November 30, 1918 



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AMBRIGAN SBED TRADE ASSOCIATION 



Offlc^rs — President. F. \V. BnlgisDo, 

 \ra»hin!;ton, D. C; First Vice-President, 

 W m. G. Scarlett, Baltimore, Md.; Second 

 Vice-President, David Burpee, PhJIadel- 

 pliia. Pa.; Secretary-Treasurer, C. S. 

 Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Corn-Borer Now Limited to Two 

 Small Sections. 



According to the State Department 

 of Agriculture, the corn-borer pest is 

 now limited to a small territory north 

 of Boston, including Beverly, Wen- 

 ham, Topsfield, Reading, and also a 

 southerly section, taking in the east- 

 ern half of Newton and from there 

 out to the shore line. 



Not only has the borer been found 

 in corn stalks, but in large weeds of 

 all kinds; also in oats and even 

 geraniums and dahlias. It has been 

 buried as deep as 12 inches and has 

 made its way to the light from that 

 depth. That is one reason why tlie 

 Commission recommends that all in- 

 fected vegetation be burned rather 



than buried. 



Wholesale Seedsmen's League. 



At the annual meeting of the Whole- 

 sale Seedsmen's League which was 

 lield at the Hardware Club, New 

 York, November 14, the following of- 

 ficers were elected: .John L. Hunt, 

 Cambridge, N. Y., president; Lem W. 

 Bowen. Detroit, Mich., vice-president; 

 Bui-nett Landreth, .Jr., Bristol, Pa., 

 secretary. All the directors were re- 

 elected. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held 

 their postponed meeting on the 21st 

 of November at the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden. The report of the pub- 

 licity committee announced the plac- 

 ing of advertisements in the Globe- 

 Democrat and Post-Dispatch announc- 

 ing Thanksgiving Day. Fred Am- 

 mann of Bdwardsville, 111., president 

 elect of the S. A. F., made an eloquent 

 .address on the publicity movement. 

 Secretary J. J. Windier proposed that 

 the next m«eting should be an open 

 one, inviting all florists irrespective 

 of membership to attend this meeting, 

 •and endeavor to get every retailer in- 

 terested and a subscriber to the move- 

 ment. Luther Armstrong showed a 

 new yellow chrysanthemum which he 

 had named Marjorie Armstrong. After 

 the meeting the members viewed the 

 chrysanthemum display at the Garden. 

 Edward Cicoski has opened up his 

 new store at High and Franklin 

 streets. This is a prominent comer 

 and no flower store in the immediate 

 vicinity. 



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Obituary 



William King Murray. 

 William King Murray, nurseryman 

 of Flushing, N. Y., for over fifty 

 years, died Nov. 15th, aged 79 years. 

 He is survived by two daughters and 

 three sons. 



Mrs. George Volke. 

 Airs. Volke, wife of George Volke, of 

 the New York Cut Flower Co., died at 

 her home in Richmond Hill on Novem- 

 ber 12, of pneumonia, aged 28 years. 

 She is survived by her husband and 

 one son. 



Alfred A. Marshall. 



Alfred Augustus Marshall, famed 

 the country over as an apple grower 

 and horticulturist, died at his home, 

 31 Prospect street, "Fitchburg, Mass.. 

 Nov. 17th, aged 73 years. Mr. Mar- 

 shall is survived by his wife and two 

 sons. 



Mrs. Pierre Milliot. 

 Anna Frances Milliot, widow of 

 Pierre Milliot, died at her home in 

 Yonkers, N. Y., on November 14, aged 

 74 years. She has been a representa- 

 tive florist for halt a century, assisted 

 by members of her family. She leaves 

 four sons and four daughters. 



Raymond C. Thoirs. 

 Aniong the seriously wounded at 

 the front announced on the 20th inst. 

 appeared the name of Raymond C. 

 Thoirs, a son of James M. Thoirs, the 

 well known Camden florist. He was 

 associated with his father in business 

 and was a member of the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia. He was a cor- 

 poral in the 104th Engineers' Corps. 

 The battle in which the casualty hap- 

 pened took place Oct. 4th. Now comes 

 the news that he has succumbed. Our 

 sincere sympathy is hereby extended 

 to his sorrowing family and friends. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Lake Forest, III.— D. D. P. Roy, 

 seedsman; liabilities, $5,359.33; assets, 

 $2,755.61. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The Aggeler & 

 Musser Seed Co. has moved its whole- 

 sale and retail seed business to 620 

 South Spring street. 



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