. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 86 The Florists' Review Mabch 26, 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 conditi
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 86 The Florists' Review Mabch 26, 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 ere
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