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HORTICULTURE 



February 26, 1910 



Frey's New Single and Anemone Chrysanthemums 



My origiuatious wei'o the sonsatiuii 

 2 fli'St and 1 second I'i'ize, (.'ertiflcatu o( M 

 tion. 2 First Prizes at Milwaulvee. 1909, 



Tliese are all exceptionally tine for c 

 only such varieties as have stood a severe 

 and their value for all sorts of decorative 

 by authorities that those varieties are a g 



1910 NOVELTIES 



Mrs. Tlieodore Hirth. Anemone, a 

 most beautitnl, soft pinli. with light 

 yellow center, [irecedinj; Mrs. John 

 Festher, a money maker. 



.Alpine Glow. Anemone, large white 

 flower, with a glow of pink, very beau- 

 tiful. 



Christina Scull. Single, medium- 

 sized (lower, like a golden Marguerite, 

 very profuse. 



<;ra<e f'lenu-ntina Burki, Single, pure 

 white, large, round flower, very sub- 

 stantial, following Lady Lu. 



Mrs. John Pesther. Single of medium 



at the .\'ati<inal Flower Show. ISO.s. They are the winners nf the .f.'jU.UIJ Silver I'up, 

 erit of the Chrysanthemum Societ.v of America and Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 



ommercial purposes, either for cuttiug or as pot plants, it being my aim to send out 

 test in this market. The constant gain in favor of these two types has been so rapid 

 purposes so great, that every grower will want to Invest in them. It has been stated 

 real imi»ro\emi'nt over tliose ntiw in commerce. 



size. Enchantress pink, Icjng, slender, 



wiry stems, comes for Thanksgiving, 

 extra tine. 



25c each; $;.IMI |>cr 1(1; ¥l,'>.<10 per 100. 



1909 INTRODUCTIONS 



.4NEMONES 



Lida Tlioiiias. nelic:ite cre:im, late. 



Oertnide Wilson. Deep yellow, very 

 tine. 



Beatri*'*' .\sniiis. l'nr<' white, one of 

 the best. 



.Mrs. Kflw. F. Swift. Delicate pale 

 lavender, one of the first to bloom. 



-Mrs, Augusta Knab. Creamy white, 

 with yellow center 



Miss Ida Kroescheil. Light yellow, 

 with quilled petals. 



SINtil.KS. 



.Miss Uorothy Deneen. Silvery pink. 



Bishop llenninghaus. Urown red, 

 qHilied i)art bronze, very odd. 



I..ady Lu. Keautiful white Shasta 

 Daisy effect, extra. 



.Minnesota. \'ery striking, blood red. 



Mrs. T. Ertw. Wilder. Beautiful En- 

 ch:intress pink. extr:i fine. 



John (lossweiler. Bronze, resembling 

 Uaillardia Arist;ita. 



Itootecl cuttings or 3»4-inch pots, I0<' 

 each: 80c per 10; S«.On per 100. 



Deli^cr.v will commence lind week in March. All orders will be filled strictly in rotation. Mention IKHiTKTLTUltl'^ in writing. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A very interesting meeting oi tbis 

 soci'ety was held on the evening of 

 Feb. 16th. In response to the prize 

 offered at our last meeting by Peter 

 Macdonald a very fine exhibit of car- 

 nations was sliown. Tlie judges, 

 Nichol A. Macdonald and W, Wright, 

 awarded 1st prize to W. H. Waite; 

 2nd to J. Goff; honorable mention to 

 R. Cummings and Mr. Cochrane. H. 

 Scott also received honorable men- 

 tion for a fine exhibit of Gallas. 



President Bennet rea<i a very able 

 paper on "American Beauty Roses," 

 after which a general discussion was 

 had. 



Our next meeting will be on Wed- 

 nesday evening, Jlarch 2. Secretary 

 Waite will read a paper on "Garden- 

 ers and the Gardening Profession." 

 The society will hold a dinner at Park 

 Hill Tnn on March 10. 



I-EE WHITMAN, Cor. Se( . 



A CUP FOR SIX ROSES. 



Among the prizes at the spring show 

 in New York of the American Rose So- 

 ciety is a $.50 silver cup in Class G tor 

 the best display of six roses, American 

 Beauty excepted, offered by Moore. 

