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JIOETICULTURE 



December 23, 1916 



Obituary 



Daniel Stilphen. 



Daniel Stilphen, a florist of North 

 Conway, N. H., died on Dec. 10. Mr. 

 Stilphen made his headquarters in 

 summer at the New Mount Washing- 

 ton hotel and was well known to 

 White Mountain summer visitors. 



Charles Elbrecht. 

 Charle.f Elbre.cht. 60 years old, a 

 florist, of 415 Steinway avenue. Long 

 Island City, N. Y., was found dead in 

 bed early Sunday morning, Dec. 10, 

 from gas poisoning. His home was in 

 Scranton, Pa., and among his effects 

 was found a card which referred to 

 relatives in Honesdale, Pa., in case 

 that he met with an accident or need- 

 ed assistance. It is thought to be a 

 case of accidental death, as the man 

 had been in good spirits and there had 

 been no indications that he contem- 

 plated suicide. 



Charles W. Prescott. 

 Charles W. Prescott of Concord, 

 Mass., who knew more about asparagus 

 growing than any other man in the 

 country, died in the Haymarket Square 

 Relief Hospital, Boston, Friday night, 

 Dec 15. He was taken to the hospital 

 Sunday after he was stricken with a 

 hemorrhage. He was about 58 years 

 old. Mr. Prescott was the largest in- 

 dividual asparagus grower in the East- 

 ern States, his farm in Concord being 

 He had been growing asparagus since 

 considered the finest in the country. 

 1879, and no one was regarded as bet- 

 ter authority than he on that esculent 

 vegtable. He acquired a National 

 reputation, however, by his scientific 

 battle against what was known as 

 asparagus rust. Much of what has 

 been accomplished in rendering aspar- 

 agus immune from rust or in the dis- 

 covery of a species that would be a 

 resistant to rust can be justly credited 

 to the labors, researches, experiments 

 and scientific studies of Mr. Prescott. 



THE LATE WM. C, BARRY. 



Our readers will be interested in the 

 following additional notes which were 

 not available for our obituary notice 

 ot this eminent horticulturist which 

 was published in last week's issue 



Mr. Barry was born in Rochester, 

 September 17, 1847, the oldest of eight 

 children of Patrick Barry. He received 

 his education at Seton Hall college 

 New Jersey, after which he was gradu- 

 ated from the universities of Heidel- 



qn'rfn fff '"t"-''' ^""^ Lo"vain, Belgium. 

 Soon after being graduated, he entered 

 the nursery business with his father 

 m the firm of Ellwanger & Barry 



When the old board of Rochester 

 ?S89 «°™'"'-^sioners was organized in 

 of th« tw f"^' ^'^^ appointed one 

 Of the twenty-one members. He im- 

 mediately took an active part in the 



mental in obtaining for the city all of 

 the parks now in existence. When the 

 board was abolished in March, 1915 

 Mr. Barry and John E. Dunbar were 

 the only charter members on the 

 board. When the Ellwanger & Barry 



St'VP'? ^^^ ^°""<' to the city for 

 Highland park, Mr. Barry was ap- 



pointed chairman of the committee to 

 take charge of the work in laying out 

 the grounds. His knowledge of plants, 

 trees and flowers made his work in 

 this park invaluable and soon the 

 park became noted throughout the 

 country. In 1890 he presented to the 

 children of Rochester the beautiful 

 pavilion that crowns the highest point 

 in the park. The pavilion was built 

 at a cost of $8,000 and its dedication 

 was one of the first affairs of its kind 

 that proved to the city authorities the 

 value of the parks as a great public 

 recreation place. 



Mr. Barry's wife died about five 

 years ago. He leaves three sons, Wil- 

 liam C. Barry, jr., Frederick G., and 

 Arthur A. Barry, jr., daughter, Mrs. 

 Charles H. Stearns, and a sister, Mrs. 

 Bernhard Liesching, all of Rochester. 



In speaking of Mr. Barry's death, 

 Calvin C. Laney, superintendent of 

 parks said: 



"Only those who have seen the 

 growth of Rochester's parks, in which 

 Mr. Barry took such an active inter- 

 est, can realize what his death means. 

 Nothing proposed for the benefit of 

 the public was too small for his care- 

 ful investigation. Rochester has lost 

 a citizen whose worth cannot be over- 

 estimated." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Studies in Gardening, by A. Clutton- 

 Brock. With Introduction and Notes 

 by Mrs. Francis King. Published by 

 ( harles Scribner's Sons, New York 

 Here we have a really remarkable 

 book on gardening. The author is not 

 only a well-informed and practical 

 plantsman, but is a master of fine 

 phrasing and expresses himself in 

 language that illumines long-standing 

 controversies in garden art with a 

 light which at once impresses and 

 captivates the reader. 



