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HORTICULTUKE 



January 31, 1914 



Obituary 



Mrs. Wilson. 

 Mrs. Wilson, mother of James S. 

 Wilson of Des Moines, la., died at her 

 home, 5082 Cabanne avenue., St. 

 Louis, Mo., last week, aged 80 years. 

 One daughter and two sons survive 

 her. 



C. D. Thayer. 



Charles D. Thayer, one of the first 

 men to engage in commercial flower 

 growing in Worcester, Mass., 43 years 

 ago, died on Saturday, January 24, 

 aged 63 years, from heart disease. Mr. 

 Thayer retired from business about 

 two and a half years ago. 



Isaac E. Coburn. 



Isaac E. Coburn. well known for 

 many years as a grower of fine pan- 

 sies, died at his home in Everett, 

 Mass., after an illness of several weeks, 

 on Thursday, January 22, aged 71 

 years. Mr. Coburn was born in Wes- 

 ton, Mass., and removed to Everett in 

 1871. He was a frequent exhibitor at 

 the shows of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. He leaves two sons 

 and a daughter. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Warren, Pa. — Lester Graham, one 

 house. 



Lebanon, Pa. — Hershey Park, con- 

 servatory. 



Gilchrist, III. — Paulsen Bros., range 

 of houses. 



Libertyville, III.— J. E. Meredith, 

 one house. 



Edwardsville, III. — Fred Ammann, 

 orchid house, 15x165. 



North Milwaukee, Wis. — Grunewald 

 Bros., range of houses. 



Kirkwood, Mo. — W. J. Pilcher, Lord 

 & Burnham house, 75x200. 



Orange, Tex. — H. J. Luchter, one 

 house, 18x75. palm house, 48x57. 



Chicago, III. — Wm. Duntemann, 

 three Garland houses, each 34x175. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— The West Laurel 

 Hill Cemetery Co., two houses, each. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Cleveland, O. — Burkhardt Floral 

 Co.. $10,000 capital stock. 



Rochester, N. Y.— L. W. Hall Com- 

 pany, nurserymen, capital stock, 

 $2,500. 



Greenville, S. C. — Piedmont Plant 

 Company, capital stock, $15,000. In- 

 corporators, W. A. Bruce and R. P. Du 

 Vernet. 



Wilmington, Del. — Scientific Plant 

 Company, general nursery business, 

 capital stock, $25,000. Incorporators, 

 Edward G. Cook, Anna L. Dorsey and 

 Wm. M. Lupton. 



Mobile, Ala. — Mobile Nursery Com- 

 pany. Capital stock $20,000. Tie offi- 

 cers are as follows: J. B. Dortch, 

 president; P. R. Murray, vice-presi- 

 dent; H. B. Crocker, secretary and 

 treasurer. 



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FIRES. 



Zimple, La. — A small greenhouse of 

 C. Porim was destroyed by fire last 

 week. 



Tuscarawas, ' O. — The greenhouses 

 and heating plant of Daniel Affolter 

 were damaged to the extent of $3000 

 on the morning of January 2d. 



Westfield, Mass. — A greenhouse of 

 Nicholas Brothers on Dennis street 

 was badly damaged by fire Jan. 26th. 

 Nearly all the glass was broken and 

 the stock destroyed. Loss $2,000. par- 

 tially covered by insurance. 



Witmer, Pa. — The greenhouse of 

 Ellas Lefever was set on fire by the 

 explosion of the boiler on Tuesday 

 morning, January 13, causing a dam- 

 age of about $300. Only a part of the 

 house, which is 300 feet long, was 

 damaged but many flowers and plants 

 were destroyed. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Fire believed 

 to be the work of an incendiary, de- 

 stroyed the handsome Bridgeman 

 dwelling and a number of violet 

 houses on the Ferncliffe estate of Vin- 

 cent Astor at Rhinebeck on Friday, 

 January 23, causing a loss estimated 

 at $15,000. The dwelling and violet 

 houses were recently purchased by 

 Vincent Astor from F. W. Bridgeman. 

 The dwelling was unoccupied, but the 

 violet houses were leased by William 

 Cook, a violet grower of Rhinebeck, 

 and were stocked with plants. 



For many years plans for erecting 

 a Municipal Horticultural Building in 

 Boston have been discussed but they 

 have fallen through. One of the last 

 things which Mayor Fitzgerald ex- 

 pects to do before giving up his office 

 is to discuss plans for the erection of 

 such a building. The approximate 

 cost will be about $250,000. 



A DASTARDLY CRIME. 



Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 24 — A bomb 

 outrage, believed by the police to have 

 been carried out by militant suffra- 

 gettes, today destroyed the extensive 

 conservatory in the Glasgow Botanic 

 Gardens known as the Kibble Crystal 

 Palace. The great glass roofs and 

 sides of the structure were blown into 

 thousands of pieces. Many valuable 

 plants were ruined. 



A caretaker succeeded in severing 

 the fuse of a second bomb just before 

 the first one exploded. He had a nar- 

 row escape from losing his life. 



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