September 23, 1911 



H ORT 1CULTU8E 



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E. H. HUNT, 



GREENHOUSE r*lJlf* A f^fS 



supplies. ^niv^rVxJV/ 



FISHER 



Carnation Clips 



Save carnation growers the expensive job of stringing their plants. 

 With the Clip one-fourth the time i- -uflieient and the work is done 

 better. No string to buy each season and the Clips will last a life- 

 time. 



NOTICE THESE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS:— Stretch Nc. 18 galvanized wire lengthwise between the 

 rows of plants using No. 10 wiro for the two outside rows. Cut cross wires at \<>. 18 and fasten Fisher 

 Clips on either end. Let two men walk on either side of the bench and quickly Blip the Clips over the 

 side wires and work is done till the plants are tall enough to need a second support, when proceed as before. 



Prices Per 100, 60c; Per 1000, $5.00 



They are indispensable to quick work and furnish a better support than any other device now on the market 



E. H. HUNT, 



131 North 

 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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Obituary 



Louis Nadig. 

 Louis Nadig, florist, North Manches- 

 ter, Ind., died suddenly on September 

 4, of Bright's disease. He was a Swiss, 

 44 years of age, and without relatives 

 in this country. 



Normal School. Three children sur- 

 vive him. 



John E. Haines. 

 John E. Haines, widely known as a 

 carnation grower and hybridizer, died 

 at his home in Bethlehem, Pa., on 

 September 10, after a long illness of 

 consumption. His age was 66 years. 



Clement Denaiffe. 

 Clement Denaiffe, senior member of 

 the firm of Denaiffe & Son, Carignan, 

 France, and one of the oldest seed 

 growers in Europe, died after a short 

 illness on August 31. He was seventy- 

 six years of age. 



Adam Fischer. 

 Adam Fischer, formerly florist at 

 the Soldiers' Home, Dayton, O., com- 

 mitted suicide on the night of Sep- 

 tember 13, at the home of his uncle, 

 .Michael Teufel, in Cincinnati. Des- 

 pondency over rheumatism which pre- 

 vented him from doing garden work 

 was the motive for the act. 



John Leavy. 

 John Leavy, florist, and one of the 

 founders of Greeley, Colo., died on 

 September 1, aged 80 years. He was 

 born in Ireland, and located in New 

 York in the early tin's, finally going to 

 New Jersey, thence to Greeley. He 

 frequently lectured before the State 



Charles A. Robinson. 

 The death is reported of Mr. Charles 

 A. Robinson, 67 years of age, a mem- 

 ber of the firm of C. N. Robinson & 

 Bro., Baltimore, Md., dealers in farm- 

 ers' supplies. He was engaged in busi- 

 ness in Baltimore for, the past thirty- 

 five years, previous to which time he 

 was, for five years, principal of the 

 Forest Home Academy in Anne Arun- 

 del County. He is survived by five 

 daughters and a son. 



Joseph Lapeno. 

 All the Chicago wholesalers were 

 kept busy last Monday making up 

 floral emblems for "Little Pete," as 

 Joe Lapeno was familiarly called. He 

 has been a daily visitor to the market 

 for the past twenty years and his 

 death will be felt by many in the old- 

 er houses who frequently employed 

 him to help out with the Italian trade. 

 Joe was taken to the County Hospital 

 a few days ago, where he died Sept. 

 14th. He made his home with a sister 

 on Ohio street and was about 45 years 

 old. He had many friends in the trade 

 who will miss him. 



John R. Burfeind. 

 On September 11, John R. Burfeind, 

 of the firm of John R. Burfeind & Son, 

 Scarsdale, N. Y., died at his horn 

 Scarsdale. He was about sixiy j 

 of age. At the age of seventeen 

 I'liteii'd the eui]ilov of ('has. Amiiiann. 

 at 120th street atid 7th avenue. Ne 1 

 York, where he remained for 35 years, 

 leaving there to become superin- 

 tendent of the Thos. Watt estate at 



Scarsdale. About ten years ago, after 

 a service of over five years at the- 

 Watt estate, he engaged in business 

 for himself. He leaves a wife and 

 five children. His eldest son will con- 

 tinue the business. 



Nicholas P. Reddy. 



Nicholas P. Reddy, who had been. 

 identified with the florists' business in. 

 Fall River, Mass., for the past 40 

 years, died at his residence, 32 Laurel 

 street, on Sunday morning, Sept. 17,.. 

 following a brief illness. Mr. Reddy 

 was born in Dublin, and learned the 

 florist business at hia home while still 

 a young man. He came to Fall River 

 about 40 years ago and was in the em- 

 ploy of the late Dr. Durfee for some 

 time before starting in business on his 

 own account. Because of ill health he 

 turned his business over to his two- 

 sons about two years ago. 



He is survived by his widow, Mrs. 

 Mary E. Reddy, nee Keough, and by- 

 two sons and three daughters. The 

 sons are Edward J. and John F. Red- 

 ely, and the daughters are Mrs. M. J. 

 Logan, Miss Mary L. Reddy and Miss 

 Jennie Reddy. The funeral was held' 

 at St. William's church on Wednesday 

 morning. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 

 1,002,247. Agricultural-Spray Compo- 

 sition, Carlton Ellis, Mont- 

 clair, New Jersey, assignor 

 to Ellis-Foster Co., a cor- 

 poration of New Jersey. 

 002,276. Quack Grass Destroying 

 Machine. John S. Johnson, 

 Waukon, Iowa. 

 1,002,800. Seed-Distributor. William: 

 li Beckett. Lanham. Md. 



