September 1, 1906 



HORTICUl^TURi: 



23.i 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



In choosing a Boslouian for presi- 

 dent the florists confirm Uio report 

 that Boston has the flower of the 

 whole florist family. — Boston Itecord. 



We never contradict The Record. 



The American Florist inquires, 

 "Who is Col. Castle?" Possibly, be- 

 fore the end of the convention, the 

 querist found out. We are. liowever, 

 at all times willing to supply inquisi- 

 tive people with any information we 

 can concerning Massachusetts folks, 

 so are pleased to inform our Chicago 

 contemporary that Col. Castle has 

 been for a number of years president 

 of the Weymouth, Mass.. Agricultural 

 Society, and is an ardent horticul- 

 turist, as further evidenced by his 

 beautiful estate at Weymouth. We 

 might also add, incidentally, that the 

 gentleman carries five wounds re- 

 ceived in the service of his country. 

 His business interests in the Holly 

 Castle Circulator took him to the 

 Washington convention; those who 

 listened to his words at Dayton 

 learned something about what brought 

 him to the Dayton convention, and we 

 do not question that the silver-tongued 

 colonel will also be in evidence at the 

 Philadelphia convention, prepared to 

 supply any further information as to 

 "who he is" to persons of an inquir- 

 ing turn of mind. 



A flower show in Lenox last week 

 was really creditable and worth while, 

 but there was one amazing thing 

 about it. All the credit of the show 

 went to the owners of the place who 

 had so little interest in the exhibi- 

 tion that not more than half saw the 

 blossoms. Placarded all about were 

 huge cards bearing, "First Award, 

 Mrs. John E. Parsons," or "Miss Adele 

 Kneeland," "Mrs. Robert Winthrop," 

 or "Mrs. George Westinghouse." but 

 not a word about the gardeners who 

 deserved the credit for the culture 

 and care of the flowers. Many of 

 these villa owners were swelling 

 about, showing their blooms and in- 

 cidentally exhibiting how little they 

 knew of florticulture. It would be 

 more creditable to the cottagers to 

 insist that the first award should go 



to "John .Jones, gardener of " 



than to assume credit for the skill 

 and knowledge of these men who win 

 beauty from the soil. — Town Topics. 



Town Topics is right — unqualifiedly 

 right. It would be a graceful move on 

 the part of the employer to concede 

 to the gardener the credit which pri- 

 marily belongs to him, and this sort 

 of encouragement to further and 

 greater zeal on his part would be well 

 repaid in future triumphs. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Hugh Kane, under gardener on the 

 estate of William G. Rockefeller, at 

 Greenwich. Conn., committed suicide 

 by drowning on August 25. 



J. J. Waaland and E. R. Sackett 

 have purchased the greenhouses of 

 Barnd, Karg & Co., of Findlay, O., 

 and 100 feet of land additional belong- 

 ing to Mrs. Barnd, for .$4,000. Mr. 

 Barnd will locate in Texas. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



Manuel D'Yriarte, a notal)Ie grower 

 of select flowers in the I'hiliiipines, 'is 

 making a choice contribiilion to the 

 White House conservatories in Wash- 

 ington. It comprises a shipment of 

 orchids numbering about 7,000 plants, 

 and arrived here this week on the 

 United States Army transport Thomas, 

 and after a tew days of care will go on 

 their way. Those in charge of the 

 orchids are, however, apprehensive of 

 the results of the journey across the 

 continent. 



When the issue of HORTICULTURE 

 containing these notes goes to press 

 there will be a meeting of pear grow- 

 ers in the Capitol City of the State 

 which promises to be one of the most 

 important gatherings of orchard men 

 ever held in California. The purpose 

 is to discuss the pear blight situation 

 and decide what steps shall be taken 

 to control this disease. The meeting 

 is called by the Sacramento Valley 

 Development Association, upon the ad- 

 vice of one hundred pear growers, 

 among whom are Lieutenant-Governor 

 Alden Anderson, Edgar .7. Depue, 

 Frank H. Buck, Mrs. Annie Bidwell, 

 R..J. Blowers and T. H. Ramsey. Pro- 

 fessor M. B. Waite, of the Department 

 of Agriculture, will attend from Wash- 

 ington, D. C, also Professor Ralph E. 

 Smith of the University of California. 



