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HOETICULTURE 



September 14, 1912 



TWO GIGANTIC GREENHOUSES. 



The above illustration shows two 60 

 by 1000-foot rose houses covering an 

 area of 120,000 square feet of ground, 

 recently completed for J. F. Wilcox & 

 Sons, Council Bluffs. Iowa, by the King 

 Construction Co. These houses rival 

 in size the big range recently built 



for Henry A. Dreer, Inc., at Riverton, 

 N. J., comprising twenty houses, 21 by 

 203 feet, and The Plorex Gardens 

 range at North Wales, Pa., covering 

 an area of 120.400 square feet. 



Aside from the great interest mani- 

 fested by the trade in this big plant, 

 a feature of special note is the fact 



that while the house shown on the 

 right in the photograph was blown 

 down by a hurricane, the adjoining 

 house only 25 feet away was not 

 harmed in the least. The accident oc- 

 curred at 6.00 p. m. on July 31st, and 

 this photograph was taken Aug. 13th, 

 itjst ten working days after. 



Obituary. 



Alexander Dean, V. M. H. 



The English journals record the 

 death of this eminent horticulturist 

 and writer on August 20. at his home 

 in Kingston-on-Thames, at the age of 

 eighty years. 



Jacob Drily. 

 On August 25, Jacob Dilly, retired 

 florist of Newark, N. J., died at his 

 home, aged 84 years. He was born in 

 Germany and came to this country in 

 1844, settling in Newark. In 1859 he 

 established a florist business which 

 he continued for about thirty years. 



Robert Blair. 



Robert Blair, who up to the time 

 he retired from active gardening a 

 few years ago was well-known and 

 proficient in his calling, died iu South 

 Boston on September 7th. aged 72 

 years. Mr. Blair was gardener for A. 

 W. Spencer for about 25 years and 

 was a frequent and successful exhibi- 

 tor at the shows of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



Cornelius Casey. 



Cornelius Casey, a highly respected 

 florist and nurseryman of Melrose, 

 Mass., died at his home on Maple 

 street, September 3rd. Born in Ire- 

 land 76 years ago, he came to this 

 country when 12 years of age. After 

 attending the public schools he en- 

 tered the employ of the late David L. 

 Taylor, florist, at the age of 16. Five 

 years later he enlisted in the United 

 States regular army, serving on the 

 western frontier against the Indians. 

 At the outbreak of the Civil War his 



Angelo Baldocchi. 



Angelo Baldocchi of the firm of Po- 

 desta & Baldocchi, San Francisco, 

 Cal., died suddenly on September 

 4th. Mr. Baldocchi was recognized 

 as one of the leading retail florists 

 of the Pacific Coast. He was a 

 self-made man, having worked him- 

 self up from boyhood by close appli- 

 cation and industry. He was a gen- 

 tleman in every sense of the word and 

 held in the highest respect by all the 

 trade and the San Francisco people. 

 His being taken away in middle life 

 and at the prime of his usefulness is 

 keenly felt by the florist fraternity. 

 He was a member of the Society of 

 American Florists. 



roses, with which he was very suc- 

 cessful. The greater part of his life 

 was spent growing roses, and though 

 for many years enjoying the ease that 

 comes from a life well spent, he still 

 retained an active interest in his 

 favorite flower. 



The deceased was loved and re- 

 spected by all who made his acquaint- 

 ance, having a charm of manner com- 

 mon to many of the older generation. 

 Of unquestioned integrity and sincer- 

 ity in his dealings with all, his pass- 

 ing is mourned by the community at 

 large, who appreciated his noble char- 

 acter. Mr. Casey leaves a widow, two 

 daughters and four sons, who have 

 conducted the business for many 

 years. The love and sympathy of 

 friends was shown by the profusion 

 of floral tributes. 



Cornelius Casey 



regiment — the Third United States In- 

 fantry — was ordered to the front and 

 took part in many of the important 

 battles during the first two years. The 

 enlistment term of five years expiring, 

 he returned to Melrose, again working 

 for his old employer. In 1869 he 

 erected the first greenhouse in the 

 present location for the growing of 



Charles L. Yates. 



Charles L. Yates, of Rochester, N 

 Y., for the past twelve years treas 

 urer of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen, died suddenly Wednes- 

 day night, September 4th. He had 

 been complaining of a slight indispo- 

 sition on Monday, but was not deemed 

 to be seriously ill until Wednesuay 

 evening when he became suddenly 

 worse and expired in a few minutes, 

 the cause being acute indigestion. 



Mr. Yates was manager of the Na- 

 lional Nurseryman, the official organ 

 (if the Association. Only a few weeks 

 ago Prof. John Craig, editor of that 

 paper, also died and the Association 

 has sustained a great loss in this re- 

 moval of two of its most active and 

 popular men. 



Mr. Yates was born in Canada in 

 1847. He leaves a wife and one son. 

 The funeral took place on Saturday, 

 7th inst. 



R. M. Ward & Co. call our attention 

 to the prices of Formosum lily bulbs 

 7/9 and 8/10 as having been quoted at 

 $22.50 in his advertisement last week, 

 whereas the prices should have been 

 .$24.00 and $25.00, respectively. 



