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HORTICULTURE 



March 11, 1916 



Obituary 



Harold Berman. 



Ilnrold neniiiin. a vouiik florist of 

 Uoxtinry. Mush., nml woll known In 

 the U'lSton Flower Kxi linnne. died at 

 Ills home in Itoxbury on .Monday. 

 March 6, of double imeumunia. !)•• 

 was eighteen years old. 



Joseph F. Vavrous. 

 Joseph F. Vavrous. of Lebanon, Pa., 

 died suddenly at his home on Thurs- 

 day evening, February 24, of dropsy, 

 after a short Illness, aged 5(i years. 

 Mr. Vavrotis has been a resident of 

 Lebanon for the past .-^evon years, and 

 during that time has built up quite 

 a reputation as a florist. He was the 

 head and founder of the present firm 

 of J. F. Vavrous & Sons, florists. 



William Wells. Sr. 



Wni. Wells, Sr., of the Mersthani 

 Nurseries. Surrey, Eng., passed away 

 on Monday, February 28, aged about 

 70 years. He was famous as a chrys- 

 anthemum grower, and was one of the 

 international combination of chrysan- 

 themum growers and distributors, the 

 other members being Thomas W. 

 Pockett, Australia. August Nonin, 

 France, and Charles H. Totty, Madi- 

 son, N. J. He leaves a number of 

 sons, all engaged in horticultural 



•work. 



M, J. Madden. 



Chicago had for many years a land- 

 scape gardener policeman, for whose 

 death the fashionable Hyde Park 

 mourns. Little children brought many 

 flowers to the home of their old friend, 

 M. J. Madden. 5483 Dorchester avenue. 

 He had planted the trees in old Hyde 

 Park, and cared for them through 

 their first hard years in a growing city 

 and his love for them was as sincere 

 as his love for the cliildren, two gener- 

 ations of whom he had iirotected on 

 the streets. His was a good example 

 of the close relation between the love 

 of plant life and child life. 



John W. Dunham. 

 John W. Dunham died at his resi- 

 dence, 1204 North 19th street, Phila- 

 delphia, on February 29th. "Jack" 

 Dunham, as he was familiarly known, 

 was an associate member of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia for over 

 twenty years, and took a keen inter- 

 est in Its affairs, especially in its 

 social and sporting activities. He 

 was known to many of the trade out- 

 side of Philadelphia, as he attended 

 numerous S. A. F. conventions, and 

 was noted as one of the most genial 

 and lovable of men — a scholar, a 

 gentleman, and a great bowler. We 

 shall long cherish the memory of his 

 many admirable qualities. G. C. W. 



August Kruger. 

 August Kruger died at his home, 

 1102 South Park avenue, Meadville, 

 Pa., Friday night, February 25, aged 

 about 75 years. He had been in poor 

 health for some time, though his final 

 serious illness covered a period of 

 only about one week. Mr. Kruger was 

 doubtless one of the best known men 

 in Meadville, where for a period of 

 36 years he conducted a successful 

 florist business, and made manv life- 



ALPHANO 



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Potash Problem Solved 



Alphano Richly Supplied 



Wonder- Worker for Potatoes 



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EVEKY Ion of Alpliiino con- 

 liiins .sevonil Dolhirs worlli of 

 rota«li. .Mnny soils nironil.v 

 coDtalu potMsli, but in ii form uut 

 uscnl>le liy plant life. 

 Alpbiinii Is Icouihi),' wltli Imsy 

 l)llllons of sell illm-slhii; liaili-riM. 

 wlliotl conviTtN IIU' HOil potUNli 

 ant! otlu'r properties into plant 

 foods reiKllly uvatluble. 

 In iiddlllon. I hen to tUe plio.s- 

 pbate, nitrogen, and potnsli 

 Alplinno contains; It also sets 

 free these locked up minerals In 

 the soil. 



These facts explain why Alphano 

 gives both prompt, as well as 

 long enduring enriching bene- 

 fits to soil. I'"or vegetables, flow- 

 ers, and lawns; the results are 

 both Immediate and lasting. 

 When sowed In the drill with 



potatoes, or other vegetables It 

 renders the soil highly produc- 

 tive. 



The right haiiil pile of the nbove 

 potatoes, was grown in one of 

 sevi'ral rows of sandy soil, treated 

 Willi a coniniircl.il fertlllier cost- 

 ing ?),') a ton: the left hand pile 

 from one of the other rows 

 treated with a like amount (but 

 not value) of .Mphano Humus. 

 .\t our olllee we have on flle. 

 sworn allld.ivlts to the above 

 facts, made by the grower, C. W. 

 Haines, of Newport News, Va. 

 Send for the -Mphano Book, 

 rind out what Alphano Is — how 

 prepared — and how entirely It 

 dlllers from the water welghfed. 

 swamp humus, sold under vari- 

 ous trade names. 



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 i^lU a tuu in ba^H by tlit' carload. 

 $8 u ton in bulk by the carload. 

 Frlces F. O. K. Alphano, N. J. 



EST.\ULISUEI> 190.-. 



17-R Battery Place, New York City 



long friends. He was the typical in- 

 dustrious, conscientious, frugal Ger- 

 man-born citizen, loyal to the country 

 of his adoption and equally loyal to 

 his friends, living an exemplary 

 Christian life and meriting in the 

 highest measure the esteem in wliich 

 he was held in the community. Since 

 his retirement from business, in which 

 he was succeeded by his son, Henry J. 

 Kruger, several years ago, he and Mrs. 

 Kruger have lived in quiet retirement. 

 Mr. Kruger was born in Hohennieu- 

 dorf, Germany, Aug. 10, 1841, served 

 through the French-Prussian war after 

 which he came to America, his first 

 stop being at Buffalo, N. Y., taking 

 charge of the Letchworth estates, 

 both at Buffalo and Auburn, N. Y., 

 where he built extensive greenhouses 

 for those days. In 1881 he purchased 

 the greenhouses of Herman Munz at 

 Meadville, Pa., then as now called 



tlic Greendale Conservatories, whlcli 

 through hard and honest toll he has 

 brought up to the present standard. 

 After being in Buffalo about nine 

 months he sent for his sweetheart, 

 then Helen Barby by name, whom he 

 married in New York upon her arrival 

 in this country. He was buried In 

 the family lot in Greendale CemeteiTi 

 Monday, Feb. 28th. 



Johnsviile. Pa. Firt; partly destroyed 

 .lames Moss' upper range of green- 

 houses about 4 A. M., Saturday, March 

 4. By the prompt arrival of the local 

 fire company from Southampton they 

 were able to save part of the green- 

 house, also the main house, with farm 

 building, stock and implements. The 

 wind was blowing a gale and the ther- 

 mometer was zero outside. Nearly 

 everything in the houses was ruined. 



