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as possible, too. These things will keen 

 the dampness from rising during a cool 

 night and far less damage will result 

 from a sudden drop in the temperature 

 during the night. Of course, every wet. 

 r:iinv night will call for fire heat to keen 

 tlie houses dry, even if it requires a 

 coupie of inches of air to keep the tem- 

 perature down. A. F. J. Bauk. 



A HOUSE OF LILIES. 



The accompanying illustration is a re- 

 ])roduction of a very fine photograph of 

 n remarkable house of lilies at the es- 

 tablishment of Weber Bros., north of 

 Chicago. This is the house which J. F. 

 Ammann, of St. Louis, pr-anouflced— six- 

 weeks ago to be the best lot of lilies he 

 ever saw and certainly they" "have come 

 along in fine shape and are a testimonial 

 lo the skill of the growers. A more evea 

 lot could hardly be asked for. These are 

 longiflorums, 7 to 9 bulbs and were su- 

 plied by W. W. Barnard & Co. E. C. 

 Amling sells the Weber output and had 

 most of this stock ordered up well in ad- 

 \ance. 



GEORGE FANCOURT. 



It was a great shock to learn of the un- 

 timely death of George Fancourt, of 

 Kingston, Pa., which occurred on Sun- 

 day morning, March 27. And we of 

 Buffalo are but a few who will mourn 

 his deatli, for he was widely known in 

 (be large cities of the east. George was 

 a frequent visitor to our city, and it can 

 be most truthfully said that to know him 

 was to love him. Gifted far above the 

 average man, a lover of the best litera- 

 ture, eloquent, witty, generous, broad- 

 minded and, withal, a gardener and 

 florist of the first water, he was highly 

 esteemed and respected in the communitV 

 in which he lived. 



Mr. Fancourt had within a few years 

 built an entirely new range of hoiises, 

 some 50,000 feet, but the climate of the 

 Wyoming valley not agreeing with th" 

 health of his family, he sold his estate 

 to Mr. Marvin, of Wilkesbarre. A month 

 ago he made up his mind to make S])n 

 kaue his future home. He told the writer 

 that floriculture in that far off stat" 

 was yet in its infancy, but he believed 

 "the star of empire glittered in the west 

 and if not best for him it was giving his 

 sons and daughters a better chance in 

 the world and he would go. And this 

 day, March 29, they were to start on 

 their long journey. Two weeks ago on 

 Ids return home from the west he speni 

 a day with us all and seemed bright and 

 cheery, with only perhaps a little inde- 

 cision whether to take that long journe.' 

 or accept a very fine position offered him 

 in one of our lake cities. It seems, how- 

 ever, he had decided to go to Spokane. 

 His death, or its cause, is and perhap- 

 ever will be a mystery. Life is a mys- 

 tery and what comes after is still a 

 greater. George had a proud, independ- 

 ent spirit and who will ever know the 

 wounds that spirit received and who will 

 over know the many kind acts that he 

 extended to his less fortunate brother 

 men, friends or not. for his was a nature 

 most happy when making others happv 

 We have the deepest sympathy for his 

 stricken wife and family, two sons and 

 two daughters, just growing into man 

 and womanhood. 



The writer believes he knew George 

 Fancouit as few did know him. He ad- 



