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HORTICULTURE 



March 21. 1914 



be given during dry spells of weather, 

 since the rose, as mentioned before, 

 delights in moisture. 



"Each new strong shoot will pro- 

 duce usually three or four buds, all o£ 

 which, except the terminal one, should 

 be pinched oft as soon as they can be 

 taken hold of; and if this is done, 

 one can have glorious roses beginning 

 the first June after planting." 



Speaking of insects and diseases, 

 Mr. Peterson recommended tobacco 

 water or dust for aphis, white helle- 

 bore powder for worms on foliage, 

 hand-picking into a pan of kerosene 

 for rose chafer, sulphide of potassium 

 and Bordeaux mixture for mildew and 

 blackspot and, as a general proposi- 

 tion, eternal vigilance as the price of 

 good roses. 



OBITUARY. 



Goodwin Braslan. 

 Goodwin Braslan, son of the late 

 Charles P. Braslan of California, died 

 at his mother's home in this city on 

 March 4, aged 20 years. 



John Brenner. 

 John Brenner, formerly engaged in 

 the retail florist business with a store 

 on Fourteenth street, New York, died 

 suddenly at his home in Whitestone. 

 on March 11. 



Mrs. Wallace G. Payne. 

 Mrs. Payne, wife of Wallace G. 

 Payne, a well-known florist of Potts- 

 vllle. Pa., passed away at midnight, 

 Saturday, the 14th, after an illness of 

 nearly six weeks, and was buried 

 Wednesday, March 18th, 1914. 



Edward Meehan. 

 Edward Meehan of Philadelphia 

 died on Wednesday night, March 18, 

 following an operation for appendici- 

 tis. Mr. Meehan came to Philadelphia 

 from England sixty years ago. He is 

 survived by his widow and three sons. 

 His age was seventy-nine years. 



Ernst Mack. 



The funeral of Ernst Mack of Price 

 Hill, Cincinnati, O., was held Monday 

 afternoon, March 16. Mr. Mack was 

 a prominent member of the local flor- 

 ist fraternity for nearly a quarter of 

 a century and his death is a distinct 

 loss to the trade. 



Mrs. George T. Elliott. 



Mrs. Margaret A. Elliott, widow of 

 Geo. T. Elliott, and mother of W. H. 

 Elliott, the well-known rose grower of 

 Brighton, Mass., passed away at New 

 London, Conn., on Sunday, March 15, 

 aged 87 years. Mrs. Elli6tt was born 

 at Kendell, England, May, 1827. She 

 lived for some time in Wisconsin, 

 where W. H. Elliott was born, and 

 later returned east and settled in New 

 London. At one time she was a mem- 

 ber of the S. A. P. and attended sev- 

 eral conventions of that society. 



PROGRESS OF FLORICULTURE AT 



URBANA. 



(Report made to Illinois State Florists' 

 Association, at DanTille. by H. B. Dorner, 

 Professor of Floriculture.) 



The work in floriculture has made 

 considerable progress during the past 

 year. The work has been hindered 

 somewhat by the necessity of moving 

 the houses from the west side of the 

 campus to the new location on the 

 east side. This move was made neces- 

 sary by a change in the campus plans 

 so as to provide a location for the 

 new armory and a drill field. 



The move was made during the past 

 summer and the work is now finished 

 except for grading about the build- 

 ings. The range as now completed 

 consists of eight houses covering an 

 area of 28,000 square feet. The four 

 houses moved from the old site are 

 of semi-iron construction, while the 

 four new houses, which have been 

 added, are of iron frame construction. 

 In addition to the glass range, a new 

 service building was also constructed. 

 The latter is a two-story building with 

 basement and provides potting rooms, 

 laboratories, storage rooms and offices 

 for the floricultural work. 



The first experiments on roses and 

 carnations were completed last year 

 and two circulars are now in process 

 of preparation. It is hoped that these 

 will soon go to press and be ready for 

 distribution at an early date. The 

 delay in publication has been due to 

 the necessity of making a very care- 

 ful study of the great amount of data 

 collected. Other experiments, ap- 

 proved by your Advisory Committee, 

 are now being carried on and the re- 

 sults will be published in other cir- 

 culars. 



