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HORTICULTUEE 



October 25, 1913 



it is quite contrary to your good taste, 

 you are only carrying out tne wishes 

 of him who Is 'paying the piper.' 

 Personal Appearance. 



"I may become a little personal by 

 venturing on personal appearance as 

 it effects the gardener, but it is solely 

 in his interest. I come in contact with 

 many gardeners while they are en- 

 gaged in their work and what I am 

 about to refer to I admit is the ex- 

 ception rather than the rule, but I al- 

 lude to it as an essential to profes- 

 sional progressiveness. In my travels 

 I, at times, find gardeners quite effi- 

 cient in their profession, but who lack 

 in their own general appearance, and 

 are quite thoughtless as to some of 

 their habits while occupied in their 

 vocation. Now appearances count for 

 much in this world, and personal ap- 

 pearance, not gaudiness but neatness, 

 makes a favorable impression wher- 

 ever practiced. The gardener with a 

 'good front' is likely to come into 

 closer personal contact with his people 

 than the gardener who lacks it. Only 

 a few days ago I was told of a family 

 returning recently from abroad where 

 it had been visiting some of the exten- 

 sive private estates found on the other 

 side and probably enthused with some 

 of the old country ideas, which in- 

 formed its gardener that it would pre- 

 fer to have him engage additional 

 labor to do the plodding so that he 

 could clothe himself more fittingly and 

 be presentable to the guests in futur« 

 and at the expense of the family. But 

 the old man, long with the family, 

 begged that he be permitted to con- 

 tinue to plod, that he could not accus- 

 tom himself to fine clothes. His re- 

 quest was granted, but you can count 

 on it, not getting what they want it is 

 only a question of time before these 

 people will become dissatisfied. 

 The Young Gardener and His Future. 



"I cannot refrain from saying a word 

 to the young and ambitious men in the 

 profession. So much has been her- 

 alded in the near past respecting the 

 essentials requisite to make one a real 

 gardener that I shall not dwell on it 

 long. But of the practical gardener 

 of the future much will be demanded. 

 He must possess executive power, 

 knowledge of every phase of floricul- 

 ture, horticulture and agriculture, must 

 have ability to handle men, and in 

 general be a good business manager. 

 This means that he must be possessed 

 of theoretical knowledge as well as 

 practical experience, and he must 

 count on having to contest with the 

 young men favored with college oppor- 

 tunities. I, however, am a firm be- 

 liever that our real gardeners of the 

 future, as of the past, will be the self- 

 made, those with ambition to seize 

 every chance to learn by practical ex- 

 perience during the day. gaining their 

 theoretical knowledge by study of 

 books at night and dining the spare 

 hours, constantly on the alert to ad- 

 vance, and thus by combining practice 

 and theory will become thoroughly effi- 

 cient in their profession. There are, 

 however, on the other hand, many 

 young men who have taken up garden- 

 ing imbued with the idea that a year 

 of apprenticeship, another year as an 

 assistant — and then a full-fledged gar- 

 dener. They will have gained just a 

 sufficient smattering of what garden- 

 ing constitutes to spoil what they may 



undertake if they obtain a head gar- 

 dener's position, and some of them oc- 

 casionally manage to with the result 

 that they do not make good." 



OBITUARY. 

 Edward L. Pierce. 



Edward Leroy Pierce, president and 

 general manager of A. H. Hews & Co., 

 Inc., pottery manufacturers, of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., died on Friday morning 

 October 17, aged 35 years, after a long 

 period of failing health. Mr. Pierce 

 was born in Barre, Mass., Jan. 10, 

 1878. For the past thirteen years he 

 has been employed in the Hews estab- 

 lishment having started as a book- 

 keeper with the late A. H. Hews. 

 After the death of Mr. Hews when the 

 business was incorporated, 1904, he 

 became vice-president of the company 

 and in 1910 he succeeded to the presi- 

 dency. During his association with 

 the establishment he made a most ex- 

 cellent record as a progressive busi- 

 ness man and executive officer. He 

 was greatly beloved by the employees 



Edward L. Piebce. 



of the company and was held in high- 

 est esteem by all with whom he came 

 in contact in business and social mat- 

 ters and his demise in the midst of 

 his usefulness and popularity is a 

 great loss to the community and the 

 trade. He leaves a widow, mother 

 and one brother. 



The funeral was held on Sunday 

 afternoon at Mt. Auburn Cemetery 

 Chapel, under the auspices of Charity 

 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cambridge, 

 of which Mr. Pierce was Worshipful 

 Master. The pall bearers were from 

 the New York, Cambridge and Boston 

 of^ces of A.„,H. Hews & Co. fiin-f 



John B. Byer. 

 John B. Byer, a member of the firm 

 of Byer Bros., florists, at Chambers- 

 burg, Pa., died on October 5, aged 83 

 years. 



Robert Kinkaid. 



Robert Kinkaid, well known as a 



florist and landscape gardener, died 



on October 11. at his home in Ger- 



mantown, Pa., aged 45 years. For 



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some time he had Battered from 

 Bright's disease. 



W. T. James. 

 W. T. James of Bermnda, brother 

 of Harlcy James and well known In 

 the St. Georges Bermuda lily indus- 

 try, died at Halifax, N. S., last week. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Middleton, N. Y.— B. H. Oullen, two 

 houses. 



Belvldere. N. J. — Alex. Shrieve, con- 

 servatory. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — P. C. Forhen- 

 bach. one house. 



Denver, Colo. — Fred Maler, two 

 houses, each 25 x 200. 



Wilkesbarre. Pa. — A. VV. Moore, 

 Park avenue, aitprationa. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Wm. Roepke, E. 

 Washington street, two houses. 



McHutchison & Co.. 17 Murray 

 street. New York, have prepared a neat 

 wall hanger giving the new official 

 tariff rates on all horticultural im- 

 port goods. This very useful card has 

 been mailed to some 3,000 correspon- 

 dents by Messrs. McHutchison & Co., 

 but anyone who has not received a 

 copy can get it by writing to their 

 address. 



