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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



J™y 20, 1912. 



OBITUARY. 



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REV. F. D. HOENER, M.A., Y.M.H. 



We I'egi'et to record the death of this great 

 florist, which occurred at his residence, Greeta 

 House, Biirton-in-Lonsdale, on the 11th inst. 



For upwards of forty-five years the Rev. 

 F. D. Horner, V.M.H., occupied a leading 

 position among lioriste, and during this long 

 period accompliiahed so much useful work in 

 the improvement of florists' flowers, and in 

 stimulating an interest in their culture, that 

 it would not be easy to mabe a proper esti- 

 mate of the services he rendered in tlie caurtc- 

 of floriculture. Under the guidance, and 

 V ith the example of his father, the late Dr. 

 Foruer, of Hull, who was one of the foremost 

 floritst.s of his day, Mr. Horner began to take 

 an interest in florists' flowers at a very early 

 age, and when Dr. Horner died in 1862 he 

 regarded it as a sacred trust to carry on the 

 work he had laid down. To the work that 



the charms of other classes of plants, and in 

 the glass striictiires in the gardens of Greeta 

 House visitors found many choice orchids, 

 numerous uncommon greenhouse and stove 

 plants, and a collection of succulent plants 

 in robust health. As a writer and speaker, 

 Mr. Horner ranked high among florists, and 



welcome at gatherings of florists 

 rank of life they belonged. Mr. 

 one of the earliest recipients of 



he was ever 

 to whatever 

 Horner was 



the Victorian Medal of Honour in Horticul- 

 ture. 



With reference to the death of this dis- 

 tinguished florist, Mr. Alderman J. W. 

 Bentley writes : 



Mr. Horner died at his home, Greeta House, 

 Burton-in-Lonsdale, on Thursday evening, 

 July 11. He had been laid aside by illness 

 for a few y^ars, and most of his older friends 

 have gone before, bu't there will l>e grief in 

 the hearts of all who knew him and appre- 

 ciated his work when they realise their loss. 

 He was the son of Dr. Horner, of Hull, a 



was taken up in 1862 Mr. Horner devoted him- notable grower of tulips, ranunculuses, and 



THE LATE REV. F. D. HORNER, M.A., V.M.H. 



self to within a few vears of his death with a 

 zeal that is auite bevond uraise. He was so 



is quite beyond praise, 

 exceptionally successful as a raiser and culti- 

 vator of show auriculas that his accomplish- 

 ments in connection with the tulip did not. 

 perhaps, receive the attention they so fully 

 deserved. Each season for over forty-five 

 years he cross-fertilised the varieties of the 

 tulip and raised seedlings, and throughout he 

 worked with but one object in view, and that 

 was the improvement of the old type in its 

 varied colours. Need it be said that this 

 devotion to a good cause had its' full reward. 

 It was with the show auricula, however, that 

 Mr. Horner's name was best known, and as 

 the result of his well-directed eiforts in the 

 raising of seedlings he enriched the lists with 

 numerous varieties of the highest class. For 

 some years Mr. Horner, without allowing his 

 irterest in florists* flowers to slacken, de- 

 voted considerable attention to the cross-fer- 

 tilisation of maize, with a view to raise a race 

 well suited for culture in this country for 

 culinary purposes. Here also the results 

 fully justified the endeavour. While paying 

 unremitting attention to the flowers so dear 

 to the florist, Mr. Horner fully appreciated 



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other flowers in his day, and an able writer 

 m the older floricultural papers, such as th 

 "Gossip of the Garden." The latter s love 

 of flowers, and the ability to write about 

 them wer-e transmitted to his son, and well 

 h? used both, for his knowledge was great 

 and his writings inimitable. 



Whilst he had a catholic love for all 

 flowers, his favourites were auriculas and 

 tulij.s. and it is by them he will be best 

 remembered. In conjunction with his friend 

 Mr. B. Simonite he did great things for the 

 auricula, and it is largely due to their efforts 

 that our auriculas are so good to-day. 



He was the secretary of the Northern Auri- 

 cula Society from its commencement, for over 

 twenty years, performing similar duty for the 

 Northern Carnation Society for many yeans, 

 and when the Victorian Medal of Honour in 

 Horticulture was instituted he was worthily 

 cliosen as one of the first recipients. 



I fain would write of his kindliness of 

 heart, his love for all living things, of liis 

 hi'mour and rare power of expressing his 

 tboughtis by voice and pen, but for the pre- 

 sent Ihe^e few inadequate lines mnst suffice 

 as a tribute to the memory of my dead friend. 



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A 11 s \v e rs to C o r r e s i>o nd -e n 

 Aubrietias ... . 



evil G rciwt h 



Co r-eop s is i;' r an < I i fl o r a 

 Exhibitions and Meeftingis 

 Ho rt i c II 1 1 u r a 1 u<3 a t i on 

 Mendelisra 



National Sweet Pea Society's Outing 



New Pl^in+s, etc ... 



Not-e of the Week 



Obituary 



Phloxes in the Rock Garden 



iSummer Bedding: at Hampton Court 

 The Culture of Early Small Cabbag*es 



The Friio-raneo of Flo-wers 



"Work for thf W<'t^k 



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ILLrSTlLATIONvS. 



P o r t ra i t : Mr. J . C . X e w sha m . P . L . S . . 54" • 

 Cattleya Warsce-sviezi alba, var. Firmin Lam* 

 beiiu, 549; The Gaedeners' Magazine Gold 

 Medal. 5-50; New H.T. Rose- Mrs, E. Alfoni, 

 5o3; Philadeiphus Voie Laciee, 554; A Basket 

 of the Lyon T?ose, 555; Phlox canadensis 

 Liaphanii^ 556; Phlox stellana Lavender 557; 

 Portrait: The Late T^ev. F. B. Horner Ma' 

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