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HORTICULTUEE 



February 28, 1914 



FARQUHAR'S FLOWER 



FOR THE FLORIST 



Write for our Wholesale Catalogue 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., ^SillV* 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Boston— E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



St. Louis, Mo.: B. Schreber, repre- 

 senting John C. Moninger Co., Chicago. 



Los Angeles: Robert Fulton, repre- 

 senting Henry & Lee, New York; 

 C B. Knickman, of McHutchison & 

 Co., New York. 



Cincinnati: Simon J. Hyder, Hills- 

 boro; Jos. Hill, Richmond. Ind.; H. C. 

 Neubrand, representing A. N. Pier- 

 son, Cromwell, Ct. 



New York — A. Embury, representing 

 Yonkers Nursery, Yonkers, N. Y.; W. 

 R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Louis J. 

 Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; Mr. and Mrs. 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich. 



prominent in the business and social 

 life of Bayside, are expected to be 

 present. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., on 

 Saturday evening, Feb. 7th. The at- 

 tendance was hardly up to the usual 

 standard. The schedules for the ex- 

 hibitions were submitted and accepted. 

 At the next meeting there will be a 

 lecture on Silos. The twentieth annual 

 ball of the society was a decided suc- 

 cess and reflected great credit on Jas. 

 Clifford, G. Ferguson, F. H. Butler, L. 

 C. Peters, G. H. Thompson, who acted 

 as committee on that occasion. 



Lancaster, Pa.: Mr. Nolan, repre- 

 senting King Construction Co., No. 

 Tonawanda, Pa.; Jas. Brown, Jr., 

 Coatsville, Pa.; S. S. Pennock, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Chicago— B. S. Chadwick, New 

 York; Robt. Fulton, New York; R. 

 Karlstrom, representing W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. J.; J. Gammage, 

 Ontario; Robert Fulton, represent- 

 ing Henry & Lee. New York; J. C. 

 Robinson, of the J. C. Robinson Seed 

 Co., Waterloo, Neb. 



Philadelphia: Charles W. Scott, 

 Yokohama Nursery Co., New York 

 City; Thomas Hill, Peninsula Seed 

 Co., Port Huron, Mich.; William J. 

 Stewart. Boston, Mass.; George W. 

 Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; Daniel H. 

 Greene, Boone. Md.; Thomas T. Watt, 

 Wellesley College, Mass. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Bayside Grill Room, Bayside, 

 N. Y., is the place, and Saturday even- 

 ing, Feb. 28, is the time for one of 

 those jovial social occasions which j 

 Charlie Millang knows so well how to 

 inaugurate and carry throfigh to sue- | 

 cess. The affair this time is a "Kil- j 

 larney" beefsteak dinner. A cabaret 

 show and dancing are included in the 

 program, and two hundred or more 

 ladies and gentlemen, including many 



SOME FINE MELONS. 



The melons shown in the accom- 

 panying picture were grown by C. W. 

 Smith, gardener at the Lewis estate, 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Manheim, Pa.— M. H. Hostetter, ad- 

 dition. 



North Hero, Minn. — F. Keith, range 

 of houses. 



Louisville, Ky. — Nanz & Neuner Co., 

 house 27 x 160. 



Rutland, Vt.— Sidney A. Baker, ad- 

 dition 45 X 110. 



Morris, III.— Morris Floral Company, 

 two rose houses. 



Southington, Ct.— C. F. Curtis, South 

 End, two houses. 



Ridgefield, Ct. — Peter Hornig, Main 

 street, one house. 



Beverly, Mass.— Robert S. Bradley, 

 Hale street, one house. 



Evansville, Ind.— Wm. Halbrooks, 

 range of carnation houses. 



Eutte, Mont.— Englewood Floral Co., 

 one house and boiler house. 



Lexington, Ky.— Michler Bros. Co., 

 one Lord & Burnham house. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — A. M. Detmann & 

 Son, 4 100 ft. Moninger houses. 



Leola, Pa. — W. B. Girven, range of 

 carnation houses, next summer. 



Long Branch, N. J.— Sydney Stern- 

 bach, Norwood avenue, one house. 



Montrose, Mass. — Montrose Green- 

 houses, one Lord & Burnham house. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— Karl Muller, 63d 

 street and Kingsessing avenue, one 

 house. 



Joliet, III. — J. D. Thompson Carna- 

 tion Company, one house and rebuild- 

 ing, Moninger construction. 



Louisville, Ky. — A. Rasmussen, three 

 rose houses, each 25 x 300, and six 

 carnation houses, each 31 x 300. 



Northboro, Mass. — R. E. Wadsworth 

 & Co., iron-frame house, 62x200. Lord 

 & Burnham Co. have the contract 

 which includes heating, ventilating 

 and plumbing installation and the con- 

 struction of the beds. 



Ridgefield, Conn. The one on the 

 scales in the center weighed lOVi 

 pounds, and the others slightly less. 

 The variety is Read's Scarlet. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., 446 W. Erie 

 street, Chicago, have issued a new 

 edition of their convenient carnation 

 measuring device and authorize us to 

 state that they will send one post tree 

 to all who apply for same. 



More Red Devil Cutters Used Annually Than All Oitieis Combined 



I s.MITH H llt.MtNW.AV CO., 



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 anil Booklet 40 styles, and 

 understand why. 

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