JULV 10, 1913. 



The Rorists* Review 



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the German army. He came to America 

 thirty years ago, and about twenty-five 

 years ago settled in Sea Gliff. For a 

 time -he was in the florists' business. 

 Funeral services were held at St. Luke 's 

 Episcopal church July 6. The interment 

 was in Hillside cemet^ify. Besides his 

 widow, Mr. Woellmailn is survived by 

 three daughters. i> 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Memphis, Tenn. — The financial diffi- 

 culties of the Memphis Floral Co. cul- 

 minated at 4 p. m. Tuesday, Jujy 8, 

 when a petition in bankruptcy was filed. 

 The assets listed total $52,000 and the 

 liabilities only $16,000. According to 

 Chambers, Taylor & Thomas, a firm of 

 attorneys at St. Louis, who are inter- 

 ested in the case, the amount to be 

 realized on the assets will depend on 

 the manner in which the estate is han- 

 dled. The attorneys wire that Mr. 

 Chambers will be in Memphis Saturday, 

 July 12, and hopes to arrange a settle- 

 ment. The Memphis Floral Co. has 

 donp a large business for many years 

 and was a heavy buyer in the Chicago 

 market. C. H. Hune is president and 

 manager. Albert Haisch was in charge 

 of the retail store for a considerable 

 period, but severed that connection last 

 spring to go into business- on his own 

 account. 



Louisville, Ky.— Edward G. Reimers, 

 florist attd automobile agent, filed a vol- 

 untary petition in bankruptcy June 30, 

 scheduling his liabilities as $29,000 and 

 his assets $36,000. 



Muncie, Ind.— Frank R, Wilson has 

 been appointed receiver for the Muncie 

 Floral Co., a corporation, of which W. 

 H. Fisher is president and manager, 

 Artelist McKinley secretary and Joseph 

 L. McKinley treasurer. No statement 

 is given of liabilities or assets. A whole- 

 sale and retail business has been done, 

 with greenhouses at Race and Madison 

 streets and store at Main and Walnut 

 streets. 



Carthage, Mo. — The Finn greenhouse 

 property was sold at trustee 's sale, July 

 1, to satisfy an indebtedness of almost 

 $6,000. The property sold for $2,000 

 and was bought by Oscar DeGraff, of 

 Joplin, father of Mrs. Frank Finn. Mr. 

 DeGraflf said today, after the sale, that 

 ne had no plans as to the management 

 •of the greenhouse, but would probably 

 sell it after a little, when be got an 

 opportunity. Frank Finn, who has been 

 proprietor of the Finn greenhouse, is 

 now traveling for a New York check 

 protector manufacturer. 



Mt. Vernon, El.— Charles Edward 

 Miller, who did a nice business here this 

 spring, has left town without making 

 his destination known to those with 

 whom he had dealings. He secured pos- 

 session of the Fred Reinlein property 

 atter it was abandoned by that gentle- 

 man and rebuilt two houses from mate- 

 rial on the place, and some local mill- 

 work, for which it is understood the 

 mill man now is undertaking to hold the 

 local bank and building and loan asso- 

 ciation responsible. J. W. Ross, of Cen- 

 ^« i' ^f^^ 'M.nieT worked for him a 

 couple of seasons ago, but at that time 

 was known as Edward Schultz. 



To?!i f**°' ^•— The automobile deco- 

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Meriden, Conn. — ^John Ahlquist, for- 

 merly with A. N. Pierson, Inc., Crom- 

 well, Conn., is now foreman for the 

 Blatchley Co. 



Louisiana, Mo. — Thomas A. Culp, 

 manager of the greenhouses of Mrs. C. 

 H. Foreman, has moved his family here 

 from Pekin, HI. 



Hartford, Mich.— L. E. Davis has had 

 a good trade the last year and expects 

 to add another 100-foot house in time 

 for tomato plants next spring. 



Bochester, N. Y. — Fernando J. Keller 

 was one of the judges of the electrical 

 and floral parade held July 8 in con- 

 nection with the Elks' convention. 



Lincoln, Neb. — C. H. Frey and family 

 left July 6 with a party for their sum- 

 mer homes in the Minnesota woods on 

 Pelican lake and will be gone until 

 September 1. 



New Orleans, La. — C. W. Eichling, 

 president of the Avenue Floral Co., has 

 produced, after several years ' experi- 

 menting, what is said to be one of the 

 earliest maturing grapes in existence. 



Denver, Colo. — Thomas A. Hannah, 

 manager of the Denver Wholesale Flo- 

 rists ' Co., who disappeared June 4, has 

 been traced by his wife to the Pacific 

 coast, whence he sailed five days later. 



Short Hills, N. J. — Thomas Jones has 

 filed suit against the Public Service Gas 

 Co. for $6,000. A leaking gas main in 

 front of his greenhouses, it is claimed, 

 killed 1,000 orchid plants valued at $4 

 each and spoiled $2,000 worth of other 

 orchid blooms. 



