August 6, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



189- 



Obituary, 



Henry J. Bowden. 

 Henry J. Bowden. nurseryman of 

 Rochester. N. Y.. died July 23rd at 

 321^ ileigs street. 



Jean Soupert. 

 Jean Soupert, of Soupert iS: Netting, 

 rose specialists of Luxembourg, died 

 July 17th, age 77 years. 



Joseph Zellers. 

 The funeral of Joseph Zellers was 

 held Friday, July 29th, at his home, 

 Burnett avenue, Hilton. N. J. Mr. 

 Zellers was engaged in the raising of 

 pansies, etc. 



Luther W. Fuller. 



Luther W. Fuller, who for a number 

 of years has conducted a commercial 

 greenhouse in Greenfield, Mass., died 

 at his home in that town on August 

 1, aged 66 years. He was an ardent 

 flower lover. 



E. H. Reynolds. 

 E. H. Reynolds, the oldest nursery- 

 man in the state and pioneer of Mon- 

 roe, Mich., died July 21st, age 91 

 years. He was a native of New York 

 and came to Michigan in 1840. He is 

 survived by two daughters. 



William Rennie. 

 William Rennie, seedsman of Toron- 

 to. Ont.. died July 21st at his resi- 

 dence. He had been in poor health 

 for some time and suffered a shock of 

 paralysis May 23rd, after which he de- 

 clined steadily. He was 75 years of 

 age. In 1889 he retired from business 

 and his three sons. Robert, John and 

 Thomas took charge of the business. 

 For six years he was farm superin- 

 tendent at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College at Guelph and when he re- 

 turned to Toronto he published a vol- 

 ume entitled "Successful Farming." 

 Besides the three sons in Toronto, 

 another son is at Hakodate, Japan, 

 connected with the Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Chartley, Mass.— Mrs. Harriet Dorr, 

 Main and Oak streets, has sold her 

 greenhouse and farm to a Boston 

 party. 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y.— S. J. Clark. So. 

 4th avenue, has purchased the green- 

 house of E. J. Nordman, 112 North 8th 

 avenue, and will conduct both places. 



Lansing, Mich. — Dr. Ernest A. Bes- 

 sey. professor of botany at the Louisi- 

 ana L'niversity in Baton Rouge has 

 been engaged as head of the Botanical 

 Department of the Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College to fill the vacancy left 

 by the resignation of Dr. W. J. Beal. 



Washington, D. C. — Vernon Jett 

 alias Harry Arnold, who was arrested 

 July 20th charged with violation of the 

 postal laws, was arraigned the same 

 day before United State Commission- 

 er. Anson S. Taylor. It was charged 

 that he used the mail to defraud the 

 Herrick Seed Co. and the Perry Nur- 

 sery Co.. of Rochester, N. Y. He en- 

 tered a plea of guilty and was held in 

 $1,000 security for the action of the 

 grand jury and in default of bail he 

 was committed to jail. 



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it nroiiud your trees. No 

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 Strokum tills up the hark 

 the caterpiUars or tussock 

 prawl under it, aud won't 



Simply liand 

 need to cut 

 iipplying. as 

 (hulks, and 

 moths can't 

 crawl o\'er it. 



The third crop is now going up the 

 Inuks. so now is the time to put on Stro- 

 k'lin. It last,'- an entire season, hut does 

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 the unsightly smeared-on tar preparations. 



Does not dry up as does fly paper. Is 

 not carried otf by the birds as is cotton. 



Strokum is a purely vegetable product 

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Send $1.01) at once for a sample package 

 of five pounds, which is enough to hand 

 ii\e trees a^'eragiug one foot in diameter. 

 K-vpress paid East of the Mississippi. 50c. 

 extra "West of it. Send for booklet. 



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 capital stock $100,000. 



Seattle, Wash.— Seattle Seed Co., 

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 Henry Schuett and .Mabel C. Schuette. 



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IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 Wooster, Ohio.— F. H. DeWitt Co. 

 and Frank H. DeWitt, an individual, - 

 have filed a petition in bankruptcy 

 witia liabilities estimated at $10,000" 

 and assets $7,000. 



