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HORTICULTURE 



May 27, 1911 



PERSONAL. 



John Quinn has accepted a position 

 with Edward Walsh, Hartford, Conn. 



Ralph H. Amory has taken a posi- 

 tion at the Elitch-Long Greenhouses, 

 Denver, Colo. 



Harry Menken is now in the em- 

 ploy of H. Magnuson, Bridge street, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



F. B. Tinker is now in charge of 

 the Scott-Martin Floral Co., Denver, 

 Colo., Miss Scott being no longer with 

 the concern. 



C. F. Schader has been elected to 

 the presidency of The Golden State 

 Plant & Floral Co., Santa Monica, Cal., 

 to succeed T. H. Dudley. 



Walter Edmond Eglington, late of 

 Newport, R. I., has taken a position 

 as orchid specialist with J. A. Car- 

 bone of West Berkeley, Cal. 



John Dewar of R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co. will sail from Boston on the Iver- 

 nia, June 12th, to make an extended 

 European tour of several months. 



P. J. Cullen, of Thomas CuUen & 

 Sons, Witham, Essex, and E. W. King, 

 Coggeshall, England, reached New 

 York on the Oceanic, May 17, and pro- 

 ceeded to Fordhook, whence they go 

 to California. 



The papers report Mrs. "Jack" Gard- 

 ner as seriously ill at her home in 

 Brookline, Mass. All friends of horti- 

 culture will wish a speedy recovery 

 to this energetic, philanthropic lady, 

 who has always been ready to pro- 

 mote, by all means in her power, the 

 advancement of horticultural art. 



Norman J. Coleman of St. Louis, 

 Mo., editor of Coleman's Rural World, 

 passed his 84th birthday last week. 

 Mr. Coleman was at one time lieu- 

 tenant governor of the state, secre- 

 tary of agriculture under President 

 Cleveland and president of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen. He 

 Is looking forward to meeting all his 

 old friends at the nurserymen's meet- 

 ing here next month. He is daily at 

 work as editor of his paper and is 

 hale and hearty at this ripe old age. 

 Boston visitors: D. Fuerstenburg, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Andrew Wilson, 

 New York City; W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; J. J. Karins, represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



SELAGINELLA EM M ELI AN A. 



This graceful little lycopodiuni in 

 its green form is well-known amoug 

 the florist trade and needs no descrip- 

 tion. Our subject is as the name indi- 



cates, a golden yellow form of this 

 useful plant, so much used for table 

 decoration and jardiniere work. It is 

 listed in Dreer's catalogue. 



HARRY A. BARNARD'S JUBILEE. 



An interesting presentation took 

 place at the Royal Nurseries, Bush 

 Hill Park, on the 29th ult., wheu Mr. 

 Barnard was presented with a time- 

 piece and ornaments inscribed as fol- 

 lows: "Presented to Harry A. Barnard 

 on the celebration of the jubilee with 

 the Lows, of Clapton, as a mark of 

 esteem and affection from all em- 

 ployed at the Royal Nurseries, Bush 

 Hill Park. April, 1911." 



ficulties, he rose to the occasion with 

 his usual readiness, and made a good 

 speech, giving some advice to the 

 younger generation. The extraordi- 

 nary vigor of Mr. Barnard was evi- 

 dent, even during his recent visit to 

 the I'nited States, when he was 

 dubbed by his companions "an old 

 hustler." — Correst^oudent in Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. 



STRINGENT RULES IN NATIONAL 

 CEMETERY. 



In the national cemetery at Arling- 

 ton the Government will not permit 

 any "vases, urns, tubs, hanging bas- 

 kets, or other fixtures intended for 

 plants, or any chair, settee, or other 

 obstruction." An order containing 

 this inhibition and ordering the re- 

 moval of any of the "obstructions" 

 named was made in October, 1908. 

 This order provides further that no 

 "trees, shrubs, vines, or other plants 

 of any character or description will 

 be permitted" on any burial lot. The 

 widow of Captain John C. Dougherty 

 came into conflict with the terms of 

 this order when she tried to plant 

 some ivy and roses on her husband's 

 grave. She is aroused over the "un- 

 just discrimination" of the officials, 

 who permit things planted prior to 

 last October to remain, and she de- 

 clares that she will plant shrubs there 

 despite orders, or will have the body 

 of her husband removed to some 

 place where she may do as she 

 pleases. F. J. DYER. 



Harrv A. BAKNARL) 



Mr. Stuart H. Low, who made the 

 presentation, remarked on the extra- 

 ordinary adaptability to change Mr. 

 Barnard had always shown from the 

 days when orchids were rare plants 

 until the present time. The swiftly' 

 changing features of the horticultural 

 trade appeared to come quite natur- 

 ally to Mr. Barnard, and he moved 

 with the. times without difficulty. Mr. 

 Barnard, in replying, nearly broke 

 down, but being reminded by Mr. 

 Low that lie had faced greater dif- 



CICADAS THREATEN WASHING- 

 TON. 



Washington. — According to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture the cicada or 

 17-year locust has been located in 

 Maryland, not far from its capital. 

 The insects are scheduled to emerge 

 from the pupa state this week, or not 

 later than the first week in June, and 

 for four or five weeks they are sched- 

 uled to flit amid the leafage of the 

 Peat of government, and the adjacent 

 country. Moreover, Washington will 

 not monopolize the attentions of the 

 cicada, for it is expected to prove a 

 destructive pest this year in practi- 

 cally all of the eastern and in some 

 of the western states. The Depart- 

 ment specifically mentions Connecti- 

 cut, Indiana, Michigan. New Jersey. 

 New York, North Carolina, Pennsyl- 

 vania and West Virginia as being 

 within the "sphere of influence," as 

 statesmen say, of the 17-year locust, 

 but Plainfield, N. J., is seemingly the 

 worst infested place yet discovered, 

 millions of the pupae being found 

 there, and the greatest damage is 

 looked for in Virginia and New Jersey. 

 The damage done by the cicada is by 

 piercing the young sprigs and stems in 

 depositing their eggs. 



F. J. DYER. 



Brampton, Ont., Can. — W. E. Cal- 

 vert, florist, has purchased four acres 

 of land adjoining his property which 

 he will use for market gardening. 



