March 7, 1914. 



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Obituary 



John M. Foss. 

 John M. Foss, engaged in the florist 

 business in Sharpsburg, Pa., died on 

 Feb. 15, aged 49 years. 



James P. Copeland. 

 J. P. Copeland, proprietor of the 

 Marion Greenhouses, Marion, 111., died 

 on Feb. 19, after a short illness with 

 pneumonia. The business will be con- 

 tinued by his widow. 



John Hetherington. 

 John Hetherington, for over forty 

 years identified with the trade in most 

 of the largest cities of the United 

 States, and known to many of the 

 craft, passed away in his 57th year, at 

 Montclair, N. J. Mr. Hetherington 

 was also identified with the Pan Amer- 

 ican, St. Louis, and Lewis & Clark 

 Kxpositions. He was buried on Satur- 

 day, the 28th of February, at Pequan- 

 nock, N. J., from the home of his 

 brother, Mr. R. Hetherington. 



Wm. W. Bailey. 

 Prof. W. W. Bailey of the Botanical 

 Department of Brown University died 

 on Feb. 20, at Providence, R. L, aged 

 71 years. He was the author of a 

 number of botanical books. 



Abel S. Wolfe. 



The funeral of Representative Abel 

 S. Wolfe, of Auburn, Mass., was held 

 at liis home, Elmwood avenue. Auburn, 

 on March 3. A delegation from the 

 Legislature was present. Mr. Wolfe 

 was president of the State Market 

 Growers' Association. 



William A. Sheldrick. 

 W. A. Sheldrick died at the home of 

 his daughter in Camden, N. J., on Feb. 

 18, aged 78 years. Mr. Sheldrick has 

 been a resident of the Roslindale sec- 

 tion of East Camden for the past 45 

 years. He retired from the florist 

 business some years ago. 



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DUTCH AUCTION STUFF IN ENG- 

 LAND. 



"Protest" touches a sore spot when 

 be refers to the auction sales of Dutch 

 grown roses, but as a matter of fact 

 the auction sales of all Dutch produce 

 are a source of heartburnings, for all 

 such goods are assuredly grown for 

 the direct purpose of cutting into the 

 general nursery trade. The bulbs, 

 shrubs and roses so sold, are not 

 merely surplus stock, left over after 

 the growers have supplied their 

 wholesale customers in Great Britain, 

 but must be deliberately grown for 

 the puipose. One imagines that there 

 is some sort of organization whicli 

 collects such goods from the growers 

 and distributes them to various cen- 

 tres. 



No one linows where they actually 

 come from. The auctioneer is not 

 concerned as to what the goods really 

 are. His orders are to sell, and sell 

 he does, without in the least worrying 

 whether such plants are true to name 

 or whether they will grow. 



Yet after all what can be done? If 

 l)eople will be fooled into buying the 

 I rubbish it is their own lookout. De- 

 ; spite the multitude of gardening pa- 

 pers, there are thousands of people 

 who never read them, and who have 

 not the least conception as to what a 

 good plant is really worth. Even 

 people in good circumstances will risk 

 their money if they see a chance of 

 getting plants at a fractional cost, 



As a friend remarked, we spend mil- 

 lions on Dreadnoughts to protect our 

 shores, and we leave our ports wide 

 open so that any unscrupulous for- 

 eigner may fleece the people. 



It is really absurd to think that 

 people do buy these roses and expect 

 something good. Quite recently I 

 saw roses in Ijundles of six offered on 

 a barrow in London, at 6d. the half 

 dozen. Lady Hillingdon, Gen. Mc- 

 Arthur. La Tosca, Melanie Soupert. 

 etc., etc., were on the labels, and the 

 plants were very fair budded stuff to 

 look at. But on the face of it, is it 

 not absurd to think that roses of this 

 class could be offered by a London 

 hawker at the price, unless he filched 

 them, and this is unlikely. Indeed 

 one marvels to think that any grower 

 could work a stock with even the 

 commonest varieties and ship them 

 here to be sold at a penny to two- 

 pence each as they are at the sales up 

 and down the country. Yet it is done. 

 How and why is past all understand- 

 ing. But thank the Lord, these sales 

 will never succeed in squeezing our 

 reliable and old established firms out 

 of business. Some may be affected, 

 but sooner or later, the man in the 

 street will realize that he is making a 

 bad bargain, and will shun the auction 

 rooms and cheap-jack advertisers as 

 he would a pestilence. — W. A. T., in 

 the HorticuUural Trade Journal, Lon- 

 don. 



Sheridan, Wyo.— M. E. Lelaiid has 

 leased tlie greenhouses belonging to 

 the Best Floral Co. and will run them 

 under the title of Glendale Floral Co. 



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