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HORTICULTURE 



October 28, 1911 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Trade Items. 

 Ctd. Ylanakos, .1 nephew of Johnson 

 <.i the Bra ol Johns,. n & Chronis, is 

 [ng a Btore al (630 Kvanston ave- 

 nue. 



rik OechBlin is receiving three 

 carloads of azaleas this week, all of 

 which air to i» used fur flowering for 

 iiir 1 !hlcago marki t. 



It is reported that one of the large 



department stores has placed an order 



for fifteen thousand small shamrock 



plants tor St. Patrick's Day. 



Steve Mti r< '" enter the flor- 



business again soon by opening 



a retail store on the nortb west side, 



near Milwaukee Mini Powell avenue.-. 



Three horses and a wagon w< re 



stolen from the greenhouses of 



Vaughan's Seed Store, at Western 



Springs. 111., last week and have not 



yet b( 1 ''d. 



Lloyd Vaughan say> the shipping 

 trade demands the Killarneys and 

 Richmonds almost exclusively in 

 roses. The newer varieties are not 



so popular as these standbys. 



Arthur Eichel, of the Mount Green- 

 wood Cemetery Association, has the 

 August Koeble place at 4228 North 

 40th avenue. Mr. Koeble will have 

 charge of his mother's place at 1933 

 Irving Park boulevard. 



The various parks will have their 

 chrysanthemum shows, beginning early 

 in November. The conservatories will 

 be oil 11 till ten o'clock each evening 

 during the display, which this year 

 promises to tie very fine. 



Chicago experienced its first severe 

 frost of the season, October 23rd, the 

 thcrmometer'registering 27 degrees at 

 l'ia nk Oechslin's and 22 degrees at 

 Geo. Wittbold's, at Edgebrook, where 

 considerable ice formed. The govern- 

 ment thermometer, however, recorded 

 40 degrees as the lowest. 



Among the real estate transfers of 

 the past wees was the sale of the 

 property in which is located the retail 

 store of J. Mangel, corner Wabash 

 avenue and Monroe street. This is 

 one of the choice corners of the down- 

 town district and the present building 

 will be replaced by a large office build- 

 ing. 



The Geo; Wittbold Co. has its new 

 rooming house well under way and it 

 will be a great convenience in caring 

 for the many employes necessary in 

 so extensive a business. The floors 

 are to be of cement and everything 

 made sanitary as well as convenient. 

 This firm is extremely busy filling or- 

 ders for nursery stock and with the 

 prospect of a short season orders are 

 coming in rapidly. 



Personal. 



chronis has returned from a trip 

 to Gr- 



P. .T. Foley has lately returned from 

 p to Minneapolis. 



Wro. Abramso 1 member of 



the Percy Jones force. 



Win. Graff is back at Friedman's 

 and later may be in charge of the 

 new store. 



Wm. Johnson, formerly with the Ba- 

 tavia Greenhouse Co., is now with 

 Vaughan & Sperry. 



Frank Ayres left October 26th for 

 Texas and Arkansas where he will as- 

 sist in settling up an estate of which 

 he is one of the heirs. 



Frank Burton is now in the office of 



A Great Exposition 



The First Show oi American Land and Irrigation Co. 



will be held November 3rd to 12th in Madison Square 



Garden, where the products ol the s<<\\ from all parts of 



the country will be displayed. 



our exhibit at booth 10. where will be dis- 

 played the products ol our seeds, showing 

 the results of years of careful selection. 

 $20,000 IN AWARDS 



W. E. MARSHALL & CO., 



146 West 23rd Street 

 NEW YORK 



the E. H. Hunt Co. as assistant book- 

 keeper. A. F. Longren has gone on 

 a trip carrying a lot of samples of 

 new goods for the holiday trade, 

 among which are some novelties in 

 baskets. 



T. C. Joy and bride are calling on 

 the trade this week. Mr. Joy is the 

 grandson of Thomas Joy, the founder 

 of the greenhouse business at Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., and was fortunate in buy- 

 ing up a tract of land which after- 

 wards became a part of the city. 



OBITUARY. 



W. D. Oviatt. 

 W. D. Oviatt died suddenly at his 

 home on Highland avenue, Rochester, 

 X. v., on October 9th. He was for 

 many years a grower in his home 

 town and had been in poor health for 

 some time. 



John Fraser. 



John Fraser, florist and landscape 

 gardener, of East Quoque, N. Y., com- 

 mitted suicide by shooting on October 

 8th. He was 60 years of age. De- 

 spondency over the death of his wife 

 is supposed to have been the cause. 



Mrs. Lillian J. Lesure. 

 Mrs. Lillian J. Lesure, wife of Clyde 

 A. Lesure, florist, died at her home, 

 272 South street, Fitchburg, Mass.. on 

 October 19th, aged 29 years. She had 

 a wide circle of acquaintances in this 

 and other cities to whom the news of 

 her death came as a severe shock. 



Albert N. Cole. 

 Uberl N ode died October 22 at his 

 heme on Hodges street, Mansfield, 

 Mass.. aged .Si. Mr. Cole was for many 

 years gardener on the fine estate of 

 J. tin Rogei s. II.- recently resigned be- 

 • of ill-health. His wife died last 

 winter. He livid with his only child, 

 .vns. Egbert Cole. 



Temple. Texas — J. R. Boyd informs 

 us that he is building two houses, 20 

 x 90, instead of one as reported. He 

 is starting a new floral and nursery 

 business under the name of the Tem- 

 ple Seed & Floral Co.. with a Mr. 

 Damier. 



INCORPORATED. 



Charlotteville, Va. — The Sky Land 

 Orchard Co., capital stock $5,000 to 

 $15,000. 



Melrose Park, III. — Elmhurst Floral 

 Co., capital stock $10,000. Incorpora- 

 tors, Herman Weiss, Paul L. Haertel 

 and William H. Reich. • 



Washington, D. C— The Washing- 

 ton Bulb Co., capital stock $1,000. In- 

 corporators, Oscar W. DAlcorn, Ed- 

 ward P. Rodman, and John E. Melton. 



Rochester, N. Y. — "Campbell, the 

 Florist," capital stock $1,000. Direc- 

 tors, Edward C. Campbell and Jesse 

 P. Campbell of Rochester, and Charles 

 Gallery of Gates. 



FOR GOLD FRAMES 



STRAW IN/IATS 

 6x6, ■ $1.50, $17.00 doz. 



BURLAP IVI 

 6# X 6X1 $1.20, $14.00 doz. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 



42 Ve*ey St., New York 



FORCING TOMATO PLANTS 



In 2% Inch p'.ts at $20.00 per M in the fol- 

 lowing varieties: Comet, Sutton's, Winter 

 Beauty. Sutton's Best Of All, Sutton'l 

 Abundance, Sutton's A 1. 



I. age and Lettuoe Plants In unlimited 

 quantities and best market varieties. 

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ONION SETS 



HEADQUARTERS FOR TllE EAST. 



We carry large stocks of choice quality 

 h our Orange, Conn., and New York 

 City houses. Full line all varieties of Gar- 

 den and Flower Seeds. Trade List on ap- 

 plication. 



8. D. WOODRUFF A 8ON8. 



82 Dey Street. 

 Oranffe. Conn. New York City. 



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