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FAIR AND NEIGHBORHOOD 

 FLOWER SHOWS. 



Stratham, N. H., loth annual aster 

 show on August 27. 



Salt Lake City. Utah, flower festi- 

 val, September 17-19, 22-25. 



Webster. X. Y., flower carnival 

 closed August 21 and was pronounced 

 a decided success. 



Paterson, N. J.. Totowa Dahlia and 

 Flower Association. August 29 to Sep- 

 tember 2. flower show. 



Springwater, N. Y., floral exhibi- 

 tion, August 20; a collection of water 

 lilies was the leading feature. 



Marshfleld, Mass., Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society held its 42nd 

 annual exhibition, August 27. 28. 



\rhnl. Mass., Prof. S. T. Maynard of 

 Amherst and A. A. Hixon of Wor- 

 cester Mass., will act as judges at the 

 Athol fair. 



Worcester, Mass., County Horticul- 

 tural Society, annual exhibition for 

 boys under 14. August 29. Rockwood 

 Reed secured five prizes. 



Rockville. Md.. agricultural and bo- 

 ticultural fair. August 25-2S. Prizes 

 in the flower section seemed to be 

 about evenly divided between Miss 

 Ellen Fnrquhar and Mrs. W. E. 

 Ricketts. 



Fairport, X. Y.. Floral Society held 

 its fourth annual flower carnival Aug. 

 27. 28. The schedule included 52 

 classes, with attractive cash prizes. 

 Charles Vick of Rochester and F. Fish- 

 er of Fairport were the judges. 



I.achine, Can., Horticultural Society 

 flower show. August 20. The display 

 of phloxes, petunias and zinnias were 

 unusually fine. Robert Burrows, gar- 

 dener to R. B. Angus, showed some 

 peaches of enormous size. W. J. Wil- 

 shire. Alex. Gibb, J. Dunbar, J. Eddy. 

 George Paseoe. D. Wright and J. Kirk- 

 wood were the judges. 



CHICAGO PERSONALS. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. McKellar are 

 at Mt. Clemens, Mich., where they 

 went at the close of the convention. 



Chicago visitors: Mr. Powell of the 

 Colonial Floral Co., Goshen, Ind. Mr. 

 and Mrs. .1. F. Johnson of Ft. Smith, 

 Ark., are Chicago visitors. While here 

 Mrs. Johnson was taken ill, and is in 

 the hospital. William and Albert 

 Smith, of the Leonard Seed Co., have 

 returned from a rather extended va- 

 cation. Frank Oechslin is taking treat- 

 ment for rheumatism at Benton Har- 

 bor, Mich. 



NEWS NOTES. 



George Wilson & Sons have started 

 in the nursery business at Marys- 

 vine, Md. 



J. A. Van Kirk intends to start a 

 nursery for citrus fruit trees on the 

 land he has recently acquired at Phoe- 

 nix, Ariz, 



The greenhouses of John M. Wil- 

 liams. Greenwich, Conn., were dam- 

 aged to the extent of $2000 by fire on 

 August 10. 



The idea of observing one day as 

 "Flower Day" in cemeteries is said to 

 have originated with the Oak Grove 

 Cemetery, Springfield, Mass., in 190",, 

 and the day set apart for this purpose 

 is September 8. 



The New Floral Co., E. B. Hutchins 

 manager, moved into more spacious 

 quarters in the Masonic Building, Ban- 

 gor, Me., on August 25. The rooms 

 were handsomely decorated and 

 thronged with visitors on the opening 

 day. 



The farmers of Ivoryton, Conn., who 

 have neglected to destroy the wild car- 

 rots on their land have been served 

 with a warning by the grand jurors 

 that the law will be enforced. A fine 

 of $5 may be collected for each ad- 

 ditional day after the notice has been 

 served. 



At the Flower Market auction sale 

 in Boston last Saturday, F. W. Flu eh- 

 cr had a large flat bunch of Pbys- 

 ost.egia Virginiana on exhibition to 

 show the adaptability of this flower 

 for funeral floral work. The effect is 

 very pretty, Ihe delicate heather-like 

 pink tint combining nicely with the 

 green material. This flower is gradu- 

 ally securing a foothold in the estima- 

 tion of the Boston florists. 



Auction sales of choice of stalls at 

 the two Boston flower markets came off 

 successfully on Saturday. Aug. 29, re- 

 sults being satisfactory in each. First 

 choice at Park Street Market was sold 

 to Waban Rose Conservatories for 

 $110.00, and first at Music Hall Market 

 to Rosemere Conservatories for $102.00. 

 Second choice (n each place was sold 

 for $SO.oo. Mr. Cartwright. states that 

 the aggiegate sales at Park street 

 amounted to nearly $5000, something 

 in excess of last year. Treasurer Car- 

 michael of Music Hall states that the 

 average of price this year was $5.00 

 pet stall better than last and that six 

 new members were gained. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Albert Houle has purchased the busi- 

 ness of Robi'it Abbs at Toronto, Cana- 

 da. 



\\ Ullaston & Wallace, Oak Bay, Vic- 

 toria, B. C, have sold out to Flewin's 

 Gardens. 



W'm I'. Hazard has purchased the 

 n tail business of .1. F. Wood. Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



The Humphrey Floral Co. has 

 bought the Mitchell greenhouses at 

 Rome, X. Y. 



The Rode greenhouse at Bowling 

 Green, O., was sold at receiver's sale 

 on August 10 to George E. Mercer. 



Donald Cameron of Newburgh, X. Y, 

 has bought of J. J. Biaun his stock 

 in the Stafford Floral Co., Stafford 

 Springs, Conn., Mid has leased the 

 -i eenhouses. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Schattmaier Floral Co., Newark, 

 v .1.: C. H. Cullen, J. G. Schattmaier, 

 A. B. Crane: capital. 510,1 



Farmers' Nursery Co., Tippecanoe, 

 O.; President, T. J. Dinsmc-re, secre- 

 tary, S. R. Fergus: capital increased to 

 $200,000 



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