April 12, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



349 



CATALOGUE SIZES. 



April 5, 1919. 



IloHTM'l'I.TURE, 



Boston, Mass. 



Gentlemen: — Referring to communi- 

 cation wherein the Superintendent of 

 Mails of the Baltimore office had ad- 

 vised J. Bolgiano & Sons that after 

 March 31st no catalog under eight 

 ounces measuring more than 4x9 

 inches would be received by the Balti- 

 more office. 



The Postal Laws Committee investi- 

 gated and had the following communi- 

 cation from the Third Assistant Post- 

 master General Dockery: 



"In reply to your communication of 

 the 31st ult. there are enclosed for 

 your information copies of circulars of 

 this office dated January 12 and June 

 3. 1918, regarding the use of envelopes 

 of unusual size or irregular shape, 

 and you are informed that it is desired 

 that patrons of the postal service will 

 co-operate with the Department in pre- 

 paring their mail so that it will be 

 put up in the best possible manner to 

 facilitate handling in the mails. When- 

 ever it is practicable to prepare matter 

 so that it can be enclosed in an enve- 

 lope not exceeding 4x9 inches, this 

 should be done. The sender will there- 

 by cause the matter to be handled 

 more expeditiously, thus benefiting 

 both himself and the postal service." 

 Respectfully, 



(Signed) Third Assist. 

 Postmaster General DockebY. 



You will see by this that the Post- 

 office is only asking for co-operation in 

 matters of folders and light catalogs 

 that would be in no way injured by 

 folding. Their idea of getting a uni- 

 form sized envelope was to give better 

 service in the handling of the mail. 

 Very truly yours, 



W. F. Therkiuison. 



Chairman of the Postal Laws Com. 

 American Seed Trade Association. 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Hansen 

 Henry Hansen, a well known pioneer 

 of Chicago, who with his father came 

 from Sweden when a child and made 

 his home in the rapidly growing city 

 of the middle west died March 31st. 

 His father founded the business at 

 1742 Cemetery Drive, near one ol the 

 large cemeteries of the north side, 

 previous to the great fire, and was 

 succeeded by his son about 35 years 

 ago. The business was successful 

 and the high place which Mr. Hansen 

 held in the esteem of his friends in the 

 trade, was evidenced by the large at- 

 tendance at the funeral and the pro- 

 fusion of flowers. Mr. Hansen was 60 

 years of age and leaves a wife and 

 three children to mourn his loss. 



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VISITORS* REGISTER. 



Boston — Harry A. Barnard, rep. 

 Stuart Low & Co, Bush Hill Park, 

 Middx., Eng. ; Horace Head, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Cincinnati — Fred Rupp, Lawrence- 

 berg, Ind.; W. G. Matthews, Dayton, 

 Ohio, and C. P. Brunner, Springfield, 

 Ohio. 



Philadelphia — George W. Hess, Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Washington, D. C; John 

 T. Muir, Chicago, 111.; J. E. Barnard, 

 Kennett So.., Pa.; George C. Shaffer, 

 Washington, D. C; Wm. Paget, Jr., 

 Botanic Gardens, Washington, D. C; 

 T. Malbranc, Johnstown Pa.; Elmer 

 J. Weaver, Ronks, Pa.; Frank H. 

 Clement, Palm Beach, Fla.; E. H. 

 Flood, Atco, N. J.; Chas. P. Guelf, Je- 

 rome B. Rice Co., Cambridge, N. Y. ; 

 A. Lee Don, Wteeber & Don, New York 

 City; Adolph Albert Gude, Washing- 

 ton, D. C; E. Gurney Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind. 



Chicago — A. Johnson, Johnson 

 Greenhouses, Memphis, Tenn.; H. W. 

 Kropp of the Cottage Rose Garden, 

 Columbus. O.; Walter Mott, rep. Ham- 

 mond's Paint & Slug Shot Works, Bea- 

 con, N. Y.; Miss Tearney, Davenport, 

 la.; J. F. Keller. Lexington, Ky.; Chas. 

 Siebrecht. Winona, Minn.; Frank X. 

 Gorley and E. Durnberg of Grimm & 

 Gorley, St. Louis, Mo. 



BOSTON. 



The trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticulture Society have appropri- 

 ated $5.00d for an orchid exhibition to 

 be held some time in March, 1920. J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar and Thomas Ro- 

 land have been appointed on the ad- 

 visory committee. 



James McCormack of the 38th inft, 

 regular army, has returned to Welch 

 Bros' Co., having recently received his 

 discharge from the service. He was 

 in nearly every battle from the Marne 

 to Mt. Faucon, where he was gassed. 



CINCINNATI. 



The April meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society will be held on Mon- 

 day, the 14th, at Sheppard's place. 



Geo. Fern furnished and hung the 

 decorations for the Triumphal Arch 

 and Court of Honor erected on Gov- 

 ernment Square in honor of our re- 

 turning soldiers. 



Eck Bros, are opening a flower store 

 along side of the one which they 

 closed when they went into the serv- 

 ice. The new store is larger and has 

 better facilities and appointments. 



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