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no HTI CULTURE 



September 22, 1917 



Pot Maliara for ■ 

 Coatury anda Half 



HEWS 



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POTS 



Inc. 1904 



World's Lars*at 

 Manutacturars 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



Writa for CataUgam 

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rAMUKlIKlI. MASS. 

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Obituary 



Mrs. V. Bezdek. 

 Mrs. Bezdek. wife of V. Bezdek, 

 Oross Point. 111., died on K'riday. Sept. 

 7. She leaves a husband and five chil- 

 dren 



Alexander MacDuff. 

 Alexander MacDufT. 74 years old. a 

 landscape gardener of Plainfleld, N. 

 J., died at his home there on Thurs- 

 day, September l.i. 



Mrs. Allen James. 

 Mrs. James, widow of the late Allen 

 James, a well known grower of aspar- 

 agus pluniosus foliage and seeds at 

 Yalaha, Fla.. died at Aslieville. N. C, 

 on August 15. Mrs. James had been 

 conducting the business since the 

 death of her husband. She was a 

 native of England. 



Julius NIednagel. 

 Julius Niednagel. engaged in the 

 florist business in Evansville, Ind., for 

 thirty years, died in that city on 

 August 30, after a protracted illness, 

 aged 68 years. He was a native of 

 Baden. Germany, coming to this coun- 

 try at the age of 20 and serving in 

 various positions in New York, Cin- 

 cinnati and Chicago before locating in 

 Evansville. He leaves' four sons and 

 one daughter. 



Irving Johnson. 

 Irving Johnson, one of Lexington's 

 oldest residents and a farmer and mar- 

 ket gardener for nearly fiO years, died 

 on Sunday. Sept. 16. in Lexington. 

 Mass. Mr. Johnson was born in Ire- 

 land April 16, 1835. and was of Scotch 

 ancestry. He came to this country 

 when 14 years old. and worked in a 

 large dry goods store in New York for 

 a number of years. He came to Ar- 

 lington in 1858 and engaged in farm- 

 ing, and. despite his 82 years, had been 

 active up to within a few months. 



In health for the past few years. He 

 was associated with Tufts College 

 when it had only 26 students. Mr. 

 Uryno was a native of Ireland and 

 came to this country when 20 years 

 old. He entered the employ of Tufts 

 in 1861 as tlio ■college farmer." He 

 was twice niarrie<l and four of his six 

 children survive him. 



STANDARD FLOWER 



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 mile, of th» Crnplt*!. wrIU a«; we tan 

 ■ave yoQ monej. 



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Patrick Byrne. 

 Patrick Byrne, aged 89, more than 

 half a century caretaker and gardener 

 about Tufts College. Medford. Mass.. 

 died on September 15 at his home. 45 

 Stearns avenue. He had l)een failing 



F. C. Bartels. 

 F. C. Bartels. superintendent of the 

 J. M. Gasser Co.. greenhouses at 

 Rocky River. Ohio, a life member of 

 the Society of American Florists 

 since 1899, and widely known and re- 

 spected by the florist trade of the state 

 was shot to death on Saturday, Sep- 

 tember 15. by a masked man fifteen 

 minutes after he arrived home from a 

 bank with 1700 to pay off thirty-two 

 employes in the greenhouses. The 

 gardener's slayer, however, fled with- 

 out taking tlie money. Not robbery, 

 but desire for revenge by an employe 

 he had discharged, was believed to 

 have been the motive for the murder. 

 The assassin was undoubtedly laniiliar 

 with the interior of Bartels' house and 

 everybody in the house. The fact that 

 he did not utter a word probably 

 means had he talked his voice would 

 have unmasked him. 



Mr. Bartels was a very industrious 

 and capable manager. He was a 

 brother-in-law of the late J. M. Gasser. 

 The funeral took place on Monday, 

 Sept. 17. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Johnstown, N. Y.— The Larcome 

 Greenhouses have been sold to John 

 Ramsden. 



Columbus, O.— The Columljus Floral 

 Company has been purchased by 

 Weiant & Son of Newark, O. 



