March 4, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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ROSE PRINCE DE BULGARIE. 



Obituary, 



Robert Rodden. 

 Robert Rodden, who for the past 14 

 years has carried on the business of a 

 florist at Newton Centre, Mass., died 

 on Saturday, Feb'y 18, from a liidney 

 trouble, after a very brief illness. Mr. 

 Rodden's father was a well-known 

 gardener on some of the famous Eng- 

 lish and Scottish estates, and the sub- 

 ject of this sketch came to this country 

 about 44 years ago, locating at St. Al- 

 bans, Vermont. After a few years' res- 

 idence there he went to Dedham, to 

 take charge of the estate of General 

 S. M. Weld, and later was in charge 

 of the gardens of Colonel Henry Lee of 

 BroOKline. He came to Newton Centre 

 about 14 years ago, and erected hot- 

 houses for carrying on a general 

 florist's business, which has proved 

 eminently successful. 



Mr. Rodden was of a plain, bluff, 

 honest, sturdy personality, the soul of 

 honor and integrity, and he made 

 hosts of friends with all classes, with- 

 out any apparent effort on his part to 

 do so. He will be greatly missed by all 

 classes in the community, and by none 

 more than the lovers of flowers who 

 always counted on Mr. Rodden for ad- 

 vice and assistance. He married at 

 St. Albans about 37 years ago Miss 

 Eleanor N. Kyle, who has been a most 

 loving, devoted and efficient helpmate 

 in all his labors. She. with a daughter, 

 Frances M. (Mrs. John McCullough), 

 and three sons, Robert K., who made 

 his home with his parents, Samuel L. 

 of Chicago, Illinois, and Herbert T.. 

 at present in South Dakota, are left. 

 The business will be carried on by his 

 widow, with her son, Robert K., as 

 manager. 



John H. Taylor. 



John H. Taylor, well-known for 

 many years as a leading rose grower, 

 at Bayside, New York, for the New 

 York flower market, died suddenly at 

 the Hotel Martinique, New York City, 

 Saturday, February 25. Mr. Taylor 

 had returned from a winter sojourn 

 in Europe on Thursday in excellent 

 health and bis death is attributed to 

 blood poisoning from a cut accidental- 

 ly inflicted by the barber on board the 

 steamship while shaving him. 



Mr. Taylor was born in New York 

 on August 28, 1857. He studied in 

 Europe while a boy and on his return 

 entered Harvard, where he was grad- 

 uated in 1881. After several years 

 abroad he became manager for his 

 father in the Oakland Nurseries at 

 Bayside and after his father's death 

 he purchafed the estate from tire 

 heirs. He retired recently from active 

 management of the establishment, 

 having sold part of the estate to the 

 Oakland Golf Club and incorporated 

 the rest of the property in the Draper 

 Realty Company in which he was a 

 stockholder. Together with Mrs. Tay- 

 lor he has been spending some months 

 in Switzerland and, as the readers of 

 HORTICULTURE know, has sent 

 some very interesting letters to this 

 paper on horticultural topics, which 

 we have published from time to time, 

 the last one appearing in our issue of 



This is one of A. N. Pierson's nov- 

 elty leaders this season. It is a 

 Pernet-Ducher production and has been 



on the American market under the 

 erroneous name of Mrs. Taft for some 

 years. Color shell-pink, very luminous 

 and greatly admired. 



February 11. "With this communica- 

 tion came a letter expressing pleasure 

 at the prospect of returning and once 

 more meeting his old friends in New 

 York. Poor fellow, his hopes were 

 not to be realized. 



We find it hard to express in words 

 the sorrow and sense of loneliness 



JOHN H. Taylor 



caused by the announcement of the 

 passing away of a friend so long known 

 and .sincerely loved. His was a rare per- 

 sonality. His affection for flowers for 

 their own sake was consistently fol- 

 lowed up by an equal affection for 

 those connected with the flower busi- 

 ness. The humblest representative of 

 the craft always received at the han'ls 

 of John H. Taylor the same welcome 

 that the most distinguished visitors 

 at his mansion enjoyed. His hospi- 



tality knew no bounds and all the 

 comforts and luxuries of his magnifi- 

 cent estate were at the disposal of 

 his guests, of whom he never could 

 have too many and to whom he en- 

 deared himself by his gentlemanly 

 manners and sunny disposition. 



He leaves a widow, one son and one 

 daughter. The funeral took place on 

 Monday, February 27. 



THE VISIT TO RIVERTON. 



Among the Philadelphians who will 

 be at the Dreer celebration are the 

 following: • 



A. E. Wohlert. George Williams, Tbomas 

 Roberts, Wm. J. Muth, F. J. Miihell, W. 

 I''. Kauoouit, Leo Niesseu. A. i'areuwald, 

 Walter P. Stok«s, Walter N. Yates, S, S. 

 reuiiock, J. G. Wbilldiu, H. C. UeiKer. A. 

 M. Campbell, TLomas W. Logau, Wm. 

 Kleiiilieiuz, R. M. Eiseuhait. Wm. K. Har- 

 ris. Mark P. Mills, Tbeodoie Sbober. Emil 

 Wohlert, Eugeue J. Sliellom, JoUu C. 

 Gi-aciw, Eugeue BernUeimer, Heniv F. 

 Michell, Charles E. Meehau. Saiiii:p'l H. 

 Gowaus, George Craig, G. C. Watson, AI- 

 phouse Pericat, Freil Ehret. Victor Gro- 

 shens, Carl A. F. Corts. James W. Hea- 

 eofk, Xavier E. E. Si-hmitt, Robert A. 

 Craig, W. P. Craig, Alfred Burton. Robert 

 Craig, William J. Baker. J. Wolff, Jr.. 

 I.ouis Salingre, W. H. Vance. Winfield S. 

 Harry, Harr.v Gould, .Tohn Perger. Geo. 

 Pnrton, John R. Andre, William Evans, 

 Hosea Waterer, H. A. Miller. Edward 

 Towill, Wm. W. Carson. H. C. Heileman, 

 T. NeN-on Geiger. August Contram. Ar- 

 thur H. Lanser, John H. Dodrts, F. Hah- 

 niau, Aug. Doeniling. John We^tcott, H. 

 it. Collins, Jacob P.ecker, Charles F. 

 Krueger, Adolf Mnller, Robert Cantley. 

 Frank Adelberger, .John Cnrwen, William 

 Robertson. Thomas P.. Meehan, Edward 

 Reed. Richard Umphried, Hilbnrn Darling- 

 tnn. Mrs. Sarah I. Smith, John F. Sibson, 

 J Liddon Pennock, A. B. Cartledge. 



