June 24, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



873 



Obituary 



Charles B. Wetherby. 

 Charles B. Wetherby, florist, died al 

 his home in Fulton. N. Y., on Saturday, 

 June 10. He was fifty-seven years old 

 and is survived by his widow, one 

 daughter and one brother, William 

 Wetherby, Oswego. 



E. Neubert. 

 The deatli is announced of Emil 

 Neubert, whose name is connected 

 with the lily of the valley trade of 

 Hamburg, Mr. Neubert, who was 85 

 years of age, had been in his early 

 years a member of the staff of Dippe 

 Bros., the Quedlinburg seedsmen. 

 About sixty years ago he went to 

 Hamburg and established the nursery 

 at Wandsbeck. 



Charles E. Shackley. 



Charles E. Shackley. fur many years 

 engaged in the florist's business in Au- 

 burn. Me., passed away .Monday night, 

 June 12, at his home, o2u Turner street, 

 after several months of painful illness. 

 He was born in Dover. N. H., 68 years 

 ago. and came to Lewiston with his 

 parents when quite young. He carried 

 on the florist's business at the Turner 

 street greenhouses for many years. Mr. 

 Shackley is survived by his wife, and 

 two brothers, Horace of Lewiston, and 

 Frederick of Boston. 



David H. Laney. 

 David Hobbs Laney, a pioneer flor- 

 ist of Woodhaven, New York, died 

 Sunday. June 11. on his seventy-fourth 

 birthday from a paralytic stroke, at 

 his home, 1812 Woodhaven avenue, 

 where he had lived for thirty-six years, 

 and was for thirty-three years in 

 charge of the Grosjean estate. He 

 was born in South Warmboro. Hamp- 

 shire, England, June 11, 1842, and 

 had been in this country forty-six 

 years. He leaves a widow, Hannah, 

 and three grandchildren. 



Philip Edward Moon. 

 Private Philip Edward Moon, of 

 the Seaforth Highlanders, was killed 

 in action on April 28th, at the age of 

 19 years. He was a son of the late 

 Henry Moon, the best flower painter 

 of our day. and .grandson of Mr. F. 

 Sander. Bruges and St. Albans. The 

 sympathy of many in the trade will 

 go out to Mr. and Mrs. Sander and 

 Mrs. Moon in their bereavement. His 

 Captain, in a letter of sympathy, says: 

 "Philip was a brave soldier and a 

 good lad — one of the very best — and 

 he has, for a long time, had our ad- 

 miration and love. I will always 

 treasure the memory of him; his 

 great love of nature and his knowl- 

 edge of flowers was so wonderful to 

 us all. " — Horticultural Trade Journal. 



Nicholas P. Kruchten. 

 Nicholas P. Kruchten, son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. N. J. Kruchten, and secre- 

 tary of the firm of N. J. Krucliten & 

 Co., lost his life in an automobile acci- 

 dent at Lawrence avenue and the 

 river, Chicago, on the night of Juno 

 13th. At first it was thought the 

 machine, which was being driven at 

 high speed, collided with the rail of 



the bridge but later a defective wheel 

 is regarded as the cause of the acci- 

 dent. Mr. Kruchten died almost at 

 once and his two companions were 

 seriously injured. N. P. Kruchten was 

 29 years of age and was in active 

 charge of the growing end of the busi- 

 ness at 5308 N. Western avenue, two 

 brothers. John and Henry, having 

 charge of the wholesale store in the 

 .-^tlas block. Nicholas Kruchten also 

 leaves a wife to whom he was married 

 six years ago. The funeral was held 

 from the home of his parents on Fri- 

 day and interment was in Graceland 

 cemetery. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



Prof. A. H. Nehrling, head of the 

 department, is to be married on June 

 29 in South Bend, Indiana. He will 

 go to Colorado on his wedding trip. 



The Department of Floriculture is 

 closing up its work for the college 

 year. With the reorganization of the 

 work and the addition of new courses 

 the department has been able to carry 

 on its professional duties better than 

 in the past. In order that the students 

 may have practical experience to sup- 

 plement the professional courses giv- 

 en by the college, the department en- 

 deavors to place men on private es- 

 tates and commercial places during 

 the summer vacation. This year the 

 department has been able to place 14 

 men for the summer work. 



A. S. Thurston, assistant in the de- 

 partment, is to teach the courses in 

 floriculture to be given in the Summer 

 School. Under the direction of A. S. 

 Thurston the perennial garden has 

 been enlarged and quite a number of 

 new plants have been added. The 

 garden at present includes a very rep- 

 resentative collection of herbaceous 

 perennials: it contains about 3,000 

 plants representing 450 species and 

 varieties. The perennials are planted 

 in large beds, each genus and species 

 being correctly labeled. Although the 

 garden is not planted for effect, but 

 for educational purposes, it makes a 

 very effective showing with its vari- 

 ety and succession of bloom against 

 the background of green furnished by 

 the wide grass walks. 



ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND. 



.\ personal letter from Mr. F. San- 

 der. Sr.. of St. Albans, England, con- 

 veys the sad intelligence that his 

 grandson has just been killed in ac- 

 tion, to which Mr. Sander adds "His 

 life was to me dearer than my own." 

 Mr. Sander keeps closel.v in touch 

 with events horticultural on this side 

 of the water and is especially rejoiced 

 over the great success of the big pop- 

 ular flower shows in this country and 

 the rapid advance of commercial or- 

 chid growing, a condition which he 

 predicted when lie visited the United 

 States some thirty years ago. 



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