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HORTICULTURE 



May 18, 1907 



DECORATION DAY FLOWERS 



An immense supply of lilies, carnations, roses, lilacs, stocks, spiraea, etc., especially 

 growing for this purpose. Also, baskets, wire frames, inscriptions, immortelles, wild 

 ferns and other green material. All at Lowest Wholesale Prices. 



THE OUTDOOR SUPPLY 



will be scanty this year and the Greenhouse Crop will be in Unprecedented Demand. 



WE CAN SUPPLY YOU 



and at 



Lowest Wholesale Prices 

 BUT WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR WANTS EARLY 



N. F. McCarthy & CO., 84 Hawlev St., Boston, Mass. 



NEWPORT (R. I.) NEWS NOTES. 



Joseph Leikens will open his store 

 on Bellevue avenue next weeli, to be 

 in a position to do business for Me- 

 morial Day. 



Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jurgens, Jr., 

 visited the Jamestown exhibition, and 

 returned last week, well satisfied with 

 their trip and the exhibition. 



The influx of a number of cottagers 

 and others during the past week has 

 improved business conditions a good 

 deal. As a matter of fact, cut flowers 

 are selling better now than a month 

 ago. Beauties especially. 



For two weeks or more members of 

 the government staff for the sup- 

 pression of the gypsy moth were in 

 Newport, hunting for evidence of its 

 presence, but up to the time when 

 they had diligently examined every 

 tree in the city no such evidence came 

 up. 



Mr. James Murray has so far recov- 

 ered from his illness as to be able to 

 be removed to the new home of his 

 family on Carroll and Harrison aven- 

 nues. He is yet far from well, how- 

 ever, and with but little hope of his 

 immediate recovery, his family pre- 

 vailed upon him to give up absolutely 

 his connection with the estate of 

 Henry Clews. 



There promises to be considerable 

 Interest taken in the matter of school 

 gardens in Newport this year, and 

 particularly in the competition for the 

 cash prizes offered by the Newport 

 Horticultural Society for the best kept 

 gardens as well as products either of 

 flowers and vegetables or both ex- 

 hibited by school children, not neces- 



sarily from school gardens. Mr. Lull, 

 the superintendent of schools, and 

 other persons in authority are doing 

 considerable to further this interest. 

 The dealers are now beginning to 

 lay in quantities of bedding plants for 

 show purposes, and considering how 

 cold the weather has been, the num- 

 ber that is being disposed of is won- 

 derful. The planting of trees of all 

 kinds and of shrubs is now in full 

 swing, and it looks as if the rush inci- 

 dent thereto will last up to the time 

 when the advance of vegetation will 

 compel its abandonment. Several 

 private places are undergoing a thor- 

 ough overhauling and replenishing, 

 necessitating the planting of large 

 numbers of various kinds of trees, 

 evergreen and deciduous. Notably 

 among them are the estates of W. S. 

 Wells and K. J. Berwln, both of which 

 seem to periodically undergo treat- 

 ment for their better adornment. And 

 it is unmistakably a fact that in both 

 cases each change seems to be a de- 

 cided improvement, but, of course, to 

 help that consummation there is either 

 an increase of acreage or the expendi- 

 ture of an almost unlimited amount of 

 money, and may be both, with the 

 still further assistance of two adept 

 craftsmen of well known ability and 

 taste for the performance of such un- 

 dertakings. U. M. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



William J. Moore has accepted a po- 

 sition with the S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co. 



Jno. Burton was one of the arbitra- 

 tors on the Farenwald greenhouse ac- 

 cident and discharged his duties to 

 both sides in his usual fair-minded and 

 businesslike style. 



Much satisfaction is expressed here 

 on the good work done by the S. A. P. 

 in their Rght with the United States 

 Express Co. This victory affects the 

 whole trade whether they be members 

 of the National Society or not. Its a 

 good answer to the tight ones who ask, 

 "What's the society ever done for me?" 

 when they are asked to turn in and 

 help the work for the general good. 

 Especially is the president of the so- 

 ciety to be congratulated for having 

 put up such a good fight — and almost 

 single-handed, at that. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Fire in the early morning of May 8, 

 started in the greenhouse of G. W. & 

 W. A. Temple, Woodville, Mass., but 

 was extinguished before much damage 

 was done. The loss was covered by in- 

 surance. 



DETROIT IMPROVEMENTS. 



The idea of transforming certain res- 

 idential streets into boulevards to con- 

 nect various city parks has received a 

 new start in Detroit. A number of 

 gentlemen who years ago formed the 

 North End Improvement Club are seek- 

 ing ways and means whereby Second 

 Avenue will be widened to connect 

 Cass Park, located inside the two-mile 

 circle with Palmer park, about six 

 miles north of it. Park Commissioner 

 Breitmeyer and other city officials are 

 lending a strong support to this plan 

 and the State legislature will be asked 

 for the needed amendment to the City 

 charter. 



