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HORTICULTURE 



March 20. 1909 



the death of Louis M. Noe we hare been 

 deprived of the advice and assistance of 

 one of our most useful members. 



Resolved, That this preamble and resolu- 

 tion be placed in full on the minutes of 

 this Company, a copy of the same be pub- 

 lished in the trade pajiers and also In the 

 local papers of Madison. Chatham and Sum- 

 rait, New Jersey, and that an engrossed 

 copy be sent to the family. 



HENRY HENTZ, JR., 



S. C. NASH, 



F. I. MOORE, 



Committee. 



Patrick Lawlor. 

 Patrick Lawlor, one of the best- 

 known arboriculturists in the United 

 States, died March 10 at his home. No. 

 206 Barclay street. Flushing, New 

 York. He was seventy years old, and 

 came from Ireland fifty-nine years ago. 

 For four decades and more he had 

 charge of the old Parsons Nurseries in 

 Flushing. In that capacity he toured 

 the world in search of rare trees, which 

 were shipped to Flushing, and under 

 his management were disseminated. 



Helen C. Pennock. 

 The grim destroyer, which comes to 

 all sooner or later, last week invaded 

 the fold of S. S. Pennock at Lansdowne, 

 Pa. and left that family minus one pet 

 ewe lamb, Helen C. Pennock, aged 

 four. The sympathy of the trade is 

 freely extended to the sorrowing 

 family. 



Lafayette A. Gates. 



Lafayette A. Gates, a retired florist 

 of Cleveland, 0., who had been to 

 Florida in search of health, died at 

 the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, on Febru- 

 ary 22. He was 60 years of age and 

 leaves a widow and daughter. 



J. S. Haskins. 



J. S. Haskins, a native of Vermont, 

 who conducted a florist store at 22(1 

 St. and Wabash Avenue. Chicago, for 

 a number of years prior to 1S90, passed 

 away on February 28, at the" age of 87. 



J. J. Nussbaumer. 

 J. J. Nussbaumer who, for thirteen 

 years has been engaged in the green- 

 house business at San Angelo, Texas, 

 died on February 28 at the age of 49. 

 A widow, son and mother survive him. 



Harry J. Hess. 



Harry, the 12-year old son of J. J. 

 Hess of Omaha, Neb., was stricken 

 with diphtheria and died on March 1. 

 The sympathy of the trade is with the 

 mourning parents. 



H. W. Baudry. 



Hany W. Baudry, a nurseryman of 

 La Porte, Ind., committed suicide on 

 the morning of March 6, after a pro- 

 longed illness. 



Mrs. G. A. Rolln. 

 Mrs. G. A. Rolin, whose husband is 

 a member of the firm of Newlander & 

 Rolin, Denver, Colo., died on March 1. 



The increasing importance of the 

 fruit growing industry and the con- 

 sequent necessity of vigorous spraying 

 led the members of the horticultural 

 society at a recent meeting in Wichita. 

 Kansas, to decide that it would be an 

 advantage to 'have a plant manufac- 

 turing Insecticides located in their 

 vicinity. At present the East has a 

 monopoly of this industry and the high 

 freight rates are a htirden to the 

 western people. 



METHODS OF PROPAGATING 

 PLANTS. 

 By Jaciison Dawson. 

 As announced in our last week's 

 issue, .lackson Dawson of the Arnold 

 Arboretum was unable to be present 

 at the last of the season's lectures of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety Saturday, March G, 1909, to speak 

 on "Methods of Propagating Plants," 

 but owing to illness was compelled to 

 send in his paper to be read by Secre- 

 tary W. P. Rich. J. A. Pettigrew of 

 the Boston Park Commission presided. 

 Seeds, the paper stated, should al- 

 ways be selected with care, and differ- 

 ent seeds require different treatments. 

 Those of the plum and peach, for in- 

 stance, will not germinate until they 

 have been frozen hard. Many tree 

 seeds are packed in dry earth all win- 

 ter, and some of the hard kinds must 

 be soaked in warm water before plant- 

 ing. Only fresh seed should be used. 



Soil and situation are next to be con- 

 sidered. A deep rich loam well ma- 

 nured and as free from weeds as pos- 

 sible should be selected, sheltered from 

 north and west winds. Planting in 

 rows is preferable to broadcast sowing. 

 Large seeds should be planted twice 

 the depth of the seed — say an inch for 

 beech or oak and two inches for hick- 

 ory. The soil should be neither dry 

 nor wet. Many tree seeds will not 

 come up until the second year. Red 

 ajid white maple seeds should be sown 

 as soon as gathered and if well cared 

 for will come up In one year. When 

 seeds are sown in the fall, as soon as 

 the ground is frozen, cover with hay 

 or pine needles. As soon as plants 

 are up they should be cultivated 

 and kept free from weeds. All water- 

 ing should be stopped alter the first 

 of September to harden the wood. 

