rebruary 1. 1913 



HOKTICULTUEE 



109 



P^OR 



HEWS STANDARD POTS 



99 



XJ® ... 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, iMASS. 



"JIM" SHEA IN RHYME. 



Few department officials at City 

 Hall enjoy the distinction of having a 

 song dedicated to thera, and Supt. 

 "Jim" Shea is one of that few. It is 

 a parody upon "Rings on Her Fingers 

 and Bells on Her Toes," written by 

 Assistant Corporation Counsel Joseph 

 A. Campbell in recognition of "Jim's" 

 appointment as superintendent of Bos- 

 ton's park department. The parody 

 was first heard at a meeting of the 

 famous Clover Club. It runs: 



"Oh ! Big Jim Sbea, we're glad to say. 

 Is boss of all the parks; 



The Civil Servi<.-e passed ou Iiim 



With flattering remarks. 

 Of all the men they ever knew 



They felt constrained to say 

 That the great arboriculturist 



Was Superintendent Shea. 



CHORUS. 



"For he has — 



Swan boats on the duck pond, 

 Toadstools In the park, 



Caruso in the monkey house, 

 And dogwood trees that bark; 



Tigers in the Tigery, 

 Lions full of nlay, 



And the elephants ct ocliee-coochee 

 dance 

 At sight of Big Jim Shea. 



"The Miocene and Pliocene 



Are open books to him, 

 The Darwinian theory takes the count 



When diagnosed by Jim: 

 The Dinosaur would dine no more 



If .Tim could have his way. 

 For the great zoologist by far 



Is Superintendent Shea. 



■"The lobsters at the aquarium 

 All grasp him by the paw, 

 Saying, 'Jim. now will vou haTe ns 

 broiled? 

 Or, do you like us raw?' 

 The horseshoe crabs turn up their tails 



And pointedly do say 

 That the Oasteropod« uunnlninus are 

 For Ichthyologist Shea. 



^'The cuckoos and the filaloos 



All whistle as he rides by. 

 The rhinoceros follows him 



With love-light in her eye; 

 The camels he has bTnished — 



Now, what indeed do you think. 

 He'll have no animal in the zoo 



That's so blamed slow to drink." 



— Boston Traveler. 



BOSTON PARK AND RECREATION 

 APPOINTMENTS. 



The Boston City Council on Monday, 

 January 27. unanimously passed the 

 ordinance consolidating the Park, 

 Bath, Public Grounds and Music De- 

 partments into a Department of Parks 

 and Recreation, under the control of 

 a commission of three members, the 

 chairman of which is to receive $7,500 

 a year and the other two members to 

 serve without pay. 



The ordinance provides that one of 

 the members shall be a landscape en- 

 gineer or architect with an experi- 

 ence of at least three years. Over 

 each of the two divisions of parks and 

 recreation shall be placed a deputy 

 commissioner at a salary of $4,200 a 

 year. 



The Mavor has already announced 



DREER^'S 



Florist Specialties, 



New Brand. New Style. 

 Hose "RiyERTON" 



Furnished in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. ■without seam or 



The HOSE (or the FLORIST 



^-inch, per ft., 15 c. 

 Reel of 500 ft., '* 14J4C. 

 2 Reels, xoooft., " 14 c. 

 J4-inch, *' i^ c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " izYtC 

 Couplings furnished 



HENRr A. DREER. 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 

 per crate ; 



enOO 1% in. @ .$6.1)0 5(10 t in. @ %i.m 



1500 2 " " 4.SS 4.56 41/2 " '' 5.24 



1500 2^4 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51 



1500 211. ■' " 6 00 21051/2 •' •• ,3.7s 



1000 .3 " " 5.(K) 144 6 " " 3.18 



SOO 3% •• " 5.S0 12it 7 " " 4.20 



60 8 " " .3.00 



HILFINGER BROS., Potterr, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



tngust Roiker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agenti 



OBI SPEClUrr-tong Distinct and neort ttale 



r-STANDARD FLOWER— i 



If your f;reenhoiise.>i are within .500 miles 

 of the Capitol, write ii.s, we can save 

 you nione.v. 



