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HOETICULTURE 



January 18, 191$ 



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Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At tne meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago, January 14th, 

 there was no election of officers as 

 planned, not enough members being 

 present to make a quorum. 



The next lecture in the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society course at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, will be 

 "Factors Influencing the Formation of 

 Fruit Buds in Apple Trees," by Prof. 

 B. S. Pickett, Urbana, 111. 



George W. Gardiner, Collector of the 

 Port, Providence, was the speaker be- 

 fore the Rhode Island Horticultural 

 Society, "Wednesday evening. Mr. 

 Gardiner spoke on "' Foreign Importa- 

 tion Under the Plant Quarantine Act." 



The St. Louis Ladies' Home Circle 

 met at the house of Mrs. F. C. Weber. 

 Sr., Jan. 8th, and all present spent an 

 enjoyable afternoon. Next month's 

 meeting will take place in the new 

 home of Mrs. F. C. Weber, Jr., on Ber- 

 lin avenue. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis will meet on Monday night, 

 Jan. 20, at the Washington Hotel. 

 Theo. Miller will read a paper on 

 "Ideal Locations for Retail Flower 

 Stores." Other interesting features 

 will come up during this meeting. 



The Albany (N. Y.) Florists' Club 

 installed new oflBcers at its January 

 meeting, as follows: President, Fred- 

 erick Henkes; vice-president, Frank 

 R. Bilson; treasurer. Patrick Hyde; 

 secretary, Robert Davidson. After the 

 meeting the members were guests of 

 the Albany Florists' Exchange. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club held 

 quite an interesting meeting on Jan. 

 13 at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 St. Louis. Mr. Moses Craig, a mem- 

 ber of the Garden staff read a paper 

 on "Plant Improvements By Selection." 

 The election of officers followed and 

 the result will be announced in the 

 next issue. 



After the installation of officers at 

 the Chicago Florists' Club, January 

 9th, W. F. Kasting of Buffalo gave a 

 very interesting talk on "Publicity," 

 fully convincing his hearers of its 

 value to the trade if rightly con- 

 ducted. Local speakers followed. A 

 committee will be appointed to fur- 

 ther the work. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold an exhibition In the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 Central Park (West) and 77th street. 

 New York, on January 25th, 1913. The 

 exhibition will be held in the West 

 Assembly Hall and will be open from 

 1 to 5 P. M. Special premiums for 

 orchids and carnations, nine classes 

 each. 



Petruro Heights, Cal.— C. S. Ter- 

 bush is about to start a new nursery 

 here on If! acres of land recently ac- 

 quired. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE — Freafi from factory, new: 

 10x12, I61I8. 16x24. doable thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now 1» 

 the time to bny and save money. Parghel- 

 «ky Bros. Inc.. 21.'5-217 Havemeyer St.. 

 Brooklyn. N. T. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Winnetka, III. — Hugh Palmer, one 

 house. 



Norton, Mass. — F. B. Luther, range 

 of houses. 



New Albany, Ind. — Anders Rasmus- 

 sen, house 25x125. 



La Grange, Ky. — Koehnlein & Hoff- 

 man, house 40x150. 



St. Paul, Minn.— Como Park; 60,000 

 sq. ft., contemplated. 



Chicago, III. — William Herberts, 4545 

 Hilton Place, one house. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith, 

 two rose houses each 27x300. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — J. J. Haggerty, 

 3330 W. Adams St., store conservatory. 



Wyomissing, Pa. — Frank D. Shearer, 

 one house. Heck Bros, house 20x150. 



Montgomery, Ala. — W. B. Patterson, 1 

 Rosemont Gardens, propagating house, 

 11x100. 



Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Park Department, 

 range of conservatories with central 

 palm house. 



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I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. " 



2 Advertisements in this colunui ooe 

 2 cent a word. Initials count as word*. 

 S Cash with order. All corr«>ondence 

 = addressed "care HORTICUL- 

 S TURE" should be lent to 11 Ham- i 

 S 3toD Place, Boaten. § 



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HELP WANTED 



G.iKDENERS WANTED— Single man for 

 Supt. Country Club, permanent position: 

 singrle man for bead gardener on grentle- 

 man's estate: Supt. for Florida Hotel re- 

 sort. Permanent position. Only those 

 with actual experience in Florida need 

 apply for this. All applicants state full 

 particulars, experience, salary, etc. Carl 

 Rust P arker, Fidelity Bldg., Portland, Me. 



WANTED — A competent nurseryman for 

 manager and workioer foreman. Must be 

 honest and capable of handling men. Mar- 

 ried man preferred. Permanent position. 

 State full particulars and salary wanted In 

 first letter. Address: Central, care of 

 HORTICULTURE. Boston, Mass. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



WANTED TO REPRESENT 



A flrst-class nursery firm in New England 

 states by an energetic, middle-aged man : 

 life-long experience in different branches 

 of horticulture: willing to fill up time In 

 any department. None but a good posi- 

 tion considered. Address A. B., HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



SITI.ATION WANTED as Orchid grower 

 by Englishman, :iO years experience In 

 growing and raising Orchids with best 

 firms in England. Good hybridist. Apply 

 to .Tuli us Roehrs Co.. Rutherford, N. J. 



WANTED — Position as head gardener on 

 private estate. Good references. Five 

 years in last place. Married. Address: 

 Mae, care HORTICULTURE. 



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