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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 26, 1914. 



Beport of the death of Edward Mee- 

 : han, of Thdmas Meehan & Sons, Phila- 

 : delphia, will be found in this week's 

 • obituary column. 



The landscape department of G. L. 



' "Welch & Co., of Fremont, Neb., is now 



in the charge of M. E. Boesch, who has 



moved from Fredonia, N. Y., to take 



this position. 



Although the critical period has not 

 yet passed, reports from the southwest 

 indicate favorable conditions in the ap- 

 ple orchards. Peach orchards, however, 

 have been seriously damaged by weather 

 conditions and many are almost a failure. 



There is a steady increase in the 

 business done by the nurseries that have 

 well organized' landscaping departments. 

 . The only drawback is the difficulty of 

 finding men who can take hold of a pros- 

 pect and stay with it until the check is 

 in the bank. 



Henry T. Moon, treasurer and man- 

 ager of the William H. Moon Niirsery 

 Co., at Morrisville, Pa., was shot in 

 - the shoulder March 14 by burglars whom 

 he surprised in his uncle 's home. A 

 posse of 100 men followed and captured 

 the burglars. 



Frank Spinney, proprietor of the 

 Merrimac Valley Nurseries, at Haver- 

 hill, Mass., has added to his land by 

 the purchase of the Cogswell farm. He 

 has already set out an acre of shrubbery 

 on it and is making changes so as to 

 allow more planting space 



The Meneray-Omaha Nursery Co., 

 which recently incorporated in Nebras- 

 ka with $175,000 capital stock, has 

 moved its headquarers to Omaha. It 

 has large nurseries and warehouses at 

 Crescent, la., and Council Bluflfs, la. 

 G. H. Keyes is president of the com- 

 pany. 



KELSEY NUBSEBIES TO BUIIJ). 



The following account of the build- 

 ing activities of the Kelsey Nurseries, 

 at St. Joseph, Mo., is taken from the 

 News-Press of that city: 



On nearly two acres of ground, north 

 of Alabama avenue and between Lake 

 avenue and the railroad tracks, re- 

 cently purchased from the street rail- 

 way company by the Kelsey Nurseries, 

 will be erected within the next sixty 

 days a frost-proof building, where 

 stock trees and shrubbery can be stored 

 and goods received and shipped in re- 

 frigerator cars during the winter. Ma- 

 terial for the warehouse will begin to 



20,000 Hydrangea P. G., 2 to 8 and 3 to 4-ft. Write for prices 

 on quantities. 



Large Specimen Shrubs in variety. 



California Privet in all sizes. 



200,000 Herbaceous Perennials in 2-inch pots for lining out ; 

 also field-grown plants for immediate effect. 



Write for our prices on Kaster Stock. 



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