Qreenville, Tex. — Wise Adkisson is 

 building an office and workroom, 16x80 

 feet, and two greenhouses, 40x104 feet, 

 in which concrete is being largely used 

 for foundations, benches and supports. 

 He expects to be ready for business in 

 his new plant about September 1. 



Leavenworth, Kan. — The Sunnyside 

 Floral Co. is adding two greenhouses to 

 the range at Fourteenth and Vilas 

 streets. When these are completed the 

 company will have 6,000 feet of glass 

 and one acre of growing beds. A pansy 

 bed, sixty-five feet long, is being built 

 in order to furnish a supply equal to 

 the heavy demand for pansies here. 



Toledo, O.— Earl W. Metz and Ruth 

 E. Bateman, formerly with Mrs. J. B. 

 Freeman, have formed a partnership and 

 opened a shop at 414 Madison avenue. 

 Mr. Metz has been in the florists' busi- 

 ness for fifteen years, and connected 

 with the J. M. Gasser Co., of Cleve- 

 land, and with Harry Heinl, of this city. 

 Before he entered the new partnership 

 he was manager for Mrs. Freeman. 



Tuxedo Park, N. Y. — Julius Roehrs 

 Co., of Rutherford, N. J., won the spe- 

 cial cup for the best display of orchids 

 at the semi-annual exhibition of the 

 Tuxedo Park Horticultural Society, 

 June 28. Among the other prize-win- 

 ners were Davis S. Miller, gardener for 

 G. G. Mason; Emil Barth, gardener for 

 Mrs. Samuel Spencer, and Charles 

 Davidson, gardener for Mrs. C, M. Bell. 



Emporia, Kan. — Charles J. Hallberg 

 is remodeling and enlarging his store. 

 The cost of the improvements has been 

 estimated at $1,500. 



Shepardsville, Mich. — S. L. Randall, 

 formerly of the Randall-Leonard Floral 

 Co., of Clio, Mich., has removed to this 

 place and is continuing in business as 

 a specialist in dahlias and gladioli. 

 The business at Clio has been discon- 

 tinued. 



Wheeling, W. Va.— Fred Davison, of 

 Davison Bros., who had one of his fin- 

 gers removed at the first joint on ac- 

 count of blood poison caused by a rose 

 thorn, was compelled a week later to 

 undergo another operation on the finger, 

 at the second joint. 



Meriden, Conn. — Entrance was gained 

 to the store of the Blatchley Co. 

 through a greenhouse window Tuesday 

 evening, June 24, and the cash register 

 robbed of its contents, a $5 gold piece. 

 , The rest of the money had fortunately 

 been put in the safe. 



Muncie, Ind. — It is reported that J. 

 L. McKinley, treasurer of the Muncie 

 Floral Co., which recently went into the 

 hands of a receiver, has taken over the 

 Carnes greenhouses, at 1124 South Jef- 

 ferson street, and will conduct them 

 under the mime of the South Side Flo- 

 ral Co. 



Omaha, Neb.— The John C. Moninger 

 Co., of Chicago, has been awarded the 

 contract for removing the Joslyn green- 

 house from the residence on West Far- 

 nam street to Hanscom park. The con- 

 tract includes the rebuilding of two 

 Hanscom park greenhouses and the con- 

 struction of the new one. The price 

 is said to be $7,600. 



Wequetonsing, Mich. — The Babcoek 

 Floral Co. has increased its greenhouse 

 space this season and has completed a 

 new boiler house and potting shed. A 

 new heating system, of Moninger design 

 and construction, has also been in- 

 stalled. The firm disposes of its stock 

 to good advantage in this town and in 

 the neighboring resorts of Harbor Point 

 and Roaring Brook. 



New Bedford, Mass.— The notable 

 displays at the annual rose show of the 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society June 

 24 were those of M. H. Walsh, gardener 

 for Miss Sarah B. Fay, Woods Hole; 

 D. F. Roy, gardener for Colonel H. E. 

 Converse, Marion, and James Garthley, 

 gardener at the H. H. Rogers estate, 

 Fairhaven. The two latter exhibitors 

 also won important prizes at the New- 

 port flower show on the following day. 



Palestine, HI.— Mr. and Mrs. E. T. 

 Oldham announce the arrival, July 3, 

 of a little daughter. Miss Vera Myrtle 

 Oldham. Mr. Oldham has been rebuild- 

 ing and enlarging his greenhouses. This 

 season's business, he says, has been the 

 b^st in his experience, but would have 

 been still better if the weather had been 

 more itavorable; for nearly three months 

 there has been scarcely a drop of rain. 

 The town recently decided, by vote, to 

 construct a system of waterworks. 