There are now eleven students reg- 

 istered in the four year course in flori- 

 culture, who are working for the pro- 

 fessional degree of Bachelor of Science 

 in Floriculture. In addition to these 

 there are a number from other de- 

 partments taking courses offered by 

 this division. There are now regis- 

 tered 73 students in plant propagation, 

 8 in greenhouse management, 4 in 

 floral decoration and 31 in amateur 

 floriculture. During the past semester 

 18 took greenhouse construction, 15 

 garden flowers, 3 commercial crops 

 and 44 amateur floriculture. Last year 

 two students graduated from the di- 

 vision and are now located on com- 

 mercial places. M. R. Bebb is now 

 in charge of 30,000 square feet of glass 

 in Muskogee, Okla. W. K. Palmer is 

 with the F. Dorner & Sons Co. of La- 

 fayette, Ind. One student will receive 

 his degree this coming June. Mr. A. 

 H. Nehrling, who was formerly asso- 

 ciated in the work, left at the end of 

 the past semester to take charge of 



the floricultural work at Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College at Amherst. 

 It gives me great pleasure to report 

 that work is progressing nicely, and 

 that Illinois has not only the largest 

 enrollment of students specializing in 

 floriculture, but also the largest and 

 best equipped range of glass for ex- 

 perimental and instructional work. 



THE COLLEGE POINT MECCA. 



One of the gayest floral pictures we 

 have seen for a long time was the ar- 

 ray of Easter plants already in bloom 

 in one of the houses of A. Schultheis at 

 College Point, N. Y., a few days ago. The 

 entire centre bench was occupied by 

 roses — the large flowered hybrids, the 

 Ramblers and tiny polyanthas — a ver- 

 itable riot of color, and the intermin- 

 gled perfume of roses, lilacs and other 

 fragrant blooms was simply delicious. 

 Azaleas, genistas.pyruses, daisies and 

 ericas added to the gaiety of the 

 scene. 



Mr. Schultheis is going strongly into 

 the new hydrangeas. Some of the most 

 beautiful now blooming in soft or 

 deep tints of blue, violet, purple and 

 pink are Gen. de Vibraye, Radiant, 

 Germania, Bouquet Rose, Prau A. 

 Rosenkranzer, Souv. de Chantard, 

 Mme. Petrick, Saarbrucken Frelfrau 

 von Stumm, Eclaireur, Avalanche. An- 

 dre Leroy's Blue, Reine Gaillard, Louis 

 Mouillere, Vieomtesse Vibraye. Ja- 

 conde, M. Riverain, M. Chantard 

 Florisse and M. Hamard. 



Among the roses that are on parade 

 here, and will probably take part in 

 the coming Flower Show are a lot of 

 new Wichuraiana and polyantha hy- 

 brids as well as the older favorites. 

 Tansendschoen, Hiawatha, Dorothy 

 Perkins, Crimson Rambler, Flower of 

 Fairfield, Newport Fairy, Mrs. Flight, 

 Baby Dorothy, Mrs. Cutbush, Excelsa 

 are some of the standard sorts that 

 will have to watch their laurels in 

 competition with the new comers. 



There is no end of azaleas, some of 

 the most pleasing of the newer ones 

 being Brillianta Belgica, fine deep 

 crimson double; M. Millaud, scarlet 

 red; Lady Roosevelt enchantress pink, 

 semi-double; Ernest Eeckhaute, bril- 

 liant deep crimson, small double flow- 

 ers, flmbriated petals, crowded in 

 compact masses; Etoile de Noel, semi- 

 double crimson; Illustris, double white, 

 occasionally blotched with salmon 

 pink. 



The only erica being grown here in 

 quantity for Easter is E. cotinoides 

 Veitchii. but it is very pretty. Queen 

 Alexandra and Peach Blossom take 

 the lead in spiraeas and Pink Pearl Is 

 at the very top of the rhododrendron 

 list with no close rival. There are 

 lilies, tulips and hyacinths galore. 

 Schultheis has prepared for a great 

 Easter. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Charles Limmer, Schenectady, N. Y., 

 has been petitioned into bankruptcy. 



The Service Bureau 



OF THE 



National Association Of 

 Gardeners 



Is maintained for the purpose of providing opportunities for ef&clent 

 and ambitious men engaged In the profession of gardening. 

 This department of the Assoclatlnn is at the disposal of those who 

 may require the services of capable superintendents, gardeners or aa- 

 slstant gardeners. Atluiess 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary ... Madison, N. J. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



