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HORTICULTURE 



January 28, 1911 



OBITUARY. 



Samuel C. Moon. 



The nursery trade of America has 

 lost a distinguished member in the 

 passing away of Samuel C. Moon. He 

 was a good nurseryman in all that the 

 word implies — commercially, scientifi- 

 cally, and from a civic standpoint. He 

 was bom and bred in the business — 

 his father, to whom he succeeded, hav- 

 ing been a nurseryman before him. 

 The horticultural world has lost a dis- 

 tinguished member, as Samuel C. Moon 

 was much more than a mere merchant 

 — he had ideas, aims and convictions 

 far above the mere making of money. 

 The State of Pennsylvania has lost a 

 good citizen, as Samuel C. Moon cared 

 more and did more for the advance- 

 ment of arboriculture, agriculture and 

 horticulture during his active and 

 beneficent efforts covering some fifty 

 years, than the most highly lauded 

 politician or destroyer in that day and 

 generation. The United States and the 

 world at large can ill spare such men. 

 His life was devoted to the funda- 

 mental principle of conservation of 

 natural resources, and the embellish- 

 ment of home surroundings — catering 

 to the profit, comfort and pleasure of 

 all and every citizen of this great re- 

 public. A noble aim and nobly car- 

 ried out. 



Mr. Moon Is universally admitted to 

 have known more about trees, shrubs 

 and other hardy plants than most nur- 

 serymen. He was not only a great 

 scholar, but an experienced grower, 

 and he gave fully and freely from his 

 rich stores without thought of reward, 

 recompense or praise. He was public- 

 spirited in the highest degree. If a 

 club or society wanted a lecture, he 

 would travel hundreds of miles to 

 oblige them. If some organization 

 wanted a picnic, with instruction 

 thrown in, he would invite them to his 

 wonderful nursery of old and young 

 trees at Morrisville, at his own ex- 

 pense, feed them, talk to them, have 

 his family entertain them, and send 

 them all home again, safe, happy and 

 wiser. A most estimable character 

 was Samuel C. Moon — a Quaker, but 

 not bigoted. A broad minded, whole- 

 souled, genial, warm-hearted man. The 

 writer knew and loved him for 25 

 years, and the longer the more. A 

 fine man — and everything a man 

 should be. All blessings on his mem- 

 ory. 



Mr. Moon's death occurred at his 

 residence, near Morrisville, Pa., Jan. 

 21st. in his 57th year. The funeral 

 services were held on the 25th inst. 

 Interment at Fallsington. 



A widow and one daughter. Miss 

 Jane C. Moon, survive. Two brothers, 

 William H. Moon and James M. Moon, 

 also survive, both of them being nur- 

 serymen. G. C. W. 



The Late H. C. W. Siebrecht. 



As briefly announced in our last is- 

 sue, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Sie- 

 brecht. father of Henry A. and Wil- 

 liam H. Siebrecht and their sister, 

 Mrs. Carl Meyer, died on Monday, 

 Jan. 16th, at Astoria, Long Island City, 

 where he had made his home with his 

 son. Wm. H. Siebrecht, since the death 

 of his wife 10 years ago. 



Mr. Siebrecht was 92 years old, and 

 had enjoyed good health during his 

 entire long life, never knowing hardly 



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what sickness was. He passed away 

 evidently without pain — simply slept 

 away. He first came to this country 

 on a visit to his two sons, who were 

 then in business at the corner of Fi th 

 avenue and 42nd street, in 1870. alter 

 which time he with his wife made 

 nine round trips between here and 

 their home in Germany, living there 

 and here at intervals during many 

 years, but finally made their home in 

 old Astoria. 



