September 16, I'. 



horticulture: 



PHILADELPHIA SNAPSHOTS. 



S. S. Pennock is nxpected back from 

 his vacation on the 18th insi. 

 He is bound to be in the 

 fashion. His latest is high 



heeled shoes for his high-stepping 

 greys, with grey ribbons to match. 

 There has been some anxiety in the 

 ribbon department as to the proper 

 shade of red for the red-haired girl, 

 but E. J. Fancourt is now confident 

 he has all the shades: golden, auburn, 

 light brown, chestnut,, and terra cotta; 

 and challenges anyone to stump him 

 on the red-haired proposition. 



William P. Craig met with a painful 

 trolley car accident on the Gth inst., 

 which has confined him to his bed for 

 over a week. He expects to be up and 

 about, however, so as to be present 

 at his wedding, which takes place in 

 about two weeks. We trust he will 

 make an effort, as it is quite impor- 

 tant he should be on hand on that oc- 

 casion. 



Horace Dumont is priding himself 

 just now on being a mechanic. He 

 has built, largely with his own hands, 

 an addition to the rear of his store, 

 ripped out an intervening partition 

 preparatory tor a new Thackara re- 

 frigerator, painted the counters and 

 papered the walls and ceiling. 



Billy Stevens, who has had the dis- 

 tinction of selling John Burton's 

 flowers in Philadelphia for some time 

 back, had a reception prepared for 

 him in the Flower market on Monday. 

 His hall was nicely decorated by the 

 boys — the walls being festooned and 

 dotted with wreaths, shower bouquets, 

 interspersed with inscriptions such 

 as "Welcome Back. Billy," "May 

 You Have Good Luck." and so forth; 

 but it all went for nothing. 



Mr. McKisEick, our new wholesaler, 

 still wears the smile that won't come 

 off. Business away beyond his expec- 

 tations. 



Paul Huebner, who has charge of 

 the landscape department of the Read- 

 ing R. R., disagrees about the best red 

 canna. His favorite is Fuerst Bis- 

 marck. Next. But Paul is no mean 

 judge! 



We must say a good word for 

 dahlia Katherine Duer as seen at 

 Baker's. Nothing finer in the way of 

 a dark crimson can be imagined for 

 decorative effect, especially under ar- 

 tificial light. 



SEED TRADE TOPICS. 



Sweet corn which was causing 

 anxiety some time ago seems to have 

 weathered all storms, and nothing 

 short of a severe freeze within the 

 next few weeks can prevent a good 

 crop. The quality should also be 

 excellent. 



At the recent meeting of the Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's League it was decided 

 to advance prices on many items, par- 

 ticularly in the line of peas, beans 

 and onion seed, owing to the shortage 

 in these crops. Many of the large re- 

 tailers, and in fact wholesalers as well, 

 are asking for prices, and there is 

 more general activity than is usual at 

 this time of year. Another good sea- 

 son for the seedsmen seems assured. 



BUFFALO NOTES. 



Visitors; Mr. Fleischmann, New 

 York: F. C. Weber. Jr.. St. Louis, Mo. 



Olto C. Gilles, bookkeeper for Wm. 

 F. Kasling. is spending his vacation 

 at Mt. Clemens, Mich. 



The Toronto fair, which opened on 

 Monday last, called away Mr. W. A. 

 Adams, who was appointed on the com- 

 mittee of judges for the floral show 

 which is being held in the horticulture 

 'building. 



After a long term of quietness among 

 the many retailers, trade has finally 

 gotten over its sleepiness, and is of- 

 fering a few wedding decorations and 

 store openings. Those who are the 

 lucky ones will be kept busy for some 

 time. Since the first there was a rush 

 of a few days, dinners, receptions, 

 luncheons, teas, and vacationists re- 

 turning, which latter no doubt ac- 

 counts for same, and the beginning of 

 the week found everybody cheerful and 

 hopeful in anticipation of improving 

 business. 



MONTREAL NOTES. 



Mr, George Hopton is back from an 

 extended trip to the old country, and 

 is much improved in health. 



The seed people are beginning to re- 

 ceive their invoices of Bermuda and 

 French bulbs, which appear to be 

 much better than usual. 



Mr. Elvin, the late local represent- 

 ative of Horticulture, has returned to 

 England, and was on the ill-fated S. S. 

 Victoria which ran aground near Que- 

 bec. 



The province of Quebec has enacted 

 a new by-law, which has recently been 

 put in force: "That all commercial 

 travellers and others who do not rep- 

 resent firms having a place of business' 

 in Canada shall pay a tax of three 

 hundred dollars ($300), under a penal- 

 ty of $500 fine." This will tend to 

 keep away the bulb men among oth- 

 ers, as the tax is almost prohibitive. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 



Stop our ad. in Horticulture for 

 Prosperity carnation: all sold. Your 

 paper certainly does the selling. 



