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HORTICULTURE 



January 11, 1913 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 



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POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS 



PAarsen Str*et 

 LONa ISLAND CITY, N. 



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WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and FactoHas 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



ain and Ireland; Educational Colleges; 

 Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists 

 In Great Britain and Ireland; Garden- 

 ers in Great Britain and Ireland; Prin- 

 cipal Fruit and Flower Salesmen and 

 Commission Agents in London; Land- 

 scape Gardeners; Alphabetical List of 

 Horticultural Societies, etc., in Great 

 Britain and Ireland; Florists on the 

 Continent and in the British Colonies 

 and United States of America. 



The Fourteenth Report of the State 

 Entomologist of Minnesota, which has 

 Just been issued is a most valuable 

 document. No effort or expense has 

 been spared to make it reliable and 

 useful to the agricultural and horti- 

 cultural interests which are so potent 

 A factor in Minnesota's prosperity. 

 Grasshoppers and other injurious in- 

 sects of 1911 and 1912 are the general 

 topic and all the minute details of in- 

 sect life, with approved methods for 

 the extermination or control of these 

 pests are carefully recorded. The book 

 Is very fully illustrated. There are 

 three full-page plates of various grass- 

 hoppers, crickets, locusts, etc., in 

 natural colors. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mrs. B. Merkel. 

 Mrs. B. Merkle, who has been en- 

 gaged in the florist business in East 

 Rutherford, N. J., with her sons Carl 

 And Frank for some years, died at her 

 home in that town on Dec. 21st, aged 

 •<S years. 



William S. Fisher. 

 The floral trade of Washington, D. 

 C, regrets the death of William S. 

 Fisher, who has been among them for 

 many years. Mr. Fisher was born In 

 Virginia 54 years ago. Coming to this 

 city at about 15 years of age, he en- 

 tered the employ of the late John R. 

 Freeman as an apprentice. At about 

 the time he reached his majority he 

 opened up for himself on Pennsylvania 

 avenue, near 14th street, N. W. He 

 later removed to 717 15th street, N. W., 

 where he remained for two years, sell- 

 ing out to Mr. Bolgiano. He was em- 

 ployed by J. H. Small & Sons for about 

 12 years following that time, going then 

 to the Washington Florists' Company 

 and managing their uptown branch on 

 14th street. He later gave up active 

 work, accepting employment only dur- 

 ing a few months each winter, spend- 

 ing his summers traveling about the 

 seaside resorts. Funeral services were 

 held on Tuesday morning last from his 

 late residence, 1135 9th street, N. W. 

 Mr. Fisher is survived by two sisters. 

 Misses Hattie V. and Mattie Fisher. 



Wichita, Kans.— The Wichita Nur- 

 sery Company has increased its hold- 

 ings and will develop its departments 

 -by the addition of many new employes. 



ORCEIR'S ''Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



Manufactured for as eiclnilvely. The b««t tub ever IntrodnceU. The neate«t, lightest 

 and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have 

 drop handles. 



HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Pbnts, Baibs. and Supplies. 714 chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON 

 TEMPLATED. 



Louisville, Ky. — Simon Pontrich, 

 house. 60x112. 



Spencertown, N. Y. — Mr. McCoom, 

 range of houses. 



Cleveland, Ohio— C. W. Zuck & 

 Sons, vegetable house, 75x459. 



Lancaster, Ohio — M. M. Miesse, one 

 house tor tomatoes and lettuce. 



Valparaiso, jnd. — A. Londenberg & 

 Son, three houses, each 34x120. 



Providence, R. I. — A. Holscher, house 

 50x241, by Lord & Burnham Co. 



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I WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. I 



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S Cash with order. Ail corr^ondence Z 



5 addressed "care HORTTCUL- S 



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S Qloa Place. Boston. 



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 HELP WANTED 



WANTED 



INSTRUCTOR IN FLORICULTURE 



COLLEGE TRAINING PREFERRED 



Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for 

 Women, Ambler, Pa. 



WANTED — A competent nurseryman for 

 manafter and working foreman. Must be 

 honest and capable of handling men. Mar- 

 ried man preferred. Permanent position. 

 State full particular.s and salary wanted in 

 first letter. Address: Central, care of 

 HORTICULTURE. Boston. Mass. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED by young man 

 well trained In bedding plant and general 

 retail florist business. Is good designer. 

 Aged 23. Not married. Prefers New Eng- 

 land territory. E. W., care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



WANTED — Position as head gardener on 

 private estate. Good references. Five 

 vears in last place. Married. Address: 

 Mac, care HORTICULTURE. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10 1 12, 16 xl8, 16 X 24. double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is 

 the time to buy and save money. Parahel- 

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

 Brooklyn. N. Y. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 

 per crate: 



2(m 1% in. @ $6.(10 500 4 in. (g $4.50 



1500 2 •• " , 4.88 456 4»4 " " 5.24 



1500 2y4 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51 



1500 2H " " 600 210 5% " " 3.7S 



ICXK) 3 " " 5.0O 144 6 " " 3.16 



SOO 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20 



60 8 " " 3.00 



HILFINGER BROS., Potttrr, F»tt Edward, N.T. 



lueust Riilker & Sins. 31 Barcby SL, N. Y. City, Agenti 



OOR SPECUITT-Lut DistaKi »i mot bWt 



r— STANDARD FLOWER' 



Floors 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles 

 of the Capitol, write us, we can sav 

 you monev. 



W. H. ERNEST 



^- 28th & M Sts. Wasbinston, D. C. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



With new and Improved machinery, we tmm 



finpply yonr wants to better advantar* 



than ever. 



Special dlscoant§ on lar^e orders. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^V?"^^ 



Send your business direct to WasbingtocL. 

 Save« time and insures better service. 

 Personal attention guarEuiteed. 

 Thirty years active service. 



SIGGERS & SIGGERS 



PATENT LAWYERS 



Box 9, National Union Buildinc 

 Washington, D. C. 



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 ANB ERECTEI 



Greenhouse Materials 



IRON or WOOD SASH BARS 



In all lengths op to St feet. 



Milled to any detail furnished or wlH 

 furnish details and cut materials ready JFor 



erection. 



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