September 11, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



365 



Est. 1765 



Pot Makers for a 

 Century anda Half 



HEWS 



STANDARD 



POTS 



Inc. 1904 



World's Largest 

 Manufacturers 



Also: Azalea, Bulb, Orchid, Fern, Hanging, Embossed, Rose, Carnation, Palm, Cyclamen, Cut Flower. 

 Special Shapes to Order. Chicken Founts, Pigeon Nests, Bean Pots, Etc. 



ZTJ,z^u"""" A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass, c^^^u... 



NEW YOIIK. N. Y. 



THOMAS J. BENWELL. 



We meutioned in our issur of last 

 week the gift of a purse of gold to 

 Thomas J. Benwell by A. Hews & Co., 

 in recognition of his fifty years' faith- 

 ful service in the employ of the com- 

 pany. We now present a portrait of 

 Mr. Benwell, familiar to a generation 

 of flower i;ot buyers in and around 

 Boston as local salesman for that well 

 known concern. 



Mr. Benwell was born in Birming- 

 ham^ England, on December 15, 1851. 

 He came to this country in infancy 

 with his parents, who settled in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., and was educated in the 

 Cambridge public schools. .\t the age 



When repairing your 

 house this fall you should 

 Iiuve one of our eatalogs 

 U within reach all the 

 time. Wliat you need we 

 have and you will And 

 many fittings descrihed 

 and illustrated in this 

 latalog whii'h you can- 

 not afford to be without. 

 They are sent free on re- 

 quest : drop us a line 

 today. 



ADVANCE GO. 



Richmond, Ind. 



DREER'S 



riorut opecialtiet, 



New lirand. New Style. 

 Hose "RIVERTON" 



Kiirnishe 1 in lengths up 

 lo 500 ft. without seam ot 



Tba HOSF tor tlil FLOIItT 



>i-inch, per ft., 13 l, 

 Krelof 500 ft., •' 14MC 

 1 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

 !4 inch, " 13 c. 



Keeil, 500 ft., " n5<C. 

 CoupliDgs furnished 



KENRT k. DIEEI. 



714 Chestnut St^ 

 Philadklfhia, Pa. 



1000 BEADY PACKED CBATE0 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can he shipped at on hour's notUe. Pr1c« 

 per crate: 



iOOO 1% In. & $0.00 

 1600 2 ■• '^ 4.8S 



1500 2(4 

 1600 2H 

 1000 .•? 

 800 3>^ 



of 14 he went to work for H. Hews At 

 Son and learned the fundamentals of 

 the pottery art. The concern was a 

 modest one in those days, the entire 

 force consisting of H. and A. H. Hews 

 — father and son— and two boys, of 

 which Benwell was one. All hands 

 worked at the wheel and in deliverins; 

 orders, etc., as necessity demamied. 

 Five thousand flower pots was consid- 

 ered a fair week's sales, all being hand 

 made. Last year's output was twenty 

 million. Clay ground sufficient for the 

 wants of the firm for the next fifty 

 years has recently been secured and we 



<3 «4.fi0 



^ 6.34 



" 4.61 



" 8.78 



" «.!• 



" 4.20 



•• S.00 



HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fort Edwird, N.T. 



»V)St Rolkit t Soas, SI Barclsv St., N. T. CItf, *tNU 



MI SPECItirr - iHi Olituu ud UUt tiiirt 



-^STANDARD FLOWER- 



Floors 



If your ffreenbouBes are within TifK) inllea 

 of the Capitol, write ua, we can i«ve 

 you nionev. 



W. H. ERNEST 



' 28tb & M StH. Wanhln^on, D O « 



Thom.vs J. Ben\vi;li, 



hope that popular "Tom" Benwell may 

 live to see the greater part of that clay 

 supply used up. 



On May 13, 1902. Mr. Benwell met 

 with an awful accident. His clothing 

 got entangled with some shafting in 

 the factory and before he was finally 

 released from the machinery his right 

 arm, muscles of the shoulder and flesli 

 on his chest had been slowly torn 

 away and ground up. fifteen minutes 

 having elapsed before his panic 

 stricken fellow workmen managed t" 

 shut off the power and release what 

 was left of him. On his return from 

 the hospital he was given by Mr. Hews 

 the option of a continuation of his sal- 

 ary without work for the remainder <> 

 his life, but he preferred to stay in tli- 

 harness and, as he says, "work his lit' 

 out rather than to rust out." 



The Heating Problem Solved 



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 cal merits, it's the METROPOLITAN 

 PATENTED BOILER you want. 



rtecause of their proven scientifically 

 perfect construction. Metropolitan Pat- 

 .■iitod Boilers will heat a given amount 

 nf water quicker, with less fuel, and 

 less attention than any other boilers on 

 the market. 



The remarkahie heating efflciency and 

 ijulck steaming qualities of these hollers 

 are due to their large and effective 

 hcatiufi surface. 



.lust a few points of yietropoiitan I'al- 

 cntcd Boiler merit : — 



Stnnoth, perfect finished castinKN. 

 ru»,li nipple ronne<'tion«.. 

 I'UrKe tire Imi\. prii\liling ample 

 cnnihUNtioti chuinlter. mid permit* 

 tiiiR a siitlicicnt chnrKc iif fuel to 

 r, -quire attention only at lonff In- 

 ters ills, 

 lli-cp iisli pit... iiuiUiiiK tile reltliival 



lit u-lic~ ii »Uclit lii-li. 

 I.arice tiller. lliai^iiiK the IliiiliT eil^.v 



Itt <-leun. 

 <irateK that arc iiiudc for fninl iisui:,' 



iiiid Inni; ^er\ ice. 

 .Vnd abote all, tlie.i' are Fuel Suvinff, 

 Not Fuel VVastinir. 

 We also make soft coal lioiiers which 

 arc smokeless, and save 50'~f in coal. 

 in T VOIR llE.VTIXt; rKOIil.KMS IP 



TO IS. 

 WK'VE BEEN .\T IT FOR 44 VK.VR.S. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



1392 14)4 Metropolitan Ate . BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



m 



INNER 



'YSTEM OF IRRIGATION , 



Masury, O. — Ely & Lloyd have p>i' 

 chased the Service Greenhouses. 



