March 6. 1909 



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^^,i^T. NEPHROLEPIS SCHOLZELI 



This crested sport of Scottii will hold the same 

 position to all the crested forms of Nephrolepis that 

 Scottii now holds to the Boston. It is entirely dis- 

 tinct from all others and will become even more 

 popular than its parent, with which it is identical 

 in every way except that the pinnae are subdivided, 

 giving it a beautiful crested appearance. 



We have shown the plant at the exhibitions 

 noted below and have been awarded the following 

 honors: 

 SHAW GOLD MEDAI,. St. Louis Horticultural Society, Nov. 3rd, 



1908, for " Best plant, of decided merit for cultivation, not previonsly 



an article of North An ' 



SILVER MEDAL, offered by the Society of Amerion Florists, through 

 the St. Louis Horticultural Society, Nov. 3rd, 190H, for " The most 

 meritorious plant, or flower of American origin." 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, of the Horticultural Society of St 

 Louis, Nov. 3rd, ig«8. 



SILVER MEDAL, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia 

 Nov. 3rd, lycS, for the best new plant. 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Boston, Nov, 6th, 1908. 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Dutchess County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 30th, 19C8. 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Morris County Gardeners and Flor- 

 ists' Society, Madison, N. J., Oct. 30th, 1908. 



CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Chestnut Hill Horticultural Society, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 4th, t9c8. 



We are booking orders now which will be filled 

 in strict rotation June 1st, 1909. 



NEPHROLEPIS SCHOLZELI 



Price per doz., $3.50; per 100, $25.00; per 1000, 

 $200 00. Twenty-five supplied at hundred 

 rate and five hundred at thousand rate. 



HENRY A. DREER 



714 CHESTNUT STREET, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Obituary 



E. V. Hallock. 



It is a very sorrowful duty we are 

 called to perform in announcing 

 the sudden death from apoplexy. 

 of E. V. Hallook, of Queens, N. 

 Y., president of the New York Flor- 

 ists' CiDli. on Tuesday night, March 

 2. Mr. Hallock presided at the annual 

 dinner of the olub last Saturday night 

 and was, so far as wo know, in his 

 usual health and spirits. "The shock 

 ^vlll come as a severs one and painful 

 to a host of friends who loved Mr. 

 Hallock. • No ono could help loving 

 him. His was a genial, affectionate 

 character. Full of the milk of human 

 kindness, with a hea,rt ready to over- 

 flow v.'ith sympathy for his fellowman 

 he was at all times the personification 

 of the Golden Rule and well worthy 

 of the high regard in which he was 

 held by the trade and society asso- 

 ciates without exception. 



Mt. Hallock was a well-read hor- 

 ticulturist, experienced e.speclally in 

 the histlory and culture of bulbous and 

 tuberous rooted plants, a class of plants 

 in which as a member of ihe old firm of 

 Hallock, Son & Thorpe and the later 

 firm of V. H. Hallock & Sons, he did 

 a very large business, particularly in 

 lilies and gladioli. 



Mr. Hallock was appointed a direc- 

 tor of the Society of Am'erican Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists by 

 President Vaughan in 1905 and again 

 by President Traendly in IflOS. to fill 

 out his own term of one year. Mr. 

 Hallock was elected president of the 



New York Florists' Club at the last 

 0r.nual meeting and took his seat at 

 the first meeti'ig in .January. 



He was to have deliveretl a lecture 

 on Bulbous and Tuberous-rooted 

 Plants at the m'eeting of the Gar- 

 deners' pnd Florists' Chib of Boston 

 on March 16, and preparations were 



E. V. Hallock 



him 



already under way to extend 

 tpecial hospitality at that time. 



Mr. Hsllock has for years taken a 

 lively interest in school gardens and 

 horticultuial education for children 

 and has written some very valuable 

 papers for the S. A. F. on that topic. 



Eugene Germain. 



Eugene Germain, who died In Los 

 Angeles, Calif., on February 18, at the 

 age of 61, was a native of Switzerland 

 and settled in Los Angeles in 1870. In 

 1S82 he started the Germain Fruit Co., 

 and later became president of the Ger- 

 main Seed & Plant Co., which position 

 he held at the time of his death. In 

 addition to a mammoth seed store he 

 owned the Germain building and the 

 Germain Hotel. He leaves a widow 

 and sons. The business will continue 

 as at present under the management 

 of Fred H. Hun ter. 



George A. Dickson. 



The news of the death of this nur- 

 stiyman, head of the firm of Messrs. 

 Dicksons, Chester, at his home, Spring- 

 field, Newton, Chester, will be re- 

 ceived with regret. The deceased 

 was in his 74th year. He entered the 

 Chester City Council in 1879, was 

 elected mayor of that city in 1886, and 

 alderman in 1896; retiring in 1904. He 

 was also a city and county magistrate. 

 Charles Bramley, Sr. 



Chas. Bramley, who has resided in 

 Cleveland, 0., since 1855 and conducted 

 a flower business from 1S94 to August, 

 1908, under the firm name of Chas. 

 Bramley & Son, passed away on Feb- 

 ruary 17. His golden wedding was to 

 have been celebrated on February 22. 

 A widow and nine children survive 

 him. 



Mrs. G. Wythes. 



Some readers of HORTICULTURE 

 will learn with much regret of the 

 death of Mrs. Wythes, whose husband 

 was gardener at Syon House, Brent- 

 ford, England, for many years. 



