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In our WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS' DEPARTMENT in addition 



to our regular wholesale EVERGREENS and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 

 CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., 



See our Greens Advertisement on pase 439. 



8, II and 15 Province St. 

 and 9 Chapman Place, 



L. D. Tolaphonu, Main 2013. 



Boston, Mass. 



"FIELD DAY" AT WAVERLEY, MASS. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mrs. Henry A. Dreer. 

 Mrs. Mary Leavenworth Dreer, 

 widow of the late Henry A. Dreer, and 

 formerly a resident of Philadelphia 

 for many years, died on March 25 in 

 Pasadena, Cal. Funeral services will 

 be held in that city, and the body will 

 be sent to Philadelphia for interment 

 in Woodland Cemetery. Mrs. Dreer 

 was born in Reading, Pa,, on Septem- 

 ber 27, 1827, and after her marriage 

 in 1847 came to Philadelphia to live. 

 Notwithstanding the arduous duties 

 connected with a large family, she 

 found time for church affairs and 

 charities. During the civil war she 

 was a constant visitor to the Satterlee 

 Hospital, in West Philadelphia, and 

 opened her house to receive convales- 

 cent soldiers. She was a prominent 

 member of the Sanitary Commission, 

 having charge of the horticultural de- 

 partment at their great fair in 1864. 

 She was active in the building of the 

 Northminster Presbyterian Church 

 and Horticultural Hall, and was a 

 manager of the first Young Women's 

 Christian Association, the Presbyterian 

 Home for Aged Women and various 

 other charitable organizations of 

 Philadelphia. In 1888 she visited 

 California, returning there two years 

 later to live in Pasadena. Mrs. Dreer 

 is survived by four daughters and one 

 son, Wm. F. Dreer of the Henry A. 

 Dreer Corporation, Philadelphia and 

 Riverton, N. J. 



B. T. Graves. 



It is with much regret that we an- 

 nounce the death of B. T. Graves, of 

 Montreal, Canada, at the age of 41. 

 Bertie Graves, as everyone called him, 

 was considered one of the best plants- 

 men and carnation growers in Canada. 

 Some six years ago he succeeded to 

 bis father's business, and has been 

 very successful. He leaves a wife and 

 three children. The funeral was large- 

 ly attended by the local trade and the 

 Masonic order of which he was a mem- 

 ber. 



Edw. Graves. 

 Just at this writing comes the news 

 of the death of Ed. Graves, father of 

 the above. No particulars are at hand, 

 but as he was over eighty and in poor 

 health it is not unexpected. Mr. 

 Graves originally came from Peel, Isle 

 of Man, and his place of business was 

 called Mona Nurseries. A son Harry 

 died last November, so that only Mrs. 

 B. Graves is left to carry on the busi- 

 ness. 



Group of G. and F. Cli b Visitors at W. W. Edgar".s, Waverley, Mass. 



The field days of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston are always 

 enjoyable in the extreme and among 

 them none more so than the annual 

 pilgrimage to the greenhouses of Wm. 

 W. Edgar Company, at Waverley, 

 Mass.. a few days before Easter Sun- 

 day. The "fields" on this occasion are 

 vast expanses of lilies, azaleas and 

 acacias all ready for transportation to 

 the city stores and it is certainly an 

 inspiring sight which the generous 

 host spreads before the eyes of his 

 visitors. Then, after feasting the soul 

 he feasts the body, too, and experi- 

 ences as much delight in the giving as 

 they do in the receiving. Knowing what 

 there was in store for them it is not 



surprising that some fifty of the craft 

 appeared in response to Mr. Edgar's 

 invitation last Saturday. They found 

 a rare treat awaiting them for it is an 

 open secret that there is the healthi- 

 est batch of lilies in this vicinity, 

 12.000 pots in one house alone. After 

 a tour through the plant house a 

 group of the visitors was photographed 

 under the big oak tree by Mr. Lums- 

 den and then adjournment was had 

 to the carriage house where an 

 appetizing lunch was served by the 

 ladies and congratulatory speeches 

 were made by a number of the 

 guests under the leadership of presi- 

 dent Westwood. The occasion was a 

 most delightful one in every particu- 

 lar. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Robert Mackie, for four years fore- 

 man at Allen Winden Gardens, Lenox, 

 Mass., has been appointed superinten- 

 dent to Charles L. Lawrence, Bay- 

 shore, Long Island. 



Tom McHugh, Montreal's leading 

 chrysanthemum grower, intends to 

 leave his place at the Forest and 

 Stream Club, and take a position as 

 gardener to M. Davis, the millionaire 

 tobacco manufacturer. 



James Stuart, for six years in charg? 

 of the estate of the late George F. 

 Fabyan, goes on April 8 to take charge 

 of Mrs. F. A. Constable's estate at 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y. Mr. Stuart is 

 acknowledged to be one of the best 

 plant growers in the country. William 

 Angus, who has served under Mr. 

 Stuart for the past three years, suc- 

 ceeds him as gardener for the Fabyan 

 estate. 



CHILDREN'S GARDENS. 

 We have received from J. B. Heiss 

 a letter of cordial approval of the plan 

 of President John H. Patterson of the 

 N. C. R. Co. to encourage the study of 

 landscape gardening work by the 

 children of Oakwood, Ohio. Four 

 prizes of $25.00 each are to be com- 

 peted for and the subjects will include 

 decoration of the home grounds gen- 

 erally and the use of shrubbery as a 

 fence. Throu.ghout the summer, photo- 

 graphs will be made of the lawns and 

 grounds entered for competition and 

 at the time of the awarding of prizes 

 in the fall each child will be given 

 a large photograph of his or her own 

 garden. 



Hutchinson, Kan., Mar. 18, 1907. 

 Please discontinue my ads. for now. 

 Will have some more stock to offer and 

 shall be glad to send my ad. to HOR- 

 TICULTURE. JOHN STAMM. 



