February 18, 1911 



HORTICULTURE. 



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nent building of their own, with ex- 

 hibition hall, etc. 



The Engelmaii Botanical Club, St. 

 Louis, has elected Dr. R. R. Gates, 

 president; G. H. Pring. secretary and 

 tieasurer. The Club met Feb. 3, at 

 Shaw's Garden and J. H. Harris pre- 

 sented a paper on "Natural Selection." 

 The meeting was well attended. 



The Schedule of Premiums for the 

 carnation section of the National 

 Flower Show, Boston, in March, has 

 been issued in separate form by the 

 American Carnation Society. Carna- 

 tions are to be staged March 28. The 

 list of prizes offers the largest amount 

 of money ever given for carnation ex- 

 hibits anywhere and will, no doubt, 

 bring out an unprecedented display. 



The next in the winter course of lec- 

 tures will be given in Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Saturday. February 

 18, at 2 o'clock. The lecturer will be 

 Mr. John K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston 

 and the subject "Where Seeds Come 

 From," illustrated by the stereopticon. 

 The lecture previously announced for 

 this date by J. H. Hale of Connecticut 

 has been necessarily postponed to a 

 later date. 



A good attendance was had at the 

 regular meeting of the Buffalo Flor- 

 ists' Club on Tuesday evening last and 

 the following were nominated as of- 

 ficers: President. Geo. McClure, .Tr.: 

 vice-president, Chas. Guenther and 

 Jos. Sangster; secretary, Wra. Legg: 

 financial secretary, Jerome Deutscher. 

 On March 7th the regular meeting will 

 be held and election of officers will be 

 in order, a carnation exhibit and ban- 

 quet to follow. 



IOWA'S PROPOSED NURSERY 

 LAW. 



The man who canvassed the Sioux 

 City territory last spring and sold 

 "sticks" which were represented to be 

 embryonic fruit trees, will have harder 

 sledding if a bill introduced into the 

 legislature by Senator Chapman be- 

 comes a law. 



The proposed statute takes a fine lit- 

 tle rap at alleged nurserymen who are 

 not "on the square." and requires 

 nurserymen to sell fruit trees in ac- 

 cordance with the name and variety. 

 It makes it imperative that the sales- 

 man shall specify in the lull of sale 

 whether the tree is a graft, set dling or 

 is budded. 



The author of the bill declares the 

 liberal nursery laws of Iowa have made 

 the state a dumping ground for every 

 kind of tree bearin.g any kind of name. 

 — Sioux City Jotinial. 



A MUNICIPAL NURSERY. 

 A municipal nursery for the rearing 

 of young trees is a recommendation 

 in the annual report of the East 

 Orange (N. J.) Shade Tree Commis- 

 sion. The difficulty of getting the 

 right kind of trees for planting and 

 the long period required between get- 

 ting them from the nurseries and set- 

 ting them out are given as the rea- 

 sons for establishing such an institu- 

 tion. The White Oak Ridge Farm 

 lands surrounding the pumping sta- 

 tion are suggested as a good place to 

 locate the nurserv. 



Obituary. 



Timothy McCarthy. 



It was with the deepest sorrow that 

 we learned of the death on Friday, 

 February 10, of this gifted gardener, 

 for many years superintendent of 

 Swan Point Cemetery. Providence, R. 

 I. Mr. McCarthy had been seriously 

 ill for several weeks but we believed 

 his recovery was assured and the news 

 of his death came as a great shock. 

 Beautiful Swan Point Cemetery stands 

 as a i>ermanent monument to the great 

 ability of Mr. McCarthy. To his man- 

 ly qualities, his cheery companionship 

 and great heart everyone who ever 

 knew him can testify. To his widow, 

 who is a daughter of the late William 

 Doogue of Boston, and his children our 

 sympathy and condolence is extended. 



Mr. McCarthy w'as born in Ireland, 

 coming to this country with his 

 parents when a child. As a boy 

 and young man he worked at 

 the Pratt estate in Watertown near 

 Boston, the Hovey establishment, An- 

 thony McLaren's, W. C. Harding's, 



Timothy Met ARTiii 



Win. Doogue's, Forest Hills Ceme- 

 tery and 35 years ago became super- 

 intendent of Swan Point Cemetery, 

 Providence, R. I. 



