8hpt>mbi» 30, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



fatally woonded by the accidental dis- 

 cbarge of a gun. Mr. O'Hara owned 

 the Beibe greenhouses, on School street, 

 Webster. W. H. M. 



HOTT-LY MUSINQS. 



Holm & Olson, of St. Paul, Minn., 

 have had some fine blooms of Qeisha 

 dahlias on sale, measuring fully nine 

 inches across and of exquisite color. 

 They were in good demand. The land- 

 scape department has exceeded its 

 most sanguine expectations and bids 

 fair to become the largest branch of 

 the business, owing to the large terri- 

 tory covered. 



C. G. Anderson, of the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co., Minneapolis, is keeping up 

 the excellent reputation he made at 

 Morton Grove, 111., and looks for good 

 business the coming winter. 



Rice Bros., the supply house of Min- 

 neapolis, are busy, although many lines 

 are later than usual in moving. 



The Ija Crosse Floral Co., of La 

 Crosse, Wis., finds some call for early 

 chrysanthemums, the recent bad weath- 

 er having put many outdoor flowers 

 out of the running. 



Holton & Hunkel, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 find the sale of Hoosier Beauty stead- 

 ily increasing. The good qualities of 

 this rose are becoming better known. 

 New cuts of other roses are arriving 

 in fine condition and sales are improv- 

 ing. 



The C. 0. PoUworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 has no complaints to make regarding 

 business. Both consignments and out- 

 going shipments are increasing. 



The Currie Bros. Co., Milwaukee, is 

 making a good display of bulbs and 

 cut fiowers, following a good season 

 in the seed department. 



Gimbel Bros., Milwaukee, have g^ven 

 more space to the cut flower depart- 

 ment, which is in charge of A. H. Mac- 

 Donald, who styles himself a "flower- 

 craftsman." 



Van Bochove , & Bro., Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., are making improvements at 

 their store by installing mirrors the 

 entire length of one side, giving the 

 impression that the store is much wider. 

 John Van Bochove has returned from 

 his duck hunt, minus the ducks. He 

 will return later for bigger game, 

 moose. 



Alfred Hannah & Sons, Grand Bap- 

 ids, Mich., are cutting the new crops of 

 roses and carnations. The demand fo'r 

 them is good. 



Henry Smith, of Grand Bapids, has 

 disposed of considerable stock through 

 his advertisements and has a full line 

 grown especially for the store. 



W. M. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Business last week took on a little 

 ■purt on account of the fall opening of 

 the general merchandise stores. A big 

 demand was felt for decorative plants 

 such as palms, bays and boxwood, 

 Boston ferns, etc. Not many cut flowers 

 were used for the occasion. 



Local florists report that trade is 

 normal. All look forward to a good fall 

 and winter business. Indications point 

 that way, with the addition of two 

 more florists' stores. 



Various Nrtes. 



The new stores are in the downtown 

 district. One will be a branch which 



the Dayton Jj'loral Co. will open in the 

 million dollar Miami hotel. The other 

 store, located on South Main street, was 

 opened a few days ago by the Advance 

 Floral Co., of 47 Arcade Market. The 

 interior is harmoniously decorated, the 

 walls being covered with birch bark, 

 and the ceiling with white lattice and 

 artificial vines. E. E. Schaefer will 

 manage the store, with MisQ Alice 

 Heckman as assistant. The new enter- 

 prise has the best wishes for success 

 from brother florists. 



The old central market house has 

 been overhauled, painted, and new con- 

 crete floors put in. The formal opening 

 took place one week ago. The building 

 was decorated with palms, bays and 

 smilax. The decorating was done by 

 the Dayton Floral Co. This building 

 is used by several florists. 



A few mums are to be seen, but the 

 quality is generally poor. The Advance 

 Floral Co. has some extra fine blooms 

 of Pacific Supreme. 



Carnations are improving, but roses 

 are not up to standard yet. Easter 

 lilies seem to be shortening up also. 



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Mrs. Sarah L. Steinberger, after 

 an illness of three months, is dead at 

 the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella 

 Downey, of Dayton. Mrs. Steinberger 

 was the mother of William Phebus. 

 Mrs. Phebus has a greenhouse north- 

 west of Dayton, growing a general line 

 of cut flowers for the market. 



Henry Ehrhardt, of Sidney, O., was 

 a visitor in Dayton last week. 



G. W. B. • 



MAPLEWOOD, N. J. 



