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HOBTICULTUEE 



May 24, 1913 



Obituary. 



Elbridge G. Moore. 

 Elbridge G. Moore of Milford, Mass., 

 died at his home on May 1st, after an 

 illness of several months. He was 78 

 years old and had been in the florist 

 business for over thirty years. His 

 wife and a brother survive him. 



James Fraser. 

 James Fraser, superintendent of the 

 Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., died of heart disease on May 

 5th. He was born in London, May 19, 

 1862, and came to this country when 

 8 years of age. He is survived by a 

 wife and two children. 



Wiliam Ewing, Sr. 

 1913 has certainly proved so far a 

 year of sorrow in the seed trade, in 

 the loss of some of its most promi- 

 nent and esteemed members. Within 

 a month we have lost Frank T. Emer- 

 son and Alexander L. Don, and now 

 comes the news from across the line 

 of the passing away of William 

 Ewing, of William Ewing & Co.. Mon- 

 treal, who died May 6th. and who was 

 equally well known in the States as in 

 his adopted country, where he founded 

 a great business after receiving his 

 early training in Glasgow, Scotland. 

 Mr. Ewing was a most whole-souled, 

 companionable man and beloved by 

 everybody. 



G. L. Grant. 

 G. L. Grant, editor of the Florists' 

 Review, died at Soquel, Cal., following 

 a second operation for appendicitis, on 

 Sunday, May 18. G. L. Grant was born 

 in Jersey City, N. J., on June 15, 1859. 

 He went to Chicago in 1883. For a 

 brief time he sailed on the lakes with 

 Captain Walsh on the Alpena, which 

 was soon afterwards lost with all on 

 board. Our recollection is that pre- 

 viously Mr. Grant had been employe;! 

 in telegraphic work, but he had not 

 been long in Chicago before he en- 

 tered the employ of J. C. Vaughan in 

 the cut flower commission business, 

 and at the time of the establishment 

 of the American Florist, the first flor- 

 ists' trade paper, at the S. A. F. con- 

 vention in Cincinnati, 1885. Mr. Grant 

 was placed in a position of responsi- 

 bility in the editorial oflice of the new 

 paper, which he retained until the se- 

 cession ot a large section of the office 

 force under his leadership and the 

 estab'ishnient of the Florists' Review 

 in the year 1897. Since that time he 

 has held the position of editor and 

 manager of that publication, although 

 about ten years ago he went to Cali- 

 fornia on account of impaired health 

 and has resided there ever since, com- 

 ing East only on such occasions as 

 the S. A. F. conventions. He was one 

 of the charter members of the S. A. 

 F., and has always taken a more or 

 less active part in its work and its 

 politics. The telegraphic code which 

 the Society issued in its early exist- 

 ence was mainly the work of Mr. 

 Grant. He was an active participant 

 in the organization of the Chicago 



Florists' Club, 26 years ago, and after- 

 wards served as its secretary and 

 president. 



William C. Strong. 



Again it becomes our sad duty to 

 record the decease of an old tried-and- 

 true friend. W. C. Strong of Waban. 

 Mass., for many years well-known as 

 a nurseryman, horticulturist and 

 gifted writer in bygone days, died in 

 New York, May 14, at the home of his 

 son where he has been living for the 

 past year or two, at the advanced age 

 of eighty years. He was a native of 

 Hardwick, Vt. 



