816 



HORTICULTURE 



June 3, 1911 



Obituary 



Mrs. Margaret M. Le Moult. 

 Mrs. Margaret M. Le Moult, wife of 

 Emil Le Moult, florist. Fourth avenue, 

 New York, who has been sick since 

 Easter, died on May 15. 



AZALEA PATH, ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 



John Wolf. 

 John Wolf, an employe for eleven 

 years of the Elm City Nursery Co., 

 New Haven, Conn., committed suicide 

 in Bridgeport on May 11. He was 48 

 years of age. He leaves a wife and 

 family. 



Lacy Young. 



Lacy Young of the Deamud & 

 Young Fern Co., died at his home in 

 Thompsonville. Mich., May 16th, at 

 the age of 36 years. For ten years 

 until the time of his illness he had 

 been connected with the firm and was 

 well known and popular. Inteiment 

 at Fremont, Mich. 



Prof. Robert O. Graham. 

 Prof. Robert O. Graham of the Illi- 

 nois Wesleyan "University died sud- 

 denly at Bloomington. 111., on May 26, 

 aged 55 years. He was a prominent 

 educator and at the time of his death 

 was president of the State Hoiticul- 

 tural Society. He was an authority 

 on fruit culture. 



Cyrus G. Pringle. 



An expedition in search of botanic 

 specimens, a week or more previous, 

 resulted in the death on May 25. at 

 Burlington, Vt., of Prof. Cyrus Guern- 

 sey Pringle, curator of the herbarium 

 at the University of Vermont, and 

 one of the best known botanists in 

 the United States. He caught a cold 

 which developed into pneumonia. He 

 was 73 years old and unmarried. 



Charles Armitage. 



Charles Armitage, president of 

 Hitchings & Co., greenhouse builders, 

 died at his home in Montclair, N. J., 

 on May 22, aged 65 years. Death was 

 caused by heart disease, resulting 

 from shock sustained in an automo- 

 bile collision some weeks ago, but 

 Mr. Armitage had been in failing 

 health for some time previous. It 

 has been the writer's privilege to 

 know Mr. Armitage personally for 

 many years. He was a most affable, 

 pplished and kindly gentleman — al- 

 ways courteous and considerate. He 

 is survived by his wife, one son and 

 four daughters, to whom we extend 

 sincere sympathy. . 



Lemuel Ball. 



At his home in Wissinoming. May 

 24th, Lemuel Ball, a noted palm 

 grower and florist of Philadelphia, 

 aged about sixty years. A special 

 meeting of the Florists' Club was 

 called on the 25th inst., and appropri- 

 ate action taken tor the funeral serv- 

 ices, which took place on the 27th inst. 

 Mr. Ball came of an old and respect- 

 ed family in the northeastern section 

 of the city. He engaged in manufac- 

 turing business early in life but this 

 not proving a success, he, with his 

 younger brother, Charles D. Ball, 

 started in the florist business at Taco- 

 ny — some thirty years ago — under the 

 title of Ball Brothers. They grew cut 

 flowers and bedding plants mostly in 



K-^'^r^- 







the early days. Later, Mr. Ball quit 

 the flower growing and went into the 

 clothing business with George Castor. 

 On the dissolution of this partnership 

 he went back to the florist's business, 

 erecting the plant at Wissinoming 

 where he became noted finally as one 

 of the most .successful palm growers of 

 the country, and continued that line to 

 the day of his death. His brother, 

 Charles D. Ball, also conducts a large 

 palm growing establishment in the 

 same vicinity. Mr. Ball married Miss 

 Castor, a sister of the George Castor 

 mentioned above. She died a good 

 many years ago. One daughter sur- 

 vives. Lemuel Ball was well known 

 in trade circles, and was a very up- 

 right and highly respected citizen — es- 

 teemed by all who knew him. 



G. C. W. 



Lloyd G. Blick. 



The demise of Lloyd G. Blick. of 

 Norfolk, which was announced last 

 week, removes one of the finest men 

 in our business, and one who was es- 

 teemed not only locally, but all over 

 the country. He had many warm 

 friends in the trade, and a number of 

 them including Mr. and Mrs. Edward 

 Reid, of Philadelphia, made the long 

 journey to Norfolk to attend the 

 funeral services. He is survived by a 

 brother, J. W. Blick, and two sisters, 

 one of whom. Miss L. A. Blick, was 

 associated with him in business. Mr. 

 Blick was in his 46th year. We all 

 appreciate the following quotation 

 from a local paper: 



"Few men were blessed with a hap- 

 pier disposition. Few men were so 

 popular. So companionable was he. 

 indeed, that it was a privilege to know 

 him. and no one in Norfolk had a 

 wider or larger circle of friends, each 

 of whom will feel his demise as a 

 personal loss. He was a man of 

 sterling integrity and his kindness of 

 nature and affability were most re- 

 markable." G. C. W. 



THE THINGS I PRIZE. 



Tliese are the tilings I prize 



And hold of deepest worth: 

 Light of the sapphire skies. 

 Peace of the silent hills. 

 Shelter of forest, comfort of the grass. 

 Shadows of clouds that swiftly pass, 

 Music of birds, murmur of little rills. 



And after showers 



The smell of flowers. 

 And of the good browu earth — 

 And best of all along the way. 



Friendship and mirth. 



Henry Van Dyke. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Charles E. Meehan is glad to be 

 back in harness again after a two 

 weeks' siege of illness, and we are 

 certainly glad to see him. He may 

 not realize it himself, but we all have 

 missed his wise, witty and energetic 

 personality every minute of the time. 

 When a man. by dint of pluck, per- 

 severance and shrewd business ability, 

 has carved tor himself a dominating 

 place in the markets of his locality, 

 he is wanted every day, and there is 

 no place for sickness. Our senti- 

 ment is: we forgive you this time, 

 old scout, but don't let it occur 

 again. 



The fourteenth annual spring exer- 

 cises of the National Farm School, 

 Bucks County, Pa., will take place on 

 Sunday, June 4th. A special train 

 will leave the Reading terminal at 

 fi.oO a. m. Among the exercises will 

 be the dedication of Pennsylvania 

 Hall, consecration of memorial trees, 

 installation of freshman class, and in- 

 spection of farms and buildings. Ad- 

 dresses will be made by Jacob A. Riis, 

 Professor F. H. Green, Governor 

 Tener, Attorney-General John C. Bell, 

 and others. Professor Fancourt, of 

 the Horticultural Department, will be 

 on hand to welcome florist friends. 



M. Rice reports much progress and 

 prosperity in Europe and a whole lot 

 of the other thing — just the same as 

 it is here — under similar economic 

 laws — but they are changing more 

 quickly there than we are. The 

 British must not be judged by the 

 luxury of the Hotel Metropole in 

 Brighton, where Mr. & Mrs. Rice had 

 to give their order four hours in ad- 

 vance before they could have the dis- 

 tinction of taking tea there. They are 

 putting some common-sense laws in 

 force in Britain, and also in Germany, 

 in this year of our Lord, and we 

 Americans also are beginning to wake 

 up. As Joseph Fels says: "As Great 

 Britain fiddles the world dances." We 

 are keeping close tabs, and one way 

 or another are bound to get in line — 

 and maybe give a tip or two in re- 

 turn. 



HORTICULTURE: 



Maiden, Mass., May 22, 1911. 

 Please withdraw my adv. from your 

 paper (for Vincas) as I am all sold 

 out. H. HANSEN. 



