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HORTICULTURE 



June 30, 1917 



Est. 17«S 



Pot Makers for a 

 Contury anda Half 



HEWS 



STRONG 



RED 

 POROUS 



POTS 



Inc. 1904 



World's Larsost 

 Manufacturers 



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

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



^!^:!:"""" A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



War«homB«a: 



CAMBBIDOB. MAS. 



NXW TOBK. M. r. 



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



KROESCHELL BOILERS 



SEND FOR CATALOG 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 466 W. Erie St., Chicago 



THE COAL SITUATION. 



Document No. 183, House of Repre- 

 sentatives, is a letter from the chair- 

 man of the Federal Trade Commission 

 transmitting report on the anthracite 

 and bituminous coal situation and the 

 relation of lail and water transporta- 

 tion to the present fuel problem. It is 

 a document of 29 jiages. The present 

 conditions in the anthracite industr.v 

 and the outlook for anthracite, the im- 

 possibility of solving the anthracite 

 problem without action of Congress 

 that will at the same time cure the 

 present evil conditions in the bitumi- 

 nous industr.v and in transportation, 

 anthracite royalties, the panic condi- 

 tions and prices in the anthracite 

 trade last fall and winter, the response 

 to the question of the justification of 

 the price increases in May, 1916, in re- 

 lation to the wage agreement of that 

 date, and the bituminous coal situation 

 these are the principal subjects dis- 

 cussed. 



In view of the findings the commis- 

 sion recommends: 



First. That the production and dis- 

 tribution of coal and coke be conduct- 

 ed through a pool in the hands of a 

 Government agency; that the produc- 

 ers of various grades of fuel be paid 

 their full cost of production plus a uni- 

 form profit per ton (with due allowance 

 for quality of product and efficiency of 

 service). 



Second. That the transportation 

 agencies of the United States, both 

 rail and water, be similarly pooled and 

 operated on Government account, un- 

 der the direction of the President, and 

 that all such means of transportation 

 lie operated as a unit, the owning cor- 

 porations being paid a just and fair 

 compensation which would cover nor- 

 mal net profit, upkeep, and better- 

 ments. 



Chairman Wni. J. Harris agrees with 

 the recommendations but does not 

 concur with the proposition to pool the 

 transportation agencies on Govern- 

 ment account but recommends that 

 during the war the President be au- 



Evais 20th CeifbirY Arm 



Mos< up-to-date ana on the inas\u±. I^ool 

 that it is bener than any other is ttiat 

 others tried to imitate it. Write for oi« 

 1916 catalog just out. 



JOHN A. EVANS CO. 

 Richmond, Ind. 



thorized to order rail and water trans- 

 portation agencies to give preference 

 to shipment of coal, coke, and other 

 commodities in the order of their im- 

 portance to the public welfare. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Pekin, III. — Hasse Bros., Second St., 

 one house. 



Wichita Falls, Tex.— C. H. Witten- 

 bach, one house. 



Rochester. Minn, — Queen City Green- 

 house Co., range of houses. 



Brighton, N. Y. — D. Cohen, Arthur 

 Kill Road, one Jacobs house. 



Hill, 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,230,710. Lawn Mower. Wm. 



Alexandria, La. 

 1,230,793. Soil Pulverizing Wheel. 



Charles E. Sackett, Danbury, Conn. 

 1,230,806. Plant Setting Machine. 



Luther Shaffer, Boone, Iowa. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Sidney, Ohio — Among the heavy 

 losers in the severe storm of June 2 

 was C. L. Osborne whose greenhouses 

 were wrecked by hail. 



Catskill, N. Y. — An excellent flower 

 show was held here on Wednesday. 

 June 27. Ribbon awards were made to 

 a large number of exhibitors. The af- 

 fair was managed by the Village Im- 

 provement Society. 



Newark, N. J. — The June flower 

 show of the Prudential Insurance Com- 

 pany was held on June 21 in the as- 

 sembly room of their building. Forty- 

 seven prizes were awarded in eighteen 

 classes. The exhibit opened at 11 

 o'clock, continuing until 5 in the after- 

 noon. The Prudential orchestra gave 

 "floral music," the program consist- 

 ing of ten musical numbers depicting 

 the life of a rose, beginning with "Bud- 

 ding Roses," and ending with "The 

 Last Rose of Summer." 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 

 Certain changes in service 

 regulations at printing office 

 make it necessary that HORTl. 

 CULTURE'S forms close sev 

 era! hours earlier than hereto- 

 fore. Important copy arriving 

 on first mail Thursdays can at 

 times be cared for. but corres- 

 pondents should plan to get 

 matter to this office by Wednes- 

 day hereafter. 



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. 



Sncccssors to Fowler, Mfg. & Supply Co. 



DREER'S 



Florist Specialties, 

 "RIVBRTON" Moulded 



Garden and Greenhoaae 

 Boie 



Furnished in lengths up 

 to too ft. without seam or 

 joint . 



The HOSE far the FLORIST 



^4 inch, per ft,, i6 

 Keel of 500 ft. " 15 

 Reels, 1000 ft. " «4^^c, 

 H-inch, " 14 c 



Reels, 500 ft., '• 13 c 

 Couplings furnished 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut St., 



PHILADELI'HIA, PA. 



STANDARD FLOWER 



POTS 



If your greeDbouses are wltbln 600 

 miles of the Capitol, write us; we can 

 saTe you money. 



20th * M 8ts., WMhInrton, D. C. 



