AUGUST 28, 1913. 



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The Florists' Review 



23 



Evanston, HI. — Matthew Artner has 

 received a permit to build another 

 greenhouse. 



Mt. Carmel, Pa. — Wm. G. Erdman is 

 erecting houses to provide 6,000 feet of 

 additional glass area. 



Waterloo, la. — Charles Sherwood has 

 completed the removal of his downtown 

 office from the Tremont hotel block to 

 an excellent room across the street. 



New London, Conn. — Louis J. Keuter, 

 of the S. J. Eeuter & Son Co., of 

 Westerly, E. I., was a recent visitor 

 here. 



Vinlta, Okla.— R. E. Moss is building 

 another greenhouse, 26x100, using Mon- 

 inger material. He reports a big whole- 

 sale demand for bulblets of the Godfrey 

 ealla. 



Brovm Deer, Wis. — Holton & Hunkel 

 Co. has begun work on six new 

 houses, each 400 feet in length, which, 

 it is expected, will be completed in 

 time for the autumn planting. 



Galesburg, 111. — I. L. Pillsbury and 

 his wife, after attending the Min- 

 neapolis convention, are now taking a 

 trip through the northwest, including 

 Yellowstone park in their itinerary. 



Cuyahoga Falls, O.— Christian Heller 

 has a greenhouse full of muskmelons, 

 which are among the finest grown here 

 and prove quite profitable. The last 

 year has been an exceedingly good one 

 for Mr. Heller, 



Omaba, Neb. — The Omaha Florists' 

 Club held its sixteenth annual outing at 

 Krug's park July 30. The committee in 

 charge wks composed of George Soren- 

 sen, J. H. Hess, Will Zimmer, Charles 

 Faulkner and Lewis Henderson. 



St. Helen, Mich. — ^Louis Hayet is add- 

 ing another house, 20x75 feet, to his 

 plant. He has had a good business 

 daring the last year in pot plants, cut 

 flowers and vegetables, as well as in 

 planting and caring for orchards. 



Bntte, Mont. — The Englewood Floral 

 Co., of which Charles H. Hoida is the 

 proprietor, is building a new boiler 

 house and plans adding another section, 

 30x150 feet, to the greenhouses, raising 

 the total glass area to about 14,000 

 square feet. 



Chesaning, Mich. — E. Hayes Adams 

 is completing preparations for the con- 

 struction of a greenhouse on his prop- 

 erty on Brady street. The greenhouse 

 will be 20x50 feet and in the rear will 

 be a basement and a storage and work- 

 room, 12x20 feet. 



Muncie, Ind. — At a meeting of the 

 stockholders of the Williams & Clark 

 Floral Co., June 30, the following of- 

 ficers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 .JPresident and managing director, 

 • &nM)ry Baker; vice-president, J* W. 

 Loiigfellow; secretar;^ and treasnrery 

 Clinton Stradling. 



Salina, Kan. — A. B, Walter, who 

 moved here from Junction City and 

 entered the florists ' business last spring, 

 is building another greenhouse, 25x100 

 feet. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. — The ninth annual 

 show of the Nassau County Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at Pembroke 

 hall. Glen Cove, October 28 and 29. All 

 classes are open. 



Schenectady, N. Y. — Mrs. Jacob 

 Barringer, of the Barringer Gladiola 

 Farm, is a daughter of George Steft, 

 now deceased, with whom she was for- 

 merly in business. 



Marseilles, HI. — Henry Dumke is be- 

 ginning the erection of another green- 

 house and also installing an irrigation 

 system. He intends to make a specialty 

 of carnations this fall. 



Elgin, ni. — William Grote has sold 

 the residence and greenhouses which he 

 purchased from Harry Santee a few 

 months ago. Mr. Santee has been rent- 

 ing the property since he sold it. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Charles C. Ball, 

 Inc., is now the name of Mr. Ball's 

 business. The capitalization is $25,000, 

 and the incorporators are John B. 

 Carey, Charles C. Ball and Carrie L. 

 Ball. 



Fargo, N. D. — Smedley & Co. have 

 moved to the building formerly occu- 

 pied by the Rogers Art Store, at 69 

 Broadway, where they have better and 

 more commodious quarters to handle 

 their increasing trade. 



