August 11, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



141 



OBITUARY. 



James Weir, Jr. 



This well-known and prosperou.^ 

 florist of Brooklyn. N. Y.. died sudden- 

 ly on board his yacht while racing in 

 Peconic Bay on Wednesday, August 1. 

 Mr. Weir was the senior partner in 

 the firm of James Weir, Jr., & Son 

 He was born in England. October 17. 

 ISiZ, and came to Brooklyn with his 

 parents when he was a year old. His 

 father. James Weir, was one of the 



pioneer florists of Brooklyn. Deceased 

 was prominent in yachting circles and 

 also in politics, being especially inter- 

 ested in public educational work. He 

 was popular socially and highly es- 

 teemed by a large circle of friends. 

 He leaves a wife, three daughters and 

 one son. the latter, together with his 

 brothers John and Fred, being asso- 

 ciated with him in the business. 



Alexander Emslie. 

 Alexander Emslie, for the past six 

 years engaged in the florist business 

 :n Barre and Montpelier, Vt, passed 

 awa\ on August 1. Mr. Emslie was 

 born in Aberdeen, Scotland, 38 years 

 ago, but came to this country when 

 a young man. He has built up an 

 extensive business through his indus- 

 try and honesty. His brothers, George 

 and \\ illiam, will carry on the Barre 

 greenhouse. The Montpelier business 

 was purchased by Alexander Broad- 

 foot recently. 



James N. Bishop. 

 James N. Bishop, a botanist well 

 known in New England, died at Farm- 

 ington. Me., on July 29. He was born 

 in Plainville, Conn., in 18.51. A 

 widow, three sons and two daughters 

 survive him. 



The seventy-fifth fair of the Ameri- 

 can Institute of the city of New York 

 will l)e held in the Berkeley Lyceum 

 Building, September 25 to" 27. The 

 schedule of prizes can be obtained 

 from Dr. F. M. Haxamer, Chairman, 

 19 and 21 West 44th street, New York, 

 N. Y. 



HERBACEOUS P/EONIES 



HERBACEOUS P,1-:0NY FESTIVA MAXIMA9 ' « 



We begin harvesting Pjeonies early in September and will be ready to execute all orders by 

 the middle of the month. If you are interested m this class of stock and have not received 

 our special offer with interesting prices we shall be pleased to mail a copy on application. 



HENRY A. DREER, ru chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Abram S. Pennock. who has been 

 wintering in Florida, arrived in town 

 last week. After a short stay in his 

 favorite Lansdowne he will join his 

 people at Ocean City for a few weeks. 



The Johnson Seed Co., in addition to 

 the new electric elevator and other in- 

 terior store improvements, are putting 

 in an entire new front to their build- 

 ing at 217 Market St., a new stair- 

 case to the oflSces on the second floor 

 and new shelving. 



New crop crimson clover and the 

 early shipments of freesia.-Harrisi and 

 French bulbs are arriving. Business 

 here is unusually brisk for August. 



Ralph Shrigley, late salesman for 

 S. S. Pennock, is now with the Leo 

 Niessen Co. Mr. Shrigley was one of 

 the most popular of the old Pennock 

 boys and his hosts of friends wish him 

 every success in his new location. 



A good delegation of Philadelphians 

 will go to Dayton, according to present 

 indications. Messrs. Bayersdorfer, Pen- 

 nock. Craig, Dreer, Michell, Ball, Har- 

 ris, and other prominent houses doing 

 a continental trade will have their 

 usual display of staple goods and 

 novelties with ample help to take cars 

 of same, and the wide-awake com- 

 mission men, growers, retailers, and 

 seedsmen will also be there in good 

 force to show that Philadelphia still 

 cuts some ice in the horticultural 

 world, no matter who is president or 

 secretary or treasurer. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 

 There was a largely attended free 

 floral feast all the week in San Fran- 

 cisco, a begonia display by the John 

 H. Sievers Company, given in a 150 

 feet long conservatory at their Van 

 Ness avenue nursery adjoining the 

 floral store of Sievers & Bolaiid. 

 There were tens of thousands of these 

 beautiful flowers, the richest strains of 

 tuberous-rooted begonia blooms the 

 company ever grew, and because of 

 the late catastrophe there will be no 

 market for nine-tenths of them. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Arthur T. Boddington. New York 

 City, 1906 summer and autumn 

 Florists' Bulbs for forcing and plant- 

 ing. Has the Seal of Quality. 



In the group of illustrations of the 

 games at the Boston club picnic the 

 titles on the sack race and the 100 

 yard dash were inadvertently trans- 

 posed in last week's issue. 



PEONIES. 



Queen Victoria i ilic cold storage Howert $9.00 

 per liui Festlvd Maxima. S 11 (X) per IIKI. Frat- 

 rans tliB bloom i>n.(hicer). $e.m per i(X). For 

 10(1(1 rates or other vai ieiies. write. 



GILBERT H. WILD, 



SAROOXIE. MO. 



