February 16, 1907 



HOKTICULTURE. 



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OBITUARY. 

 George A. Sutherland. 



George A. Sutherland, wholesale flo- 

 rist of Boston, (lied suddenly on the 

 morning of February 11. Mr. Suther- 

 land was born on December 14, 18G5. 

 in the parish of Bohann, County of 

 Elgin, Scotland. At the age of 13 he 

 came to this country and lived 

 in Athol, Mass., where his father 

 and brother carried on a florist busi- 

 ness. When about 21 years of age he 

 entered the employ of W. J. Stewart in 

 the wholesale business in Boston, and 

 five years later, in partnership with 

 Lucius Peck, purchased the business 

 of Mr. Stewart. Mr. Peck dying the 

 following year, Mr. Sutherland came 

 into possession of the business, and 

 for some years conducted it success- 

 fully, but latterly came into financial 

 difficulties, which, preying on his 

 mind, are presumed to have hastened 

 his death. Mr. Sutherland was a man 

 of kindly heart and had many sincere 

 friends in the trade. He leaves a 

 widow. 



John P. Loftus. 

 John P. Loftus, a well-known gar- 

 dener at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Boston, 

 died on February 11, aged 68 years. 

 Mr. Loftus was a fellow-employee 

 with Jackson Dawson at the old nur- 

 series of Hovey & Co., at Cambridge, 

 and, like Mr. Dawson, enlisted in the 

 19th Mass. regiment at the opening of 

 the Civil War, he serving in Company 

 K and Mr. Dawson in Company G. 

 Mr. Loftus was wounded and dis- 

 charged but later went into the navy. 

 On his return he resumed his garden- 

 ing employment at Lenox, Mass., and 

 remained many years until his health 

 broke down. In recent years he has 

 had charge of the tropical plant depart- 

 ment at Mt. Hope Cemetery under 

 superintendent J. H. Morton. 



NEW DRACAENA PERE CHARON. 



Foliage twice as large is that of D. teimin.ilis niid equally brilliaut !□ color. 



Mrs. Mary Somers. 

 Mrs. Mary Somers, wife of Harry C. 

 Somers, a well-known grower of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, died at her home on 

 Chain Bridge Road on Monday, 11th 

 inst., after a long illness. Mrs. 

 Somers is the only daughter of Solo- 

 mon Davis, who with his three sons, 

 has for a number of years been suc- 

 cessfully engaged in growing violets 

 and miscellaneous plants, Deceased 

 was 60 years of age, and is survived 

 by husband and one son. We tender 

 our sympathies to the bereaved fami- 

 lies. 



John Brick. 



John Brick, a retired florist, died in 

 Franklin, Mass., on Februarv 1, aged 

 65. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



J. B. Steussy has opened a retail 

 store at 417 E. Market St., Louisville, 

 Ky. 



Huebner & Brown have opened a 

 retail flower store on Washington 

 street, Chicago. 



John H. Bath, formerly with A. 

 Donaghue, has opened a retail store 

 in Omaha, Nebr. 



Mr. Reynolds retires from the Scott 

 Floral Co., at Denver, Colo., and will 

 locate on the Pacific Coast 



The Benthy-Coatsworth Company 



have moved to the second floor of th? 

 Atlas Building, Chicago. 



The Gallup Floral & Seed Co. will 

 soon be in their new quarters at 819 

 Sixteenth St., Denver, Colo. 



W. H. Fickett has purchased the es- 

 tablishment known as LaRochelle, 21st 

 St. and Sth Av., New York. 



Dunn & Huebner, Chicago, have dis- 

 solved partnership and the busines^j 

 will be carried on by Henry C. Dunn. 



The Garden, Tarkington Baker, 

 manager, will soon be ready for the 

 retail florist business in Indianapolis, 

 Ind. 



The Elmwood Select Nursery under 

 the management of Frank Brown, is 

 a new concern located at Paynesville, 

 Minn. 



C. W. Archer has purchased the 

 dahlia business of W. W. Hathaway of 

 Brockton and has combined it with 

 his business at Middleboro, Mass. 



Miss Anna J. Schulte has again ap- 

 peared in the arena of the retail trade 

 and displays her shingle at the depart- 

 ment store of Partridge & Blackwell, 

 Detroit. 



H. G. Dillemuth opened his new 

 store on Spadian Avenue, Toronto, 

 Can., on February 2. with an orchestra 

 and superb decorations as attractive 

 features. 



Under the name of the Ozark Nur- 

 sery Co., Ben Davis will continue the 

 business of the Ben Davis Nursery 

 of Bentonville, and the Parker Nur- 

 series, at Payetteville, Ark. 



At a meeting of the directors of the 

 Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 called after the death of the president, 

 A. F. Conard, a reorganization was ef- 

 fected by electing Mark Hughes of 

 West Grove a director, and officers as 

 follows: President, Robert Pyle; vice- 

 president, Antoine Wintzer; treasurer, 

 S. Morris Jones; secretary, R. T. Sat- 

 terthwalt. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued January 15, 1907. 



841,708. Weeding Hoe. John Mc- 

 Clure, Weatherby, Mo. 



841,930. Draft-Equalizer. William R. 

 Campbell, Little York, 111. 



842,119. Weed-Cutter. Hermon C. 

 Scott, Ritzville, Wash., as- 

 signor of one-half to W. W. 

 Zent, Ritzville, Wash. 

 Issued January 29, 1907. 



842,165. 

 842,172. 



842,180. 



842.194. 



842,199. 



842,208. 

 842.214. 



842,22.3. 



842,228. 

 842,378. 



842,420. 

 842,501. 

 842,658. 



Plow. Howard A. Beham, 

 Renfrew, Okla. 



Manure Spreader. George E. 

 Camp, Utica, N. Y., assignor 

 to Standard Harrow Co., 

 Utica. N. Y. 



Steam Heating System. Thom- 

 as F. Dexter, Providence, 

 R. I. 



Fertilizer Distributer. Wil- 

 liam A. Freeman, Syca- 

 more, Ga. 



Grass Cutter. Beil H. Her- 

 rick and Frank Cleary, Rug- 

 by, N. D. 



Side Delivery Hay Rake. Fred 

 L. Kirkman, Glenwood, Mo. 



Hot Bed Frame. Wilhelm H. 

 Luckau, Magdeburg, Ger- 

 many. 



Reversible Harrow. Leonard 

 B. Metcalf, Spartanburg, 

 S. C. 



Seeder. Robert H. Mouser, 

 Jr., Crown, Texas. 



Oscillating Blade or Fish Tail 

 Propeller. George E. Wade, 

 London, England. 



Weed Cutter. Otis O. Petty, 

 Olney, III. 



Window Plant Box. August 

 J. Schoenecke, Chicago, 111. 



Solar Heater. Charles L. 

 Haskell, Boston, Mass. 



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