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HORTICULTURE 



August 27, 1910 



Obituary, 



George Bedford. 



George Redford, for about eighteen 

 years superintendent of Mt. Vernon 

 cemetery, Pliiladelphia, died at his 

 home, Ardmore, Pa., on Aug. 20. Mr. 

 Redford was well known in horticul- 

 tural circles, having been connected 

 with the Buist Gardens (then located 

 at Darby, Phila.) for many years, and 

 being also a member of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society and the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia for a 

 long time. Mr. Redford was of a 

 genial disposition, and made hosts of 

 warm friends in every walk of life. 

 He was high up among the Masonic 

 fraternity, being a member of St. Al- 

 bans Ccmmandery, and was also con- 

 nected with the G. A. R. in Winfield 



George Kedkokli 



Scott Post. He is survived by his 

 widow — nee Helen Buist, daughter of 

 the late Robert Buist, the celebrated 

 Philadelphia horticulturist, and a sis- 

 ter of Robert Buist, .Jr., president of 

 the Robert Buist Company. Inter- 

 ment took place in the family lot at 

 Mt. Vernon on the 22nd — buried 

 among a bed of roses, the same hav- 

 ing been lovingly prepared by his old 

 friend, .Tohn Westcott — the quiet 

 city where he had so often officiated 

 at the last roll call during his life- 

 time. 



The writer knew George Redford 

 intimately for over twenty years. He 

 was an upright, honest, kind-hearted 

 man, generous to a fault and greatly 

 esteemed by everybody. We shall all 

 miss him. Requiescat in pace. 



GEORGE C. WATSON. 



William Roach. 



Mr. William Roach, head clerk at 

 Banker's florist shop, Albany, N. Y., 

 was drowned at Kinderhook Lake, 

 about 1:45 o'clock on the afternoon of 

 August 23. Mr. Roach was in a canoe 

 which upset. Mr. Roach was a mem- 

 ber of the Albany Florists' Club and 



his death has been a great blow to 

 the members. He left on Saturday, 

 Aug. 20, for a two weeks' vacation, 

 going to New York for three days and 

 thence to Kinderhook Lake, and was 

 drowned a half-hour after he arrived 

 there. Up to time of writing his body 

 had not been recovered. 



Frederick A. Katoll. 



Frederick A. Katoll, 976 Elicott av- 

 enue, for many years engaged in the 

 florist business in Buffalo, N. Y., died 

 at his home, August 15th. Mr. Katoll 

 was 74 years old and his death was 

 owing to a recent accident. 



BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT 



INTRODUCTIONS. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, May 24 to 



31, 1910. 



Ocimum Basilicum. 27812. From 

 Erivan, Caucasus. A Caucassian sum- 

 mer vegetable, called 'Rahan." Ap- 

 parently a Salvia, or some nearly re- 

 lated labiate. (Meyer's introduction.) 



Opuntia Sp. 27935. From Manila, 

 P. 1. Presented by Mr. William S. 

 Lyon. "An absolutely spineless Opun- 

 tia. I fancy it is not indigenous be- 

 cause I have only found it about habi- 

 tations. I will warrant it with never 

 a rudimentary spine. It makes a 

 woody caudex, as thick as a man's 

 thigh, grows from 11 to 13 feet tall 

 and of like diameter of crown." 

 (Lyon.) For distribution later. 



Passiflora Sp. 2S010. From Peru. 

 Presented by Prof. William Curtis 

 Farabee. "Small fruits, growing on a 

 vine; very good." (Farabee.) For 

 distribution later. (See photograph of 

 P. ligularis.) 



Phaseolus coccineus 27817. A large 

 white bean, probably runner; said to 

 grow in Kherson Government, South- 

 west Russia, where the climate is 

 warm and rather dry in summer. 

 These beans are much eaten by Jewish 

 residents in Russia. (Meyer's intro- 

 duction.) 



