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HORTICULTUBE 



July 27, 1912 



DINNER TO J. K. M. L. FARQUHAR. 



On Thursday evening, July 18th, at 

 Young's Hotel, Boston, there occurred 

 one of the most Interesting and enjoy- 

 able occasions possible — a fraternal 

 "welcome home" to J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar by a few of his horticultural 

 friends. This laudable event had been 

 planned to take place at the time of 

 Mr. Farquhar's return from the Royal 

 International Exhibition where he had 

 served as a member of the jury, but it 

 was postponed on account of the ill- 

 ness and death of Mr. Pettigrew, one 

 of Mr. Farquhar's warmest friends. 



The repast was one worthy of the 

 occasion and the after-dinner speeches 

 were eloquent and sincere, voicing the 

 esteem in which the guest of the even- 

 ing is held in the hearts of his asso- 

 ciates at home and far away. The 

 table was beautifully adorned by Ed. 

 MacMulkin with Lady Gay roses and 

 sweet peas presented by Thomas Ro- 

 land and William Sim, respectively. 

 The basket of roses which formed the 

 central feature was one of the most 

 artistic triumphs in floral arrangement 

 ever seen here. 



Wm. J. Stewart officiated as toast- 

 master and every one of the gentle- 

 men present, except a few who had to 

 catch trains before their turn came 

 around, responded to the toastmaster's 

 invitation with words befitting the oc- 

 casion. 



The first one called upon was the 

 guest of honor, Mr. Farquhar. His 

 response was characteristically happy 

 and appreciative. A silent toast to 

 the memory of J. A. Pettigrew and 

 W. R. Smith was then drunk standing. 

 Then came Robert Craig, silver- 

 tongued as ever as he voiced his trib- 

 ute to Boston and its horticultural fra- 

 ternity. Col. W. W. Castle eloquently 

 expressed his recognition of the ad- 

 vanced position American horticulture 

 is achieving through the genius and 

 industry of such men as John Farqu- 

 har. 



W. A. Manda, introduced as a man 

 "who does things," received a rousing 

 reception and declared that Mr. Farqu- 

 har is the type of horticulturist we 

 need in America to help raise the 

 standard to its proper place. M. A. 

 Patten gave some interesting reminis- 

 cences of the visit to England and 

 was followed by E. H. Wilson, who 

 told of the respect and honor he enter- 

 tained towards the guest of the even- 

 ing, with whom he had enjoyed a long 

 and loving acquaintance. Winfried 

 Roelker made a most charming speech 

 filled with affectionate sentiment. F. 

 R. Pierson. who was the next to be 

 called upon, spoke reminiscently of 

 the hearty good fellowship he had 

 shared with Mr. Farquhar in their as- 

 sociation in the planning of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show of 1911 and was 

 both eloquent and witty. 



Then came George C. Watson, who 

 was given a dual introduction, Robert 

 Craig supplementing the toastmaster 

 with some descriptive remarks on the 

 characteristic traits of that gentleman. 

 Mr. Watson said he was proud to be 

 one of those to be present to add his 

 loving tribute on so appropriate an 

 occasion. Jackson Dawson added sin- 

 cerest words of praise and referred 

 particularly to the new Chinese plants 

 discovered by Wilson, in the introduc- 

 tion of which to America Mr. Farqu- 

 har had been a conspicuous factor. E. 



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H. Wilson followed in further approv- 

 ing comment on this subject and gave 

 some very interesting facts in connec- 

 tion therewith. 



Secretary Rich spoke for the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society in cor- 

 dial recognition of the great men who 

 have through the medium of this or- 

 ganization done so much to make 

 American horticultural history. Dr. 

 Peter Lane made a telling speech em- 

 bellished with anecdotes and then 

 came Chas. Sander, whose speech was 

 one of the gems of the evening in its 

 ingenuousness and sinerity. H. E. 

 Bates was the next to add his contri- 

 bution to the general congratulation 

 and following him was P. Welch, im- 

 pressive and witty as always. Mr. 

 Welch spoke of Mr. Farquhar as an 

 industrious and persistent worker, an 

 international factor of today in the 

 world's horticultural progress. 



"A king in his calling, a man among 

 men," was the burden of some origi- 

 nal verses recited by F. H. Sargent. 

 Thos. J. Grey expressed his long-time 

 friendship in humorous vein, and next 

 came a clever talk, merry and conta- 

 gious, by W. P. Edgar. E. Allan Peirce 

 and Edward MacMulkin followed with 

 words of appreciative congratulation. 

 Duncan Finlayson's vigorous and out- 

 spoken sentiments of high esteem, 

 drew forth a great outburst of ap- 

 plause. M. H. Norton referred to the 

 prominent part taken by Mr. Farquhar 

 in the Boston exhibitions for many 

 years and his unselfish attitude in all 

 horticultural work. Then as a fitting 

 climax to the eloquence of the even- 

 ing came Robert Cameron's loving trib- 

 ute to his friend and co-worker. It was a 

 stirring valedictory. A graceful clos- 

 ing response from Mr. Farquhar fol- 

 lowed and it was just midnight when 

 the inevitable "Auld Lang Syne" 

 marked the end of an evening of rare 

 pleasure. 



Cordial letters were received from 

 a number of gentlemen who were un- 

 able to be present, among these being 

 C. H. Totty, C. W. Hoitt, C. H. Breck, 

 John Westcott, and others equally 

 well-known. 



A PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO W. R. 



SMITH. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



I noticed in last week's issue of one 

 of the trade papers a suggestion from 

 Harry Papworth of New Orleans, that 

 it would be a fitting tribute to the 

 late Wm. R. Smith to have a suitable 

 monument erected to his memory at 

 Washington, aud I want to say I be- 

 lieve the Society of American Florists 

 and kindred organizations and Individ- 

 uals could do no greater honor to 

 themselves than by honoring Wm. R. 

 Smith with a suitable lasting memo- 

 rial to be erected at the national capi- 

 tal, where he spent more than sixty 

 years of his life at the head of the 

 United States Botanic Gardens. A 

 more liberal, broader, or more self- 

 sacrificing horticulturist never lived 

 than that truly grand old man. 



The thought occurs to me at this 

 time, that for many years previous to 

 Mr. Smith's death, it was his ambition 

 and desire to live long enough to see 

 a permanent home established in the 

 national capital for the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. He also desired very 

 much that a horticultural library 

 should be established in this home on 

 which florists from all over the United 

 States and Canada could draw for in- 

 formation, bulletins, etc. I really can- 

 not think of anything that would do 

 the Society and the trade in general 

 more good than a fitting home at the 

 national capital that could be a memo- 

 rial to the "Father" of our charter. 

 Personally, I am willing to give time 

 and money toward this worthy cause. 

 I hope this matter will be taken up at 

 the forthcoming convention in Chicago 

 that we might hear different views ex- 

 pressed on this subject. 



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