Mr. Siebrecht, besides being a wide- 

 awake and progressive farmer, was 

 also a manufacturer of damasks and 

 fine linens, in which line he was con- 

 sidered quite an artist in his day in 

 designing new patterns. This was be- 

 fore the time of machinery for weav- 

 ing such goods. Notwithstanding his 

 busy career in these lines, he found 

 some time for horticulture, especially 

 the raising and cultivation of fruit 

 trees. He was quite an amateur nur- 

 seryman; always had a small nursery 

 in his garden. Endowed with an ex- 

 traordinary strong constitution and 

 with the love of outdoor life and plain 

 and regular living, no doubt these 

 were material factors tor his good 

 health and long life. Besides three 

 children, he is survived by IS grand- 

 children and 19 greatgrandchildren. 



The funeral services were held at 

 the home of his son, Wm. H. Siebrecht, 

 Astoria, Wednesday, Jan. 18th, at 8 

 P. M. The interment was in St. Mi- 

 chael's Cemetery, Long Island, beside 

 his wife in the family plot. 



Moses F. Tiger. 



Moses F. Tiger died at his home 

 on East Main street, Patchogue, L. I., 

 N. Y.. at the age of CO years. He came 

 to Long Island about thirty years ago 

 and established a nursery at East 

 Patchogue. He leaves a widow and 

 one son. 



William Amos, Jr. 

 Wm. Amos, Jr.. of Woodside. Long 

 Island, N. Y., died at St. John's Hos- 

 pital on Januaiy 23, aged 40 years. He 

 leaves a -widow and five children. 



Denver, Colo. — Claiming that sparks 

 from an engine of the Denver Lara- 

 mie Northwestern Railroad Co., set 

 fire to property adjoining the Maple- 

 ton Nurseries and destroyed a large 

 number of trees, W. H. Green has 

 brought suit against the road to re- 

 cover $4,000 damages. J. M. Copeland 

 and the Bank Investment Co. making 

 similar allegations have also assigned 

 their claims to Green. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Registration of Rose. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Jackson & Perkins Company, of New- 

 ark, Wayne County, New York, otter 

 for registration the rose described be- 

 low. Any person objecting to the reg- 

 istration or to the use of the proposed 

 name, is requested to communicate 

 with the secretary at once. Failing to 

 receive objection to the registration, 

 the same will be made three weeks 

 from this date. 



Raiser's Description. — Abelle Weber- 

 Pate (Thalia X M'lle Eugenie Verdier) 

 Lambert X Rugosa "America," (Har- 

 vard Gardens '94), Seedling from Herr 

 Peter Lambert, Trier, (Treves), Ger- 

 many. Citron-yellow, to deep orange 

 center; dwarf polyantha; foliage and 

 habit like Mrs. Cutbush. 



Name, "Yellow Baby Rambler." 

 H. B. DORNER, 

 Secretary. 



January 19, 1911. 



Additional Appointments. 



Committee on School Gardens. — 

 Wm. R. Smith, Washington, D. C; C. 

 L. Seybold, Lanvale and Fremont ave- 

 nues, Baltimore, Md. 



State Vice-Presidents. — Colo., I. Edw. 

 Johnson, Colorado Springs; Conn., 

 Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell; Fla., 

 C. D. Mills, Jacksonville; Ky., H. G. 

 Walker. Louisville; Me., William Mil- 

 ler. Bar Harbor; Neb., John J. Hess, 

 Omaha; N. J., Ant. C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook; N. Y., west, S. A. An- 

 derson, Buffalo; Tex., Eugene Corley, 

 Dallas; Wis., J. E. Matthewson, She- 

 boygan. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 Jan. 11th. Winners for the day were: 

 J. Elmslie, V. Cleres, J. McDonald. V. 

 Cleres received honorable mention for 

 tomatoes, J. Petroecia, cultural certifi- 

 cate for cauliflower; V. Cleres, cultural 

 certificate for Winsor carnations. Jul- 

 ius Roehrs Co. sent some fine orchids 

 and Mr. Muller gave us an instructive 

 talk on their culture. Mr. E. West- 

 lake was elected corresponding secre- 

 tary and Henry Cliff member of the 

 executive committee. Exhibits for 

 next meeting will be carnations, 12 

 white, 12 pink, 12 red; also a special 

 prize for a vase of 12 Alma Ward. 



