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HORTICULTURE 



November 21, 190S 



Troy' s WANT Corner 



WANTED 



LARGE SHADE TREES. 



8 to 10 in. caliper. 



Transpl nted. 



Write giving full particulars to 



r. H. TKOY, 



24 East 34th St., NEW YORK CITY. 



PITTSBURG NOTES. 



It is very gratifying to note that 

 Pittsburgh was well represented at the 

 National Flower Show at Chicago last 

 week, not only as visitors but as suc- 

 cessful exhibitors. 



The Pittsburgh Rose & Carnation 

 Co. were awarded two first prizes on 

 carnations. Mr. Fred Burki, president 

 of this company, reports that had their 

 shipment of chrysanthemums reached 

 there in time one more prize would 

 have been captured. 



An exhibit of Begonia Glorie de Lor- 

 raine at the Phipps Conservatory, 

 North Side, is worthy of mention. An 

 extra house is used for this and the 

 condition of plants and baskets are at 

 their best now: it is worth anyone's 

 time to pay a visit. Foreman Moore 

 deserves credit; all local florists should 

 call and show their appreciation. 



A beautiful window decoration was 

 seen at A. W. Smith's 6th avenue 

 store last Saturday; a table decoration 

 with a centerpiece of chrysanthemums 

 and roses was the attraction. This 

 firm are extensive advertisers; one of 

 their latest street car advertisements 

 reads: "We get the highest price in 

 the city for violets and still we sell 

 more than any other firm in the city. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Ltd., 

 are displaying an artificial poinsettia 

 that is a very fine reproduction of the 

 natural flower. This company had a 

 large sale of the same article last year. 

 At The McCallum Co., white violets 

 are a novelty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 Work of Committee. 

 No. 1 Jap. incurved. Color, light 

 pink. Exhibited at New York, Nov. 

 II, 190S. by George Hale, Seabright, N. 

 J. Scored 85 points exhibition scale. 

 The name of variety Golden Harvest 

 has been changed to Golden King. 

 DAVID FRASER, Sec'y. 



A GOOD CHRISTMAS PRESENT. 



We Car Supply the Following Books, Tost- 

 at the Prices Listed. 



The American Carnation. C. W. 

 Ward. Price, $3.50. 



Chrysanthemum Manual. Smith. 

 Price. 40 cts. 



The Dahlia. I '. y L. K. Peacock. Price, 

 30 cts. 



Manual of the Trees of North Amer- 

 ica. C S. Sargent. Pri< {6 00. 



The Chrysanthemum. Hrrrington. 

 Price. 50 Cts. 



How to Make Money Growing Vio- 

 lets. Saltford. Price 



OBITUARY. 



Joseph Bradford. 

 Joseph Bradford, at one time a well 

 known florist in Columbus, O., died 

 on November 9, at the age of 78. 



Mrs. Ida S. H. Gorman. 

 Mrs. Ida S. H., wife of Daniel E. 

 Gorman, of Williamsport, Pa., died cm 

 November 4, in her forty-first year. 



Dr. James Fletcher. 

 Dr. James Fletcher, botonist and et- 

 omologist of the experimental farm 

 in Canada, died recently at Montreal 

 in his fifty-sixth year. 



George M. Kellogg. 

 With the last stroke of the midnight 

 hour on Nov. 15, George M. Kellogg 

 passed away. Since last March, when 



George M Kellogg 



Mr Kellogg was stricken with pneu- 

 monia, hfi has never recovered his 

 strength. He has been an active and 

 enterprising business man and will 

 be greatly missed in the comunmity. 

 Mr. Kellogg was born in Westfield, 

 .Mass., April 16, 1838; at the age of 

 eighteen he removed to Chicago. 

 thence to Kansas in 1857, and in 1.SC7 

 to Pleasant Hill, Mo., his present home. 

 He built here his first greenhouses in 

 1S8S, and opened a wholesale store in 

 Kansas City ten years later. In Sep- 

 tember, 1907, his entire plant was 

 wrecked by the explosion of the boil- 

 ers, but with characteristic energy he 

 at once began rebuilding. Mr. Kellogg 

 served on the executive board of the 

 S. A. F., 1S97-1S99. 



Mrs. P. M. R. Pierson. 

 Airs. P. M. R. Pierson died on Nov, 

 12 at her home in Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 aged 80 years. Three sons, Frank R., 

 Paul M. and Lincoln, and three daugh- 

 ters, survive her. Mrs. Pierson has 

 1 een bailing for the past year and her 

 death was due to old age. Mr. Pierson 

 died two years ago. 



An Exceptional 

 Opportunity for 

 Investment 



The first or ground floor issue of stock of 

 any enterprise is necessarily the most lib- 

 eral ; theiefore, the best 10 inv. st in. A 

 successful GOING concern can obtain all 

 the money r quirt d for 6%. A l ew con- 

 cern m st ghe more and if you want to 

 make more, you must go in with a new 

 company. 



This Company is a new company and 

 has the ear maiks of a bonanza right in 

 your own business. We think it is 'he 

 best propositon in our business in the 

 country TODAY. 



There is just as much money in the 

 flower business when properly conducted 

 as in any other and, on an average, prob- 

 ably a great deal more, tho gh we gener- 

 ally try to make ourselves believe the other 

 fellow makes his money easier than we do. 

 The three essential factors necessary for 

 the success of any enterprise, flower busi- 

 ness or any other are : A profi' able business 

 to begin with ; Competent and reliable men 

 to conduct it; Sufficient capital to finance it. 

 This company lacks only the latter. 



Robert Miller, President and Manager of 

 the Company, has made a specialty of grow- 

 ing roses for the market for fifteen yeai s and 

 is a graduate of the Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories. 



The manager will be insured to the Com- 

 pany for the lull amount of subscriptions, 

 making the inve-siments bsolutely secure, 

 and in case of death, 100% to the good. 



The stock is $ 10.00 a share, its par value ; 

 it is preferred in principal as web as in divi- 

 dends. It is voting sto.k, and is partici- 

 pating and non-redeemable, and is probably 

 the most dberal stock on the market today. 

 It is secured in every possible way against 

 risk of loss. 



Bonuses of common stock are given with 

 the preferred according to the amount of 

 preferred purchased. 



The plant will be located in one of the 

 Richest Territories of ThlsCountry 

 where there Is a Superabundance 

 of Sunshine, Cheap Fuel, Elegant 

 Soil, A Tremendous Demard for 

 Flowers, and Practically No Com- 

 petition. 



Do not let this opportunity go by, as first- 

 class investments in our business are not 

 growing any more plentiful, and do not 

 f.irge the FACT that the first issue of 

 stock is the one you must get if you want 

 more than savings bank interest on your 

 money. 



A-k for an interview with the President 

 and he will gladly call on you and explain 

 ' he proposition in detail unle.-s you live far 

 out of reasonable teach. 



Send for circular and get in on ihe 

 ground floor. 



This is not a hole-in-the-ground propo- 

 sition where you can't see or possibly know 

 anything about it, except by taking thr say- 

 s of som high finance juggler, but an all 

 ahov -ground and above-board proposition 

 ihat you are just as familiar with as any of 

 the directors and you could direct it your- 

 self without any serious trouble. 



This is an age of combination of effort 

 and we want your co operation. 



THE MILLER FLORAL CO. 



Fast Brookfield. Mass. 



