October 28, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



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houses 01" sniilax, the only ones around 

 this section. 



J. P. Seibold has gotten out oC the 

 geranium business and his i)lace is 

 devoted to cut flower stock and it will 

 not lie Ions before some more seran- 

 iura growers drop out it" they continue 

 to sell at the prices current the past 

 few years. 



Mr. Wissler has bought the estab- 

 lishiuent of the late Geo. Goldbach 

 and is working hard to get it into 

 shape for the winter. He has the 

 usual assortment of cut flowers, with 

 several houses devoted to rallas, 

 which always were a paying crop 

 with this place. 



J. Otto Thilow, of Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc.. who had given his lecture on 

 "Flowers from Snow to Snow" before 

 the Civic Branch of the Iris Club in 

 the afternoon, was entertained at din- 

 ner by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seliroycr, 

 uMr. and Mrs. Albert M. Herr, Harry 

 K. Rohrer and Ira Landis at the Hotel 

 Brunswick in the evening, after which 

 he gave his lecture on "The Canadian 

 Rockies and Their Flowers" to the 

 Florists' Club, including ladies, and it 

 was appreciated more than words 

 could express, although an attempt 

 was made in a formal vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Thilow. 



This being the last regular meeting 

 before the Flower Show which will 

 be held Nov. 9, lo, and 11 a special 

 meeting will be called for the distribu- 

 tion of tickets and such other matters 

 as they come up. 



We were fortun^e to have with us 

 on our visiting trip and at the club 

 meeting S. S. Pennock, James Brown 

 of Coatsville and T. J. Nolan, three 

 regular "gloom chasers" who helped 

 wonderfully to make us forget the 

 clouds and rain during the trip around 

 the city. Albekt M. Hkkh. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY 



The nominating committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 announces the following nominations 

 of candidates for the various offices of 

 the Society to be filled at the annual 

 meeting. November 18: 



President, Richard M. Saltonstall; 

 vice-president, Nathaniel T. Kidder; 

 trustees (for three years), Stephen M. 

 AVeld, Ernest B. Dane, Edwin S. Web- 

 ster and Andrew W. Preston: nominat- 

 ing committee. Marcellus A. Patten, 

 William Sim, Nathaniel T. Kidder, 

 .John K. M. L. Farquhar and William 

 Downs. 



In accordance with the by-laws two 

 weeks are allowed for further nomina- 

 tions should any be desired. 



Wm. p. Rii II, Secy. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of the so- 

 ciety on Tuesday, Oct. 10, some fine 

 dahlia exhibits were on liand from R. 

 Taylor, T. Sturgis, J. Carman, 11. 

 Rapp. G. Wessenane and M. Curran, 

 which brought forth an interesting 

 discussion on this favorite flower. A 

 vote of thanks was accorded all the 

 exhibitors. The September vegetable 

 and flower show of Sept. 22 and 20 

 has voted a complete success. Ar- 

 rangements were completed for the 

 Chrysanthemum Show on Nov. 2, 3, 4 

 and '^. The classes for private gar- 



deners are confined to Allegheny 

 County, but the commercial classes 

 are open. Schedules may be had from 

 the secretary. M. Curran. Sewickley, 

 Pa. The ladies ot the .Allegheny Co. 

 Garden Club arc giving us alile assist- 

 ance and a good show is looked for. 

 M. CuBRAX, Secy. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee was held in New York City on 

 Monday, Oct. 23, present S. S. Pen- 

 nock, W. R. Pierson, Harry O. May, 

 J. Horace McFarland, L. J.' Renter. 

 Fred A, Howard and Admiral Aaron 

 Ward. Secretary Hammond is absent 

 in Canada. The principal business 

 discussed was the time and place for 

 the next exhibition and a number of 

 committees were appointed. .Mr. 

 Howard gave some very interesting 

 information concerning the rose gar- 

 dens of the Pacific Coast, where the 

 plants make two sets of foliage yearly 

 with resting periods and withholding 

 of water. A committee was appointed 

 to collect a guarantee fund in case the 

 Rose Society should decide to hold a 

 show in Philadelphia and a substan- 

 tial sum for that fund was subscribed 

 on the spot. The next meeting will 

 be on Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Pliila- 

 del|)hia. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF HARTFORD. 



