October 7, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



Obituary 



Miles Stowe. 



On September 22nd, Miles Stowe, 

 well-known as an onion seed and sweet 

 corn grower, died at Milford, Conn. 



Henry J. Schmidt. 

 Henry J. Schmidt, gardener tor 

 many years in New Orleans, La., died 

 on September 13. He was 76 years 

 of age and came to New Orleans from 

 Prussia in 1854. 



Orlando F. Casteen. 

 Mr. Orlando F. Casteen died at his 

 home Kansas City, Kas., on Sept. 18, 

 and in his will he left $3000 for the 

 erection of a greenhouse and floral 

 planting in Forest Park Cemetery, An- 

 thony, Kan. 



George W. Caldwell. 

 George W. Caldwell, of Evergreen, 

 Ala., died of tuberculosis on Septem- 

 ber 5. He was well known throughout 

 the country as, "Caldwell, the Woods- 

 man" from his business of gathering 

 and shipping evergreens and other 

 wild green products. 



William Kiss. 

 Falling asleep while a lighted pipe 

 was in his mouth, William Kiss, a 

 Manchester (N. H.) florist, was suffo- 

 cated in a room of the Lincoln House 

 on the evening of September 27. Kiss 

 was dying when discovered by the 

 proprietor. A physician, who was sum- 

 moned, found life extinct. Mr. Kiss 

 was for many years in the florist busi- 

 ness at Fitchburg, Mass. 



Robert Laird. 

 A leading Scottish horticulturist has 

 lately passed away in the person of 

 Robert Laird, of the well known firm 

 of Messrs. Laird and Sons, Ltd., 

 nurserymen and seedsmen, of Edin- 

 burgh. Mr. Laird was well known and 

 respected throughout the seed trade 

 north of the Tweed; he took a very 

 prominent part in the affairs of the 

 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, and the Scottish Horticultural As- 

 sociation, having for ten years been 

 secretary of the latter organization. 

 He was also closely identified with 

 the Royal Scottish Arboricultural So- 

 ciety. He will be greatly missed. 



South Freeport, Me. — Superintend- 

 ent J. J. Turner of Casco Castle Park 

 has resigned his position there to ac- 

 cept the position of general manager 

 for the Southworth Brothers nurseries 

 at Beverly, Mass. The beautiful 

 grounds at Casco Castle have been 

 for the past nine years in charge of 

 Mr. Turner, and he will be greatly 

 missed, not only at Casco Castle 

 where he leaves many friends, but at 

 the various Maine fairs where he has 

 been yearly a leading exhibitor, win- 

 ning in the last four years 164 blue 

 ribbons and several special prizes. Mr. 

 Turner was born in Boston, and was 

 graduated from Harvard in 1S76, after 

 which he took a two years' course in 

 botany and landscape gardening. He 

 laid out many fine estates in New 

 York and New Jersey and was con- 

 nected with the Chicago park system 

 for a number of years. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Trade Jottings. 

 John W. Madden of Pittsburg is now 

 with the E. Wienhoeber Co. 



C. Kohr of St. Louis, Mo., is now 

 with Geo. Weiland of Evanston, 111. 



Homer L. Metz is the latest addition 

 to the force in the supply department 

 of the E. H. Hunt Co. 



A. C. Spencer is again with the 

 wholesale end of the business having 

 a position with Kyle & Foerster. 



Mrs. H. Simpson, of West Ogden 

 Ave., has lately purchased the proper- 

 ty which she has previously leased. 



Wm. Abrahamson, formerly in the 

 wholesale flower department of the E. 

 H. Hunt Co., and for the past two 

 years in Denver, Colo., is now with the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association. 

 Word has come from Fred Longren 

 who is on the road for the E. H. Hunt 

 Supply House that in this southern 

 trip he has made a record of taking 

 orders at every call in the three states 

 he has traveled through. 



Among the exhibitors at the state 

 fair held this week at Springfield, 111., 

 Schiller, the Florist, will compete for 

 honors in artistic arrangement and 

 Herman Schiller and Miss Schiller are 

 there in charge. Two years ago their 

 exhibit under six numbers was award- 

 ed six first prizes. George Asmus 

 leaves for Springfield tonight. This 

 firm also exhibited plants this year. 

 Personal. 

 Miss M. Russell, bookkeeper for J. 

 A. Budlong will spend a few days at 

 h» r home in St. Louis, Mo. 



Among the old faces in new places 

 are seen Fred Strail with the Briggs' 

 House Florist on Van Buren street, 

 and Henry Munn with Ganger & Gorm- 

 ley. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Johnson of Fort 

 Smith, Ark., who were heavy losers by 

 hail last spring. On account of a tech- 

 nicality in the law of that state which 

 has since been repealed, they were not 

 able then to carry hail insurance. 



