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mlums wero dlvldoil eciunlly botwceii 

 Goo. T. Boucher nnd H. C. Wilson. 



C. W. C'lirlls was IhI iind I'nd on 

 white RladioliiH, Iind on bluxli and red 

 and busket of llower.s. N. A. Hallauer 

 Ist for yellow Klndioli, blue Kladioll. 

 general rollcctlon ol »:ladioli. Jacob 

 Thomann & Sons ls( lor pink Kladloli, 

 red Khidioll. while branchiiiK aster, 

 vase of flowers; 2nd on crimson asters 

 and horseshoe of (lowers. L. J. Bry- 

 ant, Newark. I'nd on blue Kladioli, 

 cactus dahlias, also sixteen Ists on 

 corn and dried seeds. Miinsell & 

 Harvey, Ashtiibula. 0., sent 24 vases 

 of gladioli. 



A NEW MELON. 



The luscious specimen shown in tb« 

 accompanying picture is the result of 

 a cross between Sutton's Emerald 

 Gem and Sutton's Scarlet, raised by 

 J. W. Smith, superintendent on the 

 estate of Mr. F. E. Lewis at Ridge- 



field, Conn. The flesh ot this variety 

 Is pale scarlet and the skin finely 

 netted and yellow when ripe and the 

 fruit has a fine rich flavor. The speci- 

 men shown weighed 1114 pounds. It 

 should prove a decided acquisition Bs 

 a greenhouse melon. 



L, H. BAILEY BACK FROM THE 

 ORIENT. 



Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey, former 

 director of the New York State College 

 of Agriculture at Cornell University 

 has returned to his home in Ithaca 

 after a seven months' trip In the 

 Orient. He was extended a warm wel- 

 come by the horticultural and agricul- 

 tural experts of the Chinese, Japanese 

 and Korean universities. He was ac- 

 companied on the trip by Mrs. Bailey 

 and their daughter. Miss Ethel Bailey. 

 Their trip was uneventful. Dr. Bailey 

 said, except for one accident of minor 

 importance — the beachinR ot the steam- 

 ship on which he and the members of 

 his party were journeying, on the 

 shoals near Shanghai, China. The pas- 

 sengers and members of the crew were 

 removed to the shore in lifeboats with- 

 out accident. 



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and one daughter; also two brotbon), 

 John A. and ChiirlcB II. Stoutonbor- 

 ough, all of Patoraon. 



Henry Gaertner. 

 Henry Gaertner. a retired florist, 

 died suddenly <>n Sunday, September 2, 

 in the rnitc<l Hospital, at I'ort Ches- 

 ter, N. Y. Ho was born in Manhattan 

 (ifty-four years ago. 



Mrs. Sarah E. Purdy. 

 Mrs. Surah Elizabeth I'urdy, lii 

 years old, widow of Stephen Purdy, a 

 landscape gardener, died on Wednes- 

 day, August 2!t, at her home. 129 Dres- 

 den street. Brooklyn. N. Y. 



William R. Slebrecht. 

 William K. Slebrecht. of the Sle- 

 brecht retail flower store at Madison 

 avenue and Seventy-third street, New- 

 York City, died suddenly from heart 

 disease, September 4th, at the home 

 of his father, H. A. Slebrecht, New 

 Rochelle, aged 43 years. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife and two daughters. 



Fred A. Anderson. 

 Fred A. Anderson. 22 years old, an 

 employee of H. F. A. Lange, florist, 

 Worcester, Mass., was almost Instant- 

 ly killed on Sunday evening, Septem- 

 ber 9, by being crushed against a 

 street railway post by a skidding 

 touring car. Mr. Anderson was stand- 

 ing on the curb waiting for a car, to 

 go home. 



Mrs. Arthur Schutz. 

 Mrs. Arthur Schutz. of Hammond, 

 Ind., passed away Sept. 1st in Chicago, 

 where she has been seriously ill for 

 some time, and it has been known for 

 several months that there was no hope 

 tor her recovery. Mr. Schutz. who has 

 a retail flower store in Hammond. Ind., 

 was with her at the last and accom- 

 panied the remains to Hammond where 

 the funeral took place on W'ednesday. 

 A large number of floral offerings 

 were sent by the trade of Chicago and 

 others. 



Charles H. Rea. 

 Charles H. Rea, aged fifty-one years, 

 died in Norwood, Mass., on Aug. 29. 

 Mr. Rea was originally one of the 

 firm of Rea Bros., of Norwood, now- 

 conducted by F. J. Rea, but owing to 

 sickness gave up activity in that line 

 about fifteen years ago. He was bom 

 in England in 1866. He first worked 

 for Peter McKellar, then for Beck- 

 with, both of London, and afterwards 

 served four years as apprentice to 

 Thos. S. Ware. He came over here 

 about 28 years ago. 



R. R. Stoutenborough. 

 Russell R. Stoutenborough, a lead- 

 ing retail florist and prominent in fra- 

 ternal circles in Paterson, N. J., 

 where he was a life-long resident, died 

 Sunday, September 9, at his home, 

 No. 44 Prince street, that city, in his 

 fortieth year. He was the son of the 

 late Mr' and Mrs. Alfred Stouten- 

 borough, widely known early resi- 

 dents of Paterson. He leaves hig wife 



Alexander McAllitter. 

 Alexander .Mi-.\lll,«tir, retired flor- 

 ist, died Fridiiy afternoon, SepL 7, at 

 his home in I'assalc, N. J., after an 

 illness of several months. In his 

 seventy-llrst year. He was born and 

 educated In .Jersey City and gained 

 the distinction of being the flrst boy 

 who ever walked through the Erie 

 Railroad tunnel In Jersey City. Ho 

 moved to Passaic twenty-flvo years 

 ago and became a retail florist. He 

 leaves his wife and one daughter, 

 Mrs. William L. Ilundcrtinark. .Mrs. 

 Hundertmark now ciirrics on the 

 business. 



A NICE EASTER PLANT. 

 Our picture shows a plant of Chorl- 

 zeina, a well-known evergreen cool- 

 house plant with showy yellow, orange 

 and red flowers and handsome glossy, 

 prickly-toothed leaves not unlike dl- 



minutive holly foliage. Chorlzemas 

 are easily grown and may be trained 

 into various forms as well as the 

 pyramidal shape shown in a 7-inch 

 pot in the picture. We have to thank 

 A. L. Miller for the photograph. Many 

 more of these useful plants should be 

 grown for Easter and spring sales by 

 the. florist trade. 



VINES IN POTS FOR NEXT SEA- 

 SON'S FRUITING. 



During August and September these 

 trees should be ripening their 

 growths. It is a slow process, and It 

 Is desirable to prevent the formation 

 of sappy growth. Rather inure the 

 rods to more air and a gradual less- 

 ening of water at the roots. If this 

 cannot be done where they now are, 

 remove them to a light airy house, and 

 later on place them outside in full ex- 

 posure. Do not be misled into think- 

 ing that the biggest and the brownest- 

 looking rods are always the best. The 

 buds should be plump and the wood 

 short-jointed. Any lateral growths 

 that may still be soft and sappy should 

 be shortened gradually. Young stock 

 struck this year may he grown on still 

 for a few weeks to come if the growth 

 is not all that one would desire. — Qar- 

 deners' Chronicle. 



