November 11, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



OBITUARY. 

 WILLIAM GHORMLEY. 



We are pained to learn of the death 

 of Wm. Ghormley, which occurred at 

 his home in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., on No- 

 vember 8. Mr. Ghormley has been a 

 great sufferer for the greater part of 

 a year. The cause of his death is 

 given as cancer of the stomach. 



He was born at Chillicothe. Ohio, 

 sixty-six years ago, and at that place 

 final interment will take place. 



Mr. Ghormley's first acquaintance 

 with the cut flower business was six 



yeais a,Ki), wlien lie tVjrmpd a partner- 

 ship with John Perkins and opened a 

 wholesale commission establishment 

 at 57 West 28th street, New York, 

 from which Mr. Perkins retired the 

 following year, since which time Mr. 

 Ghormley has carried on the business 

 individually. He quickly developed a 

 notable business activity and was es- 

 pecially an enterprising factor in the 

 violet market. 



In his daily life Mr. Ghormley was 

 rather retiring, but those who had the 

 privilege of meeting him socially 

 found him always the gentleman, kind- 

 hearted, liberal and sympathetic in a 

 high degree. 



R. Haas. Omaha, Neb., died on Oc- 

 tober 26. 



Charles R. Morgan of Georgetown, 

 D. C, died on October 26, aged 45 

 years. 



James Currie, Sr,. of Milwaukee, 

 Wis., died on October 29 at the age 

 of 78 years. 



William Varney, an employe of 

 Franklin &: Crosby, Brooklyn, Conn., 

 for several years, died suddenly on 

 October 29. 



Rev. H. H. D'Ombrain, vicar of West- 

 well, Kent, England, died on October 

 23, aged 87 years. He was for many 

 years secretary of the National Rose 

 Society, of which he was one of the 

 founders. As "Wild Rose" Mr. D'Om- 



brain was a frequent contributor to 

 the columns of The Gardeners' Chron- 

 icle over a long series of years. 



THE LATE DAVID LAIRD. 



The news of the death of David 

 Laird, Edinburgh, came as a note of 

 sadness to the writer as it doubtless 

 did to many others on this side of 

 the water to whom Mr. Laird was a 

 friend at a time when the friendship 

 of such men as he meant a great deal 

 to the young journeyman turned loose 

 with ofttimes scanty preparation in 

 the way of knowledge or in the pos- 

 session of much of this world's goods. 

 In those days the Mecca to which the 

 eyes of all apprentice gardeners were 

 turned was Edinburgh and many 

 found a harbor of refuge in the nur- 

 seues at Pink Hill where they could 

 lemain until berths were obtained 

 for them through the Bureau in North 

 Frederick street over which Mr. Da- 

 vidson presided with a solemnity and 

 giavity that caused his advice and ad- 

 monitions to be long and fearfully re- 

 membered by the journeymen receiv- 

 ins? final instructions on their depar- 

 tuie to their first situations. 



The late David Laird was a fre- 

 quent visitor to this country and this 

 along with his residence in Canada 

 foi some years would account for his 

 busmess methods which were differ- 

 ent from those of most other seeds- 

 ni( n and nursery men in Scotland. He 

 was more alert and aggressive, yet 

 one of the most genial and kindliest 

 of men, and his taking away in the 

 full vigor and power of manhood is a 

 distinct loss to horticulture, more es- 

 pecially to Scottish horticulture, into 

 which he seemed to instil an invig- 

 orating tonic, but news of his loss is 

 siill greater felt by those to whom 

 by many acts of kindness and encour- 

 agement he long ago endeared 

 himself. 



D. McINTOSH. 



PERSONAL. 



D. W. Field has been elected chair- 

 man of the park commission of 

 Brockton, Mass. 



Wm. J. Stewart of Boston will serve 

 as a judge at the big Kansas City show 

 which opens on Monday, November 13. 



Mrs. Robert Ruttle of Covington, 

 Ky., broke her arm by slipping and 

 falling down a flight of stairs last 

 week. 



Denys Zirngiebel is seriously ill at 

 his home in Needham, Mass., he hav- 

 ing sustained a paralytic shock last 

 Friday. 



Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, doughter 

 of John Mitchell of Beverly, Mass., 

 was married to Charles E. Hurlburt 

 on October 30. 



Robert Cameron, superintendent of 

 Harvard Botanic Garden, sailed on 

 October 28 tor the West Indies where 

 he expects to do some exploring and 

 collecting. 



A special exhibit of American car- 

 nations in mid-winter in England is 

 advocated by Mr. Hayward Mathias 

 in the Journal of Horticulture, who 

 undertakes to solicit subscriptions to 

 provide funds for the carrying out of 

 the project. 



Dug Giinc. 

 He took Nikotceu one part and 

 a(|ua-pura, fifty parts, and gave the 

 dog a thorough washing with the 

 liquid. Next morning dog and fleas 

 were dead. — Florists' Exchange. 



Next. 

 The boll weevil is doomed. Weed 

 has been discovered, which, when 

 planted with cotton, impregnates the 

 cotton plant with a juice that poisons 

 the bug. Now watch out for a new 

 kind of bug. — Milwaukee Sentinel. 



The Passing of Henry. 

 Henry Niemeyer has bought a sa- 

 loon on the Manchester road. He says 

 he will keep travelers on the wet 

 side. His greenhouses will be run by 

 his wife and his foreman, Henry 

 Blase.— U. A. G. in Am. Florist. 



"What d'ye think of that?" 

 An illustration of the use in Ameri- 

 ca of Japanese methods in growing is 

 shown in a number of plants imported 

 from the Imperial gardens. The buds 

 when young are thrust through holes 

 in boards and are kept there until they 

 blossom. The result is a bloom with 

 long fringe like petals.— New York 

 Herald. 



Keeping Tabs on the Stork. 

 Many smiling faces have recently 

 been seen in the Park street market. 

 Allan Pierce comes in smiling over 

 the latest boy which arrived at his 

 house a short time since. George 

 Cartwright, the genial treasurer of 

 the Association, smiles because within 

 the past week the boys have learned 

 to revere him as grandpa; and Joseph 

 F. Fee wears a contented smile over 

 the wee woman which arrived at his 

 house on Tuesday. — J. W. Duncan in 

 Florists' Exchange. 



ADIANTUM CROWEANUM. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: Dear 

 Sir — Having advertised Adiantum 

 Croweanum liberally in your paper on 

 various occasions during the past sea- 

 son, I would like the privilege of your 

 columns to counteract the wrong im- 

 pression conveyed by Mr. Peter 

 Crowe's recent statement published in 

 two of the trade papers. I know that 

 my friend, Mr. Crowe, had no intent to 

 do any harm and simply wanted to 

 warn the buyers of ferns against spu- 

 rious varieties that might be sold to 

 them as Croweanum. 



I want to say to my florist friends 

 and patrons who bought this fern from 

 me or any of my authorized agents, 

 that they got the true Adiantum 

 Croweanum, the same stock that Mr. 

 Crowe is growing today. 



I bought 6000 stock plants from Mr. 

 Crowe a little over two years ago, and 

 probably have sent out forty to sixty 

 thousand; I don't know the exact 

 number. And I know there were a 

 few who bought this fern from me in 

 large quantities, and no doubt they 

 are selling cut fronds and are certain- 

 ly entitled to call it Croweanum. 



Undoubtedly Mr. Crowe will send 

 another letter to the papers to verify 

 my statement, in regard to my send- 

 ing out the true Adiantum Crowe- 

 anum. Respectfully yours, 



WM. F. KASTING. 



