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Pearson Street, 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



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A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



4S2-460 No. Branch St., 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RAIL- 

 ROAD GARDENERS. 



The third annual meeting of the 

 American Association of Railroad Gar- 

 deners will be held in Philadelphia 

 Aug. 24 at 10 A. M. A very interest- 

 ing program has been arranged for. 

 and some of the best examples of rail- 

 road gardening in America will be in- 

 spected. 



All railroad employees having super- 

 intendence of lawns, care of flowers, 

 shrubbery and trees, and the general 

 aesthetic appearance of railroad way- 

 lands are eligible to membership, and 

 all persons interested in this feature 

 of railroad work will be gladly wel- 

 comed. 



GEO. B. MOULDER, Secretary. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club was held on Tuesday, 

 July 13, and considering the warm 

 evening it was well attended. Among 

 the special items was the discussion of 

 the annual picnic which was later de- 

 cided to be held on Wednesday, July 

 2S, at Bedell House, the entertainment 

 committee having full power to act. 



At the regular September meeting a 

 paper will be read by W. A. Adams 

 on the "Slaughter of Flowers." Other 

 papers are being prepared for later 

 meetings by President Slattery, Wm. 

 Legg and Chas. Guenther. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Bar Harbor Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold their second annual 

 flower show on August 14, in the Build- 

 ing of Arts, Bar Harbor, Me. 



The Albany Florist Club propose to 

 hold their first flower show in Novem- 

 ber; the date is not yet announced. 

 The committee has already begun its 

 solicitation for exhibits. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Denver, Colo. — Northern Colorado 

 Nursery Co.; M. R. Kilburn, A. S. Kil- 

 burn of Loveland: capital, $10,000. 



Toledo, O. — Crumbaugh &. Kuehn. 

 grain and seed business; E. B. W. 

 Kuehn, W. R. Hadnett,, E. N. Crum- 

 baugh, F. R. Moorman, H. R. Kuehn; 

 capital. ?15.000. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS 



CABBAttE. Field Grown, all le;»ding varieties, 

 $i.cc per looo, 10,000 and over, 85c per 1000. 



CEL.ERY'. White Plume, Golden Sell Blanching 

 and Giant Pascal, $1.00 per 1000. 



EGG PLANT. N. Y. Improved and Black Beauty, 

 $3.00 per 1000, 



liETTUCE. Big Boston, Boston Market, Tennis 

 Ball and Grand Rapids, $1.00 per tooo. 



PEPPERS. Ruby King, Bull Nose. Sweet Moun- 

 tain and Neapolitan, $2.00 per i<doo. Chinese 

 Giant and Cayenne, 50c per 100. 



PARSLEY. $1.25 per 1000. 



Cash with Order 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO. 



White Marsh, Md. 



During Recess 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The list of games at the club picnic 

 on July 2S, at Randolph Grove, in- 

 cludes the following events. 22 in all, 

 starting promptly at 10 a. m. : 



Base Ball for Boys. Base Ball — 

 Commercial Growers vs. Private Gar- 

 deners. Putting the Shot — Open. Flag 

 race for Girls under 16 — Handicap. 

 Three-legged race. Open — for Men. 

 100-yard race for Girls under 16 — Han- 

 dicap. 50-yard race for Boys under 

 12 — Handicap. Married Ladies' race, 

 75 yards — Handicap. Three-legged race 

 for Boys. 30-yard race for Girls under 

 12 — Handicap. Sack race for M^n — 

 Open. Hoop race for Girls over IS. 

 Quoit Match — Club Members. 100-yard 

 race — Club Members. High Jump — 

 Club Members. Flag race for Married 

 Ladies. Fat Men's race — Open. Run- 

 ning Broad Jump — Open. Half-Mile 

 race — Club Members. SO-yard race for 

 Girls under S. 30-yard race for Boys 

 under 8. Tug of War — Commercials 

 vs. Privates. 



