April 11, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



479 



houses of J. Riddle on PciUge Ave: 

 Much busiuess was discussed, followed 

 by the riading of a paper by Mr. An- 

 tenliriiig on the "Aims of the Associa- 

 tion," which was sieatly enjoyed. 

 Seven new members were balloted on 

 and accepted, and the meetius wound 

 up with music, sons and storj', during 

 which a dainty little repast was pro- 

 vided for the members by Mr. Riddle. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The monthly meeting of thi;; club 

 was held on the 7th inst. President 

 H;ihman in the chair. Rob'ert Pyle. 

 of the Conard & Jones C(».. gave an 

 instructive address on advertising as 

 applied to' the horticulluial business. 

 The discussion whith followed was a 

 lively one, being participated in by 

 such experts as Godfrey Aschmanu, 

 Robert Kift, Alexander Wallace, 

 Georse D. Clark, J- Otto Thilow and 

 others. A. Roper, Tewkesbury, Mass., 

 exhibited a vase of Carnation Bay 

 State, which came in for much favor- 

 able comment. A dwarf pink Lupin 

 (Lupinus polyphyllus Moerheimi) was 

 shown by Edward A. Stroud. This is 

 a soft pink in color, dwarf and com- 

 l)act in habit and would appear lo be 

 a promising subject for an Easter 

 pot plant. The entertainment com- 

 mittee was instructed to arrange for 

 a club smoker in the near future. 

 Adolph Farenwald gave an interesting 

 report of his experiences in Chicago 

 at the rose show and dwelt particu- 

 larly on the extent of glass devoted 

 to roses in that locality and the up-to- 

 date business system prevailing. 

 Compared with what he supi)Osed — 

 it was simply wonderful, and made 

 him feel a very small potato. In fact 

 the speaker evidently felt during his 

 recital that it would have been money 

 in his pocket if he had never been 

 born and that henceforth he would 

 view his own achievements in a 

 humble and contrite spirit. That old 

 saw about travel broadening a man 

 must have a hole in it somewhere 

 when it makes him feel small like 

 that. White Killarney rose from 

 Waban was illustrated and commend- 

 ed by Robert Kift. who gave it as his 

 opinion that in this we have as big 

 an advance in white roses as occurred 

 when the Bride was introduced. 



Obituary 



Warren Ewell. 

 Once more comes to us the painful 

 duty of recording the dealh of one of 

 Boston's long-time florists. Warren 

 Ewell, the la.st surviving member of 

 the once widely-known firm ot W. S. 

 Ewell & Sons, di.'d on April •_'. n---r'' 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



About seventy members and guests 

 were i)resent at the annual banquet of 

 this society on March 2(j. which was a 

 pronounced success. The room was 

 beautifully decorated with palms and 

 ferns loaned by James Garthley, and 

 the tables were resplendent with va.=es 

 of Lloyd carnation,, while at each plate 

 was one of the new ciimson carnations 

 of H. A. Jahn. Speeches and music 

 followed the banquet. The committee 

 in charge included James Garthley, H. 

 A. Jahn and J. H. McVickers. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular bi-monthly meeting of 

 this society was held Thursday, April 

 2, President Clark in the chair. After 

 routine business W. L. Jag,ger read a 

 very interesting paper on Agricultural 

 Education. The next meeting will be 

 on Thursday, May 7. 



U. G. AGER, Sec'y. 



setts. His father was gardener for 

 the Duke of Northurnbeiland at Aln- 

 wick Castle and he himself was a gar- 

 dener of no mean ability, having 

 served' as foreman in some of the most 

 ■famous estates in England before corn- 

 ing to this country twenty years ago. 

 He was a.t one time on the stafi of 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle under Dr. 

 Masters, a position for which a good 

 education and biilliani mind well (it- 

 id him. His first place in i 

 ly was with the late Chari 



arter which he was connectM! .- s- 



sively with several florists' places in 

 the vicinity of Boston and latterly 

 with S. .1. Renter, Westeily, R. I., a 

 western .sanitaiium, and W. J. Dana, 

 ^\ . Ilcsipy Hills, being employed by tlie 

 111! (I- ;ii the tim.e of his death. His 

 age was ■!(; yeai's. 



Warren Ewell 



56 years. He was a member of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and an ex-president of the Gardeners' 

 and Flciists' Club of Boston. Up to 

 within a few years he was one of the 

 largest contributors to the spring ex- 

 hibitions at Horticultural Hall, bulb 

 forcin.g being his specialtj'. 



Broit'jn down and discoiiraged by 

 business reverses and failing health 

 during the past three years he has 

 been missed from club meetings and 

 other gatherings where he was so 

 long a familiar figure, but many kind- 

 ly InquiiiFS for him have always been 

 forthcouiing and merry, lavish War- 

 ren's place in the hearts of thosi; who 

 knew him longest and best was never 

 vacated. "Very few of the famous ag- 

 gregation of congenial gardeners and 

 florists known as the Old Guard, who 

 were so conspicuous in the annals of 

 Boston floriculture in bygone years 

 and of whom Warren Ewell was one. 

 are now left. Younger hands have 

 now taken up the local activities and 

 will no doubt be found worthy succes- 

 sors of the pioneers who did their part 

 so well. But for both young an 1 old 

 there never will be another Warren 

 Ewell. 



Charles Ingram. 

 Charles Ingram, gardener and flor- 

 ist, was found dead in his room at 

 Wellesley. Mass., on Sunday morning, 

 April 5. The medical examir-er who 

 was called stated that death wai due 

 to rheumatism of the heart. Mr In- 

 gram, who was otherwise of sturdy 

 and athletic build, had been a gieat 

 sufferer from rheumatism from time 

 to time for many years. He was born 

 of Scotch ancestry at Reading, Eng- 

 land, and, by a no-table coincidence, he 

 is now buried at Reading. Massachu- 



Wllliam Griffin. 

 The death of this accomplished .gar- 

 dener and courteous gentleman is a 

 great loss to .Au'cricnn horticulture. 

 His death, on Mi-rch 21': at his ho;ne 

 in Lakewood. N. J., was (luite unox- 

 p.icted. although he had been ill for 

 several days. Indeed he was able to 

 dictate matters of importance in his 

 work on the afternoon of the day on 

 which, a few hours later, he oied. 

 Mr. Griffin was in his EDth year. He 

 was born in Kent, England, and cume 

 to this country when about 21 years 

 old. He was a survejor in England 

 and also after he canie to America, but 

 soon became identified with garden 

 and landscape work, which l.-ecame the 

 business of his life and in which he 

 displayed great skill and taste. Hs de- 

 \ eloped WoodiTiere on Long Island, 

 and afterwards vvent to Lenox, Mass., 

 where he laid out and snperintended 

 with signal ability for several years 

 the beautiful Kim Court estate of W. 

 D. Sloane. and where his relations 

 with brother gardeneis from far. and 

 near were characterized by the V:indest 

 hospitality. Ill health compelled his 



William Griffin 



retirement to a sanitarium. After his 

 recovery he entered the employment 

 cf Alex. McConnell, superintending 

 landscape planting, etc., and later 

 went to Georgian Court. Lakewood, as 

 gardener on that noted estate. Mr. 

 Griflin is survived by a widow, three 



