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PUBLICATIONS INDEXED THIS MONTH AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
American Botanist (A. B.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
Country Life in America (C. L. A.), 
$3.00 year; single copy, 25c, 
Canadian Florist (C. F.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
Florists’ Exchange (F. E.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 5c, 
Forestry and Irrigation (F. I.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Garden Magazine (G. M.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
Civic Improvement, Home Grounds. 
Civic Centers and Public Buildings. 
By Stephen Child. Illust. M. J. E., 
21:448-51. Nov. 7, ’06. 
Horticulture, .How to Interest Chil- 
dren in. Illust. C. F., i;i-2. Dec. 
I. ’06. 
Gardens and Landscape Gardening. 
Burbank, Luther; Review of His 
Work. By P. O’Mara. G. C. A., 
4:11. Dec. ’06. 
Landscape Architecture as Applied 
to Private Estates. Illust. G. C. 
A., 4:107-9. Dec. ’06. 
Winter Garden, An Outdoor. By 
Leonard Barron. Illust. G. M., 
4:240-2. Dec. ’06. 
Parks, Cemeteries, Public Grounds. 
Dust Suppressing, on Roads and 
Playgrounds. By J. A. Pettigrew. 
Hort. 4:585. Dec. i, ’06. 
Trees, Shrubs and Plants. 
Berries and Berried Plants for 
Christmas. Illust. F. E., 22:700. 
Dec. 8, ’06. 
Conifers Ornamental. By A. Hans. 
Illust. Hort. 4:613. 
Chrysanthemums, New French. By 
C. H. Payne. Hort. 4:552. Nov. 
24, ’06. 
Hollies, All the Worth Growing. By 
Wilhelm Miller. Illust. G. M., 
4:234-7. Dec. ’06. 
Legal Relation of the Nurseryman, 
His Agent, and the Customer. By 
W. M. Babcock. M. H., 36:441-5. 
Dec. ’06. 
New Plants at the Chicago Show. By 
John Thorpe. Hort. 4:554-5. Nov. 
24, ’06. 
Picea. By A. Hans. Illust. Hort. 
4:551-2. Nov. 24, ’06. 
Pine, The Red (Notes on Forest 
Trees). F. L, 12:514-15. Nov., ’06. 
Poisonous Plants, Our. By William 
Whitman Bailey. A. B., 11:57-63. 
Nov., ’06. 
San Jose Scale, A Campaign Against 
N. N. 14:343-4. Nov., ’06. 
Tree Planting, Fifty Years of. By 
Gardener’s Chronicle of America (G. C. 
A.), $1.00 year; single copy, 10c. 
Horticulture (Hort.), $1,00 year; single 
copy, 5c. 
Minnesota Horticulturist (M. H.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. ■ 
Municipal Journal and Engineer (M. J. 
E.), $3.00 year; single copy, 25c. 
National Nurseryman (N. N. ), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
E. Watson. Illust. C. L. A., 
11:47-50. Nov., ’06. 
Viburnums and Dogwoods, The Best. 
By W. Miller. Illust. C. L. A., 
11:35-8. Nov., ’06. 
Why Are Flowers Double and What 
For. By John Thorpe. Hort. 614-15. 
Dec. 8, ’ 06 . 
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. 
“Dwarf Fruit Trees,” by F. A. 
Waugh, the author says, is “the first 
American fruit book in a quarter cen- 
tury which can boldly declare its inde- 
pendence of the professional element in 
fruit growing.” He takes the position 
that while dwarf fruit trees have some 
commercial possibilities they are of far 
greater importance to the small house- 
holder, and the book is written from 
this point of view. It discusses in in- 
teresting and readable fashion the prop- 
agation, pruning and general manage- 
ment of dwarf fruit trees, devoting 
separate chapters to apples, pears, 
peaches, plums, bush fruits and fruit 
trees in pots. The book is illustrated' 
with photographs and contains one hun- 
dred and twenty-four pages. Published 
by the Orange Judd Company, Chicago; 
price, 50 cents. 
OBITUARY. 
George F. Sawyer, for over ii years 
superintendent of Woodlawn Cemetery, 
Nashua, N. H., died October 8, after a 
brief illness. He was 54 years old. 
William Snow, assistant superintendent, 
will be in charge of the grounds for 
the winter. 
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John Dick, superintendent of Fern- 
cliff Cemetery, Springfield, O., died at 
his home there, November 17, after an 
illness of several weeks. Mr. Dick had 
been superintendent of Ferncliff Cem- 
etery since 1863, and is credited with 
bringing about a transformation in the 
condition of the grounds. He was 
born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1834. His 
father as well as his grandfather were 
landscape gardeners. Educated in the 
grammar schools of Scotland, Mr. 
Dick later studied in the Royal Botanic 
Gardens of Edinburgh. After serving 
his apprenticeship under his father he 
served under prominent landscape gar- 
deners in Edinburgh. In 1854 he came 
to this country and was first employed 
on Long Island in laying out parks for 
New York people. A few years later 
he came to Cincinnati and in the fall 
of 1863 to Springfield upon recommen- 
dation of Adolph Strauch, then super- 
intendent of Spring Grove Cemetery. 
Since then he had devoted his entire 
time and energy to the work of beau- 
tifying the cemetery. Two children 
survive, one of whom, James F. Dick, is 
assistant superintendent of Ferncliff. 
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George Ellwanger, of the nursery 
firm of Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y., died November 26, at the age of 
ninety years. Mr. Ellwanger was born 
in 1816, at Wurtemberg, Germany, and 
was the son of a grape grower. He 
was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris 
and the University of Heidelberg in 
Germany. He came to America in 1835, 
and with Patrick Barry established 
the Mount Hope Nursery Company in 
1839. Mr. Barry died on June 23, 
1890. 
Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry set out 
together to create and supply a demand 
for fruit. They selected their stock 
in Europe by personal visits to France 
and Germany, shipping the stock to 
this country in sailing vessels. The 
nursery comprised seven acres at first 
and was on the site of the present ex- 
tensive establishment. Ellwanger & 
Barry also established large nurseries 
in Columbus, O., and Toronto, Can- 
ada, and subsequently sold them. After 
producing a brisk trade in fruit trees 
the firm created a demand for orna- 
mental stock which increased rapidly. 
From the pioneer days to the present 
time it has kept pace with the wonder- 
ful progress in fruit and ornamental 
tree culture, much of which has been 
the direct result of the firm’s efforts. 
The Mount Hope Nurseries now com- 
prise over 500 acres. 
Mr. Ellwanger was always identified 
with every public enterprise of a help- 
ful nature. For many years he was 
connected officially with the banking 
interests of Rochester. He was a 
man of strong force of character, de- 
termined purpose and sound judgment 
and throughout his long and success- 
ful career maintained an enviable rep- 
utation for honesty and square deal- 
ing. Mr. Ellwanger was president of 
the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Com- 
pany, and the Ellwanger & Barry Real- 
ity Company ; first vice-president of 
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