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HORTICULTURE 



April 18, 1914 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



A movement has been started to or- 

 ganize a florists' association in Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



W. N. Craig, of Brookline, Mass., ad- 

 dressed the members of the Salem 

 Women's Club on Wednesday after- 

 noon, April 8, his subject being "Prac- 

 tical Floriculture." A large audience 

 enjoyed the lecture. 



The Eighth Annual Show of the 

 North Shore Horticultural Society of 

 lake Forest, 111., will take place at 

 Durand Art Institute, third week in 

 July, 1914. Copies of the preliminary 

 premium list may be had by applying 

 to E. Bollinger, Sec'y, Lake Forest, 

 111. 



The Terre Haute Florists' Associa- 

 tion held a meeting at the Chamber 

 of Commerce building on the evening 

 of April 2. Election of officers result- 

 ed in the choice of F. Heinl, presi- 

 dent; Henry Graham, vice-president; 

 N. B. Stover, secretary; Fred Walker, 

 treasurer; all re-elected. 



At the meeting of the Elberon (N. 

 J^.), Horticultural Society held on Men- 

 ■day evening, April 6. a cultural cer- 

 tificate was awarded to Robert Allen 

 for a trained specimen of Rose Hia- 

 watha, also a cultural certificate to 

 John Chinas for a specimen cattleya. 

 The schedule of the chrysanthemum 

 show to be held November 3, 4 and 5 at 

 Asbury Park, was adopted and ordered 

 sent to the printer for early distribu- 

 tion. Wm. BRTA^^ Asst. Sec. 



Officers were elected at a meeting 

 of the Florists' Club of Dayton, Ohio, 

 Thursday night, April 2. The result 

 of the balloting was that George Bar- 

 tholomew was chosen president, Ar- 

 thur Schmidt was re-elected vice-presi- 

 dent and Horace Frank again chosen 

 for the office of secretary and trea- 

 surer. Plans for the annual banquet 

 were discussed and it was decided to 

 hold it some time after Easter, the 

 time and place to be decided upon 

 later. 



At the regular monthly meeting 

 of the New Jersey Ploricultural So- 

 ciety held in Orange. N. J., on April 6. 

 it was decided to hold the annual 

 fruit, vegetable, dahlia and gladiolus 

 show in October and to make same the 

 event of the season. The' society will 

 also hold a sweet pea show in July. 



A prize was awarded to Sidney and 

 A. M. Colgate for Tricopelia suavis. 

 Also to Mrs. Henry " Graves for Cat- 

 tleya Schroederae and to Peter Hauck, 

 Jr., for a specimen genista. 



The society wishes to thank the vari- 

 ous seed houses that so kindly donated 

 to the October Show, 1914. 



Geo. W. Strange, Secy. 



New Haven, Conn.— Transfers in the 

 towns of Orange and Milford to the 

 Elm City Nursery company have been 

 recorded of several valuable tracts of 

 land immediately adjoining the Wood- 

 mont railroad station. The Elm City 

 Nurserj' company will start to develop 

 this property right away, establishing 

 as fast as possible one of the largest 

 and best equipped nurseries in the 

 country. Business headquarters will 

 remain for the present at Edgewood, 

 Westville. 



Obituary 



Mrs. Charles E. Keith. 



Mrs. Charles E. Keith, widow of the 

 late superintendent of the parks of 

 Bridgeport, Conn., died on March 15. 

 She leaves two sons and one daughter. 



William E. Wise. 



William E. Wise, 67 years of age, 

 who for many years has been em- 

 ployed at the Propagating Gardens. 

 Washington, D. C, died last week at 

 his late home, 1013 Fourteenth Street. 

 Funeral services were held at St. Vin- 

 cent de Paul's Church. He leaves two 

 children, Arthur Wise and Mrs. Grace 

 Johnson. 



Charles Koelker. 



Charles Koelker, head of the firm of 

 Charles Koelker & Sons, florists, a 

 resident of Toledo, Ohio. 46 years, died 

 Friday morning. April 3, at his home. 

 1702 Cherry street, aged 65. Mr. 

 Koelker was born in Muhlhausen. 

 Westphalia, Germany. In 1874. with 

 two brothers, he came to Toledo. They 

 engaged in the merchants tailoring 

 business, but on account of failing 

 health, Charles withdrew from the 

 firm 10 years ago. and with his two 

 sons, engaged in the florist business, 

 with greenhouses in West Toledo and 

 salesroom on St. Clair street. 



Theodore L. Ewoldt. 



