July 26, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



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Obituary 



Patrick McGovern. 

 Patrick McGovern, a Brooklyn flor- 

 ist, who had been in business in the 

 vicinity of Greenwood Cemetery for 35 

 years, died on Thursday, July 17, at 

 his home, 122 Prospect Park West, in 

 his 71st year. His wife, two sons and 

 four daughters survive him. 



Joseph M. Gleason. 



J. M. Gleason, well-known in the 

 seed trade, passed away on Sunday 

 evening, July 20, after a very brief 

 illness. He left his place of business 

 in Boston on Thursday evening in ap- 

 parently good health and was taken 

 sick on Friday morning. The trouble 

 was intestinal and on Sunday an op- 

 eration was decided upon as the only 

 possible means of saving his life and 

 he was taken to the hospital but the 

 effort was futile. 



Mr. Gleason had been in the seed 

 business for many years, having been 

 with the Allan Seed Company of New 

 York, with Everett & Gleason, of Bos- 

 ton, with Schlegel & Pottler Co., of 

 Boston, for over 20 years, being treas- 

 urer of the latter company tor many 

 years, and at the time of his death 

 was treasurer of the Thomas J. Grey 

 Co., of Boston. He was 69 years of 

 age. He is survived by his widow and 

 two sons. 



J. M. Gleason was a gentleman, 

 quiet and unpretentious in manner, 

 suave and courteous to everybody — al- 

 ways the same under any and all cir- 

 cumstances. He was highly respected 

 in the trade, a good evidence of this 

 fact being the closing of every seed 

 store in Boston during the time of the 

 funeral services, 2 to 3 o'clock Wed- 

 nesday afternoon. 



Julius Roehrs. 



Death has again been making some 

 awful devastation in the ranks of hor- 

 ticulture. In the passing away of 

 Julius Roehrs an irreparable loss has 

 been sustained. He was, in truth, a 

 great man. None but a great man 

 could have built up from small begin- 

 nings the splendid establishment and 

 far-reaching business at Rutherford, N. 

 J,, noted all over the world for its 

 product. 



The founder of this company, who 

 has now gone to his eternal rest after 

 a long period of failing health, was 

 born in Hamburg. Germany, in 1844. 

 After serving for three years in the 

 Botanical Gardens at Kiel, Holstein, 

 he went to Erfurt and Dresden, where 

 he added to his technical and practical 

 knowledge and then in 1865 to Amer- 

 ica, where he first found employment 

 as gardener for Mr. Lienan, Jersey 

 City, N. J. Mr. Lienan decided to re- 

 turn to Germany three years later and 

 Mr. Roehrs took over the greenhouses 

 and began business as a florist. He 

 also erected greenhou.^ies at Jersey 

 City Heights and five years later 

 moved his entire business there, and 

 soon became well-known in New York 

 and elsewhere for his splendid hybrid 

 perpetual roses, forced into bloom for 

 the winter and spring cut flower trade. 

 A few years thereafter he moved to 

 Rutherford, N. J., where he acquired a 

 large tract of land and gradually laid 

 the foundations for the immense 

 ranges of glass devoted to orchids. 



palms, stove plants, Easter plants, and 

 other high-class florists' material. In 

 1877 he married a German lady. Miss 

 Schroeder, and they had seven chil- 

 dren, five sons and two daughters, the 

 two eldest sons, Julius, Jr., and Ed- 

 ouard, being associated with him in 

 the company incorporated a few years 

 ago. 



Mr. Roehrs has been a sufferer from 

 that insidious disease popularly known 

 as hardening of the arteries for some 

 time past and went to Italy a few 

 months ago, accompanied by his wife, 

 in the hope of obtaining some relief, 

 but failing rapidly and there being 

 no possibility of recovery he wbb 

 brought home and death came Sunday, 

 July 20, the immediate cause being 

 given as bronchitis. 



One of Julius Roehrs' great services 

 to commercial horticulture was his en- 

 terprising spirit which led him to ex- 

 periment constantly on new things 

 and new methods. He was far-seeing 

 and optimistic but, after testing any- 

 thing out and finding it lacking, he 



JrLiv.s RuiiiiK«. 



would become a conservative of con- 

 servatives. 



