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HORTI CULTURE 



-July 16, 191fr 



ing how many members will go and 

 full particulars. 



L. H. WINTERSON, Secy. 



ROCHESTER IS BUSY. 



A monthly meeting of the Rochester 

 Florists' Association was held Tues- 

 day night, July 12. All in attendance 

 were very enthusiastic and if hard 

 work will make the convention next 

 month a record breaker it will be 

 nothing less than that. Superintend- 

 ent Chas. H. Vick finds his time fully 

 occupied locating space for the exhibi- 

 tors and in correspondence on trade 

 display matter. Eating and sleeping 

 have been only secondary considera- 

 tions with Charley of late 



SOC.ETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 

 Registration of Roses. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., 

 offers for registration the Roses de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed name, is requested to com- 

 municate with the Secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration, the same will be made three 

 ■weeks from this date. 



Raiser's Description. 



A sport of My Maryland, originating 

 •with A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 1908. This 

 rose in every way resembles My Mary- 

 land except in color. It is a shell pink 

 outside, shading deeper towards the 

 center, which is a creamy yellow, and 

 sometimes quite a deep yellow. During 

 the hot weather, however, the yellow 

 center disappears, and the rose looks 

 very much the color of an Enchantress 

 Carnation. It is very fragrant. 



This rose will not be disseminated 

 until the spring of 1912. 



Name — "Lady Cromwell." 



A strong growing climbing rose, mak- 

 ing shoots of from 10 to 12 feet in a 

 season. Foliage bright, glossy green, 

 free from mildew or black spot. Flower 

 4 to 5 inches In diameter, pure ivory 

 white. Petals of great substance and 

 beautifully cupped. The plant is very 

 floriferous, literally covering itself with 

 Its large flowers. Resembling the 

 Clematis Henryii, they are borne on 

 long stems 12 to 18 inches long and 

 are very fragrant. Buds are very large 

 and fine for cutting. Can be used 

 either as a pillar or climbing rose. 



Name — "Purity." 



A sport of Killarney, originating 

 with the Montrose Greenhouses, Mont- 

 rose, Mass., and acquired by A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., by purchase. It is a sport 

 of Killarney, identical with the parent 

 in habit and size of bloom. The color, 

 however, is much darker than Killar- 

 ney at all times of the year. This rose 

 will be disseminated in 1911. 



Name — "Dark Pink Killarney." 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



July 7, 1910. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The schedule of prizes and enti'y 

 blanks for the Rochester exhibition 

 are now ready to mail, and any one 

 interested that does not receive them 

 may obtain them by applying to me 

 before August 12th. 



Geo. B. Hart has offered a silver cup 



for the exhibition containing the larg- 

 est number of standard varieties. 



When it is desired that exhibits be 

 staged by the society, notice should 

 be sent as early as possible to the 

 corresponding secretary. 



Exhibits by express should be ad- 

 dressed to American Gladiolus Society, 

 Convention Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 



President Hendrickson has appointed 

 the following committee on awards: 

 Prof. L. B. Judson, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 Michael Keller, Rochester, N. Y.; Al. 

 Salter, Rochester, N. Y. 



L. MERTON GAGE. 



Orange, Mass. 



OBITUARY. 



J. W. Dudley. 



The sudden death of John W. Dud- 

 ley, which occurred Sunday evening, 

 July 3, at his home in Dudleyville, 

 Parkersburg, W. Va., was learned with 

 deep regret by everyone, as he was un- 

 usually well-known and respected in 

 his city and county. 



He had been in ill health for nearly 

 three years, afflicted with a complica- 

 tion of diseases, but the greater part 

 of the time he was able to attend to 

 his greenhouse business, though in that 

 time he rarely came down town, as was 

 his custom before he became ill. 



Mr. Dudley was 69 years of age, and 

 a native of Oswego County, New York. 

 He was the son of the late Lysander 

 Dudley, the family removing to Park- 

 ersburg about 1852, the father becom- 

 ing prominent in the business affairs 

 of the community as a contractor, some 

 of the larger and most important of 

 the older buildings of the city having 

 been constructed by him. 