Hoopeston, 111. — Andrew Peterson 

 has returned from a trip to Sweden, 

 where he visited his two brothers and 

 a sister who are living there. This is 

 the first time Mr. Peterson has seen his 

 native land since he left it thirty-two 

 years ago. 



Oyster Bay, N. Y. — At the annual 

 outing of the Oyster Bay Horticultural 

 Society, held at East Norwich, L. I., 

 August 6, a day of sports of every kind 

 was greatly enjoyed. In the athletic 

 contests, John Ingram and J. Tyman 

 were the stars. 



Dallas, Tex. — E. P. Brown and John 

 M. Dawson have succeeded to the retail 

 stores of the Texas Seed & Floral Co. 

 and since August 1 the store at 1627 

 Elm street and the flower shop at the 

 Adolphus hotel has been conducted un- 

 der the firm name of Brown-Dawson Co., 

 Inc. 



Newport, B. I. — At the annual draw- 

 ing of jurors to serve in the Superior 

 court, made recently by the city coun- 

 cil, the following were on the list: 

 Grand — Joseph Gilbraith and Robert 

 Paterson. Petit — Albert E. Potter, 

 William Miller, Herbert W. Crowley, 

 Timothy Abbott, Samuel J. Fox, Samuel 

 Sfeers, Jos«ph Gibson, James Botoert- 

 ' son and Thomas J. Gibson. 



Columbus, O. — The Lord & Burnham 

 Co. is building two large greenhouses 

 at the Ohio State University. 



Owosso, Mich. — The Owosso Floral Co. 

 has moved into the D. M. Christian 

 building while the building formerly 

 occupied is being razed and a new one 

 erected. 



Brattleboro, Vt. — Carl S. Hopkins has 

 leased the store formerly occupied by 

 W. H. Geddis, and will open a shop 

 there, in addition to his establishment 

 on Western avenue. 



Waukegan, 111. — Lauren A. Perkins, 

 of the Perkins-King Co.,, of West 

 Mentor, O., recently paid a visit to 

 friends here, where he was in the 

 greenhouse business over sixteen years 

 ago. 



Eock Island, 111. — Burglars entered 

 the store of H. H. Hensley, at 30 Twen- 

 tieth street, August 18, and smashed 

 the cash register, but were evidently 

 frightened away before they got any- 

 thing of value. 



Elgin, HI. — Albert Cornish, a street car 

 conductor, has ordered material for the 

 greenhouse he intends to build near the 

 Bluff City cemetery. He has a large 

 acquaintance and expects to build up a 

 thriving patronage. 



New Hampton, la. — A. A. Kutish has 

 purchased the plant of the New Hamp- 

 ton Floral Co., formerly owned by 

 Judge Springer. F. E. Eobinson, who is 

 now leasing the plant, will remain with 

 Mr. Kutish for some time. 



Parkersburg, W. Va.— A charter has 

 been granted to the J. W. Dudley Sons 

 Co., with a capitalization of $50,000. 

 The incorporators are Brainard J. Dud- 

 ley, Albert S. Dudley, Ernest Hichle, 

 Elizabeth Dudley, Louise Dudley, Hat- 

 tie Coffman and others. 



Woonsocket, E. I.— Thomas A. Houli- 

 han has resigned his position as head 

 gardener at the summer place of Sena- 

 tor W. A. L. Bazeley, and will take the 

 position of superintendent of the estate 

 of A. F. Costello, of Pittsburgh, at 

 Beverley, Mass. 



Battle Creek, Mich. — The sanitarium 

 here is building five greenhouses, which 

 it is expected will be completed by Sep- 

 tember 1 and will be used for growing 

 vegetables for the winter guests. The 

 sanitarium has now three houses de- 

 voted to growing flowers for guests and 

 the tables. 



Salem, O. — V. A. Cowgill, proprietor 

 of the Garfield Avenue Greenhouses, 

 who has for some years conducted both 

 a retail and a wholesale business, has 

 disposed of the retail department to 

 John Gunn & Son^ who take charge at 

 once. Mr. CowgiU will atky a year 

 with the new firm, and thereafter de- 

 vote himself entirely to hia- wholesale 

 business. 



