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HORTICULTURE 



November 11, 1911 



THE NEW BREITMEYER STORE, DETROIT, MICH. 



Interior View. 



The Refrigerator. 



PERSONAL. 



C. H. Totty. Madison. N. J., started 

 last Monday on a western trip. 



Peter T. Devoy, of Poughkeepsie, is 

 reported as very low with pneumonia. 



H. A. Ketlel and family of Rumson, 

 N. J., have gone on a trip to old 

 friends and scenes in Europe. 



R. Vincent, Jr., Whiternarsh, Md., 

 is on a visit to several western cities 

 where he is scheduled to lecture on his 

 recent European trip. 



We regret to have to announce that 

 latest news from Wm. R. Smith of 

 Washington is that he is still very 

 low and there is much uneasiness as 

 to the prospects for his ultimate recov- 

 ery. 



The engagement of Henry Sargent 

 Dawson, youngest son of Jackson Daw- 

 son and Miss Pauline Fenner Mason 

 of Dorchester, Mass.. has been an- 

 nounced. The marriage will take place 

 next June. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, dean of the depart- 

 ment of science of Pomona College, 

 California, and a graduate of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, lias 

 been appointed commissioner of horti- 

 culture for California by Governor Hi- 

 ram Johnson. 



All will be glad to learn that the late 

 C. N. Bliss substantially expressed 

 his appreciation of the services ren- 

 dered by his energetic and able super- 

 intendent, N. Butterbach of Oceanic, 

 X. J., whose daughter will be married 

 to James McCann on Dec. 2nd. This 

 will be a great green letter day at 

 Red Bank. 



Boston visitors: W. Atlee Burpee 

 and George C. Watson, Philadelphia.; 

 H. A. Bunyard, New York City; C. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J.; Ed. Kirk, Bar 

 Harbor, Me.; Mrs. W. Bridgeman. 

 Rhinebeck, N. Y. ; Mr. and Mrs. Har- 

 ry Bayersdorfer, Phila. 



Buffalo is about to establish a mu- 

 nicipal nursery where trees for street 

 and avenue planting will be raised, 

 under the supervision of City Forester 

 Filler. About 40 or 50 acres of land 

 will be required but the location has 

 not yet been selected. 



POT-GROWN GRAPES. 

 Our cover illustration shows a fine 

 Black Hamburgh in fruit, not, as 

 might be imagined, the product of 

 some private conservatory but grown 

 for commercial use by a commercial 

 florist. Mr. Murray is doing good mis- 

 sionary work for the florist's business 

 in its higher possibilities and can see 

 something in his vocation above and 

 beyond the mere sticking of wired 

 blossoms in a wire frame. He writes 

 us that he uses these finely fruited 

 vines for basket and punch bowl work, 

 arranging them so that the bunches of 

 grapes hang down from the handle. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Halifax, Mass.— The Halifax Gar- 

 den Company have announced their 

 1911 fall chrysanthemum show and 

 visit to the greenhouses, to be held 

 Saturday, Nov. 11, 2 to 5.30 P. M., and 

 Sunday, Nov. 12, 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.. at 

 the greenhouses. A cordial invitation 

 is extended to the public. 



North Dighton, Mass. — Geo. H. Wal- 

 ker of North Dighton has purchased 

 the entire stock of cactus dahlia tu- 

 bers, including two acres from J. P. 

 Bodge, Fall River, Mass., who is re- 

 tiring from the business. Mr. Walker 

 has been very busy the past week 

 digging and trucking them home for 

 storage. 



New Springfield, N. Y. — Emil 

 Schraeder. a well known grower, was 

 aroused early on Tuesday. Nov. 7, by 

 a burglar alarm, and hurrying to his 

 yard with a shotgun discovered a 

 burglar who was robbing his poultry 

 coops. The burglar knocked Schrae- 

 der down and was about to seize the 

 gun when the florist pulled the trig- 

 ger. The burglar fell dead in a heap 

 with a charge of buckshot in his head. 



The Lamberton Memorial Conserva- 

 tory at Highland Park, Rochester, N. 

 Y., was formally dedicated with appro- 

 priate exercises on October 30. The 

 presentation speech was made by Presi- 

 dent A. B. Lamberton of the park 

 board, who was introduced by W. C. 

 Barry and the acceptance was voiced 

 by Mayor Edgerton. A grand display 

 of chrysanthemums is now on and this 

 will be followed by a series of public 

 floral displays throughout the season, 

 from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M., daily. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



The flower show will be held Nov. 

 13-18 inclusive. Superintendent Wm. 

 Murphy of the exhibition has laid out 

 the Horticultural Hall as a flower gar- 

 den. The silver cups worth easily 

 double their advertised value have 

 been placed on exhibition in a promi- 

 nent show window on Walnut street, 

 between 4th and 5th avenues. The en- 

 tries up to the time of writing are 

 large and indications point to an aug- 

 mentation before the end of the week. 

 The mayor will make an opening ad- 

 dress on Monday, the opening day of 

 the affair. Visitors should not forget 

 the smoker on Thursday at the Bis- 

 mark Rathskeller. The committeemen 

 in charge promise a good time for 

 everyone. 



The meeting of Cincinnati Florists' 

 Society was held at Cincinnati Cut 

 Flower Exchange at 24 3rd Avenue, 

 East, on Saturday, Nov. 11, 1911. 



Albert McCullough started for Flor- 

 ida this week for a stay for over a 

 month. 



Thos. Windram has gone to Florida 

 to his asparagus farms. 



Harry Schwartz, Gus Adrian and 

 Max Rudolph were at the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association meeting at 

 Richmond on Tuesday. 



Visitors: R. Groves. Adams. Mass.. 

 and J. Broxey, Dayton, O. 



DURING RECESS. 



New York Bowlers. 



The attendance at the New York 

 bowling on Friday, November 3rd, 

 was apparently affected by the numer- 

 ous calls at exhibitions. The scores 

 were as follows: 



