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HORTICULTURE 



May 14, 19ia 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 





POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS] 



Pearson Street, 

 LONtt ISLAND CITY, N. V. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



452-460 No. Branck Mc, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The florists' Hail Association Is ad- 

 justing losses at Durham, N. C; Dal- 

 las, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 

 and Wichita, Lawrence, Emporia, 

 Strong City, and Manhattan, Kansas. 

 So far Wichita, Kansas, has had the 

 prize hail storm for 1910, seventy-five 

 per cent, of the glass in the town hav- 

 ing been destroyed by the storm of 

 May 1st. 



Hastings, Neb. — Further report of 

 the damage done by hail to the green- 

 houses of C. W. Sidles is to the effect 

 that he lost 1700 lights of glass and 

 the Tanner greenhouse lost about the 

 same amount. Chas. Winkler had his 

 glass protected with wire netting, so 

 he lost no glass at all. Sidles was in- 

 sured and received $1.50. Tanner had 

 no insurance. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



956,601. Lawn Mower. William M. 

 Potter, Syracuse, N. Y., as- 

 signor to E. C. Stearns & 

 Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 



956,654. Lawn Trimmer. Orla H. Wat- 

 kins, Ames, Iowa. 



956,771. Portable Greenhouse or the 

 like. Edward C. Kline, 

 Strcator, 111. 



957,009. Lawn Mower. Josiah H. 

 Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 assignor to William H. 

 Tigerman. Philadelphia, Pa. 



IRON VASES 



Made with reservoir 

 containing sufficient 

 water to last lo to 15 

 days. Desirable for 

 lawns, invaluable for 

 cemeteries. Thou- 



sands in use. 



Over 100 Styles and sizes 

 $3.00 to $75.00 each 



Write for price list to 



WALBRIDGE & CO. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



A STIC A 



reenfjouseqlazin^ 



USEJTNOW. 



F.e. PIERCE G6. 



12 W. BROADWAY 



NEW YORK 



Hastlca is elastic and tenacious, admits of ex- 

 pansion and contraction. Putty becomes harO 

 and brittle. Broken grass more easily removed 

 without breaking o< other glass as occurs witli 

 bard putty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy t< 

 •pply. 



Hunt's Spiked Cemetery Vase 



Beautiful Clear Crystal Glass, heavy to stand hard usage, 4H inch diameter and g inch deep. Each 20 cents, 

 $1.40 dozen, 5 dozen u bar. el) $6 25. White Enamel Lawn or Cemetery Vase. Made of heaTy Tin Sheeting, 

 Enameled White. 



No. 1 — 4V<x6K Inches. SO cents each, 83.00 per dozen 

 No 8— 3!tx6?i " IS " " 1.60 per dozen 



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMi^LATED. 



Duluth, Minn. — R. Lutey, one house. 



Davis, Calif. — University Farm, one 

 house. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — Stuppe Bros., range 

 of houses. 



Roscoe, III. — Miss Fvler, fern house 

 6x10.5 feet. 



Cornwall, Conn. — .John E. Calhoun, 

 one house. 



West Milan, N. Y.— Ernest Dyle, 

 one house. 



West Milan, N. Y.— C. A. Williams, 

 one bouse. 



Danvers, III. — Leo Wellenreiter. two 

 houses 20x6.5 feet. 



Woburn, Mass. — William Ward, 

 house 30x150 feet. 



Waterbury, Vt. — A. L. Crossett, one 

 house, this summer. 



Peckville, Pa. — Thomas Hodgson, 

 Rose St., one house. 



Mount Sterling, Ky. — John Corbett. 

 two bouses 30x80 '""ef. 



Kirkwood, Mo. — Oakland Floral Co., 

 four houses each 28x200 feet. 



Chllllcothe, Mo. — R. L. Isherwood. 

 West Calhoun street, one house. 



Baltimore, Md. — Chas. Cook. Old 

 Frederick Road, range ..f liou.-ies. 



Massillon, Ohio. — Tom and Frank 

 Kester, two houses each 20x100 feet. 



Pawtucket, R. I.— William Hoffman, 

 house 38x128 feet, house 28x100 feet. 



Leavenworth, Kans. — Sunuyside 

 Floral Co., two rose houses 24x150 

 feet. 



Milton, Mass. — C. 

 White and Central 

 house. 



West De Pare, Wis. 



F. Fairbanks, 

 avenues, one 



-A. Van Gemert. 

 house 24x150 feet, concrete benches 

 and walls. 



Kennett Sq., Pa. — Yeatman & Way, 

 house 60 X 200 feet. King Construc- 

 tion Co., material. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — G. M. Naumann 

 range of houses to contain 4200 square 

 feet of tile benches. 



Moberly, Mo. — Mrs. R. S. Estill, vio- 

 let house next fall, two rose and car- 

 nation houses next year. 



Johnstown, Pa. — H. H. Mishler 

 Produce Co., five houses 25x325 feet. 

 King Construction Co., material. 



In our issue of May 7th we reported 

 that E. J. Wooden was building a vio- 

 let house at Schultzville. N. Y. Mr. 

 Wooden now informs us that it should 

 be Stanfordville, N. Y. 



DR£ER*S 



Florist r- peclalties. 

 New Brand New Style. 

 Hose'RI VE RTO> *• 



Furnished in lenghts up 

 to 500 ft. without seam of 

 joint. 



The HOSE for the FLORIST 



•4-inch, per ft., 15 c. 



Reel of 500 ft., •* 14J4C. 



2 Reels, 1000 ft.," 14 c, 



J6-inch, " 13 c 



Reels, 500 ft., '* xz%c. 



Couplings furnished. 



HENRY A. DREER. 



714 ChestDut St., 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed in small crates, easy to handle. 



Price per crate 

 X500 2 in. pots in crate$4.88 



15002% 

 1500 2 Vi 



X0003 



80035^ 



5004 



456454 



3205 



2JO SV, 



5-25 

 6.00 

 S.oo 

 5.80 

 4.50 

 5-24 

 4.SI 

 3.78 



Price per crat* 

 144 6 in. pots in crate$3.l6 

 120 7 " " 4.20 



608 " " 3.00 



HAND MADE 

 48 9 in. pots in crate$3.6o 

 48 10 " " 4.80 



24 II " " 3 60 



24 12 " " 4.80 

 1214 " " 4.80 

 6 16 " 



4.S0 



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

 Cylinders for Cut flowers, Hanging Baskets, LawD 

 Vases, etc Ten per cent, off for cash with order, Addresi 



Hllflneer Bros., Pottery ,FortEdward,N.Y. 

 Antust Rolker & Sons, Agts. 31 Baiclay SL, N. V. Cit|i 



Syracuse Red Pots 



We have a large stock of well made and well burned 

 pots on hand for the trade of 1910. Prompt shipment! 

 guaranteed. Our terms are as good as the best. 

 Catalogue for 1910 on application. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., ^^'^n**?''"- 



r-STANDARD FLOWER — 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of 

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



W. H. ERNEST 



-^ 28th I M Sts., Waihlngton, 0. C. —J 



All The Clay 



for our 



Florists' Red Pots 



Is prepared by passing through a screen 

 1600 meshes to the square iuch. If Id 

 a hurry for pots, order from us. 



THE PETERS I REED POTTERY CO.. Zanesvllle, Oki» 



Holds Glass 

 Firmly 



See the Point 1^ 

 PECRLESS 



GlAKlnc Points are the best. 

 No righis or lerti. Box of 

 1.000 poinU 75 ou. poitp&lil. 



nENBT A. DREEB, 



714 Chertaat Bt. mi^., F». 