At his home he was cordial and hos- 

 pitable, fond of congenial company, 

 but first, last and always a keen- 

 witted and astute business man. 



A WELLESLEY HOME. 



On Tuesday, July 22, the Garden 

 Committee of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society visited, on invita- 

 tion, the estate of David R. Craig at 

 Wellesley, Mass. The visitors were 

 delightfully entertained by their host, 

 who conducted them all over his place 

 which is a model rural home. Located 

 on an eminence a splendid view of the 

 surrounding country is obtained, well 

 wooded hills, valleys and neatly kept 

 fruit and vegetable gardens making 

 an ever-attractive landscape. Mr. 

 Craig's place is well furnished with 

 fine woods and shrubbery plantations, 

 flower gardens and kitchen gardens 

 and is a typical New England garden 

 lovers' home. So agreeable, did the 

 visitors find the atmosphere that it 

 was well along in the evening before 

 they started reluctantly on their re- 

 turn to the city. 



HYDROCYANIC GAS FOR MEALY 

 BUG AND BLACK FLY. 



Editor Hortichltuke: 



Dear Sir: — I would like to ast 

 whether any reader of Hobticultube 

 has had any experience with Hydro- 

 cyanic Acid Gas In graperies, for 

 mealy bug; whether it would be 

 liable to injure fruit in any stage and 

 what strength could be used? Any in- 

 formation on this subject will be 

 thankfully received. 



Respectfully yours, 



Massachusetts. G. W. W. 



Replying to G. W. W., would say 

 with regard to use of Hydrocyanic 

 Acid Gas in graperies for mealy bug, 

 that for a dormant grapery I have had 

 good success by use of the following 

 formula, viz.: One ounce cyanide, two 

 ounces sulphuric acid and four ounces 

 of water' for each 1000 cubic feet of 

 space, and exactly one-half the above 

 formula when the berries have taken 

 their first swell. By this time the 

 foliage is sufiiciently hardened, so that 

 no injury will result. The cyanide is 

 especially effective when used in the 

 early stages of forcing before buds 

 sweil. using major formula. The bugs 

 crawl out as warmth is applied and 

 are easily exterminated and each one 

 killed represents a whole colony. I 

 also find one-half ounce of cyanide, 

 one ounce sulphuric acid and two 

 ounces of water for each 1000 cubic 

 feet of space very efficacious in killing 

 black fly on violets without the slight- 

 est injury to flower or foliage. 



John Ash. 



Pomfret Center, Conn. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Thirtieth Annual Report of the 

 Board of Park Commissioners of Min- 

 neapolis, Minn., is a very ornate pro- 

 duction. The illustrations are numer- 

 ous and beautiful and these with the 

 text matter and several fine maps and 

 diagrams fully indicate the splendid 

 work on behalf of the people, for their 

 pleasure and health, which is being 

 accomplished by this park commission 

 aided and abetted by superintendent 

 Theodore Wirth, who stands in the 

 front rank in executive and horticul- 

 tural ability as a park oflicial. Minne- 

 apolis has 3710 acres net of parks, 

 1287 acres of water area and 34 miles 

 of parkways. Cost of land and im- 

 provement to date, $6 915,794. 



The Preliminary Plant Schedule of 

 the International Flower Show to be 

 held in New York City, March 21 to 28, 

 1914. has just been issued and copies 

 can be had on application to John 

 Young, Secretary, 54 West 28th street. 

 New York, or at his temporary ad- 

 dress. Hotel Andrews, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. Section A. Plants in Flower; 

 Sec. B, Palms and Foliage Plants; 

 Sec. C, Ferns; Sec. D, Orchids; Sec. B, 

 Bulbs in Flower; Sec. F, Roses in 

 Pots and Tubs; these are all limited 

 to private gardeners' competition. 

 Sec. G, Flowering Plants; Sec. H, Bul- 

 bous Classes; Sec. I, Ferns and Selagi- 

 nellas; Sec. J, Orchids; Sec. K, Palms 

 and Foliage Plants: Sec. L, Miscella- 

 neous Plants; Sec. M. Roses in Pots 

 or Tubs; these are limited to the com- 

 mercial growers. Sec. N, is for New 

 Plants Not in Commerce. Over 200 

 classes are included in this prelimi- 

 nary list. 



