April 6, 1S07 



HORTICULTURE 



457 



DAHLIA HINTS. 



Nymphaea is a fine early variety, 

 but for later in the season it is sup- 

 planted by Sylvia. Nymphaea spots 

 badly late in the season. Storm King 

 is also an excellent early, but White 

 Dandy or White Swan, which follow 

 it, are preferred by many. 



The cactus dahlias are not, as a 

 rule, good keepers or shippers, and 

 their commercial value as cut blooms 

 is impaired in consequence. Kriem- 

 hilde and a few of similar type oi 

 growth are exceptions. There is as 

 yet no first-class white cactus dahlia. 

 Eva is the best, but cannot be placed 

 in the same class as Kriemhilde, Jones 

 or Mawley. For the dark varieties 

 there is very little demand. 



The decorative dahlia can be cut 

 with much longer stems than either 

 the cactus of most of the show varie- 

 ties, but the shoT^f dahlias keep so 

 well and are so easily packed and 

 shipped that they are still high in fa- 

 vor for commercial cut-flower pur- 

 poses. Many dahlias which are most 

 beautiful on the plant lack either sub- 

 stance, stem or keeping qualities, and 

 fail to give expected satisfaction as 

 cut blooms. Wm. Agnew, for instance, 

 is far superior to any other red as a 

 flower or a plant, but it has poor stem;; 

 and sheds its petals quickly. 



WHAT THE CUT FLOWER WHOLE- 

 SALER SAYS: 



A flower well grown is only half- 

 way around the course. It is the sell- 

 ing that counts at the finish and on 

 this depends bank account and coal 

 bin. 



Consignors are safest when they 

 leave the question of selling price to 

 their commission man's judgrment He 

 is in touch with the pulse of the mar- 

 ket and can be relied upon to take full 

 advantage of conditions as they de- 

 velop from hour to hour and from day 

 to day. 



Customers who buy only once or 

 twice a year, at holiday time or dur- 

 ing some special shortage, should not 

 feel hurt if their order is treated as 

 subordinate to that of the steady buy- 

 er who gives his support to the house 

 daily, or at frequent intervals through- 

 out the season. 



SHRUB CHAT. 



Sangtiisorba Canadensis is a fine her- 

 baceous plant well deserving of more 

 general use in the hardy border. 



The shrub which has been generally 

 known as Viburnum Molle is now rec- 

 ognized as V. venosum var. Canbeyi. 



A pink variety of Clethra alnifolia 

 is a recent acquisition at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. It will undoubtedlv make 

 a sensation when commercially dis- 

 seminated. 



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"April i,s here! 



's n song in the maple, thrilling and 



new; 



's a flash of wings of heaven's own 



hue; 



's a veil of green on the nearer htlls: 



's a burst of rapture in wpodland 



rills: 



are stars in the meadow dropped here 



and there; 



's a hreath of arbutns in the air; 



's a dash of rain, as If flung In Jest; 



's an arch of color spanning the west; 



April Is here!" 



OBITUARY. 

 Nathan Smith. 



Nathan Smith, senior member of the 

 firm of Nathan Smith & Sons, passed 

 away on March 2S at his home in 

 Adrian, Mich. 



Mr. Smith was born in Manlius, N. 

 Y., on Sept. 22, 1817, but at the age of 

 three moved to Michigan, and since 

 1857 he has lived in Adrian. In 1876 

 he built the first greenhouse of the 



The Late N'ath.vn S.mith. 



plant which has since grown to large 

 proportions and world-wide promi- 

 nence, especially in the chrysanthe- 

 mum field. 



Mr. Smith was married in 1842, and 

 his widow and son, Elmer D., survive 

 him. He has always en.ioyed excellent 

 health, and his final illness was of but 

 few days' duration, attributed to gen- 

 eral wearing out. In his death there is 

 the passing of a good man: having 

 nothing in his heart but the best 

 wishes for his fellow-beings, and with 

 kindly disposition and intelligent con- 

 ception of things he has blessed the 

 world for having lived in it. 



