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W ITHIN the span of a single month three 
pioneer horticulturists, who in one way or 
another were distinctly instrumental in focusing 
attention upon definite plants that through 
their efforts acquired great popularity, have 
passed away. 
OHN M. GOOD of Springfield, Ohio, the first 
of these, was concerned in popularizing the 
Rose. In 1889 he conceived the idea of offering 
small Rose plants for a small price and thus 
established in the “mail order plant” the nucleus 
of what developed into an enormous business (at 
Springfield, Ohio), the dimensions of which are 
hardly realized by the public. Beginning with a 
single house, Mr. Good’s establishment alone 
grew to 56 houses each 200 ft. long, and others in 
the neighborhood followed in his footsteps. 
The Rose was not his only interest; he was one of 
the first to specialize in the Peony, also, until 
the area devoted to that plant expanded to 56 
acres. However, he introduced only one variety 
and that bears his name, John M. Good. 
The fact that own-root Roses are produced 
quickly and at a low cost induced Mr. Good to 
develop his business until his establishment 
was producing and distributing nearly 4,000,000 
own-root Roses each year. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS of Floral Park, 
) New York, who died March 5th, will ever 
be remembered so long as the Gladiolus is grown. 
Early in his business career he seized upon the 
European hybrids of the Gladiolus species that 
were then being introduced. Appreciating the 
possibility and adaptability of this strain for the 
American climate, he acquired possession of the 
stock and subsequently introduced it on a large 
scale as Gladiolus Childsii, a type that has now 
spread all over the world, and up to the last 
Mr. Childs maintained his lead as producer of 
stock of that particular strain. He also grew 
other strains on an equally large scale and his 
gardens were, indeed, among the world’s head- 
quarters for the flower that he had made his 
own. 
Apart from his horticultural affiliations, Mr. 
Childs was a naturalist of recognized standing, 
and possessed an unique library of the flora and 
fauna of the United States and an exceptionally 
valuable collection of stuffed birds. 
Another interest in which Mr. Childs’s per- 
sonality showed to advantage was his great 
sympathy with the school children, and he did 
much in promoting children’s gardens through- 
out his community. 
Mr. Childs’s Gladiolus business was a few years 
ago removed to Flowerfield, Long Island, where 
each year- approximately 100 acres are devoted 
exclusively to Gladiolus, from which are shipped 
approximately 25,000 flowers each day to New 
York and other cut flower markets. 
O P. BASSETT, the third and last of this 
• trio, died in California where he had recent- 
ly made his home as a grower of seedling Palms for 
the trade. In his earlier years he was known 
in the East as a Rose grower for the cut flower 
market; and he it was who first saw and appre- 
ciated the possibilities of the American Beauty, 
which may justly be said to have been the foun- 
dation of the Rose cut flower industry in the 
United States. 
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