September oO, 1905 



HORTI CULTURE 



347 



BONORA. 



Knowing how often horUciilturists 

 have been dehicled with overpraiseil 

 fertilizing compounds we have been in 

 no haste to commend to our readers 

 the preparation above named, prefer- 

 ring to ascertain something to its 

 merits before even opening to our ad- 

 vertising ci-.lumns. We have now sat- 

 isfied ourselves that Bonora is just 

 what it is re|)resented to be — a plant 

 food of the highest excellence, pre- 

 pared from the formula of a German 

 scientist. The large number of un- 

 qualified testimonials from widely- 

 known and respected gardeners make 

 it a simple matter for the introducers 

 to guarantee results, as they do. For 

 chrysanthemums and plants of similar 

 growth requiring generous feeding 

 Bonora seems to fill an important 

 place and we cheerfully recommend 

 our readers to give it a trial. 



AN ELABORATE DECORATION. 



A description of the Schwill- 

 Schoelkopf wedding decorations at 

 Buffalo, early in September, will pos- 

 sibly be of interest to our readers as 

 it was one of the most extensive and 

 elaborate ever attempted in Western 

 New York State. 



The ceremony was held in the even- 

 ing. Over the altar was a canopy of 

 wild smilax, and white asters fes- 

 tooned from ceiling to side walls, — 

 the rear of the church being banked 

 with oak, maple leave and ferns. The 

 aisle by which the bridal party ap- 

 proached the chancel was guarded by 

 ropes of white satin fastened to 

 each pew by a bouquet of gladiolus. 



Standing at the entrance of each pew 

 for a distance of the first 24 pews 

 hack, was a 9-ft. pillar of asters, and 

 pink and white Japanese lilies. The 

 window embrasures were banked with 

 ferns and cut fiowers, and the altar 

 was hidden beneath a mass of flowers. 



The reception hall wds a bower of 

 roses, ferns, wild smilax, set off with 

 asters and Japan lilies. In the front 

 parlors the fire-places were screened 

 with palms and ferns, and the rooms 

 was a profusion of autumn flowers, 

 the electric light globes partly hidden 

 with shades of oak and maple leaves. 



In a huge tent, 40x120, on the lawn 

 were the tables beautifully decorated 

 with white and pink flowers. The 

 marquee wa.s lighted with incandes- 

 cent lamps, the wiring and lights 

 cleverly concealed with oak and maple 

 foliage which ran through centre to 

 supporting poles in festooning. 



Rows of evergreen trees hedged the 

 roadways and paths on either side 

 (having been set out for the purpose) 

 and entwined in the foliage were many 

 tiny lights, and many lights glinted 

 from the flower beds. Nature has sup- 

 plied a beautiful background of sal- 

 vias and dahlias, which grew almost 

 to the windows, and made an elegant 

 effect. 



The church was decorated under the 

 supervision of E. A. Butler & Son of 

 Niagara Falls, and the house decora- 

 tions under the direction of W. J. 

 Palmer & Son, Buffalo, N. Y. 



MASSACHUSETTS LAW 



Relative to the Gypsy and Browntail 



Moth. 



(Extl'lirl from ChMpti'l- 3S1. Acts of 1905.) 



Section «. The mayor of every city 

 and the selectmen of every town shall 

 on or before the first day of November 

 in each year, and at such other times 

 as he or they shall see fit, or as the 

 state superintendent may order, cause 

 a notice to be sent to the owner or 

 owners, so far as can be ascertained, 

 of every parcel of land therein which 

 is infested with said moths; or, if such 

 notification appears to be impractic- 

 able, then by posting such notice on 

 said parcels of land, requiring that the 

 eggs, pupae and nests of said moths 

 shall be destroyed within a time speci- 

 . fied in the notice. 



When, in the opinion of the mayor 

 or selectmen, the cost of destroying 

 such eggs, pupae and nests on lands 

 contiguous and held under one owner- 

 ship in a city or town shall exceed 

 one half of one per cent of the assessed 

 value of said lands, then a part of said 

 premises on which said eggs, pupae 

 or nests shall be destroyed may be 

 designated in such notice, and such 

 requirement shall not apply to the re- 

 mainder of said premises. The mayor 

 or selectmen may designate the man- 

 ner in which such work shall be done, 

 but all work done under this section 

 shall be subject to the approval of the 

 state superintendent. 