Other Deaths. 



Miss Anna Free, daughter of Mrs. 

 M. A. Free. Stamford, Conn., died on 

 March 23. 



Thomas J. Kirchner, of Cleveland, 

 0., died on March 26 from the effect 

 of over-exertion during a fox hunt. 

 He was seventy-two years old. 



W. .1. Cochrane, manager of the bulb 

 and flower seed department of Hurst 

 & Son, London, England, died last 

 week. Mr. Cochrane ■was in the prime 

 of life, was a well-known figure in the 

 London bulb and seed trade, and had 

 m.any friends in the United States as 

 well as in his own country, who will 

 learn with sadness Of his death. 



The New Hampshire Senate has 

 passed an act providing for a bond 

 issue of $400,000 for the construction 

 of three boulevards from the Massa- 

 chusetts line to the White Mountains 

 through the eastern, central and west- 

 ern portions of the State. 



PERSONAL. 



Miss Katherine Olive Weathered, 

 eldest daughter of Charles B. Weath- 

 ered, and Norman Joseph Ccudert, were 

 married at Cranford, N. J., on April 3. 



E. A. Tonga, formerly with the Cot- 

 tage Gardens of Queens, has joined the 

 forces of the Continental Nurseries of 

 Franklin, Mass., and accepted the po- 

 sition of foreman and general superin- 

 tendent of the nursery. 



James Murray, gardener for Henry 

 Clews, Newport, R. L, was taken sud- 

 denly ill last Saturday, necessitating 

 his removal to the hospital. His condi- 

 tion is unchanged and critical, causing 

 much concern to his family and 

 numerous friends. 



On Thursday evening, April 4, James 

 Stuart was surprised by a houseful of 

 his gardener, florist and seedsman 

 friends, at his home in Brookline, 

 Mass , who presented him with a lov- 

 ing cup and silver tea service with 

 cordial .good wishes for his success in 

 his new home, Mamaroneck. N. Y. 

 Much sincere regret was expressed that 

 Boston is to lose so good a gardener, 

 and the Boston craft so good a fellow. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Paul F. Ricker read a paper on 

 "Bulbs" before the Florist Club of 

 Philadelphia on the 2nd inst. 



Emil Woblert, Bala, has purchased 

 the greenhouses lately occupied by F. 

 Le Gierse, Jr.. at Strathmore. His 

 specialties will be adiantum, aspara- 

 gus, callas and carnations. The Bala 

 place is to be torn down to make way 

 for house building. 



Thomas H. Logan, superintendent on 

 the Newhold estate at .Tenkinstown, is 

 busy planning out a new orchard to 

 the south of the Italian gardens. 

 When finished this will contain fan- 

 trained, standard and pyramid peaches, 

 apples, pears, plums, etc., including 

 mnny European varieties. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. report out- 

 of-town shipments for Easter very 

 large. 



A. R. Scott, who has just returned 

 from a three months' trip south, says 

 his place makes more money when he 

 is away than when he Is at home and 

 thinks it would be a good idea to .go 

 away often. H'm. "I hae ma doots." 



According to Phil the everlasting 

 "rising eastern market" sometimes 

 goes down hill. John ought to get 

 married. G- C. W. 



NEWS NOTES. 



G. .Tohansen has opened a retail store 

 in Fond du Lac, Wis. 



C. P. Loder has onened a retail store 

 at 11 Common St., Waterville, Me. 



Ben Boldt of Denver, Colo., who 

 spent the winter in Germany, has 

 now returned and taken possession of 

 the greenhouses of August Schenkel, 

 AV. 29th avenue and Homer boulevard. 



Joseph Myrtle, a florist of 30 Wilbur 

 Av., Tlutch Kills. N. Y.. was shot on 

 the evening of March 28 as he was re- 

 turning home late. Three Italians 

 were arrested. The wounds were not 

 serious. 



