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HORTICULTURE 



July 7, 1906 



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If you are having delay In get- 

 ting your roof material, send your 

 orders TO US and don't be in 

 trouble. We will handle any 

 order in the time agreed. Try us. 

 FOLEY MANUFACTURING CO., 

 471 W. 2 2d Street, Chicago 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed in small crates, easy lo handle 



Price per crate 

 15003 in. pots in crate $4 88 

 J50oa5i " " 5.25 



15003^ " ** e.oo 

 10003 " '* 5.00 

 8003)4 " " 5.80 



5004 " " 4.50 

 3305 •' " 4.51 

 1446 " ** ■.16 



Price per crate 

 i?o 7 in. potsincrate$4.30 

 60 8 " " 3.00 



HAND MADE 

 48 g in. pots in crate $3.60 

 48 10 " " 4.80 



3411 " " 3.60 



34 13 " " 4.80 



13 14 " " 4.80 



6 16 " *' ^.50 



Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of 

 Cylinders for Cut flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn 

 Vases, etc. Ten percent, off for cash with ord.T. Address 



HUHnger Bros.,Pottery,Fort Edward.N.Y. 

 <luju8t Rolker i Sons, flgts., 31 Barclay St., N. r. City. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The grange of Litchfield, Conn., 

 held their annual rose show on June 

 30. 



The florists of Dixon, 111., sustained 

 considerable loss by a hail storm on 

 the 27th of June. All were insured. 



Joseph Braun of Westerly, R. I., has 

 leased the greenhouses of the Staf- 

 ford Floral Company at Stafford 

 Springs. Conn., for two years. 



Lozier, the florist, has purchased the 

 business of the New York Floral Com- 

 pany and will absorb it in his store 

 at 317 Sixth avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Edward Sceery of Paterson, N. J., 

 has brought suit against the Quin es- 

 tate for $1000 damages to his stock 

 by the bursting of water pipes in an 

 upper room occupied by a doctor. 



John Drexel, a florist who has been 

 employed at various times in Omaha, 

 Xeb., was struck and killed by a train 

 near Nebraska City. He was 43 years 

 old; a mother, sister and brother sur- 

 vive him. 



The Yokohama Nursery Company of 

 New York will have the handling of 

 1.000,000 seeds of Phoenix Roebeleni, 

 iheir European representative, Mr. 

 Alfred Dimmock, having secured the 

 agency for America 



Miss Florence Kennedy, who has 

 conducted a successful business at 

 Cripple Creek for the past four years, 

 has purchased the retail store of J. B. 

 Braidwood at Colorado Springs. Col. 

 William Clark will assume charge of 

 the greenhouses again. 



iHHEWS^ 



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WMlliam Hoyt, an employe at the 

 Stei)hen Hoyt Sons Nursery, Nev/ 

 Canaan, Conn., was drugged and 

 robbed of $300 by a stranger who he 

 thought would be a possible customer 

 for a horse he wanted to sell. 



A Horticultural Commission has been 

 appointed for Lake County, California, 

 to institute a campaign against insect 

 pests and pear blights. W. Johnston 

 of Kelseyville, is chairman, T. A. 

 Lyons of Lakeport and A. M. Harris 

 of Lower Lake the other members. 



The rose fair held recently at Spo- 

 kane, Wash., was a success. Exhibits 

 were made by the Sanders Floral Co., 

 Hoyt Bros, and the Spokane Florist 

 Co. Judges of florists exhibits, Fred 

 Alsbaugh, Fred Phair and W. H. Win- 

 free; of amateur displays. Miss Amy 

 K. Luffman of the Armstrong & 

 Wright Co., C. T. Kipp of the Spokane 

 Florist Co., and H. M. Sanders of the 

 Sanders Florist Co. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Greenwood. Mass. — John Barry, one 

 house. 



Norristown, Pa. — John Holt, one 

 house 



Oakdale, Conn. — Chapel Brothers, 

 one house. 



Ncwion, Conn. — R. O. Bennett, one 

 house 10 X 40. 



Bozeman, Mont. — Agricultural Col- 

 lege, one house. 



Basking Ridge, N. J. — C. L. Roberts, 

 range of houses. 



So. Framingham, Mass. — Remick & 

 Smith, one house. 



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WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



AdvertisemTts in this column one 

 cent a word. Initials count as w^ords. 

 Cash wnh order. _ 



GOOD OPPORTUNITY 



ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN, with 

 thorough Ornamental Nursery training, 

 including hardy herbaceous plants, may 

 find it to his advantage to correspond 

 with us. Permanent position to right 

 party. State experience, references and 

 salary expected. Position now open. 



The ELM CITY NURSERY CO. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



FOR SALE — Five greenhouses containing 

 5000 feet of glass. Hot water heat. Town 

 wat€f. One acre of land. 10 minutes 

 walk from depot. 1 miuute from electrics. 

 Near churches, stores and schools. For 

 particulars write. 



A. F. BELCHER, Foxboro, Mass. 



GREAT BARGAIN— Retail florist's es- 

 tablishment, in Brockton, Mass., fully 

 stocked, fine location. Must be sold at 

 once. Address Greenhouse, care HORTI- 

 CULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



SALESMAN WANTED— To Introduce a 

 line of Irrigating and sprinkling outfits 

 for greenhouses and outdoor use; a proven 

 success. Bennett Bros. Co., Lowell. Mass. 



WANTED— A few specimen plants of 

 Polypodlum Aureum. William W. Edgar 

 Co., Waverley, Mass. 



WANTED — Young, single man for fruit 

 raugo. Palms and Violet Houses. Wages 

 $.=iO.OO. Reply to E. J. C, Office of HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 



WANTED — Young single man for Green- 

 house, who understands grapes. Wages 

 $.S.-).0O and board. Reply to R. M. C, Of- 

 fire of HORTICULTURE. 



W.\NTED— Young man, 22 to 26, to 

 work in greenhouses; $3.5.00 per month. 

 Reply to E. D. B., Office of HORTICUL- 

 TURE^ . 



WANTED — Young single man, thorough- 

 ly e.\perlenced, to take charge of green- 

 houses, gardens, landscape dep't, etc. (10 

 men employed). Wages $40.00 and board. 

 Reply to C. H., HORTIC ULTURE^flice. 



WANTED— Situation as foreman on 

 good commercial place. \ good grower of 

 Gardenias. Lorralnes, .Amaryllis, Roses 

 and Carnations. Twenty .years' experi- 

 ence. .Wdress Foreman, care HORTI- 

 CULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



Lenox, Mass. — Mrs. George Westing- 

 house, orchid house. 



Grand Rapids, Mich.— Cunningham & 

 Scott, one house, 20x150. 



