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Tiic Florists^ Review 



Mat 20, 1915. 



HAIL STORMS 



Kankakee, HI. — The hail storm that 

 cut gashes through the state May 15 

 hit four of the local greenhouse estab- 

 lishments. Charles Schafer, Faber 

 Bros., A. H. Burt and Prank C. Splear 

 each suflFered about alike, some 500 

 lights of glass being broken at each 

 place. Gustave Raasch escaped with 

 only an insignificant loss. 



HAH. AT EI. PASO, ILL. 



Hail drove in every pane of glass in 

 the eleven greenhouses of the El Paso 

 Carnation Co., El Paso, 111., on the 

 afternoon of May 15. The hail was of 

 such size that no glass could withstand 

 it, and the falling glass and ice de- 

 stroyed, in addition, about half the pot 

 plants that occupied a part of the 

 bouses, damaging more or less those 

 that were not destroyed. The carna- 

 tion plants recently moved to the field 

 also were destroyed. The establish- 

 ment contained about 30,000 feet of 

 glass and was insured by the Florists' 

 Hail Association. The officers of the 

 company are: President, Dr. R. E. Gor- 

 don; treasurer, L. K. Evans; secretary 

 and manager, C. L. W. Snyder. New 

 glass was ordered at once and a large 

 force of workers set at the task of 

 clearing the eleven houses of wreckage, 

 which was expected to be accomplished 

 by May 19, so that a thorough painting 

 can be begun May 20, to be followed 

 by reglazing. 



Business with the company has been 

 running ahead of all previous records 

 steadily for the whole of the last year, 

 and for the present is being handled 

 with stock obtained from Chicago. 

 There has been almost a normal busi- 

 ness since the storm and the setback 

 that has been given the company is 

 taken as all in the day's work; it will 

 not do more than necessitate a little 

 extra effort to overcome it. 



USINQEB'S UTTEBi^CES. 



M. Fenton, West Newton, Pa., has 

 sold his greenhouses to W. Wissing, 

 formerly at Elkins, W. Va., who will 

 take charge June 1. Mr. Fenton will 

 conduct a variety store in West 

 Newton. 



Jas. Schell, South Connellsville, Pa., 

 is growing some of the finest gera- 

 niums seen in this section of the coun- 



P. R. DeMuth & Son, Connellsville, 

 Pa., are cutting some nice carnations 

 and rosea. 



Fred M. Ruppert, Cumberland, Md., 

 is busy with plants and seeds. 



Russell C. Paupe, of the Flower Shop, 

 Cumberland, has opened a new store, 

 in which he is better able to handle 

 his business. He intends to use some 

 new ideas in furnishings in decorating 

 the new store. 



John Paul, of Cumberland, is having 

 a great deal of funeral work and a 

 good counter trade. 



John A. Bopp, Cumberland, is in the 

 midst of a heavy plant rush. 



Ralph E. Weber, of the H. Weber & 

 Sons Co., Oakland, Md., has left with 

 his family for Oregon, where he in- 

 tends to engage in fruit growing and 

 stock raising. The company's store at 

 Clarksburg, W. Va., is busy with 



plants, and reports a good business in 

 funeral work and counter trade. They 

 are showing some fine iris. 



A heavy wind storm broke the plate 

 glass window in the J. W. Dudley & 

 Sons Co. store at Clarksburg, Sunday, 

 May 16. The damage was small. 



S. P. Smith, Mercer, Pa., has been 

 busy lately turning out funeral work. 



William Baird, Greenville, Pa., has 

 his houses well filled with plants for 

 the coming season. W. T. IT. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



J. Bennett, Blue Point, L. I., grows 

 carnations that are as well known as 

 the famous Blue Point oyster, but this 

 year the bivalve has brought the best 

 returns. 



W. W. Kennedy & Sons, P.ed Bank, 

 N. J., have a fine strain of pansies from 

 their own selection of seed, and find 

 these to be a strong leader at the plant- 

 ing season. 



Frank McMahon, Rumson, N. J., says 

 the combination of low prices and mil- 

 dew are not encouraging. He is one of 

 the few rose growers near the ocean and 

 has been most successful. 



Wm. Struve & Sons, Perth Amboy, 

 N. J., expect to transfer their activities 

 to Manchester, Ala., where they have a 

 farm of 300 acres being developed by 

 one of the firm. 



