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HORTICULTURE 



September 18, 1915 



■Bt. 176S 



Pot Mak«r« for a 

 Contury anda Half 



Also 



HEWS 



RED 

 POROUS 



POTS 



Inc. 1904 



World'* Larsost 

 Manufacturors 



Azaloa, Bulb, Orchid, Forn, Hansinc, Embossed, Rose, Carnation, Palm, Cyclamen, Cut Flower. 

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



Write for Catalogue 

 and Diacoantt 



JUUiEWS ft COm Inc., Cambridge, Mass, ctrHg 



'ehoasen : 



MASS. 

 N. Y. 



DREER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tubs 



Nu. Dlam. Ba. Dot. 100 

 10 20 In. $1.46 116.00 $130.00 

 20 18 In. 1.30 14.00 116.00 

 1.00 



.86 



.46 



.38 



.30 



11.26 

 7.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 S.50 



92.00 

 56.00 

 40.00 

 32.00 

 28.00 



30 IS Id 

 40 14 In 

 50 12 In 

 90 10 In 



70 8 In 



Manufactured for us exclnslvely. The best tub ever Introduced. The neatest lli;hte«i 

 d?op^h^Dd!es ''"""^ ^'■*^°' "'"" *'*^"'''' "*"'"* '"*"'"• ^"^ '""'■ l"8e«t "izes ha^e 



HENBY A. DREER, saeds, Plants. Bulbs, and supfUes. m Qhestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 



NEWS NOTES. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Arthur Falken- 

 trayer is about to go into the nursery 

 business. 



Portland, Ore. — A municipal rose 

 garden is being advocated by some of 

 the daily newspapers. 



Columbus, O. — The Livingston Seed 

 Co. won first prize for table decoration 

 at the State Fair. Mrs. H. A. Bell was 

 2nd, Indianola Floral Co. 3rd and Har- 

 desty Floral Co. 4th. 



Cromwell, Conn. — George .Johannes 

 and N. F. Higgins have formed a co- 

 partnership in the florist business here. 

 Mr. Higgins has a store on State 

 street. Springfield, Mass., and green- 

 houses on Pine street. 



KING 



The name that assures "the 

 most for the money" in 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



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



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour'a notice. Prlc« 

 per orate: 



2000 1% In. @ $6.00 

 IBOO 2 " •" 4.88 



I :: :: 



1500 2 

 1600 2 

 1000 3 

 800 3^ 



6.26 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 5.80 



600 4 In. 

 456 4^4 " 

 320 6 

 210 6V4 " 

 144 9 

 120 7 

 80 8 



Q $4.60 



^ e.M 



" 4.61 



" 8.78 



" 8.1« 



•' 4.20 



" S.00 



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

 toiost Rolker & Sods, 51 Barclay St.. N. Y. City, kgnt% 



out SPECItLTT — lout DIsUiict ind Ttale Entn 



•^STANDARD FLOWER- 



If your greenhouses are within 50O miles 

 of the Capitol, write us, we can save 

 you money. 



W. H. ERNKST 



- asth & M Sts. WashlnKton, D. 0, ^ 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Elgin, 

 house. 



III. 



Frank Asheman. plant 



Wheeling, W. Va.— Albert Lash, one 

 house. 



Natick, Mass, 

 one house. 



Riverton. N. 



houses. 



.—Paul E. Richwagen. 

 J- — H. A. Dreer, four 

 -Elmhurst Floral Co.. 



Oakland. Cal 

 one hou.se. 



Norwood, R. I.— Norwood Floral Co 

 one house. 



Cromwell, 

 one house. 



Conn. — Magnus Pierson, 

 Julius Roehrs Co.. 



J. H. Playdon. 



Rutherford, N. J. 

 plant house. 



Andover, Mass. 

 house 20 X 125. 



Piedmont, Cal. — Sanborn, the Flor- 

 ist, one house. 



Blue Point, N. Y.— J. K. Vanderveer, 



.Ir.. carnation house. 



San Antonio, Texas. — Mr. Charles 

 Albreclit. one plant house. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Louis Schmutz, 

 Clarkson street, two houses. 



St. Louis, Mo. — J. Young & Sons, 

 Olive Road, range of houses. 



Chicago, III. — Lawndale Floral Co., 

 3212 W. 22nd street, one house. 



Pawtucket, R. I. — Fred Hoffman, 

 East avenue, two houses, each 38x85. 



Birmingham, Ala. — Theo. Smith, 

 range of iiouses and mushroom cellers. 



Chicago, III.— T. Grabowski, 4523 

 .\ddison street, three Moninger houses. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,152.093. Lawn Edger. Caleb A. Isaac. 

 Los Angles, Cal. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — Harry A. Jencks. 

 a landscape gardener of New York 

 City, and formerly of Woonsocket has 

 presented plans for the beautifying 

 the grounds surrounding the high 

 school of Woonsocket. The cost as 

 estimated by Mr. Jencks is $12,000. 

 The finance committee of the City 

 Council is considering an appropria- 

 tion of $5000 for this work. 



A Metropolitan Greenluuse 30x165 Ft. 



Specially designed for Carnation growing 



Milropolitan construction used by Mr. 

 Fr:ink Abrams, Woodmere, L. I. Car- 

 nation Specialist — without doubt the 

 lightest and strongest greenhouse of Its 

 kind. 

 Here's what Mr. Abrams wrote: 



August 24th, 1915. 

 Gentlemen : — 



Last July, 1914. I purchased from 

 .VOX! material for a greenhouse 165 x 30 

 ft., :inrt erected same according to your 

 plans and speeifleations. I am more 

 than pleased with the house, and the 

 treaimcnt I received from your firm. 

 .\U(1, if I ever build another house, 

 It will be of your material and your 

 construction. 



Very truly yours. 



FR.\NK ABR.iMS. 

 This letter Is but one of hundreds like 

 it in our flies. We get letters of the 

 same tone from every job. 

 >\'hy sh.uildn't weV We've been at it 

 for 44 years, and cuu do just as well 

 for you. 



PUT VOIR GREENHOUSE PROBLEMS 

 UP TO US. 



We'll go anywhere in the V. S. to 



snliniit i>lans ami |pri,i*s, 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



('reeiiliiiu><4> IStiihIers 



1392 1414 Metropolitan Itve., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



HIIIIHI|i!|lii« 



ii 



CKINNER 



C/YSTEM OF IRRIGATION 



fta 



CONTROL ,■ 



drought losses. P., 

 duces labor hi' 

 Increases prof 

 Special Porta I 

 line for $11 75 v 

 water 2500 squ..-. 

 feex. Send for ncvN 

 Bulletin 



.SKINNER IRI51.GAX 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 



AMBRICA.inBDrerof 39,000,000 aq. h. o( tfUsi 



Foi particulars address 



John G. Esler, Ut'i Saddle River ,N. J- 



When writing to adoertiaers kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



