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HOBTICULTUBE 



July 12, 1913 



Obituary 



Charles Mains. 

 Charles Hains, a gardener working 

 in a Broolilyn (N. Y.) cemetery, was 

 struck by lightning and instantly killed 

 during the storm of Saturday, July 5. 



Mrs. John Newell. 



Mrs. Newell, wife of John Xewell, 

 retail florist at 322 West 12.5th street, 

 New York, died June 26th, after being 

 run down by an automobile. She was 

 43 years old and is survived by her 

 husband and son. 



James Hutchison. 

 James Hutchison, a gardner of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., died last week, aged 8-1 

 years. He was born in New York, re- 

 moving to Pittsburgh 74 years ago 

 For over 40 years he was foreman of 

 the grounds at Allegheny Park. 



Edward Schumann. 

 Edward Schumann, senior member 

 of the firm of Edward Schumann & 

 Sons, Cincinnati. Ohio, died June 29th. 

 aged 67 years. He had been in the 

 florist business for over 2.5 years, his 

 specialties being violets, pansies and 

 sweet peas. 



Mrs. M. H. Walsh. 

 Abbie Agnes Walsh, wife of M. H. 

 Walsh of Woods Hole. Mass.. died at 

 her home in Woods Hole on Sunday. 

 July 6, aged 6.5 years, 6 months. Mrs. 

 Walsh had been a long time ill but 

 seemed to have improved somewhat 

 during the past winter and hopes were 

 entertained for her recovery. As Abbie 

 Agnes Norton, previous to her mar- 

 riage to Mr. Walsh she had been a 

 school teacher in Brighton, Mass. She 

 ■was a refined and educated lady and 

 a great help to Mr. Walsh In his rose 

 work, at home and at the exhibitions 

 In old Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 where the great fame of Walsh and 

 Walsh's roses was first established 

 and her industry and skill in gather- 

 ing, selecting, labeling and arranging 

 the superb displays, was no small 

 factor In Mr. Walsh's rose show tri- 

 umphs. 



Mrs. F. W. Kelsey. 



The playground movement of Orange, 

 N. J., lost one of its best friends in the 

 death of Mrs. Frederick W. Kelsey on 

 Friday night. July 4. at her home in 

 that city. Mrs. Kelsey's husband is 

 well-known as one of the original 

 members of the Essex County Park 

 Commission. Mrs. Kelsey's death was 

 due to arteriosclerosis, and she had 

 been ill for a long time. For the past 

 twenty-five years she had been a resi- 

 dent of Orange. Mrs. Kelsey worked 

 with other women for the welfare of 

 the Orange Memorial Hospital. She 

 was the originator of the idea of form- 

 ing the Hospital Auxiliary of Young 

 Women and foremost in its founding. 

 She was active in the Woman's Ex- 

 change and had been a member of the 

 Woman's Club of Orance since 1886. 



At the last business meoling of the 

 club which was held on May 7, when 

 Mrs. Kelsey was critically ill, she was 



elected an honorary member of the 

 club, a distinction seldom conferred. 



The action of the club was a recog- 

 nition of the playground work which 

 Mrs. Kelsey inaugurated in behalf of 

 the club. She was the chairman of its 

 playground committee. 



Samuel Sibley. 

 Sam. Sibley, jovial, kindly, popular 

 Sam, has passed away and we feel a 

 keen sense of personal loss and, no 

 doubt, there are many others to whom 

 the news of his death will bring a 

 shock of deep sorrow. Mr. Sibley 

 died at his home in Baltimore, of 

 apoplexy, on June 25. His age was 56 

 years. He leaves a widow and two 

 married daughters. He was one of 



Samuel Sibixy 



the best known and best liked seed 

 selesmen. For many years he has re- 

 presented the Leonard Seed Company 

 of Chicago with loyalty and efHciency 

 and it will be hard to fill his place. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 New Zealand Association of Nur- 

 serymen. Official Trade Register for 

 1913, and sixth annual report and bal- 

 ance sheet. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society; 

 Transactions for the year 1900; Part 1. 

 This publication contains the horticul- 

 tural papers and lectures delivered at 

 Horticultural Mall during the winter 

 and spring of 1913. an account of the 

 inaugural meeting, January 1. 1913. 

 etc. 



National Chrysanthemum Society 

 (England). The Transactions for the 

 year 1912 and the Sched\ile of Prizes, 

 List of Members, etc.. for 1913. have 

 been published separately. The 

 "Transactions" contain much that the 

 chrysanthemum specialist will find in- 

 structive and valuable. The chapter 

 on the new classification of chrysan- 

 themums which the floral committee 

 of this Society has inaugurated is 

 especially interesting as calculated to 

 effect a reform which will, it is hoped, 

 give opportunity for greater variety 

 in our chrysanthemum exhibitions. 



Chrysanthemums 



Some nice plants of 



Yellow Bonnaffon and 

 Pacific Supreme 



From two-inch pots. $15.00 per 1000. 



Shepard's Garden Carnation Co. 



292 Fairmount St., LOWELL, MASS. 



Please mention H( 'RTICI/ L tU RE when unling 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Harrison's Nurseries. Berlin, Md. — 

 A pocket-size list of desirable fruit and 

 ornamental trees. 



Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa. — 

 Farr's Quality Bulbs. A complete 

 price list of miscellaneous tall planting 

 bulbs. 



Richard Diener & Co., Mountain 

 View, Cal. — Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, 

 Spring 1913. Finely printed and illus- 

 trated. Geraniums a leading item. 



H. F. Mlchell Co., Philadelphia.— Mid- 

 summer Catalogue. Frontispiece of 

 strawberry Senator Dunlap. Offers a 

 fine line of summer seeds, plants, bulbs 

 and requisites. 



Hommo Ten Have, Scheenida, Hol- 

 land. — Westerwolth's Rye Grass Seed. 

 The contents of this publication will 

 greatly interest seed dealers who issue 

 a farm seed catalogue. 



John Lewis Childs. Flowerfleld, N. 

 Y. — "Famous Flowers from Flower- 

 field." the Home of Childs' Gladioli. 

 A very persuasive presentment of the 

 superior merit of the Flowerfleld prod- 

 ucts. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York. — 

 Midsummer Catalogue for 1913. Straw- 

 berries form the appropriate cover 

 theme for this excellent publication. 

 The front cover bears as an illustra- 

 tion a tray of strawberry short-cake 

 with "fixins" in tempting colors, to 

 show the possibilities with the new 

 fall-bearing strawberry Americus. 



R. & J. Farqtihar & Co.. Boston. — 

 Midsummer Catalogue for 1913. The 

 introduction to the contents of this 

 book Is a basket of strawberries which 

 forms the cover illustration. Pot- 

 grown strawberries, roses, hardy vines 

 and old fashioned flowers in pots for 

 summer planting are the leading 

 topics. Bvilbs for early forcing also 

 iccupy a place of prominence and the 

 whole is finely illustratod. 



Julius Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. N. J. 

 - General Catalogue of Hardy Trees 

 and Shrubs. Greenhouse Plants. Or- 

 chids, etc. j\ very handsome publica- 

 tion, as would naturally he expected 

 from this eminent firm. The illustra- 

 tions are high class throughout and 

 the arrangement, indexing, etc.. shows 

 much care in preparation. There is a 

 beautiful full-page insert of Miltonia 

 vexiUarla in natural colors; also of 

 Rambler rose Newport Fairy. 



