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HORTICULTURE 



May 13, 1911 



were rusty and immune ia the pro- 

 portion of 3 to 1. Immunity being 

 proven a "mendeling" quality, certain- 

 ly opens to the breeder a large field 

 for activity. 



So far, dear reader, demonstration 

 of Mendel's law, has been rather an 

 easy tasli, but Mendel's law, like all 

 things has its perplexing points. 



We have talien it for granted that 

 in "mendeling," one quality or char- 

 acter is suppressed by the other, even 

 to the point of almost total disappear- 

 ance. This is not always so. Some- 

 times the suppressed character re- 

 mains plainly visible to the eye. Cases 

 of this kind are especially instruc- 

 tive. 



If we mate a Black Andalusian cock 

 with a White Andalusian hen, vice- 

 versa, so suppresses the black the 

 white, but not completely, and as the 

 result, we will in the bastards have 

 blue (1st generation). All the blue 

 Andalusian fowls, which are so much 

 admired, are only bastards and it is 

 not possible to breed from them a 

 race of true "blues." Black parents 

 will always give black chicks, white 

 ones always white; black with white 

 always blue. But, these blues crossed 

 among themselves, never will have all 

 of the offsprings blue. There is al- 

 ways Vi black, Vi white and % blue. 

 These blues, crossed, always split up 

 again in the same proportion in every 

 generation. This explains the always 

 occurring "throw backs" when breed- 

 ing "Blue Andalusians" and also 

 shows why the breeder has to use 

 black and white parents to get the 

 blue. 



fTo be continued.) 



NIEREMBERGIA GRACILIS— A DE- 

 SIRABLE BASKET PLANT. 



"Get plenty of Nierembergia! You 

 never will have too much of it!" 



This was the advice of an expert and 

 experienced florist, years ago when 

 I was consulting him about greenhouse 

 stock. I did not then know what Nier- 

 embergia was, and I think that today 

 many florists are not familiar with it, 

 nor aware of its value, but I followed 

 his advice and got some Nierembergia 

 — and have been glad of it ever since. 

 Also, I have found his prophecy true, 

 that I would "never have too much of 

 it," for although I have been growing 

 a little more each year for nearly 20 

 years, I never yet have had enough to 

 supply the demand. We use it mostly 

 in filling porch and window boxes, 

 cemetery vases, baskets, etc. Our cus- 

 tomers like it, and every year they 

 want more and more. One lady on our 

 street fills a box with only Nierem- 

 bergia and vines, and her box is one 

 of the delights of the neighborhood. 

 Nierembergia gives such a constant 

 show of bloom, and is so graceful, so 

 durable, and so satisfactory, that we 

 have found it one of our most indis- 

 pensable greenhouse plants. 



W. J. O. 



ARNOLD ARBORETUM SECURES 

 E. H. WILSON. 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson sailed from Boston 

 on Tuesday, May 9, on the Cymric, of 

 the White Star Line and will return 

 from England about Sept. 1, accom- 

 panied by his wife and daughter, to 

 take up regular work at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. 



Obituary 



Jacob Rudesule. 

 Jacob Rudesule, florist, Glendale, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., died April 21, aged 

 69 years. 



the wife of the well known florist, E. 

 J. Harmon, of Portland. Mr. Nelson's 

 greenhouses are located on High, 

 Franklin and School streets. 



John Dodds. 

 John Dodds, florist at the new 

 Grand Trunk shops, expired suddenly 

 at his home. Battle Creek, Mich., on 

 April 28. 



Mrs._Carollne O. Schllder. 

 Mrs. Caroline Ober Schllder died at 

 her home in Chillicothe, Ohio, on April 

 25. She was the widow of the late 

 Martin Schllder. 



Martin Kelly. 

 Martin Kelly, a well known gar- 

 dener in that vicinity, died of lock- 

 jaw on April 29, at the Norwalk Hos- 

 pital, South Norwalk, Conn. He was 

 49 years old. 



William Hamilton. 



William Hamilton, former superin- 

 tendent of North Side Parks, Indiau- 

 apolis. Ind., died recently. He has 

 been in charge of the parks for years 

 and had a wide acquaintance among 

 the florists. 



George Rogers. 

 George Rogers, florist, died at 

 Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y., on 

 April 30. Mr. Rogers was born in 

 Bristol, England, coming to the United 

 States in 1867. For the past thirty- 

 three years he has had a large florist 

 business in Hempstead. He is sur- 

 vived by a widow and five children. 



