October 17, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



559 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



A. Mitting, of Santa t'ruz, Cal., has 

 gone east to arrange tor marketing 

 the bulbs produced by various growers 

 in that district. 



A chrysanthemum show is to be held 

 at Willows, Cal., October 18 to 21. As 

 far as is known here, no professional 

 growers of any note have arranged to 

 enter. 



C. Moll, a landscape gardener who 

 has done considerable work in the new 

 residence districts around Sacramento, 

 Cal., is starting a nursery in North 

 Sacramento. 



The San Francisco Park Commis- 

 sioners have directed Park Superin- 

 tendent McLaren to plant poppy seeds 

 on all hillsides, ridges and barren 

 spots in Golden Gate Park. 



The first shipment of materials for 

 the Japanese Government exhibit at 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition has 

 just arrived on the Shinyo Maru. The 

 exhibit will include a 4-acre garden, 

 for which the top soil, rocks, trees, 

 shrubs, etc., will be brought from 

 Japan. This is expected to be one of 

 the most beautiful features of the fair. 

 The general landscape gardening of 

 the Exposition grounds is now practi- 

 cally complete. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



San Francisco, Cal. — B. H. Rust, Los 

 Angeles, Cal. 



Boston — H. Huebner, Groton. Mass.; 

 J. J. Karins representing H. A. Dreer. 

 Phlla. 



St. Louis. Mo. — E. J. Fancourt, of S. 

 S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia; 

 Arthur Gross, Chicago. 



New York City— George Robinson. 

 Sup't Parks, Gloversville, N. Y.; John 

 Giroux, Patchogue. N. Y. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — Mr. Alexander, of 

 Atlanta, Ga. ; Mr. Kannady, of Roan- 

 oke, Va. and Mr. Hooper, superinten- 

 dent of Hollywood Cemetery, Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



New York City— H. A. Barnard, rep- 

 resenting Stuart Low & Co, London. 

 Eng. ; Fred. Lautenschlager, represent 

 ing Kroeschell Bros.. Chicago; R. Vin- 

 cent, Jr.. Whitemarsh, Md. 



Kansas City, Mo.— J. A. Peterson, 

 Cincinnati, O.; J. J. Karins, represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Phila., Pa.; Walter 

 Mott, representing Benj. Hammond, 

 Beacon, N. Y.; E. J. Fancourt, repre- 

 senting S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 Phila., Pa. 



Cincinnati- -I. Bayersdorfer. repre- 

 senting H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; Joseph Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.; Fred. Longgreu, Chicago, 111.; 

 W. Allen Birber, Dayton. C; Rudolph 

 E. Kuroski. vice-president of John C. 

 Monlnger Co., Chicago. 



Philadelphia — A. J. Stahelin. Red- 

 ford, Mich.; W. H. Miesse and wife, 

 Lancaster, Ohio; Fred S. Miller, Pres. 

 Columbus Fl. Co., Columb\is. Ohio; J. 

 McD. Holtzlnger, Cincinnati. Ohio; W. 

 C. Langbridge, representing Jerome B. 

 Rice & Co., Cambridge, N. Y. 



Washington, D. C— Charles K. Mee- 

 han, representing S. S. Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., and Joseph Goudy. represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia: P. Van- 

 MoUe, representing Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Rutherford, N. J.; James \V. Heacock, 

 of Joseph Heacock, Wyncote. Pa. 



UK SURE that you get tbe MEYER 

 CIKKEN SILKAJLINE, aud (lo not take 

 any other that is sold as an Imitation 

 of the .MEYER GREEN SILKALINE, 



as tbey do not liave tbe full weight, 

 me.isure and strength of tbe genuine 

 .irticle. All our GREEN SILKALINE 

 is guaranteed up to the high standard 

 and mark. The sizes are F, fine; FF, 

 medium ; FFF, coarse. It is for sale 

 by all the best jobbers. If you cannot 

 get it of your Jobbers, order direct of 

 (be manufacturer. 



THE JOHN C. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS. 



In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTURE. 



Obituary 



Lillian A. Shaw. 



Lillian Austin Shaw, eldest daughter 

 of J. Austin Shaw of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 died on Friday, October 10, at Clarks- 

 ville, N. Y., after a long illness. Miss 

 Shaw was a very refined and lovable 

 young lady and her heart and life and 

 vivacity were always those of perpetu- 



LiLLiAN A. Shaw 



al sunshine. HouTuri-TURE joins fer- 

 vently with the myriad friends of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Shaw in sincere sympathy in 

 their sorrow. The funeral took place 

 at Brooklyn on Monday, when a great 

 number of floral tributes almost filled 

 one end of the church, including num- 

 erous tokens from the New York and 

 Brooklyn florist trade, many of them 

 being afterwards sent to the hospitals. 

 Miss Shaw is survived by her parents 

 and two sisters. 



Henry B. Mouillerat. 

 Henry B. Mouillerat, for many 

 years superintendent of the R. B. Dod- 

 son place in West Islip, N. Y., died sud- 

 denly of hemorrhage of the brain at 

 the Ross sanitarium in Brentwood on 

 Wednesday, Oct. 7. Mr. Mouillerat 

 had been ill for about three months, 

 but was able to attend to his duties 

 until a tew days before his death. He 

 went to the sanitarium on Tuesday 



aud the announcement of his death 

 came as a shock to his friends. He 

 was born at Woodside, and was 34 

 years, 11 months and 12 days of age. 

 He was highly esteemed by bis em- 

 ployer aud by a host of gardener 

 friends. Besides his mouther, Mrs. 

 Victor M. Mouillerat, he is survived 

 by his sister, Mrs. James J. Teeling, 

 of Newark, N. J.; his widow and four 

 children. He was a nephew of the 

 late Mrs. J. F. Huss of Hartford, Conn. 



Morgan Miles. 



-Morgan Jliles, for more than forty 

 years engaged in the nursery business 

 at San Jose, Cal., died October 4, at 

 the home of his daughter In Santa 

 Cruz. Mr. Miles was 75 years of age, 

 and came to California via Cape Horn 

 in 1853. 



John M. Griffith. 

 John M. Griffith, founder of the firm 

 of Criflith & Turner Co., Baltimore, 

 Md.. died at his home in Lutherville, 

 October 4, aged 77 years, apoplexy 

 causing his death. He had been en- 

 gaged in the seed business for over 

 fifty years. His widow, one daughter 

 and two sons survive him. 



Considerable interest is taken in the 

 announcement that a new retail flow- 

 er shop is to be opened in the princi- 

 pal shopping district in San Francisco, 

 at 233-235 Grant avenue, across the 

 street from the old established store 

 of Podesta & Baldocchl. The store is 

 now being fitted up, and is expected 

 to open about Nov. 1. It is reported 

 that it will be conducted by Mr. Joseph, 

 who has been for many years in 

 charge of the art department of the 

 White House department store. 



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