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The Florists^ Review 



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, ;(.(\l-ii'.| hy llllsilil onilcd 1)1- )il'C,|ll- 



I partii'-i tliat no iiursciy st(nl< 

 |.| lie huiiylit in rastcrii M assacliu- 

 liciaiisc (if tile |i()ssil)ilit it's of in 

 .in. Mr. Wvnian stated tliat liis 

 lurrui'ily sold cacli year scxcral 

 ;^anil dollars' worth of stoci< at 

 I .ix. .\rass., hut that it now stdls noth- 

 , t iicrc on Hfcount of the scare. 



hcic were in all about fort\' present 



I ilie hearing:, whieh was liefort; the 



I : hoard, consisting of W. ^\. Orton, 



I T iiisset. A. F. Buryi'ss and (ieoryc 



1 •^udwortli. Anionji' those who spoke 



, (ler for or against the proposed cjuar- 



;, ine of certain sections of .\ew Kny- 



1 d ajzainst the gy]isy niotli and the 



iwn tail niotli were .1. K. .M. L. Far- 



lar. A. ('. iiurnhani, Alton Hriy^s, 



11. Wynian. Curtis \ve Smith ami 



.1. Stewart, all of Boston; \V. A. 



\ iiiicek. of the Rhode Island Xurser- 



-, Newport, U. ].; \V. K. Hritton, State 



I . tcunolojiist. New Ha\eii, Conn.; C. ]{. 



I ttis. Superiuteudent of State For- 



i i-i. Alhany. X. Y.; (ieorj;e Atwood, 



' iii(d' of the liureau of Horticulture, 



Alliany. X. V.; .1. 1*. liuckley. Coniniis- 



..iiicr of Agriculture, Maine; W. C. 



nkane. of Xew iranipsliire, and A. 'P. 



r.iiiald, of the ^Fassachusetts Ajiricul- 



iiiial CoUeye. Amherst, Mass. 



The nurserymen stronjily opposed the 

 '(H.-iiantine. ](roducing evidence to show 

 that the gypsx' moth is not distrihiiteii 

 li\ the shi|iinent of nursery sto<dv from 

 M.i'^sachusetts. The uuisorymen also 

 ulijci t to tlie interference of the fod- 

 . lal <;o\ernment in the matter of com- 

 I'afiny these jiests for fear that the 

 -late of Massa<diusetts will withdraw 

 it- siip|)ort, ai'jiuinji; that the state work 

 I- -up( lior to what the fe<lerai yovern- 

 iiHiit could do. It was ai'^ued that the 

 L'o\ernment should restrict other sliip- 

 inents, sutdi as railroad ties, ttdetiraph 

 I'olcs. old hoxes and the movement of 

 liindier trains, automohih's and other 

 I oii\ cyances which have l>een proven to 

 'Mrry 1 he egys of the ]iests. Uv. L. (). 

 'Howard, of the l)epartinenr of Agricul- 

 iiiic. paid trihute to the elHcient work 

 <it tile ^Fassatdiusetts de|>artment to 

 \\ard (dimiuatinff the jiests and said he 

 hclicved tlu' state inspection certitii-ates 

 arc sutlicieiit. The mendiers of the 

 hnard asked numerous (|uestions. from 

 "liiili it ap|iears that the hoard will 

 I'lohahly accept the M.assachusetts in- 

 -|'Cit ions as tinal. 



Miscussion of the scojie of wlitit the 

 'luaraiitine may cover in(dud(>il absolute 

 <iu;irantiiie witliin the gypsy moth ter- 

 iitoiy of Christinas trees and deeora- 

 ti\,. cv t»rgre(Mis. with no restrictions of 

 iiso'.cment of trees and greens not going 

 '■cyouil tlie restricted territorv; the in- 

 spection ;nid c-crt iticiit ion ol' all nursery 

 ■''" k within the territory infested with 

 • itlii-r the gypsv moth or hrown ttiil 

 "oth. It was maintained that it litis 

 lovcii ]'r;ict ically impossilde to inspect 

 liristmas trees tnid evergrt>ens. so tho 

 nariiiitine tigtiiiist parts of Miissitchu- 

 ■tts. Xew Jiiimpshire and Mtiine will 

 'and vvitli respect to Cliristmtis greens, 

 ■die Kriggs Fruit and Proiliice K\- 

 'iiinj:e, Moston, trie.l to tivtucl this, 

 ;iiniing eggs ar(^ not carrieil on con- 

 croiis stoidv. Th(> entomologists dis- 

 o\ cd this. 



Tlic Xew '^'ork d(d(>giitiori f;i\<>re(| a 

 long (ju;irantin(> agtiinst the infested 

 "iiit- ;ind tidmitted the jiresence of 

 liite jiine rust. Mr. Ferntild, of Mass- 

 liusetts, -;iid the sttite hotird could 

 illiuri/i- additional regultition tiiid a 

 i:ii iiiit iiic iiiav result tiLttiiiist Xew 



\'ork pine, hecausc of tli(> Xew \'ork- 

 ers ■ tudivity tni<l (dforts for stringenfc 

 reguliitioiis. 



Dr. Hritton showed thjit no gy]>sy 

 nu)th vvtts found in ( 'oniiect icut this 

 yetir and asserted that the pest is de- 

 creiising everywhere. 



The Jlorticultural Jioiird will issue its 

 detdsions in the form of ti i|Uiir;uitine 

 order within tile next few davs. 



NAME or VIOLET. 



1 ;im sending some violets, flowers 

 tind leaves, of ii vtiriety ! purtdiased for 

 I'rincess of Wales. Th(>v are not fra- 

 grant iind I de<dde<l they were Dorsett. 

