August 10, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



181 



FARQUHAR'S 



New and Rare 



CHINESE 

 SHRUBS 



and 



VINES 



Do not fail to procure a copy 

 of our Illustrated Catalogue 



which contains many choice 

 varieties offered for the first 

 time. 



R.&J.FARQUHAR&CO. 



Boston, Mass. 



WM, J. ZARTMANN, President 

 GEO. J. PEARSON, Secy and Treas. 



FAIRFIELD LANDSCAPE & NURSERIES CO. 



ENEINEEIS, CONTRACTORS AND NORSERYMEN 



Termioal Building 



4l3t Street and Park Ave. New York 



Nurseries, Cannon Station. Conn. 



General Landscape Construction, Road Building, 

 Drainage Systems, Water Supply, Planting. 



Personal 



Arthur Newell, Kansas City, Mo., 

 sailed for Liverpool on the Baltic, 

 Aug. 1. 



A. Barbe, alderman of Kansas City, 

 Mo., sailed from New York for Europe 

 last week. 



John Trivatt of the Stumpp & Wal- 

 ter Co., New York, is enjoying a two 

 weeks' vacation. 



David Welch of Welch Bros., Bos- 

 ton, arrived from his translantic vaca- 

 tion, on the Franconia, July 31. 



Otto Carlson, of Windsor, Vt., has 

 been appointed head gardener for Miss 

 Mary Gilmore, North Easton. Mass. 



James Brown, formerly of Pomfret 

 Center, Conn., is now employed on the 

 P. L. Ames estate. North Easton, Mass. 



We are sorry to learn that Curt. 

 Roehrs is quite ill with typhoid fever 

 at his ranch in Roswell, New Mexico. 



Frank Fischer, formerly with the 

 Stuppy Floral Co., is now with the 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Gibsonia, 

 Pa. 



Prank Davis has sold his interest in 

 the florist business of R. R. Davis & 

 Co., Morrison, 111., to other members 

 of the firm. 



Sam. Woodrow of Woodrow & 

 Marketos, New York, is located at the 

 Mathewson House, Narragansett Pier, 

 R. I., for the summer. 



J. Leary has severed his connection 

 with the Shaw Estate at Concord, 

 Mass., and accepted a position with H. 

 F. Winslow, Beverly, Mass. 



Phil. Breitmeyer of Detroit is spend- 

 ing a few days in Philadelphia. Mrs. 



& A. S 



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PLANTS, EVERGREENS, ROSES, RHODODENDRONS, 



VINES AND CLIMBERS, AUTUMN BULBS 



AND ROOTS, CONIFERS, PINES 



Florists are always welcome visitors to our Nurseries. We are only a few minutes from 

 New York City ; Carlton Hill Station is the second stop on Main Line of Erie Railroad. 



BOBBIIMK & 



Nurserymen and Florists 



KINS 



Rutherford, N. J. 



: ramingham 

 tj urseries 



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W. B. WHITTIER & CO., 



SOUTH FRAMINGHAM . . MASS. 



GROWERS OF HIGH GRADE NORSERY STOCK 



LARGE ASSORTMENT 



WRITE FDR PUCES SEFBRE ORDERING ELSEWHERE 



StrawberryPlants Bulbs for Forcing 



POT GROWN. Extra Strong, any quan- 

 tity, any variety. Order early and have 

 your plants selected for July delivery. 



BEDDING AND NATCRAIIZING. We 



bare made arrangements wltb tbe leading 

 growers to have our bulbs specially se- 

 lected. 



Write for List and Reserve Your Order 



P. H. GOODSELL w. E. maynard 



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WE GROW EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS 

 A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF 



Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Herbaceous Perennials, Etc., Etc. 



Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue for the asking 



THE BAY STATE NURSERIES. North Abington, Mass. 



Breitmeyer and daughter are motoring 

 in tlie east. Mr. and Mrs. Hari-y Breit- 

 meyer are motoring to Miisliol-ca lakes. 



New York visitors: Arnold Ringier, 

 representing W. W. Baraard, Chicago; 

 Arthur Newell and A. Barbe, Kansas 

 City, Mo.; C. H. Plumb and son, De- 

 troit, Mich.: W. R. Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn.: .John A. Evans, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.. returning from England; 

 •J. H. Sprague, Barnegat, N. J. 



R. M. Ward arrived in New York 

 on August 2, home from his second 

 trip around the world. .Judging from 

 his increased avoidupois it must have 

 agreed with him. The bulb outlook 

 in .Japan is a favorite theme with Mr. 

 Ward at all times and his views now 

 supported by actual critical observa- 

 tion are interesting and instructive. 



Boston visitor: G. X. Amrhyn. 

 Superintendent of Parks, New Haven. 

 Conn. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. — Landscape Floral 

 Co., capital stock $5,000. Incorpora- 

 tors J. L. Grimes, James F. Grimes, 

 and .J. S. Schubert. 



Dr. C. Hoeg, Decorah, Iowa, calls 

 attention to the mis-spelling of his 

 name in list of gladioli registered by 

 American Gladiolus Society as pub 

 lished last week. He states further 

 that his variety Decoration has been 

 given cordial praise as a promising 

 commercial cut flower variety, by 

 Holm & Olson of St. Paul, Minn,, and 

 by A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, com- 

 paring very favorably with Mrs. Fran- 

 cis King. 



CINCINNATI PERSONAL NOTES. 



Ed. Bossmeyer of C. E. Critchell's is 

 tlie latest of the vacationists. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pfeiffer are again 

 home after their journey to the Pa- 

 cific. 



Chas. Garvey of Peter Weiland's is 

 again on the job after a stay with his 

 folks at Indianapolis. 



B. P. Critchell is 70 years old on 

 Thursday, and is another to disprove 

 the Osier theory, for he has many 

 more years in him. 



P. J. Olinger has returned from Chi- 

 cago. He has announced his intention 

 of visiting his brother-in-law in North 

 Dakota in September. 



Visitors: Julius Dilhof of Schloss 

 Bros.. New York; E. Y. Teas, Center- 

 ville, Ind.; E. P. Hall, Shelbyville, 

 Ind. ; and S. F. Peilant, Winchester, 

 Ky. 



CHINESE PRIMROSES 



VERY BEST STRAIN. 214 In. pots, $3.00 

 per 100; $25.00 per 1000: 500 at 1000 rates. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS for planting 

 out. Extra heavy, 3 in., $6.00 per 100 ; $55.00 

 per 1000. 



Cas/i uiitli OrJ,'r 



FRANK OECHSLIN 



4911 W. Qnincy St., CHICAGO, II.I.. 



3000 FIELD GROWN 



CARNATIONS 



Pink Delight, 6c.; Queen, Harry Fenn, 

 ! White Perfection, 5c. 



BROOKLINE 

 MASS. 



F. E. Palmer, 



