HORTI CULTURE 



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OBITUARY 



\Vm. Hoffman, a well-known floiist of 

 Pawlucket, K.I,, died July 7. His funeral 

 was held from his late residence on Monday, 

 July 10. Many beautiful floral tributes were 

 sent by brother florists from Providence and 

 Pawtucket. 



As we go to press we learn of the death of 

 Louis Siebrecht of Floral Park, N.Y. Mr. 

 Siebrecht was a distant relative of H. A. 

 Siebrecht, of New Rochelle, and when he 

 came to this country from C5ermany entered 

 his employ. In 1S72 he secured the jiUui- at 

 Floral Park, where he has ever since been 

 located, and went into business for himself. 

 He has devoted his estabUshment mainly to 

 the production of cut flowers for the whole- 

 sale market. 



W. F. Lautenschlager, f.illiM .f ITorn 

 CULTtjRE'S Chicago rciMv I i^l 



Lautenschlager, died at ( ' : I 1 



igos, in his 64th year. Mr. I niw "- lil.i;.;i i 

 was born in Niefern, Baden, Gerin.iny. In 

 1888 he erected a small private range of 

 greenhouses at his home in Faimiount, 

 Cincinnati, which later was run on a com- 

 mercial scale. These houses were bought 

 bv Dr. Dowie in igo2, and erected at Zion 

 Citv, 111. Mr. Lautenschlager was an Odd 

 Fellow. Burial was held in Spring Grove 



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NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



An informal talk upon orchids was given 

 by John E. Lager at the regular monthly 

 meeting of this society on Friday evening, 

 July 7. The floral display consisted largely 

 of orchids. Lager & Hurrell showed twelve 

 varieties of cut blooms; William Barr, Arthur 

 Bodwell, gardener, a Cattleya Harrisoniie 

 with thirty blooms and an Odontoglossuni 

 Reichenheimii with one hundred and twenty- 

 six flowers; Henry Graves, Edwin Thomas, 

 gardener, Cypripediums Brownii, leucoglos- 

 sum and comus. 



Japan iris of large size was shown by the 

 Colgates, William Read, gardener, and S. 

 Hartshorne, Arthur Caparn, gardener; glox- 

 inias by John Crosby Brown, Peter Duff, 

 gardener; antirrhinum by A. C. van Gaas- 

 beck, W. Burnett, gardener, vases of coreop- 

 sis and sweet peas and a collection of vege- 

 tables from Douglas Robinson, John Girven, 

 gardener, and Phyllotaenium Lindeni by 

 William Runkle, D. Kindsgrab, gardener. 



PHILADELPHIA NEWS NOTES 



The creditors of Joseph Kift & Son will 

 hold a meeting at 1416 .South Penn square, 

 on Julv 21, at 10.30 A.M., to take action in 

 view of the deed filed by this firm on the 8th 



The principal topic of interest in the 

 Philadelphia trade this week is the suspen- 

 sion of the house of Joseph Kift & Son. The 

 papers were filed on Saturday but at this 

 \vriting few of the particulars are known. 

 One report h>as it that the liabilities are 

 twentv thousand and the assets three thous- 

 and. ' It is said that S. S. Penn.nk. who is 

 one of the largest creditors, will be the man 



We have this day securc<l the services of 

 Bernard McGinty who in future will have 

 full charge of our cut-flower department. 

 With a valuable practical experience at 

 Welch Bros., and later as salesman for the 

 Montrose Greenhouses, Mr. McGinty is 

 well fitlerl for the position he is about to 

 fill, and we feel warranted in s.xnng to our 

 patrons that their orders will receive the very 

 best attention. 



Thanking our customers for pa.st favors, 

 and trusting for a continuance of the same, 

 we remain, 



Yours respectfully, 



N. F. McCARTtn- & Co. 

 Boston, July 8, 1905. 



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37-39 Randolph St , CHICAGO ^ 



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sympathy for Robert Kift (uii.. u,,. 111, 

 firm) are freely expressed, and it is hn],ic 

 that some arrangement where! ly this Iiih 

 business may be continued will be arninj;! il 

 .\ meeting of the creditors of the Peai '« I 

 Co., of .Atco, N. J., will be held in Pliila 

 delphia on the nth inst. The company': 

 embarrassment is said to be only teniporar\ 

 and it is confidently hoped that an arrani;c 

 ment for an extension will be effected. 



The Gardeners' Club of Baltimore 

 held their regular meeting last Mo 

 evening at their headquarters in the 1- 

 Arcanum Building on Saratoga si 

 Owing to the intense heat tile altind 



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Florists Out of Town 



Taking Order.s for Flowers to 

 be Delivered to Steamers or 

 Elsewhere in New Yorit can 

 have them delivered in 

 PLAIN BO.XES, WITH OWN 

 TAOS in best manner by 



Young & Nugent 



42 W. 25th Street, New York 



GEO. H. COOKE 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and I, Street 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



(boston florist letter col 



Manujaclurers of rLORISTS' LETTER.S 



nicely stained and 

 varniBne.l, l«,\30xia, made iji two sec- 

 tions, one for each si/,e letter, given 

 away with first order of 500 letters. 



Block Letters. IJorii-incli size, per 100, »2. 



Script Letters. 3. Fastener wltb eacli 

 letter or word. Used by leading florists 

 everywhere and for sale liy all wholesale 

 florists and supply dealer-. 



N. p. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager 



R4 Hawley St.. IIO.STON. M.XSS. 



H.Bayersdorfer&Co. 



,"i0-,"i6 Nortli 4tli Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Plorists' Supplies 



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 knowledge of the field. Your advertis- 

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FRED C.WEBER 



FLORIST 



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