April 19, 1913 



HOKTICULTURE 



621 



Obituary. 



H. P. Campbell. 



H. P. Campbell, a well-known and 

 respected florist ot Shamokin, Pa., 

 died on April 1st. The funeral took 

 place on April 5. 



Loretta Bombenger. 



Loretta, ten years old, daughter of 

 J. Bombenger, 6429 Woodlawn avenue, 

 Chicago, died very suddenly last week 

 of diphtheria. She was her father's 

 constant companion, out of school 

 hours, in the store, and he has the sym- 

 pathy of the trade in his loss. 



W. B. Sands. 



W. B. Sands, a well-known florist of 

 Baltimore. Md., died suddenly on Tues- 

 day morning, April S, from a stroke of 

 apoplexy. Mr. Sands was 71 years of 

 age. He was active in civic affairs and 

 an ardent agi'iculturist. He was for 

 some time editor and publisher of the 

 American Farmer and for 20 years was 

 secretary of the Maryland Ho.ticul- 

 tural Society. He leaves five sons and 

 one daughter. 



EFFECT OF STRIKE IN BELGIUM. 



Cable advices from Belgium inform 

 us that the "General Strike" goes into 

 effect there April 12. The Red Star 

 Line which brings all Belgium plant 

 shipments, will not accept perishable 

 freight even though the Belgium 

 Government-owned railroads could 

 carry the stock from Ghent to Ant- 

 werp. This completely ties up plant 

 shipments from Belgium and importers 

 right at the beginning of the spring 

 shipping season. Only one shipment 

 has left Belgium — mostly bay trees. 

 Further spring shipments will be de- 

 layed as long as the strike lasts — 

 which is hoped to be not over two or 

 three weeks. 



FIRES. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — A fire loss of 

 $.300 was sustained by the Eldridge 

 Floral Co. on March 29th. 



Kearney, Neb.— The packing and 

 furnace rooms of H. C. Green's green- 

 house were totally destroyed by fire 

 on the evening of April 9. The plants 

 and flowers in the greenhouses were 

 also damaged by smoke and are a total 

 loss. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.— The W. J. Vesey, 

 Jr. greenhouses were damaged by fire 

 to the extent of $20,000 on March 

 27th. Cause is believed to have been 

 an overheated oilstove used to pro- 

 tect orchids which had been rescued 

 from the recent floods. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Salina, Kan.— A. B. Walter has pur- 

 chased a tract ot ground at 339 East 

 Prescott street and will start in the 

 florist business. 



Mansfield, Ohio — Paul Kopanka, for 

 the past two years a florist at the 

 l.ipman Northside Greenhouses, Co- 

 lumbia City, Ind., and his son-in-law. 

 Mr. Lintott of Muncie, Ind.. have 

 bought the greenhouses of the Berno 

 Floral Co. 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page Olj) 



The supply of flow- 

 WASHINGTON ers of all varieties 



has been material- 

 ly lessened by the continued rains in 

 this vicinity and the dark cold days, 

 and prices have accordingly risen. 

 American Beauty roses are very scarce 

 and are not as good as could be desired. 

 This general shortage of stock has 

 lessened the competition put forth by 

 the street trade. The condition of un- 

 rest that pervades the city by reason of 

 the agitation in Congress over various 

 matters effecting the city has been felt 

 by the local florists. Trade is very 

 quiet. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



St. John, N. B. — W. Pederson, range 

 of houses. 



Middle Village, N. Y.— Fred'k Mar- 

 quardt. additions. 



Missoula, Mont. — Frank Cooney, 

 rose house 20 x 100. 



Los Angeles, Gal. — Deitrich & Tur- 

 ner, one 30O-foat house. 



Putnam, Conn. — C. S. Andem, Far- 

 rows street, house 67 x 203. 



Ishpeming, Mich. — Trebilcock Bros., 

 Deer Lake, range of houses. 



Clinton, Iowa— J. R. Bather, 233V2 

 Fifth avenue, house 12 x 50. 



Winston-Salem, N. C. — Martin Mc- 

 Nulty, Boulevard and Sunset Drive 

 additions. 



Worcester, Mass. — William W. Es- 

 tabrook, Holden street and Wood ave- 

 nue, one house. 



Chicago, III. — Sam Pearce. Higgins 

 avenue, Jefferson Park, range of 

 houses; Eniil Jehlik, 1825 S. Ashland 

 avenue, conservatory. 



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