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ZTDLz^ni:'"'"' A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



Inc. 1904 



World's Largest 

 Manufacturers 



WareboQses: 

 CA^rBRIDGE, MASS. 

 NEW YORE, N. T. 



Obituary 



Mrs. John A. Macrae. 



Lula A. Macrae, wife of John A. 

 Macrae, florist, of 1255 Smith street, 

 Providence, R. I., died on Sunday, 

 July 4, aged 53 years. She leaves, be- 

 sides her husband, two sons and two 

 daughters. 



William Hill. 



William Hill,, well l^nown as a flor- 

 ist in Toronto, Ont., for the past 

 ; thirty-five years, died on June 21, 

 after a long and painful illness. He 

 leaves a widovi-. two daughters and 

 four sons, two of the latter now car- 

 rying on the business. 



F. Zimmermann. 



Franz Zimmermann, for forty-two 

 years engaged in the florist l)usiness 

 at College Point, died on July 11, at 

 his home, Fifteenth street, that vil- 

 lage. He was seventy-two years old. 

 He was prominent in civic affairs 

 along the north shore of Long Island. 

 He is survived by five sons and two 

 daughters. 



Jolin Lambert. 



John Lambert, the well known east 

 • end florist, passed away on July 6 at 

 his home, 72 Jepson street. Fall River, 

 Mass., following an illness of 11 

 weeks' duration. Deceased was 61 

 years old and was born in Ashton-un- 

 der-Lynn. England. He came to this 

 country about 30 years ago and for a 

 time worked at the Oak Grove cem- 

 etery. For the past fifteen years, how- 

 ever, he had been engaged successfully 

 in the florist trade and was very well 

 known and highly regarded in the 

 eastern section where he had resided 

 ever since coming to Fall River. 

 Besides a widow, there are left to 

 mourn his loss, two sons and two 

 daughters. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Milton, Pa. — W. Bruce Clinger, ad- 

 ditions. 



Bemldji, Minn. — W. A. Elliott, range 

 of houses. 



Valley Falls, R. I.— John J. Kelley, 

 rebuilding. 



North Weymoutln, Mass. — Wm. B. 

 Dasha. additions. 



Springfield, Mass. — Benjamin F. 

 James, additions. 



Williamsport. Pa. — Williams Floral 

 Co., range of houses. 



Elmira. N. Y.- John B. Rudy, addi- 

 tions and alterations. 



Wayland, Mass. — W. H. Wellington, 

 range of U-Bar houses. 



Beverly, Mass. — Perlie K. Cole, 3 

 Burton avenue, one house. 



Sandwich, III. — Sandwich Green- 

 houses. .Main street, one house. 



Frankfort, Ind. — H. O. Meikel, one 

 house. Geo. Switzer, one house. 



Newburyport, Mass. — C. J. Mc- 

 Gregor, Chapel street, enlarging. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Michaelson Bros., 

 56th and Walnut streets, three houses. 



Fort Worth, Tex. — Drumm Seed & 

 Floral Co.. additions and alterations. 



West Hoboken, N. J.— Geo. Giatras, 

 463 Summit avenue, two houses each 

 22 X 100, 



Binghamton, N. Y.— J. W. Eldred. 

 one house. H. S. Hopkins, 12 Floral 

 avenue, additions. 



Louisville, Ky. — H. Kleinstarink, 

 three houses each 25 x 175. F. Walker 

 Co.. house 20 x 90. 



Chicago Heights, 111.— G. A, Weberg. 

 Chicago road and Main street, addi- 

 tions and alterations. 



Greenhouse building in Canada does 

 not seem to be aft'ected in the least 

 by the war. judging by the number of 

 contracts filed by the Toronto office 

 of Lord & Burnham Co.. as given in the 

 news columns of our Canadian contem- 

 porary. The list is as follows: Sir 

 John C. Eaton, Toronto, extensive 

 range of houses; Sir Wm. JIulock. 

 Toronto, two houses; Maj. W. H. 

 Merritt. St. Catherines, three houses; 

 Gordon K. Fraser, Hamilton, conser- 

 vatory: Fred Magee. Port Elgin. N. B., 

 conservatory. Also the following 

 commercial establishments: Wm. 

 Mousley & Sons, Weston, Out., house, 

 51x300; A. Carriere, house, 50x100; 

 R. L. Dunn, St. Catherines, two 

 houses, 25x120; H. Newsome, St. 

 Thomas, house, 60 feet long. 



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%-inch, per ft., 15 l. 

 Reel of 500 ft., " i4Hc> 

 2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

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 Couplings furnished 



HENRY *. DREER, 



714 Chestnut St^ 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



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can be shipped at an hour's notice. 

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Price 



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



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 • 38tb & M Sts. Washington. D. O. 



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