June 11, 1910 



horticulture: 



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Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Guests of Wm. Sim, Cliftondale, Mass. 



of the Cincinnati Florist Society will 

 be held in the club rooms at the 

 Jabez Elliott Flower Market, Monday, 

 June 13th, at S p. m. Nomination of 

 officers for the ensuing year will take 

 place at this meeting. 



On Friday, June 3, A. E. Thatcher, 

 of the Arnold Arboretum read an in- 

 structive paper before the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society on "Newer 

 Flowering Shrubs." Mr. Thatcher has 

 a wide knowledge of this subject and 

 his work at the Arnold Arboretum has 

 given him especial facilities for mak- 

 ing the acquaintance of the new 

 Chinese trees and shrubs collected by 

 E. H. Wilson. His paper, which we 

 hope to find room for in an early is- 

 sue of HORTICULTURE, gave partic- 

 ular prominence to these new intro- 

 ductions and the large audience pres- 

 ent were deeply interested. 



The Grand River Valley Horticul- 

 tural Society of Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 were entertained at the May meeting 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lowe at their 

 country place, May 24th. The pro- 

 gram was in charge of H. E. Sargent 

 of Kent Scientific Museum. It was 

 announced that a carload of Michi- 

 gan's finest fruit was to be sent east 

 this summer with the purpose in view 

 of encouraging experienced eastern 

 growers to locate in Michigan. It was 

 asserted that the recent damage to the 

 fruit crop in Michigan was 25 per cent. 

 The June meeting of the society will 

 be held at the fruit farm of H. O. 

 Braman. 



"I take pleasure at all times In rec- 

 ommending HORTICULTURE, as It 

 Is worth double its price." 



J. G., 

 New Britain, Conn. 



A VISIT TO WM. SIM. 



The invitation to visit the green- 

 house establishment of William Sim 

 at Cliftondale, Mass., on Saturday 

 afternoon, June 4, was eagerly ac- 

 cepted by the members of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston^ 

 125 members and friends including a 

 number of ladies taking advantage of 

 the opportunity to visit this noted place 

 and enjoy the hospitality of the proprie- 

 etor. We have described these houses 

 so often in the past that it will suffice 

 in this instance to say that they have 

 been increased in capacity by the 

 addition of a splendid new house, 

 43x500 and the crops now in them 

 are of the high grade for which Mr. 

 Sim is noted. The sweet peas are still 

 producing heavily and picking has 

 already begun on the tomatoes of 

 which there are no less than 50.000 

 plants of unprecedented vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness. 



The company were entertained on 

 the broad piazzas and lawn of Mr. 

 Sim's new residence, completed last 

 fall. After the collation a few words 

 of welcome were spoken by a gentle- 

 man representing the Board of Trade 

 of Saugus of which town Cliftondale 

 is a part. Responses were made by 

 M. H. Norton, T. J. Grey, E. Allan 

 Peirce, M. A. Patten, Vice-president 

 Miller and others all duly appreciative 

 of the delightful occasion. 



INCORPORATED. 



Hamilton, Mont. — Nassau Orchard 

 Co., capital stock $10,000. Incorpor- 

 ators, J. H. Sapiro, A. J. Higgins and 

 L. M. Brown, all of Hamilton. 



Willlamsport, Pa. — The Newberry 

 Artificial Ice, Cold Storage and Green- 

 house Co., capital stock $30,000. In- 

 corporators Frank W. Hill, P. M. Hill 

 and others. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Bristol, Ind.— H. W. Kantz, one 

 house. 



Scranton, Pa. — Ira G. Marvin, one 

 house. 



Secaucus, N. J. — Kessler Bros., 

 range of houses. 



Allentown, Pa. — John H. Sykes, one 

 house, next season. 



Youngstown, Ohio. — Idora Floral & 

 Landscape Co., one house. 



Berkeley, Cal. — J. M. Holland, Peral- 

 ta Park, house 20 x 100 feet. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Huntingdon Re- 

 formatory, palm house 42 x 51 feet. 



Brampton, Ont., Can. — The Dale Es- 

 tate, three houses each 850 feet long. 



Chicago, III. — J'. Bombenger, Wood- 

 lawn and 64th street, range of houses. 



Fond Du Lac, Wis. — A. L. Bush & 

 Co., Oak ave., four houses, 16 x 100 feet. 



Manchester, Mass. — Estate of Mrs. 

 James McMillan, palm house 30 x 90 

 feet. 



Wichita, Kans. — Carter Bros., 

 Pearce street and Central avenue, four 

 houses, each 30x150 feet. 



Detroit, Mich. — John Breitmeyer's 

 Sons, Mack avenue, two houses, each 

 50x150 feet; also office building. 



Chicago, III. — John Assa, 5350 Bow- 

 manville avenue, two houses 20x250 

 feet. He expects to erect two addi- 

 tional houses when these are com- 

 pleted. 



"Kindly discontinue our ad. for the 

 present as our stock is about all sold 

 out." 



R. R. DAVIS & CO., 



Morrison, III. 



