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HORTIOULTUR] 



June 9, 1917 



est. S76S 



Pot Ntakers for a 

 Contury and a Half 



HEWS 



STRONG 



RED 

 POROUS 



POTS 



Inc. ft004 



World's Larsost 

 Manufacturora 



Standard. Azalea. Bulb, Orchid, Fern, Haneing, Embossed, Rose, Carnation, Palm, Cyclamen, Cut Flower. 

 Special Shapes to Order. Chicken Founts, Pigeon Nests, Bean Pots, Etc. 



^'l^Vo^l:"'"" A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. #^«lH?h^ 



If you need a boiler in a hurry telephone or telegraph at our expense 



KROESCHELL BOILERS 



SEND FOR CATALOG 



Kroeschell Bros. G>., 466 W. Erie St., Chicago 



DREER'S **Riverton Specied*' Plant Tubs 



No. Dlam. Ba. Dox. 100 

 10 20 In. fl.60 I17.S0 lltf -00 

 20 18 In. 1.45 16.60 ISO.OU 

 30 16 In. 1.10 12.25 100.00 

 i40 14 In. .70 7.75 80.00 

 50 12 in. .50 6.60 46.00 

 1 60 10 In. .40 4.40 86.00 



^^^ ^_^^^ 70 8 In. .30 aeO Z8.00 



Manufactured tor ua exclusively. The best tub erer introduced. The neatest 

 lightest and cheapest. Painted rreen, with electric wel<led hoops. The four largest 

 sizes have drop handles. 



HDRY A. DREER. seeds,jbabji«!sjHLl!!a!K' 714 Chestnut Street Philadelplija, Pa. 



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CLEAN POTS 



MAKE POSSIBLE 



PERFECT PLANTS 



The "Presto* Pot Washer 



Electric, Water and Belt 

 Power 



Write Today State Kind of Power 



KEETCH & COMPANY 



5th Floor, 1240 Huron Rd. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



Successors to Fowler, Mfg. & Supply Co. 



When writing to aduertisert kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



STANDARD FLOWER 



If your greenhouses are within 600 

 miles of the Capitol, write us; we can 

 save you money, 



M\/. M. ERIMEST 

 2MJ> « M Ste., Wasltinciton. D. O. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Luther Bnrbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. — 

 1917 New Creations in Seeds and Some 

 Oldei- Ones of Special Value. Vege- 

 table and flower seeds; illustrated. 

 .\lso the Burbank Royal Walnut to lie 

 inti'oduced in 1918. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass. — Summer Catalogue 1917. Pot- 

 Grown Strawberries; Pot-Grown Roses 

 and Vines; Seeds tor Summer Sowing; 

 Foliage and Flowering Plants for Win- 

 ter Decoration. Elegantly illustrated. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia — H. Frank 

 Hubbard, florist, and Miss Adeline M. 

 Woodward were married on .lune 1. 



Manchester, Conn.— The Bon Ton 



Flower Shop which has been conduct- 

 ed in the new Johnson block for sev- 

 eral years, was recently sold to Page 

 Potter, who has managed the business 

 for P. A. Reese for the past year. Mr. 

 Potter will shortly move the business 

 to the store in the old Johnson block 

 occupied by Thomas Dougan. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON 

 TEMPLATED. 

 Montclair, N. J.— Ellis P. Earle, En- 

 glewood Terrace, one house. 



Oh, these learned Boston children! 



"You must eat your cabbage. It 

 contains valuable minerals." so a Bos- 

 ton mother who had been attending 

 Women's Municipal League lectures 

 assured her 8-year-old daughter. 



"I like beets better," said the child; 

 "they contain so many calories." 



— Boston Post. 



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Tor G [It e«iil Slit 

 Glazing 



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F. 0. PIERCE CO 



12W. BROADWAY 



NEW YORK 



Mastica is elastic and tenacious, admits of 

 expansion and contraction. Putty becomes 

 hard and brittle. Broken glass more easily 

 removed without breaking of other glass 

 fls occurs with hard putty. Lasts longer 

 than putty Easy to apply. 



Jreer's Peerless^ 

 Glazing Points 



For Greenbouses 



Drive easy and true, because 

 both bevels are on the same 

 Bide. Can't twist and break 

 the glass in Iriving. Galvan- 

 ized and will not rust. No 

 lights or lefts 

 The Peerless Glazing Poi 

 is patented. No others liki 

 it. Order from your dealer 

 or direct from us. ^c^ 

 1000,75c. postpaid. flT^^ 

 Samples free. 

 HENKT A. DREEE,. 

 714 CheBtnut Street 

 Philadelphia 



Difficult and rejected cases Bp««l- 

 ally solicited. lio mUlfiadlnff !■- 

 dncementB made to secnre bunn«»«. 

 Over 30 jearB' active o'^ct'c*- ^^" 

 perlenceflj^ perional, consctentkms 

 service, write for terms. 

 Address, 



SiaeERS & SI6GERS 



PA^NT LAWTBSS 



Box 9, National VbIcb BaUdlac 

 Wa«hlBctaa. D. O. 



