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H ORTI CULTURE 



July 23, 1910 



LILIUM HARRISII 



Now Ready for Delivery 



Our first coDsignuients have just reached us, and our ad- 

 vance orders are all filled. In view of the fact that crop is 

 shorter than last year, we advise those who have not already 

 ordered to lose no time in doing so. Last year we were not 

 able to meet the demand for our selected Harrisii on late 

 orders. At present we have a good supply, and will be able 

 to take care of early orders; but there should be no delay in 

 ordering, as there is sure to be a scarcity of good stocli, 

 especially in the large sizes. 



We offer selected stock of the original true Harrisii for 

 early forcing, grown from the original true stock — splendid 

 stock for early forcing, for which purpose Harrisii is so val- 

 uable. Our stock is not picked up indiscriniiuately from dif- 

 ferent sources, but is grown from one stock, and will be found 

 very superior to the ordinary Harrisii usually offered, both in 

 regard to freedom from disease and purity, and not the late 

 type now so often furnished. 



6 to 7-inch fjulbs, 350 to the case, $17.50 per case; less 



quantities, $6.00 per 100. 



7 to 9-inch bulbs, 300 to the case, $18.00 per case; less 



quantities, $10.00 per 100. 

 9 to 11-inch hulbs, 100 to tlie case, $20.00 per case; less 

 quantities, $33.00 per 100. 



SELECT FERNS 



For Fine Store Trade 



We ofi'er a grand lot of exceptionally well-grown plants of 

 NEPHROLEPIS, which will be found one of the best selling 

 and most profitable plants for florists to handle. Our stock 

 is in unusually fine shape, and we will guarantee that it will 

 please the most exacting. It is exceptionally good value at 

 tlie prices quoted. 



ELEGANTISSIM.4 IMPROVED. The finest of this type, 

 never showing a Boston frond ; has not reverted in the last 

 four years. Strong plants, 6-iueh pots, 50c. each : flue speci- 

 mens, 8-inch pans, $1.00 each; strong young plants, 214-inch 

 pota for growing on, $10.00 per hundred. 



EL,EG;\NTISSIMA COMPACTA. Bears the same relation 

 to Elegautissima that Scottii does to Bostouiensis. Dwarf and 

 compact. Especially fine in the small sizes. Extra fine plants, 

 4-inch pots. 25c. each ; 6-inch pots, 50c. each ; strong young 

 plants, 214-iucb pots for growing on, $10.00 per hundred. 



Sl'PERBlSSIMA. Introduced by us in 1908. Very distinct 

 and very popular. 4-inch pots, 25c. each; large specimens, 

 S-inch pans, $1.00 each. 



BOSTONIENSIS. Good plants, 6-inch pots, 50e. each. 



F. le. JPIEF^SOIV 00. 





Obituary, 



Mrs. George M. Anderson. 



The many friends of George M. An- 

 dfrson, of Milton, Mass.. who have re- 

 peatedly expressed their sympathy 

 with him and his wife during the 

 time of her sickness will regret to 

 learn that Mrs. Anderson passed away 

 on Saturday, July 16. She had been ill 

 for about six months with a very pain- 

 ful spinal trouble. The funeral took 

 place on Tuesday afternoon, July 19. 



Daniel Spillane. 



Daniel Spillane, who for more than 

 forty years has been gardener and 

 superintendent for Samuel C. Law- 

 rence, Medford, Mass., died at his 

 home, 2 Post Office avenue, Tuesday, 

 July 12th. Mr. Spillane was in his 

 68th year and was born in Cork, Ire- 

 land. He is survived by a wife, five 

 sons and two daughters. The burial 

 was at St. Paul cemetery, Arlington. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith. 



Mrs. Nathan Smith, widow of the 

 late Nathan Smith and mother of El- 

 mer D. Smith, of Adrian, Mich., died 

 suddenly of heart disease on the 12th 

 inst, at the home of her niece, Mrs. 

 Esther Winegar at Rochester, Mich., 

 where she was visiting. The funeral 

 took place on Friday, July 15, from 

 her late home in Adrian. Mrs. Smith 

 was nearly 87 years of age. 



Mrs. Smith's time was largely taken 

 up with her home and business inter- 

 ests while health and years permitted 

 of her activity. She had been very 

 prominent in the Ladies' Aid, which 

 during the war did so much to give 

 comfort to the soldier boys at the 

 front. 



active in all movements which were 

 calculated to keep alive German sen- 

 timent. Mr. Drobisch was of a plea- 

 sant and companionable disposition 

 and full of interesting reminiscences 

 of the early days of the flower busi- 

 ness. He leaves a widow and five 

 daughters. 