 Ploughins between the drills is help- 

 ftil. 



Seeds just arrived from foreign sta- 

 tions should be treated with unusual 

 care. If mildewed, they should be 

 treated with a weak solution of cop- 

 per sulphate. Nearly all deciduous 

 plants should be transplanted after the 

 fii-st year. Box planting is a good sys- 

 tem because it facilitates handling of 

 the plants. About April put the boxes 

 in frames where they will get the 

 morning sun. In winter they can be 

 kept in good condition if covered with 

 sphagnum moss or pine needles. The 

 critical time with young conifers is 

 the first three weeks before they have 

 a crown bud. Hot sun and excessive 

 rain kill thousands of trees. After 

 August they will need very little spe- 

 cial care. 



The propagation of kalmias, rhodo- 

 dendrons and plants of ihis class is 

 especially ditlicult, and should not be 

 attempted except in a greenhouse. 

 They must be transplanted frequently. 

 A sprinkling of hot sand will destroy 

 fungi without destroying the plants. 

 ATany shrubs and trees can be grown 

 from cuttings or from pieces of the 

 root The elm is an example of the 

 latter class. The willows root readily 

 from wood cuttings. Many of the roses 

 it is almost impossible to grow from 

 hard wood. Many plants root easier 

 from soft cuttings in summer than 

 from hard wood cuttings. Shrub cut- 

 tings should be five or six inches long 

 but willows may be longer. If the 

 ground is well sheltered cuttings may 

 be planted out in frames or nursery 



rovs in the fall. The soil should be 



good and deep and well watered. By 

 the end of the second year they should 

 be ready for transplanting. In growing 

 soft-wood cuttings boxes or frames 

 should be used, and need much more 

 care than the hard ones. The earlier 

 rooted plants can be set out in frames 

 in spring and will be in good shape 

 by winter if well cared for. Plants 

 with stolons or underground stems, 

 can be propagated from cuttings. Many 

 plants wanted on their own roots can 

 be had by layering. Layers are 

 branches of plants cut partly through 

 and buried in soil. They will then 

 root at the eyes or place of cutting. 

 By twisting the branch the flow of sap 

 can be prevented. The sap must be 

 regulated. Almost any branch or vine 

 can be grown this way. Grapes may 

 be cut off from the parent plant in the 

 fall, but maples must be kept on the 

 main plant two years. 



Mr. Dawson's paper did not go into 

 all the methods of giafting, but ex- 

 plained some of its features. All woody 

 plants may be grafted. Old orchards 

 may be made vigorous by grafting, 

 although generally grafted plants do 

 not live as long as plants on their own 

 roots. There are some fifty methods 

 of grafting, but these are modifica- 

 tions of some five or six ways. Scions 

 should be cut before the sap is well 

 started, and grafting should be done in 

 the spring. Scions should be well- 

 ripened wood at least one year old. 

 The paper described the various tech- 

 nical processes of inarching, grafting 

 by approach, tongue grafting, bottle 

 grafting, cleft grafting, side grafting, 

 etc All methods of grafting can be 

 used on roots. Budding consists in 

 taking a bud from one plant, with a 

 piece of bark, and inserting it in a 

 cut in another plant. Most nursery- 

 men propagate more by budding than 

 by grafting. 



DURING RECESS. 



Lenox Horticultural Society. 

 The annual dinner of this society 

 was held at the Curtis Hotel Thursday, 

 March 4th, and was a decided success, 

 about eighty members and friends be- 

 ing present. The night was far from 

 being ideal as a blizzard was raging 

 at the time, otherwise the attendance 

 would have been much larger. After 

 doing justice to the good things pro- 

 vided by Landlord Curtis, President A. 

 Jenkins spoke in behalf of the society, 

 and introduced A. McConnachie as 

 toastmaster for the evening. Thos. J. 

 Grey in a humorous speech spoke on 

 behalf of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, and the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society. During the 

 course of the evening a telegram was 

 read from A. T. Boddington, New 

 York, regretting his inability to at- 

 tend and wishing the members a pleas- 

 ant time. Various other persons con- 

 tributed to the success of the evening, 

 namely, Mrs. J. Clifford, Mrs. Geo. 

 Mole, Messrs. W. Glennan, F. Howard, 

 W. Jack and W. D. Curtis. Upon a 

 suggestion from the toastmaster a ris- 

 ing vote of appreciation was accorded 

 to W. D. Curtis for the splendid ban- 

 quet, and closed with the entire party 

 singing Auld Lang Syne. The com- 

 mittee, of which E. Jenkins was chair- 

 man, are to be congratulated upon the 

 success attending their efforts. 



G. H. INSTONB, Sec'y. 



