. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ;"»W/-^?''. -'.M-'\-r-^7:-;'r •yr/9' ' w.'VTi*^ 'rrr^'" ?—^.r' -' -^j" Decembeb 5, 1012. The Florists' Review ^. Greenhouses of W. H. Gullett & Sons, Liocoln, III. t'rom which distribution is made as the season progresses. The accompanying illustration shows how the ferns come down to the railroad. G. J. Walker, ot Savoy Center, Mass., asserts that it is the largest load on record, having weighed 10,175 pounds and "contained 588,000 ferns. This load was hauled t'rom the Vermont jyoods to North Adams, Mass., and thence sh
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ;"»W/-^?''. -'.M-'\-r-^7:-;'r •yr/9' ' w.'VTi*^ 'rrr^'" ?—^.r' -' -^j" Decembeb 5, 1012. The Florists' Review ^. Greenhouses of W. H. Gullett & Sons, Liocoln, III. t'rom which distribution is made as the season progresses. The accompanying illustration shows how the ferns come down to the railroad. G. J. Walker, ot Savoy Center, Mass., asserts that it is the largest load on record, having weighed 10,175 pounds and "contained 588,000 ferns. This load was hauled t'rom the Vermont jyoods to North Adams, Mass., and thence shipped to the New England Cold Storage Ware- house, at Pittsfield, Mass. OBITUARY. Charles Dingee. Charles Dingee, one of the founders of the firm of Dingee & Conard, died November 29, at the advanced age of S8 years. The funeral services, which were largely attended, were held at his home in West Grove, Pa., Monday, De- cember 2. The interment was at Long- wood cemetery. Charles Dingee is widely known as a pioneer in the growing of rose plants for distribution through the mail and by express. , Far from a large city, Mr. Dingee carrie4 into successful operation the putting of growing roses into gar- dens and gre^houses all over the coun- try, and everiflijpyond the seas. The aim was to grow^'*86e best varieties and to interest the Ijteateur through the me- dium of thOWcatalogue. The prices charged wertf^So reasonable that the plants were "Within reach of the most modest purse. The business prospere<l and Air. Dingee had the satisfaction, on his retirement a few years ago, of leav- ing to his brothers-in-law, P. Joseph Lynch and M. Henry Lynch, an im- mense place thoroughly equipped. Iieopold Landretli. Leopold Landreth, of Bristol, Pa., died December 1. He was 68 years of age. He was educated at the Pennsyl- vania Military Academy and at Heidel- berg, Germany, and was subsequently for nearly thirty years a partner in the seed firm of David Landreth & Sons,
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