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HOETICULTUEE 



March 15, 1913 



Obituary 



Nathan Dexter Pierce. 



Nathan D. Pierce, nurseryman and 

 florist, died at his home in Norwood, 

 R. I., March 7, of pulmonary tubercu- 

 losis, in the 64th year of his age. He 

 had been seriously ill for over a year 

 and for the past ten weeks he had 

 been confined to his bed. He was 

 born in Providence, on February 2, 

 1850. 



Mr. Pierce was well known through- 

 out the state as an authority on flow- 

 ers and small fruits, having served 

 as judge at many exhibitions. Among 

 his own introductions were the car- 

 nations Beau Ideal and Dexter Pierce 

 some years ago which received med- 

 als and certificates in New York, Bos- 

 ton and Providence shows. 



At the age of 22 Mr. Pierce began 

 his career as a nurseryman, starting 

 on a small lot set aside for him by 



Nathan Dexteb Piebce 



his father. In 1875 he built a small 

 greenhouse, growing flowers for his 

 own use. He gradually branched out 

 in this line and the care of the nur- 

 sery was left to his father. When his 

 father died in 1899, Mr. Pierce also 

 took over the active management of 

 the nursery, which is one of the larg- 

 est in the state. 



Mr. Pierce was a member of the 

 first board of managers of the State 

 Agricultural School, now the Rhode 

 Island State College, having been ap- 

 pointed by Governor John W. Davis 

 in 1891. He took an active part in 

 the political affairs of his state, serv- 

 ing several years in the legislature 

 and on the Warwick town council. 



C. J. Barbour. 

 C. J. Barbour of Hartford, a lead- 

 ing member of the Connecticut Horti- 

 cultural Society, died suddenly, and 

 was buried a few days ago. He long 

 occupied the position as lawn care- 

 taker on the spacious grounds of the 

 Hartford Retreat, and took many 

 prizes for dahlias and other flowers at 

 the Society exhibitions. 



Easter Plants 



20 HOUSES DEVOTED TO 



DOROTHY PERKINS ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 



aud $6.00 each. 

 HIAWATHA ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and $6.00 each. 

 CRIMSON RA5IBLER ROSES, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and 



$6.00 each. 

 AMERICAN PILLAR ROSES, .$2.00 and $2.50 each. 



TAUSENDSCHON ROSES, $1.2.5, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 each. 

 PINK BABY R.\MBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 CRIMSON B.4BY R.4MBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. aud $1.00 each. 

 WHITE BABY RAMBLER ROSES, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 



ACACIAS, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $5.00 each. 

 M.^RGUERITES, Single, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1.00 each. 

 BOrGAINVILLEAS, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 each. 

 BOTTLEBRUSIIES, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 each. 

 HEATHER MELANTHERA. $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



HYDR.4NGEAS, Pink, 75 cts., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $5.00 each. 

 HYDR.4NGEAS, White, 50 cts., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50 and $3.00 each. 

 GENISTAS, 35 cts., 75 cts.. $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00 each. 



The above will be in the best po&sible condition 



for Eaater 



Greenhouses 40 minutes from North Station, Boston 



Come and see our stock 



THOMAS ROLAND 



Nahant, Mass. 



other deaths which have come to 



our notice recently are the following: 

 Wm. Blacker, florist, Clearfield, Pa., 

 who died on Feb. 21st; Peter Mor- 

 scheister, florist. La Salle, 111., who 

 died Feb. 24th; James A. Hovey, New- 

 ton Highlands, Mass., manager of the 

 seed department of the George A. 

 Weaver Co. of Newport, R. I.; J. H. 

 Tilton, seedsman, of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 who died on March 1st, aged 34 years. 



PERSONAL. 



Arthur Senn of Milwaukee, Wis. has 

 opened an office as landscape gardener. 



A. Francis succeeds J. Clarkson as 

 gardener to W. C. Egan at Highland 

 Park, 111. 



Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J. 

 sailed for the Mediterranean on Tues- 

 day, March 11th. 



A. H. Ruepke, recently of Lake For- 

 est, 111., will take charge of the Smith 

 Farm at Terre Haute, Ind. 



Karl Zeidler succeeds the late Mr. 

 Schrader as trustee of Locust Hill 

 Cemetery at Evansville, Ind. 



Emil Bollinger has accepted the 

 position of manager on the estate of 

 Byron L. Smith at Lake Forest, 111. 



O. G. Koenig, of the Koenig Floral 

 Co., St. Louis, has been nominated 

 for the office of city councilman on the 

 Republican ticket. 



A. F. Vlck, recently connected with 

 the Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 has accepted a position with the 

 Robert Craig Company of Philadel- 

 phia. 



Henry Penn and family, who have 



been enjoying a vacation at Atlantic 

 City, N. J. are back in Boston, and Mr. 

 Penn is very fit to tackle the oncom- 

 ing Easter trade. 



New York visitors — P. Welch, Bos- 

 ton, Mass.; E. W. McLellan, Burlin- 

 game, Cal.; W. C. Langbridge, Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y. 



Boston visitors — H. C. Neubrand, 

 Providence, R. I.; Walter Pedersen, 

 St. John, N. B.; Wm. Canning, Pride's 

 Crossing, Mass. 



Cincinnati visitors: Sydney Wert- 

 heimer, Sam Seligman and A. Ford of 

 New York: C. G. Perkins, Newark, N. 

 Y.; and G. P. Dietrich, Maysville, Ky. 



St. Louis visitors — Ed. Fancourt, of 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadel- 

 phia; Frank McCabe, of the Randall 

 Co., Chicago, and J. Schreiber, of the 

 Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



The British Encyclopedia of Na- 

 tional Biographies says that Thos. 

 Bridgeman who settled in New York in 

 1824 and wrote on horticulture is a 

 descendant of the Bridgeman who 

 planned the Kew Gardens and who is 

 mentioned by Horace Walpole In his 

 "Memoirs" as the one who revolution- 

 ized landscape gardening in England 

 and who was a friend of Alexander 

 Pope. 



Thomas Bridgeman had two sons 

 both of whom made a name in horti- 

 culture, Andrew as a plantsman and 

 Alfred as a seedsman. W. A. Bridge- 

 man, who is responsible for the ele- 

 gant window displays in the Thos. F. 

 Galvin store on Tremont street, Bos- 

 ton, is a son of Andrew Bridgeman. 

 ■Blood will tell.'- 