The florists of Hartford, Conn., add- 

 ed one more to the lengthening list 

 of florists' clubs, at a meeting held 

 at the City Club on Tuesday evening, 

 October 17. It was an inspiring and 

 enthusiastic meeting participated in by 

 about twenty of the leading florists ot 

 Hartford. Meetings will be held every 

 six weeks. Officers were chosen as 

 follows : 



President — Joseph Coombs; Vice- 

 President — Joseph McManus; Treas- 

 urer — Wallace 'Thomson: Secretary — 

 Alfred Dixon. 



Executive committee — the officers 

 and Andrew Welch, George G, Mc- 

 Clunie and Eugene S. Drake. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the annual exhibition of the Wor- 

 cester County (Mass.) Horticultural 

 Society, last week, Lucy M. Coulson 

 received a silver medal for superior 

 cultivation of tuberous begonias. 



The Associated Retail Florists of 

 New York held their monthly meet- 

 ing at Young & Nugent's, store, on 

 Tuesday evening, Oct. 17. The an- 

 nual election of officers will be held 

 on Tuesday, November 21. 



A floral art and novelty display will 

 be held in the grand ball room of 

 the Hotel La Salle on Sunday after- 

 noon and evening, Nov. 12th, 191fi, 

 under the auspices of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club. Admittance by in- 

 vitation. 



Th^ annual chrysanthemum festivi- 

 ties start off with the show at Lenox, 

 Mass., on Thursday and P'riday of this 

 week. A big feature of the exhibition 

 in addition to a splendid display of 

 chrysanthemums is the orchid exhibit 

 by A. N. Cooley of Pittsfleld. 



Obituary 



John S. Brown. 

 John Skelton Brown, aged 83, for 

 years engaged in nursery business In 

 Rochester, N. Y., died Thursday after- 

 noon, October 19, at his home, in 

 Browncroft just outside of Rochester. 

 He was born in Boston. Mass., but 

 came to Rochester seventy-three years 

 ago. He leaves one son, one daughter 

 and four grandchildren. 



John K. Vosburgh. 

 John K. Vosburgh, aged 33 years, 

 manager of the vegetable department 

 at the seed store of J. M. Thorbum 

 & Co., New York, died at the City 

 Hospital, Newark, N. J., on Tuesday, 

 Oct. 10, as the result of injuries sus- 

 tained in a tall on the stairs at Park 

 Place. Newark, the previous evening 

 while on his way home from the 

 store. Floral tributes from the firm 

 and his fellow employees, testified to 

 the esteem in which Mr. Vosburgh 

 was held. He was the sole support 

 of a widowed mother. 



George L. Huscroft 

 It was with sincere grief that 

 friends and acquaintances have re- 

 ceived news of the death of George L. 

 Huscroft, the well-known Steubenville, 

 Ohio, florist, last Saturday. A number 

 went over from Pittsburgh where Mr. 

 Huscroft had many warm friends, for 

 the funeral services on Monday. Mr. 

 Huscroft's death was the direct result 

 ot a rapid series ot paralytic strokes, 

 resulting from a tumor at the base of 

 the brain. He was 54 years of age and 

 a native of Steubenville, where he had 

 been prominently identified through- 

 out his adult life. 



E. E. Rexford. 



Eben E. Rexford. Wisconsin poet 

 and voluminous writer on flower and 

 garden topics, died of typhoid fever 

 at Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 19, aged 68 years. Mr. Rex- 

 ford began to write for the press 

 at the early age ot fourteen and had 

 continued all his life in literary work. 

 He had contributed stories, poems and 

 articles to nearly all the leading mag- 

 azines of the country. He wrote 

 much regarding flowers and their cul- 

 ture, his productions including "Home 

 Floriculture," "Grandmother's Gar- 

 den," "Flowers; How to Grow Them." 

 •Four Seasons in a Garden," "The 

 Home Garden," "Indoor Gardening," 

 "Amateur Gardencraft" and "Pansies 

 and Rosemary." (poems). Among 

 the numerous poems written by Mr. 

 Rexford. probably his verses, "Silver 

 Threads .Among the Gold" have been 

 the best known and the most widely 

 used. He was educated at Lawrence 

 University. Appleton. Wis., from 

 which in 1908. he received the degree 

 of Doctor ot Literature. 



