January 19, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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•with more in his head than in his 

 pocket. After worlving for four years 

 in Dedham, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. 

 H., in 1892 he accepted the position as 

 gardener for W. P. Winsor where 

 genius has had ample opportunity to 

 develop and as the above record 

 shows, diligence has been crowned 

 with success. 



W. P. Winsor in whose green- 

 houses the carnation which bears his 

 name was raised has been from his 

 youth an ardent lover of horticulture 

 and to him as proprietor is due credit 

 for the introductions above mentioned 

 as also for the medals and premiums 

 awarded for excellence of many ex- 

 hibits at the Boston and local exhibi- 

 tions. For a number of years Mr. 

 Winsor annually opened his green- 

 houses for a few days to an apprecia- 

 tive public; when many thousands of 

 people enjoyed seeing his splendid 

 collection of orchids and other choice 

 greenhouse plants. In thus sharing 

 with the less fortunate the resulfe of 

 expense and toil Mr. Winsor displays 

 the spirit of the true horticulturist. 

 Two years ago Mr. Winsor decided to 

 give up his greenhouses and since that 

 time Mr. Murray has conducted them 

 upon a commercial basis on hi? own 

 behalf. 



The John E, Haines Establishment 



The three houses shown in the pic- 

 ture were added during the past year 

 to Mr. Haines' range at Bethlehem, 

 Pa., and are filled with the three nov- 

 elties, John E. Haines, disseminated 

 last season, and Imperial and Pink 

 Imperial, to be sent out this year. 

 Ihe general character and vigor of 



CARNATION BEACON. 

 The name of Peter Fisher attached 

 to a carnation novelty goes as far as 

 columns of profuse praise. Beacon is 

 a sterling scarlet and it is in the air 

 all about that Beacon is expected to 

 take the first place in its class as an 

 all-round good grower and profitable 

 producer. 



Joiix E. Haines 



growth arc so well shown in the illus- 

 tration that little can be added here. 

 Alex. Guttman of New York, who con- 

 trols the sale of the blooms, states 

 that the Christmas demand for these 

 bright colored varieties far exceeded 

 the supply obtainable. A number of 

 other seedlings of much promise are 

 also under cultivation and will be 

 brought out in due time. 



Mr. Haines started business twelve 



years ago with a small house in 

 which he grew lettuce more for 

 pastime than profit; he soon began 

 experimenting in carnation raising 

 and found it so interesting that he 

 gave up his entire time to it and the 

 houses were added to from time to 

 time. 



The establishment is under the effi- 

 cient supervision of William Mangan 

 as foreman. Mr. Mangan for the six 

 years previous to entering Mr. Haines' 

 employ was on the estate of John 

 Wananiaker of Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Haines also has the assistance of his 

 daughter, Mrs. George H. Weber, who 

 ■ takes charge of the books and corre- 

 spondence. 



NEWS NOTES. 



A. N. Squire of Naugatuck, Conn., 

 is moving from Maple St. to Church 



St. 



Clare Haven becomes a partner in 

 the Wildemere Gardens, Highland 

 Park. Mich. 



The greenhouse connected with the 

 Country Club of Glenville, Ohio, was 

 totally destroyed by flre recently. 



Joseph Doyle, employed by H. A. 

 Holton, Morristown, N. J., is laid up 

 at the hospital with a fractured leg. 



Wm. L. Hundertmark, Passaic, N. J., 

 has filed a voluntary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy. His assets are given as $1,500, 

 liabilities, $3,000. 



The M. & D. Artificial Calyx adver- 

 tised in this issue is a cute little de- 

 vice that the carnation grower only 

 needs to see to appreciate its value. 



Mr. Mann has resumed his connec- 

 tion with the greenhouse on Washing- 

 ton St., Ipswich, Mass., for the past 

 year under the management of 

 Michael Burke. 



H. H. Jahn, for thirty-seven years 

 in business at 128 Broadway, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., has moved to 710 Nostrand 

 avenue. The "opening" occurred on 

 January 8, from 7 to 11 p. m. 



Fred Miessel, Detroit, experienced a 

 bad set-back through the bursting of 

 one section of his hot water boiler 

 during a cold night and it was with 

 great difficulty that frost was kept out 

 of the houses by smoking. Many 

 plants were badly injured through this 

 excessive smoking. 



House of TMr'F.nnT., Pink I.mperiai. and John E. Haines 

 At Bethlehem, Pa. 



A meeting of the State Board of 

 Agriculture was held at the State 

 Hou.se, Boston, on January 9. The 

 present board of officers was re-elect- 

 ed; Prof. Waugh urged a greenhouse 

 survey of the state; the board record- 

 ed itself in favor of transfers of real 

 estate of incorporated agricultural so- 

 cieties, "with the assent of two-thirds 

 of the members present and voting," 

 and the announcement was made of 

 a conference of the agricultural boards 

 of the New England States on March 8. 



