January 20, 1917 



HORTICULTUKE 



75 



Dreer's 

 Double Petunias 



Our Usual Celebrated Strain 



15 varieties, 3 inch pots. 



75c per doz.; $6.00 per 100; the set of 



15 sorts, $1.00. 



Seeds of Our Own Saving 



Superb Double Fringed, 75c per 500 seeds; 

 $1.50 per 1000 seeds. 



Superb Single Fringed, 50c per trade pkt. 



Henry A. Dreer 



714-716 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



The above prices are intended for the trade only. 



Dreer'8 I>oubIe Fringed IVtiinia. 



before them, who are thoroughly in 

 touch with them, can presume to tell. 

 One thing I know though, a personal 

 Indignity they might pass unnoticed, 

 but a word derogatory to a city their 

 fathers huilt, their birthplace or 

 home, they will resent sharply and 

 keenly. 



Nor was the florist industry of a 

 quarter century ago lacking in any of 

 the progressiveness and foresight 

 necessary to place their calling among 

 the honorable and honored industries 

 of the Cleveland of today, in evidence 

 of which I have but to mention such 

 men as Adam Graham, J. M. Gasser, 

 H. A. Hart and others. 



In fine, then, as an answer to any 

 charge of lack of progressiveness 

 does it not appear that the grand 

 old builders of the Forest City gave 

 to their descendants the advice and 

 command Pearlmutter imiiressed 'ipon 

 Abe, "Throw your bread upon the 

 water, Abe; then the chickens will 

 come home to the roost, already." 

 William W. Castle. 



OBITUARY. 

 John Gale. 

 Many of the Chicago friends of John 

 Gale of La Grange did not learn of his 

 death on December 13 till some tinje 

 later, when it was heard with much 

 regret. John Gale was born in White- 

 church, England, Dec. 4, 1S47. When 

 24 years of age he came to America, 

 first locating in Kansas, then ten years 

 later in Chicago and buying a tract of 

 land in the suburb known as La Grange 

 Park. For 27 years Mr. Gale was In 

 the greenhouse business, starting with 

 the growing of vegetables and grad- 

 ually changing to flowers, making a 

 specialty of asters, and at one time he 

 enjoyed the reputation of being the 

 most successful aster grower in this 

 vicinity. Mr. Gale was highly respect- 

 ed by all who knew him, and during 

 the many years he was in business he 

 made friends who valued him for his 

 integrity. He leaves a widow and two 

 sons, Geo. W. and Fred B. The fune- 

 ral was from the residence, 628 N. 

 Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, 111. 



George H. Arnold. 

 George H. Arnold, tor many years a 

 prominent market gardener In the 

 Boston district died on January 13 at 

 his home in East Braintree after a 

 long illness. He was 81 years of age. 



R. M. Pratt. 



Robert M. Pratt, former owner of 

 the beautiful estate in Belmont, Mass., 

 which is now the Oakley Country Club 

 grounds, died at his home in Boston 

 on January 9, aged 79 years. Mr. Pratt 

 was an enthusiastic student and patron 

 of horticulture and his exhibits in old 

 Horticultural Hall, grown and arranged 

 by the late David Allan, were among 

 the most notable of their day. 



Arthur Netting. 

 Arthur Netting, 44 years old, a St. 

 Louis florist, suffered a slight lacer- 

 ation of his head Christmas day, when 

 he stumbled in his home and fell 

 against a radiator. He did not think 

 it was serious, but on January 8th 

 it became painful and he went to the 

 hospital, where he died on Jan. 14th. 



EXHIBITION AT NEW YORK. 



A small but excellent exhibition 

 was held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York, on 

 January 13. Orchids from Mrs. 

 Herbert L. Pratt, violets from Mrs. 

 John H. Flagler, Greenwich, Ct., Bud- 

 dleia asiatica from Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable of Mamaroneck. carnations 

 from James Cox Brady of Gladston, 

 N. J., sweet peas from Mrs. Frederick 

 Frelinghuysen of Elberon, N. J., nar- 

 cissi from Mrs. H. Darlington of Mam- 

 aroneck. and sweet peas from William 

 Shillaber of Essex Fells were among 

 the most interesting exhibits. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Association of Reading, Pa., was held 

 at the home of J. C. Bander, 932 N. 

 10th St., on January 5th. 



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