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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The HorlUultiiral Society of Nt'w 

 York will hold a midwinter exhibi- 

 tion at the American Museum of Na- 

 tural History on January 20. Good 

 prizes are offered for exhibits by com- 

 mercial and noncommercial growers 

 and copies of the schedule may be had 

 on application to the secretary. George 

 V. Nash. Bronx I'arli. New York City. 



Special prize.s can be awarded by 

 the Exhibition Committee for interest- 

 ing and unusual exhibits not provided 

 for in this schedule, as indicated in 

 rule 6. It is hoped that advantage 

 will be taken of this opportunity. 



Plants and flowers for exhibition 

 should be sent by express, prepaid, ad- 

 dressed: Horticultural Society. Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. 

 ■Columbus avenue and 77th street. 



A meeting of the society will be 

 held in the East Assembly Room at 

 3.45 p. m. A lecture will be delivered 

 at 4 o'clock by William N. Craig, on 

 "The Home Vegetable Garden." 



Obituary 



KING 



COMING EVENTS. 



Shows. 



TS>w York Cit.v. .Iiin. io.- Iliirlicullural 

 Society of New York. :il .Museum of Niitu- 

 r.il History. 



fBuffalo. >'. y.. .iBn. 27-28.— Annual sliow 

 and meetinfe' "t .\nierican Carnation So- 

 clelv. A. r. .T. Bnur, luilliinapolls, Ind. 



New York. N. Y.. .Mvinli n-is. Inter- 

 national Flower Show. (Jiand Central Pal- 

 ace, under ausi>ices Uorlicultural Society 

 of New York and New York Tlorists' Club. 

 Jolin Young. .13 \V. asili St.. New York, Sec. 



Boston, Mass.. March 25-38.— Annual ex- 

 liiliitlon and nieetini: of Anierli-an Rose 

 Society. Benjamin Hammond. Beacon, 

 N. Y.," Sec. 



Club Meetings. 



-Detroit. Micli.. .lun. ix.— Detroit Florists' 

 ■Club. 153 Bates St. 



I>rovi<lrn<e. K. I.. Jon. 18, 8 P. M.— Flor- 

 iBts' and Cnrden'Ts' Cluli of Uljode Isiaud, 

 '.tC Westminster BL 



Grand Kapidn. Mioli.. .Jan. 18.— (.rand 

 Rapids FloriHis' ami <;aideners' Club 



Montreal, .Ian. 18. 1.45 P. M.— Montreal 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Royal Guar- 

 dians' BldfT. „ „,,,■>. 



St. LoulB, Mo.. Jan. 18.— Retail Florists 

 Association of St. Louis. Mo.. Hotel Wash- 



"'Bo°°on, Mass.. Jan. 19. 8 P. M.— Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston. Hortl- 

 . cultural Hall. Lndies' nigbt and installa- 

 tion of officers. „ , ™ ■ . ■ 



Seattle, Wa»li.. Jan. 19.- Seattle Florists 

 Socletv. Chamber of Commerce. 



Toronto. Ont., Jan. 19.— Toronto (Ont.) 

 •Gardeners' and Florists' Association, St. 

 George's Hall. , .. ,t. i 



Lanra-ster. Pa., Jan, 21.— Lancaster (Pa.) 

 City and County Florists' Association, 

 Chamber of Commerce. 



Tacoma. Wash.. .Ian. 21.-Tacoma OV ash.) 

 Florists' Association. Maceabee Hall, c 



""Rhlnebec'k'N. Y., Jan, 23. 8 P- M--V'oIet 

 •Growers' Mutual Assncialion of Rhinebeck. 

 N Y . Odd Fellows' Hall. 



Baltimore. Md., Jan, 25, 8 P, M.--Gar* 



deners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore, 



Florist.s' Exchanee Hall. _ , , ,-,,.„. 



Toledo. O.. Jan. 26.— Toledo Florists 



^Yank-ton. S. 1).. Jan. 19 20. 21— So<Jt'' 

 Dakota State Horti.ultTiral Society. City 

 Hall. Twenty-sixth annual meeting, rt. tj. 

