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eompleting the course of study there, 

 he returned home and became identified 

 with the Elliott Nursery Co., of which 

 he was secretary and treasurer at the 

 time of his death. He was held in the 

 highest esteem by his social and busi- 

 ness friends, his success in life being 

 seemingly assured. Mr. Elliott is sur- 

 vived by his parents, his wife, Mrs. 

 Miriam A. Elliott, a small son, James 

 Wilkinson Elliott III, and four sisters 

 and two brothers. The family has the 

 deepest sympathy of all in this, the sec- 

 ond bereavement within a few months, 

 the youngest son. Barton W. Elliott, 

 having died November 4 in Hospital 104, 

 << somewhere in France," from wounds 

 received in action la^ September. 



E. E. S. 



0. 8. Hairison. 



The grand old man of the nursery 

 trade has been gathered to his fathers 

 and a career probably the most remark- 

 able in the annals of horticulture has 

 been closed. 



C. 8. Harrison, whose death occurred 

 February 23, was born in the year 1832. 

 He was educated for the ministry and 

 many of the best years of his li^e were 

 devoted to that calling. In 1898, hav- 

 ing been superannuated at the age of 

 66 years, he started a nursery business 

 at York, Neb., known as the Harrison 

 Nursery Co., which became an impor- 

 tant concern and today has a paid up 

 capital of $100,000. Mr. Harrison 

 specialized in the peony, the phlox and 

 the iris and his monographs on the cul- 

 ture of these flowers are standard works 

 on the shelves of every library. His 

 training for the ministry stood him in 

 good stead in the new line of work, not 

 only in the writing of brochures on his 

 specialties, but as a speaker at conven- 

 tions of horticultural societies and trade 

 meetings, for which he was always in 

 request. It has been said that be prob- 

 ably was known to more people than any 

 other man in the trade and his char- 

 acter and personality gave him a unique 

 position. 



The genial, whole-hearted nature of 

 the man, his poetic taste and his great 

 love for his work are best expressed in 

 his own farewell, which he wrote as he 

 felt that the years of his long life were 

 drawing to a close. These words ring 

 with the splendid optimism and noble 

 sentiments which animated the mind of 

 this clergyman-horticulturist: 



"Good-bye, grand old mother earth; 

 good-bye, majestic mountains, fertile 

 plains, forests, singing brooks and 

 sparkling lakes. 



* * Good-bye, you thousands of horti- 

 culturists. Thank you for your kindly 

 words and appreciation of my labors. 

 "We have had a good time trying to lift 

 our calling to a higher plane. 



"Good-bye, all my personal friends, 

 who have given me kindly cheer on my 

 way. 



" I die thanking God I have lived and 

 known you all. May you succeed in 

 your glorious work here and then be 

 exalted to the higher Horticulture of 

 God, whose everlasting spring abides 

 and never-withering flowers. 

 "Ever yours, 



"C. 8. Harrison." 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



Charles S. Harrison. 



A permanent organization to be known 

 as the Albany Betail Florists' Associa- 

 tion. The report of the committee on 

 advertising, Frederick A. Danker, chair- 

 man, showed that excellent results had 

 been secured by the florists through ad- 

 vertisements of flowers for St. Valen- 

 tine's day. It was decided to use the 

 newspapers again for extensive pub- 

 licity for flowers on St. Patrick's day. 

 President William C. Gloeckner named 

 a committee of three to look into the 

 problem of deliveries in the suburbs and 

 nearby places. The committee is made 

 up of B, C. Holmes, James Lascaris and 

 P. A. Yauch. The members hope to work 

 out a plan whereby duplications of deliv- 

 ery service in suburban territory will 

 be eliminated through cooperative ef- 

 fort. 



The organization published a repro- 

 duction of the S. A. F. advertisement 

 for St. Valentine's day, in half -page 

 size, in all the Albany newspapers. 



comes in the form of a blue powder, 

 and suflScient ammonia to cut it. Add 

 enough of the mixture to a quart of 

 water to make the water a light blue. 

 Water the seedlings with this solution 

 as soon as they come up. If the weather 

 is dark and rainy, use the remedy sev- 

 eral times during the flrst two weeks. 

 In watering do not wetJthe foliage, but 

 only the soil and the stems of the seed- 

 lings just at the surface of the ground. 



C. L. Walker. 



INSECTS ON DAISIES. 



I am sending you a small box of daisy 

 leaves which have been attacked by am 

 insect. I would like to know what it 

 is and what will exterminate it. 



N. G.— Wis. 



The retail florists of Albany met 

 February 19 in the rooms of the Albany 

 Chamber of Commerce and decided upon 



REMEDY FOR DAMFINQ OFF. 



In The Eeview of February 13 there 

 is an article on the subject of "Seed- 

 lings Damping Off." I have had con- 

 siderable experience growing vegetable 

 plants and have found the following 

 remedy practically a sure cure for this 

 trouble: 



Procure from your druggist 10 cents 

 worth of carbonate of copper, which 



The leaves were completely dried up 

 when received. Probably the trouble ia \ 

 caused by the leaf -miner. This insect/; 

 cuts at the tissues inside the leaves and 

 practically skeletonizes them. Yon 

 cannot kill this insect by fumigatioa 

 with ordinary fumigants, but if you 

 will spray with some of the nicotine 

 preparations^ you can get rid of it. For 

 any insects on the wing which may 

 trouble your plants, fumigation is the 

 best remedy and there are several good 

 nicotine papers or liquids which can 

 be used for this purpose, either by bun* 

 ing or vaporizing. 0. W. 



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