W. H. ERNEST 

 — 28th & M Sts. Washington, O. C. ^ 



Syracuse Red Pots 



with new and Improved machinery, we eaa 



supply your wants to better advantase 



than ever. 



Bpedal dlscoants on large order*. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse 



that he has selected D. Henry Sullivan 

 of the Public Grounds Department to 

 be chairman and Robert S. Peabody 

 and Daniel H. Coakley of the present 

 Park Board to be the unpaid members. 

 Supt. James B. Shea of the park de- 

 partment will get one of the positions 

 as deputy at $4,200 a year, the same 

 salary he receives at the present time. 

 It is understood that Supt. Hugh C. 

 McGrath of the bath department will 

 get the other .$4,200 a year position in 

 charge of the recreation division. 



H. C. Warner of Mitchell, S. D., who 

 died several months ago, left one of 

 the largest collections of named varie- 

 ties of Gladiolus, Peonies and Iris in 

 the United States or in the world. The 

 collection consisted of 352 named va- 

 rieties of Gladiolus, 347 named varie- 

 ties of Peonies, and 136 named varie- 

 ties of Iris. This valuable collection 

 was sold at public auction, January 

 17, at Mitchell, S. D., and entire lot 

 was purchased by the Gurney Seed & 

 Nursery <"o. and they will all be moved 

 to Yankton in the spring and placed in 

 trial grounds. 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Ailvertir^enients in this column 

 one cent a word. Initials count 

 as words. Cash \\it\i order. All 

 correspondence addressed "Care 

 HORTICULTl'RE"' should be sent 

 to 11 liaiiiiltoii riiii-c, Htison. 



HELP WANTED 



GARDENERS WANTED— Single man for 

 Supt. Country Club, permanent position; 

 single man for head gardener on gentle- 

 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 Parker, Fidelity Bldg., Portland, Me. 



WANTED — A competent nurseryman for 

 manager and working 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. 



ASSISTANT NURSERYMAN, about 

 thirty-five years old. Only men of proven 

 ability will" be considered. Apply in writ- 

 ing, giving full particulars. American 

 Forestry Co., 15 Beacon St., Boston. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



WANTED, by single man, 30, perma- 

 nent position on private estate; 9 years' 

 practical experience and 2 years' Agricul- 

 tural College training in general farming 

 and flower and vegetable gardening, both 

 outside and under glass. Good references. 

 Address "A." care of HORTICULTURE. 



SITUATION WANTED— As Head Gar- 

 dener on private estate. Twenty years' 

 experience inside and out. Single and 

 with references. Address "R. H.," care 

 HORTICULTURE. 



FO*^ SALE 



FOR SALE 



Medtord: ideal locution tor florist: 30,000 

 feet land, large 10- room house with Im- 

 provements, baru, carriage house, hen- 

 house, large steam heated greenhouse, 

 fruit and garden; located in center of city; 

 an exceptioual offer. Price $S500. Boule- 

 vard Storage Co., .317 Salem St., Medford, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE— Four greenhouses, each 

 22 X 150, and one 8 x 150, together with 

 19 lots of ground at Wyomisslng, suburb 

 of Reading, a city of over 100,000. All 

 in first class condition, with large stock 

 of carnations, etc. Excellent opportunity 

 tor active young florist. For full par- 

 ticulars, address H. F. Kantner, No. 23 

 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 to X 12, 18 xl8, 18 X 24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now la 

 the time to buy and save money. Parshel- 

 sky Bros , Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St., 

 Brooklyn. N. Y. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Delanco, N. J. — The greenhouses of 

 the J. F. Irwin Company have been 

 leased to F. R. Matsinger. 



Rockford, III. — The greenhouse for- 

 merly owned by William S. Heiser, 

 has been sold to Henry Hendricsen, 

 and Mr. Heiser has been secured as 

 manager. 