The prizes, as usual, consist of a 

 varied selection of valuable and useful 

 articles, which have been donated by 

 members and friends of the club. Cir- 

 culars giving full particulars, rules, 

 etc., have been distributed and addi- 

 tional copies can be procured from 

 Secretary W. N. Craig. North Easton, 

 Mass., or Peter M. Miller, .32 South 

 Market street, Boston. Tickets, 50 

 cents each, can be procured from the 

 latter and must be purchased by 24th 

 inst. Ladies and children (boys under 

 16) admitted free. 



On August 9 the Detroit florists will 

 have their outing to Bois Blanc. The 

 regular athletic events, notably Rob. 

 Rahaley's base ball nine, will stimu- 

 late the usual large attendance. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — The Mission Val- 

 ley Seed Co. has sold its stock to the 

 Neudorff Hardware Co. 



Hudson, Wis. — Miss C. H. Lippin- 

 cott has recently transferred her seed 

 business here from Minneapolis. 



Sioux City, la.— The Sioux City 

 Seed & Nursery Co. has planted 

 about 5,000 acres of corn for seed. 



Boston, Mass. — A meeting of the 

 stockholders, stall holders and other 

 florists who sell their flowers in the 

 Park Street Market is called for July 

 24 at the American House, to take ac- 

 tion on a change of location. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — The business of 



Mills, the Florist, is to be incorpor- 

 ated for tlie purpose, as stated in 

 their application, of conducting a flor- 

 ist, nursery, horticultural, pottery 

 and real estate business. 



RICHMOND (IND.) NOTES. 



On July 1 The E. G. Hill Co. re- 

 moved their office to tieir West Side 

 place which has been under construc- 

 tion for the past three years. They 

 have moved a good portion of the 

 glass from the East Side place, but 

 have left some ten houses there for a 

 retail plant, which are now the prop- 

 erty of Mr. F. H. Lemon, he having 

 withdrawn from the corporation and 

 undertaken the city retail trade on 

 his own account. He has a fine lot of 

 glass admii-ably located for his pur- 

 pose and with a first rate outlook for 

 business. 



The Hill co:-poration consists of E. 

 G. Hill, president; Jas. H. Hill, vice- 

 president and general manager; S. A. 

 Hill, secretary; E. H. Mann, treasurer. 

 The new plant consists of eleven 

 houses each 500 feet long, heated and 

 benched according to the latest and 

 best ideas, and planted with the best 

 standard and fancy novelty stocks in 

 this firm's specialties. 



LENOX (MASS.) NOTES. 



G. Wells Allwood has taken a posi- 

 tion with A. J. Loveless as foreman. 



Herman Schmeiske,' formerly gar- 

 dener for Miss Kneeland, has taken a 

 similar position with Senator Crane at 

 Dalton. 



Robert Macconachie has taken a po- 

 sition as gardener for i^iss Adele 

 Kneeland. 



Ernest Marsh, formerly foreman at 

 Wyndhurst Gardens, sailed July 3 for 

 a visit to his home in the west of Eng- 

 land. On his return he expects to re- 

 sume work on the James B. Duke es- 

 tate, Somerville, N. J. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed in Email crates, easy to handle* 



Price per crate 

 144 6 in. pots in crate $3.16 

 1207 " *' 4.20 



608 " " 3.00 



HAND MADE 

 48 9 in, pots in crate $3.60 

 4810 ** " 4.80 



34 II " " 3.60 



24 13 ** •* 4.80 



13 14 " " 4.80 



6 16 " " 4.50 



Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of 

 Cylinders for Cut flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn 

 Vases, etc. Ten per cent, ofi for cash with order. Address 



Hilfingfer Bros., Pottery, Fort Edward.N.Y. 

 August Rolker & Sons* Agts. 31 Barclay St. N. Y. City. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



ALL THE STANDARD SIZES 



It will soon be time to order large pots for 

 fall potting. We have a full line of the best. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., «^«,'^«v^««- 



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If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of 

 the Capitol, write us, we can save you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



— 28th t M Sts.,. - Washington, D. C. '— 



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