OCTOBBB 28, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



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Mt. Kisco, N. Y. — The Westchester 

 County Horticultural Society will hold 

 its annual exhibition here October 31 

 to November 2. 



Saginaw, Mich. — The Stevens Gladioli 

 Co., Inc., won three first prizes at the 

 Saginaw County School Fair, October 

 3 and 4, on gladioli, asters and bulbs in 



variety. 



Dayton, O. — The Heiss Co. has been 

 incorporated with a capitalization of 

 $15,000, to do a general florists' busi- 

 ness. The incorporators are Horace E. 

 Frank, Forrest E. Nitman, Fred C. 

 Moore, Clara A. Heiss and lone B. 

 Frank. , 



Atlanta, N. Y.— B. C. McKay has 

 started in the greenhouse business in a 

 small way, having previously confined 

 himself to outdoor crops, calling his 

 place the Spring Brook Gardens. His 

 slogan has been "From Grower to 

 Grocer. ' ' 



Madiaon, N. J. — The Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists* Club will hold 

 its eighteenth annual exhibition at As- 

 sembly hall, October 28 and 29. The 

 lommittee consists of W. H. Duckham, 

 Charles H. Totty, Eobert M. Schultz 

 and Arthur Herrington, which is a suf- 

 ficient guarantee of a good show. 



White Marsh, Md. — At the seventh 

 annual dahlia show at the dahlia and 

 eanna farm of Richard Vincent, Jr., & 

 Sons Co. the first part of this month, 

 there were said to be 250,000 blooms of 

 200 different varieties. A large number 

 of visitors from Baltimore, Washing- 

 ton, Philadelphia and other cities came 

 to see the wonderful sight. 



Wading Eiver, N. Y.— E. S, Miller 

 has sold to John Lewis Childs his entire 

 stock of bulbs and hardy plants, in- 

 cluding over 300 choice gladiolus seed- 

 lings, which he has been selecting for 

 the last eight years and which have 

 n^t been disseminated. In the future 

 Mr. Miller will devote all his time to 

 fruits and general seed growing. 



BoonviUe, Ind.— Ernest L, Lutz is 

 completing the erection of a green- 

 house, in which he will grow early 

 flowering plants, lettuce and vegetable 

 plants for the local market. As it is 

 the only greenhouse in BOonville, where 

 there is a good market for flowers, 

 the venture should prove a success, 

 "^r. Lutz is planning the erection of 

 ^ shop and a potting house. 



Norfolk, Va.— October 1 Blick the 

 loiist opened a branch two blacks away 

 ifO'ri the main store, in the Arcade. 

 J^^f'iy caller, and there were many, 

 ecpived a flower and a souvenir book- 

 ^t. The souvenir was beautifully got- 

 ^^n up. It described all the principal 

 ^arieties of plants and flowers, their 

 ^^^^'^ and their language. Miss Blick is 



" managing genius of both the' older 



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^oro and the new branch. The opening 

 ^'^ a tremendous success. 



Asbury Park, N. J.— The Elberon 

 Horticultural Society will hold its an- 

 nual chrysanthemum show here October 

 27 to 29. 



Houston, Tex. — The opening of E, C. 

 Kerr's new uptown store, at Main 

 street and McKinney avenue, was held 

 October 11. Special features for brides 

 were shown at the time. 



Des Moines, la. — In the big hail 

 storm of October 10 the Wilson Floral 

 Co.. suffered a loss of $700 through 1,000 

 panes of , glass being broken. The 

 Iowa Seed Co. had between 700 and 800 

 panes broken. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. — ^^The ninth annual 

 chrysanthemum show of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Pembroke hall October 28 and 

 29. Fifty-five classes are scheduled, 

 of which twenty-five are for chrysan- 

 themum plants or blossoms. 



Savanna, 111. — Fred C. Jenks has pur- 

 chased the outstanding stock of the 

 Savanna Greenhouses, securing a half 

 interest in the concern; the remaining 

 interest is held by J. W, Dunn. The 

 company now has a plant covering five 

 acres and does an extensive business 

 in the vicinity. 



