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HORTICULTUPi: 



February 9. 1907 



Wild Smilax, p5?cl^e 



THE ONLY PLAGE WHERE YOU GAM ALWAYS GET IT. 



Long Needle Pines, Si.oo per dozen. Palm Crowns, $2.50 per dozen. Extra nice 



long-stemmed Palm LCaVeS, $2.50 per 100. MagnOUa, J2.50 per case, 16 cubic 



feet. Sheet Moss, J2.00 per sack. Grey Moss, ^2.00 per sack. GalaX, $1 .00 per looo. 



Speed a Specialty. Write for Catalogpue. 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAH, 



Introducer of the Wild Smilax. 



Caldwell the Woodsman Decorating Co., Inc. 



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In our WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 



to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



8, II and ISProflnce St. 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



L. D. TolBphona, Main ZBIS. 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



See our Greens Advertisement on pase 177. 



Boston, Mass, 



NEWS NOTES. 



E. H. Smith of Hazelton, Pa., has 

 opened a branch store next to the Cen- 

 tral Hotel. 



Visitors in New York the past week 

 included R O. King, Toronto; J. A. 

 Valentine, Denver, Colo.; H. L. Jan- 

 zen, Berlin, Ont. 



drained into his cellars and extin- 

 guished the fires in the boilers. 

 Sixteen stoves have been set up for 

 heating purposes. It is said that Mr. 

 Newby may bring suit against the city 

 or parties responsible for damages. 



One of Adolph Fahrenwold's large 

 greenhouses, 50x300 feet, collapsed at 

 Roslyn, Pa., on Tuesday last, under the 

 weight of thirteen inches of snow. 



The Lockland Lumber Company an- 

 nounces that it has practically discon- 

 tinued the greenhouse material busi- 

 ness which it has carried on for many 

 years. 



The Michigan Cut-Flower Exchange 

 has elected officers for the ensuing 

 year as follows: Philip Breitmeyer. 

 president; William Dilger, first vice- 

 president; Fred, Breitmeyer, second 

 vice-president; Robt. M, Rahaley. sec- 

 retary and treasurer. The first three 

 each hold 300 and R. M. Rahaley 100 

 shares. Total capitalization $10,000 — 

 all paid in. 



S. S. Peckham sold at public auction 

 on January 29 the stock and fixtures 

 in his store at 8 South 6th street. New 

 Bedford, Mass. He intends to continue 

 business in the wholesale line at Fair- 

 haven, 



The Detroit Floral Co. was a great 

 loser from the heavy windstorm one 

 week ago. Many lights of glass and 

 ventilators were broken and it was 

 only with the greatest exertion that 

 Jack Frost was kept out. 



Mrs. Pierson. mother of F. R. Pier- 

 son of Tarrytown, 78 years of age, 

 stumbled and fell, breaking her 

 shoulder, on Sunday, February 3. Mr. 

 Pierson's father died about four 

 months ago, and his brother-in-law 

 six weeks later. "Misfortunes never 

 come singly" is an old saying which 

 we are sorry to see apparently verified 

 in this instance. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



William Kiesling, lately in charge of 

 Chas. B. Ward's place, Morris Plains, 

 N. J., takes charge on April 1st of E. 

 B Thomps' estate on Mt. Vernon road, 

 Morristown, N. J. 



Charles Duncan, who has had charge 

 of the greenhouses at Wheatleigh, the 

 Henry H. Cook estate, Lenox, Mass., 

 lias resigned his position and will be 

 succeeded by Jas. Kiley. 



Richard Vince, head gardener to Robt. 

 t). Foote of Morristown, N. J., has re- 

 signed his position. His employer 

 fried to induce him to continue on, 

 but without avail. He is succeeded 

 by Paul Hunt, recently wth Samuel 

 Untermeyer of Yonkers, N. Y. Mr. 

 Vince is president of the Morris Co. 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society, and 

 will be greatly missed. 



Carl Engberg of Fremont, Neb., 

 died on January 27, aged 60 years. 



The almost unprecedented spells of 

 cloudy weather have had a very de- 

 pressing effect on the gi-owers of 

 Madison, N. J., and vicinity. Every- 

 body complains. Many of the small 

 growers, if not driven out of business, 

 will be great sufferers. 



Rudolph Riber, "the original rubber 

 plant man," who sold bogus rubber 

 tree seeds to Harlem housewives, was 

 recently, in Special Sessions, sent to 

 the penitentiary for eleven months, 

 and sentenced to a $.500 fine, or serve 

 one extra day for each dollar. 



John A. Newby of Logansport, Ind.. 

 suffered serious loss from water which 



The United States Cut Flower Co., 

 of Elmira. N. Y.. at the directors' 

 meeting on January 30. decided to in- 

 crease the capacity of their plant one- 

 half and to commence at the earliest 

 possible moment the erection of 18 

 new houses, at an estimated cost of 

 $2.5,000. This will give them 150,000 

 feet of glass. The company began 

 business in 1906 with capital stock of 

 $600,000. Wm. R, Compton is presi- 

 dent and general manager. 



G. W. Rogers, a well-known exporter 

 of lily bulbs, died at Yokohama, Japan, 

 on December 25. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Chas. L. Schmidt was a victim of 

 the $1,000,000 fire which visited Har- 

 risburg. Pa., last week. 



William. Dobson, 88 years of age 

 and active until last month, has 

 been the gardener at Mills Col- 

 lege for young ladies, near San 

 Francisco, for more than a quarter 

 century. He contracted pneumonia 

 which caused his death at the college 

 last week, and here, where he grew 

 old tending the beautiful gardens and 

 earing for the fruit trees, his body 

 was interred, after funeral services 

 held in the college chapel. To many 

 growers and florists about the bay he 

 was an instructive companion, and a 

 goodly number of these attended the 

 obsequies Sunday, January 27. 



The boiler and entire heating plant 

 in the greenhouse of John Baker, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., were destroyed by fire 

 on January 27. Loss about $1,500. 



Oscar Carlson, of Minneapolis, Minn., 

 has received word of the death of his 

 brother in Seattle from a shot wound. 



