September 30, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



465 



PROVIDENCE WHOLESALE FLOW- 

 ER MARKET, INCORPORATED. 



Articles incorporating the Provi- 

 dence Wholesale Flower Market were 

 filed by Alexander Macrae, John A. 

 Macrae and Joseph Kopelman, all of 

 Providence, R. I., with the Secretary 

 of State, on September 27, and they 

 were granted a charter authorizing 

 them to engage in the wholesale and 

 retail flower business in accord with 

 the General Laws of that state. The 

 capital stock of the concern is $5,UU0, 

 divided into shares of $25 each. The 

 show and salesrooms on Washington 

 street are nearly completed and the 

 doors will lie thrown open to the 

 trade on October 1. 



The provisions of the charter 

 granted are as follows: 



Said corporati n is constituted for the 

 purpose of engaging In the business of 

 raising, growing, purchasing or otherwise 

 acquiring, holding, owning, mortgaging, 

 selling, leasing, assigning, transferring or 

 other-wise disposing of, Investing In, trad- 

 Ing in. or dealing with any and all kinds 

 and varieties of trees, shrubs, vines, 

 plants, flowers, seeds, or any other goods, 

 wares or merchandise whatsoever: 



Of manufacturing, purchasing or other- 

 wise acquiring, holding, owning, mortgag- 

 ing, selling, leasing, assigning, transferring 

 or otherwise disposing of, investing in. 

 trading in. or dealing with any and all 

 kinds of florists' supplies, tools or any 

 other goods, wares, or merchandise what- 

 soever: 



Of carrying on generally a wholesale and 

 retail business in any and all of the above 

 articles: 



Of owning, leasing or otherwise acquir- 

 ing holding, leasing, renting, selling, rnort- 

 gaging, or otherwise disposing of lands, 

 tenements, buildings or stands of whatever 

 nature or discription, for any or all of 

 the above purposes, or for purpose or pur- 

 poses incidental thereto. 



And this corporation shall have the 

 [lower to acquire the good will, rights, 

 property and effects of all kinds, and to 

 undertake the whole or any part of the 

 liabilities of any person, firm, association. 

 or corporation on such terms and condi- 

 tions as may be agreed upon, and to pay 

 for the same in cash, stocks, or other se- 

 curities of this corporation or otherwise: 



To apply for, purchase or otherwise ac- 

 quire and hold. use. sell, assign, mortgage 

 or otherwise dispose, and grant licenses in 

 respect of and otherwise turn to account 

 all and any trade marks trade names, in- 

 ventions, formulas, and processes used in 

 connection with its business, or held, 

 owned, or controlled by It; 



To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire 

 and to sell, mortgage, or in any otherwise 

 dispose of all or any horses, wagons, motor 

 tvagons, or other vehicles of whatever na- 

 ture and discription for use in the business 

 or incident to the business of this cor- 

 poration: to enter into, make, perform and 

 ■ any out contracts with any person, firm, 

 or corporation relating to any matter of 

 business of this corporation in which it 

 may lie interested: to do all and every- 

 thing necessary or convenient for the ac- 

 complishment, of any of the purposes or 

 obiects and powers above mentioned. 



_ S. A. G. 



The John Deere Plow Co. of Balti- 

 more, will shortly have a large in- 

 crease in their floor space, the proper- 

 ty, 213 West Pratt street, having 

 been purchased with a view to the de- 

 struction of the present building now 

 located at that address, and the erec- 

 tion of one of concrete, stone ana 

 pressed brick, five stories high, and 

 the same used in connection with their 

 present quarters which adjoin. This 

 new building will measure :l*xl50 feet 

 and will be equipped with electricity, 

 steam heat and elevator service. 



A PERENNIAL BORDER. 



Superintendent Pettigrew of the 

 Boston Park System has added a 

 much-appreciated feature to the at- 

 tractions of Franklin Park in the form 

 of a perennial border. This border, as 

 shown in part, in our cover illustration 

 this week, is serpentine in outline, 

 skirting the edge of a rolling meadow 

 for a distance of 1400 feet, and set off 

 by a background of trees and close 

 shrubbery, the latter not yet grown to 

 its full intended effect. 



The border is not literally a peren- 

 nial border, for much of its radiant 

 color effect is attained by the use of 

 Countess of Elsmere petunias, cannas, 

 antirrhinums, gladioli, pentstemons, 

 dahlias, cosmos, salvias, poppies, verb- 

 enas and other annual material, but as 

 the peienuial plantations attain their 

 maximum growth the necessity for 

 annual fillers will be proportionally 

 lessened. As seen in the picture pre- 

 sented — which was taken in late Sep- 

 tember, the hardy asters are in the 

 height of their glory. Of these so- 



called "Michelmas Daisies," Mr. Pet- 

 tigrew has acquired a magnificent col- 

 lection, including all the novelties 

 from foreign sources, and in another 

 year they will make a magnificent dis- 

 play. None, however, can excel our 

 own Aster Nova Angliae, with its rich 

 outburst of purple and amethyst. 

 Heleniums, chelones, rudbeckias, heli- 

 anthus, boltonias, phloxes, veronicas, 

 violas and lilies are among the most 

 brilliant factors in the autumn show. 

 The spring outburst is ushered in by 

 masses of early and late flowering 

 tulips, narcissi, etc., and peonies, 

 irises, campanulas and other spring 

 and summer favorites follow along in 

 brilliant array, there being at all 

 times an abundance of seasonable 

 bloom. The masses of color are boldly 

 blended and contrasted, and the pub- 

 lic have displayed much interest in 

 this excellent object lesson in the art 

 of garden making. 



Next year sorae lily ponds and Vic- 

 toria pools are to be constructed in 

 the foreground meadow. 



McHutchison & Co., the New York 

 plant importers, report the third 

 shipment, of azaleas already in and it 

 is expected that by next week the en- 

 tire importation will have been re- 

 ceived. This is considerably earlier 

 than ever before. 



A MODEL ESTATE. 

 A few hours spent on the estate of 

 Mrs. J. B. Converse, Greenwich, Conn., 

 known as "Stanwich House'' under the 

 able guidance of Wm. Graham, su- 

 perintendent, proved most interesting 

 and pleasurable. Mr. Graham studied 

 his work at the Wayside Farms 

 and Conservatories of Milton. 

 Mass., under the skilful training 

 of Geo. M. Anderson. After complet- 

 ing his apprenticeship there, when a 

 lad of 17, he took the selling end of 

 the business, and after five years lie- 

 came foreman. Later he took charge 

 of the rose growing establishment of 

 H. F. Crawford & Co., staying with 

 this firm for three years or until the 

 dissolution. He then accepted his 

 present position where he has suc- 

 ceeded in converting a run-down farm 

 into a modern country estate which 



at the present time can equal any in 

 the Greenwich section although it is 

 only four years old. On the day of 

 the writer's visit Mr. Graham was busy 

 superintending the laying out of a 

 large rose garden, and dynamiting 

 numerous boulders preparatory to con- 

 verting a piece of marshy land into a 

 lake and finally to become a formal 

 garden. There is no glass on the place 

 yet but plans are already out for a 

 range after the bulk of the landscape 

 work is completed. The vegetable 

 garden is laid out artistically. On 

 each side of the white sand-stone 

 walks are beds of herbaceous flowers. 

 In the center is a clipped evergreen 

 flanked by crescents of salmon gera- 

 nium. The fruit garden is a model. 

 The original apple trees have been 

 pruned into shape and sprayed back 

 to life and now are hanging with 

 fruit Of good quality. 



