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Mat 25, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



23 



Fred R. Mathisotu 



Vase of any named yellow variety, $5, donated 

 by Arthur T. Boddlngton. 



Collection of Chlldsli varieties, three spikes of 

 each, $10, donated by John Lewis ' Chllds. 



Exhibit containing the largest number of stand- 

 ard named varietifs, correctly labeled, challenge 

 cup, donated by Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Collection of fifteen varieties, three spikes of 

 each, $10, donated by the Stumpp & Walter Co. 



Table decorated with gladioli, table to be laid 

 for six covers, silver and glass vase, donated 

 by B. Hammond Tracy. 



Centerpiece for dining table, $5, donated by 

 N. L. Crawford. 



Twenty-flve spikes of the new Gladiolus Kund- 

 erdl Glory exhibited in one vase, silver cup, 

 donated by Henry F. Michell Co. 



Display of Gladiolus Princeplne, gold medal, 

 donated by W. E. Kirchhoft Co. 



Six named varieties, one spike of each, sliver 

 cup, donated by Montague Chamberlain. 



Vase of America, not less than twelve spikes, 

 $5, donated by John Lewis Chllds. 



Collection of yellow named varieties, exhibited 

 by an amateur, $5, donated by Arthur T. Bod- 

 dlngton. 



Collection of primulinus type and hybrids, 

 sliver cup, donated by J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



Six varieties of blue gladioli exhibited In one 

 vase, $5, donated by L. Merton Gage. . 



L. Merton Gage, Cor. Sec'y. 



HYDRANGEAS DID NOT FLOWER. 



Early in the winter I bought 100 

 Hydrangea Otaksa plants and treated 

 them as usual, but every one of them 

 came without buds, while plants from 

 another firm came fine. Will these 

 plants be of any use next year, or is 

 there danger of their again coming 

 blind? Wiiat caused this in the first 

 place? How should they be handled 

 until next winter? I believe it is too 

 hot to plant them out in the field here, 

 in northern Kansas. J. M. K. 



The plants will carry over all right 

 if they can be planted out where they 

 can receive the necessary moisture. In 

 your climate field culture would not do 

 for them, but if you can plant them out 

 where they can get an occasional soak- 

 ing with the hose, they will make large- 

 sized plants to dig in the fall. Of 

 course, they can be carried over in pots 

 plunged in earth or cinders, but this 

 entails a lot of labor in watering. If 

 they can have a light shade, such as is 

 provided by laths, all the better. If 

 you can plant them in a slightly sunken 

 frame, where they can be watered, 

 syringed and shaded dur-ijig the hottest 

 hours of the day, theylwill do well. 

 Expose to full sun after August. Pot 

 up about the end of October, and keep 

 cool and a little on the dry side until- 

 needed for forcing. It is difficult to tell 

 the cause of the plants failing to flower 



without knowing something of their 

 condition when received and their later 

 treatment. G. W. 



OBITUARY. 



Fred R. Mathison. 



Fred E. Mathison, one of the pioneer 

 florists of New England and widely 

 known in the trade, died Sunday, May 

 21, at his home at Waltham, Mass., 

 after a short illness. Mr. Mathison 

 was of British birth, but he came to 

 this country many years ago and be- 

 came one of the leading rose growers 

 around Boston. For a long term of 

 years his establishment was one of 

 the best known places in Massachu- 

 setts. A few years ago he retired from 

 business and rented his establishment 

 for some time, but later started in on 

 his own account once more and quickly 

 took his place again as one of the most 

 successful men of the craft in his vicin- 

 ity. He was a first-class grower, liked 

 by everyone. Mr. Mathison was a 

 member of long standing in the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club and in 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. He was an active worker for each 

 of these organizations, though he never 

 had cared to hold office in either; he 

 was at one time a member of the execu- 

 tive committee of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, and always one of the 

 willing workers. He was a member 

 of the American Rose Society and 

 quite active at the recent National 

 Flower Show. He Joined the S. A. F. 

 in 1887 and was a life member. 



