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April 1, 1911 



HEWS STANDARD POTS *** 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



P*araon Street, 

 LONC ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNT* 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. """'" *»"'*• ■"*• •'•**»^- 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



J. B. Knapp, addition. 

 -Morris Floral Co., one 



Richard Leitz, one 

 H. E. Foot, 



-Mrs. 



Ind. 



Sayre, Pa.- 



Morrls, III 

 houKe. 



Milwaukee, Wis.- 

 house. 



PIttsfield, Mass.- 

 one liouse. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Frank Saunders, 

 one iiouse. 



La Grange, III. — R. O. Lommatzsch. 

 two liouses. 



Delavan, Wis. — Will Moore, house 

 16 .X 40 feet. 



Frankfort, Ind. — Martha J. Carr &, 

 Son, addition. 



Middletown, N. Y.^Edward A. Lor- 

 entz, addition. 



Indianapolis 

 144 X 170 feet. 



Portland, Me.- 

 tern, one house. 



Chicago, III.— 

 sweet pea house. 



East Providence, R. I. — Smith 

 ker. liouse 36 x 100 feet. 



Flourtown, Pa. — George E. Camp- 

 bell, house 34 x 186 feet. 



Detroit, Mich. — Louis Charvat. three 

 houses each 20 x 95 feet. 



Bridgewater, Mass. — Bridgewater 

 Normal School, one house. 



Danville, Pa. — Castle Grove Green- 

 houses, house 20 X 300 feet. 



Detroit, Mich. — Louis Charvott, three 

 new houses and a new store. 



Grand Island, Neb. — Edward Wil- 

 liams, addition of 15,000 feet. 



Waynesboro, Pa. — Henry EJcholz, 

 two carnation houses each 35 x 150 

 feet. 



Woburn, Mass. — Everett E. Cum- 

 niings, three violet houses each 40 x 

 150 feet. 



Morrison, III. — R. R. Davis Co., 

 house 18 x 150 feet for potted plants; 

 another house contemplated in the 

 summer. 



Pahud Floral Co., 

 -Portland Park Sys- 

 H. C. Blewitt, one 

 Ber 



FIRE RECORD. 

 Mason City, Iowa — The Gilbertson 

 Nursery Co. was damaged by fire ou 

 March 15th to the extent of $10,00'). 

 It is thought the fire originated from 

 an Iowa Central engine. 



West Hartford, Conn. — Fire in 

 Coombs Bros.' Greenhouses on Marcli 

 l'5th entirely destroyed the boiler 

 house and parts of four greenhouses, 

 causing a loss estimated at $1,000; no 

 insurance. 



Trenton, N. J. — Four greenhouses of 

 Goeller Bros, with their stock of 

 Easter plants were destroyed by fire 

 on March 17th. Loss about $3,00u, 

 building partially covered by insur- 

 ance. The fire was caused by the 

 blowing down of the boiler house 

 stack which crashed through one of 

 the buildings, sparks igniting the wood 

 work. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Mansfield, Ohio — M. Schulte will en- 

 gage here in the greenhouse business 

 with his son-in-law, Charles A. Dow. 



Wooster, Ohio. — Prof. Charles E. 

 Thorne is now sole owner of the 

 Thorne Greenhouses. Lee Drabenstott 

 will remain in charge. 



Kenosha, Wis. — The greenhouse and 

 dwelling of Lewis Turner were badly 

 damaged by the powder mill explosion 

 at Pleasant Prairie on March 9th. 



Great Barrington, Mass. — The Green 

 River Nursery Co. is a new business 

 about to start here on a farm of 130 

 acres. Wm. Barth is the proprietor. 



Mt. Vernon, III. — The Reinlein Green- 

 house was wrecked by the wind storm 

 of March 7th, which wrecked a num- 

 ber of other buildings in this locality. 



Roswell, N. Mex. — The Roswell Nur 

 sery Co. is planting several acres on 

 East 2nd street. This addition was 

 necessary as the limit of the old nur- 

 sery had been reached. 



