November 27, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



717 



OBITUARY. 



John Sharkey. 

 John Sharkey, a teamster employed 

 by George F. Johuson, florist, Elmwood 

 avenue. Providence, R. I,, was killed 

 almost instantly Thursday afternoon, 

 Nov, 18, when a horse attached to the 

 wagon he was driving became un- 

 manageable. His companion, John J. 

 Brophy, was removed to the Rhode Is- 

 land Hospital. Both were employees 

 of Johnson, 



Robert Aull. 

 Robert Aull, former Park Commis- 

 sioner of St. Louis and well-known 

 throughout the country in park work 

 circles, died on Saturday, November 

 20th, at St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis. 

 Mr. Aull was 62 years of age and 

 leaves a wife, son and daughter. Col. 

 Bob as he was familiarly known was 

 a great lover of flowers. 



Carl Waldecker. 



A visit to Germany some time ago 

 proved fatal to Carl Waldecker, of 

 Braintree, Mass., according to a 

 message received by his brother. 

 Herman, announcing his death from 

 wounds received while doing forag- 

 ing work on the Russian frontier. 

 The Waldecker brothers were en- 

 gaged in plant growing and bulb 

 forcing. Last June Carl went to Hol- 

 land on business, and, while across, 

 visited his mother in Germany. While 

 there, as a German subject, he was 

 pressed into service for the war, and 

 wounded September 27, according to 

 the message. 



Augustus E. Scott. 



Augustus Elwin Scott, lawyer and 

 instructor, eminent for his liotanlcal 

 researches, died in Lexington, Mass., 

 on November 19, aged 77 years. Mr. 

 Scott organized the Lexington Field 

 and Garden Club, for village improve- 

 ment, the first organization of its 

 kind in Massacliusetts. He was also 

 an authority on the flora of eastern 

 Massachusetts and the higher alti- 

 tudes, having made the growths on 

 the Appalachian and White Moun- 

 tains the subject of special study. 

 He contributed many essays to "Ap- 

 palachia" on horticultural subjects. 



He was a member of the Lexington 

 Board of Park Commissioners, and 

 worked for parks and playgrounds for 

 the younger people. Last spring he 

 gave to the town a plot of more than 

 30 acres as 'iie site for a park. 



PUBLICATIO RECEIVED. 



Landscape Gardenu.g as Applied to 

 Home Decoration. By Samuel T. May- 

 nard, formerly Professor of Hoiany and 

 Horticulture at the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College. This is the second 

 edition of this charming and useful 

 book, originally dedicated "to the thou- 

 sands of home-makers who are trying 

 to beautify their homes" and which 

 now comes to us after the lapse of fif- 

 teen years in a new dress, greatly en- 

 larged and improved in keeping with 

 the advancement which has been made 

 In the numbers and character of the 

 garden material available and the 

 knowledge of their culture. 



For the vast majority of garden 



lovers, unable to employ professional 

 landscape gardening assistance, this 

 book is especially a treasury of infor- 

 mation and encouragement in which 

 all the operations contributing to a 

 well-planned, intelligently planted and 

 properly cared-for garden, large or 

 small, are explained in a thoroughly t 

 practical manner, in addition to much 

 valuable advice as to location of build- 

 ings, architecture, walks and drives, 

 country roads and roadside improve- 

 ment, schoolyards and parks, etc. The 

 book contains 396 pages and many fine 

 plates. It is published by John Wiley 

 & Sons, Inc., New York and London. 

 Price $1.50 net. Copies can be sup- 

 plied from the office of Horticulture. 



The issue of The Garden, London, 

 for October 23, is devoted especially 

 to the Rose. There are some very in- 

 teresting articles and beautiful illus- 

 trations, including one of the popular 

 Hadley, In the notes accompanying 

 the latter the writer has curiously 

 failed to state that Hadley is an Amer- 

 ican production and the drift of the 

 lines is such that the uninformed read- 

 er would be apt to infer that it was a 

 foreign variety which had been popu- 

 larized as a forcing rose in America. 

 This we are sure was not intended. A 

 beautiful colored plate of the new 

 crimson single rose Princess Mary is 

 given with this issue of The Garden. 