As announced last week the mar- 

 riage of Herman Schiller and Pearl 

 Yager took place Saturday evening 

 at the home of Mrs. Hilliar, the 

 groom's sister, at 2207 West Madison 

 street. The wedding was a quiet one 

 only immediate relatives being pres- 

 ent. Mr. and Mrs. Schiller went to 

 housekeeping at once at 446 S. Irving 

 avenue and have the best wishes of 

 their many friends. 



Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. John- 

 son, Fort Smith, Ark.; A. R. Leidiger, 

 of Edlefsen, Leidiger Co., Milwaukee, 

 Wis.; R. R. Davis, Morrisson, 111.; E. 

 Dailledouze, Flatbush. N. Y.; A. liai- 

 son, Wendell, Idaho; Chas. Koelker 

 and daughter, Toledo, O.; Paul J. 

 Howard, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Geo. Papadakis, Kansas City, Mo. 



Following an assault with intent to 

 kill Frank Hammond, the superintend- 

 ent of the J. G. Harrison & Sons' nur- 

 series, the police of Berlin, Md.. 

 cleaned out the Italian camp there, ar- 

 resting sixteen of the twenty inhabi- 

 tants, and they are being held without 

 bail awaiting the result of the injuries 

 of their victims. It is alleged that 

 grubbing axes were used in the as- 

 sault upon Hammond-, with the result 

 that he is in a very critical condition. 



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WASHINGTON NOTES. 



A hah Godding, landscape gardener 

 in the employ of the government, has 

 returned to Anacostia, D. C, after a 

 month's trip through Maine and Mas- 



ii husetts. 



William F. Gude is the florist mem- 

 ber of the committee appointed to re- 

 ceive the delegates to the National 

 German-American Alliance convention 

 being held here this week. 



David G. Fairchild of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture will give the 

 members of a newly-formed class or 

 consuls and consular assistants now 

 in session at the State Department, 

 an illustrated lecture on the as- 

 sistance which they can, as consular 

 officers, render the Agricultural De- 

 partment and through that depart- 

 ment the country at large in connec- 

 tion with the introduction of plants. 



There has been a rumor in the news- 

 papers to the effect that a movement 

 has been started to have the grave of 

 Nicholas Studer, the pioneer florist of 

 the District of Columbia, suitably 

 marked through the erection of a mon- 

 ument. Mr. Studer died some twelve 

 years ago and it is stated that the 

 body lies in an unmarked grave. He 

 was a native of Switzerland. Gude 

 Bros, now own the place formerly 

 conducted by him. 



Charles Kohen, the proprietor of the 

 cut flower stand at Ninth and D 

 streets, N. W., was recently the vic- 

 tim of an assault made by two night 

 watchmen. Between them they took 

 Kohen to the police station, using him 

 quite roughly on the way. Upon be- 

 ing recognized by one of the sergeants 

 at the station he was released some 

 time later. The watchman who first 

 accosted him was in court adjudged 

 guilty of assault and fined $10. 



Gude Bros., and Fred H. Kramer 

 each held a very successful sale of 

 palms and ferns last week. Their 

 stores were crowded and neither firm 

 had cause for a cry of "dull business." 

 At the Kramer store a large quantity 

 of bulbs were also offered and dis- 

 posed of. Many schools and clubs 

 took advantage of low prices to secure 

 these plants for decorative purposes, 

 and in every instance both the cus- 

 tomer and the firm making the sale 

 were pleased. 



Visitors: Charles E. Meehan of the 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., C. H. Sieck of C. Smith & 

 Co., Baltimore, Md.; H. T. Potter, Wil- 

 mington, Del. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



C. H. Grakelow wins in the primary 

 election for his ward. We regret to 

 learn that the campaigning has proved 

 rather a severe strain on such a fine 

 wire! That he may speedily be re- 

 stored to his old self is the earnest 

 wish of all. We understand that a se- 

 rious hemorrhage came as a result of 

 his strenuous efforts— on top of the 

 condition caused by the attack of pneu- 

 monia from which he suffered last 

 winter. 



Visitors: Arthur E. Holland, repre- 

 senting R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Bos- 

 ton, Mass.; B. B. Carpenter, Pittston, 

 Pa.; T. F. McAndrew, representing T. 

 !. Clark, Boston. Mass.; Daniel Gor- 

 man. Williamsport, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. 

 ■ D. Mills, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mooney 

 <S- Weir. Wilkesbarre. Pa. 



