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HORTICULTURE 



September 13, 1919 



THE 

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THE QCALITY PLACE OF BOSTON 



Regarding the Kroesehell, It 1b the 

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WAVERLEY, MASS. 



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3,016,286 sq. ft. of glass was equipped with 

 Kroesehell Boilers during the year of 1016. 



OHIO'S CELEBRATED CYCLAMEN 

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After using your No. 12 Kroesehell 

 Boiler I came to the conclusion that 

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(Signed) CHRIST. WINTERICH, 

 DEFIANCE, OHIO. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A Dahlia Exhibition will be held on 

 Saturday and Sunday, September 20th 

 and 21st, in the Museum building. 

 New York Botanical Garden. Sched- 

 ules are now ready for distribution, 

 and will be sent on application to the 

 secretary, George V. Nash, New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New 

 York City. In this connection atten- 

 tion is called to the large collection of 

 Dahlias, located along the west border, 

 just north of the Harlem Railroad 

 plaza, New York Botanical Garden. A 

 space over 400 feet long and 12 feet 

 wide is devoted to this collection, 

 which comprises about 300 kinds and 

 something over 600 plants, represent- 

 ing all the types of this increasingly 

 popular flower. A visit to this collec- 

 tion will well repay either the amateur 

 or professional gardener. The plants 

 of each type are grouped together, so 

 a comparative study is readily made. 

 Geokge V. Nash. Secy. 



BOSTON. 



The fruit and vegetable exhibition 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety scheduled for September 11-14 

 has been postponed to Sept. 25-28. 

 The Dahlia exhibition will be held Sat- 

 urday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14. 

 This change has been made by di- 

 rection of the Committee on Prizes 

 and Exhibitions and no doubt will re- 

 sult in larger displays. It is expected 

 that the dahlia show will be a big one, 

 as a great many amateurs are showing 

 their interest this year. 



Mr. Henry Penn returned last week 

 from his vacation at Belgrade Lakes, 

 Maine. He reports a very pleasant 

 time, although he says the season was 

 not exactly suitable for successful fish- 

 ing. At the same time he admits mod- 

 estly that he obtained his share of 

 what fish there were in the lake. 



Mr. P. Welch was back at his desk 

 Monday morning after a summer 

 spent at Old Orchard Beach. He seems 

 to be in good shape physically and 

 keen for a winter's business. 



The first fall meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' & Florists' Club will be held Sept. 

 16, on which occasion vacation and 

 convention experiences will be in or- 

 der. Prof. J. G. Jack of the Arnold 

 Arboretum is to give an illustrated 

 lecture on "Flowers and Fruits From 

 Native Trees and Shrubs" at the 

 meeting Oct. 21. 



Commencing today the wholesale 

 markets will close at 5 o'clock on Sat- 

 urdays. 



Walter Bellville has purchased the 

 H. A. Vickery greenhouse plant in 

 East Chelmsford, Mass., and will use 

 it for growing vegetables. 



NEW ENGLAND 



Much glass in greenhouses was 

 broken by a recent hail storm which 

 swept over the Connecticut Valley. 



Alfred H. Knight has sold his florist 

 business on Main street, Shrewsbury, 

 Mass., to William E. Morey, who had 

 been his foreman for eight years. Mr. 

 Morey expects to develop the business 

 to an increasing extent. 



The fern dealers of Western Massa- 

 chusetts have begun putting ferns into 

 cold storage for next winter's trade. 



Many changes and improvements 

 are being made at the store of H. F. 

 Littlefield in Worcester. For one 

 thii^g, a new glass front has been put 

 in, and the lighting system has been 

 changed. 



The following corporations have 

 been granted Massachusetts' Charters: 



Blue Hill Nurseries, Inc., Braintree; 

 nursery stock; capital, $45,000; incor- 

 porators, Julius Heurlin, Lina Heur- 

 lin and Victor H. Huerlin of Brain- 

 tree. 



Hovey & Co., Inc., Boston; raise, 

 cultivate seeds, flowers, etc. Filed 

 Aug. 13, 1019. $50,000; 500 shares 

 $100 each. Directors: Edwin L. 

 Cheney, pres.; Frank E. Cheney, 1780 

 Mass. avenue, Cambridge, treas. and 

 W. J. Munroe. 



James Mann, who recently passed 

 away at Ipswich. Mass., was formerly 

 a florist in that town. He had many 

 rare and valuable plants. Mr. Mann 

 was one of the town's oldest residents, 

 having been born in 1829. 



OBITUARY. 

 George Arnold. 



George Arnold, well known among 

 florists and horticulturists, died at bio 

 home in Ensenore, N. Y., Tuesday 

 forenoon, Sept. 2, aged 62 years, after 

 an illness of two weeks. He leaves his 

 wife and one son, Schuyler, the latter 

 having just returned from service 

 overseas. For the past four years Mr 

 Arnold had been in charge of the es- 

 tate of Mrs. J. Letch worth at Ense- 

 nore, N. Y. He was employed at 

 James Vick's Sons for 12 years, spend- 

 ing most of his time at the trial 

 grounds at Ogden. N. Y. When the 

 Spencer Peas were introduced he be- 

 came much interested and grew many 

 of the best named varieties. Several 

 years ago he introduced into the mar- 

 ket Primula for Superba which he dis- 

 posed of to H. A. Dreer, Inc. Since 

 then it has become a very popular 

 plant. 



Mr. Arnold was fond of asters and 

 had a great deal to do with introduc- 

 ing and improving the different 

 strains. It was through his effort that 

 the upright type of asters was intro- 

 duced. 



COAL BY AUTO TRUCK. 



Mr. Norris F. Comley, proprietor of 

 the Terrace Hall Conservatories of 

 Burlington. Mass., has just received a 

 consignment of 500 tons of coal for 

 his greenhouses. Mr. Comley realized 

 the overburdened condition of the rail- 

 roads, and had his coal carted from 

 Boston by auto trucks. The Thayer- 

 Griffiths Company were the contract- 

 ors for the hauling, and they delivered 

 about 100 tons a day. 