Washington, D. C. — On Wednesday, 

 September 19. Miss Verona May 

 Schraid, niece of Grand Monarch Ed- 

 ward S. Schmid, and daughter of 

 Prophet Alex Schmid. was united 

 in matrimony to Harry H. Kidwell, 

 son of H. C. Kidwell, by the Rev. 

 John T. Huddle, pastor of the E>ng- 

 lish Lutheran Church. The high and 

 lofty titles borne by the respective 

 father and uncle are due to the official 

 connection of these gentlemen with 

 the 'Kalipolis Grotto, Mystic Order of 

 the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted 

 Realm," an organization which in- 

 cludes in its ranks most of the flor- 

 ists of Washington. Mr. Schmid is 

 an old-time florist and birdman. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Cincinnati, O. Frank Vogt, one 

 house. 



Hinsdale, III.— Alexander Lcgg, con- 

 servatory. 



Oakland, Me.— Wm. N. Savage, 

 house 30x150. 



Roxborough, Pa. — Gustav Koethe, 



house L'Txlou. 



Ottawa, III.— Davis & Co., cucumber 

 house 86x900. 



Norwood, Pa. — Macaw Bros., Lord 

 & Iturnham house :'.6xl50. 



Denver, Col. — Elitch-Long Green- 

 houses, house .15x75 and propagating 

 house. 



A. F. Koehle, formerly of Sherman, 

 Texas, is going into business as a 

 grower in Urbana, Ohio. 



R. I. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual Seiilemljcr show of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 held last Thursday and Friday at 

 Providence, was a splendid exhibition 

 in spite of numerous difficulties which 

 the exhibitors were forced to bear. 

 Sharp frosts in some sections nipped 

 the elTorts of some growers, but the 

 showing, nevertheless, was most suc- 

 cessful, staged under the direction of 

 !•:. K. Thomas of tlie R. I. State College. 

 The following awards were made in 

 the commercial and professional 

 growers' classes: 



i)0 cactua— C. Louis Alline; 24 cactus— 

 Wllllnm Steel; 12 ciittus— Ist, W. I). Hatlia- 

 wa.v; UikI. Nellie .7. .IIHhou: L'4 ileeiirallve — 

 \»{. Nellie .1. JiUsoii: liiiil. C. L.mls AllluR: 

 IJ ileecirativi — iHt. \V. 1). n!itli:iwa.v ; 2U(I. 

 Nellie .T. Jlllsmi; 12 show ami faiiey— Igt. 

 .Nellie .1. Jillsoii: 2iul. W. I>. Uatliaway; 

 12 i>e(iny-tl(.\vere(l- Isl. .N'lUle .1. JIllBdIi: 

 "ijil \V. 1> IlathawMv: nix pediiy-tliiwercd 

 —let. Nellie J. .jniHoii; L'ml. William Steel; 

 VI pompon- l.st, \V. li. Ilatliaway; 2nrl. 



(,'. Louis Alllug; eolleell< t KXI, any 



varletlis~lat. Nellie .T. .Iillsi>u; 2iiil. C. 

 Louis .MliiiK. .loliuMtiiii Ilrotliers' display 

 of lloral liiisketa was an-anleil 1st. as was 

 the display of pottery of .Matliew MaeNalr. 

 Thomas Itrook look a prize for his rose 

 ilisplav. Gratuities were awarileil to \V. D. 

 Ilatlia'wav for eolliMllon of dahlias, and 

 Thomas "liope ami .Nellie J. .llUson for 

 llower ilfsplav. Si)e<ial premiums; Of- 

 fered l.v W. S. I'irio for colleitl f sarden 



aiiuual.'i— Mrs. ('. K. Waite; hy Joshua Voae 

 tor .-I peniiv-llowercil ilahllas— Albert H. 

 I'oultou; William Steel for 10 cactus 

 dahlias— Albert II. I'..iiltoii; MleUell'a Seed 

 House for exhlhlt of vegetables— William 

 Hewitt. Numerous awards were made In 

 the amateur and children's elassea. 



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