JCLY 16, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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it is to be regretted that this city was 

 rather poorly represented in regard to 

 numbers. Wm. Lehr, of Brooklyn, Md., 

 made up a party to go in his automo- 

 bile to attend this affair, but had a 

 number of blow-outs, which kept them 

 so long that the festivities were well 

 under way before the party arrived. 



Geo. Morrison, state vice-president 

 of the S. A. F., is urging all members 

 to attend the annual convention at 

 Boston in August. Mr. Morrison is 

 working hard to get a large body to go, 

 so that this state will be well repre- 

 sented. 



J. J. Perry has purchased a Ford 

 automobile and is erecting a garage for 

 it on his place, on the Harford road. 



John Cook has moved his business 

 from 318 to 328 North Charles street 

 while improvements are being made. 

 The store will be greatly enlarged and 

 a large display window added. 



The Leo Niessen Co. had a fine lot 

 of water lilies of all shades last week. 

 A fine dark blue one was exceptionally 

 showy. The company is also handling 

 a fine lot of lilies, which are being cut 

 in bud and developed as wanted. This 

 house is still selling peonies, and to 

 see peonies and asters side by side at 

 this season of the year is something of 

 a novelty. Louis Glick, of the Niessen 

 staff, is on a two weeks' vacation in 

 northern New York state. 



Jos. Merritt has finished planting his 

 new 200-foot house in carnations, which 

 are looking well. 



Chas. Seigwart is still cutting some 

 good carnations of his seedling variety, 

 Mrs. Chas. Seigwart, which are finding 

 a good market. 



Edward Kress will lose ninety feet 

 of his front on Belair avenue, due to 

 the city widening the street, which will 

 take one of his houses away entirely. 



It is reported a new trade club is 

 being organized and that the first meet- 

 ing was held at 200 West Mulberry 

 street Monday, July 13. The purpose 

 of the organization is not announced. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. han- 

 dled a fine lot of Beauties, which were 

 of exceptionally good color for this sea- 

 son of the year. W. F. E. 



PATEBSON, N. J. 



The employees of both the Paterson 

 and Passaic stores of Edward Sceery 

 held their summer outing Sunday, July 

 12, at the farm of A. Thurston's Sons, 

 at Eidgewood, N. J. The Passaic store 

 force came over in one of Mr. Sceery 's 

 automobiles and were joined here by 

 two automobile loads. All three pro- 

 ceeded to Eidgewood, where they were 

 met by William and Joseph Thurston, 

 ■^fter an exciting ball game, won by 

 the Paterson store by a score of 3 to 2 

 ji ten innings, and a number of ath- 

 letic events, the party sat down to a 

 fhicken dinner in William Thurston's 

 dining rooms. At its conclusion, Jacob 

 ^Prich presented to Mrs. Wm. Thurs- 

 ton a handsome French bag on behalf 

 or the employees. In her response Mrs. 

 Ahurston invited them to hold their fall 

 outing at Eidgewood, which was ac- 

 cepted by Bert Mcllveen, manager of 

 ^ne Passaic store. At the close Alex- 

 ander Eymer presented to Mr. Thurs- 

 on a gold-mounted fountain pen from 

 ^■le guests, and a telegram from Mr. 



ceery^ in Omaha, Neb., was read, wish- 

 in^ v'^ * pleasant day. After this en- 

 joyable day, all are looking forward to 

 ^^e fall outing. 



Bensenville, IlL — W. F. Dunteman 

 has a force of men at work erecting an 

 engine room alongside his new green- 

 houses. 



Pottstown, Pa — D, W. Heinly has 

 broken ground for a greenhouse, 28x120 

 feet, which will be used exclusively 

 for growing carnations and chrysan- 

 themums. 



Pittsbuigh, Pa. — The John Bader Co., 

 B. L. Elliott, proprietor, has placed an 

 order with the Moninger Co., Chicago, 

 for material for the large house that is 

 to be added to the range this season. 



Holyoke, Mass. — Ground has been 

 broken for the greenhouse of G. H. 

 Sinclair, at Smith's Ferry, on the laud 

 near the river bank just below his new 

 home. The house will be 40x100. 



Maquoketa, la. — H. L. Hill is" busy 

 moving and rebuilding the Maquoketa 

 Greenhouses, recently purchased from 

 the Odgers estate. When the work is 

 completed Mr. Hill will have six houses 

 connected with his store right in the 

 business section of the city. 