The world-famed palm garden of 

 the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 

 which was toppled out of shape by the 

 April earthquake and the next day re- 

 duced to ashes by the great fire, is to 

 be reproduced and on a much larger 

 scale. It was the attraction of the 

 hotel, say the trustees of the Sharon 

 estate, w-ho own the premises, and it 

 was decided, a few days ago, to re- 

 place the original structure with im- 

 provements. This week the insurance 

 loss on the building was adjusted at 

 $1,302,610.22. to be paid by the ninety- 

 eight companies involved in the loss. 

 Incidentally, the committee of East- 

 ern adjusters say. it is the largest loss 

 upon a single risk ever adjusted in 

 this country. 



FALL GRASS IN THE LAWN. 



Dear Editor: 



Would like to know what some of 

 the readers of HORTICULTURE have 

 to say in reference to ridding a large 

 lawn of what is known as fall grass, 

 an annual with a rather broad, soft 

 leaf. Very truly, 



E. M. 



Wellesley, August 17. 1906. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



We know of no way. short of killing 

 everything besides, except to pull out 

 the weed by hand. If they did not 

 smother the smaller growing lawn 

 grass, it wouldn't matter if they were 

 left, if not allowed to .go to seed. They 

 are annuals only, and will not grow 

 next year. Most law'n weeds come in 

 barnyard manure. It had better be 

 avoided until a good lawn is secured, 

 and chemical fertilizers used instead. 

 Yours truly, 



T. D. HATFIELD. 



NEWPORT PERSONALS. 



V. A. Vanicek, of the Rhode Island 

 Nurseries, has secured a contract tor 

 the supplying of a large number of 

 specimen trees of large dimensions 

 for the estate of E'. C. Knight, Jr., on 

 Bellevue avenue. 



The greenhouses on the estate of 

 W. Storrs Wells, where Andrew S. 

 Meikle is gardener, are to be torn 

 down and removed. It is the inten- 

 tion of Mr. Wells to rebuild another 

 range on land away from the place 

 which he thinks of purchasing for 

 the purpose. 



Donald Shepherd, who leaves New-- 

 port next week to assume charge of 

 Mr. Roelker's place at East Green- 

 wich, R. I., leaves a friend in every 

 gardener in Newport. All regret his 

 departure but are pleased that in the 

 change Mr. Shepherd is improving 

 his condition. As gardener for Mr. 

 Burden, at Fairlawn. Mr. Shepherd 

 had but few opportunities to show 

 what he was capable of accomplishing, 

 but the few that did present them- 

 selves were taken advantage of and 

 creditable results were the conse- 

 quences. 



BOSTON BREVITIES. 

 John P. Gillis will take charge of 

 the greenhouses on the E. A. Dow 

 estate, Woburn. Mass., succeeding 

 Walter S. Stackpole. 



William Doogue, for many years s\i- 

 perintendent of the Public Grounds of 

 Boston, is dangerously ill, and much 

 anxiety is felt as to the outcome. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar sailed from 

 New York on Tuesday, August 28, on 

 the White Star liner for an eight 

 weeks' business trip in Europe. He 

 will visit Spain. Italy. Switzerland, 

 France, Denmark, Germany, Belgium 

 and Great Britain. 



Superintendent Pettigrew is making 

 park settees of a very serviceable 

 type, having posts and brackets of 

 cement, in which twisted iron rods are 

 encased. The cement is colored to 

 match the dark wood of the seat and 

 back slats and the general outline 

 is ver>' pleasing. 



PERSONAL. 

 Charles W. Reiniers. formerly of 

 Louisville, Ky., is seeking rest and 

 recreation in Los Angeles, Calif. 



F. T. Covey, a florist of Fredericks- 

 burg, Va.. has been appointed to su- 

 perfn'tend the laying out of the 

 grounds at the Jamestown exposition. 



I am told that you issue the best 

 paper in the trade: put me on your list 

 and send bill for same for one year, 

 and oblige. C W. H. 



Alfred Akerman has resigned his 

 position of State forester of Massachu- 

 setts to accept the Peabody chair of 

 forestry in the University of Georgia. 

 Mr. Akerman has been State forester 

 since the creation of the office in 1904. 

 and had been filling a similar position 

 in Connecticut when called to Massa- 

 chusetts. 



OBITUARY. 

 The svmpathy of the trade is with 

 Geo. S. Faulkner, whose father, Geo. 

 A. Faulkner, died on the 26th inst. at 

 his home, 916 So. 50th street, Phila- 

 delphia. 



