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HORTICULTURE 



January 22, 1910 



New Offers in This issue. 



ADDRESSING MACHINES. 



Elliott Co., North Purchase St., Boston, 



Mass. 



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BEGONIA AND GLOXINIA BULBS. 



Heury F. Michell Co., Philadolphia, Pa. 

 For payo see List of Advertisers. 



CARNATIONS, ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



J. J. Cockoroft, Northport, L. I., N. Y. 

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CHRYSANTHEMUM CATALOGUE. 



Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich. 

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EASTER PLANTS. 



George A. Kuhl, I'ekin, 111. 

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GLADIOLUS. 



Thomas J. Olierlin, SiuUiug Spring, Pa. 

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GREENHOUSE HOSE. 



S. S. Pennoeli-Meehau Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

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MIGNONETTE SEED. 



\Vm. Elliott & Sous, New York. 

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PHOENIX ROEBELINI SEED. 



Sander, Bruges, Belgium. 

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QUALITY SWEET PEAS. 



T. Boddingtou, 342 W. 14th St., > 



York, N. Y. 

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TEMPERATURE ALARMS. 



National Clock & Electric Mfg. Co., St. 



Louis, Mo. 



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TWO NEW ROSES. 



Eastern Nurseries, Jamaica Plaiu, Mass. 

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Registration of Rambler Rose. 



(Name not given, Ed.) 

 Public notice is hereby given that 

 the application of Mr. Southwick 

 Gary Briggs of 1719 Lament St., 

 Washington, D. C, for the registration 

 of the rose described below having 

 been submitted to the American Rose 

 .Society on December 13, 1909, and no 

 reply having been received from them 

 within the required time, the registra- 

 tion becomes complete. 



Raiser's description. 

 Color, delightful shade of deep pinlc. 

 flower 3 inches in diameter, semi-, 

 double, free-flowering, 5-7 blossoms on 

 a spray. Habit: vigorous grower and 

 very hardy. Parentage: hybrid of 

 Madame Gabriel Luizet X Wichura- 

 iana, seedling crossed by Baron de 

 Rothschild. 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 

 January 12, 1910. 



The regular meeting of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club is to be held on Tues- 

 day, Feb. 1st. Very important mat- 

 ters are to come up and nominations 

 of officers is also in order. President 

 Slattery is booked for another paper 

 and a good attendance is looked for. 



Obituary* 



Joseph A. Dirwanger. 



Joseph Anton Dirwanger, at one time 

 the leading florist of the city of Port- 

 land, Me., but who has been laid aside 

 by illness for a number of years, died 

 at his home, No. 145 High street, Fri- 

 day night, January 14, from a compli- 

 cation of disorders which have sorely 

 afflicted him for a long time past. 



Mr. Dirwanger was born in Bavaria, 

 Germany, S3 years ago and learned the 

 trade of a florist in the Royal Gardens 

 of the King of Bavaria, then a separate 

 country. He came to this country in 

 1S51. He was employed as gardener 

 on the estate of Gen. Rathbone, Al- 

 bany, N. Y., and of John M. Wood of 

 Portland. He then went into business 

 for himself, having his greenhouses lo- 

 cated in the rear of the old Dow man- 

 sion on Congress street. He was lo- 

 cated there for a long time, nearly 40 

 years in all. 



Mr. Dirwanger was a well-informed 

 gardener and particularly successful in 



JOSEPH A. Dirwanger. 



the culture of orchids, acacias, ericas 

 and subjects of a similar nature and 

 at his establishment there could always 

 be found something out of the common, 

 a fact which drew for him the ac- 

 quaintance and patronage of the best 

 society people of Portland. 



Socially, Mr. Dirwanger was a gen- 

 tleman — a nobleman, rather — in whom 

 the affable and companionable traits 

 were very highly developed. An unstint- 

 ed and open-hearted welcome always 

 awaited the visitor at his home and he 

 was never so happy as in the society 

 of his florist and gardener friends, to 

 whom he always extended the most 

 generous hospitality, by whom he was 

 greatly beloved and in whose esteem 

 he took a pride that was almost child- 

 like. No man ever lived who was more 

 deeply appreciative of a courtesy. He 

 was a nature lover and fishing was his 

 great pastime and in his years of in- 

 firmity his delight was to rehearse in 

 memory the happy bygone days on the 

 trout streams and lakes of Maine and 

 New Hampshire. It was his custom for 



years to get together an annual fishing 

 party of congenial spirits and spend a 

 week or two in the wilds. Many well- 

 known florists of Boston, New York 

 and Philadelphia were from time to 

 time participants in these outings, 

 among the latter being the late W. K. 

 Harris, between whom and Mr. Dir- 

 wanger there existed a very close 

 friendship. 



For many years Mr. Dirwanger was 

 a member of the Society of American 

 Florists, serving as vice-president for 

 his state, and attending the conven- 

 tions accompanied by his wife. 



He is survived by his widow and 

 several children, including Miss Eliza- 

 beth Dirwanger, Mrs. George N. Coyle, 

 Mrs. J. E. Richards, all of Portland, 

 and a son, Joseph A. Dirwanger, Jr., 

 whose home is in California. He Is 

 also survived by his brother, Albert, 

 who has also been a florist in Port- 

 land many years. 



George Milne. 

 George Milne, who has conducted a 

 florist greenhouse on Lincoln street, 

 Winchester, Mass., for the past six 

 years, died at his home on Tuesday, 

 January 11, of cerebral hemorrhage 

 after an illness of two days. He was 

 born in Scotland and was in his 42nd 

 year. Mr. Milne leaves a wife and 

 two sons, besides two brothers and two 

 sisters living at Quincy, Mass., and in 

 Scotland. The burial was in Wildwood 

 Cemetery. 



George P. Bloomer. 

 George P. Bloomer, formerly of 

 Brooklyn, but latterly a resident of 

 Bellmore, L. I., became exhausted by 

 the severe storm Jan. 14 and died 

 on the veranda of his home. He was 

 S2 years old, and for some years was 

 a florist at Bellmore. 



James M. Dean. 

 James M. Dean, 86, nurseryman at 

 New Canada, Minn., for 46 years, died 

 at his home Tuesday afternoon. He 

 leaves a widow and six children, one 

 of whom is a teacher in the St. Paul 

 public schools. 



Mrs. J. C. Craig. 



Nellie, wife of J. C. Craig, florist, 

 died on January 15, at her home, 738 

 Oakley Boulevard, Chicago. The fun- 

 eral was held on January 18, and in- 

 terment was at Mount Carmel. 



D. W. DeMott. 



David W. De Mott, a well known 

 violet grower for the New York mar- 

 ket, died at his home in Highwood, 

 N. J., on Thursday, January 13. 



Luther A. Line. 



Luther A. Line, formerly engaged 

 in floriculture, died at his home in 

 Carlisle, Pa., on Jan. 6, aged 75 years. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 

 The National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee had a meeting in Boston on 

 Friday and Saturday of last week. In 

 addition to the local representatives 

 there were present President F. R. 

 Pierson and Messrs. Robert Craig of 

 Philadelphia, and W. A. Manda of 

 South Orange, N. J. The committee 

 has many knotty problems to solve 

 and they are working on them with 

 might and main. 