Wyoming, 111. — The greenhouse of C. 

 M. Ellis & Co. is to be enlarged and 

 rebuilt this summer. At the same time 

 the boiler plant will be overhauled and 

 enlarged, and the office building will be 

 doubled in size. The business is now 

 conducted by Mrs. C. M. Ellis and her 

 daughter. Miss Carrie Ellis. 



Oakland, Cal. — Domoto Broa. have 

 secured a permit for a greenhouse on 

 Eightieth avenue, which is to cost 

 $375. 



Springfield, Mass. — A greenhouse, to 

 cost $1,000, is to be erected this sum- 

 mer at 25 Pine street by the proprietors 

 of the Springfield cemetery. 



Bayonne, N. J.— Alvin C. Schroeter 

 is closing up part of his place and 

 looking for a new site. The increasing 

 value of real estate makes the cost of 

 maintenance too heavy. 



Grand Bapids, Mich.— Henry W. Al- 

 lersma has obtained a permit to build 

 a greenhouse at his range, at Benja- 

 min, avenue and Dunham street, at a 

 cost of $650. 



Princeton, N. J.— Theo. Knocke has 

 contracted with Hitchings & Co. for an 

 additional house. He is putting in con- 

 crete walks and benches. College busi- 

 ness has been satisfactory. 



Detroit, Mich. — Fred Schneider has 

 been granted a permit to erect a 1-story 

 cement block store and a greenhouse, 

 at a cost of $650, on Maryland, be- 

 tween Linwood avenue and Lawton. 



West Lebanon, N. H. — Samuel P. 

 French is building a greenhouse, 20x100 

 feet, which will double the size of his 

 present carnation range. Hitchings & 

 Co., of New York, have the contract for 

 the work. 



Waltham, Mass. — A charter has been 

 issued to the Mathison Greenhouses, 

 Inc., with a capitalization of $1,000. 

 The incorporators are Thomas I. Hogan, 

 Lewis M. McKenney, of Boston, and 

 E. L. Turner, of Everett. 



Strong City, Kan.— M. H. Lewis & 

 Co., who do a general florists' business, 

 say conditions are much improved by 

 recent rains. All stock outdoors had 

 been suffering because of the long dry 

 spell in May and June. 



Litchfield, 111.— Mr. and Mrs. E. A. 

 McPheron and daughter, Euth, left this 

 week for a vacation trip west. They 

 will visit Denver, Salt Lake City, San 

 Francisco, Los Angeles and other 

 points on the Pacific slope. 



Albany, N. Y. — The July meeting of 

 the Albany Florists' Club was held at 

 the home of Fred Goldring, former 

 president, at Font Grove. The club 

 voted to hold its annual clambake at 

 Newtonville Saturday, August 15. Fred 

 A. Danker is chairman of the commit- 

 tee on the bake and E. D. Griffin chair- 

 man of the committee on transporta- 

 tion. The club accepted the invitation 

 of President Fred Henkes to hold the 

 next meeting at his place, near New- 

 tonville, August 6. 



Jamestown, N. Y.— G. H. Heelas, for 

 fourteen years manager of the store of 

 the Lake View Eose Gardens, has 

 resigned his position to go into busi- 

 ness for himself. He has leased the 

 store at 318 Main street and expects to 

 open for business the latter part of this 

 month. 



New Orleans, La. — The store of P. A. 

 Chopin was entered by a negro burglar 

 on the morning of July 4, He had only 

 time to break the telephone box and 

 take the nickels before his operations 

 were interrupted by the arrival of Law- 

 rence Laybrook, an employee, who had 

 later to go to the hospital to have his 

 injuries treated as a result of his en- 

 counter with the negro, who escaped. 



Colorado Springs, Colo.— The Deich- 

 man & Douglas Floral Co. has been pur- 

 chased by C. E. Mealy, formerly of the 

 Pikes Peak Floral Co., who will con- 

 tinue the business at the same location. 

 Mr. Mealy has had many years ' experi- 

 ence in the florists' trade, having been 

 in the trade in eastern cities fifteen 

 years before he removed to Colorado 

 Springs. During his residence here he 

 has been with William Clark for over 

 two years and for the last five years 

 with the Pikes Peak Floral Co. 



