FEBRUAHV S, I'JUO. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



279 



times in the eye, seriously iiijiiiiiig it 

 either to loolv at or witli. 'I'o offset the 

 playfulness the jiiclge presoribed $15 

 and costs. This probalily cures his 

 case and may have an effect on two 

 or three more incipient cases. 



Rut we have now had three or four 

 specimen days of somethins like win- 

 try weather, which are probably ac- 

 countable for shortage In (lower out- 

 put. 'Pbermometers have been regis- 

 tering from four to eight degrees above 

 zero. Sky .June-like and not a breath 

 of Boston's famed east wind for many 

 moons. B. T. 



GREENHOUSES OF MR. GEO M. 

 KELLOGG. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph ot the greenhouses 

 of Mr. George M. Kellogg. Pleasant 

 Hill, Mo., one ot the largest plants 

 west of the Mississippi. The green- 

 houses cover four and a half acres of 



at the conwntions of (he S. A. !•'. and 

 has for several years served on its 

 executive committee. He is quiet and 

 unostentatious, but that he possesses 

 push and business judgment is evi- 

 denced by the success he has attained 

 in bis profession. 



BUFFALO. 



Our very severe cold spell has passed 

 away and the sun, which had been in 

 hiding for two weeks, seems the bet- 

 ter tor the rest, for he is much strong- 

 er than he was. Business all around 

 seems a little better and flowers are 

 in abundance to meet it. 



The wholesale mart of W. F. Kast- 

 ing is the best place to feel the pulse 

 ot the day's trade. As he sits in Rus- 

 sia leather arm chair in his model of- 

 fice, with his clerks and stenograph- 

 ers to the right and left, he has a good 

 view of the florists or their men pass- 

 ing to the rear for their supplies, and 



.^liKuld now be lunied energetically in- 

 to account. That little gem of a 

 Christmas greeting designed by Mr. 

 Long and liought l)y W. .1. Palmer & 

 Son, and possibly by a few other flor- 

 ists throughout the country, has hard- 

 ly ever been equaled. It was a poinset- 

 tia. perfect in form and color of leaf 

 and bract, a colored photograph, and 

 makes gaudy lithographs look like 

 <'ommon rhymesters by the side of the 

 warm and glowing fancies of W. K. 

 Harris. 



The Carnation Convention. 



There is no lack of interest in the 

 coming convention. A sub-committee, . 

 consisting of W. Scott, C. Keitsch and 

 W, A. Adams, has the arrangements of 

 the exhibition hall, and I can promise 

 there will be plenty ot room and light 

 and attention. Mr. C. Keitsch is super- 

 intendent of the hall, and exhibitors 

 will please apply to him for location of 



Greenhouses of Mr. George M. Kellogg, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



ground and contain 140,000 square feet 

 of glass. The place is devoted entirely 

 to the production of cut flowers, which 

 are disposed of at his wholesale store 

 in Kansas City, and the business has 

 grown by leaps and bounds since it 

 was established in a small way in 188.5. 

 In 1899 the sales amounted to over 

 $27,000, having more than doubled in 

 four years. 



Mr. Kellogg's plant is still expand- 

 ing and he is planning to erect five 

 more houses, each 30x250, the coming 

 summer. He has 100 acres of land and 

 a beautiful home, handsomely fur- 

 nished. 



That Mr. Kellogg is public spirited 

 as well as a successful business man is 

 shown by the fact that he is building a 

 handsome structure in Pleasant Hill, 

 to be known as the Kellogg Opera 

 House, Library and Gymnasium, the 

 auditorium of which will be devoted 

 only to really educational and elevat- 

 ing entertainments that will benefit 

 the community. The building is 50x88 

 feet and the auditorium will have a 

 seating capacity of 650, though 1,000 

 persons may be seated by using extra 

 chairs. 



Mr. Kellogg is a regular attendant 



Billy can tell by the red tickets that 

 are rapidly being placed on the spindle 

 whether it is a good day with the 

 stores or otherwise. 



Speaking of florists' supplies, com- 

 paratively few of the local trade pene- 

 trate to the sanctuary (its correct de- 

 scriptive name would be art studio) of 

 Daniel B. Long, in the Howard block, 

 on Washington street. Mr. Long and 

 his art photographs are widely known, 

 but not as generally as they deserve 

 to be. An hour spent among his thou- 

 sands of art studies is most interest- 

 ing, but will only show you a fraction 

 of them. We do not see any such 

 groupings of flowers elsewhere; they 

 may exist, but we don't believe in any 

 form where at a moderate price you 

 can obtain a truly natural and artistic 

 study in some familiar flower. There 

 are designs to suit every conceivable 

 taste and purpose, from the backs of 

 playing cards to the covering of the 

 family Bible. 



While many of Mr. Long's creations 

 are used entirely outside the horticul- 

 tural press, it seems to me that he is 

 too much absorbed in the artistic part 

 of his business, and the long, tedious 

 hours and great outlay of money 



their exhibit. The Genesee hotel, 

 either American or European plan, is 

 next door and will be headquarters. 

 An excellent $2.00 a day American 

 house, "The New Gruener," is within 

 half a block and the well known Tifft 

 house is removed but one block. The 

 Genesee and Tifft are both from $2.50 

 to $4.00, American plan. 



There is not likely to be a great 

 deal from local growers, but we do 

 look for a very large exhibit and we 

 hope attendance. The local club can 

 take care of any flowers arriving on 

 the 14th, as we have secured the hall 

 for three days. As before stated, the 

 local men are becoming enthusiastic 

 and for those who have never seen the 

 society's annual exhibition, I can as- 

 sure them it will be a revelation. 



Mr. Dennis O'Connell tells me he 

 will take as active a part in the pro- 

 ceedings as time will allow, but he is 

 at present preparing a paper to be 

 read before the Hibernian Society, en- 

 titled, "The psychological phenomena 

 ensuing from the vibrations of the 

 tympanum on the convolutions of the 

 left brain hemisphere in case of a 

 Boer defeat." 



