June 5, 1920 



HORT I CU LTURE 



VA 



George Watson's 

 Corner 



"You In your Niiiall corner unit ini* 

 111 mine." 



The iipwly born Iris Society is t'or- 

 tiinali' in having secured a good live 



secretary. Robert S. Sturtevaut. the 

 well Ivnown landscape architect ot 

 Wcllesly Farni.s, Mass., is a man of 

 liiKh distinction in two continents vi'ho 

 knows and loves the Iris and has made 

 it his hobby. Let us all turn in and 

 help him, the least we can do is to 

 join the association and become more 

 educated in the fine points of this 

 wonderful genus, which needs only 

 more knowledge to advance it in popu- 

 lar appreciation. 



.\ field for that seems oi)en in the 

 way o£ making it an all the year round 

 flower like the rose if the experts will 

 get busy in retarding, storing, cultivat- 

 ing the various species suitable for cut 

 flowers. There should be money in it 

 as well as fame for the grower and it 

 would all fend to the glory of the Iris 

 in public estimation. 



Fiddlesticks! That was a fine word 

 used by Max Schling in reply to Anna 

 .larvis. It expressed the feeling of the 

 multitude of common sense people in 

 one word. Greatl We extend our 

 thanks and congratulations. Some of 

 those crazy fanatics who call them- 

 selves efflciency experts may think 

 that a word ot four letters like Rats or 

 even one of three letters like Bah 

 would have been an improvement in 

 these days when print paper is so 

 scarce and the typesetter Is a Mogul, 

 but for us Fiddlesticks fills the bill 

 and leaves a nice warm feeling behind 

 it. Some like it neat and straight; but 

 the seltzer the lemon and the pepper- 

 mint and the straw kind of adds artis- 

 tic verisimilitude and we are willing 

 to pay the difference. 



GARDENERS' CONVENTION. 



The date for the annual convention 

 ot the National Association of Garden- 

 ers has been set for September 14, 15, 

 16, at St. Louis. 



The Marquette Hotel has been se- 

 lected as the headquarters and meet- 

 ing place of the convention, and the 

 following committee is in charge of the 

 local arrangements: Program, George 

 H. Pring: Reception. Hugo Schaft; 

 Entertainment, Ernst Streble; Decora- 

 tion, John Moritz; Publicity, Prof. H. 

 C. Irish. 



This year's convention of the nation- 

 al association will be the most impor- 

 tant in its history, as several matters 

 which will have much tearing on the 

 future of the gardening profession, 

 will be presented to the convention tor 

 consideration. The subject ot exami- 

 nation and classification for gardeners, 

 which was referred by the Cleveland 

 convention to the next convention, will 

 be submitted for final action. 



As the convention of the American 

 Association of Park Superintendents 

 will be held in Louisville on September 

 9, 10, 11, a good attendance is looked 

 for at both conventions as many mem- 

 bers are affiliated with the two asso- 

 ciations. The dates have been ar- 

 ranged so that members may attend 

 both meetings. 



The following country ©state owners 

 have recently subscribed as sustaining 

 members of the National Association 

 of Gardeners: W. R. Coe, Oyster Bay, 

 L. I.; J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. J. Pier- 

 pont Morgan, Glen Cove, L. I.; E. H. 

 Tnman. Atlanta. Ga.; F. M. Sackett, 

 Louisville. Ky.: H. E. Converse, 

 Marion, Mass.; Mrs. C. G. Rice. Ip- 

 swich, Mass.: Mrs. W. Stursberg, Great 

 Neck, L. I.; W. E. Kimball, Glen Cove, 

 L. I.: E. F. Price, Port Chester, N. Y.: 

 A. C. Loring. Mound, Minn. 



Mr. Henry T. May. gardener on Miss 

 Bradley's estate, Hingham. Mass., Is 

 leaving .luly 1st to accept a similar 

 position In Springfield, O. 



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CHARLES SCHOENHUT. 



Charles Schoenhut, a prominent florist 



of Buffalo, is Dead at His Home 



on Blaine Street. 



Mr. Schoenhut was born in Germany 

 about ,50 years ago and came to this 

 country when a boy. For the past 20 

 years he conducted the flower shop in 

 William street. He also conducted 

 the Schoenhut nurseries at Garden- 

 ville. 



Mr. Schoenhut was a member of Mo- 

 destia Lodge, F. & A. M.; Buffalo Con- 

 sistory, Elks, Eagles. Orioles, the Bo- 

 rea Club. East Side Business Men's 

 Association and the Florists' Club. 



Mr. Schoenhut is survived by his 

 wife, Emma, Schoenhut, his mother, a 

 brother. Albert Schoenhut, and four 

 sisters, Matildia Schoenhut, Mrs. Ber- 

 tha Kom, Mrs. Julia Kraft and Mrs. 

 Amelia Reynolds. 



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