 Hentz & Nash of New York. The in- 

 tent of the offer of so large a premium 

 for an exhibit so small is that a grow- 

 er with the smallest establishment 

 may liave his chance to compete. No 

 doubt the competition will be exten- 

 sive and the entertainment is for the 

 visitor and not for the judges. The 

 donors seek to add variety and inter- 

 est to the show as a whole, by intro- 

 ducing a new depaitiuent devoted to 

 assemblages of various kinds and va- 

 rious colors in each six; and, because 

 of the assured diversity of colors and 

 of the freedom allowed as to sorts, 

 there is every reason to expect a dis- 

 play affording entertaining contrasts, 

 both in the exhibits and between tliem. 

 Here will be a medley of specimens 

 in contrast to the uniformity which 

 is the feature of tlie rest of the show. 

 It is Intended to excite comment, to 

 afford pleasure and instruction, and to 

 produce a small "War of the Roses," 

 The exact specification for this exhibit 

 will be found in the official Prize 

 Schedule of the American Rose So- 

 ciety for 1910. 



OBITUARY. 



Joseph E. Fuller. 



In the death of Mr. Joseph B. Fuller 

 on February 16, the seed business has 

 lost one of its oldest and most es- 

 teemed representatives. 



Mr. Fuller was born in Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., Oct. 31, 1827. When he was three 

 yeai'S old his family moved to Roches- 

 ter, coming by the Erie Canal and 

 stopping on their arrival at the old 

 Rocliester House, corner of Exchange 

 and Spring street. At the age of four- 



.lOSEPli E. KOI.I.KR 



teen he was apprenticed to the late 

 Henry O'Reilly to learn the printers' 

 trade. Later he was with the Genesee 

 Parmer, published by the late James 

 Vick and edited by the late Patrick 

 Barry. Being for years in close rela- 

 tionsliip with Mr. Vick in the print- 

 ing office, and the two being drawn 

 together by a mutual love of flowers, 

 he was easily persuaded to engage in 

 the seed business. In 1S63 he entered 

 the employ of Mr. Vick, and continued 

 almost uninterruptedly with the Vick 

 firm from that time until failing 

 health about a year ago necessitated 

 his giving up active work. 



Mr. Fuller's influence in the devel- 

 opment of the business was scarcely 

 second to that of Mr. Vick. His whole 

 lite was bound up in the work and 

 his whole energy devoted to it. For 

 years he had pursued the study of 

 botany and his extensive knowledge of 

 plants was of great advantage. His 

 knowledge of stocks was extensive and 

 thorough: his judgment and accuracy 

 were without equal; and his honesty 

 unimpeachable. To his perfect integ- 

 rity and absolute reliability the suc- 

 cess of the Vick seed business was in 

 no small degree due. He was a thor- 

 ough seedsman, far-seeing, conscien- 

 tious and accurate. 



During a trip to Europe, in 18S8, 

 Mr. Fuller was invited by Messrs. 

 Carter, Dunnett & Beale to inspect 

 their trials of peas. Of one particular 

 variety, his opinion was asked as to 

 its quality. His reply was; "It's a 

 daisy." This bit of American slang 

 evidently im|)ressed the famous Eng- 

 lish seedsmen, for a few years later 

 this variety was introduced as "Car- 

 ter's Daisy," and fully justified Mr. 

 Fuller's opinion of its good qualities. 

 Mis genial manner made him hosts of 

 li'iends in the trade. Many a long 

 chat, over cigars, did he and the veter- 

 an seedsman William Meggatt have in 

 the old Vick Seed House, on East av- 

 enue, in the eighties. 



Mr. Puller's genialtv was one of his 

 most prominent characteristics. He 

 bad a good story apropos to every oc- 

 casion. His reminiscences of the early 

 days of Rochester, and of the volun- 

 teer fire department of which he was 

 a member, were particularly enjoyable. 

 He was a member of the Rochester 

 Academy of Science, giving devoted 

 attention to the work of the Botanical 

 Section. In 1S96, when tire Academy 

 published a list of the plants of Monroe 

 County, it was difficult to find a com- 

 positor sufficiently familiar with bo- 

 tanical terms to set up the list in a 

 satisfactory manner. Mr. Fuller came 

 to tlie rescue, and though it was years 

 since he had stood at the case, he set 

 all the type for this work of more than 

 150 pages, a remarkable achievement 

 for a man of his years, as well as 

 from a typographical standpoint 



With his fellow workers in the seed' 

 business he was always pleasant, kind, 

 patient and forbearing, with the old- 

 time courtesy of manner so seldom 



