August 5, 1911 



HOMlCULTli K L, 



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Obituary. 



Adam Berg. 



Adam Berg, formerly a florist in 

 Liberty, lnd., died in Hamilton, O., on 

 Julj 16, aged 87 years. 



Mrs. William H. Moon. 

 Mrs. William II. Moon, wife of the 



well-known nurseryman of Morriss- 

 \ ill.-. Pa., died on July 22. She was a 

 sister of Mrs. Walter P. Stokes. 



Jeremiah Galbraith. 



Jeremiah Galbraith, a landscape 

 gardener for many years in Xew Ro- 

 chelle, X. V.. died at his home on 

 July 23, aged 76 years. He came to 

 this country from Ireland when 26 

 years of age. 



Alvah Coon. 

 This well known violet grower died 

 of typhoid fever ;it his home in Rhine- 

 beck, X. Y., aged 42 years. He had 

 been ill for five weeks and was ap- 

 parently recovering, when he had a 

 relapse. He leaves a widow, one son 

 ami on.' daughter. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Manchester, Conn. — A 75 x 100 con- 

 warehouse is being 

 erected by the C. R. Burr Nursery Co. 



San Mateo, Calif.— A large water 

 supply system is being erected on the 

 property of the MacRorie-MeLaren Co. 



White Marsh, Md.— Lightning re- 

 cently destroyed an acre of dahlias on 

 the estate of R. Vincent. Jr., & Sons' 

 Co. 



Emeryville, Calif.— The greenhouses 

 of William Kohler have been leased 

 by T. Taniguchi who will use them 

 for rose growing. 



Yonkers, N. Y. — Harry Turner is 

 superintendent at Greystone, the ex- 

 tensive estate of Sam Untemeyer. The 

 grounds are most inviting. In the Que 

 range of houses is a splendid lot of 

 Celosia Pride of Castle Gould, the in- 

 troduction of which has made the 

 raiser famous. 



Garrison, N. Y.— The beautiful 

 grove of chestnuts at Castle Kock is 

 threatened with extermination by a 

 disease which has appeared beneath 

 the bark and has up to the present 

 baffled the efforts of the anxious Su- 

 perintendent Win. Ingalls to check it. 

 Seven hundred trees were cut down 

 during tiie winter and many i ere will 

 follow . it bas imi affecti d i 13 other 

 species Hies far en the who! sixteen 

 hundred acres which are situated 

 overlooking West Point and is sur- 

 mounted with the handso stone 

 castle that is one of 'he sig - of the 

 Hudson. 



Austin, Tex.— Commission r Kone 

 of tin Department of Agrii ure to- 

 day issued permits to do bt ness to 

 the following nurserj and 11 ist con- 

 cerns: J. I'\ Boyd. Xurser W. G. 

 Hegele, Stedman Fair and Isaac Gar- 

 rison. Beaumont; Omholyz & Mc- 

 Carty, Victoria: W. M. Ma y, Port 

 Lavaca; Mrs. S. A. Sp< • r, Si well; A. 

 Middlehurst, Clark & Sangt Victor- 

 ia; C. J. Axelson, Bessie Weiaihger 

 and J. A. Larcomb. Beaunnat; Mrs. 



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