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The Florists' Review 



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and was accompanied by a strong wind. 

 The hail stones varied in size from that 

 of a marble to that of a hen's egg, 

 and fell with great velocity. 



The north and west slopes, as the 

 illustration shows, w'ere pretty well 

 riddled, but the south and east expo- 

 sures suffered to a slight extent only. 

 The storm lasted for nearly half an 

 hour. 



While the stock of carnations in 

 flower was badly damaged by hail and 

 falling glass, the company is still cut- 

 ting about enough to take care of 

 present demands. The young stock 

 both in the field and houses was also 

 badly damaged, but owing to favor- 

 able weather since the storm the firm 

 expects to pull through with only a 

 nominal loss. 



At Colorado City, the Grand View 

 Greenhouses, E. E. Eipley, proprietor, 

 had about 500 feet of glass left, out of 

 his entire 13,000 square feet of space. 

 His nursery stock was badly damaged, 

 and flowers and plants inside were cut 

 up considerably by falling glass and 

 hail. 



The Colorado City Floral Co., Endi- 

 cott & Wolff, proprietors, out of about 

 10,000 square feet of glass lost all but 

 approximately ten square feet, besides 

 losing the glass in over 100 coldframes. 

 The stock of geraniums and other 

 potted plants was badly damaged. They 

 had some 1,500 Golden Glow mums just 

 showing color, as well as 5,000 asters 

 coming into bloom; these were' a total 

 loss. 



The H. T. Williams vegetable range, 

 in West Colorado Springs, consisting of 

 about 12,000 square feet of glass, suf- 

 fered at least an eighty per cent loss, 

 while the several acres of cabbages and 

 other truck was almost totally de- 

 stroyed. 



Powell Bros., Colorado Springs, lost 

 probably fifty per cent of their glass. 

 This was a small vegetable range of 

 some 2,000 feet. 



F. F. Crump, Colorado Springs, suf- 

 fered probably forty per cent loss on 

 glass at the Columbia street range and 

 severe damage to growing stock. His 

 Nob Hill range was more directly in 

 the path of the storm, and had at least 

 a ninety-five per cent loss on glass and 

 almost total on stock. 



The haU was so severe as to go 

 through automobile tops, tents, awnings, 

 etc. Many birds and chickens were 

 killed, and some people are reported to 

 have been knocked unconscious. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Chatham, N. J.-^AOuioeeting of the 

 creditors of Samuel Lu», bankrupt, 

 held in Newark, N. J., July 26, Harry 

 O. May, of Summit, was appointed per- 

 manent trustee over Wm. G. Badgley, 

 of Chatham, although Mr. Badgley held 

 a large majority of claims, both in num- 

 ber and in amount of indebtedness. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Tke trustee in the 

 bankruptcy case of Ira G. Marvin has 

 filed his return of sale of real estate 

 at Thornhurst to C. E. Stegmaier, of 

 Wilkes-Barre, for $1,150, and two lots 

 at Scranton to John W. Beagle for 

 $1,550, which will be confirmed unless 

 exception is made before August 6. 

 Hearings will be held at 11 a. m. Au- 

 gust 6 at the office of the referee, E. 

 Foster Heller, 1008 Coal Exchange 

 building, on the trustee's petitions to 

 sell to H. M. Beck, of Wilkes-Barre, 





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C. H. Green's Greenhouses, Fremont, Neb., After Storm of July tS. 



the range and boiler plant at 55 North 

 Main street for $350, and to disclaim 

 the greenhouse and boiler house at 45 

 Montgomery street. West Pittston, Pa. 



Boston, Slass. — Creditors representing 

 seventy-two claims of a total value of 

 $32,000 elected Alexander I. Stoneman 

 trustee in the case of Sidney Hoffman 

 at the first meeting of the creditors, 

 July 16, before Referee Gibbs. His 

 bond was fixed at $4,900. Mr. Stone- 

 man also served as receiver. 



Utica, N. Y.— Henry G. H. Martin, 

 13 Kernan avenue, filed a petition in 

 voluntary bankruptcy in the United 

 States court July 17 through his attor- 

 ney, Clarence Stetson. Mr. Martin's 

 liabilities aggregate $2,614, with assets 

 of $1,098, including fixtures and equip- 

 ment valued at $646 and debts due 

 $332. The petition has been referred 

 to Referee De La Fleur. Mrs. Ada 

 Lortz, of Ilion, holds a note for $556; 

 Mary L. Keigh, of Ilion, holds one note 

 for $500 and five others aggregating 

 $285. Other creditors include the fol- 

 lowing in Utica: Walter Butler, $50; 

 P. J. Robischon, $300; E. P. Bailey & 

 Co., $26; Brant Bros., $219; the Utica 

 Press, $46; Post Agency, $18; S. A. 

 Pinkstone, $165; Charles Faass & Co., 

 $72. 



Ludington, Mich. — Elmer L. Brill- 



hart, who operates the Lake View 

 Greenhouses, has been adjudged bank- 

 rupt, upon his filing of a voluntary peti- 

 tion. Nominally his assets are greater 

 than his liabilities, his debts being 

 scheduled at $8,512.97 and the assets 

 about $13,000. Much of his property 

 has been mortgaged and this led to his 

 entering the bankruptcy court. The 

 »*ase was referred to Referee Wicks. 



Andover, Mass. — J. H. Playdon closed 

 his store July 14, but will reopen about 

 September 1. 



St. Peter, Minn. — During the severe 

 electrical storm of July 17, lightning 

 struck and set on fire the office and 

 workroom at the range of Emil Samuel- 

 son, and before the flames could be sub- 

 dued, the building and a number of 

 plants were destroyed. Thanks to an 

 abundance of water on the place, and 

 the assistance of about forty men, the 

 fire was confined to the one structure, 

 and the greenhouses and contents were 

 saved. The burned building carried 

 insurance of $2,500. Last fall Mr. 

 Samuelson had enlarged the office and 

 workroom, a new boiler had been in- 

 stalled and many improvements made. 

 The boiler in the basement was not 

 seriously damaged, but the pipes and 

 connections were badly twisted. Mr. 

 Samuelson expects to rebuild at once. 



Pikes Peak Floral Co., Colorado Springs, Colo., After Hall Stomy of J«ly (8. 



