Mabch 24. 1921. 



The Rortsts^ Review 



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Tulsa, Okla. — The Clark riower Shop 

 opened Tuesday, March 8. J. G. Clark 

 is the proprietor. 



Catonsvllle, Md. — Mrs. E. C. Gast con- 

 templates entering the trade as a 

 grower of cut flowers. 



Clinton, S. C. — Mrs. Nonnie D. Young 

 is preparing to build a greenhouse and go 

 into the florists' business. 



Harrodsburg, Ky. — The Standard Flo- 

 ral Co. recently increased its capital 

 stock from $10,000 to $30,000. 



St. Marys, O. — E. E. Stinson recently 

 moved from Jamestown, 0., and has be- 

 gun the erection of 12,000- feet of glass 

 here. 



Bradford, Pa.— William H. Barber, a 

 former member of the trade, expects to 

 engage in the greenhouse business here 

 soon. 



Worcester, Mass. — The Hotel Warren 

 recently opened a shop in the hotel 

 lobby, under the management of Miss 

 Marks. 



Sheboygan, Wis. — The Altman Flower 

 Shop has removed to its new quarters, 

 at 1119 North Eighth street, and is 

 ready for business. 



Lincoln, HI. — E. H. Deakins, a mem- 

 ber of the staflP of Gullett & Sons, is 

 contemplating the erection of a green- 

 house next summer. 



Springfield, Mass. — L. D. Robinson, 

 182 Main street, has been enjoying good 

 business and as a result is forced to 

 build additional greenhouses to meet 

 the demand. 



Oross Point, IlL — E. D. Meier, proprie- 

 tor of the Meier Greenhouses, a truck 

 gardener and florist, is erecting a house 

 28x120 feet. He now has 12,000 feet 

 of glass. He plans to have a large crop 

 of asters this year. 



Kankakee, 111.— The Art Floral Shop 

 is a new establishment which will be 

 opened in this city shortly. L. Gag- 

 nier and C. Jennings are promoting the 

 project. Mr. Gagnier has had exten- 

 sive experience as a designer and prac- 

 tical florist. 



Scottsbluflf, Neb. — T. M. Howard, pro- 

 prietor of the Howard Flower Shop, re- 

 cently moved his stand from the Ideal 

 Laundry building to a location in the 

 Orpheum theater building. The new 

 .location includes much more room, with 

 better conveniences. 



Moundsvllle, W. Va.— Ben F. Miller, 

 proprietor of Miller's Flower Store, at 

 Wheeling, is the head of a company 

 which will soon construct an extensive 

 greenhouse range here. Plans are for 

 the building of six houses, each 7.^x200 

 feet. It is not expected to begin work 

 on them until next fall. 



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St. Louis, Mo. — Max Koehlcr recently 

 entered the trade as a grower of dahlias, 

 gladioli and perennials. 



Washburn, Wis. — Joseph P. Zaugg, 

 for sev^in years in the employ of Will 

 Bros. Co., Minneapolis, Minn., is start- 

 ing a retail place here. 



Council Bluffs, la. — W. L. Landon has 

 completed a greenhouse and is contem- 

 plating the erection of additional 

 houses in the near future. 



Medina, N. Y.— Ralph H. Welsh, for- 

 merly of the firm of Hudson & Welsh, 

 Lyndonville, N. Y., has sold his busi- 

 ness and has moved to this town. 



Ardmore, Okla. — Robert Westler, a 

 former employee of Woerz Bros., has 

 purchased some land here on which he 

 intends to erect a number of green- 

 houses. 



Dayton, O. — J. W. Rodgers, together 

 with Clarence Siebenthaler and William 

 Madden, compose a committee which is 

 to start a caterpillar extermination 

 campaign. 



Mansfield, 0.— J. Wiparins, 299 New- 

 man street, has material for a small 

 house, 16x25 feet, which he intends to 

 put up this summer as a start towards 

 establishing himself in the business 

 here. 



