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HORTICULTURE 



March 14, 1914 



I^OR 



HEWS STANDARD POTS 



XJS... 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 



CONTEMPLATED. 

 Beverly, Mass. — R. S. Bradley, one 

 house. 



Ligonier, Ind. — Otto Schrock, one 

 house. 



Palmer, Mass. — E. L. Johnson, one 

 house. 



Belleville, 111.— A. G. Fehr, two 

 houses. 



Grinnell, La. — Wm. Bader, one 

 house. 



Colgate, Md. — J. S. Meiritt, carna- 

 tion house. 



Milford, Mass. — Herbert W. Austin, 

 one house. 



Chambersburg, Pa. — Hiram Plas- 

 terer, oue house. 



Parkersburg, W. Va.— J. W. Dudley 

 Sons Co., house, 40x300. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., three houses, 20x250. 



Roslyn, Pa.— Edw. Towill, additions. 

 Victor Greshen, additions. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Baker Floral Co., 

 Lord & Burnham house, 40x200. 



New Albany, Ind. — A. Rasmussen, 

 range of rose and carnation houses. 



Gregg's Station, III.— Bassett & 

 Washburn, five King houses, 34x600. 



FIRES. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. — The Neft Floral 

 Company sustained a loss of about 

 11,000 from fire in their store last 

 week. 



Minneapolis, Ind. — Charles Schill 

 lost his greenhouse and adjoining 

 buildings by an incendiary fire, caus- 

 ing a damage of $5,000. 



Newport, R. I. — A fire in the green 

 houses at Swanhurst. Mr. Geo. L. 

 Rives' estate, did a small amount of 

 damage on Tuesday, March 10, having 

 been discovered by the coachman be- 

 fore it got much headway. 



Tulsa, Okla. — The greenhouse be- 

 longing to W. A. Chastain and Charles 

 Evans was completely destroyed by 

 fire February 20. The fire broke out 

 in the underground subway of the 

 plant when paper close to the gas en- 

 gine caught fire. Loss' $500. Unin- 

 sured. 



Gardenville, Md. — Fire broke out in 

 the boiler room of John G. Killian on 

 Furley avenue and Bowley lane, on 

 Sunday night, March 1. The fire, 

 fanned by the high wind, destroyed 

 the entire end of four of the largest 

 houses and caused a loss of about 

 $2,000. Many plants were lost. 



New York — On Tuesday afternoon, 

 March 10, the seed store and plant 

 auction establishment of William Elli- 

 ott & Sons at 42 Vesey street was 

 badly damaged by fire which gutted 

 the basement floors. The loss on the 

 upper floors was caused mostly by 

 water and smoke. Amount of damage 

 cannot yet be correctly estimated. 



Its a 



KiFiG 



Improycd Flat Rafter Iroo Frame 

 GREENHOUSE 



With H-in- instead of %-'in. Rafters, 

 so we can reduce the depth from 3J4 

 and 4 inches 10 3 inches. 



ET'crv bit r/' Sutiiight means 

 nicitt T to yen. 



Send tor Bulletin ^o.4( and be convinced. 

 KING CONSiiTKlCTION CO. 



28 Kind's Road, N. Tonawanda, N.T. 



"Ail the Sunlight All Day Houses" 



Send your business direct to Washinston. 

 Saves time and insures better service. 

 Personal attention guaranteed. 

 Thirty years active service. 



SIGGERS & SIGGERS 



PATENT UAWVKRS 



Box 9, National Union Building 

 Washington, D. C. 



Greenhouse Materials anTSd 



IRON or WOOD SASH BARS 



In all len^liR Dp tn 32 feei. 



Milled to anv detail furnished or will 

 furnish details and cut materials readj for 

 erection. 



rr3nK V3n ASSCllG, "and Dwtght'su-eet*' 

 JEK8UV CITY. N. J. 



Evans 20th Century Arm 



Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three 

 times the power of old ^lyle elbow arms 

 Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine 



Write /or free Catalogue to 



QUAKEK CITY MAClllNC: CO.. 



Riciiiuond, Intl. 



THE FLORISTS' BAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA, inaorer of 39.000.000 sq. ft. of iUm 



Foi particulars address 



JohnG. Esler, SK'f Saddle River, N.J. 



St. Louis, Mo.— The St. Louis Seed 

 Co. had a big loss on Monday. March 

 9th, by fire and water. The fire start- 

 ed in the Boatman's Bank next door. 

 The firemen were directing streams 

 of water into the building and it 

 looked very much as though their 

 stock of seeds will be a total loss. 

 They carried a heavy stock and all 

 preparation had been made for the 

 spring sales. The Bentzen Floral Co.. 

 around the corner, also suffered con- 

 siderable loss from water. 



PEIRCE PAPER 

 FLOWER POT 



Superior to ANY OTHER pot for 



shipping purposes. 



Saves weiglit and space for the 

 sliipper. 



Best of protection against damage 

 by frost. 



Received a Certificate of Merit from 

 the Society of American Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 Minneapolis, August, 1913. 



Only paper pot ever so recognized. 



.\sk your seedsman or supply house. 

 If they do not keep them, send 

 direct. 



Made in Standard 

 sizes. 2 inch to 6 

 inch inclusive. 



Samples furnished 

 free. 



E, Allan Peirce 

 401 Oaks Road 

 Waltdam, Mass. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 

 per crate: 



21100 1% Id. @ ;6.00 500 4 in. @ $4.50 



1500 2 " " 4.S8 456 4% " " 5.24 



1500 214 " " 5.25 320 5 " " 4.51 



1.51K) 2V4 " " 6.00 210 5V4 " " 3.78 



IWX) .3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.18 



800 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20 

 60 8 " " 3.00 



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



August Rolker & Sons, 51 Barclay St., N. Y. City, Atents 

 OUR SPECIALiy- Lone Cislance and IradeEiport 



-STANDARD FLOWER 



If your greeoboQMa arc within 

 of the Capitol, write ui, w* 

 you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



— 28th & M Sts. Wsshlnctoi 



DREER'S 



Florist Speciaiti**, 



New Brand. PJew Styl*. 



Hose /RIVERTON" 



Furnished in lengths uy 

 to 300 ft. without seam or 



joint. 



The HOSF (or tbt FLORIST 



W-inch, per It., 

 Reel of 500 t 



a Reels, loooft., *' 14 C 



>^-inch, " 1^ C 



Reels, 500 ft., " isUc. 



Couplings fumi^ea 



NENRr A. DREEI. 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 





per lt.» 15 b. 

 >(t.. " MKt 



