers find the weather condi- 

 tions ideal from their view-point. 

 Warm weather has continued all the 

 week throughout the state and plow- 

 ing and seeding has been resumed 

 since the preceding all-week rain and 

 the grain acreage is being materially 

 increased the soil being so thoroughly 

 saturated as to practically insure good 

 crops. 



Ken von L. Butterfield. 



President-elect .Mass. Agricultural 



College. 



See Issue of Jan. 27, Page 99. 



PERSONAL. 

 Emanuel Tillman Mische has opened 

 an office at Madison, Wis., for the prac- 

 tice of landscape architecture and has 

 assumed executive connection with the 

 new park system. During the past 

 nine years Mr. Mische has been a prin- 

 cipal assistant with Olmsted Brothers, 

 Brookline, Mass. 



Mr. Alfred Dimmock, the European 

 representative of the Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Co., under the direction of Messrs. 

 Suzuki & Iida, 31 Barclay street, New 

 York, has opened offices at Craven 

 House, Kingsway, London, and will be 

 pleased to receive his American friends 

 and give them any information along 

 horticultural lines that they may re- 

 quire during their visits in that city. 



The Late J. A. Budlong. 



See Issue of Jan. 27, Page 99. 



THE "HOLLY-CASTLE" TRIP. 



One of the most enjoyable as well as 

 instructive incidents of the Boston 

 Carnation Convention was the trip to 

 Mr. Matthews' greenhouses at Dor- 

 chester on invitation of the Holly- 

 Castle Company to see the electric cir- 

 culator in operation. The party filled 

 a special car which had been provided, 

 and after a pleasant five-mile ride, the 

 big greenhouse was reached and the 

 business of demonstrating the work- 

 of the circulator was promptly 

 taken up. The manner in which the 

 sluggish water responded to the little 

 device the moment the power was 

 turned on was a revelation to the vis- 

 itors, all of whom followed the opera- 

 tion closely and watched its effects 

 with intense interest. But one view 

 was expressed by all— that the machine 

 did all that was claimed for it. Re- 

 freshments were served and congratu- 

 latory speeches made. 



"Who are you anyway?" said the 

 peach, turning up its nose at the apple. 



"I want you to understand," re- 

 toi 1 the apple, "that I came from a 

 h of the first family."— Boston 

 Transcript. 