The first annual dahlia show of the 

 Maplewood Dahlia Society was a 

 marked success. The prizes in most of 

 the twenty-eight classes were donated 

 by trade firms and local tradespeople. 

 The judges of the exhibits were William 

 Reid, gardener for A. M. Colgate; John 

 Garvin, gardener for Douglass Robin- 

 son, and Dietrich Kinscrabt. Among 

 the winners were John Le Count, Frank 

 Taylor, George Stevenson, Walter 

 Lawrence, P. V. Braun, A. W. Pohl- 

 man, W. E. Selph, C. W. Groo, E. B. 

 Phelps and J. H. Ayers. 



Montrose, Pa. — Burton A. Ely has 

 launched out into the greenhouse busi- 

 ness. He will grow both vegetables and 

 flowers. 



Norwich, ffonn. — T. H. Peabody is 

 building a greenhouse, 30x75, near Ma- 

 plewood cemetery, with an office in 

 front. S. Hartridge will have charge. 



Rockvllle, Conn. — Edward Lagan, 

 lately employed by Brown, Thomson & 

 Co., of Hartford, has opened a flower 

 store of his own in the Robertson 

 block. 



Providence, R. I. — Leo Engel and 

 Mrs. Engel recently returned from a 

 fine fishing trip in Maine. Mr. Engel 

 has charge of the flower store of the 

 Shepard.Co., where he looks forward to 

 a good season's business. 



Wllllamsport, Pa.— W. J. Graham has 

 started in business for himself and ex- 

 pects to grow vegetables and bedding 

 plants. He has a King greenhouse, 

 20x100, under construction, and will 

 make additions pext year if the busi- 

 ness prospers. 



Lowell, Mass. — Morse Sc Beals were 

 awarded the contract for furnishing the 

 8,000 tulip bulbs to be planted in the 

 municipal parks this fall. Their bid 

 was $86.40. Whittet & Co. bid $93.80, 

 and Harvey B. Greene $102. 



Salem, Mass.— J. W. Philbriek left 

 recently on a transcontinental trip, 

 making stop-overs at Chicago, Denver 

 and other large cities en route. He in- 

 tends to stay a while at the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition, after which he will 

 visit Seattle and the Canadian Boekies. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Charles C. Ball, 

 who recently collected $1,800 from the 

 town for damage done his stock by gas 

 escaping from the mains, has notified 

 the selectmen that gas is escaping 

 again, and that his trouble and losses 

 of last winter are likely to reoccur if 

 repairs are not made immediately. 



Newark, N. J.— B. P. Plebany is 

 erecting a greenhouse at Irvington, at 

 a cost of $2,250. 



Pawtucket, B. L — A. L. Warner sells 

 Asparagus plumosus as fast as he can 

 grow it. He devotes all his space and 

 time to plumosus, but of late has been 

 experimenting with Lutzi, which he be- 

 lieves will be a big seller. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Edward Winkler 

 recently completed another greenhouse 

 and is putting in a new boiler. He has 

 planted the greater part of his place 

 with his new carnation. Morning 

 Glow, having 20,000 plants of it on 

 his benches. 



Worcester, Mass. — Roger Newton 

 Perry's Ford runabout was awarded 

 first prize in its class in the battle of 

 flowers at the New England fair, Sep- 

 tember 7. In its decoration Mr. Perry 

 «sed hydrangeas and late - branching 

 asters combined with heleniums. The 

 hood was covered with hemlock and 

 asters. 



Hartford, Conn.— A contract for 

 1,400 potted geraniums has been award- 

 ed to E. S. Drake, of Fairfield avenue, 

 by the GrifiKn A. Stedman camp. Sons 

 of Veterans. Mr. Drake will furnish 

 the plants next Memorial day, when 

 they will be used in decorating the 

 graves of the war veterans. Here- 

 after, plants will be used for this pur- 

 pose instead of cut fiowers. 



Holyoke, Mass. — ^The third annual 

 flower show of the Holyoke and 

 Northampton Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club will be held in Windsor hall, on 

 Dwight street, November 3 and 4, 1915. 

 The committee in charge comprises 

 D. J. Gallivan, Edward Hennessy, 

 G. H. Sinclair, James Whiting, Wm. 

 Downer, Geo. Backli£Fe and Geo. Strug- 

 nell. In the prize-list, which has just 

 been issued, plants and cut chrysan- 

 themums, roses and carnations make 

 np the greater part of the classes. 



