December 12, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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IT'S TIMB 



"To Make a Noise Like an Order," 

 IF YOU DESIRE OUR ADJUSTABLE PLANT STANDS 



for the coming Fall and Winter Horticultural Displays, as we are rapidly sell- 

 ing up our production until that time, and late comrrs. will be disappointed. 

 Prize winners this season for display and banking of plants will be 

 those equipped with The Moore-Livingston Adjustable Plant Stands. 



With three sizes of stands all heights can be obtained from 6 to 48 inches. 

 If your seedsman or supply house cannot furnish them, write, phone, wire or cable us 

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The Moore-Livingston Co "m S D Lansdowne, Pa. 



PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: Cen'ral Trust Building, 4th and Market Sts„ Philadelphia 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Pearce. 

 Henry Pearce, a well known florist 

 of Buffalo, died on November 21. He 

 leaves a widow and three children. 



N. Studer. 



N. Studer, one of the pioneer plant 

 growers of Washington, D. C, died at 

 his home in that city on November 

 23, aged 70. He was a native of Switz- 

 erland. 



Prof. J. G. Lemmon. 

 Prof. J. G. Lemmon, one of the best 

 known botanists on the Pacific coast, 

 died in Berkeley, Calif.. November 24, 

 aged 74. He is survived by his widow 

 and a brother who resides in Michigan. 



Peter M. Novik. 

 The mangled body of Prof. Peter M. 

 Novik, a Norwegian instructor in hor- 

 ticulture at the Maryland Agricultural 

 College, was found on the railroad 

 track at Hyattsville, Md., on Wednes- 

 day, Dec. 9. 



W. J. Beatty. 

 William J. Beatty, born in Belfast, 

 Ire., in 1827, died at his home in Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., November 24. He came to 

 this country in 1850 and was actively 

 negaged as a nurseryman and gardener 

 for many years. 



Walter Slade. 

 Walter Slade, who for many years 

 carried on the florist business at 

 Franklin, Mass., died in Attleboro, 

 December 5 after a brief illness. He 

 was 63 years of age, and leaves a 

 widow, two sons and two daughters. 



Archibald J. Taylor. 



A. J. Taylor, aged 45 years, of Bur- 

 lington. Vt., was killed on Saturday 

 night, Dec. 5, in an automobile acci- 

 dent. Two other gentlemen who were 

 in the auto with him were seriously 

 hurt — one of them probably fatally. 

 Mr. Taylor, who has been for many 

 years engaged in the florist business 

 in Burlington, sold out three weeks 

 ago to W. F. Peters and was preparing 

 to start on Dec. 7 on a trip to Florida 

 with his wife and ten-year-old 

 daughter. 



John Baker. 

 John Baker, superintendent for 

 Philip Dexter at Manchester-by-the 

 Sea, Mass., was kilted Dec. 13, by a 



premature explosion of dynamite. Mr. 

 Eaker was born Feb. 22, 1858 of old 

 Puritan stoc'\ In early life he was 

 engaged in saw-milling and farming 

 pursuits, late r in dairying and market 

 gardening. For fifteen years Mr. 

 Baler has been superintendent o! the 

 Essex County Club grounds. Re- 

 cently he toox charge of road building, 

 etc. on Mr. Philip Dexter's estate, lie 

 invented the Baker Horse Lawn Sim.'. 

 Mr. Baker took an active part in 



Jons Baker 



public affairs. He was Past Grand of 

 Magnolia Lodge, I. O. O. F., treasurer 

 of the North Shore Horticultural 

 Society and chairman of the show 

 committee. He was one of the work- 

 ers who inaugurated the tent shows 

 held on the Essex County Club 

 grounds. 



The funeral was at the Congrega- 



tional Church, Sunday afternoon, at- 

 tended by the Horticultural Society iu 

 a body, also Magnolia Lodge, 149, I. O. 

 O. F. The burial was with Odd Fel- 

 lows' rites. 



He leaves a widow and six children. 

 ROBERT A. MITCHELL. 



Mrs. Maria Gertrude Kresken. 



Mi-. Maria ('ertrude Kresken, wife 

 of H. A. Kresken. died at her home, 

 808 Vine street, Cincinnati, Tuesday, 

 Dec. 1st. A short time before her 

 death she suffered from a stroke of 

 paralysis from which she failed to 

 rally. The body was incinerated at the 

 Cincinnati crematory Friday. Dtc. 4th. 



Mrs. Kresken was one of the pioneer 

 florists of Cincinnati, having occupied 

 the same store on Vine street, near 8th, 

 for about 36 years. The funeral was 

 largely attended and there was a 

 wealth of floral tributes expressing the 

 love and svmpathy of the florists of 

 this city. F. W. BALL. 



Martin R. Smith. 

 It is with sincere regret that we re- 

 cord the death of Martin R. Smitn, 

 President of the National Carnation 

 and Picotee Society, at his home in 

 Hayes, Kent, England, on November 8. 

 Mr. Smith was known on both sides of 

 the water as the raiser of border and 

 Malmaison carnations, and a long list 

 of this specialty attests to his pains- 

 taking efforts,— Childe Harold being 

 his first success and John Ruskin his 

 last effort. Mr: Smith was among the 

 first sixty horticulturists who received 

 the R. H. S.'s Victoria Medal of Honor. 

 He was a genial, kindly, unassuming 

 gentleman, and will be a great loss to 

 horticulture. 





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