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HO irr KUTLTUKE 



June 29. iniS 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



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BOSTON 

 The unniinl ouiIiik or (he employees 

 of R. & J Kiirquhar & Co.. will be 

 held at Thompson's IsIhiuI on Saliir- 

 day. July 29. 



Corp. Krank E. Hurley, a former 

 employe of R. & J. Farquliar & Com- 

 pany, who was decorated with the 

 l-Yeneh CroIx de Guerre last Mareh, 

 has been oiled to receive the Ameri- 

 can War Cross. 



The market gardeners in the vicin- 

 ity of Koston and in fact throushout 

 the entire New Kngand States were 

 hard hit by the unseasonable and un- 

 expected raid by frost last Wednes- 

 day and Thursday nifihts. The loss to 

 product approaching maturity is a 

 large one and runs well Into the thou- 

 sands of dollars. The following re- 

 port of crop losses throughout the 

 M'rious sections of this state has 

 been received by the food administra- 

 tor. Berkshire, serious only in pock- 

 etc; Franklin, sli; lit damage in small 

 areas. Severe damage in isolated 

 sections. Hampshire, no damage in 

 Connecticut Valley, but in some dis- 

 tricts beans and potatoes frozen to 

 ground; Hampden, practically no dam- 

 age: Worcester, 5 per cent damage to 

 corn, potatoes and beans; Middlesex, 

 serious damage to most crops; Essex, 

 serious in low places, with beans ana 

 squash destroyed, potatoes and corn 

 will probably recover; Norfolk, severe 

 damage in low land; Bristol, beans, 

 squash and tomatoes killed, corn and 

 potatoes little damaged; Plymouth, 

 light damage, with corn and potatoes 

 generally safe; complete loss of beans 

 in low land and light damage in high 

 grounds in Halifax, Hanover, Hanson 

 and Middleboro: Barnstable, cranber- 

 ries and gardens hit; Dukes and Nan- 

 tucket, light damage to beans and 

 potatoes. 



NEW YORK 

 John Young is on a western trip in 

 the interests of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists. 



Patrick O'.Mara is enjoying a well- 

 earned vacation in the country. He 

 wil! stay until about August 1st. 



There are a number of changes in 

 the wholesale districts on W. 28 St. 

 Barney Jacobs Co., has dissolved and 

 Nason has retired. Pappas moves into 

 Gunther Bros.' store and Clarence 

 Slinn goes to 123 W. 28 St. 



CHICAGO. 



Harry G. Young is the latest florist 

 to close up his store and respond to 

 the call of his coiuitry. His store at 

 10 N. Western avenue was opened 

 abont five years ago. 



The Illinois Seed Co., 340-3t;9 E. 

 North Water street, whose specialty 

 is grass and field seeds, kept open 

 house to visitors in one of the parlors 

 of the hotel during the convention. A 

 beautiful note book bound in leather 

 was given as a souvenir to members 

 of the trade. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Joseph Flneburg and John P. Kunz, 

 of the down town Liberty Flower 

 Shop, have lioeii called to respond to 

 the colors on Thursday next. 



Hbea F IClllolt has enlisted and Is 

 in training al Camp Carnegie, Carnegie 

 Institute of Technology. He la the 

 second son of J. Wilkinson Elliott to 

 enter the service. 



.Miss Nellie G. King of South Jlome 

 wood and Hamilton avenues, has been 

 in the West Pcnn Hospital for the 

 past ten days from blood poisoning re- 

 sulting from a slight abrasion on the 

 face. 



A card has been received announc- 

 ing the arrival of James O. Hill, of 

 Hill &- Company of down town Fifth 

 avenue, in France. Prior to sailing. 

 Mr. Hill had for some time been In 

 the signal corps service at Camp l^e, 

 Petersburg. Va. 



Tagging black walnut trees for the 

 use of the Government in the manu- 

 facture of gun stocks is about to start 

 in Allegheny County, a commiltee of 

 men having been appointed by the 

 chairman of the public safety commit- 

 tee to assist the Boy Scouts in locat- 

 ing the trees. 



