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nuirn CULTURE 



Juno 10, 1916 



Obituary 



Jonathan Nash. 



A black-borderod card bearing the 

 foregoing words has reached us. There 

 are many connected with the flower 

 business, ourselves included, who will 

 feelingly subscribe to the sentiment 

 carried by this brief but expressive 

 anouncenient. Following so closely 

 on the death of John Krai, who was 

 head salesman for Moore, Hentz & 

 Xash, the news of Mr. Nash's passing 

 away when his convalescence was 

 seemingly assured came as a stunning 

 blow to the florist trade of New York 

 City. Mr. Nash was bom in Essex, 

 E:ngland, in 1853. He came to this 

 country 22 years ago and one year 

 later entered the employ of the. New 

 York Cut Flower Company, after- 

 wards becoming one of the firm of 

 Moore. Hentz & Nash, wholesale flor- 

 ists. He was a gentleman of kindly 

 disposition and unsullied character, an 

 able and broad-minded business man, 

 and his passing away is a great loss 

 to the business he so faithfully fol- 

 lowed. 



The funeral was held at Grace 

 Church on May 29 and a large repre- 

 sentation of every department of the 

 business was present. The pall bear- 

 ers were Messrs. F. h. Moore and 

 Henry Hentz. Jr., his business part- 

 ners: C. L. Roberts and John Pritch- 

 ard, representing the Bedford Floral 

 Co.; Jos. Millang, representing the N. 

 Y. Cut Flower Co., and Mr. Tanner, 

 representing the retail trade. The em- 

 ployees of the firm also followed the 

 pall bearers. Burial was at Woodlawn 

 cemetery. There were many beautiful 

 floral tributes, including a wreath 

 from the clerks and salesmen and a 

 blanket of lilies of the valley with cat- 

 tleyas sent by the firm. Lily of the 

 valley was Mr. Nash's favorite flower 

 ever since the evening long ago when 

 the young lady who afterwards be- 

 came his bride wore these flowers at 

 a regimental ball given by the Essex 

 Yeomary, of which Mr. Xash was a 

 member. Other tributes were a de- 

 sign in American Beauty roses from 

 the directors of the New York Cut 

 Flower Co., a wreath of orchids from 

 Traendly & Schenck, a design in roses 

 from the Bedford Floral Co. and a 



^-landing wreath of orchids from the 

 Groek-Amorlcun Florists' AsEoclalion. 

 AfliT the fiinoral services many of tho 

 flowers wore dlhtrlbuted among the 



Jonathan Nash 



poor and sick in Grace Church parisli 

 Mr. Nash is survived by his widow, a 

 daughter and three sons, one of the 

 latter, A. S. Nash, being now associ- 

 ated with the firm. 



James McBride. 

 The body of James McBride, a 

 landscape gardener, who had not been 

 seen since last Tuesday, was found in 

 bed at his home on Kenoza avenue, 

 Haverhill, Mass., by Ftank White- 

 house of the fire department and Mo- 

 tor Cycle Policeman Joseph U. Ryan, 

 who broke into the house. Medical 

 Examiner John F. Croston found 

 memoranda from Boston brokers 

 which would indicate that Mr. Mc- 

 Bride owned a large amount of val- 

 uable stock. 



WRONG IMPRESSIONS ABOUT 

 GLADIOLUS GROWING. 



My attoijtiou has been cuUlhI to :in arti- 

 cle In the Country Gentleman on the grow- 

 ing of gladiolus bulbs ond blooms as a 

 crop for farmers. Some remarkable state- 

 ments about profits are made. What Is the 

 truth about It? E. F". G. 



The many well-known and some of 

 the newest varieties of Gladoli are 

 beautiful and valuable to grow in the 

 home garden, and the cultivation of 

 them should be encouraged for several 

 reasons. They are easy to grow, and 

 bulbs of such varieties as America, 

 Jlrs. Francis King, and many others 

 are very moderately priced. The flow- 

 ers are delicate yet showy, and when 

 cut keep a long time in water. In the 

 article referred to by E. F. G., the 

 fanner is urged to plant them commer 



cinlly. and a gross profit of 14,000 per 

 aero pronilHcd on I'aniana. The farm- 

 er Ih advised to plant fourth si/.o bulba, 

 which arc said to produce good to high 

 grade llowcrs, and additional bulbs. 



A Gladiolus bulb of one-half to 

 threo-quarlers Inch would not be 

 bought by any florist to use for cut 

 (lower purposes, as it will produce a 

 KMiall (lower that would bo practically 

 unsiilable on the wholesale markets, 

 which is proven by the tens of thou- 

 Hands that were thrown out on the 

 New York market the past two sea- 

 sons. The finest America and Mrs. 

 Francis King often did not bring |1 

 per 100 in New York the past season, 

 and these flowers were grown from 

 bulbs averaging I'/j to 2vi Inches in 

 diameter. The small half-Inch bulb ia 

 used for growing a larger sized bulb 

 for flowering purposes the following 

 season. 



If you buy 1,000 large, or small, half- 

 inch bulbs they will each produce one 

 bulb for the next season's use and a 

 number of small corms which require 

 lour years' growth to reach the largo 

 flowering size. The bulbs should be 

 planted early In the spring, and In 

 order to grow a good strong bulb from 

 the half-inch size, the flower should 

 either be left on the plant or be cut 

 without a stem, as all the leaves should 

 be left on the bulb to mature it proper- 

 ly. Thorough cultivation must be 

 given to the end of the growing sea- 

 son. Figure just about how much you 

 think it will cost you to weed and cul- 

 'Uvate a lot of Gladioli, from early 

 spring to the flrst frost. I feel sure 

 you will find it cheaper to buy bulbs 

 than to try to grow them. 



I have purchased this winter for 

 forcing largest size America and Mrs. 

 Francis King at $5 per 1,000 from a 

 grower who planted 30,000 the past 

 season and did not make expenses. A 

 neighbor florist who has been growing 

 50,000 each season has sold a large 

 proportion of his stock for the same 

 reason. He intends growing some of 

 the newer varieties for a few seasons, 

 such as Panama, Peace, Augiista, and 

 several others. Salesmen from Hol- 

 land have been offering large lots of 

 America, small size, as low as $1.50 

 per 1.000. 



Any farmer before going into this 

 business should arrange for an outlet 

 for his flowers, as I know of Instances 

 where such growers have gone to 

 large commission houses, to find them 

 so overloaded by regular, all-the-year 

 consignors that they said they could 

 not possibly handle any more stock. I 

 was told of a young woman who went 

 to a large Philadelphia commission 

 house and begged thoni to sell gladioli 

 for her. Wlien told they could not pos- 

 sibly handle any, she began crving, 

 and mentioned a number of other 

 sources of outlet she had tried to no 

 avail, and stated she read in some 

 paper what a fortune there was in the 

 business. It is indeed unfortunate 

 that horticultural papers should allow 

 such articles in their columns without 

 investigation. The paper that pro- 

 tects its subscribers against such vis- 

 ionary schemes for money-making, as 

 does The R. N.-Y. is of inestimable 

 value and deserves a boost by every 

 reader. — Elmer ./. Weaver in Rural 

 New Yorker. 