The ■LOU DILLON" 



Tandem Garden Cultivator 



It ■■.111 !.<■ SL-t t(i stiL- lllf smU 



auy depth desiied aud to cul- 

 \ tivate astride the row or be- 

 tween the row.s. 



One-third qui:'kiT mmiI easier 

 than auy other sarden . ultiva- 

 tor. ea.sier to pnsli than a lawn 

 mower. No gardener can 

 afford to lie withont one. 

 If .vonr loi-al dealer does 

 not handle them, 

 write to us for de- 

 scriptive catalog 

 aud special in- 

 vtroductory price. 



I The Schaible Mfg. Co. 

 Dept. 4. Elyrio, Ohio. 



IRON PIPE 



Second Hand 



Suitable for all greenhouse purpoiet, 

 steam, water, gas or oil, also (or 

 fences or posts. All sites. Prices low. 



BUXTON, OOANE COi 



16 Midway St., Boston, Mass. 



Tel«oK»nc. Fort Hill 247R 



Holds Class 

 Firmly 



See the Point 4^ 

 PEERLESS 



• OlftBlna; PolDts ftr« tLebMi. 



• No riKhts or lefts, Boi of 

 ' 1 OOO poinU 76 oU. poitpald. 



I HENBT A. DBEER, 

 I 7I« Ckcrtaal B>. nili., r^ 

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DREER'S 



Florist Hpwolaltle* 



New Brand New Style. 

 Hose /RIVKKTON" 



Furnished in lenghu up 

 to soo ft. without team or 

 joint. 



The HOSE for the FLORIST 



•4. inch, per ft., 15 c. 



Reel of 500 ft., " 14MC. 



2 Reels, loooft.," 14 c. 



Winch, *' 13 c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " laMc. 



Couplings furnished. 



HENRV A. DREER. 



714 Chestnut St., 



Philadelphia. Pa. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed in small crates, easy to liandic. 



Price per crate 

 1500 lin.pols incrale$4.88 

 i59oa'/« ■• " 5. ,5 



1503 25< " '600 



1000 3 

 800 3}< 

 5004 

 456 4K 



3«> 5 

 210 5J4 



500 

 580 

 4.50 

 5-24 

 4i' 

 3.78 



Price per crate 

 144 6 in. pots in crate$3.26 

 1307 " •' 420 



60 8 " " 3 00 



HAND MADE 

 46 gin. pots in cratc$3 60 

 46 10 " ■' 4 80 

 14 II " " 3 60 

 "4 ra " " 4 80 



la 14 " " 4.80 



6 16 " " 4 50 



■jeed pans, same price as pots. Send fi r price list of 

 Lylinders for Cut flowers. Hanging Baskets. Lawn 

 Vase^, elc. Ten per cent, oft for casli with order. Addresi 



HILLFINGER BROS., PoUery. Fort Edward, N.Y. 

 Au gusl Rolker t Sons. «ets. 31 Barclay St, H. Y. City. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



•'A little pot is toon hot," lilcewise a tliin pot. Thii 

 will save you fuel. Our pots are the thinnest and 

 toughen owing to the superior quality of the clay 

 New price list on application. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., "^V'y'* 



ALL THE CLAY 



rOR OUR 



florist' Red Pots 



il prepared by paiiinf 

 through a acreen <6oo meihet 

 to the square inch If in ■ 

 hurry lor potf, order from ua. 



riE n\us I na pimir ci. 



ZhictIIIi. 0M< 



— STANDARD FLOWER — 



li your greenhouses are within 500 milei ol 

 the Capitol, write us, we can save you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



— 28tli t M Sts., Waslwctoii, D. C. . 



Send your business direct to Wash ngton. 

 S^ves time and insures better service. 

 Personal attention guaranteed. 

 Twenty-five years' active service. 

 SPECrALTY: "Working on the Failures 

 ofOthers." 



SIGGER8 & SIGGERS 



PATENT L VWVEKS 



Box 9, National Cnloa Buildinc 

 WashlnKton, D. C. 