If the owner or owners shall fail to 

 destroy such eggs, pupae or nests in 

 accordance with the requirements of 

 the said notice, then the city or town, 

 acting by the pubic officer or board of 

 such city or town designated or ap- 

 pointed as aforesaid, shall, subject to 

 the approval of the said superintend- 

 ent, destroy the same, and the amount 

 actually expended thereon, not exceed- 

 ing one half of one per cent of the as- 

 sessed valuation of said lands, as here- 

 tofore specified in this section, shall 

 be assessed upon the said lands; and 

 such an amount in addition as shall 

 be required shall be apportioned be- 

 tween the city or town and the Com- 

 monwealth in accordance with the 

 provisions of section four of this act. 

 The amounts to be assessed upon pri- 

 vate estates as herein provided shall 

 be assessed and collected, and shall be 

 a lien on said estates, in the same 

 manner and with the same effect as is 

 provided in the case of assessments 

 for street watering. 



MATTER OF SHAPE. 



"What have you in the shape of 

 cucumbers?" asked the would-be cus- 

 tomer as he entered the grocery. 



"Nothing but bananas, sir." an- 

 swered the new clerk. — Chicago News. 



NEWS NOTES. 



S. S. Skidelsky has secured the con- 

 trol of a fine sport from Enchantress 

 carnation, of a deep pink color similar 

 to Frances Joost. 



Boston visitors this week include J. 

 A. Peterson and Mrs. Peterson, Cin- 

 cinnati, O.; C. B. Weathered, New 

 York, and S. S. Skidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Senator George C. Perkins has pre- 

 sented to Golden Gate Park, San Fran- 

 cisco, offshoots from a willow tree 

 which stands over the grave of George 

 Washington at Mount Vernon, Va. 

 This historic tree is the out.growth of 

 a twig brought from a willow that 

 stood over the grave of Napoleon at 

 St. Helena. 



LUTHER BURBANK HONORED. 



O.er two hundred representative 

 pcoiJlc from all over the State of Cali- 

 fornia were present at the banquet 

 given to Luther Burbank at the Palace 

 Hotel, San Francisco, under the au- 

 spices of the California State Board of 

 Trade on the evening of the 14th 

 in.'^tant. Mr. Burbank looked oddly 

 enough, for he was clean shaved, and 

 he had always worn a beai-d. John Mc- 

 Naught, manager of The Call, one of 

 the speakers, said that Burbank had 

 disguised himself by shaving his 

 moustache before he came to the din- 

 ner lest the peaches and plums on 

 the table should recognize him and ap- 

 plaud the man of whose grafting Cali- 

 fornia is proud. Mr. McNaught added 

 that we did well to praise the man 

 who knew so much about plant life 

 that he could make the Carnegie steel 

 plant bear fruit. 



Other speeches were made by Judge 

 Chipman, president of the State Board 

 of Trade, Governor Pardee, U. S. Sen- 

 ator George C. Perkins, David Starr 

 Jordan, president of Stamford Univer- 

 sity, Col. John P. Irish, Rev. Jacob 

 Voorsauger, Judge Burnett and Wil- 

 liam H. Mills, toastmaster. 



Burbank's own speech was a sur- 

 prise. If he had talked of his work, of 

 which the whole nation is proud, he 

 would have been listened to with lov- 

 ing respect, but when he turned the 

 quiet simplicity of his personality to 

 the subject of child lite he won at 

 once the sincere attention of every man 

 in the room. He referred to those 

 present as "his esteemed but deluded 

 friends," but when the last compli- 

 ment had been made, and their recita- 

 tion occupied three hours, those who 

 were present felt that the fame of the 

 man was more than the flattery, far 

 outranking any words of praise that 

 might be voiced. 



OBITUARY. 



Nathaniel E. Baker. 



Nathaniel E. Baker, an old and re- 

 spected florist of Lawrence, Mass., 

 died suddenly at his home in Methuen 

 on Sept. 10, aged 68 years. 



F. C. Goble. 



F. C. Goble, many years in business 

 as a florist in Verona, N. J., died sud- 

 denly on September 12. He leaves a 

 widow and four children. 



Andreas Loeffler. 



Those who attended the Washington 

 convention of the S. A. F. will learn 

 with sadness of the death of Mr. Loef- 

 fler, on whose lawn the unique enter- 

 tainment was given on the first even- 

 ing of the convention. Mr. Loeffler 

 was the father of Mrs. W. F. Gude. 

 He was prominent in social and busi- 

 ness circles in Washington and highly 

 esteemed. His death was very sudden, 

 from heart failure. 



PERSONAL. 

 M. A. Blake, formerly of the Rhode 

 Island State College, has been made 

 instructor in horticulture at Amherst 

 and Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 leges. ■ 



