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HOKTICULTURE 



March 28, 1914 



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HEWS STANDARD 



99 



POTS 





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. 



PEIRCE PAPER 

 FLOWER POT 



A waterproof paper pot. 



Does not fold up or come apart. 



Plants in transit retain moisture 

 within the plant ball instead of its 

 being^ absorbed by the paclung:, in- 

 suring their traveling long dis- 

 tances in perfect condition. 



Received a Certificate of Merit from 

 the Society of American Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 Minneapolis, August, 1913. 



Only paper pot ever so recognized. 



Ask your seedsman or supply house. 

 If they do not keep them, send 

 direct. 



Made in Standard 

 sizes, 2 inch to € 

 inch inclusive, 



Samples furnished 

 free. 



E. Allan Peirce 



401 Oaks Road 

 Waltham, Mass. 



1000 RBADY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 



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



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



OW SPKUm — loDtPlslanceani TradeLmorl 



—STANDARD FLOWER- 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles 

 of the rnpitol. write us, we can save 1 

 yon uione\', 



W. H. ERNEST 



— 28tli & M St8. WashinKton, D. 0. 



DREER'S 



Florist Specialties, 



New l^rand. New Style. 

 Hose "RIVERTON" 



Furotshed in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

 joint. 



The HOSF for the FLORIST 



^■inch, per ft., 15 c 

 Reel of 500 ft., " ztiic 

 2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

 '/i-inch, " 13 c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " X2{^c. 

 Couplings furni^ed 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa, 



When writing to advertisert kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Joliet, III.— West Park, one house. 



Putnam, Ct.— C. S. Andem, 200 ft. 

 house. 



Norwood, Pa. — Macaw Bros., three 

 houses. 



Hillsdale, N. Y.— Fred Beck, one 

 house. 



Erie, Pa.— Trost & Stelnfurth, two 

 houses. 



Mansfield, O. — Stuhldreher Bros., ad- 

 ditions. 



Jamesville, N. Y.^George Miller, 

 house, 22x100. 



Marblehead, Mass. — Henry L. Mar- 

 tin, two houses. 



Radnor, Pa.— Herbert L. Clark, 

 range of houses, 27x183. 



Belleville, III.— A. G. Fehr, 1800 E. 

 Main street, two houses. 



Port Dover, Ont. — Thomas A. Ivey & 

 Sons, Ltd., house, 25x300. 



Chalfonte, Pa.— Chalfonte Cut Flow- 

 er Co.. King house, 35x250. 



Brighton, Wash. — Ivan Risdon, one 

 house, 30x75: one house 16x75. 



FIRES. 



Baldwin's, N. Y.— George T. Schun- 

 neman's boiler shed was burned down 

 on Friday, March 20. 



Mt. Zion, Pa. — The greenhouse of 

 Ezra Rozelle was partially destroyed 

 by fire March 13th, causing a loss of 

 $1000; partially covered by insurance. 



Bayside, N. Y. — A greenhouse occu- 

 pied by John Hart at 7th street and 

 Warburton avenue, was destroyed by 

 fire on the night of March 19. The 

 loss is estimated at $2,000 on the 

 greenhouse and $2,000 on the contents. 



Springfield, N. J. — A large fire oc- 

 curred on March 17th, at the F. & F. 

 branch of the American Nursery Co., 

 in Morris avenue. The loss, estimated 

 at between $10,000 and $15,000, con- 

 sisted of a large barn, six valuable 

 horses, five wagons, ten sets of har- 

 ness and contents of bam. The fire 

 was discovered shortly before ten 

 o'clock by Emil Steniel, an employe of 

 the nursery. It is thought it had been 

 smoldering for some time before it 

 was discovered. Great credit is due 

 the Springfield and Milburn fire de- 

 partment for confining the fire to the 

 barn. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,090,267. Device for Cutting Grass. 

 John H. Berry, Newton. 111., assignor 

 of one-fourth to James A. Bowles, 

 Villa Grove, 111. 



Short Hills, N. J. — Thomas Jones is 

 suing the Public Service Gas Co. for 

 $6,000 for loss of orchids killed by gas 

 escaping from a broken pipe last year. 



BUY POTS THAT — 



1. Are unbreakable. 

 Retain moisture. 

 Save on expressage. 

 Are inexpensive. 



2. 

 3. 



4. 



NEPONSET 



WATERPROOF PAPER 



FLOWER POTS 



For free sample write 

 Dept. H. 



BIRD & SON, East Walpole, Mass. 



ESTABLISHED 1795 



Mention HORTICIJLTORE when writing 



KINO: 



GREENHOUSES 



are practical, first, last and all the 

 time. Every detail is the result of 

 careful study. 



Sunshine makes things grow and a King 

 simply captures every ray of sunlight. 



Write us for information no matter how in- 

 expensive or extensive a house you need. 



King Ideal Boilers and King Air 

 Valves iire worth investigating. 



KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 



28 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N.T. 



Ail the Sunlight All Day Houses 



Builds Good Greenhouses 



TRY HI.M. 



THE FOLEY GREENHOUSE MFG. CO. 



3275 West 31st Street 



CHICAGO, III. 



Evans 20th Century Arm 



Will not twist the shafting pipe. Three 

 times the power of old style elbow arms 

 Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine 



H'rite for free Catalogue to 



QUAKER CITY MACHINE CO.. 



Riclimond, Ind. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOGIATIOR OF 



AMERICA, insoTer of 39,000,000 sq. (t. of dlaM 



For particulars address 



JohnQ. Esler, Sec'y Saddle River, N.J. 