Phaseolus vulgaris. 27818-826. A 

 collection of 9 varieties of native 

 Caucasian beans from Tiflis, Caucasus. 

 27984-985. Two varieties of beans 

 from Elisavetpol and Geok-Tapa, Cau- 

 casus. Said to be among the finest 

 beans in existence for culinary pur- 

 poses. To be given special care and 

 tested in hot and semi-arid regions. 

 (Meyer's introductions.) 



Phaseolus vulgaris. " Succotash 

 bean." 22954. Seed grown at Arling- 

 ton Farm, Va., by Prof. C. V. Piper. 

 Original seed presented by Mr. G. S. 

 Arnold, Angelica. New York, June 10, 

 1908. He says of it: "They are 

 climbers, prolific and very nice for 

 table use as green shelled beans." 

 For distribution later. 



Protea mellifera. 28016. From 

 Cape Town, South Africa. Presented 

 by the Conservator of Forests. A 

 South African bush, useful both as 

 an ornamental and as a bee plant. 

 For distribution later. 



Prunus pumila. 2S022. From Tiflis 

 Botanical Garden, Caucasus, A low- 

 growing bush cherry found in dry, 

 stony places in the Caucasus. Bears 

 a multitude of small, rosy flowers In 

 April, and small, sour fruits which 

 can be used for jellies. Recommended 

 for use in hybridizing to create large- 

 fruited, bushy forms of cherries for 



arid and semi-arid regions. (Meyer's 

 introduction.) 



Raphanus sativus. 27807. From 

 Erivan, Caucasus. A local variety of 

 radish, being large, round and of a 

 bright red color. A spring vegetable. 

 27808. Large, long, white radish from 

 Erivan. (Meyer's introductions.) 



Sicana odorifera. 28012. From 

 Urubamba River, Peru. Presented 

 by Prof. Wm. Curtis Farabee. "Seeds 

 from a red gourd or pumpkin, grow- 

 ing on a vine which makes good shade. 

 The fruits are good to eat and have 

 a very pleasant odor." (Farabee.) 

 For distribution later. 



Vigna unguiculata. 17930. From 

 Atlanta, Ga. Purchased from Messrs. 

 H, G. Hastings & Co., who says of it: 

 "This is a strictly new cowpea found 

 by us in thf hands of an Atlanta 

 gardener. We call it the Quick Pea, 

 because it is the quickest in the mar- 

 ket. It makes plenty of long, slender, 

 meaty, fine flavored pods for use as 



Passiflora ligui.aris. 



"One of the best of the passion vine 

 fruits. The fruit is about the size of an 

 egg. with a parchment-like skin, containing 

 a sweet acidulous pulp surrounding the 

 seeds. It grows on a vine which clings by 

 tendrils, and is cultivated on verandas and 

 arbors, producing fruit in a few months 

 after planting. The fruit is used in mak- 

 ing sherliets and refreshing drinks. It is 

 recommended for tropical and sub-tropical 

 legions, and for greenhouse culture." (W. 

 E. Satford.) 



snaps, coming in before anything 

 else. Three crops a year can be 

 grown." For distribution later. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Ocean View, Gal.— H. Plath, 510 

 Wyoming avenue, writes that he is 

 building a packing house and stable 

 instead of a fern house, as has been 

 reported. 



Fullertcn, Cal. — The ornamental and 

 floral department of the Orange 

 County Nursery and Land Company 

 have been purchased by T. D. Robert- 

 son, who has been connected with 

 the concern for the last ten years. 



It has been announced that on Octo- 

 ber 1st, next, the first number of 

 "Landscape Architecture," a quarterly 

 magazine devoted to the interests of 

 the profession, and serving as the of- 

 ficial organ of the American Society of 

 Landscape Architects, will be pub- 

 lished by Chas. D. Lay, H. V. Hubbard 

 and Robt. Wheelwright, with oflice at 

 103 Park avenue. New York City. Sub- 

 scription price $2.00 a year. 