Columbus, O.— Julia's Flower Shoppo 

 is the name of a new retail establish- 

 ment which opened on East State street 

 •March 1. Miss Julia McGannon, for- 

 merly with the McKcUar Flower Shop, 

 is the proprietor. 



Lyndon, 111. — A greenhouse, 2.')x.50 

 feet, is planned for erection by C. L. 

 Sharp. He has been a grower of vege- 

 tables and flowering plants for the last 

 three years and is contemplating grow- 

 ing flowers more extensively. 



Enid, Okla.— The Enid Floral Co. has 

 a large ho\ise of sweet peas which are 

 of exceptionally fine quality. The 

 sprays have stems eighteen inches long 

 with three or four blooms on each. 

 Andrew Freeborough is in charge. 



Springfield, N. J.— A certificate of in- 

 corporation was filed March 9 for the 

 firm of Andrew Wilson, with an author- 

 ized capitalization of $60,000. The in- 

 corporators are Russell Marrison, M. R. 

 Wilson and Andrew Wilson, subscrib- 

 ing :^12 shares at par value of $100 a 

 share. 



Lebanon, Tenn.— The Anderson Floral 

 Co. believes the trade may be considered 

 as pretty well fed up on the Enchant- 

 ress varieties of carnations. A Cl.issi- 

 fied ad in The Review just one week 

 cleaned out the surplus cuttings of all 

 varieties except Enchantress. Three 

 lines offering tuberose bulbs did as much 

 for that item. 



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Clovfs, N. M.— Mrs. H. L. Patton is 

 contemplating opening a store here and 

 entering the florists' business. 



Belle Plaine, la. — A new shop was 

 opened recently by C. A. Ford, under 

 the firm name of Ford's Flower Shop. 



Worcester, Mass. — Leonard C. Midg- 

 ley has sold his greenhouses in Grafton, 

 Mass., to Arthur A. Phelps, of North- 

 horo. 



Crete, Neb. — Vit Jelineke has taken 

 over the retail business here formerly 

 run by Mrs. Jessie C. Ireland. The new 

 proprietor reports good business. 



Angola, Ind. — George M. Eggleston 

 recently purchased land ' on which he 

 intends to erect greenhouses. He has 

 been a grower of vegetables, asters, 

 pansies and salvias for the last fifteen 

 years. 



Laxned, Kan. — Mrs. E. M. Andress, 

 of the Broadway Greenhouses, opened 

 a downtown store March 12. "The store 

 will be supplied from the greenhouses 

 and will carry a full stock of plants 

 and cut flowers. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. — Lonsdale Cope- 

 land, formerly with Gullett & Sons, Lin- 

 coln, 111., has accepted a position with 

 Hembreiker & Cole, Springfield, 111. 

 Mr. Copeland has just left the Pine- 

 hurst Floral Co. 



Dunkirk, N. Y. — P. J. Gibson has been 

 managing the business formerly con- 

 ducted by his father, George E. Gibson, 

 who died some months ago. The firm 

 continues operations under the firm 

 name of Gibson's Greenhouses. 



Bhinebeck, N. Y.— Ethan A. Coon, 

 who started growing violets sixteen 

 years ago witli one house, 20x200 feet, 

 now has 37,000 feet of glass, and is re- 

 l)uted the largest grower of double vio- 

 lets in this largest producing center of 

 these flowers. 



Qross Point, 111. — Frank Hlavech, a 

 former member of the trade who has 

 been highly successful, purchased the 

 range of Frank Felke last week, and will 

 take possession July 1. The range is 

 composed of about 22,000 square feet 

 of glass and he intends to have a com- 

 plete stock of cut flowers and plants. 



Allegany, N. Y. — Elmer Rawlings has 

 placed an order with the King Con- 

 struction Co. for another greenhouse, 

 with the aid of which he hopes to be 

 able to keep pace with the flow of orders 

 for geraniums next season. He has en- 

 jfiyed a steadily increasing business for 

 several years and this season has shipped 

 every day but Sundays — and still the 

 orders accumulated. With 50,000 in pots 

 and as many more in sight, he feels that 

 a good season's business will be rounded 

 out. 



