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HORTICULTURE 



Cat. 1765 



Pot Makars for a 

 Century anda Half 



HEWS 



STRONG 



RED 

 POROUS 



POTS 



Junuury 29, 1916 



Inc. 1904 



World'a Larsaat 

 Manufacturara 



Standard, Azalaa, Bulb, Orchid. Farn. Hanglns, Emboaaad, Roaa, Carnation, Pa 

 Spaclal Shapaa to Order. Chicken Founts, Pigeon Meats, B 



^nTofZun.'''"'"' I. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



Im, Cyclamen, Cut Flo«*«r. 

 Pota, Etc. 



KING 



WarchoD.*.! 



< AMHKIIKiK, MASS. 



NEW VOKK. N. T. 



Till' tiMuir Ibjit iLssiireii "tb» 

 mont for tbe monry" In 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 4T 



and you will bc* whj. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



28 King's Road, N. Ton^wanda, N.Y. 



CKINNER 



Oystem 



OP- 1 RRI GATl O N. 



Florists ask for information re- 

 garding: our New Greenhoues 

 Nozzle. Greater spread, which 

 means less pipe. 



THE SKINNER IRRIGATION COMPANY 



33 Station St. Brookline, Ma... 



DREER'S 



Florist Specialties, 



New liranii. New Slyle. 



HoM "RIVERTON" 



Furnished in len^hs up 

 to 500 ft. without seam oi 



tIii'nOSF (or tm FLOIIST 



^-iDch, per ft., 15 L. 

 Keel of 500 It., " 14HC 

 a Reels, 1000ft., " 14 c. 

 >^-inch, " 13 c. 



Keels, 500 h., " lajic. 

 Couplings fumishn] 



HENRT H DREEt, 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



of the most interesting meetings held 

 in some time and to keep up tlie inter- 

 est more papers are forthcoming, one 

 on "Budding and Grafting" being prom- 

 ised by E. Kempenaar, the nursery 

 man, for our next meeting. Papers are 

 also in course of preparation by some 

 of our assistant gardeners, notice of 

 which will appear later. The schedule 

 of the June show with the addition of 

 the iirize offered by .Knight & Struck, 

 for new sweet peas, was approved and 

 ordered printed. 



St. Louis. — The committee who 

 have the American Carnation Society 

 meeting and exhibition in charge held 

 a meeting on Thursday and reported 

 that everything was in readiness for 

 the reception of the visiting delegates. 

 Mayor Kiel will welcome the dele- 

 gates at the opening session Wednes- 

 day at 7 P. M. The eastern delega- 

 tion arrived Tuesday night and the 

 western delegation on Wednesday 

 morning. 



Visitors' Register The Greentiouse Builder's Test 



Hu.sUiii 1,. ,). ICcutcr, Westuii;. , li. 

 I.; Uuslave Thommen, Blllerlca, Mass. 



Cleveland, Ohio— J. K. M. L. Farqu- 

 har. Boston; Col. W. W. Castle, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



<'inclnnati 1. Bayersdorfer and Paul 

 Berkowitz, Pliila.: H. F. Winter, 

 cliarlestown, W. \'a. 



Pittsburgh. Pa.— J. K. .M. L. Farquhar, 

 Boston. Mass.; .Mr. Blackstock, r,ep. A. 

 L. Randall Co., Chicago. 



Philadelphia— Mrs. Johansen, Victor 

 Johansen Seed Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; 

 D. Grillbortzer. .Alexandria, Va.; C. B. 

 Coe. D. .\I. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Chicago— C. B. Knickman, represent- 

 ing .McHutchison & Co., .\ew York; J. 

 J. Karins, of H. A. Dreer, Inc., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; P. J. Smith, of H. Frank 

 Da row. New York; Paul M. Palez, Lit- 

 tle Rock. Ark.; Mrs. T. A. Moseley, 

 Kansas City. Kansas; Mrs. Hugo 

 Gross, Kirkwood, Mo. 



one 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING. 



Oak/and. Cal. -J. Murate, one bouse. 



Warren, Pa. D. Offerle, rose house. 



Berlin, Conn. — Louis Edelson, house 

 l.-,x25. 



West Allis, Wis.— M. J. Schulte, 

 house 18.\.57. 



Chester, Pa. .Milton H. Bickley, 

 house G(lx:i.')ii. 



Warwood, W. Va.— Albert Lash, 

 house in the spring. 



Sayville, N. Y.— Jacob Becvar, Lake- 

 land avenue, one house. 



Toledo, O. — John Barrow & Son, De- 

 troit avenue, two houses. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Hartje & Elder, 

 two houses in the spring. 



Oil City, Pa.- Oakwood Rose Gar- 

 dens, addition in the spring. 



Wiiliamsport, Pa. — Williamsport Flo- 

 ral Co., 146 West 4th street, one house 

 in the spring. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 

 Win<low size posters for the .N'ation- 

 al Flower Show are now ready for dis- 

 tribution, and it is the desire of the 

 Chairman of the Publicity Committee 

 that retail florists in adjacent cities 

 to Philadelphia use these for display 

 purposes in the most conspicuous 

 place that they can conveniently dis- 

 play them in their windows or stores. 

 -Anyone desiring to use these posters 

 will kindly address Mr. W. F. Therkild- 

 son. care W. Atlee Burpee Co., or room 

 120.5 Wideuer Bldg., and same will be 

 promptly mailed. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Everett, Mass. — Henry M. Pratt, 24 

 Stuart street, landscape architect; 

 liabilities, $1,523.51; no assets. 



Wliiii a urii iilinii^,. builder 

 hat^ done in the past, what he 

 is doing now. and what he la 

 reputed to be caiiable of doing, 

 these things conslltute the 

 only valid lest of a builder's 

 capabilities and claims. 



Where an owner makes his selection 

 of a builder on the above basis, the 

 Metropolitan Material Co. organization 

 can stand the test in a fashitm which 

 will make choosing easy. 



Forty-four years at greenhouse con- 

 struction has made us experts. We 

 flourish by comparison. Put your 

 Greenhouse Problems up to us. Let 

 us submit plans and prices. We go 

 anywhere in the f. S. A 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



1392-1414 Metropolitan Ave. 

 NEW YORK 



Trademark, and 

 Copyright. 



Difficult and rejected ca.eB speci- 

 ally solicited. No misleadloe lo- 

 ducements mride to secure busiDMa, 

 Orer 30 yeara' nctlve practice. BIx- 

 perienccd, personal, consclentlou. 

 service. Write for terms. Book 

 free. Addre.ss. 



SI&GERS & SIGGERS 



Box 9, National Union Building 

 Waahington, D. C 



,_ STANDARD FLOWER.^ 



If yonr greenbonse. are wlthlo 600 

 miles of the Capitol, write n«, we can 

 save you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



_ 2gth ft M St.., Wsstilngton, D. C. , 



TBE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION 



Is a mutual organization. Insuring greeo- 

 honse rI.tss against hnll. Both commercial 

 and private estahllshmenta are accepted. 

 For particulars, address 



John G. Esler, Sec, Saddle River, N.'J. 



iDsnre Now. 