W. G. Eisele, West Eid, and William 

 Bryan, Elberon, N. J., anticipate a good 

 season. They cater to the best trade of 

 Long Branch. Early arrivals at this 

 select resort give evidence of the com- 

 ing of a good summer business. 



Martin C. Ribsam, Trenton, N. J., re- 

 ports a banner season, with a possibility 

 of its being the best ever, both in seeds 

 and plants. 



Philadelphia bids fair to secure the 



title of Spotless Town. May 3 to 8 was 

 designated as clean-up time, presumably 

 in preparation for the celebration of 

 Mothers' day. An instructive exhibi- 

 tion in City Hall Square shows the pos- 

 sibilities of beautifying waste spots. It 

 bears the earmarks of a leading seed 

 house, although no name is allowed to 

 appear. The porch boxes and grass and 

 exhibits are distinctive. Practically 

 everything necessary to the successful 

 making of a garden is seen and the size 

 of the crowds interested augurs well. 

 Billy Sunday made an early sowing that 

 brought him big returns and the seeds- 

 men are promised an equally profitable 

 harvest, judging by the present outlook. 

 W. M. 



TEXAS MEETING DATE CHANGED. 



One Week Earlier. 



Confusion in regard to the date of 

 the convention of the Texas State Flo- 

 rists' Association has arisen from the 

 fact that the change from the original, 

 widely-advertised time of meeting was 

 made without special emphasis being 

 placed upon this fact. President R. C. 

 Kerr is now doing his best to dispel 

 this confusion and, so effective are his 

 efforts, there should no longer be any 

 question that Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 July 6 and 7, are the dates on which 

 the members of the trade in Texas and 

 from other southern states will meet 

 at Fort Worth. The original date con- 

 flicted with other state meetings, and 

 a number of Texas florists thought that 

 a week earlier would be more advan- 

 tageous to florists in general. Mr. Kerr 

 expresses the expectation that the ear- 

 lier date will give a better attendance 

 and therefore a more successful con- 

 vention. 



Fairmont, la.— John McCullough & 

 Son, of Reinbeck, la., have purchased 

 land here and will erect a greenhouse. 



Grand Ledge, Mich.— Doty & Hug- 

 gett are adding another 25x114 house, 

 to meet the increasing demand for 

 their plants. 



Dexter, Me. — Fred Young is erecting 

 a greenhouse on School street. The 

 estalblishment will be conducted by 

 his daughter. Miss MoUie Young. 



Macomb, 111. — Frank Bonham is add- 

 ing a greenhouse 14x100 feet to his 

 range in the east part of the town. 

 When this is completed, he will have 

 18,000 square feet of glass. 



Greenfield, Mich. — Thomas F. Brown 

 has contracted with the John C. Mon- 

 inger Co., Chicago, for what is probably 

 the largest single-span greenhouse in 

 the state of Michigan. It is to be 84x 

 600, built with truss and only two lines 

 of purlin posts. 



Fairmont, Minn. — John McCullough 

 & Son, who have greenhouses at Rein- 

 beck, la., have purchased a 2-acre tract 

 of land on Albion avenue, where they 

 will erect a range at once. Improve- 

 ments on the property will be begun 

 immediately, and the building will be 

 started in June. 



Anoka, Minn. — The Anoka Green- 

 house Co. will remodel its boiler house 

 this spring and rebuild one greenhouse. 

 Business has been quiet since Easter. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — S. Jacobs & Sons 

 have the contract for the alterations 

 at the establishment of Klugman & 

 Schneirow, at 386 Kings Highway. 

 They are to cost about $1,000. 



Walla Walla^ Wash.— The Walla 

 Walla Hot House Vegetable Co. is put- 

 ting up another range of houses. The 

 ventilating apparatus is to be furnished 

 by the John A. Evans Co., of Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Springfield, N. J.— Dr. Watson B. 

 Morris and J. Neil Jakobsen, both of 

 this town, have purchased a 5-acre tract 

 at Westfield and Mountain avenues. 

 They expect to build greenhouses on 

 the land. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — The Ann Arbor 

 Greenhouse Co., of which Clarence Len- 

 non is the moving spirit, will increase 

 its glass area fifty per cent this season; 

 three houses are to be built, each 32x 

 300, the present range consisting of 

 six houses of this size. A contract has 

 just been placed with the Moninger 

 Co., Chicago, for material, including 

 heating system for all nine houses. 



