December 2G, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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This year's farm crops in America are worth Eight Thousand Million Dollars. 

 Leave us alone and BUSINESS WILL BOOM. 



read this GIGANTEUM FOR 1909 



Giganteum is today the best commercial lily produced in quantities for florist's use. Any grower should be able to force them 

 for Easter. Retarded bulbs can be forced in from 12 to 16 weeks. Good (jigs can always be depended upon. 



Inferior bulbs are planted near the top of the soil, so they will round out and grow to the required size quicker and bring quicker 

 returns. Superior bulbs are planted deep down in the soil, requiring more cultivation, making them stronger before they grow to size and 

 consequently cost more to produce. 



Your experience tells you to buy the best, because the cheapest often cost the most. Remember " He who gives something for 

 nothing, expects something for nothing in return." Always buy the best and you will generally get it. 



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Obituary 



Charles Baltet. 

 Charles Baltet is dead! These words 

 will be repeated the wide world round 

 wherever horticulture is known, and 

 repeated with regret. The great French 

 pomologist, whom it has been our 

 privilege to know and to be associated 

 with officially, is no more, and we can 

 scarcely realize the fact. Three years 

 have elapsed since we last met him, 

 when as members of the "Jury Su- 

 perieur" at the Paris International 

 Horticultural Show we with several 

 other old friends assisted in awarding 

 the prizes. 



Charles Baltet was a wonderful old 

 man. As a pomologist he was probably 

 without an equal, as a writer one of 

 the most prolific, for his works would 

 fill a small library, by themselves. 

 He was descended from a race of 

 French gardeners and was born at 

 Troyes in the department of the Aube, 

 where he lived all his life and carried 

 on the business of a nurseryman. 

 His erudition, aided by a facile pen, 

 enabled him to give to the world at 

 large the benefit of his great know- 

 ledge in a series of works the very 

 enumeration of which is scarcely prac- 

 ticable in the limited scope of an obitu- 

 ary notice. Taking the entries under 

 his name in the catalogue of the Na- 

 tional Horticultural Society of France 

 we find thirty-nine, and since the 

 date when that catalogue appeared 

 this grand old man of French horticul- 

 ture has still been busy and added to 

 the list. His name is written large 

 In the annals of horticulture, and so 

 long as men and women interest them- 

 selves in the art of gardening Charlea 

 Baltet's name will live. 



He was a generous supporter of 

 everything relating to his profession. 

 He was a member of many important 

 societies and institutions, a frequent 

 contributor to the horticultural press 

 and a good citizen who was held in 

 high esteem by his townsmen. But 

 his fame spread far beyond the town 



of Troyes. Some of his books were 

 translated into other tongues and as a 

 reward for his labors he was the re- 

 cipient of many decorations from 

 various governments besides his own. 



He was buried on the 27th November 

 in his native town, full of years and 

 full of honors, for as Officer of the 

 Legion of Honor, he was accorded a 

 military funeral and was followed to 

 his last resting place by all the nota- 

 bilities of Troyes and many others de- 

 sirous of paying the last mark of 

 respect to the great French pomologist. 



Among the funeral orations we un- 

 derstand that M. Abel Chatenay and 

 M. Nomblot from the Paris Society 

 were called upon to speak in testimony 

 of the departed one. C. H. P. 



commission florists of Philadelphia, is 

 a son of the deceased, and the sym- 

 pathy of the trade is extended to him 

 in his bereavement 



F. M. Strong. 

 Frank M. Strong, born in Tioga 

 County, N. Y., April 28, 1880, died in 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 13. Mr. 

 Strong has been identified with the 

 flower and vegetable growing business 

 of Crand Rapids for the past twenty- 

 five years. He founded the Grand 

 Rapids Floral Co., and at the time of 

 his death was president of the Grand 

 Rapids Greenhouse Co. A widow, one 

 sen, a brother and a sister survive 

 him. 



Hugh Mehorter. 

 Dec. 16th, 1918, Hugh L. Mehorter, a 

 prominent associate member of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, passed 

 away, and was buried at Mount Moriah 

 cemetery on the 19th inst. Mr. Me- 

 horter was in his 35th year, and a 

 shining light in the comptroller's de- 

 partment of the Penn. R. R. Co. He 

 was of a very sociable disposition, and 

 much beloved of his friends iu the 

 Florists' Club and many other organi- 

 zations. 



George Kahles. 

 George Kahles, a native of Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., died on Dec. 9 at the age 

 of 38. Mr. Kahles was formerly an 

 employee of James Dean, but has been 

 in business for himself many years. It 

 is understood that his wife will con- 

 tinue the business. 



E. D. Spaulding. 

 E. D. Spaulding who started in the 

 florist business in Jamestown, N. Y., 

 over forty years ago, died at his home 

 in that town on Dec 15. He retired 

 from business about ten years ago. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Syracuse, N. Y — The will of the 

 late Louis E. Marquisee was ad- 

 mitted to probate on Dec. 5th. The 

 value of the estate could not 

 be given, as Mr. Marquisee was 

 a beneficiary under the wills of 

 his three half-brothers, whose es- 

 tates are in course of settlement 

 Owing to the continued ill-health of 

 Mrs. Marquisee, she feels compelled to 

 give up the idea of continuing the 

 business and has disposed of the 

 ground on which the greenhouses 

 stand; they will not be removed until 

 July, which will give ample time to 

 disseminate the new white carnation 

 Marchioness, and dispose of the bed- 

 ding stock. 



Isabella Lilley. 

 Dec. 17th, 1908. at her late residence, 

 2243 North 10th street, Philadelphia, 

 Mrs. Isabella Lilley, widow of Hugh 

 Lilley. Interment took place at Cedar 

 Hill cemetery on the 21st Inst Mr. 

 Samuel Lilley, of Lilley & Upton. 



Colorado will put into effect on Jan. 

 1, 1909, the new law to prevent the 

 spread of injurious insects and plant 

 diseases. Prof. C. P Gillette becomes 

 State Entomologist. All nurseries will 

 be required to maintain a structure 

 for fumigation of nursery stock with 

 hydrocyanic acid gas; every package 

 must bear a certificate of fumigation; 

 a list of nurseries whose stock can be 

 sold without further disinfection will 

 be furnished; and a fine is fixed for 

 violation of the law. 



