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HORTICULTURE 



December 31, 1910 



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HEWS ST ANDARD POTS 



f" POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



99 





WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street, 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNT* 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Chicago, III.— E. C. Amling Co. will 

 move to 19 Randolph street about 

 Jan. 1st. 



Fulton, Mo. — Charles Thompson has 

 been appointed florist at the State 

 Hospital. 



Butler, Tenn. — The evergreen busi- 

 ness of the Mountain Fern Co. has 

 been discontinued. 



Shenandoah, Pa. — Contract has been 

 let for a greenhouse to be built at 

 the City Park to cost $960. 



Madera, Calif. — The Kirkman Nur- 

 nery Co. of Fresno has put Harry 

 Fraser in charge of their sales yards. 



Washburn, Wis. — W. F. Flint of 

 Minneapolis will start a nursery and 

 build a greenhouse here in the spring. 



Clifton Forge, Va.— O C. Ports of 

 Nora, Ind., has purchased a twenty- 

 acre farm near here and will start a 

 florist business. 



Sunnyside, Wash. — A new packing 

 and storage shed 100 x 100 feet has 

 just been completed by the Sunny- 

 side Nursery Co. 



Spokane, Wash.— H. M. Todd, of H. 

 M. Todd & Co., Portland nurserymen, 

 has visited this city with a view to 

 establishing a nursery here. 



New Haven, Conn. — While at work 

 in his barn recently, Al Maxwell, gar- 

 dener at 1198 Dixwell avenue, was 

 robbed and beaten by two men. 



Hartford, Conn. — The greenhouse of 

 L. E. Pike at Vine street and Albany 

 avenue has been opened by Arthur 

 Calverley as a commercial place. 



Maryville, Mo. — The greenhouses of 

 Peter Mergen, North Main street, 

 have been purchased by A. Engel- 

 mann & Son, and will be converted 

 Into an up-town display and sales- 

 room. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — A brick grafting 

 house to take the place of the one 

 destroyed by fire last March, as HOR- 

 TICULTURE reported at that time, 

 is just being completed at the Bell's 

 Bridge Nursery of the Knoxville Nur- 

 sery Co. 



Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 27.— Frank 

 While, forty-seven, a local florist and 

 member of the Elks' Lodge, shot him- 

 self in the right temple yesterday as 

 he lay in bed in his home, 1274 Waver- 

 ly place, dying instantly. Members of 

 his family say he worried until his 

 mind became unbalanced. 



When You Write To 

 An Advertiser 



Always begin your letter with the 

 words: "1 saw your adv. in HORTI- 

 CULTURE." You will find it will 

 bring you a prompt reply and very 

 courteous treatment. Our advertisers 

 are glad to send catalogs and to 

 answer questions for our readers. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Lima, Ohio. — The Romagan Green- 

 house was destroyed by fire on Dec. 

 10th. 



Columbus, Ohio. — The greenhouse 

 of Frank Miller on Fairview Pike was 

 burned on Dec. 16th. 



Oriskany, N. Y. — Fire slightly dam- 

 aged the greenhouse of Charles Gif- 

 ford & Co., Dec. 9th. 



Lawrence, Mass. — The greenhouse 

 of Thornton Bros., was damaged by 

 fire recently to the extent of about 

 $300. 



Lima, Ohio. — Fire from an over- 

 heated furnace almost destroyed the 

 greenhouse of Henry Muller, Dec. 

 10th. 



Canandaigua, N. Y. — The green- 

 house on the O. S. Bacon farm was 

 completely destroyed by fire Dec. 

 17th; loss about $1500. 



Girard, Pa. — A barn with its con- 

 tents, including four valuable horses, 

 property of the Pennsylvania Nursery 

 Co.. was burned on Dec. 9th. 



Delaware, Ohio. — Fire which de- 

 stroyed the entire Henry Block, dam- 

 aged the Zack Davis Co., seed grow- 

 ers, to the extent of $2,000, in Dec. 

 ISth, slight insurance. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Shenandoah, Pa. - City Park, one 

 house. 



Washburn, Wis. — W. F. Flint, one 

 house. 



Wakefield, Kan.— Percy Walter, ad- 

 dition. 



Northampton, Mass. — H. W. Field, 

 addition. 



Norfolk, Va. — Foxhall Nursery, 

 house 25 x 300 feet. 



New Orleans, La. — Charles Eble, 

 palm house 20x60 feet. 



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 Ponosal atteadoD suaxameed. 

 Tw«ntT-fiT« years' mctiwe tarwicc. 

 SriCIALTY: "WoiUbc OB Uu PoMwo 

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Prices 



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Seed pans . same price a< pots. Send for price list ot 

 Cylinders for Cut flowers. Hanging Baskets Lawm 

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Hilfing:er Bros., Pottery,Fort Fdward,W.Y. 

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Syracuse Red Pots 



We have a large stock of well made and well buHM^ 

 pots OD hand tm the trade of 1910, Prompt shipoMi 

 guaranteed. Our terms are at good as the best. 

 Catalogue for 1910 on application. 



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ALL THE CLAY 



POR OUR 



Florisi' Red Pots 



is prepared by passing 

 through a screen < 600 meshes 

 to the square inch If in a 

 hurry for pots, order from us. 



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Zanesvills. Ohio 



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li your greenhouses are witbia 500 mile* ori 

 tbe Capitol, write us, we can tare you mommy. 



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