October 27, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



441 



A NOTABLE SPORT FROM CHRYSANTHEMUM YELLOW EATON. 



OBITUARY. 

 R. J. Mendenhall. 

 R. J. Mendenhall, the piointi- tlorist 

 of Minneapolis, passed a\v;iy nu Fri- 

 da.v morning, Oct. 19, at tii.' family 

 residence on Stevens avenue. Mr. 

 .Mendenhall erected the first sreen- 

 houses in Minneapolis some forty 

 years ago, and for years had the most 

 successful business in the norlhwest. 

 In late years, owing to ill health, he 

 rented his greenhouses; and it is with- 

 in the past year that he has sold the 

 greenhouse material and decided to 

 quit the business. He has been one 

 of the trustees of the Lakewood Ceme- 

 tery Association from the beginning, 

 and he has from the start made a 

 strong effort to make Lakewood Ceme- 

 tery the beautiful place that it now is. 

 In 1862 he became city treasurf-r and 

 president of the State Bank of .Minne- 

 apolis, and later served as secretary 

 and treasurer of the Board of Educa- 

 tion. Many of the florists in Minne- 

 apolis today first worked for Mr. Men- 

 denhall, and later branched out for 

 themselves. He was a member at one 

 time of the S. A. F., and also of the 

 Minnesota Horticultural Society, but 

 in late years ill health caused him to 

 lessen his interest in these things. 

 Mr. Mendenhall was a member of the 

 Orthodox Friends, and from the 

 "Quaker Church," with which he has 

 ever been identified, the burial serv- 

 ices were held at 2.30 o'clock Sunday 

 afternoon. The florists of the city 

 sent a beautiful design of American 

 Beauties and carnations. He's gone — 

 the oldest northwest florist — and in 

 the procession march they all. 



E. L. White. 

 Edward L. White, for many years a 

 florist in the Bedford district. New 

 York, died on Oct. IS at the advanced 

 age of 9.3. 



C. F. Thompson. 

 Charles F. Thompson of the firm ot 

 Thompson Bros., East Haddam, Conn., 

 died on October 19, at the age of 51. 



THE LATE DEAN HOLE. 



A memorial to the late Dean Hole 

 was dedicated by the Bishop of 

 Rochester in the cathedral of that city 

 on the 29th ult. The memorial Is in 

 the form of a recumbent figure of the 

 late Dean in statuary marble. He is 

 represented in his robes with eyes 

 closed and hands clasped, and at his 

 feet is a wreath of his favorite rosrs. 

 Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, A. R. A., is the 

 sculptor of the memorial, which rests 

 upon an altar base of alabaster de- 

 signed by Mr. C. Hodgson Fowler. F. 

 S. A. — The Gardeners' Chronicle. O;:- 

 tober 6, 1906. 



Bulletin No. 2 has been issued from 

 the office of the Massachusetts Moth 

 Superintendent, Mr. A. H. Kirkland. 

 It is intended for the guidance of 

 cities and towns and individual citi- 

 zens in the work of suppression of 

 the two destructive insects — the gypsy 

 and brown-tail moths and a perusal 

 i>f its contents is recommended to 

 everyone who would be well informed 

 as to the essential facts concerning 

 these two notorious pests. The report 

 is profusely illustrated. 



Our illustration shows .lohn A. 

 Macrae's deep yellow sport from Yel- 

 low Eaton cho'santhemum which, 

 when shown in Boston last year, 

 scored 90 points in the C. S. A. scale. 

 Its form, as the picture shows is in 

 the way of Major Bonnaffon, closely 

 incurved, the petals longer pointed 

 than in that well known variety. The 

 color is much brighter and deeper 

 than that of Yellow Eaton. The E. G. 

 Hill Company has purchased the 

 larger part of the stock and the 



variety will be disseminated jointly 

 next spring by the E. G. Hill Com- 

 pany and the originator and will be 

 lor sale also by S. S. Skidelsky. Its 

 good growing qualities have been 

 well proven this year and some 

 superb flowers will be shown but as it 

 is strictly a late variety it is doubt- 

 ful if blooms can be got ready for 

 the large exhibitions although great 

 efforts are being made to that end. 

 The first flowers were cut last year on 

 November 25. 



CHICAGO NEWS NOTES. 



Carnati,)n Aristocrat is making a 

 most flattering success for so early 

 in the season. The Chicago Carnation 

 Company are almost overwhelmed by 

 the call for the blooms at fancy prices. 



Mr. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, is authority for the statement 

 that the prices for chrysanthemums 

 are this year much larger than in pre- 

 vious years, up to the present dat^. 

 and that 'f they hold out as they have 

 begun this will be a record-breaking 

 year. 



The Foley Manufacturing Company 

 have under construction a new plant 

 of much larger size and with increased 

 facilities for their output which is 

 finding a rapidly growing demand, 

 both east and west. 



W. J. Smyth's retail siore has been 

 undergoing an extensive overhauling, 

 and now presents a most attractive ap- 

 pearance, exterior and interior. 



P. J. Hauswirth has been obliged to 



return temporarily to his old quarters 

 in Congres.s street during the comple- 

 tion of the new addition to the Audi- 

 torura Annex, where Mr. Hauswirth 

 will have a palatial outfit. 



DETROIT DOINGS. 



Gust Knoch of Woodmere who 

 worked up quite a trade by raising 

 water hyacinths in a pond on his 

 grounds lost all these plants through 

 the refuse water of the local gas cam- 

 pany entering his pond. He promptly 

 started a suit against the Detroit Gas 

 & Light Co., and a jury in Judge 

 .Murphy's court awarded him $800 

 damages. 



Mr. Thomas Brow who has nearly 

 completed a fourth house, recently 

 injured his knee severely through a 

 fall from a scaffold. Frequent visits 

 by fellow members from the florists' 

 club make this misfortune easier for 

 him. 



