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HORTICULTURE 



December 6, 1913 



Obituary 



Thomas Jardine. 

 Thomas Jardine, a retired florist and 

 landscape gardener, died Nov. 21, at 

 the Odd Fellows' Home, Phila. He was 

 67 years old. Mr. Jardine was born in 

 Philadelphia. He spent his life as a 

 florist. He entered the home in May, 

 1911, and during the two summers he 

 was there, lawns and gardens were es- 

 pecially beautiful with grass and 

 flowers. 



Edward Upton. 

 Edward Upton, a promising young 

 man, has passed away at an early age. 

 He was of the firm of Lilley & Upton, 

 wholesale florists, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 and later with the Leo Niessen Co. At 

 one time he had charge of the distri- 

 bution department of John Welsh 

 Young. He was well-known and very 

 well liked and we will all miss his 

 genial personality. 



Herbert G. Thomas. 



Herbert G. Thomas, a well-known 

 nurseryman in Springfield, Mass., died 

 early Monday morning, Nov., 24, at 

 the Springfield hospital, following an 

 operation. Mr. Thomas was taken ill 

 on Friday, and after an operation Sun- 

 day he failed rapidly. He was born in 

 North Rutland, November 19, 1844, and 

 spent his early life in that place. He 

 came to this city 35 years ago and en- 

 tered the fertilizing business with Nel- 

 son Adams of Springfield. After 15 

 years he retired from that business 

 and took up the' nursery business. 



Mr. Thomas was an enthusiastic hor- 

 ticulturist and was also quite a genius 

 for inventing things. He had invented 

 several implements which are still in 

 use around greenhouses. 



William C. Crawford. 



William C. Crawford, who for about 

 fifteen years was manager of the 

 American Rose Company, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, died on Saturday last at his 

 late residence at 11 S street, north- 

 west. Mr. Crawford was a native of 

 Philadelphia and was about fifty-six 

 years of age. When a very young man 

 he entered the employ of Pennock 

 Bros., in the Quaker City, and it was 

 while with this firm that he learned 

 the florist business. He then went in- 

 to business on South 15th street in 

 the firm of Faust & Crawford. He 

 later came to this city, returning to 

 Philadelphia about ten years ago when 

 he went with Robert Kift. Some time 

 ago his health failed and as his son 

 is employed by the Government, and 

 his daughter is the wife of Frank Slye, 

 a florist of Washington, he decided to 

 go to Washington to live, taking pos- 

 session of the S street house about a 

 month ago. Mr. Crawford is also sur- 

 vived by his wife. His body was taken 

 to Philadelphia and placed at rest in 

 Fernwood Cemetery. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



New Haven, Ct. — J. J. Sokol, one 

 house. 



Guthrie, Okla. — John Furrow, house 

 27 X 300. 



Chlsholm, Minn. — Park Department, 

 one house. 



Rice Lake, Wis. — C. A. Hanneman. 

 house 14 X 75. 



Moscow, Idaho — Scott Bros., vege- 

 table house 30 X 125. 



Decatur, Ind. — Ed. S. Moses, addi- 

 tions and alterations. 



Chicago, III. — Michael Klnsch, 7344 

 North Western avenue. 



St. Louis, Mo.— John Nyflot, 7315 

 Florissant avenue, addition. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Mrs. W. McLean. 

 Queen Lane, house 18 x 60. 



Brooklyn, N. Y — Dailledouze Bros.. 

 Lord & Burnhani carnation house. 



Williamstown, Mass.— A. M. Stev- 

 ens. Green River road, house 22 x 25. 



Racine, Wis. — W. S. Jackson, Asy- 

 lum Avenue Greenhouses, house 25 x 

 175. 



THE MEANING OF "1 INCH OF 

 RAIN." 



On every daily weather bulletin or 

 chart the amount of rainfall at various 

 places during the preceding 24 hours 

 is printed in inches and hundredths of 

 inches. In a general way the public 

 understands that a rainfall of 2 inches 

 in one day is heavy, and that one of a 

 tenth of an inch is light, but no at- 

 tempt is made to associate the linear 

 measurement of the water with its 

 equivalents in weight or bulk. This 

 is necessary for a proper understand- 

 ing of the actual quantitative value of 

 the rain, and the few figures following 

 may prove of assistance in making 

 calculations. 



An acre of ground contains 43,560 

 square feet. Consequently, a rainfall 

 of 1 inch over 1 acre of ground would 

 mean a total of 43,560 x 144. or 6,272,- 

 640 cubic inches of water. This is 

 equivalent to 3.630 cubic feet. As a 

 cubic foot of pure water weighs about 

 62.4 pounds, the exact amount varying 

 slightly with the density, it follows 

 that the weight of a uniform coating 

 of 1 inch of rain over 1 acre of sur- 

 face would be 3,630 x 62.4 = 226,512 

 pounds, or 113 Vi short tons. 



The weight of 1 United States gallon 

 of pure water is 8.345 pounds. Conse- 

 quently a rainfall of 1 inch over 1 acre 

 of ground would mean 226.512 -^ 8.345 

 = 27.143 gallons of water on the acre. 

 This is equivalent to 603 barrels of 45 

 gallons each, and would be sufficient 

 to fill a tank or pool about 20 feet 

 square and 9 feet in depth. Should a 

 farmer desire to build a cistern to be 

 supplied by rainwater from a roof, he 

 can. if he knows the annual rainfall of 

 his locality, so construct his cistern as 

 to make the best possible use of the 

 rainfall. For instance, a rainfall of 1 

 inch on a roof of 3.000 square feet 

 capacity would mean a total volume of 

 432,000 cubic inches, or 250 cubic feet, 

 available for the cistern (loss from 

 splashing, etc.. not considered). This 

 is equal to 1.870 United States gallons, 

 or about 41.5 barrels of 45 gallons 

 each, enough to fill a cistern 8 feet in 

 diameter to a depth of 4.97 feet. 



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Do You Know What 

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Look in the "Buyers' 

 Directory" of this issue 

 and you will probably 

 find represented there 

 somebody who can 

 supply you. It's a good 

 plan to look it over 

 every week, for the 

 weekly changes and 

 additions are many. 



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