June 12, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



835 



THIRD ANNUAL SALE 



IT WAS A SUCCESS LAST YEAR WHY NOT THIS? 



AT HIGH NOON, JUNE 22 



we will offer growers a combination of stock to grow on consisting of 



ARECAS, PANDANUS, ARAUCARIAS, FERNS, DRA- 

 CAENAS, SACOS, ASPIDISTRAS, ARDISIAS 



in quantities to suit all bidders. Do Not Fail to Attend. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey Street, 



NEW YORK 



pair of specimens of Cypripedium 

 Lawrenceanum bearing upwards of 

 tliirty flowers each and Dr. Weld's 

 gardener, Wm. Rust, was given a cul- 

 tural certificate for some fine pots of 

 Hydrangea Otaksa. W. J. Clemson, 

 gardener O. Ctiristenson, showed 

 some finely grown vegetables, includ- 

 ing forced cauliflowers. 



The great feature of the exhibition 

 was the group of hardy herbaceous 

 plants and flowers by R. & J. Parqu- 

 har & Co., in competition for the spe- 

 cial prize to be awarded next Septem- 

 ber to the leading winner in five ex- 

 hibitions. This display covered 500 

 sq. ft. of floor space, and, arranged in 

 a sloping rockery setting, was gorge- 

 ous in the extreme. A great many 

 Alpine rockery subjects rarely seen 

 in exhibitions were included. Hardy 

 asters bloomed in small pots were 

 among the unusual things for this 

 time of year. 



cester County Horticultural Society, 

 Worcester, Mass., was held on June Z, 

 with a good display of flowers but a 

 small showing of vegetables. James 

 P. Porter and C. P. Fish were the only 

 exhibitors of peonies. Irises were 

 shown in splendid variety and L. C. 

 Midgeley had a fine showing of cam- 

 panula. 



PERSONAL. 



James Aldous of Iowa City, Iowa, is 

 planning a trip to England this month. 



It is reported that George W. West, 

 lily exporter of Bermuda, is critically 

 ill. 



A. A. Smith, who has been connected 

 with W. J. Ritterskamp's establish- 

 ment at Princeton, Ind., has gone on a 

 visit to his home in Norway. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The second annual flower show at 

 Bethlehem, Pa., was scheduled for 

 June 9 



Mrs. Philip Light, who succeeded her 

 late father Henry Burt, in the florist 

 business at Syracuse, N. Y., was mar- 

 ried on May 24 to F. H. Robinson. 



Obituary, 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer. 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer, for many years 

 vice-president of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and organizer of 

 the horticultural shows of the Ameri- 

 can Institute of New York, died at his 

 home in Stamford, Conn., on May 29, 

 at the age of 77. He was a native of 

 Heidelberg, Germany. He has held re- 

 spectively the positions of agricultural 

 editor of the New York Tribune, edi- 

 tor of American Garden, and from 1886 

 until 1905 editor of the American Agri- 

 culturist for Orange Judd. On retir- 

 ing from this latter position he as- 

 sumed the care of the publication of 

 the agricultural books of Orange Judd 

 Co. He has suffered from neuralgic 

 troubles for several years. Three sons 

 survive him; one a medical doctor of 

 Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; one a landscape 

 gardener at Jamaica, N. Y., and one a 

 veterinary surgeon at Stamford, Conn. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold their rose and straw- 

 berry show on June 26, 27. 



The rose and strawberry exhibition 

 of the Tarrytown (N. Y.) Horticultural 

 Society will be held on June 15. 



At the meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club on Monday, June 14, 

 there will be an exhibition of peonies 

 and outdoor roses. 



Among the passengers on the New 

 Amsterdam which sailed June 8, from 

 New York, were P. Koster, G. C. Eld- 

 ering, P. Ouwerkerk, Jr., Jean Van 

 Waverin and J. Ebbinge. 



The first June exhibition of the Wor- 



Governor Gillett has named H. P. 

 Stabler of Yuba, C. O. Bocks, Cuperti- 

 no, and A. T. Garey, Los Angeles, as 

 horticultural commission examiners 

 for the State of California. An exami- 

 nation will be held in every county in 

 which a horticultural commission is to 

 be established. 



William F. Andross. 

 William F. Andross of South Wind- 

 sor, Conn., died on May 28 at the age 

 of 59. He has held many positions of 

 trust and at the time of his death was 

 secretary of the Connecticut State 

 Agricultural Society. 



George Waldbart, Jr. 

 George Waldbart, Jr., son of Alex- 

 ander Waldbart, died at his home in 

 St. Louis, on May 28, after a lingering 

 illness, at the age of 30. 



