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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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OBITUARY. 



B. Hasselbring:. 



■ -lluwiiig an illness of but a few 

 >, U. llasselbring, tlu- widely known 



.,si at Flint, Mich., <liod September 

 Heart trouble was the eause of death, 

 llasselbring was at the time in Chi- 

 atteiidiny the funeral of a brother, 

 niliart llasselbring was born in Clcr- 

 V in ]S41. At the age of 18 he eu- 

 ,| in tiie tierniau army, accortling to 

 laws of that eountry, and after the 

 1 at ion of his thrcv years he enlisted 

 liirther service. He served under 

 iiank in the (iernian-Austrian war in 

 I'l. and in 1S70, at the outbreak of the 

 :iro Prussian war, he was commis- 

 ,(| a sergeant and served with dis- 

 M(PM at the siege of I'aris, tlu' batth> 

 ■^.'(hin and tiu' notable engagement of 

 •elot. After tiie latter battle the 

 iiu- sergeant was awardeil tiie Iron 

 >^ by tlie (iernian go\ eminent for per- 

 il iieroisni. 

 Ill \S7- he came to the Tnited States, 

 !ig directly to Saginaw. Tlie young 

 .man found himself in a strangt; conn- 

 . without funds and without a knowl- 

 ..■( i)f tiu' language. He went to work 

 . ! a llorist iu Saginaw and in 1874 

 I- uniti'd in marriage witli .Miss 

 \ ^iisia Lang. Thirty-two years ago the 

 ■ ii|i!e renu)ved to Hint, where .Mr. Jlas- 

 M.iiiig rented the property upon which 

 - iiiiw located the llasselbring green- 



i ^es. A few years later he purchased 



'^1.' inojierty and at tiie time of his death 

 .IS the owner of one of the largest 

 .'!( ■idioiise establishments in the state. 



\ir. liasstdbring is survived, besides 



III- v\ido\\, by four suns and one daughter. 



Hi-- iildest son, J )i'. Henry Hasselbriug, is 



'!! iiiiployee of the government in Wash- 



iiutiin, D. C, in the botanical department 



'I the Dei)artinent of -\gricidture; liine- 



' :iit and Walter llasselbring both reside 



ii Mint, and Albert llasselbring is in 



'•!'■ coj)per mining business in northern 



iiiada. .Miss .Margaret Hasselbriug also 



• -id«'s in l-'lint. 



The funeral was held Wednesday, Sep- 

 niber 12!>. There was a large attend- 

 ■•'■'■ aiHJ many flowers. 



James Dennis. 



■ lames Dennis, Jr., of East Providence, 

 • I., died September 1(5, of appendicitis, 



!«T undergoing an operation at the 



i><\r Island hospital. He was 73 years 

 •I l''or several years he operated the 



I'^e of greenhouses now owned by Mrs. 

 ^'•n, at the rear of 31l'4 Pawtucket 



'•mie. Kast I'rovidence. He leaves a 



■ l"w and one ilaughter. 



T. J. Maney. 



I'liiKithy .1. .Maney, a uurserynum of 

 !ie\a, .\. v., died at his home, in 

 ling street, September I'l, after a 

 "e months' illness with dropsy. He 

 \'-s his wife, three sons, .Michael, 

 "lel and Thomas Maney. and one 

 i;;liter, .Mrs. William Witt, all of 

 'ii\a. 



I'liK e.xecutive committee of the Amori- 



" Kose Society will hold a meeting 



ti'ber 6, at 44 West Forty-fourth 



''■et. New York city, to take up the 



"■liminary work for the exhibition to be 



'd in the ^Museum of Natural History 



■March. 



Iiii: Review will send the Book of 

 •I'afted Iioses for 25 cents. 



Meridex, Coxn. — Joseph A. Green- 

 backer took two large standing designs 

 to the Berlin fair and scored first on 

 each. 



Big Rapids, Mich. — The Buskirks are 

 adding two houses to their establishment, 

 known a.s the Star Greenhouse. H. M. 

 Larson is nuiking repairs. 



Pembkoke, N. y.—The W. F. Kirch 

 holf Co. reports that a heavy storm on 

 Sunday morning, September liG, de- 

 stroyed much outside stock. 



Washixcjtox. 1). ( '. — Z. D. Blackistoue 

 has had a surjilus of tlahlias and has sent 

 boxes of tliem free to the sick, thereby 

 gaiiiing Some good newspaper notices. 



('amuex, X. ^■. — .\ugiistus .lackid will 

 build a greenhouse addition to his (iro 

 ent quarters at Tuentynintli and .Mitcliidl 

 streets, the addition to be lidx.SO feet. 



XoRTH EA.STOX, Mass. — The annual 

 fair of Easton Grange No. 196, P. of H., 

 was held September 21 to 23. The com 

 mittee was headed by W. X. Craig. 



Fairhavex, Mas.s. — Peter Murray is 

 building an addition to his greenhouses. 

 He is also constructing a cold storage 

 house, 25x.j0 feet, north of his potting 

 house. 



Batavia, li.L. — D. B. Hazen, after a 

 two years' sojourn in Florida, has re- 

 turned to Batavia, and is again in busi- 

 ness. His many friends extended him a 

 cordial welcome. 



