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HORTICULTURE, 



February 29, 1908 



OBITUARY. 



James Daly. 

 James Daly, who has been a familiar 

 figure to the frequenters of the New- 

 York flower markets for many years, 

 died on February 14, at the age of 43. 

 He had lippii In the employ of Jas. 

 Weir's Sons, Brooklyn, for a quarter 

 of a century. 



William McManus. 

 William McManus, father of James 

 McManus, wholesale florist of New 

 York, died on February 14 after a 

 brief illness, aged GS. Mr. McManus 

 was born in Ireland, and came to this 

 country many years ago. A widow 

 and two sons survive him. 



Robert Allan. 

 Robert Allan became seriously ill 

 last Saturday and was removed to the 

 Newport Hospital where, without re- 

 gaining consciousness, he passed away 

 on the evening of Monday, 24th Inst. 

 He was a brother of William .411an 

 (gardener at Dr. Jacob's estate) whose 

 son died about two weeks ago. Robert 

 Allan was popular with all classes in 

 the community and his friends were 

 many. A few years ago he was gar- 

 dener on the estate of E. C. Knight on 

 Belle vue Ave., Newport. Besides the 

 brother above-mentioned, he leaves a 

 widow for whom the keenest sym- 

 pathy is felt. He was thirty-eight 

 years of age. D. M. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Whittet & Co. have been awarded 

 the contract for bulbs for the park 

 department of Lowell, Mass. 



G. A. Kishpaugh of lola is starting 

 in the greenhouse business at Inde- 

 pendence, Kansas, with C. W. Lem- 

 mon as manager. 



A. L. Randall Co. of Chicago have 

 leased the four floors of the building 

 they now occupy and contemplate 

 making extensive improvements in 

 their supply department. 



I. Racz has purchased a place at 

 Marshfield, Mass., and will begin busi- 

 ness with the growing of vegetables 

 and small fruits, later to take up orna- 

 mental stock and erect a range of 

 greenhouses. He would be glad to re- 

 ceive catalogues and price lists from 

 ■wholesale dealers. 



J. W. Shaddow, proprietor of the 

 Cedar Hill Nursery and Orchard Co., 

 Winchester. Tenn., has made a vol- 

 untary assignment to Hugh Morton, 

 trustee. The estimated cash value of 

 the assets is $60,000, and liabilities 

 $42,000. The company did an annual 

 business of $250,000. The business 

 will be continued by the trustee, and 

 it is said the obligations can be met 

 within a year. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Bennett & Peters. Paola, Kansas, 

 greenhouse damaged to the extent of 

 $200. 



Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co. Elmwood, 

 Conn., had their factory destroyed re- 



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and lost all machines, molds. 



D. J. Sinclair, florist, Toronto, Can., 

 lost $5,000 in a fire of unknown origin 

 on February 18. He was well in- 

 sured. 



The greenhouse of Victor Maret, 

 Lowell, Mass., was discovered to be on 

 fire on the morning of February 20, 

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Fire was discovered in the Howe 

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 not injured. 



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