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HORT ICULTUEE 



August 31, 1912 



THE VICK CONSOLIDATION. 



Final steps in tlie consolidation of 

 James Vick's Sons. The Vick Seed Co., 

 and the Vick & Hill Co., of Rochester, 

 N. Y., were recently taken. This com- 

 pletes one of the most Important 

 movements of this character in the 

 seed business in recent years. For 

 the purpose of effecting the varioHs 

 transfers, the Vick & Dildine Co. was 

 organized earlier in the year as a cor- 

 poration nnder the laws of New York, 

 with a capital stock of $150,000. The 

 officers of this company are: F. W. 

 Vick, president; Dr. H. W. Allen, vice- 

 president; Hon. H. F. Remington, sec- 

 retary, and W. H. Dildine, treasurer 

 and general manager. 



It is expected that each of the sub- 

 sidiary concerns will continue practi- 

 cally the same as heretofore, but their 

 union will mean the elimination of 

 much expense and will strengthen 

 every department. All of the men ac- 

 tively connected with the business as 

 reorganized have been occupying re- 

 sponsible positions in one concern or 

 the other for many years and are fa- 

 miliar with the various phases of the 

 seed, plant and bulb business. 



The officers of the subsidiary con- 

 cerns are as follows; James Vick's 

 Sons: Chas. H. Vick, president; Hon. 

 H. P. Remington, secretary, and W. 

 H. Dildine, treasurer. Vick & Hill 

 Co.: P. W. Vick, president; Albert 

 P. Vick, vice-president, and W. H. 

 Dildine, treasurer. Vick Seed Co.: 

 Chas. H. Vick, president; Geo. Arnold, 

 secretary, and W. H. Dildine, treas- 

 urer. 



Chas. H. Vick is the only son of 

 James Vick, the founder, now remain- 

 ing in the business. He has been con- 

 nected with the house all his life. Be- 

 sides his connection with the business 

 of the firm Mr. Vick gives a good deal 

 of thought to the success of other 

 horticultural interests. To him is 

 largely due the credit for the splendid 

 success of the Rochester flower shows. 

 He was chairman of the general com- 

 mittee for the two previous shows and 

 is acting in the same capacity for the 

 coming one. This season he was 

 urged to accept the position as super- 



F. W. Vick 



President Vick & Dildine Co. 



President \McU & Hill Co. 



intendent of the horticultural depart- 

 ment of the New York State Fair at 

 Syracuse. He has thrown into this 

 work his characteristic energy, enthu- 

 siasm and artistic temperament with 

 the result that he had secured the sup- 

 port of the various Park Boards of 

 Rochester, Buffalo, New York and 

 other cities and of several commercial 

 horticultural interests.. The display 

 in 1912 promises to surpass anything 

 hitherto. 



Fred W. Vick, nephew of James 

 Vick, has long been prominent in seed 

 and plant interests. For many years 

 he was in charge of the entire plant 

 and bulb department of James Vick. 

 Later, as president of the Vick & Hill 

 Co., he established an independent 

 business, closely affiliated with the 

 house of James Vick's Sons. For a 

 number of consecutive years he was 

 president of the Rochester Florists' 

 Association. He has been vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. P. and O. H. As 

 president of the Vick & Hill Co., he 



will continue to have control of the 

 plant and bulb interests of the affili- 

 ated concerns. 



Albert F. Vick is a son of Fred W. 

 Vick and has been connected with his 

 father's business since he was a boy. 

 Probably most of our readers who at- 

 tended the National Convention at 

 Rochester, will remember him, since 

 he was chairman of the sports com- 

 mittee at that time. He is captain of 

 the bowling team of the Rochester 

 F'lorists' Association and is a very 

 popular young man. 



W. H. Dildine began his experience 

 in the seed business as traveling sales- 

 man for Mandeville & King Co., in 

 whose interest he traveled through 

 most of the eastern states at different 

 times during his vacations of his pre- 

 liaratory and college course. Imme- 

 diately after graduating from the Uni- 

 versity of Rochester he went into the 

 office of Mandeville & King Co. as su- 

 perintendent of agents, which position 

 he has held for ten years. Because of 

 the close association of Mandeville & 

 King Co. and James Vick's Sons, Mr. 

 Dildine was placed in charge of one 

 department after another of James 

 Vick's Sons until at the present time 

 he is business manager of the entire 

 concern. It was through Mr. Dildine's 

 efforts that the present consolidation 

 was effected and the business finan- 

 cially strengthened. Mr. Dildine has 

 the confidence of the business com- 

 munity in Rochester, and with his 

 marked ability and energy his busi- 

 ness associates predict for him a bril- 

 liant career. 



Mr. Arnold has been for a number 

 of years connected with the Vick in- 

 terests, principally as farm superin- 

 tendent. Mr. Arnold is a former stu- 

 dent of Cornell University and a man 

 of wide exijerience in scientific gar- 

 dening and field work. Under his su- 

 pervision the products of the Vick 

 seed farms have rapidly grown in im- 

 portance and to him is due a large 

 part of the success the concern has at- 

 tained In the development and culture 

 of asters. 



James Vick's Sons retain the retail 

 store on Stone street, where they have 



Geo. Ahxold 

 Secretary \irk Seed Cn. 



W. H. Dildine 



Treasurer Vick & Dildine ;ind Subsidiary 



Concerns. 



Cha.-^. H. Vuk 

 rrosidcnt Jiimes Vii-li's Sons. 