DovEi;, X. H. — James M. Hayes has 

 20,OUO tine pansies in the field. His 

 other specialties are verbenas, lettuce, 

 tomatoes and cabbage. For these he has 

 a large local sale each year. 



Billings, Mont. — William Partington 

 has begun the construction of what, it 

 is expected, will eventually be a large 

 range of greenhouses, at Twenty-ninth 

 street and Sixth avenue north. 



Hix.suA-i.E, Mass. — A daughter was 

 born to Mr. ami Mrs. Lewis Harry 

 Brague Monday, September 20. Mr. 

 Brague is associated with his father, L. 

 B. Brague, in tlie fern business. 



h'lCHMoxi), 1x1). — In the show windows 

 of I'red H. Lemon & Co. is being ex- 

 hibited a lloral airship. It is the exact 

 pattern of the Bumbaugli airship, which 

 will nuike several flights in this city dur- 

 ing the fall festival. 



.VxsoxiA, Coxx. — A. \V. Davidson & 

 (,'o. were the leading exhibitors at the 

 show of the Intertown Dahlia Associa- 

 tion, held Sei)tember 18. There were 

 from 8,000 to 10,000 blooms on exkibi- 

 tion. Other exhibitors were I'almer iV 

 I'eters, E. Archer, Jas. B. Baylis, Frank 

 T. Smith, F. H. Cooper. 



Westerly, R. I. — George L. Stillman, 

 the dahlia grower, exhibited about 300 

 varieties of dahlias at the Connecticut 

 state fair at Hartford, taking first prize 

 on his collection in competition with many 

 exhibitors from all over the state. He 

 also had an exhibit at the dahlia show of 

 the New Haven County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, at New Haven, where his collection 

 attracted much attention. 



Caxaxdaigua, N. Y. — P^dward Sick is 

 buililiiig a new greenhouse at 3r)() .Main 

 street. 



Hamii.tox, O. — The Gray Flower & 

 See<| Store, at lol North Tiiird street, is 

 now open for business. 



Hoi.Di{E(iE, Neb. — The Davidson Floral 

 < 'o. is building an addition, 3itxl0(), to 

 tiieir greenhouses on East avenue. 



Wappingers Falls, N. Y.— I. T. N. 

 Ilarcourt is erecting a greenhouse, 2.")xlo0, 

 (111 his Remsen avenue property. 



PiTTSFiELD, III. — Mrs. George Hansen 

 is building a substantial addition to her 

 greenhouses, in the south jiart of this 



city. 



Racixe, Wis. — James P. Brudahl was 

 run down by a bicyclist Septendjor 16 

 and severely injured. He is 75 years 

 of age. 



SiHE.vroR, 111. — Leslie Mason, in 

 ciiarge of the Rudol[ih Kline greeuiiouses. 

 (Ill tlie west side, is adding a new house, 

 2SxlG0 feet. 



HociiESTER, N. H. — E. .V. Corson is 

 installing the system of water supply 

 made by the Kewanee Water Supply Co., 

 Kewanee, 111. 



Atiiol, Mass. — J. ^'. Twitchell has 

 been awarded the contract to erect three 

 greenhouses and service building for E. 

 H. Hanson in South Royalston. 



Cold Si'KiX(i, X. Y. — .lames (,'unning 

 ham has added a house, 24x100. to his 

 snug jilant. built by Mitciiell, for carna- 

 tions ill solid beds, with lots of drainage. 



Paixesville, O. — .L B. Knight has 

 moved to Willoughby and has his newly 

 pundiascd greenhouses well stockeiL His 

 partn<>r, .\. Wilson, on the Garfield farm, 

 will soon follow. 



CiREEXEiELD, .Mass. — Charles P. Mac 

 Donald, who was an undertaker as well 

 as a llorist. has filed a petition in bank- 

 ruptcy. He scheduled liabilities of 

 $2,034 and assets of $1,020. 



Skaxeateles, N. Y'. — J. G. White, of 

 the Lake \'icw Greenhouses, is well sat 

 isfied with this year's bu.siness. He is 

 getting ready to install a new boiler and 

 liuild another house, 35x75. 



TiiOMPsoxviLLE, Coxx. — The Brainard 

 Floral & Nursery Co. had an excellent 

 display of plants and flowers at the last 

 annual exhibition of the Union Agricul- 

 tural Society, at Bnmd Brook. 



Daltox, Mass. — Fred G. Crane has 

 just completed a large range of glass, 

 (■(insisting of palm, rose, carnation, grape 

 and peaidi houses, etc., also a modern cot- 

 tage for his gardener, J. R. Shield, who 

 iias had charge i>\' tlu^ Crane estate for 

 many years. 



New IIavex, Coxx. — .\lfred T. Oster- 

 mann & Co., the retail florists, have 

 found so much demand for hardy stock 

 that they have just leased for three 

 years eleven lots in the edge of town for 

 nursery purjiose.s. They will put them- 

 selves in a position to take care of any 

 order for g.arden work, wiiether it calls 

 for the use of soft stock or liardv mate 

 rial. 



