U'gist 6, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



391 



The Exposition Building, M 



August 18-21. 



A. L. Randall has bought another 27- 

 acre fruit farm near his place on the 

 river at St. Joseph, Mich. 



G. H. Pieser, secretary of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., leaves to-day for Lake- 

 wood, Wis., on his annual three weeks' 

 fishing trip. 



Henry Miller has put up five splendid 

 long houses near his brother, John Mil- 

 ler, and just east of the Reinbergs. He 

 will grow vegetables this season but ex- 

 pects to get into carnations by another 

 year. 



Olaf Sanbig is building three 150-foot 

 greenhouses on Peterson avenue neai- 

 Robey street and will grow for the whole- 

 sale market. He was formerly an em 

 ploye of J. A. Budlong. 



Weiland & Risch will have replanting 

 finished by the end of this week. Their 

 place now covers five and one-half acres. 



L. P. Kelley says funeral work is 

 keeping him busy. He has two phones. 



Clifford Prunner, of Winterson's, has 

 been in the Cook County Hospital for 

 three weeks, ill with typhoid fever, but 

 is now recovering. 



M. Winandy is building nine more 

 short-roofed greenhouses and is rebuild- 

 ing some of his older structures, putting 

 the place in first-class trim for another 

 good season. 



A. C. Spencer is taking a rest this 

 week. 



A. C. Kohlbrand is on duty after two 

 weeks' fishing near Grays Lake and 

 E. C. Amling is off for a couple of days 

 at Lake Marie. 



M. Weiland, at Evanston, has his 

 whole place iu carnations this year. 



Sam Pearce is remodeling his resi- 

 dence and putting a new roof on the 

 barn. 



Visitors:— Ered Corner, Jr., Lafay- 

 ette, Ind., returning from a vacation 

 trip in Minnesota; Mrs. M. E. Finkler. 

 Streator, 111., buying carnation plants. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market is decidedly summery 

 now; there is an air of repose about the 

 business center, broken only by an occa- 

 sional ripple. Asters are more plenti- 

 ful, of better quality and sell fairly, 

 with prices a trifle lower. Good roses 

 are wanted occasionally and can gener- 

 ally be had. Gladiolus are still plenti- 

 ful, but are not in demand. Eugene 

 Bernheimer received his first shipment 

 of outdoor carnations, chiefly Ethel 

 Crocker. The stores in the center of the 

 city are evidently doing a little busi- 

 ness. Their show windows are arranged 

 with unusual taste and care for mid- 

 summer, showing that the proprietors 

 realize that business may be created. 



A Change in Name Only. 



The firm of Henry F. Michell has 

 beccine the Henry F. Michell Com- 

 pany, Incorporated. Henry F. .Michell 

 is president and secretary, Fred J. Mi- 

 chell is vice-president and treasurer. 

 This is a change in name only. 



This seed firm, started about a dozen 

 years ago at 101 South Market street, 

 is today one of the largest and most 

 successful in the country. Their busi- 

 ness this season increased fifty per cent 

 over that of the year before — a phenom- 

 enal improvement when the size of their 

 previous business is considered. They 

 employ forty-five persons in their va- 

 rious departments. A visitor is always 

 impressed with the fact that these em- 

 ployes all have their duties to perform 

 and they do them. 



Quite a number of extensive improve- 

 ments are about to be carried out. One- 

 half of the entire second story is to be 

 fitted up for a flower seed department in 

 the most approved modern style, similar 

 in many respects to the vegetable seed 

 department put on the third floor a year 



ago, found to be a great aid in facilitat- 

 ing the filling of orders. The offices are 

 to be moved from the first to the second 

 floor to give more room for the display 

 of merchandise. Also a first-class 

 freight elevator is to be put in the rear 

 portion of the building. 



The success of the brothers is de- 

 served. They have worked hard, used 

 good judgment and have dealt fairly by 

 their customers. 



Notes. 



Edward Reid has returned from the 

 south much pleased with his trip. He 

 found the southern florists in a prosper- 

 ous condition. At Savannah, Georgia, 

 he had the pleasure of seeing a box of 

 his own flowers unpacked in perfect con- 

 dition. Mr. Reid mentioned that the 

 Eemew is considered to be the paper in 

 the south, because it gives cultural notes 

 and news of interest. 



James Heacoek has for some months 

 been foreman in charge of his father 's 

 big place at Wyncote. The palms are in 

 beautiful condition, doing credit to 

 father and son. The roses are all plant- 

 ed and growing nicely. The Beauties are 

 the picture of health. A house of Lib- 

 erty was in excellent condition. 



B. Esehner, of M. Rice & Co., is ar- 

 ranging for the firm's handsome exhibit 

 at Milwaukee. 



The failure of the Doylestown bank is 

 a very serious matter for many of the 

 florists in that neighborhood. The cashier 

 of the bank believes that the depositors 

 will be paid in full. It is earnestly 

 doped that this may be true. 



John C. Gracey, of the Woodford 

 Floral Exchange, 2028 Columbia avenue, 

 has purchased a property at 2024 Colum- 

 bia avenue. The lot is thirty feet frort. 

 with a building on it which he intends 

 to convert into a modern, first-class flor- 

 ist shop, with room for preenhouse In 

 the rear. Mr. Graeey is also proprietor 



