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HORTICULTURE 



February 8, 1913 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 

 Franklin, Pa. — McElhinney Bros., 

 one house. 



Wilson, Conn. — Axel Hallgren, one 

 house. 



Lewlsburg, Pa.- 



addition. 



George J. Bender, 

 Ind.— Carl Glaudke, 



Indianapolis, 

 one house. 



Detroit, Mich. — Evergreen Cemetery, 

 plant house. 



Hudson Falls, N. Y.— S. C. Hagen. 

 house 15 X 65. 



Wallingford, Conn. — Rowden & 

 .Mitchell, one house. 



Pride's Crossing, Mass. — Quincy A. 

 Shaw, conservatory. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — G. C. Bouton & 

 Son, carnation house. 



Lynnbrook, N, Y. — Charles Weber, 

 one house for sweet peas. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Howard & Smith, 

 sales conservatory, 35 x 75. 



Bangor, Pa. — S. S. Stone, two 



houses; one 16 x 100. one 22 x 150. 



Hitchings & Co. inform us that 

 Wilfred D. Howard, Milford, Mass., 

 has just placed an order with them 

 for an iron frame greenhouse 65x300 

 feet. 



FIRES. 



Phoenixville, Pa. — The boiler shed 

 and part of the greenhouses of Joseph 

 Pennypacker were burned on Jan. 21st. 



Salina, Kan. — Edward Taterow lost 

 some buildings and contents by fire, 

 to the extent of about $2,000 recently. 



Galena, Kan. — The Galena Green- 

 houses sustained a loss of about $1,000 

 by fire, which destroyed the iDoiler 

 room and portion of two greenhouses. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,051,390. Plant support. Roger H. 



Comstock, Milford, Conn. 

 1,051,692. Plant protector. William 



Greene Cowart, Nocatee, 



Fla. 

 1,051,772. Cultivating machine. Thos. 



F. Spires, Central Academy, 



Miss. 

 1,051,836. Motor cultivator. Bruno 



G a s t , Baumschulenweg, 



Berlin, Germany. 



The National Nurseryman learns 

 that John Dunbar, assistant superin- 

 dentent of parks at Rochester, N. Y., 

 has discovered a new hybrid hickory 

 in Riverside cemetery, a cross between 

 the bitternut hickory and the shag- 

 bark hickory. The nut, which is of 

 unusual size, measuring one and one- 

 half inches or more in length, is rich 

 and sweet. Mr. Dunbar considers the 

 \ariety will without doubt prove a wel- 

 come addition to our native American 

 nut bearing trees. It is understood a 

 quantity of nuts will be sown this sea- 

 son and a number of grafts will be 

 made. 



There is a bill before the Michigan 

 legislature, now meeting at Lansing, 

 which, if it becomes effective, will 

 compel every florist using steam to 

 employ a 3rd or 2nd class engineer at 

 eight hours a day at $3.50 to $4.50 per 

 day. A preliminary committee has 

 been constituted consisting of Messrs. 

 Breitraeyer, Bears, Sullivan. Asman, 

 Plouh. Stock, etc., to offset this by al- 



KROESCHELL 

 BOILER 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO. 



466 W. Erie St., Chicago, lii. 



ADVANCE VENTILATING 

 APPARATUS 



Reffire placing your order, 

 you will do well to investi- 

 Rate our line of Ventilating 

 .ippar:itus and Greenhouse 

 Fittings. We are sure that 

 we c';in save you money, 

 :ind furnish you with the 

 best equipment on the mar- 

 ket. Our equipment is one 

 of the essentials of any up- 

 to-date greenhouse. 



Send for Descriptive Cat- 

 alog and Prices. 



ADVANCE CO., - Richinondjnd. 



GLASS 



for ORKENHOl'SE and HOT BED 

 .S.^.SHKS. Our priies r.-in be had liy 

 mail, and it will pay you to get them. 

 AVo carry the largest stock of Speciall.v 

 Selected Glass in (ii-eater New York ;ind 

 I ail supply any qu.intity from a box to 

 a car load on a one day notice, and at 

 Itoi-k I'.ottom Prices. 



PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc. 



■^1 "i- 'i ; lla\ fiiiej er St.. Brooklyn, X. Y. 



Tm 



SASH BARS 



32 feet or longer 



HOT BED SASH 

 PECKY C YPRESS BENCH LUMBER 



GREENHOUSES 



ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED 



>^'rite for C'ircuhir "I)'* and Prices 



FURKISHU 

 AND EKECTEI 



Tfie A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO. 



NEPONSET, BOSTON, IMASS. 



Greenhoiise Materials 



IRON or WOOD SASH BARS 



In all lensihs up to 32 feet. 

 Milled to any detail furnished or will 

 fiiniisb details and cut materials ready for 



Frank Van Assche, "^"17 Dir^fv^r 



.JERSEY CITY. N. J. 



ETROPOLITAN 

 ATERIAL CO. 



PATENTED 



Greenhouse Boilers and 

 Construction Material 



Please Send for Catalogue 



1392-1414 METROPOLITAN AVE. 



BROOKLYN. N. Y. 



CHARLES H. DODD 



(■I f-eiilioiise Builder. lieneriil (ireenlioiise 



^lerliiinir. 



Iron I'l uiiie and \^'<>o<l Bar Hoiispn. 



Iileal (ireenlKnise Boilers. 



M.i{('ii;ils Furiiis;lic(l or Krectetl. Heutiuj; 

 iiiiil Vcnttliiliim Mnterinls. 



578 Ocean Ave., JERSEY CITY. N. J. 



lowing florists to employ licensed boil- 

 er operators instead, as tias been done 

 in the city in recent years. Other 

 florists throughout this state are being 

 invited to join in our action. 



Evans 20th Century Arm 



Will not twist the shafting pipe. TTiree 

 times the power of oUi style elbow amift. 

 Sold only with Kvans Challenge Machine. 



M''rite for fret Catalogue U> 



QTAKEK < ITT MA( IIINB CO. 



RlrhtnoBtl. Ind. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 



AMERICA, insurer of 32,500,000 sq. it. of ijlist 



For pariicnhir-v a.Mress 



John G. Esler, i^t-^ Saddle River, N.J. 



