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HORTICULTURE 



May 1, 1915 



Obituary 



Herman Harbig. 

 Ileniiaii lliirlilc a liimlsrape gard- 

 ener. (Ir; ' ' ' "'ll.> nt work at 



2S00 H. 1 "^t 1x111 Is. Tlio 



doctor* ■''I'" cuused his 



death. Mr. HarlilK wiis quito well 

 kni>\vn In local trade circles. 



Mrs. George E. Libby. 

 Mr». Geo. K. Ulliby, lati> owner of a 

 norlst shop In Lynn. Ma.-is.. died Tucs 

 day mornlnK. .\prll 27. from dropsy, 

 with which she had Bulterrd for Bonic 

 time. She leaves u husbiind. Mrs. 

 LIbby was well known to the salesmen 

 In the Boston markets, wher.' ^}\<- was 

 a frequent visitor. 



Woodward Burger. 

 Woodward ltiirt;.r. wlio, until about 

 two years ago was associated with his 

 father In the flower business at Balti- 

 more, Md.. passed away last Saturday 

 morning at Sierra .Madre. Cal., to 

 which he had Rone in an effort to re- 

 gain his health. Ho was born in Bal- 

 timore. February 28. 1886, and was 

 educated In the public schools and the 

 Cltv College. Besides his parents, Mr. 

 and' Mrs. Fred G. Burger, he is sur- 

 vived by a brother. Raymond F. Bur- 

 ger, and three sisters— Mrs. Grace F. 

 Harmon, of Letonia. Ohio; Miss E. 

 Mildred Burger and Miss Florence M. 

 Burger, who was with her brother 

 when the end came. Mr. Burger was 

 widely known and very popular in 

 Blast Baltimore. 



Otis L. Kent. 



Otis L. Kent, for many years the 

 senior member of the firm of Kent & 

 Marsh, well-known florists of New- 

 buryport, Mass., passed away at hi& 

 home, 17 North Atkinson street, on 

 April 20. Some time ago Mr. Kent had 

 the misfortune to break his leg, from 

 the effects of which he never fully re- 

 covered, .death resulting from heart 

 trouble. Mr. Kent was a native of 

 Newbury, having been born on the his- 

 toric old Kent estate at Kent's Island, 

 which patrimony his family had hen. 

 for more than two hundred years. 



Early in life he established a milk 

 route and later became associated with 

 Horace W. Marsh in the florist busi- 

 ness, which has since grown into one 

 of the largest of that kind in the city. 



Mr. Kent was a director and at one 

 time general manager of the Newbury- 

 port Fair Association. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Atco, N. J.— Van Kirk Floral Co., ad- 

 ditions. 



Harbor Springs, Mich. J. B. South- 

 ard, rebuilding. 



Westhoffman, Pa.— McCallum Com- 

 pany, liouse 27x200. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — J. Ralph Souder, 

 range of Monin.eer houses. 



Cincinnati, 0.— C. W. Bosworth, 

 Lord & Biirnham house 40x200. 



Providence, R. 1. — A. A. Kupfer, Gor- 

 don avenue, wooden greenhouse. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Chas. W. Henning, 

 Mineral Spring Road, house 20x100. 



Detroit, Mich. — Henrj- Ford, range 

 of conservatories. Moninger contract. 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



No. lilulii. Kn D'li. 100 

 10 '.'Ulo II IS lia.lJO 11.10.00 

 ?0 IN In. 1 :«) U<W 115.00 



:io la 111. 1 (10 11.2S 92,00 



«0 M III .«,•. 7.0U M.OO 



r>(i 11! Id .4.^ s.iiu 40.00 



IVI 10 111. ..'W 4.00 32.00 

 70 HIn. ..W X.M 2H.00 

 .MniiiiriKiurcd for un pirlunlvely. TIip lient tub pv»r Inlmdur-td. Tli<> iienloil. IlKlitpat 



«oi1 ihi-ii|ii-iit rnlnted grrra, »ltb el«?rtrlc welded liouiin. Tlie four Inricrai ulirii baTe 



drop hnndlf'fi. 



