Jlay 9, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



625 



Obituary 



George Moore. 

 George Moore, wliose death was 

 briefly noticed in last week's issue of 

 this pap^r, was liorn in Perry Barr, 

 Staffordshire, Eni^'land, about three 

 miles from Birmingham, on June 5, 

 1826, in the house in which his an- 

 cestors had lived for over 100 years 

 and where aJl his own children were 

 also bom. His father, ,John Moore, 

 was a skilful nurseryman and farmer 

 and George grew up in and followed 

 the business, becoming partner in the 

 firm of John Moore & Son. Both fath- 

 er and son were enthusiastic in the 

 science of horticulture and people 

 came miles to see their magnificent 

 displays of standard roses, rhododen- 

 drons, etc. Mr. Moore was especially 

 fond of the rhododendron and, in co- 

 operation with bis intiraste friend 

 when a young man — John Millmore, 

 the raiser of Erica Willmoreana — 

 raised many crosses between the Asi- 



GKOKGE MO<ll!K 



atic and American si)Pcies, one of 

 which, named Mooreii, won the first- 

 class' certificate of the Royal Botanic 

 Society. This, with many thousands 

 of other rhododendrons which he had, 

 was killed on one terrible Christmas 

 eve, about the year 18C0, when the 

 thermometer fell to 15 degrees below 

 zero after an exceptionally warm sea- 

 son, and the resultant havoc involving 

 the loss of the lalrors of many years 

 was the direct cause of Mr. Moore's 

 crossing the ocean with his family to 

 make a new home in America. Soon 

 after his arrival in Bn.=lou he followed 

 the late C. M. Atkinson as superintend- 

 ent of one of the departments at 

 Hovey's nurseries at Cambridge, where 

 he had as pupil and assistant Jack- 

 son Dawson, then a young man just 

 returned from service in the war for 

 the Union, Later he was employed at 

 J. W. Manning's nurseries at Reading, 

 Mass., and then as suijerintendent for 

 E. M. Wood at the 'VVaban Rose Con- 

 servatories, Natick. In 1S79 he went 

 to Montreal and for a time was in the 

 florist businevss, but big heart was in 

 the growth and culture rather than 



sale of flowers, and in time he became 

 English Lecturer to the Farmers in 

 the province of Quebec, and later as- 

 sistant editor of the Journal of Agii- 

 culture of this province, both of which 

 positions he held until death, 



Mr. Moore inherited his attachment 

 for the science of horticulture through 

 four generations. He loved his profes- 

 sion and those engaged in it, and the 

 teaching of agriculture and horticul- 

 ture in the public schools was a sub- 

 ject very dear to his heart. At the 

 time of his death two books which he 

 had written for use in the public 

 schools were practically completed, 

 and there is a strong sentiment in fa- 

 vor of their publication by the govern- 

 ment. He was an occasional contrib- 

 utor to nORTICULTITRE, as our read- 

 ers know. 



Mr. Moore possessed a wonderful 

 memory. He never grew old though 

 attaining the age of nearly 82. This 

 was greatly due to the fact that he 

 was always a student ready to give 

 ear to any new scientific developments. 

 An optimist he certainly was, and his 

 geniality made him a great favorite 

 with young and old. He married in 

 1219 Mary Ann, daughter of Captain 

 Edward Moore of London, whom he 

 survived but eighteen months. He 

 leaves a family of five: Mr. .fohn 

 F. Moore of Allston, Mass., Miss M. C. 

 Moore of Framingham Noi-mal School, 

 Mre Herbert Shattuck, Hopedale, 

 Mas?., Mrs. Herbert A. Baker and Mrs. 

 Setimus Fraser of Montreal, P. CJ. 

 He died at his daughter's home in 

 Jlontreal, and was buried at Hopedale, 



Mass. 



August L. Ehrle. 



We regret to have to report the 

 death of August L. Ehrle, at Carlstadt, 

 N. J., on April the 28th. Mr. Ehrle 

 contracted a severe cold in his throat 

 twelve months ago which caused his 

 untimely death. 



Mr. Ehrle had been employed by 

 The Julius Roehrs Company in their 

 orchid department for twelve years. 

 Beginning when only a boy the love 

 of orchids grew uixm him until these 

 charming flowers became a part of his 

 existence. Being of a genial nature 

 he was loved by all who knew him. 

 ?Ie was 2G years old. He leaves a wife, 

 who has the sympathy of all his 



friends. 



John O'Brien. 

 John O'Brien, tree warden and 

 florist, died in Lenox, Mass., on April 

 ao. Mr. O'Brien was born in Kil- 

 worth. Ire., April IS. 1840, and came to 

 Lenox forty years ago, being in charge 

 of the Kneeland estate for many years. 

 Later he established greenhouses on 

 . West Street where he conducted a suc- 

 cessful business. Five sons and four 

 daughters survive him. 



A SINGULAR CARNATION 

 FLOWER. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



I send herewith a few photographs 

 of a red carnation seedling which 

 made its appearance with me some 

 time ago. It has a duplex calyx and 

 flower, and perhaps will interest our 

 brother florists and carnation breeders. 

 With twenty-five years' experience in 

 growing and breeding the carnation 

 1 never saw nor heard of one being 

 produced like this one. Perhaps 



Alonzo Henricks. 



Alonzo HenricKs, seventy-sis years 

 old, horticulturist at the Government 

 Hospital for the Insane, Washington, 

 D. C., for the past forty-five years, 

 died on April 23. A wife, six sons and 

 thiee daughters survive him. 



Miss Nina Holton. 



Miss Nina Holton of Newburyport, 

 Mass., a member of the staff of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Department 

 of Agriculture, died in Washington, D. 

 C, on May 5. 



Flower on 4 1-2 Incli Measuring Card. 



others have, and if so I hope this will 

 bring out something Interesting. Let 

 it be a "freak" or not. grand, good Na- 

 ture produces some wonderful things. 

 The size of the flower across under 

 the petals is 4 1-2 inches, which covers . 

 the outer line of the carnation measur- 

 ing card, as can be seen in the photo- 

 graph. The makeup of flower is act 

 over-crowded with petals but it has 99 

 of them, full centre, round, fringed 

 like a double poppy and measurement 

 over the top of flower 7 1-2 inches. 

 The outside calyx is 1x1 1-4 inches, 

 inside calyx .5-8x1 1-4 inches. The 

 lower half of stem is as large as an 



Showing Double Calyx. 



ordinary lead pencil. One peculiar 

 characteristic is that the stamens come 

 out of the inside calyx, and the 

 anthers come out of the outside calyx. 

 The inner calyx is not visible at any 

 time, neither when the flower is open- 

 ing rior when fully developed; the in- 

 ner calyx serves to prevent this extra 

 large flower from bursting. The flow- 

 er with stem weighs 2 1-2 oz., more 

 than double the weight, also double 

 the number of petals, of the ordinary 

 large carnation. 



Very truly yours, 

 Clyde, O. W. E. HALL. 



