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Juno 8. 1918 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 The Tlilrty-nfth Annual lii>port of the 

 Honnl of Park Conunlssloners of MIn- 

 neaiHills, Minn., for 1917 18 out. As 

 usual It 18 a model of flno printing iind 

 Illustrating ag well iis a tlnlshed re 

 port of the year's work In "U depart- 

 ments by that leading HKht among 

 park superintendents. TluMulore WIrth. 

 Hesldes many beautiful full-page en- 

 gravings there are many Inserts of 

 maps and line drawings. 



The American Instituio of the City 

 of New York has issued the schedule 

 of prizes to be awarded at the Chrys- 

 anthemum Exhibition to be held on 

 November 6. 7. 8. 1918. Enclosed 

 therewith Is a very attractive list of 

 special prizes, cups and cash, offered 

 by particular friends of the Chrysan- 

 themum, Including Pres. Wm. Vert. 

 Chas. H. Totty Co., E. G. Hill Co.. El- 

 mer D. Smith & Co.. A. N. Plerson, 

 Inc., H. A. Dreer, HItchings Co., P. J 

 Foley. Stumpp & Walter Co.. and H. 

 E. Converse. The C. S. A. Secretary's 

 address Is Chas. W. Johnson, Morgan 

 Park, 111. 



We have received a copy of the fire 

 prevention manual. "Safeguarding the 

 Home Against Fire." The war-time im- 

 portance of conserving life and prop- 

 erty is so urgent that we should like 

 every reader of Hortici i.TraE to have 

 this booklet. It has already received 

 the unqualified endorsement of many 

 state fire marshals, insurance commis- 

 sioners and other officials, and seems 

 likely to be adopted for use as a text 

 book by the public schools In many 

 cities and towns. The contents com- 

 prise eighteen chapters with illustra- 

 tions in the margin. The dangers from 

 matches, stoves and furnaces, rubbish, 

 kerosine, gas. gasoline, smoking, elec- 

 tricity, etc., are fully enlarged upon 

 and means of preventing, also of fight- 

 ing fires are told in a most instructive 

 and impressive manner. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Gresham, Ore.— Holden Floral Com- 

 pany, range of houses, completed. 



Fort Plain, N. Y.— Walter I>. Mead, 

 Notre Dame street, 100 ft. house. 



Hartford, Conn.— J. Albert Brodrib, 

 a florist of No. 639 Main street, Is an- 

 other victim of the young man who, 

 posing as a soldier of the United 

 States Army, left a trail of worthless 

 checks before he was finally forced to 

 leave the city. He notified police 

 headquarters. The check given to 

 Brodrib was for flO. Brodrib Is the 

 fifth person to complain of the 

 stranger's activities. 



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OBITUARY. 

 Robert McMackin. 

 Robert McMackin died last week 

 at Georgetown University Hospital, 

 where he had been undergoing treat- 

 ment for heart trouble. Mr. Mc- 

 Mackin was a young man who for 

 some time has been connected with 

 the Oehmler Floral Company. 



Mrs. Joseph Mendel. 

 Anna Hedlicka Mendel, wife of Jo- 

 seph Mendel, 1508 W. 18th street, 

 passed away at the family residence, 

 May 30th, after a long illness. Anna 

 Hedlicka was born in Manitowoc, Apr. 

 1.5, 1877, was brought to Chicago when 

 a very small child, where she spent 

 the rest of her life. Twenty-one 

 years ago she was married to Joseph 

 Mendel and for many years she as- 

 sisted in the management of the store. 

 The funeral was held in Pilsen Tur- 

 ner Hall, June 3rd, and interment was 

 in the Bohemian National Cemeterv. 



NEW ASPARAGUS STRAIN ROUTS 

 "RUST" DISEASE. 

 Ten years of introducing, testing 

 and hybridizing asparagus from all 

 parts of the world by J. B. Norton, a 

 plant breeder in the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, has resulted 

 in the development of a new strain of 

 asparagus that is not only larger, more 

 uniform, and more productive than 

 the old varieties, but is highly disease- 

 resistant — a virtue that American as- 

 paragus heretofore has lacked. De- 

 velopment of the new strain is expect- 

 ed eventually to stamp out the "rust," 

 a destructive disease that swept over 

 the country a few years ago, leaving 

 the asparagus fields brown and dead 

 and wiping out the profits of the grow 

 ers. Commercial quantities of the 

 new type in Washington, D. C, recent- 

 ly sold for more than double the price 

 of other asparagus. 



Herkimer, N. Y.~The Baker Green- 

 houses, East Main street, Ilion, have 

 been purchased by W. D. Snell, 