The funeral was attended by a vast 

 gathering of friends, among whom 

 were M. H. Norton. P. Welch, D. H. 

 Sullivan and L. J. Doogue of Boston, 

 and twenty— three members of the As- 

 sociation of American Cemetery Super- 

 intendents, of which Mr. McCarthy 

 was an ex-president. 



We gladly give space to the following 

 eloquent and loving tribute by J. A. 

 Pettigrew, of Boston Parks, to the 

 memory of his friend: 



"Everyone who knew Timothy Mc- 

 Carthy of Providence will regret the 

 liassing away, in the prime of life, of a 

 noble man. The writer first met him 

 thirteen years ago and was impressed 

 at once with his remarkable person- 

 alit.v. and the striking individuality 

 which shone in a charming manner 

 from each facet of his character. The 

 tone of his enthusiasm struck with a 

 true sound and inspired everyone with 

 whom he came in contact. 



Nature was one of the gods at whose 



shrine he worshipped, and he applied 

 her teachings in the work of his life. 

 With true artistic taste, into the soft, 

 turfy glades of God's acre in his own 

 city, rich with wild herliaceous plants 

 and grasses, he introduced spring 

 blooming bulbs and plants from other 

 climes, yet selected with such care 

 tor appropriateness that they blended 

 perfectly with their setting, or mingled 

 without a jarring note. 



The rock-work boundary wall of 

 rough boulders, built by him, was an- 

 other example of his knowledge of 

 Nature's ways. By many, myself 

 among the number, it was deemed at 

 that time, from a landscapic point of 

 view, of doubtful value. I had the 

 pleasure of seeing it again, after a few 

 years; it was indeed a surprise: the 

 great rock pile, seen here and there 

 through a wealth of vines and shrub- 

 bery, was softened into a charming fea- 

 ture. Timothy McCarthy, in the inter- 

 val between my visits, had called upon 

 his genie and the call bad been re- 

 sponded to. Every nook of the hal- 

 lowed ground, which was his pride, 

 shows the result of his handiwork and 

 the closeness of his association with 

 Nature. 



Mr. McCarthy, although a very prac- 

 tical man, was the essence of modesty: 

 he assumed little credit for the work 

 he did. This characteristic, combined 

 with his great sense of humor, his 

 friendly interest, his bright smile, his 

 hearty laugh and merry face, made him 

 a most charming companion. There 

 are too few of his kind and he will be 

 long remembered by all who knew 

 him." 



Benjamin Hoyt. 

 Benjamin Hoyt, nurseryman, died at 

 his home in Monticello, Iowa, Feb. 

 Tth, age about forty years. Mr. Hoyt 

 was interested with his brothers in 

 the Hoyt Nursery. 



NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL, 

 DOYLESTOWN, PA. 

 The annual report of the horticul- 

 tural department of this useful insti- 

 tution has been issued by Prof. W. F. 

 Faucourt. Botany, forestry, the prin- 

 ciples of gieenhouse construction and 

 management, vegetable gardening, 

 [lacking for market, etc., are all taught 

 in an efficient and practicable manner. 

 The cash sales from the product of 

 greenhouses and giounds last year 

 amounted to $723.66. The grounds 

 about the institution have been im- 

 proved from year to year by planting 

 of rhododendrons, privet hedges, etc., 

 and present a most atti active appear- 

 ance. 



PRIZES FOR JEROME JONES. 

 Mr. Jerome Jones of Boston has con- 

 tributed cash, first and second prizes 

 of $15 and $10, respectively, to be 

 awarded at the St. Louis exhibition of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica next November, for vase of blooms 

 of Mrs. Jerome Jones. Named for a 

 most estimable lady whose father, H. 

 A. Gane, was one of the first and best 

 of the American seedling raisers, this 

 variety has other claims upon the 

 chrysanthemum raisers for its perpet- 

 uation, besides its sterling qualities as 

 an exhibition flower. In some re- 

 spects, particularly that of foliage, its 

 equal has not yet appeared. No doubt 

 there will be some grand entries for 

 this prize at St. Louis. 