George Hollis. 

 George Hollis, a florist of South 

 Weymouth, Mass., died on Thursday 

 night. May 4, aged 71 years. Mr. Hol- 

 lis is best known to the florist trade 

 as a peony fancier and has received 

 many awards from the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for seedling pe- 

 onies of recognized merit. He was a 

 pleasant, affable gentleman and en- 

 joyed the respect of the trade and 

 his townsmen. 



Henry Lohrenze. 



Henry Lohrenze of St. Louis, Mo.. 

 died on Saturday, May 6, after a lin- 

 gering illness. He and his wife ran 

 a small store known as the Park Flo- 

 ral Co., near Lafayette Park. Mr. 

 Lohrenze has not been of right mind 

 for the past ten years. He was well 

 known in the trade, who extend to 

 the bereaved family their sympathy. 

 The funeral took place on Monday, 

 May 8th. He leaves a wife and two 

 children to mourn his loss. 



Niles Nelson. 



Niles Nelson, prominent in politics 

 and floriculture, died at his home in 

 South, Portland, Me., on May 5, aged 

 51 years. 



For several weeks Mr. Nelson has 

 been suffering with acute Bright's 

 disease and neuralgia of the brain and 

 as a result his system was not able 

 to stand the strain and following the 

 surgical operation which was per- 

 formed he passed away. He leaves a 

 widow, two sons, two daughters and 

 two sisters, one of the latter being 



Mary Eva Reisslg. 



Mary Eva Reissig, for many years 

 in the florist business at Riverside, 

 111., just west of Chicago, died of heart 

 trouble May 5th. She was one of the 

 best known of the older florists in this 

 vicinity and was actively engaged in 

 the business until her death. When 

 the writer saw her a few weeks ago 

 she was as active and full of interest 

 in the work as in her younger days. 

 Mary Eva Becker was born in Badeu, 

 Germany, 63 years ago and came to 

 America when quite young. She was 

 married in 1872 to Chas. Reissig, who 

 passed away in 1892. Four of their 

 six children survive and one is in 

 charge of their fine range of green- 

 houses. Their retail store on Wabash 

 avenue was given over to their 

 nephew, Phil Hauswirth, at the time 

 of Mr. Reissig's death. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Samuel J. Irvine of the Grovedale 

 Nurseries reports a successful season 

 with everything sold out at good 

 prices. He is credited with having 

 sent in the best hydrangeas for Easter 

 that reached the Philadelphia market 

 this year. 



We understand that Mr. Condon of 

 the Castle Circulator has booked some 

 good orders on his recent trip to this 

 vicinity, i^ouis Burk, J. W. Pepper 

 and many others are reported to 

 have become impressed with the effi- 

 ciency and money-saving potentiali- 

 ties of this wonderful device. 



You have all heard of the Wother- 

 spoon Watering pots and the Eureka 

 Fumigators. These two lines of gal- 

 vanized iron goods have been sold by 

 the seedsmen of the United States 

 and Canada for a quarter of a century. 

 James R. Wotherspoon began by 

 making a good article and in spite of 

 the keen competition of cheap imita- 

 tions has held his own and grown, and 

 resisted all temptations to cut prices 

 by cutting quality. Our readers will 

 regret to hear that Mr. Wotherspoon 

 had a serious fire at his factory on 

 Front street on the 5th inst. Com- 

 pletely gutted. Damage estimated at 

 fifty thousand dollars. 



Visitors: Andrew Wilson New 

 York; John Condon, Boston, Mass.; 

 Jno. A. Pennypacker, Phoenixville, 

 Pa.; James Brown, Coatesville, Pa.; 

 Z. D. Blackistone, Washington, D. C. 



We wish to call the attention of our 

 readers to the importance of using 

 only our latest issue in making up 

 their orders for Dreer from the adver- 

 tisements appearing in Horticulture. 

 In this issue the following varieties 

 have been omitted, as surplus is ex- 

 hausted for the present: 



May Kenyon i^laney. Konlgin Carolla, 

 Harry Kirk, Mrs. Foley Hobbs, American 

 Beauty, Clio, Dulie of Edinburgh, Hugb 

 Dicli.son, Magna Charta. Austrian Yellow, 

 Harrison Yellow and White Mlerophylla. 



Cypripedium luteum is in bloom 

 now at the Arnold Arboretum for the 

 first time in this country. It is a 

 native of China and was collected 

 there by E. H. Wilson. 



