DECEMBEU !>, 11)'20 



The Florists^ Review 



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Dallas, Tex.— Robert Wehrli, 2429 

 Hall street, has sold his business to Otto 

 Delling. 



Atlanta, Ga. — O. M. Holden, formerly 

 at 137 Pulliam street, has changed his 

 address to 1 Church street, Elkdale Park, 

 Selma, Ala. 



lola, Kan. — Lloyd E. Odor, 22 years 

 of age, the son of George F. Odor, pro- 

 prietor of the Odor Greenhouses, was 

 burned to death in his home recently. 



Doylestown, O. — C. A. Musser, propri- 

 etor of the Chestnut Hill Greenhouses 

 here, has sold his houses and all his 

 stock to Orren Semler, who will carry on 

 the business. 



Richmond, Va. — The Richmond Leader 

 reprinted from the New York Times 

 recently the interview with Max 

 Schling, of New York, which appeared 

 in The Review for December 2. 



Des Moines, la. — The Wilson Floral 

 Co. has sold a tract of land, 250x300 

 feet, adjoining its g^'Cdhouses, to the 

 trustees of St. John's Lutheran church. 

 The land is on the corner of Thirty- 

 fifth street and Ingersoll avenue and 

 brought $36,000. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — George Rye has 

 been having a tough time with blood 

 poisoning in one foot. He has been laid 

 up for four weeks and he says, ' ' It has 

 been pretty rotten, because a florist 

 cannot run his business unless he is 

 there to look after it." 



Hillsboro, Tex.— M. C. Wood, of the 

 Wood Seed & Floral Co., comments on 

 the number of telegraph delivery orders 

 his concern receives, saying this depart- 

 ment of the business has increased so 

 rapidly the last few years that any 

 florist, even in the smaller towns, will 

 be repaid for advertising his facilities 

 to the public. 



Aurora, 111. — Fire visited the establish- 

 ment of J. M. Smely about 10 o'clock 

 in the morning of November 18. The 

 blaze originated in the boiler shed, which 

 was totally destroyed, but good work 

 by the fire department saved the green- 

 houses and surrounding buildings. Only 

 one greenhouse was seriously damaged. 

 Mr. Smely estimated his loss at about 

 $3,000. 



Atlanta, Qa. — John Weinstock, pro- 

 prietor of the Weinstock Flower Shop, 

 recently returned from Europe, where 

 he and Mrs. Weinstock spent their 

 honeymoon. His bride was Miss Paul- 

 ine Myer, of Nurnberg, Bavaria, Ger- 

 many. They toured Belgium, Italy, 

 Switzerland, Holland, England and 

 Germany and attended the fair at Leip- 

 zig. Mr. Weinstock has added a Dodge 

 delivery car to his equipment and plans 

 to redecorate his shop. 



New Brighton, Minn. — A new green- 

 house and boiler shed have been con- 

 structed here for Herman L. Kersten 

 by Weeber & Race, of Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Macon, Ga. — Charles N. Woodruff is 

 building two new greenhouses, one 

 18x76 and one 20x90, to replace five 

 small houses which were torn down in 

 the summer. 



Boston, Mass. — The Medfield Farms 

 & Greenhouse Co. has obtained a charter 

 of incorporation. It is capitalized at 

 $150,000 and is licensed to sell farm, 

 forest and garden products. 



Manistee, Mich. — Wilbur Erickson, 

 who has been employed by Jacob 

 Schneider and Joseph Clarkson here for 

 the last ten years, is opening an up-to- 

 date store at 422 River street. 



Nevada, Mo. — G. P. Kaupp & Son 

 have completely rebuilt their green- 

 houses, which were destroyed by fire 

 last February. The new houses are 

 more spacious and are on a more modern 

 plan than the old. This firm is cutting 

 good crops of seasonable blooms, with 

 roses coming along a little later. 



Ashevllle, N. C. — The Middlemount 

 Nurseries opened a booth in the Ruten- 

 berg-Lowenbeing store December 3. 

