. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 2917. The. American Florist. 441 OBITUARY. Oscar H. Will. Oscar H. Will, who founded the firm of Oscar H. Will & Bismarck, N. D., whose death occured August 26, as announced in our issue of Sep- tember 8, page 414, was a pioneer in the northwest, both as a seedsman and nurseryman, having accomplished much in the improvement of that sec- tion in many ways, specializing in the development of hardy and early va- rieties, but his memory will live long- est for his particular hobby and effort —"Corn in th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 2917. The. American Florist. 441 OBITUARY. Oscar H. Will. Oscar H. Will, who founded the firm of Oscar H. Will & Bismarck, N. D., whose death occured August 26, as announced in our issue of Sep- tember 8, page 414, was a pioneer in the northwest, both as a seedsman and nurseryman, having accomplished much in the improvement of that sec- tion in many ways, specializing in the development of hardy and early va- rieties, but his memory will live long- est for his particular hobby and effort —"Corn in the Cold ; The deceased was born on a farm in New York state in 1855. where he grew to boyhood, attending school in a neighboring village, and later entered the employ of his brother, a nursery- man. In 1881 he secured employ- ment at a newly established green- house at Bismarck, which he pur- chased the following year and issued his first catalogue of flowers, native trees and shrubs. In 1884, the seed business was added to the nursery and the greenhouse discontinued, both de- partments being conducted under his successful management until his health failed last winter after 34 years of active service. He had been threat- ened with serious illness for several years, but refused to leave his work, which was his chief pleasure, and this resulted in a sudden collapse from which he never recovered. The fact that North Dakota and Montana are now able to produce between 10,000,000 and ,000 bush- els of corn annually where 20 years ago they hardly produced hundreds is due in a large degree to Mr. Will's experiments with corn secured from the Dakota Indians. Commmencing in 1883, he bred and introduced six differ- ent varieties, suitable for the north- west, among the best known being per- haps the Gehu and Dakota flints, as these have been distributed to Sweden. Russia, Argentina. South America and Japan for trial under extreme con- ditions of severity as regards
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