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Pearson Street, 

 LOMfl ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Dover, N. J.— Henry Payne, addi- 

 tion. 



Meriden, Conn. John .1. Bonell, one 

 house 



Plymouth, Pa.— Henry Gregory, one 

 house. 



Mentor, O.— Merkle & Sons, house 

 25 x 3 



Stamford, Conn.— Belden B. Brown, 

 bouse 1 8 x 50. 



Maywood, III.— Rober & Radke, bulb 

 house L2 x 75. 



E. Pepperell, Mass. Lowthorpe 

 School, one house. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — D. H. Mclnonch, 

 two houses each 28 v 100. 



Worcester, Mass. — Fred Madaus, 1 

 Heywood street, one house. 



Chicago, III.— Luke Collins, 1441-57 

 E. 7nth street, range of houses. 



Oklahoma City, Okla.— C A. M<- 

 N'abb. two houses each 25 x 100. 



Waterbury, Conn.— \V. H. Roberts 

 and Edward Miller. Platts Mills, one 

 house. 



Washington, N. J. — Alonzo J. Bryan, 

 282 E. Washington avenue, range of 

 houses. 



Reading, Pa.— Herman Stabenow, 

 Jr.. Twelfth and Exeter streets, house 

 24 x 100. 



Cleveland, O.— Bramley & Son, 1181 

 E. Seventy-first street, four houses, 

 each 27 x 200. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Franklin, Mass. — M. J. Van Leeuwen 

 is installing a new boiler at his green- 

 house. 



Northboro, Mass. — The foundation 

 for two boilers is being built at the 

 greenhouses of Ralph L. Wadsworth, 

 Pleasant street. 



Franklin, Mass. — The Van Leeuwen 

 greenhouses on Central street, were 

 damaged by fire on Oct. 29. The 

 quick work of neighbors prevented a 

 serious loss. 



Libertyville, III. — The greenhouses 

 of the Chicago Rose Co. have been 

 bought by Joseph Kohout and J. G. 

 Schumann, who will do business un- 

 der the firm name of Schumann & 

 Kohout. Both were previously in the 

 employ of Bassett <fc Washburn. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — The greenhouses 

 of the Haentze Company sustained a 

 $500 loss Friday night, October 27. 

 when the boiler in rose and carnation 

 section blew out, partially wrecking 

 the buildings, and exposing 3000 rose 

 plants to the blighting cold. The ex- 

 plosion was caused by the stoppage of 

 an outlet pipe. Prompt work prevent- 

 ed a fire following the explosion. 



1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be shipped at an honr'a notice. Prlc* 



HILLFINGERBROS., Pottery, Fort Edward, N.Y. 



August Rolkei t Sons, 31 Barclay St. N. T. City Agents. 

 OUR SPEC1JILTY — tone distance and oiport trade. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



"A little pot is soon hot," likewise a thin pot. This 

 will save you fuel. Our pots are the thinnest mm) 

 toughest owing to the superior quality of the clay, 

 New price list on application. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., SYR N AC Y USE 



— STANDARD FLOWER — 



POT® 



If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of 

 the Capitol, write us, we can save you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



. 2 Bth & M Its., Washington. D. C. — 



ALL THE CLAY 



FOR OUR 



Florist's Red Pots 



is prepared by passing 

 through a screen 1600 meshes 

 to the square inch. If in a 

 hurry for pots, order from us. 

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ZlllSTllrl. Oil! 



"FLOWERS." 



The Suburban Press, publishers of 

 Suburban Life, will issue a new 

 monthly magazine called "Flowers," 

 the first number to appear the first 

 week in January, 1912. 



This new magazine will be devoted 

 exclusively to flowers, both cultivated 

 and wild, giving the history of 

 flowers; treating of wild flowers of 

 field and forest: telling how the flow- 

 ers got their names; the spi 

 flower for each month, etc. The cul- 

 ture of flowers will also be considered. 



"Flowers" will be about the same 

 size as "Life." and illustrated with 

 half-tones direct from photographs. 

 Subscription price, fl.iju a year. 



Dennis T. Connor, who has been 

 Philadelphia representative of the Lord 

 <t Burnham Company for a number of 

 years, has severed his connection with 

 that company and will hereafter rep- 

 resent the Folej Manufacturing Co. of 

 Chicago, who have decided to estab- 

 lish branch offices in Philadelphia and 

 X' v York. The Foley people are for- 

 tunate in getting the services of a 

 man of Mr. Connor's ability and wide 

 acquaintance among the commercial 

 and professional people. 



"last tea la elastic and tenacious, admits of ex- 

 pansion and contraction. Putty becomes hard 

 sad brittle. Broken glass more easily removed 

 without breaking of other glass as occurs wins 

 hard patty. Lasts longer than putty. Easy to 

 eotHv. 



Send your business direct to Wash ngton. 

 Saves time and insures better service. 

 Personal attention guaranteed. 

 Twenty-five years' active service. 

 SPECIALTY: "Working on the Failures 

 ofOthers." 



SI6GERS & 8IGGER8 



PATENT LAWYERS 



Be>x I. National TJnlan Bonding 

 Washlarton, D. C. 



] DREER'S 



Florist Specialties. 



New Brand New Style. 

 Hoso'RITERTON" 



Furnished in lenghtt o» 

 to 500 ft. without scam or 

 joint. 



The HOSE for the FLOMST 

 %-inch, per ft.. 15 c 

 Reel of 500 ft., " 14HC 

 a Reels, 1000 ft.,'* 14 e. 

 K-inch, " 13 e. 



Reels, 500 ft., " ixHc 



Couplings furnished. 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714 Chestnut St., 



Philadklthia, Pa. 



Greenhouse Material and Sash 



Of Every Description 



Gat *«r Prloaa and Cata l aersm, 



SS. JACOBS Sa SONS 



135913»5 Fkunint: Ave. 



Est. 1781. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