 The booth was made up to represent an 

 Italian garden. Greenhouses and nurs- 

 eries of the firm are located at Sulphur 

 Springs, N. C. Otto Buseck, manager, 

 came recently from New York. 



Mobile, Ala. — C. Ravier & Sons report 

 last month's business as greater than 

 that of any previous November. There 

 was a large general demand, but espe- 

 cially heavy call for funeral work and 

 wedding flowers. They say their tele- 

 graph delivery orders, both in and out, 

 increase steadily and have become an 

 important part of the business. 



diaries City, la. — Ray W. Ferris, of 

 Hampton, la., has purchased the green- 

 houses recently owned by W. H. Weth- 

 erbee, and took control December 1. 

 The property was recently sold to San- 

 ders Bros., of Rudd, la., in exchange 

 for a farm. They, in turn, disposed of 

 it to the present owner, who conducts 

 a nursery at Hampton. It is probable 

 that for this winter, at least, Mr. Weth- 

 erbee will have charge of the growing. 



Lansing, Mich. — Earl Edgerton, gla- 

 diolus specialist here for the last five 

 years, is closing out his business and 

 will go to the Hawaiian islands. Mr. 

 Edgerton has been a wholesale grower 

 of bulbs and has also raised some yellow, 

 white and light lavender seedling gla- 

 dioli. These he will leave with other 

 Lansing gladiolus growers, including 

 Fred Baumgras, Floralcroft Gladiolus 

 Gardens and Walter Wliitelcv. 



Petoskey, Mich. — Frank Winans has 

 discontinued the retail branch of his 

 business. His entire attention will be 

 devoted to growing bulbs and plants 

 for the trade. 



St. Paul, Minn. — A. W. Lemke has 

 moved from his old location, at 160 

 West Sixth street, to the new Hamm 

 building, in this city, and is now doing 

 business at the new store. 



Enid, Okla. — A. H. Freeborough, for- 

 merly a grower for the Albuquerque 

 Greenhouses, Albuquerque, N. Max., is 

 now employed Vith the Enid Floral Co., 

 of this place, being a grower in the car- 

 nation range. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — The Milwaukee 

 Florists' Publicity Association is the 

 new name given to the organization 

 which was formerly known as the Flo- 

 rists' Advertising Clubr The former 

 name resulted in occasional confusion 

 locally. 



Moorhead, Minn. — The Briggs Floral 

 Co. is using the local newspapers and 

 is profiting by the advertising. J. W. 

 Briggs reports that business has been 

 good and the winter season promises to 

 be a busy one. All available glass is 

 being used, regardless of the high price 

 of coal, and a large stock is expected for 

 Christmas. 



Spartanburg, S. C— Fred Gentry, a 

 wholesale tobacco merchant of this 

 city, recently constructed several green- 

 houses on Spring street, secured the 

 services of an experienced florist and 

 will conduct a florists' business here. 

 Just now his specialty is cut flowers, 

 though he will later expand his busi- 

 ness to all lines. "Fred's Flowers" 

 are already popular here and in neigh- 

 boring towns. 



Springfield, Mo.— Charles H. Gelven, 

 formerly of Cape Girardeau, Mo., who 

 has built and operated greenhouses in 

 a number of Missouri cities, has pur- 

 chased property at 522 Cherry street, 

 where he will begin the erection of 

 greenhouses in the spring. He also 

 plans to establish a flower store on the 

 public square. Mr. Gelven was super- 

 intendent of the floricultural depart- 

 ment of the Missouri state fair for 

 twelve years. 



Norton, Kan.— This is the largest 

 town in northwestern Kansas, but it has 

 no greenhouse. The population is 

 2,500; the county has 12,000. There are 

 sixty blocks of paved streets and a 

 variety of prosperous industries, includ- 

 ing three banks with combined deposits 

 of nearly $4,000,000. Three drug stores 

 handle flowers, obtained from Topcka, 

 Kansas City and other points, but it 

 often happens that, when flowers are 

 wanted, all three druggists are out or 

 shipments fail to arrive as expected. 



