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HORTICULTURt 



January 16, 1909 



THE FLORIST SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 

 SPECIAL NOTICE 



During the month of January Only 



A SPECIAL DISCOUNT of 10 Per Cent 



on our Celebrated Standard Wheat Sheaves which every one knows are the best. Order now and get this liberal 



DISCOUNT ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 

 NEW EASTER BASKETS JUST ARRIVING 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 1129 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



NEWS NOTES. 



J. A. Peterson of Cincinnati, O., 

 has named a new begonia for Presi- 

 dent-elect Taft. 



Oakland, Cal. — The Bay Tree Nurs- 

 ery Co., has recently started a sales 

 yard on Telegraph Avenue. 



Lockview, Pa. — A. T. Linn, of Fin- 

 leyville, has bought the greenhouses 

 of T. J. Allen and will continue the 

 business. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — S. Colitz, doing 

 business under the name of the 

 Rustic Flower Store, has moved to 

 306 Main St. 



Miss Kate Furbish, a well-known 

 botanist ot New England, has recently 

 given her entire colection of drawings 

 to Bowdoin College. 



Dean Hunt of the State School of 

 Agriculture and Experiment Station, 

 State College, Pa., in his annual mes- 

 sage urged the need of a greenhouse 

 and horticultural building. 



Winchendon, Mass. — H. J. Whitte- 

 more, owner of the greenhouses occu- 

 pied by W. H. Rhuland that were de- 

 stroyed by fire January 1, has started 

 plans for rebuilding on a more ex- 

 tensive scale. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — An overheated 

 stove caused a fire in the greenhouse 

 of Frank Albrecht, florist of Ever- 

 green, on January 7, which destroyed 

 about $4000 worth of plants. The 

 damage to the house is placed at 

 $2000. 



Somersworth, N. H.— G. S. Rams- 

 burg has nearly completed the re- 

 building of his greenhouses that were 

 destroyed by fire some two months 

 ago and is rushing the work along 

 in order to get his stock under way 

 for Memorial Day. 



Pasadena, Cal. — The Tournament of 

 Roses was held for the twentieth time 

 on January 1 and witnessed by fully 

 one hundred thousand people. The 

 day was perfect as to weather and 

 the beautifully decked procession 

 was two hours in passing. 



A conference between the State Com- 

 missioner of Agricuture and leading 

 horticulturists of the State at Albany, 



N. Y., on Jan. S, resulted in a decision 

 to send to each nurseryman a warning 

 against the brown tail moth which had 

 been found in some importations of 

 nursery seedlings recently arrived 

 from France. 



The nurseries of Salt Lake County, 

 Utah, suffered considerably in Decem- 

 ber on acount of the heavy snowstorms 

 and frosts which caught the orchardists 

 with their fall work about half com- 

 pleted, but by close observance of the 

 weather practically evei-y tree was 

 saved, says Inspector J. P. Sorenson 

 in his report. 



The report of the fruit comittee of 

 the New .Jersey Horticultural Society 

 in session at Taunton on Jan. 7, re- 

 flects great credit on the products of 

 the state. J. H. Barclay ot Cranbury 

 carried off the highest honors with 

 some magnificent specimens of apples; 

 Lemuel Black. Highlstown, C. B. Hor- 

 ner, Mt. Holly, and N. H. Conover, Riv- 

 erton, had good exhibits. Chas. Black 

 of Hightstown spoke on "Dwarf Apples 

 — .4re They Practical for Fillers." 

 President Black urged legislation to 

 prevent the manufacture and sale of 

 adulterated fungicides and insecticides, 

 and warned farmers and fruit growers 

 to watch the railroads lest they be dis- 

 criminated against in the proposed ad- 

 vance of freight rates. Howard G. 

 Taylor of Riveiton was elected secre- 

 tary. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



90C.626 Fruit Harvester. George G. 



Schreiber, Hammond, Ind. 

 00f!,641 Grate. Eli L. Long, Cheek- 



towaga, N. Y. 

 1)00,652 Boiler Cleaner. William D. 



Nicholson and William H. 



Smith, Clymers, Ind. 

 IHi6,S06 Pipe Hanger. John C. Kortich 



and George Eberhard, San 



Francisco, Cal. 



907.064 Hand Pruner. Thaddeus J. 



Litzolman, Willjiamsport, 

 Pa. 



907.065 Fruner. Thaddeus J. Lltzel- 



man, A\ illiamsport, Pa. 

 907,136 Packing for Pipe Joints. Wil- 

 liam L. Farrington and Al- 

 mercn H. Van Denburg, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Topeka, Kan. — C. E. Hubbard, one 

 house. 



Kalispell, Mont. — J. W. Schauer, one 

 house. 



Elysburg, Pa. — W. H. Carl, house, 

 20x60. 



Tew/ksbury, Mass. — John Gale, ad- 

 ditions. 



Rockford, III. — J. W. Ingalls, range 

 of houses. 



Cromwell, Conn. — A. N. Pierson, 

 rose house. 



Monmouth, III. — Charles Hewitt, 

 two houses. 



Hagerstown, 

 house, 28x31. 



Falrbury, III. — Mrs. J. A, 

 house 20x70. 



Auburndale, Mass. — J. G. 

 improvements. 



Decatur, III. — M. 

 houses, 20 x 80. 



Baltimore, Md 

 house, 20 X 100. 



Ft. Worth, Texas.— W. L. McCart, 

 range of houses. 



Pride's Crossing, Mass. — A. P. Lor- 

 ing, conservatory. 



Mount Pleasant, la.— J. W. Thomp- 

 son, house 27 x 70. 



Independence, Kan. — Kishpaugh & 

 Olesen, one house. 



Winchendon, Mass. — H. J. Whitte- 

 more, range of houses. 



Harrisburg, Pa. — Berry Hill Nur- 

 sery Co., house. 24x40. 



Dorothy, N. J. — Henry K. Lewis, 

 two houses, 21 x 100, 11 x 100. 



Bound Brook, N. J. — Thos. Young, 



Jr., two truss houses 500 ft. in length. 



Woodbury, N. J. — J. Reeves Merritt, 



three houses, 18x75; two mushroom 



houses, ISx'iS. 



Md.— C. C. Hoover, 

 Sheaff, 

 Forbes, 

 Z. Kellogg, three 

 — W. Halliday, 



Seed each of 



CHORIZEflA HYBRIDS and LIBO- 

 NIA PENRHOSIENSIS 



ED. HERRMANN 



NortHandHMton BaltimOfe, Mil. 



