October 10, 1914 



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Obituary 



George T. Hodges. 

 Geo. T. Hodges, formerly a florist 

 of Louisville, Ky., died at his home in 

 that city on September 2.5. at the age 

 of 74. He had been ill I'cr about a 

 year. 



Luke Mahon. 

 Luke Mahon, for the past seventeen 

 years in charge of the Henry Lee es- 

 tate, Broolfiine, Mass.. died suddenly 

 on Friday. October 2, aged 65 years. 

 He leaves a widow, one son and two 

 daughters. 



Joseph Cincotte. 

 Joseph Cincotte, a gardener, em- 

 ployed by Frederic H. Kennard. a 

 landscape architect, died Friday night, 

 Oct. 2, from burns received that after- 

 noon when a tank filled with kerosene 

 exploded in an outbuilding on the 

 Kennard estate at 246 Dudley road. 

 Newton, Mass. 



Jesse Bell. 

 Jesse Bell, of Riderwood. Baltimore 

 County, committed suicide on Septem- 

 ber 29, by shooting himself in the 

 right temple in an outbuilding at his 

 home. Mr. Bell had been grieving 

 for some time over the ill health of 

 his wife and this is given by his rela- 

 tives as the reason for the deed. That 

 he had planned his end was evident 

 from the careful manner in which he 

 laid out the clothing in which he 

 wished to be buried. Mr. Bell was 

 fifty-six years old and had for a num- 

 ber of years been employed by 

 William Fraser. a florist of Rider- 

 wood. He formerly lived at Govans. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



McCrory a 5 and 10 cent store at 

 12th and Market streets, is the latest 

 in the retail cut flower field. 



Verona has added 15 feet to his ice 

 box in the Snellenburg flower shop. 

 Good sign. Smile a little, Mr. Grower. 



The Wanamaker dahlia show was 

 held on Oct. 1, 2 and 3. Same was 

 staged with good judgment— not too 

 crowded — correctly named— and of ed- 

 ucative value. This is more than can 

 be said of some more pretentious 

 shows. It's a pity we could not have 

 the public educated the same way on 

 lots of other flowers. The dahlia gets 

 far more than its share. 



BE SURE that you get the MEYER 

 GREKN SILKALINE, and do not take 

 any other that is sold as an imitation 

 of tlie MEYER GREEN SILKALINE, 



as tiiey do not have tlie full weight, 

 measure and strength of the genuine 

 article. All our GREEN SILK.\LINE 

 is guaranteed up to the high standard 

 and marl;. The sizes are F, fine; l'"F, 

 medium ; FFF, coarse. It is for sale 

 by all the best Jobbers. If you cannot 

 get it of your jobbers, order direct of 

 the manufacturer. 



THE JOHN G. MEYER THREAD CO., LOWELL, MASS. 



In writing advertisers kindly mention HORTICULTURE. 



serve to be. If they were not so com- 

 mon—how we would prize them. Did 

 you ever notice the beautiful lacy for- 

 ination of that infernal weed— the 

 wild parsnip. It's really fine if you 

 can only bring yourself to look on it 

 without pre'udice. 



Wonderful shapes and delightful 

 colors vied with each other at the 

 stares of Henry A. Dreer, 714-716 

 Chestnut street, October 6, during the 

 exhibition of dahlias, entered in com- 

 petition for the premiums offered. 

 Many beautiful flowers were on exhibi- 

 tion, prominent among which was the 

 variety "Kalif," a majestic flower, 

 pure scarlet, immense size and a per- 

 fact cactus form. 1st Prize for this 

 was awarded to John W. Pepper, 

 Jenkintown, Pa.; 2nd to A. Bur- 

 gess, Germantown. "Nibelungenhort," 

 another mammoth dahlia, old rose 

 with golden apricot suffusion, petals 

 beautifully curled and twisted, 1st 

 prize to Edmund S. Eddy, Mt. 

