January 11, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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burgh product famous the world over 

 are due to him. 



He was appointed to be one of the 

 Park Commissioners of the city of 

 Newburgh, and this possibly was the 

 office he filled with greater satisfaction 

 to himself than any other, and Super- 

 intendent Haible found in him an able 

 co-worker. 



He was a member of the Newburgh 

 City Club, the Hardware Club of 

 New York, the New York Consistory 

 of Scottish Rites, of Mecca Temple. 

 A. A. O. N. O. M. S., Newburgh Lodge. 

 No. 247, B. P. O. E., of the Duchess 

 County Association and other organi- 

 zations. 



The funeral of Mr. Coldwell was held 

 on Friday afternoon, interment being 

 in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 



Wm. H. Amling. 



The death of Wm. H. Amling occur- 

 red at the West Suburban Hospital 

 Saturday, Jan. 4th, where he had been 

 for the past month. While it had been 

 known for a long time that he was far 

 from well, his death was unexpected 

 and the news was a surprise to most 

 of his friends all of whom heard it 

 with deep regret. 



Wm. H. Amling was born in May- 

 wood, Illinois fifty-two years ago, 

 where he has spent the greater part of 

 his life. His education fitted him for 

 teaching, which profession he followed 

 for twenty-one years, finally following 

 the example of his brothers and grow- 

 ing cut flowers for commercial pur- 

 poses. 



He was successful in this and made 

 specialties of sweet peas and chrysan- 

 themums which he consigned to Zech 

 & Mann for many years. 



In 1917 he was president of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club. He is survived 

 by a widow and the following children, 

 Walter A., Herbert and Martin, who 

 are all florists, and Mrs. Fred Wehr- 

 man, Mrs. Chas. Belling, Mrs. Mike 

 Drechler and Mrs. Louisa Ginther. 



Mr. Amling also had three brothers 

 A. F. and E. C. both florists in May- 

 wood and H. G. in Germany. 



The funeral took place Jan. 7th at 

 St. Paul's Lutheran church in Melrose 

 Park and interment was in Oak Ridge 

 Cemetery. 



BOSTON. 

 Charles S. Baxter, former Mayor of 

 Medford and manager of Governor Mc- 

 Call's political campaign was con- 

 firmed by the Governor's Council as 

 a member of the Metropolitan Parks 

 Commission. Mr. Baxter was appointed 

 by Governor McCall to succeed Edwin 

 U. Curtis, who was appointed Police 

 Commissioner of Boston. 



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Boston — Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peter- 

 son of Westwood, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. 

 L. H. Bailey, Cornell University, Itha- 

 ca, N. Y.; John Canning, Ardsley, N. 

 Y.; W. A. Manda, So. Orange, N. J.; 

 Chas. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me. 



Philadelphia — Henry Penn, John 

 Young, Wallace Pierson, Isaac Moss 

 and many others from near and far 

 for the monthy meeting of the Florists 

 Club held at the Adelphia, January 7. 



Cincinnati — Sam Seligman, repre- 

 senting Schloss Bros., New York* City; 

 Julius Dilloff, representing Lion & Co., 

 New York City; Jos. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.; J. T. Herdegen, Aurora, Ind., and 

 J. F. Link, Louisville, Ky. 



ST. LOUIS 

 The retailers held their meeting at 

 Knights of Columbus Hall, Monday 

 evening, Dec. 30. It was decided to 

 meet the second and fourth Mondays 

 of the month. A discussion was held 

 on the recent high prices of flowers 

 and the effect it had on Christmas 

 business. It was voted to have a com- 

 mittee to act on wholesalers and grow- 

 ers and discuss conditions. 



Joseph Wors, son of C. W. Wors, 

 has been home on furlough from the 

 St. Catherine Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 He has been in the navy for twenty 

 months and was accidently wounded in 

 the foot when on guard duty. He re- 

 turned to New York January 8th. 

 The eldest son Charles, also in the 

 service, has left Camp Kearney, Cal., 

 for Camp Funston to be mustered out. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 Mrs. D. G. Grillbortzer, of Alexan- 

 dria, Va., is paying a ten days' visit 

 to friends and relatives in New York 

 City. 



Z. D. Blackistone is slowly re- 

 covering from the effects of an at- 

 tack of influenza. To add to his 

 troubles he met with the loss of an 

 automobile delivery wagon in a fire 

 that occurred in a garage where the 

 car was undergoing repairs. 



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Prices, Bulbs, F. O. B. Wilton, N. H. 

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SEED TRADE NOTES 



Cleveland, O.— A. C. Kendel has re- 

 moved to larger and more commodious 

 quarters at 216 Prospect avenue, S. 

 E. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Mrs. M. W. Jo- 

 hansen and sons will hereafter con- 

 duct business under the name of the 

 Johansen Sons Co., they having sev- 

 ered their connection with the Johan- 

 sen Seed Co. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — A new incorporated 

 seed firm, the Queen City Seed & 

 Nursery Company will commence busi- 

 ness March 1st at 33-35 Chippewa 

 street. 



Washington, D. C— The require- 

 ment of the government that export 

 licenses be obtained before American 

 growers and commission men were 

 permitted to send seeds out of the 

 United States to foreign countries is 

 no longer to be enforced. This infor- 

 mation has just been made public by 

 the War Trade Board in announcing 

 the removal of peas, garden seed, 

 mammoth clover seed, sugar beet seed 

 and vegetable seed from the export 

 conservation list. This action was 

 taken to date from January 4, 1919. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Toledo, O. — The Kaminski green- 

 houses have been leased by G. Breske. 



Govans, Md. — Wm. Patterson has 

 purchased two greenhouses from B. 

 G. Merritt, of Colgate and will remove 

 them to his place. 



Rugby, N. D. — N. P. Lindberg, pro- 

 prietor of the Rugby greenhouses, re- 

 ports he. has had one of the best sea- 

 sons since he has been in the business, 

 having planted all of his houses last 

 spring. 