 Hansen. Brookinss. See. 



St. Louis. Jan. 27.- Entertainment nnd 

 <lance of St. Louis Florists' Club, West- 

 minster HalL 



Charles McTaggart. j 



Charles M<TaRKart, 40 years old, 

 chief salesman for \V. G. .Marshall & 

 Co.. seedsmen, at 14G West Twenty 

 third street. New York, whose lionu- 

 was at Kearny, N. J., was cut in two 

 by on easlbouiid Erie railroad train 

 running on the west-bound track at 

 11.55 o'clock Sunday morning, Jan. 10. 

 at the Kearny Station. Mr. McTag 

 gart was to board the train at the sta 

 tion on his way to New York, and had 

 walked along the tracks from lii.s 

 home. Because of repairs to the east- 

 bound track the train aijproached the 

 station on the west-bound track, and 

 Mr. McTaggart. with liis back to it. 

 was unaware of its approach. Women 

 on the station platform shouted warn- 

 ings, but he heard them too late. 



Louis S. Williams, Jr. 

 Louis S. Williams, Jr., son of Loui.s 

 S. and Mary R. Williams, aged 19 years, 

 died at his home 175 Acushnet avenu<'. 

 New Bedford. Mass., on January 7, fol 

 lowing an extended illness. Shortly 

 after the boy's graduation from gram- 

 mar school he entered the employ of 

 William P. Pierce, where he learned 

 lUc lioiis, l;llsln('^s. Two years lati.'i 

 he opened a floral store at 180 Acush- 

 net avenue, and had built up a good 

 business. He is survived by a mother 

 and father and a brother, Albert M. 

 Williams. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Bangor, Me. .\. J. Loder, Main 

 street, one house. 



Marblehead, Mass. -William H. Sy- 

 monds, Mount Vernon street, one 

 house. 



Fort Smith, Ark.— George Duey, 

 range of houses. 



Wauwatosa, Wis. L. R. Schultz, 

 Galena street, one house. 



PERSONAL. 



Olney H. Williams, of Johnston, R. 

 1., has been drawn on the petite jury. 



George Sutton, formerly with the 

 firm of Van Lindley & Company, in 

 Greensboro. N. C has accepted a posi- 

 tion at the store of George H. Cooke, 

 Washington, D. C. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES 

 Newark, N. J.— Timmey & Engel. 

 florists. 41 Market street. Voluntary 

 assignment. • 



^STANDARD FLOWER — 



If vour creenhouses are within .">00 miles 

 of "the Capitol, write us, we can save 

 vou money. 



W. H. ERNEST 

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irmsi for the money" in 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for liuUetin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



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GEO. N. BARRIE 



BROOKLINE, - - MASS. 



DREER'S 



Florist Specialtiet, 



New Hrand. New Style. 

 Hose "RIVERTON" 



FuroUhed id Icnf^hs up 

 to <;oo It. without seam or 



TheHOSF for till FLORIST 



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keelol 500 h., " mXc 

 3 Reels. 1000 ft.. " 14 C. 

 H.iDch, " 13 c. 



Keels. 500 ft., " I3>4c. 

 Couplings fiimishcd 



NENRT i DREEI. 



714 Chestnut St^ 



PurLADELPHlA, Pa . 



1000 BBADT PACKBU CBATB8 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



CMii lo' slii|p|icil at an hour's notice. Price 



Mn'oYyi'^in. @ $0.00 50n 4 in. @ >4.50 



li-,00 2 " " 4.88 4,56 4% " " 5.24 



l.''iOO 2W " " 5.23 320 5 " " 4.61 



ir,00 2?4 " " 6.00 210 5^4 " " 3.78 



1(100 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " ' 3.16 



800 3.^ " " ^^SO 120 7 ;: :: 4.20 



HILFINGER BROS., Potlery, Fort Edwtrd, N.T. 



Altost Roiker ( Sons, 51 brtby St., N. Y. Clt). Atilts 



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The b««t PAPEB 

 POT for ■bIpplDS 

 purpoHen. Sizes from 

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