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OCTOBER 21, 1915. 



The Florists* Review 



111 



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NEWS NOTES 



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La Grange, Ind. — C. M. Hissong has 

 completed hia new greenhouse, 20x60, 

 and is now erecting a vegetable house, 

 10x60. 



Wlieeling, W. Va. — Dutch bulbs are 

 being advertised in the local papers by 

 Forbes & Donahey, 1212 Market street. 

 A designer and decorator, from New 

 York, recently was added to the store 

 staff. George S. Wehrley is manager. 



Statesville, N. 0. — Mrs. Turner, of 

 the Park Place Greenhouse, says the 

 outdoor Spencer sweet peas offered last 

 spring created a new sense of apprecia- 

 tion of the flower and she plans to 

 grow a crop of them in the greenhouse 

 this season. 



Ubtlchsville, O. — Another woman to 

 enter the florists' business is Mrs. 

 Alfred Shaw, who grows asters and 

 dahlias for local sale. Next spring she 

 expects to grow roses for the market. 

 Mr. Shaw is associated with the Twin 

 City Floral Co. 



Madison, N. J. — The approaching 

 show of the Morris County Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society, to be held Octo- 

 ber 28 and 29, will be the twentieth 

 annual autumn exhibition. Secretary 

 Edward Beagan, of Morristown, con- 

 siders the prospects the best ever. 



Greensboro, N. 0. — J. R. Wemph, 

 formerly of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has 

 joined the force of the Greensboro 

 Florists Co., which recently opened a 

 store in the McAdoo hotel building. 

 C. W. Jennings is proprietor of the 

 business and S. N. Griffith manager. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — The 5-man bowl- 

 ing team representing G. Van Bochove 

 & Bro. defeated the crack team of the 

 Gerline foundry in the opening games 

 of the city bowling league. Mr. Fen- 

 stermaker rolled into the limelight with 

 a total of 602 pins for his three games. 



Xenia, O. — The first prize for the 

 most beautifully decorated automobile 

 in the parade held during the autumn 

 festival was awarded to Edward Lam- 

 pert, of the Engle Floral Co. Mr. Lam- 

 pert used cut flowers, plants and sev- 

 eral young women in Grecian costumes 

 to make his car the hit of the parade. 



Port Huron, Mich. — Peter May, Sr., 

 who is a market gardener and florist, 

 supplies the local stores with lettuce 

 and tomato plants by the auto truck 

 load and also hauls his greenhouse out- 

 put to town in the same way. He has 

 four houses, covering 9,900 square feet, 

 and specializes on lettuce and carna- 

 tions. 



Houston, Tex. — John J. Boyle and 

 Thomas A. Pendarvis, who have become 

 partners in a new flower business, held 

 a formal opening at their new store 

 October 9. They let everybody in 

 Houston know about the opening. Two 

 tiny representatives of the store visited 

 the newspaper offices and downtown 

 business houses, attracting much atten- 

 tion. The address of the store is 721 

 Main street. Mr. Boyle was formerly 

 manager of the Portland Floral Co., of 

 Portland, Me., and later of Forestdale, 

 the Flower Shop, at Houston. Mr. 

 Pendarvis has been in the employ of 

 the Texas Co. 



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Sushvllle, Ind. — Glenn E. Moore is 

 remodeling and enlarging the range he 

 recently purchased from his father, 

 George F. Moore. He will have be- 

 tween 35,000 and 40,000 feet of glass. 



Little Eiver, Kan.— E. E. Keever & 

 Sons, who do a general business in cut 

 flowers and plants, with goldfish on the 

 side, recently have completed a new 

 house, 20x50, which will be used for 

 lettuce. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — The newly 

 formed Oklahoma State Floral Associa- 

 tion has appointed a committee to de- 

 vise means of acquainting the public 

 with plants, seeds and soils. George 

 Stiles is president of the association, 

 and C. A. Batten, secretary. 



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