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HORTICULTURE 



Augusl 23, 1919 



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NEW ENGLAND NOTES. 

 A flower show is to be given by the 

 Lawrence, Mass. Horticultural Society 

 in City Hall, Sept. 5 and 6. 



Joseph J. Comley has given up his 

 flower store at Newburyport, Mass. 

 and will conduct his business from his 

 Amesbury office. 



The mayor of Boston, Mass. has re- 

 appointed James B. Shea as chairman 

 of the park and recreation commission 

 at $5,000 a year for a three-year term. 



William N. Estabrook, florist, of 

 Worcester, Mass., is having an exten- 

 sion built on his greenhouse on Hol- 

 den street, which will cost about $3000. 

 It will be of concrete, glass and wood 

 construction, and will give more 

 ground space for an increase of Mr. 

 Estabrook's flower growing business. 

 He will act as his own contractor. 



The Buxton greenhouses of Nashua, 

 N. H. have been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $25,000, the incorpora- 

 tors being George E. Buxton., Charles 

 V. Kimball. Dwight G. Smith. Edwin 

 Morey and John R. Spring, all of 

 Nashua. 



The engagement of George H. Ma- 

 loon, a florist of Portsmouth, N. H., to 

 Miss Ethel Pearl Wood of Clinton, Me. 

 is announced. 



Saturday afternoon a fire broke out 

 in a small corner room on the first 

 floor of the two-story office building 

 connected with the N. W. Hunter & 

 Co.'s greenhouses on Warren street, 

 Peabody, Mass., and spread quickly 

 throughout the building, sending forth 

 a great cloud of heavy black smoke. 

 On the second floor was stored a lot 



of ribbon, boxes, wire forms for de- 

 signs, paper and all materials used in 

 the business, all of which went up in 

 smoke. The loss will reach over $2000 

 and is only partially covered by insur- 

 ance. Fortunately the fire did not im- 

 pair the facilities of the concern and 

 business was resumed on Monday. N. 

 W. Hunter & Co. are successors to J. 

 M. Ward & Co. 



The will of the late Arthur Esta- 

 brook of Boston leaves $50,000 to the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 to he paid at the death of Mrs. Esta- 

 brook, who has the use of the money 

 during her life time. 



NEW YORK STATE. 



N. H. Loomis. formerly of Rochester, 

 has purchased the Krembles Flower 

 Store at Waterloo, Iowa. 



G. E. M. Stumpp has purchased the 

 North Sea Gardens, including store 

 and greenhouses, formerly owned by 

 James Guylfoil on the North Sea road, 

 Southampton, L. I. He has also pur- 

 chased 15 acres of land for a nursery. 



John A. Jacobson, son of Peter Ja- 

 cobson, the well known grower of 

 Elmhurst, L. I., is back from France 

 where he served in the motor trans- 

 port corps of the American army. 



Binghamton is soon to have a new 

 flower store to be known as the Flower 

 Shop. The store will be conducted 

 by Stanley G. Barnes of Pittsfield, 

 Mass., and he will be assisted by 

 Harry Knaust, also of Pittsfield. It is 

 understood that Barnes formerly was 

 connected with flower store of Max 

 Schling of New York. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Fred H. Howard, of Howard & 

 Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., paid Phila- 

 delphia and Riverton a flying visit on 

 the 12th inst. on his way home from 

 Europe. He seems to have been well 

 received "over there," judging from 

 this clipping from an English trade 

 paper: 



Mr. Fred H. Howard, of the firm of 

 Howard and Smith, Los Angeles, Cali- 

 fornia, U. S. A., was a visitor to our 

 London office on July 28th. Mr. How- 

 ard has been in Europe a few weeks, 

 having been elected as a juror at the 

 Bagatelle Rose Trials. During a brief 

 stay in England he has managed to 

 see a large number of the best estab- 

 lishments, especially those devoted to 

 roses and to popular and serviceable 

 hardy annuals. Mr. Howard holds a 

 high opinion of the British standard of 

 horticulture and is ready to admit that 

 our plant breeders produce many 

 things America is glad to buy. There 

 are. nevertheless, some things the U. 

 S. growers can supply us with which 

 should be welcomed either for market 

 or private trade, and Mr. Howard is 

 intending to keep in touch with us. 

 which we trust he will do to the mu- 

 tual benefit of both his and our circle 

 of horticulturists." — Horticultural 

 Trade Journal (England), July 30, '19. 



Recent visitors have included Fred 

 H. Howard, of Howard & Smith. Los 

 Angeles, Cal., and Mr. and Mrs. 

 . Schiltz. Charlotte, N. C. 



There was some improvement in 

 market conditions last week especial- 

 ly towards the end. Asters improved 

 in quality and the good stock brought 

 excellent prices although there was 

 still considerable of low grade stuff 

 and these were hard to sell at any 

 price. Gladioli got over the glutty con- 