We have received a circular from 

 the Russian-American Chamber of 

 Commerce in Moscow, giving a brief 

 idea of the purposes of the organiza- 

 tion which is primarily to promote 

 trade and establish close business re- 

 lations between Russia and America. 

 The special problem at the present 

 time is to re-establish the exchange of 

 commodities which has been hindered 

 by the European war. 



ly, quickly and cheaply you can rid yi>ur orchard j 

 of all scale, larvae, eggs and fin.gi. It describes 1 

 "scalecide the one great dormant spray, * which 

 mixed I to 15, is guaranteed tn kill every scale it 

 reaches One barrel equals three barrels of lime 

 sulplnir and there is no spray more sirap.e, safe 

 or effective. 



Our Free Service Deparment 



J (or your si,e( ial benefit. Oucsti.m ii^i .lUni! .iny 

 »tN^ orch.ird ami yarden sprays .m.iti>.ils. Ihjrlife- 

 K^ time exivrience -s . -.rb f'jrtlir 3s;.iii,:. 

 Wrile TODA. 

 B.O. Pratt Co.. 0«pt. 12 

 S^ Church St. N. V. 



THE PLANTLIFE COMPANY 



.M;iiiiifa<urcrs (if In.se<tl('lilf'i 

 Iti-iiinvicl to I.iirtjer Quartern 



417 E. 19th Street, NEW YORK 



lOO-lb. hue 



Plantnre Insecticide for Dusting »! 50 



Plantlire TumlsntlnK Tolincco S.no 



Very Strong Tobocco DuBt *■<•<> 



We pay freight orders for 200 lbs. or more 

 Cash with oriler. 



- ,<x NIKOTEEN 

 \A iH APHIS PUNK 



VSg^ joi For Fumigating 



A«k Your Denier For ll. 



NICOTINE MFG. CO. 



ST. LOUIS 



The RecornUrd Standu-d Inacctleid*. 



A spray remedy for green, black, whit* By, 



red aplder, tbrtpi, mealy bng and toftacaU. 



Qnart, fl.OO: GaUon, t1M>. 



FUNCINE 



An Infallible spray remedy for rose mildew, 

 carnation and cbryaanthemnm mat. 

 Qnart, tic.; Gallon, (2.00. 



VERMINE 



A soil sterilizer for cut, eel, wire and angle 

 norms. 



Qnart, fl.OO; Gallon, 13.00. 



SCALINE 



A scnllclde and fungicide combined for San 

 Jose and varloua scale on trees and hardy 

 stuck, and Tarloui bllghta wblcb affect 

 them. 



Qnart, 16e.; OalloB. •l.M. 



NIKOTIANA 



A 12% nicotine iolntlon properly diluted 

 fur funiij-Mtin^ or v.-iporizink'- 



Quart. 91.60: OaUoo, »4.S0. 



If TOO cannot obt«ia onr pr»dacta frmmt 



your local dealer, Bcnd us your order aad 

 we will hlii[> in)nie<liulely througb our 

 nearest agent. 



Aphine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON. N. J. 

 GEO. A. BrSNISTON M. C. KBEL 



Prealdent Ire»«Br«r 



JIZflRb 



r;- /I" 



tiflNURES 



Unequalled for Greenhouse and 

 Landscape Fertilizing 



THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 



31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



SCOTCH SOOT 



Where there Is a house that Is ln«t 

 full of buds almost ready to show color, 

 nothing will turn better color Into 0>» 

 flovsers than n little soot, that can be 

 scattered over the benches before water- 

 ing. The amount applied should not be 

 excessive, na the soot Is very strong 

 nnd may dnmnge some of the foliage 

 somewhat. Apply just enough to blacken 

 the surface of the soil In the benchea, 

 and let It go at that. Better a little 

 oflener than too much nil at once. 



>Ve offer tlio genuine In orliclnal cwt. 

 Siirk'*. at : 



»l.00 per 11! Ib«.; 117.00 per 060 Iba. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. 



30-32 Barclay Street, NEW YORK 