Though a frost was recorded at the 

 weather bureau on Monday morning— 

 10 days before .luly 4 — and the tem- 

 perature fell to 47 at 6 o'clock, there 

 was little or no damage done to vege- 

 tation. The valleys about the city, 

 principally Crafton and Ingram, saw 

 unofficial marks below 47. 



Harry F. Low, secretary and treas- 

 urer of the Scobie and Parker Seed 

 Company, is having month's vacation 

 trip including Denver. Col., and the 

 Yellowstone Park. Donald F^owler, an 

 erstwhile employee of the same firm, 

 has announced his safe arrival in 

 France, following intensive training 

 at Camp Lee. 



President Robert Homer Stewart of 

 the I. N. Scott Seed Company and 

 Miss Anna F"etterman were married 

 on Friday evening of last week in 

 Castle Shanon, Pa., at the home of the 

 bride's brother. Dean John M. Fetter- 

 man of the college of the I'niversity 

 of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart 

 will live in Greensburg. where they 

 have an attractive new home luiown 

 as "Woodleigh." 



ROCHESTER. N. V. 

 Corporal l>iHter G. Brown Iihh ar- 

 rived overseas with Company E, 

 328th Infantry H<- left for Camp 

 DIx In September. While at Camp 

 Gordon he was promoted to corporal. 

 He was formerly employed by H. E. 

 Wilson at the Hudson avenue green- 

 houses. 



The placing of flowering plants is 

 In progress In all the small parks. The 

 work began three weeks ago and will 

 take about a week more to complete 

 It. The 150,1111(1 or more plants used 

 were raised in the greenhouses at 

 Highland Park. It Is estimated that 

 not less than 15,000 geraniums are 

 used in the planting together with a 

 great quantity of coleus, alyssum and 

 other sorts. 



Considerable damage was done to 

 crops in the vicinity of Rochester on 

 June 19th when the thennometer 

 marked 30 to 33 degrees by a hard 

 frost which froze acres of beans and 

 tomato and cucumber vines were 

 ruined. Vegetation on recently cul- 

 tivated ground was not touched as 

 badly as was that under other condi- 

 tions, but the cold was sufficient to 

 freeze grass and strawberry vines In 

 some parts. 



Stockholders of the Ellwanger & 

 Barry Nursery Co., at a special meet- 

 ing held at the company's office In 

 .Mount Hope avenue, voted to liqui- 

 date its affairs and dissolve It. The 

 directors at the previous meeting had 

 recommended the discontinuance of 

 the business. The property consists 

 of the Ellwanger & Barry buildings 

 on State street and large tracts in the 

 vicinity of Highland Park and else- 

 where south of Rochester. 



To assist liochester war gardeners, 

 the department of Entomology of 

 Cornell University offers to examine 

 and determine specimens of insects 

 injurious to garden crops and when 

 ever possible furnish directions for 

 their control. The offer was made in 

 a letter received by J. L. Wellington, 

 e.xf'cutive secretary of the Monroe 

 County defense committee in charge 

 of home garden work from C. R. 

 Crosby, extension entomologist of the 

 university. 



New Haven — John Champion, flor- 

 ist, who was operated upon at St. 

 Raphael's hospital the past week, is 

 somewhat improved his many friends 

 are glad to hear. 



ST. LOUIS. 



V. J. Gorley has gone on a vacation 

 to Michigan. 



Otto Sander, the 7th street florist, 

 has a specialty in one dollar baskets 

 of assorted flowers. 



Otto Bruening, who has now the 

 management of the greenhouse for- 

 meily run by Charles Stiehle at 

 Olnette is now starting to cut Rus- 

 sells and Ophelias. 



Preparations for the florists' picnic 

 at Ramona Parl< are now going on 

 and the annual outing v.ill be largely 

 uttended. A great many of the young- 

 er element v.ill be missed, they having 

 gone to the front. 



