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HORTICULTURE 



December 9, 1916 



lari-t l^o-ts and 



Canton t'hinii llall-Sfiit or Plant 

 rot Stanil 



We invite the attention of intending- buyers, or 

 those interested in seeing the newest productions of 

 the potters' art, to our importations of English, French, 

 German, Japanese and Chinese Plant Pots or Jardi- 

 nieres, selected by our buyer at the places of produc- 

 tion. 



They include all sizes and shapes up to the large 

 and very large, from the lowest price through the 

 medium to the costly. 



Dinner Ware. On the 3rd and 4th floor will be 

 found an unequalled exhibit of Dinner Sets all values 

 from the less expensive upwards. 



Our stock of China and Glass occupies ten floors and more 

 than 9,000 bins including everything in this line pertaining 

 to the Home, Hotels, Clubs, Public Institutions, etc. 



Canton China Plant Pot. 



\A^I->olesale EtncJ ^^tiail 



Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Go. 



Crockery, China and Class Merchants 



33 Franklin, cor. Hawley St., Boston, Mass. 



Obituary 



Isaac Pollard. 



This large hearted and enterprising 

 man has been but little known out- 

 side of his own state of Nebraska. He 

 died a few days ago at the ripe age 

 of 86. His busy life was crowded with 

 beneficent activities. He was one of 

 the world's leading pomologists. His 

 orchard was among the finest in all 

 the land. The demand for his apples 

 could seldom be supplied. 



He came to Nebraska when the 

 state was in its babyhood and saw it 

 grow into influence, wealth and power. 

 Yes, and he was among the foremost 

 to make it grow. His farm was a 

 very large one, and highly embellished 

 with an immense variety of trees, 

 shrubs and flowers. There you would 

 see the choirest treasures of the 

 Rockies. Besides he had ransacked 

 the whole land for everything which 

 could find ours to be a congenial 

 climate. 



He was a very public spirited man. 

 Knowing by his own experience what 

 could be done, he did his utmost to 

 awaken farmers. .At his own expense 

 he sent out a great deal of literature 

 to encourage others, lie was large- 

 hearted and benevolent. 



He was a soldier of peace and not 

 of war. The fame of a great general 

 denends on the number of cities and 

 villages he can lay in ruins, the works 

 of art and the treasuries of ages he 

 can destroy, the number of men he 

 can kill and the vast hosts of widows 

 and orphans he can lea,ve behind in 

 his victorious march, the number of 



fields he can soak in vicious blood. 



The hero of peace builds up instead 

 of destroying. He beautifies homes 

 instead of burning them. 



If a star were quenched on liifli. 



For !ige.s would the light. 

 Still traveling downward from the -sk.v, 



Shine on our mortal sight. 



So when a good man dies. 



For years lieyond our ken 

 The light he lo.'ives behind him shines 



Altovc the pal lis of men. 



C. S. Habrxson. 



Mr. Adams was 76 years old. For 

 many years he was in business as a 

 carnation grower, having been one of 

 the pioneers in that specialty and very 

 successful with the old-time varieties. 

 In manner he was quiet and unpre- 

 tentious, a gentleman in every trait 

 that makes a gentleman of the old 

 school, upright in every dealing with 

 his' fellowman and kindly to all. 



John Baldlnger. 

 It is with regret that we chronicle 

 the death of .John P.aldinger, of Pitts- 

 burgh, which took place on Friday of 

 last week at the home of a sister in 

 .\valon. Pa., where the funeral serv- 

 ices were held on Monday. Mr. Bald- 

 lnger, who was about forty years of 

 age, had been in precarious health for 

 the past year owing to tubercular 

 trouble. Prior to this period, he had 

 been a vahied emnloyee in turn of 

 the old Elliott & Ulam Co., the B. A. 

 Elliott Co. and the A. W. Smith Co., 

 and was considered by all with whom 

 he was associated as one of the best 

 men in the trade, as well as one of the 

 most ])opular in all circles with 

 which he was brought in contact. Mr. 

 Balinger, who was unmarried, is sur- 

 vived by his aged mother, two sisters 

 and several brothers. 



F. N. Strail. 



Fred Newell Strail was suddenly 

 stricken with heart failure at his 

 home 4147 Gladys Ave., Chicago, at 

 6.30 A. M. on Thanksgiving Day. He 

 had been connected with the trade m 

 various ways for many years, having 

 been with some of the most prominent 

 down-town florists and also in business 

 twice for himself, and was known to 

 everyone in the trade. He leaves a 

 widow, Sarah A. Strail, who is at 

 present in the employ of A. L'ange, a 

 mother and brother. The funeral was 

 held at Central Masonic Temple, in 

 charge of Kilwinning lodge. Inter- 

 ment was at Rosehill. 



C. Thompson Adams. 

 Charles Thompson Adams, formerly 

 of West Medway, Mass., died on Sun- 

 day, November 26. at his home in 

 West Roxbury, Mass., after a long ill- 

 ness. Burial was at West Medway. 

 He is survived by his wife. 



Mrs. Andrew McAdams. 



Word has been received of the death 

 of Mrs. Andrew McAdams, at Jackson- 

 vile, Fla.. where Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 

 Adaiiis have made their home since 

 selling out their business in Chicago a 

 few years ago. Mrs. McAdams had 

 been in poor health for some time and 

 recently underwent an operation for 

 cancer. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mc.Adarns 

 are well known around Chicfigo and 

 tlieir daughter Miss Mn>- '= i eradnate 

 from the landscape gardening depart- 

 ment of the Universitv of '"'uois. 



