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U U K T i C U L T U H E 



June U'. 1915 



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Natural History in America la nioM 

 of all Indebted to two remarkable men. 

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 Speiuer F. Balrd. Their activitleB In 

 a imlillc sense in this eounlry bcRaii 

 ahout the same tinie, Agasslz, the en- 

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 the emdetit, hard worklnR and lovable 

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 the otlier made it possible for anyone 

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.Many of our readers, no doubt, are 

 aiquainted with Professor Baird's 

 eminence as a natural scientist and 

 sliould be grateful to the author wlio 

 has so conscientiously and with so 

 much devotion compiled these memoirs 

 and to the publishers who have sent 

 them fortli in such appropriate and 

 (lignirted dress. The book is dedicated 

 to the Memory of .Miss Lucy Hunter 

 Haird, who died in Pliiladelphia, June 

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Tlio work is not a history of ex- 

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 investigations promoted under Govern- 

 nient auspices; but an account of the 

 life and relation to them of a singu- 

 larly eminent, able, efficient and 

 modest devotee of tlie Natural Sciences. 

 It contains not only letters from the 

 most eminent American naturalists of 

 the period, but from men who after- 

 ward became distinguished as military 

 and naval leaders in tlie struggle for 

 tlio preservation of the Union. 



The chief aim of the biographer lias 

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The various chapters cover the fol- 

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Chapter I. Genealogical and Family 

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 1850 to 1865: VIII. 18t;5 to 1878: IX. 

 The Secretary. 1878 to 1887; X. The 

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NEWS NOTES. 



New Bedford. — It is understood that 

 H. V. Sowle contemplates building 

 near his greenhouses, others, to an ex- 

 tent which will practically double the 

 amount of glass he has at present. He 

 also looks forward in the near future 

 to establishing a flower store on Pur- 

 chase street. He reports a great sale 

 lately for hydrangeas. 



Business since Memorial Day has 

 been exceedingly good; bedding-out 

 has occupied a great deal of the time. 

 Geraniums are still in great demand 

 and do not bloom fast enough to keep 

 up with the call. 



New Haven, Conn. —Thomas J. Moon- 

 ey. jiroprietor of the greenhouses in 

 Kinneytown and of floral stores in An- 

 sonia and Derby, was very seriously 

 injured in a jitney collision on the New 

 Haven road last Saturday night. The 

 jitney in which Mr. Mooney was rid- 

 ing was running at a high rate of 

 speed and was unable to make the 

 turn to avoid a jitney coming in the op- 

 posite direction and Mr. Mooney and 

 another passenger were thrown out. 

 .Mr. .Mooney being so seriously injured 

 that he was taken to St. Raphaels 

 hospital. 



Forest Park, HI. — John T. Muir has 

 been elected president of the Village 

 1 Board. Mr. Muir is son of Samuel 

 I Muir. pioneer florist of Chicago. 



St. Catharines, Ont.— The Lord & 

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 Iludson, N. Y.. is about to commence 

 operations in a new $100,000 plant lo- 

 cated at St. Catharines. OnUrlo. This 

 company will manufacture materlalB 

 for greenhouses, the same line as It 

 now produces in the United States. 

 The new plant will have an annual 

 output worth from $350,000 to $500,000. 

 It is equipped with iron and wood- 

 working machinery, and will give em- 

 ployment to carpenters, painters, glaz- 

 iers, steam fitters and other mechan- 

 ics. As an inducement for the com- 

 pany's location there, the City of St. 

 Catharines has agreed to reimburse 

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