September 2»:, li'ius 



HORTICULTURE 



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NEWS NOTES. 

 A. N. Pierson is erecting a 150 ft. 

 chimney at his greenhouses, Cro awell, 

 Conn., having found his forced draft 

 outfit unsatisfactory. 



The greenhouse stock and buildings 

 on the premises of W. H. Murdock, 

 Cambridge, Mass., were sold by auction 

 on Thursday. Sept. 24. 



Harvard College has recently made 

 another addition to the land it is ac- 

 quiring in Worcester County for for- 

 estry purposes, having purchased the 

 Dexter estate of forty-three acres. 



W. F. Chessley, an agent for Rice 

 Bros. Co., nurserymen of Geneva, N. 

 Y., who, it is alleged, has been collect- 

 ing money through Maine and failed 

 to give credit for same, was arrested 

 on September 14. 



The flower store of E. H. Smith, 

 Hazelton, Pa., was entered on Septem- 

 ber 10, and about four dollars secured. 

 Wrong season to break into a flower 

 store. The thieves were interrupted 

 in their work but escaped. 



Mr. Harold H. Blossom and Miss 

 Minnie M. Dawson were married at 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass., on Thursday 

 evening, Sept. 24. The bride is the 

 eldest daughter of Jackson Dawson of 

 the Arnold Arboretum and Mr. Rlos- 

 som is connected with Olmsted Bros., 

 the landscape architects. 



It is said that the trustees of the 

 Worcester Art Museum have decided 

 finally to demolish the old Salisbury 

 greenhouses and dispose of the con- 

 tents. John Coulson, who has had 

 charge of the greenhouses for so many 

 years, has bought a. small farm in the 

 country, where he will remove with his 

 family. 



The city of Boston receives an enor- 

 mous bequest, probably amounting to 

 several million dollars, for the main- 

 tenance and improvements of her 

 Common and public parks, in the will 

 of the late George P. Parkman of S3 

 Beacon street, which was filed in the 

 Suffolk county registry of probate on 

 Sept. 21. 



A cement tank with running water 

 six or eight inches in depth and jars 

 perforated with several large holes 

 through which the cold water con- 

 stantly passes is in use at the Pierson 

 greenhouses, Cromwell, Conn., for cool- 

 ing and hardening up cut blooms of 

 chrysanthemums. The next morning 

 after plunging the flowers fairly tinkle 

 when handled. 



Pcehlmann Bros, are putting cement, 

 benches in one greenhouse this week 

 as a test, and if successful this style 

 of bench will be adopted more exten- 

 sively. The long drouth is testing the 

 water supply severely at Poehlmann 

 Bros. Plant B, and if relief does not 

 come soon arrangements will be made 

 for drawing a supply from the river 

 some distance away. 



The Vermont State Nursery used 

 last year for its own planting and for 

 distribution in the state the seeds 

 from nearly 100 bushels of white pine 

 cones. Cones should be collected in 

 September, at which time the mature 



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cones are from three to five inches 

 long, green and with scales still closed. 

 Further advice will be given by the 

 Experiment Station, Burlington. Vt., 

 to any interested. 



Lawrence Cotter, superintendent of 

 Rosemere Conservatories, Dorchester, 

 Mass., goes on October first to take 

 entire charge of the mammoth plant of 

 the Lakeview Rose Gardens of James- 

 town, N. Y. About ten acres of rose 

 houses, an equal extent of carnation 

 houses and five acres of other stock 

 under glass is the present size of this 

 establishment, approximately one mil- 

 lion square feet, of glass. We know of 

 no man better equipped by experience 

 and knowledge to assume the responsi- 

 bility of its management than Mr. 

 Cotter. 



NEW RETAIL FLOWER STORES. 



Miss Lizzie Miller, Bangor, Me. 



G. \. Phillips, Washington. D. C. 



Ubright & Smith. Erie St., Cleve- 

 land, O. 



Blauvelt & Dierks, 50 W. 29th St., 

 New York, N. Y. 



Farquhar Praser, Riverpcint, Provi- 

 dence. R. 1. 



Beloit, Wis.— John Reindlleisch. 51 ! 

 Grand avenue. 



Hammond & Gompf, 19 \Y. Orange 

 St., Lancaster, Pa. 



George Betz & Sons. 349 Morrison 

 St.. Portland. Ore. 



Richard Walsh, Lexington Ave. ana 

 83d St., New York, N. Y. 



The Thorsted Co., 14th and Wash- 

 ington Sts., Oakland. Calif. 



H. W. Garrett, Old York Rd. and 

 Spencer St., Baltimore, Md. 



John Rindfleisch of Beloit, Wis. 

 opened his new store on the 18th of 

 September. Mr. Rindfleisch bought 

 the site, which is one of the best in 

 Beloit, and has put up a fine build- 

 ing with flats above and a store on the 

 ground floor. 



OBITUARY. 



Miss Emma F. Gill. 

 Miss Emma F. Gill, 54 years old, a 

 teacher in the public schools of Med- 

 ford, Mass.. for 2S years, died Sept. 21 

 at the home of her mother. She had 

 been ill with typhoid fever for three 

 weeks. Her mother, Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 is the well-known florist and active 

 worker for many years in the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, and the 

 heartfelt sympathy of many loving 

 friends will go out to the old ladv in 

 her sorrow. 



PERSONALS FROM MADISON, ~ 

 N. J., AND VICINITY. 



Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Duckham will sail 

 for home from Queenstown on the 26th 

 inst. 



Herbert Entwistle, gardener to 

 Mrs. Julius Catlin, has resigned his 

 position, to take effect Oct. 1st. 



Ceo. H. Hunt, formerly with Robt 

 D. Foote, has accepted a position with 

 D. Rait. Richardson. Morris Plains 



Mr. and Mrs. Percy Herbert are 

 safely domiciled here again. They had 

 a very enjoyable trip through Scotland 

 and England. Both were benefited by 

 the trip. 



Chas. H. Atkins of Bobbink & At- 

 kins, is doing Europe too. He reports 

 having met the Madison delegation in 

 London and a general good time was 

 III'- result. 



What C. H. Totty lost in cash he 

 gained in avoirdupois on his European 

 trip. Mis. Totty is so well pleased 

 thai she is already laying plans to 

 duplicate the trip next year. 



CHICAGO PERSONALS. 



Wellantl & Reisch are putting in a 

 lew refrigerator, Il'xU' ft., built by 

 On- & I.ockert. 



.Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. McKellar 

 have been enjoying a visit with friends 

 near Kalamazoo, Mich. 



t'. Thomas is back for the winter 

 season in his old place in A. L. Ran- 

 dall's cut flower department. 



Visitors: B. Eschner. representing 

 M. Rice & Co.. Philadelphia- Edw 

 Amerpohl, Janesville, Wis. : Aug. 

 Meyer, Janesville, Wis.: Chas. Koel- 

 ker and daughter, Toledo, O; A. 

 Heisch, Memphis, Tenn. 



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