JJovember 10. 1906 



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must confess I was conipleicly over- 

 whelmed by it. both by the iiiagnifl- 

 cent blooms shown and the attend- 

 ance. Thtro were over 70,000 paid ad- 

 missions in three days. Think of that, 

 and be humble! Nay, think of that 

 and lay plans day and night to rouse 

 our people to a similar interest! What 

 could we accomplish if we had a con- 

 stituency like that? 



Perhaps I may say a word about the 

 varieties that reigned supreme at Ed- 

 inburgh. They were Elsie Fulton, Mrs. 

 Barclay, J. A. Silsbury, Mrs. T. W. 

 Vallis. Are you not surprised? The 

 finest flower I have even seen was a 

 Mrs. T. W. Vallis. You know how 

 poor a performer it is here. I saw 

 also the variety Lady Conyers. which, 

 as you know, is small and hard under 

 our conditions, and after several unsuc- 

 cessful trials many have discarded it. 

 But this same variety at Edinburgh 

 was wonderful in size, delicate in 

 color and with long trailing petals. 

 It seems impossible, but it is true, 

 that the Scotch climate appears to 



Obituary 



Lewis Ullrich. 



We present herewith a portrait of 

 tJic late Lewis lillrich, whose death we 

 briefly recorded in last week's issue. 

 Mr. Ullrich was a native of Germany, 

 being brought to this country in in- 

 fancy by his parents, who settled in 

 Monroeville, Ohio, and ten years later 

 moved to Tiffin, where the young man 

 had a public school education fol- 

 lowed by a full course at Heidel- 

 berg University. In 1874 he built 

 a small greenhouse, at first for 

 private purposes, he being an 

 ardent lover of flowers, but later 

 launched into commercial floriculture. 



native place In Ireland by his parents 

 to Mi<l(lletown, Conn., where he re- 

 ceived a high school education and 

 then gratified his inherited tastes for 

 garden work by entering the employ 

 of Ccorge Affieck & Co., an extensive 

 nursery firm of Hartford. In 1,S56 he 

 removed to Boston and entered the 

 employ of Charles Copeland, taking 

 charge of the greenhouses in Melrose 

 and the flower department in the Bos- 

 ton establishment of that famous 

 restauranteur. Eight years later he 

 opened business for himself in Floral 

 place, Boston, and for some fifteen 

 years was one of the most successful 

 florists of the city. In 1S78 he suc- 

 ceeded John Galvin as superintendent 

 of Boston Common and public 

 grounds, since which time he has held 

 the position through 13 consecutive 

 mayoralty administrations of all po- 



The late J. L. Dillon 



suit the flower, for many varieties 

 that with us are usually dull and un- 

 attractive were brilliant, showing at 

 once that climatic conditions play no 

 small or unimportant part in the cul- 

 ture of the chrysanthemum. 



One more word and I shall cease to 

 tax your patience. The Germans and 

 French have both gone into the grow- 

 ing of the chrysanthemum with great 

 energy, especially the latter; and 

 many fine varieties can be traced to 

 the handiwork of the French hybrid- 

 ist. Therefore, it behooves us to be 

 up and doing. Nay, I would say it is 

 our duty to see to it that we raise 

 such varieties as we can give to the 

 world. 



That our society is very grateful 

 to the Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago for the courteous and generous 

 treatment received you will all agree, 

 and 1 feel sure 1 voice the sentiments 

 of all members of the National So- 

 ciety in expressing our thanks and 

 appreciation for the privilege and 

 honor of meeting here. 



I thank you, gentlemen, tor your 

 kind attention and I wish you increas- 

 ing success. 



The late Lewis Ullrich 



and at the time of his death conducted 

 a large and thriving establishment. 



The large place which Mr. Ullrich 

 held in the hearts of his townspeople 

 was shown in the throngs that attend- 

 ed his funeral — hundreds more than 

 the church could hold. He leaves four 

 sons and four daughters to mourn the 

 lc^ss of a devoted father. 



William Doogue. 

 After a service of twenty-eight years 

 as superintendent of public grounds of 

 Boston, William Doogue has passed 

 away, at the age of 78. His .death on 

 November 3 was not unexpected, for 

 he had been failing rapidly ever since 

 an attack of pneumonia last spring. 

 For over forty years no man has been, 

 fiorlculturally, more in the public eye 

 than William Doogue. When a boy of 

 twelve years, the youngest of eight 

 children, he was brought from his 



The late William Doogue 



litical creeds, a rare example of strik- 

 ing diplomacy as well as extraordinary 

 popularity. 



Whatever may have been the esti- 

 mate of Mr. Doogue's methods of 

 decorative planting as displayed year 

 after year in the Public Garden of 

 Boston, his unbounded enthusiasm 

 and ardent love for everything floral 

 was never questioned. They were his 

 "being's end and aim," and socially 

 ho was just what we should expect 

 such a man to be — genial, considerate, 

 kindly. 



He leaves two sons, Luke .1. and 

 Wm. J., and three daughters, one of 

 whom is the wife of Timothy Mc- 

 Carthy, superintendent of Swan Point 

 Cemetery, Providence. 



Mrs. August Millang died at her 

 home in Bayside, Long Island, N. Y., 

 on Monday, November 5. 



A snowstorm that visited Rochester, 

 N. Y., and vicinity on Oct. 31 did great 

 damage among the nurseries, parks and 

 cemeteries. 



