December 2:1. 1905 



H O R T 1 C n L T U R t 



683 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NORMA. 



This variety, which we illustrate 

 herewith, is one of a large number of 

 seedlings raised by Alois Frey, gar- 

 dener at Lincoln Park, Chicago, and 

 exhibited at the Colis&um show. The 



Sim;i,k r.i.doM XiiUM. 

 ray florets are pure white, disc yellow. sum 

 The ray florets are strap shaped to- 

 wards the margin and slightly tubular 

 toward the centre. The flowers are 

 borne on long wiry stems with hand- 



Nati 



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foliage, each individual bloom 

 measuring from 3 1-2 to 4 inches 

 across. The variety is a strong grower 

 and prolific bloomer and will make 

 fine specimen plants. 



A CHRISTMAS CARMEN. 

 Sound over all waters, reach out from 



all lands. 

 The chorus of voices, the clasping of 



hands; 

 Sing hymns that were sung liy the 



stars of the morn,' 

 Sing songs of the angels when .lesus 

 was born! 

 With glad jubilations! 

 Bring hope to the nations! 

 The dark night is ending and dawn 



has begun: 

 Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the 

 sun. 

 All speech flow to music, all hearts 

 beat as one! 



Sing the bridal of nations! with 



chorals of love 

 Sing out the war-vulture and sing in 



the dove. 

 Till the hearts of the peoples keep 



time in accord. 

 And the voice of the world is the voice 



of the Ivord! 



Clasp hands of the nations 

 In strong gratulations: 

 The dark night is ending and dawn 



has begun; 

 Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the 



sun. 

 All speech flow to music, all hearts 



beat as one! 



Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of 



peace ; 

 East, west, north, and south let the 



long quarrel cease; 

 Sing the song of great joy that the 



angels began, 

 Sing of glory to God and of good-will 



to man! 



Hark! joining in chorus 

 The heavens bend o'er us! 

 The dark night is ending and dawn 



has begun; 



Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the 

 , all hearts 

 WliUtin: 



All speech flow to mi 

 beat as o:ie! 



.lilhl: 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Fearnly Sander, wife of the 

 eldest son of F. Sander, of St. Albans, 

 died at Bruges, Belgium, on Nov. 24. 



Andrew Rudolph, an employe of J. 

 Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, died on 

 December 10, from injuries sustained 

 by being struck by an electric car. 



.\lonzo W. Cheever. who for nearly 

 thirty years was associate editor of 

 the New England Farmer, died on 

 December IG at his home in Dedham, 

 Mass. Mr. Cheever was born on Feb. 

 27, 1831 and has devoted his life to 

 agricultural pursuits. 



James Nimon, of Denison. Texas, died 

 on December 1 of heart failure. When 

 thirty years of age Mr. Nimon located 

 in Denison and" has since lived in or 

 near that place. He was appointed 

 deputy inspector of nurseries in Sep- 

 tember last. He was the originator of 

 the strawberry, Parker Earle, which 

 he first produced in 1886. 



San Francisco growers are remem- 

 bering with kindly words an old asso- 

 ciate plantsman and landscape gar- 

 dener. Thomas Quaide. who was 

 burned to death this week in a San 

 Diego fire. He was gardener at the 

 time for E. W. Scripps and lived alone 

 in a cottage which was burned to 

 ashes by an unaccountable early even- 

 ing fire. 



PERSONAL. 



Alfred Dimmock sailed for England 

 on the new Cunarder Carmania, on 

 Saturday, the 16th inst. 



Mr. Stanley Dryfogle, the florist of 

 Muucy, Pa., was badly scalded by 

 escaping steam while at work in his 

 boiler house, his left side receiving the 

 full force of the steam as it came 

 from the pipe. 



H. A. Terry of Crescent, la., has sold 

 out his business and retired, being 

 nearly eighty years of age. He was the 

 originator of several varieties of 

 American plums, and is well-known 

 as a paeony enthusiast and hybridizer. 



GYPSY MOTH WARFARE. 



On December 14. mayors, selectmen, 

 and tree wardens to the number oi 

 between two and three hundred visited 

 the estate of Gen. S. C. Lawrence at 

 Medford, Mass., to view the ravages of 

 the gypsy and brown-tail moths and 

 inspect the latest methods of fighting 

 these pests. During the drive through 

 the estate the visitors saw where 

 thousands of trees had been already 

 cut down and nearly a hundred men 

 are now employed destroying eggs. 

 Nearly |75,000 has been expended by 

 Gen. Lawrence in this work on this 

 estate of three hundred' acres. Year 

 before last 500 cords of wood were cut, 

 last year 600 cords and this year the 

 cutting is still being carried on in the 

 effort to stamp out the pests. This 

 wood is- valueless as. on account of its 

 spreading the moths, it cannot be sent 

 out of the town. Gen. Lawrence's 

 monthly payroll for men engaged in 

 the work is more than $.5,000. The 

 machine which he uses for spraying 

 when the trees are in leaf costs $1.5 

 an hour for liquid alone and it takes 

 two months to go over the 300 acres 

 (if woodland. 



