July 21, 1906 



HORTI CULTURE 



57 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Whi-n one slops to consid'.'i- the in- 

 estimable good tlie enterprising 

 •'trade press" is doing for the florists 

 of our country, life does seem worth 

 the living and we are sorry for the 

 man who has to die and forget it. 

 1-^or "live news" commend always the 

 columns of a western contemporary. 

 One sample will suffice; here it is: 



..^Ir was ciilled upon lo niaki' 



a lamb for tlu- hineral of a promhi.-nt 

 butcher last wcvk. It was so natural tlial 

 luauj- imagined it was alive." 



We hear that President Mellen of 

 the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. is having 

 a fine conservatory erected at New 

 Haven. This patronage of the hor- 

 tii-ultiiral interests is duly appre- 

 ciated. Now, let him next provide that 

 I he everyday horticulturist riding be- 

 tween Boston and New York can have 

 the same advantage of quick travel- 

 ing time over his road as is given the 

 parlor car patron. Class discrimina- 

 tion will never help any institution 

 to popularity. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. Israel Ro.snosky and Miss Elsa 

 Beck were married at Dorchester, 

 Mass.^ on July 2. 



"Greetings from Sweden" come to 

 HORTICULTURE bearing the auto- 

 graph of our esteemed friend, Wm. A. 

 Peterson.. 



J. B. Heiss, president of the Dayton 

 Florists' Club, is in New York this 

 week in the interests of the S. A. F. 

 exhibition at the convention in Au- 

 gust. 



J. E. Hoffmire, representing Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., New York, sailed for 

 Europe on a business trip via S. S. 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Thursday, 

 July 19. 



J. H. Troy of the Rosary Flower 

 Company, New York, sailed on the 

 17th inst. on the Caronia to attend the 

 International Conference on Plant 

 Breeding, which is to be held in Lon- 

 don under the auspices of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. 



NEWPORT PERSONALS. 



Among those visiting Newport last 

 week was Mr. J. P. A. Guerineau, of 

 the Schlegel & Fottler Co. of Boston. 



The many friends of John H. Cheyne 

 in Newport are pleased to learn that 

 after a lapse of six years he has re- 

 sumed his old position with the 

 Schlegel & Fottler Co. of Boston. 



"It is an ill wind that blows nobody 

 good." Alex. MacLellan is busy 

 spraying tor insect pests on trees. Last 

 week the park commissioners engaged 

 his whole force of men to spray the 

 trees on Broadway and in some of the 

 parks. 



OBITUARY. 



The death is announced of Mme. 

 .^ugiiste van Geert in her 81st year, at 

 Ghent. Madame van Geert was the 

 widow of the well-known nurseryman 

 who founded the business over which 

 the late Edouard Pynaert van Geert 

 presided. The family still conduct the 

 Imsiness under the same style. ■ 



FIELD OF PEONY FESTIVA MAXIMA GROWN BY GILBERT. H. WILD. 



APPRECIATED. 



Enclosed is an order for one dollar 

 for HORTICULTURE. Would have 

 sent sooner but have been away. I 

 am very much in love with your paper 

 and appreciate the colored plates. It 

 is growing better each week and no 

 florists could do without its valuable 

 helps in gardening in any line. — S. J. 



Dear Sir:— I have pleasure in en- 

 closing the current year's subscription 

 to HORTICULTURE, and wish you 

 continued success in the publication. 

 Some of the recent articles which have 

 there appeared, such as the discussion 

 over the improvement vs. deterioration 

 of varieties and species, are among the 

 best things in current horticultural 

 literature of the day. 



Yours very truly, 



K. W. P. 



IN VACATION TIME. 



Whon life has grown threadbare and seamy. 



And the .soul is at war with itself. 

 When the nerves are unstrung and dis- 

 cordant, 



.\nd courage Is laid on the shelf, 

 Then wise Mother Nature allures us 



Awav to her fastness to rest. 

 And we lay with a sigh of contentment 



Our head on her kindly brown breast. 



Her breath fans our brow, and its odor 



With balsam is pungent and sweet. 

 And down through the cool, scented silence 



The pine needles drift o'er our feet. 

 And far in the dim distant spaces, 



In the soft tender blue of the skies. 

 We cat<-h through the low hanging branches 

 branches 



The calm, brooding light of her eyes. 



And our world-weary spirit grows tranquil, 



And the cares that perplex us depart. 

 As we rest in the bosom of Nature, 



.\nd feel the strong beat of her heart. 

 And her alchemic force permeates us 



And thrills through our being and brain. 

 Till life glows with color and beauty 



And courage grows buoyant again. 



Oh. the dim, dusky aisles of the forest- 

 Its denizens wary and fleet, 



The music of soft lapping waters, 

 The solitude of tranquil and sweet. 



The sinil-searching sacred communion 

 And the tr.vst with invisible things. 



The calm benediction of Nature, 

 And the infinite healing it brings. 



—LIZZY CLARKE HARDY. 



WINTER COURSES IN HORTICUL- 

 TURE AT CORNELL. 



The tendency in winter-course in- 

 struction at most of the colleges of 

 agriculture, is towards specialization 

 and concentration. A few years ago 

 these farm students were all grouped 

 in one course in general agriculture 

 made up of a taste of dairying, animal 

 feeding and breeding, orcharding, 

 farm management, and the like. As 

 time went on and in response to an 

 expressed desire on the part of the 

 pupils, they were separated into 

 groups according to the subject in 

 which they were particularly in- 

 terested till now the winter-course 

 student at Cornell may elect a course In 

 general agriculture, one in dairying, 

 one in poultry raising or one in horti- 

 culture. 



The course in horticulture was in- 

 stalled last winter and there were 

 fifteen students registered in it. The 

 certificates to the successful students 

 of last winter in this course have just 

 been distributed and many inquiries 

 are already in hand regarding the 

 scope of the work for next winter. 

 The aim is to make the work as prac- 

 tical as possible with a view of equip- 

 ping the student for actual orchard, 

 garden or greenhouse management 

 work. Principles are taught, but the 

 practice work is the most important. 

 The course is open to men and women. 

 The facilities at the College of Agri- 

 culture are being rapidly improved and 

 when the new college buildings are 

 completed next year the work will go 

 forward with greatly increased en- 

 thusiasm and satisfaction. Persons 

 desiring information regarding this 

 course should apply to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, College of Agri- 

 culture, Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



Herewith I enclose amount of my 

 subscription for HORTICULTURE. 

 With best wishes for your bright and 

 up-to-date paper. — H. J. 



