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HORTICULTUKE 



March 8, 1919- 



more valuable commercial sugges- 

 tions to horticulturists than has our 

 departed friend in his time. 



Nashua, N. H. C. W. Horn. 



No one looms higher as a practical 

 mover in the onward march of horti- 

 culture than the late William J. 

 Stewart. Like his compatriot, Jack- 

 son Dawson, he would wade through 

 the woods for a chance to find a new 

 flower. And we must number him 

 among the Endieotts and Faneuils and 

 Fessendens, and down to the later 

 celebrities like the Brecks, the Hoveys, 

 the Richardsons, the Olmsteads, the 

 Wilders and many others whom I 

 don't think of for the minute. 



Wm. J. Stewart did much to advance 

 horticulture by precept, by example, 

 by tongue and pen, and more than all 

 by his wonderful personality. My per- 

 sonal and business intercourse with 

 him started thirty-five years ago, and 

 during all these years my esteem and 

 admiration for him has held constant 

 and ever-increasing. The world has 

 lost a great man, whose good deeds 

 will live long after him and whose 

 small human failings are already for- 

 gotten. All honor to his memory. 

 George C. Watson. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



In the passing away of our long and 

 time honored friend (Wm. J. Stewart) 

 I feel that I, who have known him a 

 lifetime, have lost one of my oldest 

 and best friends, and that the horti- 

 cultural world has lost one of its most 

 capable and enthusiastic workers, a 

 lover of his profession, one who was 

 always up and doing. 



John Westcott. 



Philadelphia. 



We pass through this life but once. 

 W. J. Stewart, my dear friend, has 

 passed. That kind heart and brilliant 

 mind is stilled forever. I loved him 

 and he knew it and gave him my love 

 unto the last. I will cherish forever 

 his memory, but shall miss his kind 

 personal letters. 



Samuel Murray. 



Kansas Citv, Mo. 



Our dear friend is no more. William 

 J. Stewart has gone to his reward — no 

 more can we have his cheery, kindly 

 welcome when visiting in Boston, and 

 his country which he loved is poorer 

 for his going. 



He did more for horticulture than 

 any man that I know of. And as a 

 worker he had the gift of organizing 

 and setting other people to work — 

 well we remember making a trip to 

 Providence over 20 years ago — it was 

 in early summer, to make arrange- 

 ments for the annual convention of 

 the S. A. F., no detail was overlooked, 

 everything arranged. 



In his writings he was ever the 

 champion of the right — as he saw it, 

 and his judgment was good. 



His friendship was enduring — true 

 as steel. The impress of his life re- 

 mains with us as a benediction— a 

 happy memory. 



We would not rob him of his rest 



Nor hold him back from laurels won, 



God knows, what is, for us the best 

 We bow to Him, His will be done. 



Alexander MacLellan. 

 Newport, R. I. 



Very keenly I feel the loss of my 

 old friend Mr. Stewart. Our friend- 

 ship dates back over thirty years and 

 has been most pleasantly maintained 

 during these years. 



He has borne his illness with cour- 

 age and patience, always hoping that 

 he might be able to resume his work, 

 but it was otherwise willed. 



You will miss him as well as 

 Yours sincerely, 



Walter F. Sheridan. 



New York. 



I am much grieved at the passing 

 away of Mr. Stewart. He was a kind- 

 ly, genial and courteous gentleman. 



He was good to others, and I trust 

 that our dear Lord has been good to 

 him. 



I can well understand how those 

 who have been associated with him 

 will miss him. 



Rev. T. P. Linehan, 

 St. Mary's Rectory, 



Biddeford, Me. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation met at Knights of Columbus 

 Hall, Monday evening, Feb. 24, and 

 the following officers were elected: 

 F. C. Weber, Jr., president: Andrew 

 Meyer, vice-president; Oscar Ruf. sec- 

 retary; A. Hoffmann, treasurer, and 

 Fred Hermann, sergeant-at-arms 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will 

 meet Thursday, March 13th, at Jules 

 Bourdet's place. A carnation and mis- 

 cellaneous flower show will be staged 

 and all outside growers are invited to 

 show new varieties. A special prize 

 of box of cigars by President Hum- 

 inert, termed the attendance prize, 

 will be given, also a fine lunch to the 

 members. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 Tuesday evening, Feb. 25, listened to 

 several papers, among them one on 

 "The Value of Scientific Training in 

 Horticulture." Schedules for the 

 spring and autumn shows were ap- 

 proved. Mr. James Cooper, gardener 

 for Mrs. Theodore K. Gibbs, exhibited 

 a number of Roman hyacinths, and 

 Mr. William McKay, gardener for Mr. 

 H. A. C. Taylor, specimens of Spanish 

 iris. 



FARMERS' WEEK IN MASSACHU- 

 SETTS 

 Massachusetts will have its annual 

 Farmers' Week at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College from March 17 

 to 22 inclusive. The "week" has al- 

 ways been well attended, even during 

 those years when things seemed to 

 be going smoothly and there was com- 

 paratively little to talk about. But 

 this year will probably see the most 

 important Farmers' Week that has 

 been held for a long time. Everyone 

 who tills the soil has recognized the 

 importance of the many agricultural 

 problems that have come out of war 

 conditions: problems that have intro- 

 duced entirely new conditions and sit- 

 uations. That we cannot go back to 

 old conditions, or that we should not 

 want to, is obvious, for the past three 

 years has advanced agriculture more 

 than any other one thing that has hap- 

 pened in all of our history. But just 

 how much of this progress can be 

 maintained, and how best to go about 

 it, are very vital problems that de- 

 mand careful and thorough discus- 

 sion. 



This is the keynote of the tenth an- 

 nual Farmers' Week in Massachusetts. 

 It will not be a meeting for college 

 people alone or for any other one 

 class, but will be given as an open 

 meeting for everyone who is interest- 

 ed in agriculture or allied activities. 

 The week will be filled with lectures, 

 demonstrations and discussions, given 

 by some of the biggest men in the 

 country in their respective lines and 

 on subjects which will touch the in- 

 terests of every farmer at some point. 

 For the sake of convenience, the va- 

 rious interests will be divided into 

 sections as follows: horticulture, home 

 economies, suburban interests, the ex- 

 periment station and the extension 

 service. Each section will have more 

 or less continuous meetings through- 

 out the week so that even in the case 

 of a farmer who is confining his opera- 

 tions to only one specialty, he can at- 

 tend the section in which his interest 

 comes and give the whole to it. In 

 such a case, he will find that leaders 

 in his particular field of activity will 

 be present to give lectures, forward 

 opinions and lead discussions, all with 

 the future of the business particularly 

 in mind. 



Besides the meetings during the 

 day, each evening will be given over 

 to a general meeting in the large col- 

 lege auditorium at which there will be 

 motion pictures of interest, and lec- 

 tures by prominent men and women, 

 some of whom include: Frank A. 

 Waugh, Capt. U. S. Sanitary Corps; 

 W. J. Spillman. formerly of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture; Professor 

 G. H. Blakelee of Clark University 

 and others. 



The complete programs are now 

 ready and will be mailed upon request 

 to the Extension Service, M. A. C, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