 Holly, N. J.; second to George I. Bo- 

 dine, Chestnut Hill. "Hurtulanus Fief 

 giant flowers, beautiful shrimp pink, 

 with delicate tints of red and yellow, 

 1st prize to George I. Bodine; 2nd to 

 John W. Pepper. "Rheinischer Froh- 

 sinn," large flowers with incurving 

 petals, white suffused with carmine 

 rose. 1st to Edmund S. Eddy; 2nd to 

 C. D. Gill, Cynwyd, Penna. "Dreer's 

 Giant Cactus dahlias," immense blooms 

 in charming colors. Three varieties, 

 "Nerthus," "Wodan" and "Wolfgang 

 Von Goethe". 1st to George I. Bodine; 

 2nd to John W. Pepper. Dreer's Col- 

 lerette dahlia. 1st to John W. Pepper; 

 2nd to George I. Bodine. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Cincinnati — Mrs. Wm. Dittman, New 

 Castle, Ind. 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of oil Kirdatof 



WIRE DESIGNS and FLORISTS SUPFUIS 

 1008 Vine SL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Aster Novae Belgil and others of the 

 charming Michaelmas Daisies are con- 

 spicuous features of the cut flower 

 market at present as they well de- 



.\mherst, Mass. — Edwin Jenkins, 

 Lenox, Mass. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Arnold Ringier, rep- 

 resenting W. W. Barnard Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111.; Stephen Green, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Frank McCabe, rep- 

 resenting A. L. Randall Co., Chi- 

 cago; J. J. Martin, of Roseville Pot- 

 tery Co., Zanesville, O.; Carl Hal- 

 tenhoff, Golha, Pla. 



Boston— A. E. Thatcher, Bar Har- 

 bor. Me.; Paul Berkowitz of H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer &. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; F. 

 Harrington, representing E. J. Har- 

 mon & Co., Portland, Me.; W. A. Man- 

 da, So. Orange, N. J. 



Philadelphia — J. Muller, represent- 

 ing Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. 

 J.; Jacob Deutscher of Thomas Young, 

 Jr.. Bound Brook, N. J.; Mr. Muir. Jr.. 

 of Chicago, Ills.; Henry S. Pennock, 

 of Jupiter, Fla. 



STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP. 



MANAGEMENT, ETC., OF HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 

 As Required by the Act of Congress, 

 August 24, 1912. 



Publisher— Ilorticnltiire Publi.shing Co.. 

 Boston. Editor and Business Manager— 

 Wm. J. Stewart. List of stockholders 

 holding one per cent, or more of total 

 amount of stock— W. W. Castle, N. F. Per- 

 kins. Wm. .1. Stewart, Andrew Stewart. .T. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, P. Welch, David Welch, 

 of Boston. Mass. ; Estate of F. R. Mathison. 

 Waltham, Mass.; Thos. Young, Jr.. W . I'. 

 Sheridan, F. II. Traendly, Chas. Schenck, 

 .Tohn I. Raynor, New York City: "^ I' • 

 Kasting. Buffalo. N. Y. ; A. S. Burns, Elm- 

 iMirst .N Y : n. II. Battles. S. S. Pennock, 

 Philadelphia. Pa.; John Burton. Cliestnut 

 11111, Philadelphia, Pa.: Estate of Carl 

 .lurgcns, Newport. K. I.: Philip Breitmeyer, 

 Hetniit, .Mich.: Fred Lautenschlager, Chica- 

 go, 111. Bondholders, mortgagees and 

 other security liolilers— none. 



Sworn to and subscribed liefore ^otary 

 Public by WM. J. STEWART, 



Business Managei. 



Bostiui. Oct. 10. 1!)14. 



Chicago— W. Byers, South Bend, 

 Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meier, 

 Green Bay, Wis.; H. A. Fisher, Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich.; L. W. Snyder, of El 

 Paso Carnation Co., El Paso, Tex.; 

 Sam. Seligman, New York; Mr. and 

 Mrs. I. J. Byers, Winchester, Ind.; A. 

 E. Mitting. Santa Cruz, Calif.; Wal- 

 ter Mott, with Benj. Hammond, Bea- 

 con. N. Y.; E. S. Thompson, of Cen- 

 tral Seed & Bulb Co., Benton Har- 

 bor. Mich.; B. Freedman, of Atlas 

 Moral Co.. Detroit, Mich. 



Twenty-fpur of the employes of Kel- 

 way & Son. Langport. England, have 

 enlisted and gone to the front. 



R. G. Simpson, formerly on the East- 

 man estate, Tarrytown, N. Y., is now 

 with Dr. Carroll Dunham, Hillside, Ir- 

 vington-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE Florists' Supply 

 House of America 



H.BAYEO0RFER&C0. 



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