THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Ernest G. Lodeman, instructor in horticulture in Cornell 
University, and assistant horticulturist at the Cornell Experi¬ 
ment Station, committed suicide on December 2d, at Mexico, 
Oswego county, N. Y., during an attack of acute melan¬ 
cholia. Mr. Lodeman was born in Neufchatel, Switzerland, on 
May 3, 1867. At the age of 2 years he came to America with 
his parents. In 1870 his father became professor of modern 
languages in the State Normal School of Michigan, from which 
institution the son graduated in 1889. It was there that Mr. 
Lodeman met Professor L. H. Bailey, who when he went to 
Ithaca, N. Y., secured for Mr. Lodeman a position in Cornell 
university. In 1895 Mr Lodeman received the degree of 
Master of Science from the university. The Macmillians’ pub¬ 
lished his book on “ The Spraying of Plants ” as one of The 
Rural Science Series. He had collected a greater number of 
species and type forms of the cultivated Begonias than exists 
in any other American collection. 
In the college he had particular charge of classes in the 
propagation of plants, spraying, greenhouse construction and 
pomology. In connection with the experiment station work 
he prepared many important bulletins, and the spray-calendar 
idea which originated with him is now an established type of 
publication. When the station was asked to extend its work 
directly among horticultural communities Mr. Lodeman threw 
himself enthusiastically into the work and soon became a per¬ 
sonal favorite among the fruit growers of Western New York. 
All the work upon grapes and strawberries, two large industries 
in the state, was entrusted to him, together with the treatment 
of certain plant diseases. His last journey made to Oswego 
county was to inspect experiments in fertilizing strawberry 
fields, and here under some impulse induced by the strain of 
overwork he met his tragic end. 
ANTHONY WATERER. 
Anthony Waterer died on November 16th at his residence, 
Knap Hill, England, in his 75th year. Of Mr. Waterer the 
Gardeners' Chronicle London, says : The name of Anthony 
Waterer, of Knap Hill, was a good deal more than a house¬ 
hold word among his associates and fellow-countrymen. In 
the United States, on the Continent, wherever rhododendrons 
can be grown, there were the name and fame of Anthony 
Waterer established. So long ago as 1832, we read of a hybrid 
raised by him between Rhododendron arboreum and R. cau- 
casicum, whilst hundreds of azaleas, even at that time, owed 
their origin to him. Since then not a year has passed without 
the introduction of new varieties ; whilst so high was his 
standard, that the new introductions were certain to be im¬ 
provements. A new race of azaleas was raised by him from 
the Californian R. occidentalis only a few years since. In 
many cases, a particular variety which had won the commen¬ 
dation of the experts, was not allowed to get into commerce, 
either because it did not satisfy the exacting requirements of 
the raiser, or because he had still better in reserve.” 
The Knap Hill Nurseries, which had long been notable, 
grew in size, importance and reputation under Anthony 
Waterer’s successful management, says Garden and Forest , and 
at the time of his death had become probably the greatest 
nursery of hardy plants in the world, although a larger number 
of species of plants were cultivated in others. For rhododen¬ 
drons, however, hardy azaleas, to which of late years Mr. 
Waterer gave special attention, and the choicest conifers, it 
had no rival. Anthony Waterer had many correpondents in 
the United States. His connectioi s here date from the time 
of Downing, who imported plants from Knap Hill for the 
Capitol grounds at Washington. After Downing’s death the 
unpaid bill for these plants was found among his papers by his 
executor, Henry Winthrop Sargent, of Fishkill. Mr. Sargent 
was a classmate of Charles Sumner, and through his assistance 
he succeeded in obtaining from congress an appropriation to 
pay this bill. From this sprung the friendship which existed 
for years betw een Mr. Waterer and Mr. Sargent, who for manv 
years was one of the principal horticulturists of the United 
States. From this friendship others sprung, until gradually 
all the principal cultivators of hardy trees and shrubs in the 
United States became friends and clients of Anthony Waterer, 
who of late years has devoted special attention to breeding 
rhododendrons capable of supporting the climate of this 
country. In 1876, when the Knap Hill Nursery made a 
special exhibit of rhododendrons in Philadelphia, Mr. Waterer 
visited the United States. A man of the highest integrity, 
rough in manner, but kind of heart, Mr. Waterer was a type of 
the English cultivator of the old school not often seen now. 
We all owe him a debt of gratitude for the plants he has pro¬ 
duced for us, and those who have had the advantage of his 
friendship will never forget his strong and interesting per¬ 
sonality.” 
VERMONT HORTICULTURISTS. 
The Vermont Horticultural Society was organized at 
Burlington on December 3d. The largest apple grower in 
Vermont, T. L. Kinney, of Grand Isle county, was made 
president. Professor F. A. Waugh of the experiment station 
at Burlington, is the secretary. There was a fine exhibit of 
apples. 
F. H. Horsford, discussing “The Nurseryman’s Responsi¬ 
bility,” said that the commercial grower should furnish good, 
strong healthy stock, true to name and in good condition ; but 
his responsibility is then at an end. There have been many 
frauds perpetrated upon the farmers by the tree agents, but for 
the most part the circumstances make it impossible to fix the 
responsibility. The planter handles his trees carelessly, pay¬ 
ing small attention to labels. The orchard is then neglected, 
trees are broken down by cattle or storms, and may come up 
from the roots, so by the time the trees begin to bear it is 
quite impossible to discover what the varieties were originally. 
Some of these risks fall upon the nurseryman, who, in self¬ 
protection, must ask a higher price for his goods. 
Regarding plum culture in Vermont L. A. Macomber said 
that the hardiest varieties of the Domestica class may be 
depended on for a full crop of plums about once in three 
years, and a light crop one of the two intervening years. He 
recommends the improved native plums, especially those 
belonging to the Americana group Of these he has grown 
numerous seedlings in addition to standard varieties. The 
Americana plums bear a full crop practically every year if 
proper cross-pollination is assured, and Mr. Macomber thinks 
that the best of them, such as De Soto and Wolf, are equal to 
Lombard in quality. 