Henry F. TIbblts. 



Horticulture has lost a true friend 

 in the death of Henry S. Tibbits, July 

 nth, principal of the John Spry 

 School, Chicago, over which the flag 

 now hangs at half mast in his honor. 

 Mr. Tibbits was noted for his love of 

 piants and flowers and at his request 

 a conservatory was built in connection 

 with the school many years ago, and 

 hundreds of pupils have gone out with 

 a love and knowledge of plants that 

 has carried its influence into many 

 parts of the city. His death was due 

 to a gas explosion and his loss at 45 

 means much to the progressive policy 

 of the school as well as to the wife 

 and four children. 



The school grounds had been trans- 

 formed from a waste to a place of 

 beauty and trees were planted years 

 ago, one of a kind, that the pupils 

 might study the different varieties as 

 well as tnjoy the shade. 



His tnneral last Sunday was largely 

 attended and the chapel was made 

 beautiful with the palms, ferns, etc., 

 irom the school conservatory. 



fullness of his prime. He died in the 

 harness. He was probably overworked 

 and this added to the terrible and un- 

 precedented heat, was too much. No 

 man has done more for forestry and 

 fruit growing in the northwest. His 

 name is a household word. He ij^ib- 

 lished several books which will keep 

 his memory fresh for long years to- 

 come. He was a Christian and had a 

 warm heart. While carrying on im- 

 portant educational work I often ap- . 

 pealerl to him and found a ready re- 

 sponse. In the course of nature he 

 should have staid with us 25 years yet. 

 But he has rounded out a full life and 

 among the hundreds of young men 

 who have been under his influence 

 there will be scores who have caught 

 his spirit and will carry on his work. 

 C. S. HARRISON. 

 York, Nebraska. 



Gustav Drobisch. 



Gustav Drobisch. one of the pioneer 

 florists of Ohio and the oldest in 

 Columbus, where he has been located 

 for forty years, died on July 9, after 

 a week's illness. He was born in 

 Saxony and came to this country 

 when only fourteen years of age. Al- 

 though he was thoroughly American 

 in his ways and beliefs, he never lost 

 his love for the fatherland, and was 



THE LATE PROF. S. B. GREEN. 



The sudden death of Prof. Green 

 was a terrible shock. Only a few days 

 befoi-e we dined together at Hotel Ven- 

 dome, Minneapolis. For years we have 

 been close friends, visiting back and 

 forth. I induced the associated soci- 

 eties of Nebraska to call him for an 

 address. He had 1000 hearers and he 

 delighted them by having something 

 to say and knowing how to say it. He 

 was one of the most genial and mag- 

 netic men I ever knew. He was presi- 

 dent of the Minneapolis Horticultural 

 Society, the largest numerically in the 

 world. He was the "master of assem- 

 blies." You could feel the thrill of his 

 energy and enthusiasm through the 

 g'eat gatherings. Everything was on 

 time and the program seemed sur- 

 charged with vigor. He was in the 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Low R. R. Rates to Chicago. 



Those desiring to visit Chicago this 

 summer can get a special rate of 1 l-S 

 fare at four different intervals of sev- 

 eral days each, the first beginning July 

 15, and the last return closing Sept. 

 10th. The Chicago Association of 

 Commerce has made arrangements 

 with many of the railroads and the 

 whole of the United States is practic- 

 ally covered. C. M. Dickinson, man- 

 ager of the E. H. Hunt Co., the oldest 

 florists' supply house in the city, is a 

 member of the Association of Com- 

 merce and will be pleased to give full 

 information to any florist writing him 

 for dates, etc. These periods cover 

 several important events and florists 

 will do well to time their visits thus. 



A Plant Embargo. 

 Chicago growers are already feeling 

 the effect of The Destructive Insect and 

 Pest Act passed recently in Canada. A 

 shipment of Asparagus Sprengeri and 

 other plants shipped by a Chicago 

 grower to Winnipeg. Manitoba, was 

 sent back after going as far as St. 

 Paul on its way. The act forbids the 

 importation of plants into Canada, ex- 

 cepting from Sept. 26 to Dec. 7, and 

 from March 15 to Sept. 26, a period in 

 which florists buy many ferns and 

 usually get in their azaleas, bulbs, etc., 



