October 19, 1918 



HOKTICULTURE 



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should be drafted and given a place 

 in the front line trenches at as early 

 a date as possible. 



Horticulture must suffer a serious 

 setback as the result of this great war 

 and its recovery after peace comes 

 may not be as swift as we expect. 

 Heavy taxation will continue for many 

 years and the period of readjustment 

 following the war will take consider- 

 able time, but eventually our profes-- 

 sion will advance to greater heights if 

 we will only be patient, optimistic and 

 of good cheer. 



Many of our club members are now 

 in the service and many more will 

 probably soon follow them. We can- 

 not hope to keep growing as in the 

 past. I remember when I became 

 secretary we had but 75 members. 

 Our membership must now decrease 

 for a time at least, but all who have 

 enrolled for their country's service 

 will be carried free on our books till 

 this cruel war ends. Let those of us 

 who are left try to keep our beacon 

 light burning brightly; let us labor 

 harder than ever, and be cheerful, as 

 we know our cause is just, and do 

 everything that lies in our power to 

 support our boys on the firing line and 

 our Government, and help to bring 

 blessed peace once more to a stricken 

 world. 



Obituary 



AUTUMN FLOWERS. 



A few flowers can still be seen in 

 the Arboretum, although the number 

 of trees and shrubs which bloom in 

 Massachusetts during the first weeks 

 of October Is not large. Aralia spin- 

 osa, the Hercules' Club of the middle 

 and southern states, is still covered 

 with its great terminal clusters of 

 white flowers. These flower-clusters 

 and its compound leaves three or four 

 feet in length give this tree an un- 

 usual and tropical appearance in 

 northern woods. Indigofera amblyan- 

 tha. discovered by Wilson in western 

 China, has been often referred to in 

 these Bulletins, but it is interesting 

 to note that it is still covered with its 

 small rose pink flowers which have 

 lieen opening during the last three 

 months. Laspedeza forrnosa, also col- 

 lected by Wilson in western China, is 

 the handsomest of the late autumn- 

 fiovv'ering shrubs in the Arboretum. 

 Its arching stems, light green leaves, 

 and innumerable small pea-shaped 

 rose-colored flowers, make it a beau- 

 tiful object at this season of the year. 

 Often confounded with other species 

 and burdened with an almost hopeless 

 load of synonyms, Indigofera formosa 

 appears to be little known in gardens. 

 — Arnold Arhoretum. Bulletin. 



Ralph M. Ward. 



Ralph M. Ward died Thursday, at 

 Boundbrook, N. J., of pneumonia very 

 suddenly. His untimely death is a 

 severe blow to the florists trade and 

 an awful shock to a host of friends. 

 Full particulars in next issue. 



Louis Emil Schmutz, Jr. 

 Beloved and jovial Louis Schmutz, 

 Jr.. of Flatbush, N. Y., died at his 

 home, 442 Clarkson street, on Tues- 

 day, Oct. S, of Bright's disease. He 

 was born in Brooklyn, 44 years ago 

 and has been associated with the flor- 

 ist's business all his life. For a 

 short time he was employed with 

 Siebreclit, the florist of New Rochelle, 



Louis Erai, ScHMtrrz, Jr. 



joining his father later and built up 

 a wonderful trade in the wholesale 

 plant business. His jovial and friend- 

 ly nature made many life long friends 

 both in and outside of the florist 

 business whose sympathy is extended 

 to the family in their bereavement. 

 He is survived by his wife, Martha 

 Peltz; two daughters Eloise and 

 Martha; his parents, Louis Emil and 

 Elie Schmutz, and four brothers. 

 Frederick, Alfred, Gustave and Har- 

 ry Schmutz. Funei-al services were 

 held on Friday, the Rev. Dr. David A. 

 McMurray, pastor of the Lenon Road 

 Baptist Church, officiating. Inter- 

 ment was in the Evergreen cemetery. 

 He was a member of S. A. F., New 

 York Florists' Club, as well as many 

 social and fraternal orders. 



Walter R. Sielirecht. youngest sun of 

 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Siebrecht. at New 

 Rochelle, N. Y. His death occurred on 

 Wednesday morning, October 16. His 

 age was twentj"-nine years. Mr. 

 Siebrecht formerly carried on a whole- 

 sale florist establishment on West 28th 

 street, New York, but disposing of 

 this he went to California to go into 

 the business of growing palms, or- 

 chids and other florists' material. 

 Latterly, however, he has been en- 

 gaged on his father's establishment at 

 New Rochelle, N. Y. He leaves a wife 

 and two children, to whom together 

 with his parents Horticulture extends 

 sincere sympathy and condolence. 



Theodore Shober. 

 Theodore Shober died on October 

 8th of influenza. He was head grower 

 for the Joseph Heacock establishment 

 at Wyncote near Philadelphia and was 

 well known to a large circle in the 

 trade. He was 46 years of age and a 

 big, handsome, impressive flgure of a 

 man — the picture of health and about 

 the last one would have expected to 

 fall a victim to the prevailing epi- 

 demic. We record his untimely pass- 

 ing away with great sorrow. He was 

 beloved by all who knew him and will 

 be greatly missed. G. C. W. 



Charles T. Evenden. 

 A prominent member of the florist 

 business passed away on the 8th inst. 

 in the person of Charles T. Evenden, 

 of Evenden Bros., Williamsport, Pa. 

 He contracted pneumonia after a visit 

 to New York about a week previously. 

 He is survived by his widow and four 

 children, his father, two sisters and 

 a brother. The firm was established 

 by Thomas Evenden, grandfather of 

 the deceased. His father, George W. 

 Evenden is the present head of the 

 house — which bears an enviable repu- 

 tation for character and reliability. 



Walter R. Siebrecht 



It is our painful duty to record the 

 death, from Spanish influenza, of 



Michael Treisea 



Among the victims of Spanish influ- 

 enza in Washington was Michael 

 Treisea, a street flower vender, who 

 resided at 629 G street, N. W. For- 

 many years he had been in the habit 

 of standing at Seventh and D streets 

 selling his stock. He had the respect 

 and well wishes of many in the trade 

 here and this was evidenced by the 

 many floral tokens sent to his late 



home. 



Alexander Mead. 



Alexander Mead, descendant of one 

 of the oldest families of Greenwich, 

 Conn., died October 13, aged eighty- 

 three. He had for sixty years con- 

 ducted a florist business. He is sur- 

 vived by a son, daughter and sister. 



