February 24, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



243 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



A bomb was exploded in the midst 

 of the campus last week when Profes- 

 sor A. H. Nehrling suddenly passed 

 in his resignation as Head of the De- 

 partment of Floriculture. Professor 

 Nehrling announces that he is to enter 

 the field of business, having taken 

 over the McDonald Floral Company 

 at Crawfordsville, Indiana. He will 

 carry on a retail and wholesale busi- 

 ness, but at the same time intends to 

 keep in touch with educational work 

 and will devote some time to giving 

 lectures throughout the Middle-West. 

 In connection with his business he is 

 to inaugurate a landscape service bu- 

 reau. Professor Nehrling came to the 

 college early in the year 1914. In 

 the three short years that he has been 

 at the college he has become very 

 popular, both among faculty and stu- 

 dents. Since he has been here he has 

 inaugurated many new things in the 

 department, and has improved the de- 

 partment many times. The depart- 

 ment is now on a systematic business 

 basis. From a department of four 

 courses he has raised a department of 

 ten courses. Under his direction a 

 large perennial garden was started at 

 the college. He has been especially 

 active among the florists of the Con- 

 necticut Valley and has succeeded In 

 bringing about a real co-operation 

 among them. The annual flower show 

 is another of his innovations and each 

 year has seen a steady rise in their 

 popularity. 



It was with sincere regret that his 

 students learned of his resignation, 

 and the man that comes to Prof. 

 Nehrling's position will have some 

 big shoes to . fill. 



The annual Boston trip of the Flori- 

 culture classes took place February 

 15-18. On Thursday the Waban Rose 

 Conservatories were visited. Here Mr. 

 Montgomery took the students around 

 and pointed out many interesting 

 things pertaining to rose growing. 



From Natick the classes visited J. 

 T. Butterworth in Framingham, where 

 a most excellent collection of orchids 

 was seen. To the students Mr. Butter- 

 worth gave the impression of "know- 

 ing his line" completely. 



At S. J. Goddard's in Framingham 

 were viewed some of the best carna- 

 tions met with on the trip. Stanley 

 Hall, a graduate of the college, is now 

 engaged in Goddard's. 



Friday morning the wholesale flower 

 markets were visited, where the stu- 

 dents were very kindly shown around 

 by Mr. Thurston. For the remainder 

 of the morning a study of retail stores 

 was made. Penn, Galvin and Carbone 

 were all visited. In the afternoon, pri- 

 vate estates in Brookline were visited. 

 At Faulkner farms, Mr. Ness and Mr. 

 Mclntyre showed the students through 

 the greenhouses, while Mr. Craig, su- 

 perintendent, took the students on a 

 tour of the estate. At Weld Gardens, 

 the students went through the green- 

 houses and saw many plants grown 

 to perfection. 



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Saturday morning Thomas Roland's 

 houses at Revere were visited. The 

 establishment impressed the students 

 as very neat and systematic. At 

 Cliftondale the famous Sim's sweet 

 peas were inspected. Mr. Sim took 

 the students around and pointed out 

 his experiments with primulas and 

 auriculas. 



Thomas Roland's establishment in 

 Nahant gave the impression of being 

 one of the best and most business-like 

 of its kind. Mr. Ringdahl proved very 

 interesting and showed the visitors 

 many interesting things. 



All the students voted the trip a 

 tremendous success, and only wish 

 there had been time to visit more of 

 these large establishments about 

 Boston. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 

 Duiuth, Minn. — J. .T. LeBorius. Wood- 

 land, addition. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Stern Bros., range 

 of houses in the spring. 



Great Neck, L. I., N. Y.— Golf & 



Country Club, one Metropolitan Mate- 

 rial Co.. house. 



Beverly Farms, Mass. — A. F. Luke, 

 Hemlock St., Hitchings houses, 27x108, 

 17x27, 10x17. 



Lima, O. — The greenhouse range of 

 J. H. Milnor Sons & Co. has been pur- 

 chased by Rolf Zetlitz. 