AUGUST GAEDEKE & CO. 



PERSONAL. 



Visitors in New York this week: 

 Judge C. W. Hoitt, Nashua, N. H.; 

 George C. Watson, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 E. S. Osborn, Rochester, N. Y. 



Fred. R. Mathison of Waltham, 

 Mass., and Miss Catherine Zwicker of 

 Boston, were married at the home of 

 the bride's sister in Hyde Park on 

 Thursday, August 14. The happy pair 

 started at once on a bridal trip via 

 Providence and the Norfolk steamer to 

 Norfolk and Washington and will re- 

 turn via New Y'ork city and the 

 Hudson river. 



Theodore Wirth, superintendent of 

 the parks of Hartford, has resigned to 

 accept a similar position in Minneapo- 

 lis at a salary much larger than is 

 paid at Hartford. During the years of 

 his connection with the Hartford park 

 system, Mr. Wirth has shown profes- 

 sional skill in a high degree, and Hart- 

 ford's public grounds have become 

 famous under his management. His 

 departure from New England will be 

 felt keenly by a host of friends who 

 have become warmly attached to him 

 because of his high abilities and be- 

 cause of his admirable personal qual- 

 ities. It will not be easy to fill the 

 place thus left vacant. MinneapoU.^; 

 is to be congratulated. 



NEWS NOTES. 



A hearing on the bankrupt estate of 

 Albert L. Hall of Meriden, Conn., was 

 held at New Haven on September 6. 



George A. Sutherland Co. are dis- 

 playing evidences of activity and pros- 

 perity in a thorough refurnishing of 

 new show cases, etc., at their store, 34 

 Hawley street, Boston. 



Wallace Hubbard, assistant forester 

 of the government forestry service, 

 who was drowned while on a canoe 

 trip down the Potomac, has been suc- 

 ceeded by his widowed mother. 



N. W. Hannatord of Gorham, Me., 

 has just completed a fine greenhouse 

 for carnations, and intends to follow 

 this in the spring with another house 

 for violets. His many friends wish 

 him success. 



In recognition of his wonderful 

 achievements in the field of horticul- 

 ture, and for the fame that he has 

 brought the State of California, the 

 state board of trade will give a ban- 

 quet next week at the Palace Hotel in 

 honor of Luther Burbank. 



The horticultural department of the 

 New Hampshire state college enter- 

 tained some 7.5 prominent horticultur- 

 ists, agriculturists and seed men of 

 Boston and vicinity on September 12. 

 The new greenhouses, where much of 

 the experimental work is conducted, 

 were inspected and a dinner comprised 

 of the products of the farm was served. 



The Clucas & Boddington Company 

 made a general assignment on Sept. 7 

 for the benefit of creditors to Frank 

 H. Henry, of the firm of Henry & Lee, 

 who has assumed the administration 

 and settlement of the assigned estate. 

 Mr. Henry is examining the books of 

 the concern and expects to make a 

 statement of assets and liabilities 

 within a few days. 



This assignment does not in any way 

 affect the affairs of Arthur T. Bodding- 

 ton, who withdrew from the Clucas & 

 Boddington Company last year. 



OBITUARY. 



N. B. Keeney of LeRoy, N. Y., of the 

 seed firm of N. B. Keeney & Son, died 

 on September 5, aged 85 years. 



S. P. Rees of the seed and bulb 

 growing firm of Rees & Compere died 

 suddenly at Los Angeles, California, on 

 August 31. 



Mr. Nathaniel Baker, a prominent 

 florist of Methuen, Mass., died sudden- 

 ly at his home on September 9, after 

 an illness of but a tew days. He was 

 OS years of age, and is survived by a 

 wife and two daughters. 



Mr. Frederick C. Rossiter, aged 61, 

 one of the oldest civil engineers in 

 Chicago, was struck and instantly 

 killed by a train on September 6. Mr. 

 Rc&siter has always been identified 

 with agricultural and horticultural 

 interests, and held official positions in 

 several societies. 



Charles B. Humphrey died at his 

 home in Rome, N. Y.. on September 2. 

 Mr. Humphrey was born in Schenec- 

 tady fifty-nine years ago. Twenty- 

 four years ago he started as a florist 

 in Walesville and nine years later re- 

 moved to Rome where he has been in 

 business ever since. The past three 

 years he has spent in California in an 

 effort to restore his failing health. He 

 was a naval veteran of the Civil War. 



