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HORTICULTURE 



June 21, 1919 



Win. T. Morse; Secretary, C. L. Shep- 

 ard; treasurer, Charles J. Malloy; ex- 

 ecutive committee, Campbell A. Baird, 

 Frederick G. Barry, C. J. Mallory, Mrs. 

 T. A. Whittle, Mrs. Edward Bausch 

 and Mrs. E. A. Webster. 



Corporal Lester Brome of 312th In- 

 fantry, has returned from France after 

 14 months abroad. i 



Charles Gow has taken a position 

 with the Rochester Floral Co. Mrs. 

 Smith of the same firm has been trans- 

 ferred to H. E. Wilson's store. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 held the last meeting of the season 

 June 13th and discussed the importa- 

 tion of plants, and arrangements were 

 made for a Florists' picnic to be held 

 August 6th at Nine Mile Point. 



Peonies, the queen of the market, 

 are arriving in great quantities. Gla- 

 diolus, larkspur, snapdragon, stocks, 

 lemon lilies are arriving in great quan- 

 tities. Carnations are getting scarce 

 and are poorer each day. Roses of all 

 kinds are over-plentiful but of poor 

 quality. Sweet peas of all kinds are 

 plentiful. Fresh southern ferns have 

 helped out the scarcity of several 

 weeks. Good asparagus and galax are 

 arriving. 



utation as editor of the camp paper 

 and seems likely to make a successful 

 career for himself in the journalistic 

 field. 



BOSTON. 



June weddings are keeping the Bos- 

 ton market reasonably active, at least 

 in some lines. There is a big demand 

 for sweet peas, the white and Spencer 

 pink varieties. Prices rule high and 

 all the offerings are taken quickly. The 

 peas are very good in quality and are 

 taking the place of valleys which are 

 out of the market altogether. The last- 

 ing qualities of peas are good, making 

 them more popular at this season than 

 roses. The latter accordingly are 

 down in price. Carnations, too, are 

 in very plentiful supply without any 

 great demand. Peonies have been at 

 their best this week and have sold 

 very well, but they are not as plenti- 

 ful as they would have been had the 

 late frost not killed many buds. The 

 popularity of the peony is steadily 

 growing and it is coming to be increas- 

 ingly conspicuous as a florist's flower. 

 Glads are coming In freely and selling 

 reasonably w r ell with the prices declin- 

 ing. Probably there will be a better 

 market for them after the peonies 

 have gone. All in all it is a normal 

 June market. 



Henry Robinson, Jr.. is to attend 

 the summer school at Columbia Uni- 

 versity this summer. After his ex- 

 perience in the navy he is glad to be 

 back into civilian garb, and has been 

 resting up at his father's summer 

 home. While in camp he made a rep- 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The week of June 9 to 14 in Phila- 

 delphia was quite an improvement on 

 its predecessor, chiefly because the 

 big glut was conspicuous by its ab- 

 sence, and everything with any qual- 

 ity to it at all cleaned up all right. The 

 rose market was in good healthy con- 

 dition and there was plenty of stock 

 for all demands. Carnations were also 

 pretty fair both as to quantity and 

 quality for the season, although they 

 are beginning to show the effect of the 

 advancing season. Delphiniums are 

 very choice and give a welcome touch 

 in the blues and lavenders. Gladioli 

 are also fine, some exceptionally fine 

 lots of America, Princeps, Mrs. Fran- 

 cis King, etc., to be seen, big long 

 spikes with perfect foliage and large 

 flowers. Outdoor flowers are abun- 

 dant and in good variety — adding quite 

 a little to the interest and general get- 

 up to the market. One of the best 

 items in that connection are the Ram- 

 bler Rose sprays in various colors and 

 varieties. These are in great demand 

 for decorations. 



Philadelphia visitors: Mrs. Schultz. 

 Charlotte, N. C; Miss Agnes Bogan, 

 Sumter, S. C; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert 

 A. Pennock, Jupiter, Fla.; H. Christian 

 Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark; El- 

 mer Weaver, Ronks, Pa. 



OBITUARY. 



William J. Quinlan. 



William J. Quinlan, one of the best 

 known florists of Syracuse, N. Y., re- 

 cently passed away. 



Born in Ireland in 1856, Mr. Quinlan 

 came to this country with his parents 

 in 1857. His father. William Quinlan, 

 Sr.. was engaged in agricultural pur- 

 suits until his death, in 1881. 



When his brother, P. R. Quinlan. 

 bought out the Smith & Powell floral 

 interests he entered his employ and a 

 short time later became a partner. He 

 was a partner for about 20 years and 

 although he sold out his interests, he 

 was still connected with the business. 



After the death of his brother he 

 managed the business until it was re- 

 organized. 



Mr. Quinlan married Miss Sarah 

 Coyne, who survives, as do two 

 daughters, the Misses Marie F. and 

 Laura A. Quinlan. Mr. Quinlan was 

 a member of the C. M. B. A., Branch 

 49, and Syracuse Lodge 625, L. O. O. 

 M. 



Joseph E. Simpson. 

 Joseph E. Simpson, head rose grow- 

 er for C. & G. L. Pennock, Lansdowne. 

 Pa., died on the 13th inst. from an at- 

 tack of acute Brights disease after a 

 brief illness. He was 39 years of age 

 and leaves a widow and three children. 

 His early training was in England, 

 after which he came to this country 

 and started in with his uncle, Robert 

 Simpson. Later he increased his ex- 

 perience with George Reinberg, Chi- 

 cago; Fred Breitmeyer, Detroit; John 

 Welsh Young, Philadelphia, and for 

 the past two years with Messrs. Pen- 

 nock at Lansdowne. He was highly 

 thought of, both professionally and 

 personally by all who knew him, and 

 his sudden passing away at a compar- 

 atively early age is a great shock to 

 his sorrowing friends and family. 



Gilbert A. Noyes. 

 Gilbert A. Xoyes, aged 73, a well- 

 known gardener of Newburyport, 

 Mass., died at the Anna Jaques Hos- 

 pital recently. For many years he 

 was employed at a large estate on 

 High street. He retired a few years 

 ago. He was a member of the O. U. 

 A. M. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. 

 Fred M. Robbins of this city and Mrs. 

 Albert H. Beckford of West Newbury. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETIES. 



Now the war is over the horticultur- 

 al societies of Canada are becoming 

 very active. 



The Guelph Horticultural Society 

 has issued a most attractive annual an- 

 nouncement and premium list. On the 

 front cover appears a colored illus- 

 tration of an aster, the flower which 

 has been chosen as the city's floral 

 emblem. Two interesting announce- 

 ments are to the effect that two firms 

 in the city, in order to assist the socie- 

 ty to increase its membership to 2,000 

 have consented to give a dollar's worth 

 of garden seeds and plants to people 

 who purchase a dollar membership 

 ticket in the Horticultural Society in 

 their stores. 



Rev. Mr. Tebbs, a former president 

 of the Ontario Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, has organized a horticultural so- 

 ciety at Burlington, Ont., where he is 

 now located, with over one hundred 

 members. 



The Lindsay Horticultural Society 

 for 1918 and 1919 in addition to giving 

 its members a year's subscription to 

 The Canadian Horticulturist gave in 

 the fall premiums of six hyacinths, six 

 tulips and two daffodils, worth about 

 $1.50, and in the spring will give an- 

 other premium worth 50c. 



