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HORTICULTURE 



December 21, 1912 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 



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Pearson Street 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, 



N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAIMBIIIDGE, iMASS. 



OBITUARY. 



Maurice Doyle. 

 Maurice Doyle, florist of Springfield, 

 O., died on November 30, aged 36 years. 



Mrs. Geo. Bauman. 

 Mrs. George Baumau, wife of George 

 Bauman, florist and gardener to Rob- 

 ert Jeffry, Columbus, 0., died after a 

 long illness on November 25. 



G. W. Jenne. 

 As the result of a stroke of paraly- 

 sis, G. W. Jenne, for many years a 

 florist in Fulton, Ky., died on Novem- 

 ber 25, aged 76 years. He was former- 

 ly a resident of Chicago. His wife 

 has for the last few years had the 

 management of the business. 



Alexander J. Thomas. 



Alexander J. Thomas, florist, 86 

 West Main street, Oswego, N. Y., died 

 on December 2, aged 77 years. He was 

 born in Germany but had lived in this 

 county about forty-five years, thirty- 

 four having been spent in Oswego. He 

 Is survived by his wife, three sons and 

 one daughter. 



Patrick McDonnell. 

 Patrick McDonnell, well known in 

 California as a carnation grower, died 

 on November 30, aged 54 years. He 

 came from Ireland when but a boy be- 

 ing first engaged in landscape gar- 

 dening and later becoming a success- 

 ful grower. Four small children and 

 his wife are left to mourn his loss. 



John Martin. 

 One of the oldest residents of Woon- 

 socket, R. I., John Martin, died on 

 December 4, after a short illness. He 

 was born in Ireland about eighty 

 years ago and had resided in America 

 since he was a young man. For many 

 years he was in charge of the green- 

 houses of the late Edward Harris. One 

 son and a daughter survive him. 



Francois Gruaz. 

 On December 1, Francois Gruaz, 

 florist, of 4815 Dryades street, New 

 Orleans, La., died after a few weeks' 

 illness. He was born in Switzerland 

 and came to this country about thirty 

 years ago. He had had a thorough 

 schooling In horticulture in France, 

 Germany and Switzerland and many 

 beautiful gardens in New Orleans are 

 the product of his skill. He leaves a 

 widow, one sister and three nieces. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



Iowa State College. A neat 32-page 

 pamphlet has been issued giving full 

 detailed information relative to the 

 "Short Courses" for 1913 and other 

 interesting notes on college activities. 

 Copies can be procured from H. L. 

 Eichling, secretary, Ames, la. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Cairo, Neb. — Hans Broderson, one 

 house. 



Bala, Pa. — Henry J. MuUer, house 

 14x50. 



Scranton, Pa. — C. S. Weston, house 

 12x50. 



Troy, Ohio — Farmers' Nursery Co., 

 two houses. 



Loomis, Cal. — California Carnation 

 Co., additions. 



Pontiac, Mich. — Harry S. Pearce, 

 two houses, 30 x 275. 



Oshkosh, Wis. — John K. Downs, 

 three houses, each 27 x 200. 



Gary, lnd.i — John Owens & Son, 

 Boulevard Heights, one house. 



Edgewater, Colo. — Western Forestry 

 and Landscape Co., one house. 



Avondale, Pa. — Charles B. Snyder 

 will build a house next spring. 



Rockford, III.— B. B. Poehlmann, 

 Chapin court, addition 20 x 150. 



Denver, Colo. — Mary L. Lehman, 

 Colorado Boulevard, conservatory. 



Dayton, Ohio — George Bartholomew, 

 1017 South Broadway, range of houses. 



Waterloo, Iowa — Frank Schebeck 

 and Phil Mahcney, vegetable house, 

 30 X 150. 



Newport, R. 1. — Mrs. F. Vanderbilt, 

 Harrison avenue and Brenton road, 

 conservatory. 



East Hartford, Conn.— F. W. Rich- 

 ardson & Co.. 680 Main street, re- 

 building one house. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Kellner Florist 

 Co., range of houses, Humboldt avenue 

 and Dousman street. 



Denver, Colo. — Chamberlain Bros., 

 ten houses, each 15 x 100. D. F. 

 Brown, 1625 Colorado Boulevard, con- 

 servatory. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,046,427. Lawn Sprinkling System. 



Louis D. Barney, Chicago, 



111. 

 1,040,849. Garden Rake Fork. Gustav 



A. Osterud, Ostrander, 



Minn. 

 1,047,138. Plant Protector. Alexander 



George McAdie, San 



Francisco, Cal. 



INCORPORATED. 



Big Wells, Texas— Big Wells Farm- 

 ing and Nursery Co., capital stock 

 $100,000. Incorporators, J. E. Frank- 

 lin, M. E. Leming, and William Mc- 

 Murray. 



Greenhouse Materials andTcud 



IRON or WOOD SASH BARS 



Id all lengrtlis up to 32 feet. 

 Milled to any detail furnished or will 

 fumlsb details and cut materials ready fur 

 preftlon. 



Frsnk Vbh Asschg, "^s oXtght v^eet'' 



JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 

 per crate : 



L'lion 1^4 in. & $6.(10 500 4 in. @ ^i.-iO 



l.'.illl 2 " " 4.8S 4.jG 41/. '■ '■ 5.24 



l.-.ilO 2H •' " 5.25 320 n •• •■ 4.51 



l.-,(jii 2ii •' " 6 00 21051/2 ■' •' .t.TS 



au(HI 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16 



SOO 314 " " 5.80 120 7 ■' " 4.20 



60 S " " 3.00 



HILFINGER BROS., PolUry, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



Aupst Rolker & Sans, 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents 



OUR SPECItlTY— ton; Dlstuci ind ei|ort trale 



I— STANDARD FLOWER- 



Floors 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles 

 of the Capitol, write us, we can save | 

 you mouev. 



W. H. ERNEST 



» 28th & M Sts. Wa»bingrton, D. C. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



With new and Improved machinery, we emm 



supply your wants to better advantage 



than ever. 



Special discounts on large orders. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., syr^acuse 



DREER'S 



Florist Specialties, 



New Hrand. New Style. 

 Hose "RIVERTON" 



Furnished in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

 joint. 



The HOSE for the FLORIST 



^-inch, per ft., 15 C. 

 Reel of 500 ft., " 14KC. 

 2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

 J^-inch, ** i^ c. 



Reels, 500 ft., ** i25^c. 

 Couplings furnished 



HENRr A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia,. Pa. 



S. JACOBS & SONS 



1359-1385 Flushing Ave. 



BROOKLYN, - - - N.Y. 



TIME TO USE 



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Joseph Breck & Sons Corp. 



47-54 No. Market St., BOSTON, MASS, 



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