Theodore L. Ewoldt, one of the best 

 known florists of the Tri-Cities, died at 

 the home of his brother, Frank in Dav- 

 enport, la., after an illness of several 

 months duration, aged 36 years. The 

 cause of death was Brlght's disease. A 

 few days ago, Mr. Ewoldt showed much 

 improvement and there were hopes of 

 his recovery, but he became worse and 

 died at 2:30 o'clock on the morning 

 of April 8th. Mr. Ewoldt's father had 

 died only the previous Saturday, April 

 4th, and was buried on Monday, April 

 6th. 



Mr. Ewoldt was a charter member 

 of the Tri-City Florists' Club and has 

 at various times held the office of 

 president, secretary, and some of the 

 minor offices. He was one of those 

 members who put life and activity in 

 the club and will be greatly missed by 

 its members. The funeral was held 

 from the Elks' Club rooms, Friday. 

 April 10th, with interment at Pine 

 Hill cemetery. Wii. Goos, 



Sec. T. C. F. Club. 



BOTANICAL GARDENS FOR UNI- 

 VERSITY OF CHICAGO. 



The largest botanical gardens main- 

 tained by any institution in the 

 United States will be established in 

 the near future in connection with 

 the University of Chicago campus, if 

 plans as announced are carried out. 

 Laboratories and accommodations for 

 the transplanting of rare flora will be 

 maintained. The gardens will contain 

 a large fernery and hidden grottoes, 

 dells and sloping terraces. Many 

 apartment houses and cottages on the 

 site of the new garden will be razed 

 within a few weeks. The gardens will 

 be in charge of the botany department 

 and the school of science of the uni- 

 versity. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE. 



A party of seven from the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College made a 

 trip to New York to visit the Flower 

 Show on Wednesday and Thursday. 

 The party consisted of Professor A. H. 

 Nehrling, the head of the Floricultural 

 Department, C. L. Thayer, graduate as- 

 sistant, and several of the Seniors ma- 

 joring in Floriculture, — G. A. Reid, H. 

 W. Levine, S. L. Freedman, R. Cush- 

 man and A. S. Thurston. 



The trip was purely for educational 

 purposes, to give the students an op- 

 portunity to become acquainted with 

 a larger number of plants, to study 

 the methods of staging the exhibits, to 

 become familiar with the important 

 firms in the profession, and also to 

 meet personally some of the promi- 

 nent men. This is one of the many 

 advantages which the students taking 

 Floriculture at the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College have, since the col- 

 lege is located in the horticultural sec- 

 tion of the United States. The stu- 

 dents enjoyed many courtesies, being 

 addressed by such men as Benjamin 

 Hammond, Secretary of the American 

 Rose Society, John Young, Secretary 

 of the Society of American Florists. 

 Fred Lautenschlager, of the Kroeschell 

 Boiler Company, Chicago, I. S. Hen- 

 drickson of John Lewis Childs, who 

 gave them information on many of the 

 new varieties of gladioli, and W. R- 

 Pierson of Cromwell, Conn. 



ARBORETUM FIELD CLASS. 



Mr. .7. G. Jack will conduct a field 

 class at the Arnold Arbovetum on Sat- 

 urdays during the spring and early 

 summer, to assist those who ■wish to 

 gain a more intimate knowledge of 

 the native and foreign trees and 

 shrubs which grow in New England. 

 The instruction will be given in in- 

 formal outdoor talks and examination 

 of the plants. Different botanical 

 groups will be examined at each meet- 

 ing, although any trees or shrubs 

 found may form subjects for study. 

 The aim is to assist in showing the 

 difference and the means of identifi- 

 cation of the trees and shrubs, and to 

 give information regarding their or- 

 namental and useful properties, habits 

 of growth, and other features which 

 members of the class may desire to 

 know. Unless otherwise notified the 

 class will meet promptly at 10 o'clock 

 in the morning on Saturdays in the 

 Arboretum, at the Forest Hills en- 

 trance. Upon days too stormy for 

 good field work the class will meet In 

 the lecture room of the Bussey Insti- 

 tution, near the Forest Hills entrance 

 to the Arboretum, where a talk upon 

 trees, with illustrations, will be given. 

 The class will open Saturday, April 

 IS, and close June 27. Two hours will 

 be devoted to each meeting. The 

 course is open to both men and 

 women. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Sigmund Kaufman, florist. Milwau- 

 kee. Wis., filed a voluntary petition in 

 bankruptcy April 6, scheduling his lia- 

 bilities at $3,687.09 and his assets at 

 $2,332. He claims exemption on 

 $1,800. 



A petition in bankruptcy was filed in 

 the United States District Court on 

 April 4 by A. H. Bucharach, a nursery- 

 man, with debts of $26,751 and assets 

 of $50,978. 