Mr. Clutton-Brock writes of English 

 gardening but so largely of the gen- 

 eral theory and practice of the art 

 that his work is equally valuable in 

 America and Mrs. King on her part 

 has ably edited it to fit American cli- 

 matic conditions. The book is a mar- 

 vel of suggestive logic, so entrenched 

 with proof that its assertions seem al- 

 most impregnable even when quite 

 antagonistic to one's cherished con- 

 victions. It is the sort of book one 

 cannot devour in chunks— every word 

 and line must be attentively read in 

 order to absorb its full meaning. Ex- 

 quisite word pictures, judicious cul- 

 tural advice, expositions of the prin- 

 ciples of good taste and common 

 sense in gardening, and the inter-re- 

 lationship of nature and art, caustic 

 condemnation of objectionable art— 

 the latter sometimes carried a bit too 

 far. however,— all conduce to the con- 

 viction as expressed by Mrs. King, 

 that "American gardens cannot but be 

 richer, finer, for every reader of this 

 book." The true gardener, whether 

 amateur or professional, will find 

 Studies In Gardening full of healthy 

 inspiration. The practical value of the 

 chapters is distinctly strengthened by 

 Mrs. King's careful foot notes where 

 the American reader might be misled 

 by the test. 



Studies In Gardening may be had 

 at the office of Horticulture at the 

 publisher's price, $2.00 net. 



During Recess 



Lancaster County (Pa.) Florists' Club 

 Annual Banquet. 



Exactly half the members of the 

 Club responded to the invitation to a 

 banquet and social at the Brenneman 

 Building on Thursday, Dee. 14th. 

 While the caterer was preparing the 

 tables a short meeting was held at 

 which the report of the Flower Show 

 auditing committee through the chair- 

 man, W. B. Girvin, was given show- 

 ing a surplus of $176.95, which was a 

 delightful surprise. The programme 

 committee reported a carnation meet- 

 ing for Jan. 18th, with Elmer 

 Weaver of Ronks to give his experi- 

 ences with a number of last season 

 introductions. Exhibits are looked 

 for from introducers of new ones for 

 1917. Ofl5cers for 1917 were nominated 

 as follows: President, Hari-y A. 

 Schroyer, Lancaster; vice-presidents, 

 Elmer Weaver of Ronks and M'illis B. 

 Girvin of Leola; secretary, Frank L. 

 Kohr, Lancaster; treasurer, Harry K. 

 Rohrer, Lancaster. An adjournment 

 was then made to the dining hall 

 which had been decorated by Lemon 

 Landis, H. D. Rohrer and B. F. Barr, 

 The dinner was in the words of our 

 only visitor, T. J. Nolan, "a wonder" 

 from a quality point of view. Cigars 

 were provided by H. A. Schroyer as 

 they had been earlier in the game pre- 

 sented to him as a mark of apprecia- 

 tion for his services the past year. 



President Schroyer presented the 

 Henry F. Michell medals during the 

 course of the dinner with a neat little 

 speech accompanying each medal, 

 one to Elmer Weaver for the best dis- 

 play of cut flowers and plants com- 

 bined, and the other to B. F. Barr 

 for the best table display, at our 

 flower show. Wm. P. Brinton made a 

 few fitting remarks applicable to the 

 season and the necessity of treating 

 our holiday customers so as to make 

 permanent buyers of them instead of 

 intermittent ones. 



Billiards and pool, cards and bowl- 

 ing were then indulged in until a late 

 hour and every one went home de- 

 lighted, but with a sympathetic tear 

 for those who were unable to attend. 

 Albert M. Hebb. 



Washington Florists' Bowling. 



The bowling team of the Florists* 

 Club of Washington, D. C, showed a 

 marked improvement last week when 

 it defeated the Perpetuals, both ot 

 which teams bowl in the Mount Pleas- 

 ant Duckpin League. Jenkins was high 

 man for the florists, and George Shaf- 

 fer second. The score was as follows: 



MOUNT PLEASANT DUCKPIN LEAGUE. 

 Florists. 



Sclioops ns 105 8» 



.Tenkins 102 105 112 



G. Sh.nffcr 101 104 107 



.-i. .'<liafter 89 90 85 



Gouldinaii 98 93 97 



Totals 4a3 497 490 



