July 4, IPOS 



HORTICULTURE 



Obituary 



David Gindra. 



This much beloved old-time gardener 

 passed away it his home in Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., on Friday, June 19, at 

 the a?e of 75. He had been gardener 

 on the Beck estate for 45 years and 

 was recognized as a horticulturist of 

 ability and high standing. He was a 

 member of the Dutchess County Hor- 



David Gindra. 



ticultural Society and had been for 

 many years a member of the S. A. F. 

 He is survived by his wife and two 

 sons, both of whom are in the green- 

 house business. The funeral was held 

 from 'he home of his son, Conrad, on 

 Monday morning, June 22, and was at- 

 tended by a large representation o£ 

 the horticultural profession. Numerous 

 floral offerings testified to the esteem, 

 love and respect in which Mr. Gindra 

 was held by the community. Mr. Gin- 

 dra and the late Thomas DeVoy were 

 bosom friends for nearly fifty years. 

 One of the local papers commenting 

 on Mr. Gindra's death has this to 

 say concerning him, every word of 

 which we endorse: 



"David Gindra lived his long life in 

 harmony with all men. There are few 

 who are endowed with the gentle, kind- 

 ly spirit and sense of justness and 

 fairness, which marked his character. 

 Mr. Gindra was modest and unassum- 

 ing in his ways. He made friends 

 as time and occasion prompted, but 

 never sought, approval or looked for 

 commendation. He did his duty faith- 

 fully and was tuie to every trust re- 

 posed in him." 



J. W. Minott. 



J. W. Minott. for many years iden- 

 tified with the florist trade in Portland, 

 Me., died suddenly at his home in 

 Pleasantdale on June 23. Mr. Minott 

 was born in the West Indies, although 

 his parents were natives of Brunswick, 

 Me. His age was 74. A widow and 

 one son and daughter survive him. 



George T. Sambrook. 



George T. Sambrook, an old and 

 highly respected florist of Watervliet, 



X. Y., died on June 20, aged 70 years 

 Mr. Sambrook was born in London, 

 England, but came to this country 

 when a boy, and has resided in Water- 

 vliet for fifty years, during thirty of 

 which he has been engaged in the 

 florist business. Mr. Sambrook served 

 during the Ci\il War, and was badlj 

 wounded at the battle of the Wilder- 

 ness. He leaves three sons and one 

 daughter. 



H. Wilson Smith. 

 H. W. Smith of Mittineague, Mass., 

 who for several years was engaged in 

 the floral business, but was recently 

 connected with ihe state experiment 

 station in the gypsy moth department, 

 died on June 21. A widow survives 

 him. 



William H. Allen. 



William H. Allen, who has been as- 

 sociated for nearly thirty years with 

 the Hospital for the Insane, in Augus- 

 ta, Me., as gardener and florist, died 

 on June 25 at the age of 51. A widow 

 and one son survive. 



Jacob A. Ryser. 

 Jacob A. Ryser, a native of Switzer- 

 land, and for several years a leading 

 florist in Bellefontaine, 0., died on 

 June 19 at the age of 90. 



Mrs. George A. Williams. 

 The wife of George A. Williams of 

 the Taunton Greenhouses, Taunton, 

 Mass., died recently. 



Marcus Ellis. 



Marcus Ellis, senior member of the 

 Ellis Bros. Company, Keene, N. H., 

 died on June 13. Ellis Brothers have 

 been in the florist business many years 

 in Keene, and deceased was well and 

 favorably known, especially through- 

 out the New England horticultural 

 trade. He was born in Royalton, Vt, 



Marcus Ellis. 



September 1. 1S45. He removed to 

 Keene when 19 years of age and went 

 into the iron foundry business, in 

 which he continued until 1SS0, when 

 he gave it up to take charge of the 

 greenhouses which he had established 



six years before with his brother Al- 

 bert, and which, after the. withdrawal 

 "I his brother he continued under the 

 same firm name Four years ago, Mr. 

 Ellis suffered a paralytic shock ami .it 

 that time Frank Chapman was taken 

 into partnership and the Ellis Bros. 

 Co. was formed. Mr. Ellis was a suc- 

 cessful business man, an exemplary 

 citizen and was possessed of a remark- 

 ably serene disposition, which made for 

 him a host of friends. He leaves a 

 widow and four children. 



The Late E. Hippakd. 



GARDENIAS FOR WINTER BLOOM- 

 ING. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Will some of the readers of HORTI- 

 CULTURE please give some informa- 

 tion on the cultivation of Gardenias 

 for winter blooming? 



SUBSCRIBER. 



Replying to the above inquiry, al- 

 most anyone can grow gardenias. My 

 experience is that the principal secret 

 in getting them to flower during the 

 winter is not to allow the plants to go 

 to rest, during the fall; that is, as soon 

 as it becomes a little cool in the early 

 fall the plants are very likely to be 

 set with some buds, and they ought to 

 be kept going right along, even if the 

 flowers go to waste, as if you permit 

 them to go to rest, let them be ever so 

 plentifully supplied with buds, I have 

 found it impossible to start them into 

 growing again before the spring. 



Keep them growing, if possible, with 

 plenty of heat and moisture during the 

 months of September, October, No- 

 vember. December and January, and 

 you ought to get a good supply of 

 flowers; of course, they will flower of 

 their own accord during March and 

 April, etc. J. H. TROY. 



INCORPORATED. 



Hermann Bros. Co., Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa. 



Emporia Fruit Growers' Association, 

 Emporia, Va.; J. D. West; C. F. Mas- 

 terson. F. W. Howard, of Belfield, 

 capital. $15,000. 



