March 14. 1914 



HORTICTJLTUEE 



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Obituary 



A. C. Canfield. 

 Arthur C. Canfield, for many years 

 a leading flower grower of Springfield, 

 111., died on February 20. of heart dis- 

 ease. 



William M. Carr. 

 Wm. M. Carr, a well-known nursery- 

 man of western Massachusetts, died 

 in Springfield, Mass., on March 3. aged 

 83 years. He was noted as a skilful 

 budder and an expert in forestry work. 



S. B. Beale. 



Samuel B. Beale, traveling represen- 

 tative for L. L. May & Co.. of St. Paul, 

 Minn., died suddenly on February 17, 

 while visiting a customer in St. Paul. 

 He was widely known and as widely 

 beloved and the news of his death will 

 be received with profound sorrow by 

 a large circle of friends in the trade. 



J. J. Comont. 

 We learn of the death, at the age of 

 71 years, of .lames J. Comont, repre- 

 sentative of .Tames Carter. Dunnett & 

 Beale. which took place on February 

 13. Mr. Comont was many years trav- 

 elling for this well-known firm, mak- 

 ing an annual trip tg America where 

 he was widely known and universally 

 liked among the seed trade. 



George W. Vanderbilt. 

 All the world knows, througli the 



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daily press, of the death of this wide- 

 ly known philanthropist and patron of 

 horticulture. We merely wish to re- 

 cord our realization of the irreparable 

 loss sustained by those industries 

 which lldirricri.Ti'iiK strives to servo, 

 in the death of the owner of Biltmore. 

 He was a man of retiring disposition, 

 rural in his tastes and found his great- 

 est delight in the garden and the wil- 

 derness, where the greater part of his 

 time was spent. 



Paul Volquardsen. 



Paul Volquardsen, a well known and 

 highly respected gardener of Newport, 

 R. I., died at his home on March 9, 

 following an illness of about eight 

 months. Mr. Volquardsen was about 

 55 years of age, a native of Germany. 

 and came to this country when a 

 j'oung man. Previous to going to New- 

 port, he was for several years gar- 

 dener to Mr. .1. Arthur Beebe at Fal- 

 mouth, Mass.. and the past sixteen 

 years was in charge of the Mrs. W. G. 

 Weld place, where he died. He was a 

 skilful gardener; a frequent exhibitor 

 at the shows of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society, and his exhibits of 

 gloxinia and tuberous begonia plants 

 will long be remembered for their su- 

 perior quaJity. Besides a widow, he 

 leaves a son and daughter, who are 

 both grown up. .1. R. 



SPRING SHOW IN BOSTON. 



As we go to press the Annuiil Spriii:^ 

 Show of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society has just opened at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston and will con- 

 tinue until Sunday evening, March 15. 

 Always a gorgeous spectacle and daz- 

 I zling riot of bright color, this year's 

 exhibition is even more brilliant and 

 spectacular than ever. The local grow- 

 ers, commercial and private have put 

 up a superb demonstration of their 

 abilities in plant and flower culture, 

 filling all the halls to repletion. Full 

 account next week. 



PERSONAL. 



A. Schmidt, Lake Geneva, Wis., is 

 on a vacation trip in California. 



Charles Reardon, formerly of Hins- 

 dale, 111., has taken the position of su- 

 perintendent for E. C. Crosette at Dav- 

 enport, la. 



John Noyes, formerly of Boston, and 

 .\nilierst, Mass., has been appointed 

 horticulturist in the Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden. 



Isadore Jacobs, who conducts a flow- 

 er store at 18 North King street, Cam- 

 den. N. J., slipped and fell on the icy 

 pavement near his store Feb. 25, and 

 fractured three ribs. 



,\rthiir E. Thatcher of Mt. Desert 

 .Nurseries. Bar Harbor, Me., has ac- 

 cepted an invitation to serve as a 

 judge in the Flower Show at Grand 

 Central Palace, New York. 



John Westcott of Philadelphia who 

 has been luxuriating at Pine Island, 

 together with John Walker, of Youngs- 

 town and Adam Graham of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, writes that he will arrive in New 

 York on the steamer due March 17-18. 



George Waldbart of St. Louis, Mo., 

 has been confined to his bed the past 

 ten days with sickness. Mr. Wald- 

 bart has been on the sick list, more or 

 less, since the first of the year. From 

 last reports he was somewhat im- 

 proved. 



Cincinnati— Mr. and Mrs. P. J 

 Olinger are entertaining Mrs. dinger's 

 mother and sister, Mrs. Weiland and 

 Miss Didier of E)vanston, III. J. T. 

 Conger has been very ill at home with 

 Grippe. The roof of Wm. Ruten- 

 schwer's home burned a few days ago. 



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