March 21, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



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of new varieties that we often get more 

 than we pay for in the shape of red 

 spider, etc. In this case we always 

 dip small lots as soon as received in 

 tobacco water, or syringe with whale 

 oil soap to which a little moisture has 

 been added. In regard to the time of 

 planting, I have seen roses successfully 

 transplanted at any time of the year, 

 the earlier the better for young stock. 

 It is simply a question of money and 

 convenience, and on large places the 

 planting covers several months. 

 About "Secrets." 



It is not necessary for two men to 

 copy each other too closely to each ob- 

 tain good results. In fact this may 

 have becH some man's undoing before 

 this. Remarks written on watering are 

 often misleading, for one soil will use 

 up two or three times more water than 

 another. So in other ways. Take 

 Richmond for example; I have seen it 

 cut down in the summer with splen- 

 did results, and thought that was the 

 proper way to treat it after the first 

 year. I have seen it left without prun- 

 ing, standing to the top of the stakes, 

 and also tied down, doing absolutely 

 nothing. I have seen others tied down 

 giving an abundance of magnificent 

 flowers. All this goes to show that it 

 is not so much how it is done, as who 

 is doing it. The greatest discoveries 

 of science and manufacturing are 

 sometimes the result of an accident 

 and it is no less true of some secrets 

 in rose growing today. The observant 

 man, in addition to experimenting, will 

 note every detail in the working of 

 hi.s place, and out of some miscalcula- 

 tion or disaster today will possibly 

 see the way to success later. All men 

 make mistakes; the ones who make 

 the least are the most successful. 



There are laws governing plant life 

 and growth which must be obeyed, but 

 the man growing roses for profit who 

 can distinguish between the superficial 

 and the fundamental, and produce good 

 stock with economy, which is the key 

 note of commercial success, is well on 

 his way lo the top of the ladder. 



( To he ContitiHtd^ 



The American Association of Land- 

 scape Architects held its monbhly 

 meeting in Boston at Hotel Bruns- 

 wick on March 10, with an attendance 

 of Ifi. F. M. Clark of Boston was a 

 guest and spoke on dock, harbor and 

 water-front improvements. A. A. 

 Shurtleff spoke on "Municipal Im- 

 provements." Frederic L. Olmsted, 

 Jr., presided. 



OBITUARY. 



Willis Grant Johnson. 



Prof. Willis G. Johnson, Associate 

 Editor of the American Agriculturist, 

 .lied at his home in New York City on 

 March 11. Prof. Johnson was well-in- 

 formed on agricultural topics and 

 fruits and especially on fruit tree 

 pests, having formerly severed as 

 state entomologist of Maryland. He 



in Newark, N. J., about forty-three 

 years ago, and has continued in the 

 florist business in that city until with- 

 in five years, as the junior partner in 

 the firm of Begerow & Gerlach. Mr. 

 Gerlach was much interested in public 

 affairs and did a great deal of charit- 

 able work. He was unmarried. 



WiLi.i.s Grant Johnsxn 



had a vei-y wide acquaintance and the 

 news of his death in the midst of his 

 usefulness will be a severe shock to 

 a large circle of friends. Prof. John- 

 son was an earnest, self-reliant, al- 

 ways busy man, courteous and com- 

 panionable in maner and a ready 

 talker on every phase of farm and 

 garden work. He leaves a wife and 

 two children. 



E. Annabil. 



E. Annabil of McPherson, Kan., died 

 suddenly on March 6, in his sixty- 

 ninth year. Until his retirement from 

 business two years ago Mr. Annabil 

 was at the head of the Annabil & Co. 

 Seed House. A widow and five chil- 

 dren survive him. 



Julius C. Gerlach. 

 Julius C. Gerlach. who died at St. 

 Augustine, Fla., on March 9, located 



Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shaffer. 

 We are sorry to report the death of 

 Mi-s. Mary Elizabeth Shaffer, mother 

 of Geo. C. Shatter, a well known re- 

 tailer of Washington. D. C. Mrs. 

 Shaffer died on the morning of March 

 1i;th, after a short illness. 



Henry McGair. 



Henry McGair, who until within a 

 few years carried on a florist business 

 in Olneyville. R. I., died on March 5 

 at his home. 



George E. Dougherty. 

 George E. Dougherty, florist in Jay 

 St., Brooklyn, N. Y., died on March 

 .5. A father, brother and sister sur- 

 vive him. 



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