 The ]>lants are outdoors and are thrifty. 



Will you jtloasp enlighten nic in the 

 next number of The K'e\ iew, for I 

 wtint the best variety.' .\I. T. 



The flowers were much witherecl. 

 They seem to be snuill comptired with 

 Princess of Wales and tire ]>roh;ibl.v 

 the Dorsett viiriety. ^'ou ctinnot |dant 

 anv single v;iri(dy whi( h is so good as 

 the ever rtdiiible I'lincess of W'iiles. 

 None of tlie singles are so fragrtmt ;is 

 su(di doubles as Campbell anil ^fario 

 Louise, hilt tli(>v h;i\e still (piite ;i good 

 jierfiinie. < '. \V. 



DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



Could I sow double hollyhocks now 

 :ind litive them in bloom next vetir.' 



K'.'C. \V. 



It is now mill h too bite to sow holly- 

 ho(d\s for llowering next setison. The 

 plants should now he (juite strong. Sow 

 in .Inly another season. There is ;i 

 good tmmitil strtiin of hollyhocks, how- 

 ever, wliiidi you can grow. Start these 

 under glass in Fobrutiry and they will 

 llower the same setison. C. W. 



Rockford, 111.- .Tohn Hergstrom, who 



for the Itist two tind !i half yetirs has 



been foremtin tit II. W. F.inkhee's. has 



openecj ;i llower store ;it ."ii>7 Seventh 

 stre(d. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. The Lake (ienevti 

 (Jiirdeners' and Foremen's Associtition 

 will hold its (dghtli tmnuiil (dirysiinthe- 

 nium exhibition tit Horticultural hall 

 November <! ;ind 7. 



OBITUARY. 



W. F. A. Kendel. 



.\ft( 



er a lingering illness, extending 

 over many months, Willitim J''. A. Ken 

 d(d, younger son of the late A. < . Keii- 

 d(d, and brother of ( '. K. Kendcd, sec- 

 rtdiiry of the Amerietin Seed Trtide 

 Asso(d;ition, jiassed tiway October 2l', 

 at his home in Clevehmd, (). Ho en- 

 tere<l the see<| business at Ifl yetiis 

 of ;ige ;ind hail comjiletiMl ;i perioil of 

 over twenty-fonr yetus in the trade 

 when (letith cut short his tictivities in 

 the prinH> of life. He had many friend%t 

 in ( lev<dand and elsewhere, Ixdng ami- 

 tible iind of an tittractive ]>ersoniility, 

 and his untimely end htis been ;i gretit 

 sho(d<. H«' numliereil among his friends 

 niiiny of the most prominent and inflii- 

 entitil peojdc; of his (dty. 



He j»iirticularly hiid th(> maiiiigeinent 

 of the financial end of the l)iisiness anil 

 his rigid»honesty and promj)t dealings 

 placed the firm on ;i high financial 

 basis. His ecjual will be hitrd to find. 

 The business, known as A. C. Kendel 's 

 Seed Store, will be continued by the 

 surviving juirtner, C. E. K(>n<l(d, with- 

 out change of the firm name. 



Joshua I. Maxwell. 



.loshiKt Irving Maxwell, aged ss 

 yeiirs, who with the Smiths foundeil tlie 

 nursery industry about (Jenevti, X. V., 

 died October 2.!. He was born in Onon 

 diiga county in \s2i. He was ediiciited 

 at the Auburn academy ,iind in Jsl'i 

 secured a position jis bookkeeper with 

 Adsit A: J)avis, leading nienhtints of 

 Hiimmondsport, which ;it the time w;is 

 the head of n;iv igiition and ;i leadiii;: 

 market for this seidion. Mr. Mjixweil 

 shijiped the first biirrtd of grtipes to 

 Xew \'ork by ciinal. but cinild find no 

 market for them. In 1 s."')^ .Mr. .MaxwidI 

 removed to (Jenevii and with his broth 

 er hegjin the pliinting of nursery stock. 

 The first )danting amounti'd to less 

 flitin ten iicres. Htd'ore the linn re 

 tired from the nursery iiusiness tind 

 entered the fruit growing business it 

 was jihinting over l,(i(l(l acres of nursery 

 stock etich season. Hesides his nurscrv 

 ;tnd fruit growing business, .Mr. ^Fax 

 W(dl wtis iiiteiesteil in jirtictically everv 

 lorportition in (Jeiieva, and vvtis a di- 

 rector in ;i niiijority of them. IFe w;is 

 one ol^ the oldest directors of the First 

 Xational Htink. 



John Ross. 



The h'e\ iew 's Los .\iigeles corre- 

 spondent leports the deiith of .lohn 

 Koss, the V eteiiin florist and iiurseryintni 

 of' X'eiinont iivenue. Los .\ng(des, who 

 ptissed iivviiy October L'.;. iit the age of 

 ^L'. I'urtlier ]iart iculti is will be found 

 in tlie Los Angeles news letter. 



Joseph N. Hodgin. 



At Richmond. Ind.. .losejili X. Hodgin 

 died October 1'7 ;is the result of ptirtily- 

 >is. He was known to the trtide in 

 Inditinti and Ohio as ti ctipiihle green- 

 house builder, htiving erected a Itirge 

 number of houses in tlitit section. 



St. Paul, Minn. .Munich \ Wahler, 

 who severtil months tigo bought the 

 gri'enhouses of L(>o Hermes, on (iornian 

 avenue, have mti.le good |irogress in 

 renovating the houses, but the work is 

 not yet comphded tind they are exceed- 

 ingly busy. They find busines.^ ipiite 

 Silt isfiictorv. 