J. W. Dudley, in his early manhood 

 engaged in business, devoting his early 

 energies to the establishment of a 

 greenhouse. This business he made 

 his life work, his father being asso- 

 ciated with him. At the death of the 

 latter his brother, Lysander, was con- 

 nected with the enterprise. Of late 

 years the firm has been J. W. Dudley 

 & Sons. The business has grown to 

 large proportions, the most extensive 

 of the kind in the state. 



Mr. Dudley is survived by his wife 

 (second), and four sons and seven 

 daughters by liis former marriage. His 

 home life was an ideal one. He was 

 kind and generous, dispensing charity 

 liberally but unostentatiously. 



Prof. Samuel B. Green. 

 The sad news has just come that 

 Samuel B. Green, Dean of Forestry 

 and Professor of Horticulture of the 

 University of Minnesota, died July 11 

 of apoplexy, while lecturing to a class 

 of students at the University Forestry 

 School station at Lake Itaska. No 

 man in the state was better known in 

 agriculture, horticulture and forestry 

 circles than Professor Green. He had 

 been connected with the college since 

 1888, was a member of the State Board 

 of Forestry, President of the State 

 Horticultural Society, and a prominent 

 member of the Society of Horticul- 

 tural Science. He was born in 



Chelsea, Mass., in 1859 and graduated 

 from the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College in 1879. He was one of the 

 leading horticultural authorities in the 

 country and his loss came as a shock 

 to his associates and numerous 

 friends 



Mrs. John H. Halbig. 

 Mrs. John H. Halbig, mother- of 

 Henry Halbig who has been gardener 

 at the Graves' estate. Orange, N. J.. 

 tor many years, died on July 6, at the- 

 Orange Memorial Hospital as the re- 

 sult of an operation which she under- 

 went a few days before. She had been 

 ill for the past six months. Mrs. Hal- 

 big was a native of Germany. Besides 

 Henry Halbig, one other son and a 

 daughter, also her husband, survive 

 her. 



William Culverwell. 



The death of this well-known English 

 gardener and hybridist took place en, 

 June 19. The deceased was an Indefati- 

 gable raiser of culinary peas, and of 

 these the widest known are Telegraph 

 and Invincible. He worked during many 

 years on the polyanthus, and made 

 great improvements in the color, size 

 of the tiowers and habit of these- 

 plants. 



John W. H, Krumm. 

 John W. H. Krumm, until a few 

 years ago associated with the Krumm 

 Bros. Floral Co., St. Joseph, Mo., died 

 July 1st, aged 45 years. With two of 

 his brothers Fred and Henry Krumm, 

 he has been employed in the florist 

 business about 25 years. Four broths 

 ers and two sisters survive him. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 San Francisco, Calif. — The Pacific 



Nurseries have been sold by F. Lude- 

 mann to his son who will carry on the 

 business. 



Logan, Utah. — V. A. Armstrong and 

 daughter are building a greenhouse 

 here and will do business under the 

 name of the Cache Valley Floral Co. 



Northampton, Mass.— H. W. Field, 

 the florist, has purchased an extensive 

 tract of laud of the Watson estate and 

 has given the part which he is not 

 going to make use of himself to the 

 children as a play ground. 



MarbleKead, Mass. — The florist busi- 

 ness formerly conducted by Larkin 

 Hayden has been formed into a corq- 

 pany to be known as the Devereux Co- 

 operative Greenhouse Co. The officers 

 of this company are Larkin H. Hay- 

 den. president, and Roger Upton, 

 treasurer. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— The Valley busi- 

 ness of Walter P. Stokes has grown so- 

 that it is necessary for him to make 

 another addition 20 x 100 feet at Plora- 

 croft, Moorestown, N. J., making the 

 third new greenhouse this year. Mr. 

 Stokes is now in Europe visiting the 

 bulb and seed growers. 



INCORPORATED. 



Salt Lake City, Utah.— The Western 

 Nuisery Co.. capital stock $10,000. F. 

 E. Clark, president; H. C. Clark, vice- 

 president and manager; George D. 

 Cardon, secretary, and Katherine S- 

 Clark, treasurer. 



