December 27, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



905 



ROSE ''MRS. GEO. SHAWYER'' 



North ! East ! South and West ! the word comes back to us — 

 " Finest Rose we ever handled ! " The color holds in winter 

 when the Killarneys bleach almost to white. We have five 

 thousand plants that have been carried over and are now start- 

 ing off splendidly. Why not remove those poor plants and 

 replant with Shawyer, which we guarantee will give you a 

 wonderful spring and summer crop. 



Immediate Delivery, 21-2 in. plants, $20.00 hundred; $150.00 thousand 



CHARLES H. TOTTY, 



IVIA.DISOIM, 

 IM. J. 



years to fill the unexpired term of 

 John W. Everitt, elected vice-presi- 

 dent; James MacMachan, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y. 



The executive board, consisting of 

 the officers, trustees, and directors of 

 the association, will meet on Thurs- 

 day, January 8th, at the Murray Hill 

 Hotel, Park avenue and Forty-first 

 street. New York, N. Y., for its first 

 meeting for the year 1914. 



It has been decided to hold a spring 

 meeting of the association during the 

 International Flower Show, in New 

 York, in March next, and for which 

 an interesting program is planned. 



M. C. Ebel, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The 24th annual Shaw banquet was 

 held on Wednesday night, Dec. 17, at 

 the University Club, St. Louis. About 

 150 florists, nurserymen and gardeners 

 attended. John Noyes of Boston was 

 the speaker of the night on Boston 

 Parks and Playgrounds, illustrating 

 the same with lantern slides. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held its regular monthly meet- 

 ing, Monday night, Dec. 15, at the 

 Beers Hotel with a good attendance. 

 The principal business was a discus- 

 sion on the union florist and the 

 "crepe puller." A committee on these 

 were appointed to report back at the 

 January meeting. 



Obituary 



Timothy O'Connor. 

 Timothy O'Connor, one of the most 

 •widely known florists in the state of 

 Rhode Island, died at his home in 

 Providence on Friday, 19th inst., after 

 a long illness. He was in his 77th 

 year. He had been ill for nearly a 

 y»ar, but up to last May was able to 

 attend daily to his business. At that 

 time his condition became more seri- 

 ous and he remained in his home most 

 of the time, Five weeks ago he was 



confined to his bed and grew steadily 

 worse. Death was due to a complica- 

 tion of diseases. 



Mr. O'Connor was born in Fermoy, 

 County Cork, Ireland, May 10, 1837, 

 the son of Timothy and Mary New- 

 man O'Connor. He came to Provi- 

 dence from Ireland when he was 16 

 years old and began work as a gar- 

 dener. Shortly afterward he entered 

 the employ of a florist and studied 

 every phase of the business, seeing in 

 it an opportunity for a good liveli- 

 hood. While still in his twenties he 

 went into the florist business for him- 

 self. 



His first place was opened on Hope 

 street. His business grew steadily, 

 and at the time of his death was one 

 of the most flourishing in the state. 

 He had a large greenhouse on Black- 

 stone boulevard, and his downtown 

 store on Union street is conducted by 

 his son, Timothy L. O'Connor. Two 

 years ago the golden wedding anniver- 

 sary was celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. 

 O'Connor at their home on Barnes 

 street. Mr. O'Connor is survived by 

 his widow and three children. Timo- 

 thy L. O'Connor, William H. O'Connor 

 and Mrs. M. Joseph McCarthy. The 

 death of Timothy O'Connor removes 

 practically the last of a distinguished 

 coterie of old-time florists of Provi- 

 dence. He was a most estimable gen- 

 tleman, overflowing with genialty and 

 a past-master in the fine art of homely 

 hospitality. He was devoted to his 

 home and family and was a model 

 citizen. 



Harry Francis. 

 Harry Francis, formerly a well 

 known and popular rose grower of 

 Madison, N. J., whose illness was men- 

 tion in a recent issue of Horticul- 

 Tt'RE, died on Tuesday, December 

 16, at the Post Graduate Hospital 

 in New York City, whither he had 

 gone for an operation for appendicitis. 

 About eight years ago Mr. Francis 

 sold out his greenhouse establishment 

 in Madison to Schultz Bros, and went 

 to Florida, where he went into the 

 culture of grape fruit, oranges, etc. 



Richard Frohberg. 



Richard Frohberg, an employee of 

 Louis Schmutz in Flatbush, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., died on December 17, at 

 the Kings County Hospital. He was 

 46 years of age and a native of Sax- 

 ony, Germany. 



J. C. Williams. 



J. Caldwell Williams, who has been 

 in the florist and nursery business at 

 Montclair, N. J., for half a century, 

 died at his home in that place, on 

 Monday, Dec. 15, aged 69 years. Heart 

 disease was the cause of his death. 



REGULATIONS FOR STAGING OR- 

 CHIDS. 



With reference to the exhibits at 

 this show we have heard that the 

 Chelsea Show Committee have revised 

 the regulations respecting the staging 

 of Orchids, as follows: The first or 

 front tier of the staging to be at a 

 height of two feet, the group rising to 

 an average height not exceeding seven 

 feet from the ground level. Seven 

 feet is laid down as being the aver- 

 age of the extreme permissible limit 

 of the height of the highest flowers, 

 etc. (not pots or plant stems), as be- 

 yond that height few people can profi- 

 tably see them. Palms and light foli- 

 age plants used as decoration are not 

 subject to this limit of seven feet. 

 Where groups occupy "island" posi- 

 tions they must be arranged so as to 

 have a frontage all round. 



(These regulations have given the 

 greatest dissatisfaction to exhibitors, 

 and unless speedily withdrawn there 

 will be few orchids at Chelsea in 

 1914.) — The Orchid World, London. 



We understand that S. J. Reuter & 

 Son, of Westerly, R. I., have invested 

 in 750 plants of John Cook's new rose, 

 Francis Scott Key. As the stock is 

 limited, this will reduce the available 

 number of plants very materially. 



