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HORTICULTURE 



January 17, 1S14 



Obituary 



Mrs. Charles Armitage. 



Mrs. Armitage, widow of tlie late 

 Charles Armitage, and motlier of P. W. 

 Armitage of Hitchings & Co., died at 

 Elizabeth, N. J., on Saturday, January 

 10, aged 65 years. 



E. D. Kaulback. 



Edwin D. Kaulbacli, widely known 

 in the florist trade as a large grower 

 of Easter lilies, died at his home in 

 Maiden, Mass., on Friday morning, 

 Jan. 9, after a short illness with pneu- 

 monia. He was sixty years old and 

 during over forty years he has been 

 engaged in the florist business in 

 Maiden, conducting a retail store, as 

 well as extensive greenhouses. He 

 was also a very large real estate own- 

 er in Maiden. The funeral was held 

 on Sunday, his four brothers serving 

 as pallbearers, and the floral tokens 

 from friends in the trade and others 

 were numerous and beautiful. He 

 leaves a widow and one son, Fred R., 

 who it is understood will continue 

 the business. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Eli Cross, two 

 houses. 



Lessburg, O. — P. O. Mumma, one 

 house. 



Garrettsford, Pa. — James Verner, 

 addition. 



Coatesvllle, Pa. — W. P. Worth, range 

 of houses. 



Fairfield, la. — E. H. Montgomery, 

 one house. 



Dighton, Mass. — Frank Rogers, Elm 

 St., one house. 



Athens, Ga. — State College of Agri- 

 culture, one house. 



Morton Grove, III. — Poehlmann Bros. 

 Company, additions. 



Wenatchee, Wash.— Milot-Mills Com- 

 pany, addition 20 x 100. 



Cliftondale, Mass. — Jas R. and Roy 

 A. Hatch, house 37x200. 



Watkins, N. Y.— Willard H. Grant, 

 one Lord & Burnham house. 



Exeter, N. H. — McAlpin Bros., Lord 

 & Burnham house, 6.5 x 600 feet. 



Martin's Ferry, W. Va. — Arthur 

 Dickson, Scotch Ridge, one house. 



Spring Valley, N. Y.— A. S. Burns. 

 Jr.. range of Lord & Burnham houses. 



Grand Forks, N. D. — University of 

 North Dakota, two houses, each 

 28 X 150. 



Union Grove, Wis. — Meredith Flower 

 & Vegetable Co., range of houses in 

 the spring. 



St. Paul, Minn. — Range of conserva- 

 tories at Como Park. The conserva- 

 tory will be near the center of the 

 park, about 1.500 feet west of the 

 present structure. The ground plan 

 calls for a tower 100 feet in diameter 

 with show houses 100 feet long and 

 200 feet wide on either side. Hot 

 beds will be at the rear. The com- 

 pleted structure will cost about $75,- 

 000 and will be one of the finest park 

 greenhouses in the west. 



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FIRES. 



St. Albans, Vt. — The greenhouse of 

 ex-governor E. C. Smith on Congress 

 street, was considerably damaged by 

 fire last week. 



Lowell, Mass. — The dwelling house, 

 barn and part of the greenhouses of 

 J. J. McManmon were burned on 

 Tuesday night, Jan. 13. 



Cincinnati — The greenhouses of Al- 

 bert McCullough were destroyed by 

 fire Sunday night, January 11th. For- 

 tunately the loss was covered by in- 

 surance. 



Ridgewood, N. Y. — A disastrous 

 fire in buildings on Knickerbocker 

 avenue, on the morning of January 6, 

 did considerable damage to the store 

 of "Xick" the florist, at No. 391. 



West I slip, N. Y. — A heavy loss was 

 sustained by Alex D. C. Arnold on Jan- 

 uary 8, through the total destruction 

 of the big boiler house connected 

 with his greenhouses and the conse- 

 quent injury to plants by the cold. 

 The fire was discovered about 1.30 A. 

 .M., and although the firemen from the 

 neighboring villages, including Baby- 

 lon, were called, nothing could be 

 done, as the greenhouses and boiler 

 house were remote from a water sup- 

 ply. It is not known how the fire 

 started. A workman had made the 

 round of the boilers a short time be- 

 fore and found everything all right. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Birmingham, Ala. — Gorman-Gammill 

 Seed and Dairy Supply Co. Capital 

 stock $10,000. 



Clarksville, Tenn. — Metcalfe Green- 

 house Company, capital stock $3,000; 

 incorporators. Roy Elliott. Percy 

 Richardson, R. C. Bertsch, T. L. Met- 

 calfe and Dancey Fort. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — The Nursery 

 Farms Company, capital stock, $5,000. 

 Incorporators. Baird Mitchell, John E. 

 Stevenson, Juliet Smith, Minnie Knoke 

 and Thomas C. Stevenson. 



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 Wachington, D. C. 



LfRltER'S 



Florist Specia|t)««, 



New Brand. rJew Style. 

 Hose "RIVERTON" 



Furnished in lengthi up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

 joint. 



TheHOSFfoi the FLORIST 



^-inch, per fl., 15 t.. 

 Reel of 500 It., " 14KC. 

 2 Reels, 1000 h., " 14 c. 

 ^-inch, " II c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " X9^c. 

 Couplings furnished 



HENRr A. D8EER, 



714 Chestnut St^ 

 Phh.adei pHiA, Pa. 



I«U0 KEAUY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can lie shipped at an hour's nutice. Price 

 per crate : 



2n00 1% in. @ $6.00 500 4 in. @ $4.50 



1.500 2 " " 4.88 456 41/2 " " 5.24 



1500 2% " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51 



1.500 21/. " " 6.00 210 5% " " 3.78 



1000 3 " •' " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16 



800 3^ " •' 5.80 • 120 7 " " 4.20- 



60 S " " 3.00 



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



August Roiker i Sons. 51 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Agents 

 OUR SPECIALTY — lone Distance and Eiport Trade 



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If your greenhouses are witbin 500 miles 

 of 'the Capitol, write us, we can save 

 von njonev. 



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