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HORTICULTURE 



December 1G, 1911 



Obituary 



James Douglas. 



The news of the sudden death of 

 this well Known and highly-respected 

 gardener and florist will be received 

 with profound regret. Douglas was 

 the last of the old school of florists, 

 and his death has severed a link with 

 the past that can never be repaired. 

 Our own columns have frequently 

 borne witness to his enthusiasm for 

 such flowers as carnations, auriculas, 

 polyanthuses and tulips; indeed. Mr. 

 Douglas was one of our oldest contrib- 

 utors. Only a week ago he wrote to 

 us with respect to arrangements for 

 contributing articles on his favorite 

 flowers during the present season, and 

 the first of what promised to be an 

 invaluable series reached the office 

 after his death. James Douglas had a 

 pleasant way of working into his cul- 

 tural articles a great deal of florists' 

 lore which was not merely interesting, 

 but helpful to an understanding of the 

 true properties of the flowers which 

 he was describing. His writings were 

 of permanent value, because they were 

 based on his own experience as a cul- 

 tivator. No man excelled Douglas as 

 a plant grower, and it will be remem- 

 bered that he exhibited with extraor- 

 dinary success at most of the gTeat 

 shows before leaving Great Gearies 

 garden, Ilford, to start business as a 

 nurseryman at Bookham. His collec- 

 tions of Auriculas shown at the R. H. 

 S. meetings in recent years have ex- 

 celled anything of the kind ever seen, 

 and the Council has shown its sense of 

 the general appreciation of them by 

 awarding Mr. Douglas the gold medal 

 on several occasions. His personal 

 qualities were as high as his profes- 

 sional attainments, and his name was, 

 and will remain, always associated 

 with all that was best in the horticul- 

 tural world. Amongst his public serv- 

 ices mav be reckoned thirty-two years" 

 work on the Committee of the Garden- 

 ers' Royal Benevolent Institution, and 

 he was not only a permanent member 

 of the Floral Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, but for some 

 years represented professional garden- 

 ers on the Council of that Society. He 

 gave continuous help to the National 

 Auricula and Primula Society and oth- 

 er special societies. Douglas was 

 awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal, 

 and in 1899 the Victoria Medal of 

 Honor. No man deserved these dis- 

 tinctions more than he, for his life 

 and work afforded an exemplary 

 example for the younger garden- 

 ers of the present day to emulate. 

 — From The Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 Dec. 2, 1911. 



and developing in them useful and or- 

 namental plants. 



Sir Joseph Hooker was educated at 

 the high school and University of 

 Glasgow, where he took his medical 

 degree in 1839. When only twenty- 

 two he accompanied, as assistant sur- 

 geon, in reality as a naturalist, the 

 famous Antarctic expedition of Sir 

 James Clark Ross in the Erebus and 

 Keroo. On his return he became 

 botanist to the Geological Survey of 

 England. In 1847 he went to India to 

 investigate the plants of tropical coun- 

 tries and the flora of the Himalayas. 

 He was captured and held prisoner by 

 the Rajah of Sikkim in order to extort 

 a more favorable treaty from the In- 

 dian Government. As a punishment 

 Great Britain annexed Southern Sik- 

 kim. 



Sir Joseph was elected president of 

 the Royal Society in 1873. He pub- 

 lished many excellent works on bot- 

 any and received numerous decora- 

 tions and honorary degrees. 



Sir Joseph Hooker. 

 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K. S. C. 

 G., F. R. S., one of the most famous 

 naturalists, retired surgeon, R. N., died 

 in London on Dec. 11, at the age of 

 ninetv-four. He was born in the pur- 

 ple science. His father was Sir W. F. 

 Hooker, whom he succeeded in 1865 as 

 director of Kew Gardens. Father and 

 son transformed and beautified the 

 national gardens and made 'hem not 

 only one of the most enjoyable reso I 

 in London, but the source of perpi 

 benefit to the nation by acclimatizing 



Meta Phillips Landreth. 

 Meta Phillips Landreth, wife of 

 Capt. Burnett Landreth of the David 

 Landreth Seed Co., died on the 10th 

 inst, at Washington, D. C, aged 64. 

 Funeral services were held at the 

 family residence, Bristol, Pa., on the 

 13th inst. Mrs. Landreth is survived 

 by her husband, three sons and one 

 daughter, Burnett Jr., S. Philip, David 

 and Frances H. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Chicago Florists' Club listened 

 to an entertaining talk on business 

 prospects in South America at the 

 meeting on Dec. 7. It was given by 

 J. McHutchison, of New York. 



On Monday night, November 27, F. 