Holyoke, Mass. — At the last meet- 

 ing of the Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club at Northampton, arrangements 

 were made for the flower show to be 

 held here November 13 in Windsor 

 hall. Cash prizes are offered amount- 

 ing to $200 and thirty exhibitors from 

 this city and out of town are already 

 booked. 



Baltimore, Md. — At the meeting of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club Octo- 

 ber 13, J. Thomas Lyons spoke on ' ' Pub- 

 licity. " On the subject of encour- 

 aging the greater use of flowers by the 

 public, remarks were made by Wm. J. 

 .Johnston, Thomas E. Vincent, E. A. 

 Seidewitz, Robert L. Graham and James 

 Hamilton. 



Grand Junction, Colo. — Don C. Piatt, 

 manager of the Grand Floral Co., has 

 leased the business to F. X. Goeschl, 

 who recently came here from Denver 

 and expects to specialize in landscape 

 gardening in c<>Bnection with the busi- 

 ness! Mr. 'l*Iatt and his family will 

 soon move to California, where they 

 expect to reside permanently. 



Beatrice, Neb. — The Dole Floral Co. 

 made several improvements at its 

 store and at the greenhouses during 

 the summer. An addition to the store 

 has been built, doubling the floor 

 space. A rest room for customers is a 

 new feature. The salesroom has been 

 redecorated and a rear room turned 

 into a workrooay in line with other 

 provisions for handling out-of-town 

 trade. G. M. Johnston, Jr., is boost- 

 ing this department by trips in his 

 automobile. 



Sewickley, Pa. — Hitchings & Co. are 

 erecting a greenhouse for Alex. Laugh- 

 ten. 



Parkorsburg, W. Va.— Charles P. 

 Dudley has purchased six acres of land 

 on Dudley road, on which he will build 

 greenhouses, which will be used in con- 

 nection with the new store opened in 

 the Union Trust building October 20. 



Madison, N. J. — At the show opening 

 here October 28 there is a class for 

 twelve varieties of vegetables staged 

 on tables 4x6 feet that should bring 

 out an interesting competition. The 

 premiums are $75, $50 and $25; enough 

 to inspire any gardener to do his best, 



Greenville, Tex.— E. D. Barlow is 

 adding 2,000 feet to his plant on \orth 

 Walnut street, making a total of tJ.OOO 

 feet. One house will be used for ferns 

 and the other for mums, followed by 

 lettuce as an experiment. A new boiler 

 with a capacity to heat 12,000 feet of 

 glass is being put in. 



New Castle, Ind.— Myer Heller, pres- 

 ident of the South Park Floral Co., was 

 host to a party of florists of Eichmond, 

 Ind., and Cincinnati, O., who visited 

 the greenhouses here. Among the num- 

 ber were Joseph Hill, of Eichmond, and 

 C. W. Jones, Julius Baer, Arthur 

 Becker, Fred Gear and C. E. Critchell, 

 of Cincinnati. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — Edward B. 

 Cowan, of Cowan Bros. & Co., was 

 thrown from his buggy October 10 

 when an automobile struck the buggy 

 and frightened the horse. Mr. Cowan 

 was stunned and, on removal to the 

 Union hospital, was found to be suf- 

 fering from concussion of the brain. 

 He was quite conscious two days later 

 and in all likelihood will recover. 



Dayton, O.— At the first meeting of 

 the season of the Dayton Florists' 

 Club, October 9, held at the J. F. Young 

 store, on Fifth street, a plan for cooper- 

 ative advertising in the local papers was 

 taken up. It is proposed to take space 

 in the newspapers in which to show the 

 offerings of the market and give the 

 names and addresses of the Dayton 

 florists. At the next meeting C. M. 

 Schaeffer will give a talk on coopera- 

 tive advertising. 



Columbus, O.— The court of appeals 

 reversed the decision of the court of 

 common pleas and granted an injunc- 

 tion to Charles R. Wheeler, adminis- 

 trator of the estate of William Graff, 

 enjoining Samuel Graff from continu- 

 ing in the florists' business. Upon 

 the death of his brother, Samuel Graff 

 opened a store, although he had signed 

 an agreement when his brother bought 

 him out previously that he would not 

 again enter the business. The lower 

 court held it to be a personal contract 

 terminated by death, but the upper 

 court holds it as an asset of the estate, 

 as the widow still runs the business. 



