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HORTICULTURE 



September 9, 1911 



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Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — The Central Nur- 

 sery & Floral Co. has retired from 

 business. 



Owasso. Mich. — John Schleider has 

 sold the Sunnyside Greenhouses to M. 

 A. Herrick of Durand, Mich. 



Denver. Colo. — Greenhouses at 2122 

 "Hooker street have been leased by 

 James Hamlin, who will start busi- 

 ness there. 



Newark, N. Y. — The Jackson & 

 Perkins Co. is contemplating a 60x160 

 frost-proof warehouse for storage of 

 nursery stock. 



Hot Springs, Ark. — J. F. Howard 

 has sold his greenhouses and other 

 property on Harrell avenue to the 

 C. H. Johnson Floral Co. 



Madison, Wis.— The Capital City 

 Greenhouse Company has filed an 

 amendment increasing its capital 

 stock from $15,000 to $50,000. 



Stouffville, Ont., Can. — The Stouff- 

 ville Floral Co. has purchased the 

 business of Brillinger & Meader. 

 Robert Rae is manager of the new 

 company. 



Addison, III. — It is reported that a 

 Hinsdale nurseryman has purchased 

 80 acres of land south of the town 

 upon which he will erect an exten- 

 sive range of greenhouses. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — An elaborate Ital- 

 ian garden is to be constructed for 

 William H. Walker, on his Brookside 

 estate. $50,000 or more is to be ex- 

 pended, mainly for marble fountains 

 and other stone work. F. Vitale, of 

 New York is the architect. 



Wayland, O. — Among the most suc- 

 cessful gladiolus growers in the coun- 

 try is Mrs. A. H. Austin of this town. 

 From a very small start a few years 

 ago Mrs. Austin has developed her 

 business until the number of bulbs 

 now growing exceeds a million. The 

 bulbs are grown in rows three feet 

 apart and about fifty rods in length. 

 The stock this year includes a large 

 number of seedlings from hand-fertil- 

 ized seed. The soil is a clayey loam 

 which has been farmed for about 100 

 years. 



We learn from the Bulletin of For- 

 eign Plant Introductions issued August 

 25, 1911, by the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry a1 Washington, that Frank N. 

 Meyer, the noted explorer and plant 

 collector arrived at Omsk, Siberia on 

 July 2. after a trip into the Altai 

 mountains where lie had collected a 

 quantity of material for the Agricul- 

 tural Detiartment. 



D FILER'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



Manufactured for us exclusively. The best tuo ever Introduced. The neatest, lightest 

 and cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have 

 drop handles. 



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GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Shenandoah, la. — Fred Fischer, one 

 house. 



Bowerstown, 

 house 20x90. 



O.— J. G. Gamble, 



Waterbury, Conn.— C. F. Doll, Park 

 road, one house. 



Beaver Dam, Wis. — Joseph Wagner, 

 range of houses. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Robert 

 Schreve avenue, one house. 



Scott, 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an hour's notice. Price 



Woburn, Mass. — J. F. Marion, Cam- 

 bridge street, addition. 



New Haven, Conn. — L. Vogares, 

 Ramsdell street, one house. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, Knox 

 and Morris streets, two houses each 



L'nxlOO. 



Portland, Ore. — Alex Davis and 

 John Spencer, East Twenty -fifth 

 street, one house. 



Fort Worth, Texas. — Baker Bros. 

 Co., two houses, each 40x218. L. Cow- 

 ell, range of houses. 



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