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HORTICULTURE 



1st. 1768 



Pot Makars for a 

 C*ntury anda Half 



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STANDARD 



POTS 



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IS'^:o„^r'-' A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



February 20, 1916 



Inc. 1904 



World'* Larieat 

 Manufacturars 



\\ mrrllnuars ; 

 (' AMIIKIIKiK. MAH8. 

 NK\V ^OIIK. N. Y. 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



N.. ninii]. Kh I).. I ll«i 

 1(1 -.'O In, II 45 Jlfl.lK) iimi.oo 

 20 IK In. 1.30 H (JO 11&(1U 

 M 10 111. 



I«0 14 In. 

 •.0 I'J In. 



f IV) 10 In. 



70 Sin. 



1 r r MS .1. luKlvfly. I'lip liest tuh ever Introductd. The neatest, lightest 



r;ilru<'d green, with ele<-trlc welded honps. The fou* largest Blzea liftTe 





drop tmu^Ufh, 



HENRY A. DREER. 



steds. punts, Bulls, and suppiiis, 714 ctiBstnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Obituary 



M. J. Miranda. 

 Mortimer .losiiih Miranda, one of Oie 

 oldest florists of Kast New York and 

 Queens, died at his residence. No. 6 

 North Vermont street. Bast New York 

 on February 10. 



for half a century. Since (li.sinj.-m/; ul 

 liis retail business last year he has 

 been engaged in the wholesale trade 

 in San beandro. 



John B. Hanft. 

 John n. Hanft, founder and for 

 sixty years a member of the firm of 

 Hanft liros., florists, died at his home. 

 125 E. 8"th street. New York City, on 

 February 10. aged S.3 years. His first 

 store was located in Grand street, in 

 1854. Mr. Hanft leaves a widow, five 

 sons and five daughters. 



Lucius H. Mann. 

 Mann Uros. of Randolph, Mass., are 

 receiving the sympathy and con- 

 dolences of their friends upon the 

 death of their father, who passed away 

 last Sunday evening, after a shock re- 

 ceived from a fall two weeks before. 

 The late .Mr. Mann was about 77 years 

 old and had been connected with his 

 sons' business for a number of years. 

 The funeral took place Wednesday 

 from the home in Randolph. 



Richard Groves. 



Kichard Groves, tornicrly in Ihc re- 

 tail florist business as the Park Floral 

 Co., at San Francisco, Cal.. was struck 

 by the Southern Pacific Stockton flyer 

 Saturday night, January 30, at San 

 Lieandro, Cal.. and was almost instant- 

 ly killed. Mr. Groves was bom In 

 Atchison, Kans., in 1870. where his 

 father has been in the florist business 



Kyt^aii ^ X^ w^i4£ 



RED DEVIL GLASS CUTTER No 



IKis 3 wheels In the head, cuttlnR 3 

 Kr.ndes of glass— thin, medium and 

 thUk, with equal facility. Comes with 

 a kid case. Sent on receipt of 12 cents 

 st.inips. Booklet on reqnsat. 



SMITH & HEMENWAY CO. 



ISI rhamberg St., New Tork City. 



Jesse E. Northrup. 

 Jesse V\. Nortlinip, lor many years 

 head of the firm of Northrup. King & 

 Co., seedsmen. Minneapolis, .Minn., 

 died in that city, Feb. 4. aged 58 years. 

 He was born in Saline. Mich.. Dec. 1, 

 1857, and entered the seed business in 

 1879. In 1884 he removed to Minne- 

 apolis, since which time his name has 

 been associated with the wholesale 

 seed business of that city. He was 

 prominent in the affairs of the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade .Association, and 

 served as its president in 1901-1902. 

 He is survived by one son and three 

 daughters. 



INCORPORATED. 

 West Park, O. Tliomp.son & .Vllen 

 Gardening Company, capital stock. 

 $25,000. 



Montezuma, N. Y. — Montezuma Gar- 

 den Company, capital stock, $15,000. 

 Incorporators, John and Norman D. 

 Steve. 



Greensboro, N. C. — Scott Seed Com- 

 pany, capital stock. $25,000. Incorpor- 

 ators, W. C. McLean, Clarence Scott, 

 Ben C. Scott. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Salem, O. — James E. McNeelan has 

 been appointed receiver for the Bon- 

 sall Greenhouses. 



Birmingham, Ala. — The business of 

 John A. Laiidert, florist, is reported to 

 be in the hands of a receiver. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 

 Baltimore, Md. — .M. llilpert, addi- 

 tions. 



Nashville, Tenn. — Louis Haury, Jr., 

 fi^hi vegetable houses each 20 x 100 

 and one house 10 x 100, Foley con- 

 struction. 



QKINNER 



C/YSTEM 



OF" IRRIGATION. 



M A M K. 



for Farm, Garden, 

 Lawn and Greenhouse 



Ath for Information 



GEO. N. BARRIE 



BROOKLINE, - - MASS. 



KING 



The name that assures "the 

 most for the money" In 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



28 King's Road, N.Tonawanda,N.Y. 



lUOO READY PACKEIt TRATBS 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND DULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 



per crate: 



2000 1% In. (9 $6.00 



1500 2 " 



1500 2V4 " 

 1500 2^4 " 

 1000 3 

 800 3W. " 



HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



tupst Rolter t Sons. 51 BarcUy St., N. T. City, «(Mtl 

 out SPECIItm — ttii Dltuaci Hi TrHtEinn 



The bMt PAPBB 

 rOT for •hlpplns 

 purpoMe*. 8ls«s fron 

 : In. to « In. 



Aak 7oar dealer for 

 Ihrm. Sample* fro*. 



E. ALLAN PEiaOK. 



401 Oaka St.. 

 Waltbam, Maa*. 



Omaha, Neb. — F. H. Swanson has 

 leased the Arnold Greenhouses. 1418 

 North 18th street, in which lie will 

 grow bedding plants and lettuce. 



When writing to advertiser* kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