HENRY A. OREER, 5"<«. ">'"• •■i". "" ^""i'*'' 714 Chestnut Street, Ptiiladelptiia, Pa. 



■■fif 



"Tllr llri»t 3 urrr ho coo, I Itiiil \M> 



vmnt t more." 



Baum.iHx Bri-i., MidJlt ViUtift, L. I. 



Tlip lliroc Bfeonhouses on llic left 



pnvo Itiiuiniinn Hfoh. such perfect 



HDlisfiii-Ilnii that wo wore jrivfn iiii 



order to build the oilier four. 



Axk them nhout our coDBtructloti 



nnd hentlng syKtem. 



We run do ns well for you, and will 



riill iiu.rwherc to buIidiU plans and 



prices. 



S. JACOBS ft SONS 



1 359- 1383 Flulhinit Ave.. Brooklyn, N.f. 



KING 



The name that assures "the 

 most for the monev" in 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



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



RED CCDAR Write for Cat.iloKue. 



jTres Tubs and Brass Hoop 

 Jardinierts 



Tlie extension stare 

 foot prevents the bot- 

 tom from rotting. No 

 chance for water to col- 

 lect and rot the floor. 



The American Weodenware Mf;. 



Toledo, Ohio, C. R. A. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— A. W. Mellon, 

 Squirrf'l Hill, range of conservatories. 



East Setauket, L. I., N. Y.— Charles 

 Ui'tiuKiiit. range of houses contem- 

 plated. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. W. S. McCrea, 

 range of consenatories. Moninger 

 contract. 



Pasadena, Cal. — John S. Cravens. 

 1101 South Orange Grove Boulevard, 

 one house. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,135,071. Lawn Mower Attachment. 



Charles Swanson. San Jose, Cal. 

 1.13.5.34fi. Weed Destroyer. Hars-ey 



P. Bamhart. Portland. Greg. 

 1.135.401. Flower-Holder. Antonio 



Salari. Bisbee. Ariz. 

 1.13.5.75.1. Weeder, Ralph L. Benge. 



Lexington, Dreg. 



The Only Perfect 



LIQUID PUTTY MACHINE 



will i„ni tt lifetime. 



tl.ZS KACU 



.\cljuHijililc — can and 

 friiine K«-|nirate — eiiB- 

 ll.v eieiiueil. Kraine all one 

 (lieie, of nmlli'alile Iron. More 

 praellrjil and more easily op- 

 it:iIimI than any oilier. 

 S«al-tlKht liquid putty at fl.SS per rBllon 



IRRIGATION 



Pipe, Fittings and Valves 



Lqulp >our plant with a romplete net 

 of tooU for cutting, threadlnv and flt> 

 ting. 



STOCK « DIES, WRENCHES, VISES, 

 CITTERS, ETC. 



Complete $9.00 per set 



Mrlte for ( Ireular. 



JOHN SIMMONS GO. 



no (rntre St. NEW YORK. 



1000 RBADT PACKBO CBATB8 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



r;in he slilppc-d at an hour's notice. Price 

 l»er crate ; 



JflOO 1'% in. @ $G.OO 000 4 In. Q 14.60 



1.500 2 " •• 4.88 456 4^4 " ~ B.34 



1.500 2V4 " " B.25 320 B " •■ 4JS1 



1500 2H '• " 6.00 210 5% " " 8.78 



KKX) 3 " " BOO 144 " " ».ie 



800 3',^ " " 5.80 120 7 " "■ 4.30 



00 8 " " 8.00 



HILFINGER BROS., Potterr. Fort Edwvd, N.T. 



Aofust toiker I Sons, 51 Birclaii St.. N. T. City. Afuts 



3UI SPfClttn - \Mi llilMCI mk FrkiEiHfl 



-^STANDARD FLOWER— i 



O^S 



If yonr Ereenhouseg are within .500 miles 

 of the Capitol, write us. we can gave 

 you money 



W. H. ERNEST 

 - 28th A M Ste. WaahlDgton. D. O, ^ 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION Of 



AMERICA, Insurer of 39.000,000 fq. h. of tfUu 



For particiilsirs address 



JohnG. Esler, Sis'ir Saddle Rlver,N. J. 



