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CHICAGO. 



Wm. Mathes, formerly at Vaughan's 

 Nurseries, will now have charge of the 

 summer home of A. Pabst at Oconomo- 

 woc, Wis. 



Wm. E. Tricker. who has recently 

 been with Vaughan's Greenhouses, has 

 accepted the position of superintendent 

 at Holm & Olson's, St. Paul, Minn. 



Quite a good many florists are pass- 

 ing through Chicago enroute for their 

 homes after visiting Philadelphia and 

 New York. Much praise of the Na- 

 tionsd Flower Show is heard from each 

 one. As one expressed it, she had 

 seen a real flower show for the first 

 time. 



P. J. Foley recently returned from 

 Duluth, Minn., where he was called in 

 connection with a law suit. Mr. Foley 

 says he was impressed with the fact 

 that florists should be very careful 

 what kind of leases they sign. In 

 this case Louis Visias rented a store 

 and greenhouses from Lumm & Stev- 

 enson at Duluth and signed a lease 

 for a term of years, promising to turn 

 over the property in as good condition 

 as he found it. The houses burned and 

 the suit was to recover the value of 

 the buildings. The lessees lost their 

 suit and Visias had to pay only $32.50 

 for removing the debris. 



Frank Oechslin has bought the ten 

 acres of land with range of carnation 

 houses known as the Lynch place at 

 22nd street, and Harlem avenue. The 

 houses have been built about five years 

 and are in good condition and well 

 adapted to the growing of young stock. 

 Mr. Oechslin's business has grown 

 steadily since its foundation ten years 

 ago and the difficulty of securing 

 young stock, especially of ferns, made 

 this expansion necessary. The price is 

 not made public but the purchase 



rami- ai a most upporuine lime as the 

 Metropolitan Elevated secured rights 

 of way to La Grange the following day, 

 passing close to the new place. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Carl T. Jacobson has been secured 

 as assistant and Norman Kann, archi- 

 tect, for the landscape department of 

 A. W. Smith Co. 



Employees of Randolph & McClem- 

 ents are experiencing an epidemic of 

 tonsilitis. Miss Rertha Hughes, Miss 

 Gertrude Minerd and Walter H. Brei- 

 tenstein, all being victims. 



Mrs. Jean Falconer Kirkpatrick, the 

 daughter of William Falconer, began 

 a weekly department dealing with the 

 culture of flowers and beautifying of 

 home grounds last Monday morning 

 in the Pittsburgh Post. 



Nicholas Cassalucia, gardener for the 

 Peiin. R. R., has commenced grading 

 the grounds for planting surrounding 

 the new Wilkinsburg station and else- 

 where. Mr. Cassalucia is at present 

 handicapped, owing to a scarcity of 

 workmen. 



An illustrated lecture on "Beautiful 

 Gardens at Home and Abroad " was 

 given by .1. Wilkinson Elliott on Tues- 

 day afternoon al the William Penn Ho- 

 tel. Mr. Wilkinson's lecture was il- 

 lustrated with pictures of European 

 gardens, including that of William 

 Robinson of Sussex. England. Califor- 

 nia gardens and some good examples 

 of those of Pennsylvania. 



The three largest cities of Pennsyl- 

 vania have over two hundred men in 

 the agricultural school of the State 

 College, Pittsburgh being second in 

 the list. During the college year of 

 1904-5, there were only 73 students, 

 while during the last year there were 

 1,337, the majority being city-bred. 



ilurti( uliiui'. furehlry and agricultural 

 chemistry are greatly favored coursee. 



BOSTON. 



Henry Comloy has extended his 

 Philadephia trip to the Capitol City. 

 Del. Cartwright did likewise and 

 thoroughly enjoyed his little vacation. 



William Sim, of Cliftondale, re- 

 turned from the National Flower 

 Show loaded with prizes, both firsts 

 and seconds. Altogether he gathered 

 in fifteen of the coveted medals. 



.Neal Hoyle. of .Maiden, played host 

 to a number of business friends at bis 

 greenhouses last Sunday. The party 

 was escorted through the houses and 

 then enjoyed a light refreshment. 

 Many orders were booked by Mr. 

 Boyle, who certainly showed some 

 originality in getting the trade to 

 come to him Instead of vice-versa. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



John M. McCabe, while operating a 

 Ford delivery wagon, struck and fatal- 

 ly injured an elderly woman. The 

 victim died a few hours later in the 

 Casualty Hospital. Young McCabe 

 was arrested, but was later exoner- 

 ated of all blame by the coroner's 

 jury. The machine was going slowly 

 and .McCabe sounded the horn, but the 

 woman became confused and stepped 

 in front of the car. 



An appropriation of |30,000 is 

 sought to grade and terrace the 

 grounds adjacent to the memorial 

 arch at Valley Forge and to construct 

 a road leading to the grounds and 

 through the arch, in a bill just intro- 

 duced by Congressman Butler. In a 

 bill introduced by Senator Sheppard 

 the sum of $100,000 is asked to be used 

 in the study and control of diseases 

 of cotton, potatoes, truck crops, for- 

 age crops, drug and related plants. 



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