 W. Kelsey addressed the Tenafly 

 Borough Club at Tenafly, N. J., on the 

 topic of "Parks and playgrounds." Mr. 

 Kelsey is well informed on this sub- 

 ject and his lecture was enthusiasti- 

 cally received. 



for 1913. The club is now in the best 

 condition in its history. 



The preliminary schedule of prizes 

 for the American Rose Society, co- 

 operating with the American Carna- 

 tion Society and the Detroit Florists' 

 Club in the exhibition at Detroit, Jan- 

 uary 10, 11 and 12, 1912, has been is- 

 sued. It is a liberal list and all in- 

 terested should send to Benj. Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill, N. Y., for a copy. 



The preliminary premium list of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago for 

 their first spring exhibition, to be held 

 March 12 to 17, 1912, has been sent 

 out and those interested may procure 

 copies from the secretary, J. H. Bur- 

 dett, 1620 W. 104 Place, Chicago. 

 There are 142 classes, aggregating 

 $2,434.00 in premiums besides numer- 

 ous medals, etc. 



An interesting meeting of the Bar 

 Harbor (Me.) Horticultural Society 

 took place on Dec. 7th. Two papers, 

 "The Future of the Bar Harbor Horti- 

 cultural Society," by P. W. Blanchard, 

 and "Mushroom Culture," by Arthur 

 E. Chilman, gardener to Mrs. Joseph 

 T. Bowen, were read. 



At a regular meeting of the Fall 

 River (Mass.) Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Association held Dec. 6, the following 

 officers were elected: President, E. 

 T. Lawton; vice-president, William 

 Stafford; secretary, J. R. Pee; treas- 

 urer, J. Warburton; trustee, E. T. Law- 

 ton, C. Warburton and Paul de Nave. 



The Englemann Botanical Club met 

 Monday night, Dec. 11th, in the lecture 

 room at the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den, St. Louis. Mr. W. W. Chlweiler's 

 paper on "Recent Developments in 

 Our Knowledge of Stomata," was well 

 received. The attendance was large. 

 Some new features are on for the Jan- 

 uary meeting. 



All officers of the Milwaukee Flor- 

 ists' Club were reelected at the regu- 

 lar meeting held Dec. 7. The subject 

 of the recent flower show was inform- 

 ally discussed. It is thought best by 

 some to omit the 1912 show altogether 

 and concentrate the efforts on the one 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society as- 

 sembled for their regular monthly 

 meeting at their club rooms. The 

 meeting was mostly routine work. The 

 president's desk was gaily decorated 

 with specimen plants of begonias, one 

 a sport of Lorraine, shown by Schu- 

 mann & Wahlers that is much of an 

 improvement over the old, and some 

 Glory of Cincinnati plants by J. A. 

 Peterson. 



Albert Sylvester, chairman of the 

 Transportation Committee for the 

 joint convention in Detroit next Janu- 

 ary, requests all intending exhibitors 

 to address their exhibits Exhibition 

 Wayne Gardens, Detroit, Mich. Some- 

 times an exhibitor addresses his flow- 

 ers to a local friend who perchance 

 may live outside the regular delivery 

 zone and thereby brings about an un- 

 avoidable delay of no less than 24 

 hours. 



The New York Gardeners' Society's 

 reunion, dinner and bowling tourna- 

 ment on Dec. 21st, promises to be the 

 greatest pleasure event in many years. 

 Many gardeners, greenhouse builders, 

 seedsmen, nurserymen and landscape 

 gardeners in and about New York 

 have notified their intention not to 

 miss any part of the program. A cele- 

 brated highland piper will bring back 

 memories of home to many. Rickards 

 Bros, will have charge of the music 

 and songs, Chadwick and Schultz the 

 side shows; Everett, Duff and Manda 

 the prize bowling; Marshall, Scott and 

 Donlan the commissary and so on. It 

 'is hoped that enough good bowlers 

 from each society will attend and com- 

 pete for the prizes offered for club or 

 society teams. In such manner all the 

 old and young ones will just have 

 one jolly big Christmas time of it. The 

 drawing for the two vases will tase 

 place immediately before the bowling. 

 Room will be made for late comers 

 but let us know just as soon as you 

 can. J. IVERA DONLAN, 



133 West 28th St., 



New York City. 



Now is the time to stock up on baled 

 spruce and fir boughs— for shrub pro- 

 tection, border covering and lots of 

 other useful purposes to which these 

 can be put. Harry J. Smith, who ad- 

 vertises this material in the columns 

 of this paper, is the man to supply you. 

 He is a large operator and can ship 

 by ton or car-load as well as by single 

 bale. 



