May 15, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



695 



Obituary, 



Mrs. Orland P. Bassett. 

 Mrs. Orland P, Bassett died at the 

 -Mary Thompson Hospital in Chicago, 

 May 7th, after an illness o£ three 

 weeks. She was taken ill returning 

 from Hot Springs, Va., with Mr. Bas- 

 sett who had spent some time there 

 for his health. She appeared to be 

 getting along nicely and her recovery 

 was expected when the disease took a 

 fatal turn and she passed away. Mrs. 

 Bassett was prominent in the social 

 life of Hinsdale, and her husband Is 

 the senior member of the firm of Bas- 

 sett &- Washburn. The funeral was 

 held on Sunday. May 9th, at the Imm. 

 in Hinsdale and interment was a' i la x 

 Forest Cemetery at that place. 



Mrs. J. F. Huss.. 



Mrs. Helen E. Huss, wife of John K 

 Huss, superintendent at the J. J. Good- 

 win estate. Hartford, Conn., died on 

 Sunday morning. May 9, after an il! 

 ness cf three months. She was tli 

 second wife of Mr. Huss and the cii- 

 cumstanees of her sickness and dea';. 

 were especially pathetic as her illnes- 

 developed shortly after his marriag 

 last winter. Four little children ar< 

 again left motherless and the deepes 

 sympathy is felt for Mr. Huss in thi.- 

 affliction. 



John Dallas. 

 We have just received word of the 

 death at Danbury, Conn., of John 

 Dallas, formerly in the florist business 

 at Fairfield. Conn., and later in charge 

 of Ventford Hall, the beautiful es- 

 tate of G. H. Morgan, Lenox. Mass. 

 Mr. Dallas leaves a son and two 

 daughters. He was a member of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society. 



A. C. Schroeder. 

 Alvin Charles Schroeder, one of the 

 older florists of Bayonne, N. Y., died 

 on Jlay 2. at -the age of sixty-nine. 

 Mr. Schroeder was a native of Ger- 

 many but settled in Bayonne forty-five 

 years ago aud had there built up an 

 extensive business. Two sons. Fred- 

 erick W. O. and Rustin I., survive him. 



Adolph Frost. 



Adolph Frost, a native of Germany 

 but a resident of the United States 

 since 1857, and the oldest florist in 

 Cortland, N. Y.. died on April 29 at 

 the age of 78. A daughter and son 

 survive him, the latter carrying on the 

 business which his father established. 



Grant Thorburn. 

 Grant Thorburn, brother to the late 

 J. M. Thorburn, and grandson of the 

 founder of the seed house of J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co., New York, died in 

 Paris, France, April 30. aged 81. 



Jacob Schneider. 

 Jacob Schneider, carnation grower at 

 Rogers Park, Chicago, died May 5th. 

 He was ill but a few days with 

 pneumonia. He leaves a wife and two 

 children. 



J. C. Rossow. 

 J. C. Rossow, a well known grower 

 for the New York market, died on 



April 29, at an advanced age. His 

 home was at Carlstadt, N. J. 



Mrs. Harriet H. Smith. 

 Mrs. Harriet H. Smith, mother of 

 Frank Smith of Smith & Fetters, 

 Cleveland. O., died on May 2. Inter- 

 ment at Bristol, Conn. 



HOUSE OF FLOWERS. 



Ths accon'-panying illustration is re- 

 p oduced f:om our Belgian contemo- 

 la.y /,(/ Trihiiiir Ilnilirolf. It is stated 

 that this house was during the sum- 

 mer of 190S the best adorned in all 

 Belgium. This branch of gardening 

 art is not given ihe atteniicn it should 

 have in this country. A few examples 



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like this house herewith pictured, in 

 both residential and business streets, 

 would seen excite the public interest 

 to the extent that the object lesson 

 W'ould be very generally followed and 

 the demand for plants suitable for 

 such work amazingly increased. It is 

 up to the florists themselves to set the 

 fashion. Do it this season. 



THE GARDENING WORLD. 



This old established English garden- 

 ing paper, after an existence of nearly 

 a oirarter of a century, has ceased to 

 appear. It has been taken over by the 

 proprietors of "Garden Life," a well 

 known horticultural journal for ama- 

 teurs, with which it is now incorpor- 

 ated. The first number following the 

 amalgamation will be considerably en- 

 larged, and will be entitled "Special 

 Amalgamation Number of Garden 

 Life." the old title being no longer 

 used. It is published by the Cable 

 Printing and Publishing Co., London, 

 Eng., a business concern that is 

 specially interested in providing litera- 

 ture for the amateur gardeners of the 

 United Kingdom. C. H. P. 



Personal 



Robert George has taken a position 

 with C. E. Wingate, Lawrence, Mass. 



Visitors in New York: C. C. Cropp, 

 Chicago; Ernest Benary, Jr, Erfurt, 

 Germany. 



Carl Jurgens of Newport, just re- 

 turned from a trip to Spain, was a vis- 

 itor in New York this week. 



J. H. Slocombe, florist of Townsend 

 Ave., New Haven, Conn., is reported 

 to be recovering from the shock with 

 which he was recently stricken. 



Visitors in Boston: W. A. Koch, 

 Denmark; E. J. Fancourt, Philadel- 

 phia. Pa.; Ralph M. Ward, New York, 

 N. v.; Winfried Rolker, New York. 



Andrew Ferguson, of Detroit, who 

 has been ill most of the winter has 

 been taken to the hospital and an 

 operation is thought to be necessary. 



Daniel MacRorie, who recently 

 oi)ened a new business in San Fran- 

 cisco, reports the arrival of an im- 

 portation of Phalaenopsis in perfect 

 condition. 



Lyman B. Craw of the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Company, made his first visit a 

 few days ago to his oflice in New York 

 since his recovery from a very critical 

 surgical operation. 



Recent reports from Luther Bur- 

 bank state that he is indisposed and 

 unable to receive visitors at his Santa 

 Rose home. Needless to say, every 

 one wishes him a speedy recovery. 



W. McM. Brown, a frequent con- 

 tributor to HORTICULTURE, has ac- 

 cepted a position on the Coryell estate, 

 ilenlo, California. This is one of the 

 most noted orchid establishments on 

 the Pacific Coast. 



Lyman B. Brainerd, president of the 

 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and 

 Insurance Company, has been elected 

 a member of the board of park com- 

 missioners, Hartford, Conn., to suc- 

 ceed Rev. W. DeLoss Love. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



John McMillan of Roxbury, Mass., 

 has accepted a position as head gar- 

 dener on the estate of Mrs. C. Adolph 

 Low, Sharon, Conn. 



Jacob Reid has taken a position as 

 head gardener on the Bradley estate. 

 Brattleboro, Vt. Mr. Reid was garden- 

 er on the Mitchell estate, Norwich, 

 Conn. 



.Tames S. Hutchinson, who for forty 

 years has held the position of fore- 

 man of the gardens in Allegheny Park, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., retired to private life 

 on April 30. He is 80 years of age. 