Mr. Strong was an active contempo- 

 rary ot Hovey, Wilder, Breck, Park- 

 man, Hunnewell, Barry and other men 

 who in the middle ot the last century 

 left their indellible impress on Ameri- 

 can horticulture and pomology. He 

 was a frequent contributor to the col- 

 umns of ihe Horticulturist, Gardeners' 

 Monthly, and similar periodicals and 

 having a legal education and a deep 

 seated love for his chosen profession 

 of horticulture his writings were at 

 all times logical and interesting. In 



Wii.i.i.\.\i C. SiHONi; 



the early fifties he was recognized as 

 an authority on grapes. In 1851 he 

 made a record exhibition ot forced 

 grapes at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 and for a number ot years conducted 

 extensive graperies at Brighton. Ver- 

 sailles currant was first exhibited at 

 Boston by Mr. Strong in 1857 and in 

 the fall of 1859 the records show that 

 he was the first to exhibit Tritoma 

 uvaria before the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Fuchsias, glox- 

 inias and other choice floral products 

 were frequently sent to the exhibition 

 tables from his establishment. The 

 "hillside" greenhouses erected in 1868 

 at Nonantum Nurseries, Brighton, at- 

 tracted much attention for a time on 

 account of their novel construction. 

 This place has been now for many 

 vears the establishment of W. H, El- 

 liott. 



W. C. Strong became a member ot 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety in 1848 and with one exception — 

 D. S. Kendall, who is recorded as hav- 

 ing joined in the same year, was the 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



AdvertiBements in thij colomn 

 one cent a word. Initials connt 

 as words. Cash with order. All 

 correspondence addressed "Care 

 MORTICCLTCRE" should be tent 

 to 11 Hani tit on Place, Boson. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— By gardener, 

 life experience in all branches of garden- 

 ing in and outdoors in old and this coun- 

 try, especially ot pot plants, vegetables, 

 fi-uit growing, etc. Married; age 28; ab- 

 stainer; good worker. Preferably on 

 small private place or as helper on larger. 

 Address "P. M.," care HOTICULTDRE. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new; 

 to I 12, 16x18, 16x24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is 

 the time to buy and save money. Parsbel- 

 sky Bros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



FOR SALE— Four acres of desirable 

 land, good rich soil, on the main thorough- 

 fare between Boston and Worcester. Also 

 a good cottage house, with sheds, and sta- 

 ble atcommodations for 14 horses. Just 

 the place to establish a greenhouse as well 

 as to secure a desirable home. Address T. 

 W. B., care HORTICULTURE. 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 



.\ RARE CHANCE TO I^EASE A 

 I'LORITS BUSINESS in the best location 

 in Brooklyn. N. V., near Prospect Park, 

 half «a.v to Coney Issland. No other place 

 like it for funeral work and cut flowers. 

 Situated one i>lo<-k from the new Coney 

 Island avenue (100 feet wide). The prop- 

 ert.v now contains small ffreenhouse. a new 

 cement otH<-e and workroom 30 .x 22 feet. 

 Cellar full size, tltteil to raise niushrooniB. 

 If you are in want of sucli a business, 

 in\estis:ate. Reasons for leasing, death of 

 ni>' wife and poor health. Established 

 eigliteen years. Best of references. Fall 

 particulars will he n^iven. F. A. BOLLES, 

 Cone.v Island .A\enue iuid Avenue 1*., 

 Brooklyn, N. V. 



oldest member in term of service. He 

 was recording secretary from 1852 to 

 1855, vice-president from 1860 to 1870 

 and president from 1871 to 1874, and 

 was closely identified with the So- 

 ciety's activities during those and suc- 

 ceeding years. 



Mr. Strong was a gentleman of the 

 genuine old school, gentle mannered, 

 kindly and sympathetic. He lived a 

 useful life, and died at a ripe old age, 

 maintaining to the last his love for 

 horticulture and his interest in the 

 career of his former business asso- 

 ciates and friends. 



The photograph from which our pic- 

 ture was made was taken a good 

 many years ago. yet it is a good like- 

 ness of Mr. Strong as we remember 

 him even after he had reached a ven- 

 erable age. 



HORTICULTURE: 



Please do not repeat our advertise- 

 ment for a man. The first insertion 

 brought us just the right party for the 

 place. Yours truly, 



HENRY S. DAWSON, 



33 Woodland Rd., Auburndale, Mass. 



HORTICULTURE: 



Stop my adv. in your paper. I have 

 secured a position. Many offers. 



J. M. 