The funeral was held at Waltham, 

 May 23, and was attended by a large 

 delegation of members of the trade. 

 The wealth of floral tributes included 

 one from the Boston Gardeners ' and 

 Florists' Club and another from the 

 Flower Market. Mr. Mathison had 

 been twice married. The second wife 

 survives. 



Lloyd G. Blick. 



Lloyd G. Blick died May 18 at his 

 home at Norfolk, Va., after a lingering 

 illness. Mr. Blick was one of the lead- 

 ing florists of his section of the country 

 and was widely known in the trade. He 

 had been a member of the Society of 

 American Florists for the last eleven 

 years and was a regular attendant at its 

 conventions when held in eastern terri- 

 tory. The funeral took place May 21 

 and was largely attended, there being 

 floral tokens of esteem. 



Eggert Nagel. 



Eggert Nagel, proprietor of the Nagel 

 greenhouses, in Minneapolis, Minn., and 

 well known in the trade, was at'ruck 

 by a street car at the corner of/Emer- 

 son avenue and Lake street<-ln that 

 city, on the evening of May 16, and 

 almost instantly killed. Witnesses of 

 the accident say that at the same mo- 

 ment an automobile came down Lake 

 street at a terrific speed and turned to 

 the left side to pass the car, giving Mr. 

 Nagel no chance for escape except the 

 possibility of getting across the street 

 ahead of the street car. This he was 

 unable to do and was struck by the car 

 and hurled almost fifty feet. 



He was 69 years of age, a native of 

 Hamburg, Germany, and came directly 

 to Minneapolis from that country forty- 

 six years ago. For sixteen years he 

 was manager of the Mendenhall green- 

 houses, the first of the kind in Minne- 

 apolis. Later he entered into business 



E. Nagel. 



for himself and some time afterward 

 took his son into partnership. He is 

 survived by the son, Theodore W. Na- 

 gel, a daughter, Mrs. D. G. Miner, and a 

 brother living in Davenport, la. 



Mr. Nagel was a member of Masonic 

 lodge 224 and prominent in the work 

 of the order. He was also a member 

 of the West Side Commercial Club and 

 was on his way to attend a meeting 

 of that organization when the fatal 

 accident occurred. The club passed the 

 following resolution as soon as word 

 of the accident was received: 



"Whereas, The board of directors of 

 the West Side Commercial Club have 

 just learned of the sudden death by a 

 regrettable accident of our worthy 

 member, E. Nagel, who was on his way 

 to attend a meeting of the Civic Cele- 

 bration decoration committee of the 

 West Side Commercial Club; be it 



"Resolved, That we express our deep 

 sympathy and condolence to the family 

 in their bereavement. The West Side 

 Commercial Club has lost a valuable 

 and energetic member, who will long 

 be remembered for his sterling quali- 

 ties. A. E. Woollan, George H. Filbert, 

 John Towell, committee." 



Arthur W. Lemke. 



Arthur W. Lemke, of Milwaukee, 

 Wis., committed suicide May 15 at 

 the home of his parents, 1000 Twenty- 

 fifth avenue, by drinking carbolic acid. 

 He was 23 years old. Business troubles 

 are said to have caused the act. 



t John Wolf. 



John Wolf, an expert gardener in the 

 employ of the Elm City Nursery Co., 

 at New Haven, Conn., committed sui- 

 cide in W^ashington park, Bridgeport, 

 May 11, by drinking carbolic acid. He 

 was 48 years old and had been in the 

 service of the nursery firm for eleven 

 years. He is survived by his wife, one 

 son, Harry, and two daughters, Genett 

 and Frederiea Wolf, all of whom reside 

 at the family home, 24 Auburn street, 

 New Haven. 



Utica, N. Y;.— It is said that Wm. A. 

 Treen, at 8 Leeds street, has in one of 

 his greenhouses a lemon tree on which 

 hangs a lemon that weighs twenty-eight 

 ounces. The tree is less than three feet 

 tall. 



