August 22, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



88g 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market 



Trade has been quite dull, with the 

 exception of funeral work. Carnations 

 are extremely scarce. Some fine late 

 branching asters are to be seen. Roses 

 are more plentiful and of a better qual- 

 ity. 



Varioui Notes. 



G. P. Kaupp, of Nevada, was a recent 

 visitor. He is building another new 

 house and was up here getting ideas. He 

 has 14,000 feet of glass. 



C. Fields, of Kansas City, Kan., is 

 building one more greenhouse, 17x32 

 feet. He has it planted in chrysanthe- 

 mums of the leading commercial varie- 

 ties. They are planted in solid benches. 

 Mr. Fields says that his business is grow- 

 ing rapidly and the demand • is greater 

 than his supply. The new house will 

 probably be heated by hot water. Mr. 

 Fields owns the property that the green- 

 houses are on and has plenty of room 

 left to build more houses. 



D. Freudenthal reports business to be 

 very good, considering the dull season. 

 He had planned a long vacation trip, but 

 from present indications he says that it 

 seems it will be impossible for him to 

 leave, as he cannot get the proper help 

 to assist his head clerk. 



E. A. Humfeld and family are in Col- 

 orado among the mountains, near Mani- 

 tou. Mr. Humfeld has not been feeling 

 well for some time and we hope that the 

 change of climate will do much to im- 

 prove his health. 



P. G. Lacey, who has been employed by 

 the W. H. Humfeld Floral Co. for the 

 last few years, is on a short vacation 

 at lola, visiting his parents and friends. 



Alex. Kerr has returned from an ex- 

 tended trip through the Ozark moun- 

 tains, where he has been looking for 

 cheap land in which to invest some 

 money. Land is to be had there for 

 from $1.25 to $6 an acre, but it is roll- 

 ing and rough, grown up with thick 

 brush. Mr. Kerr also visited the large 

 plantation of the late R. M, Snider, of 

 Kansas City, who had three greenhouses 

 built and a large range of houses under 

 construction when he was killed in an 

 automobile accident. In some of these 

 large houses fruit was to be grown, such 

 as peaches, grapes, pears and other small 

 fruits. There are over 2,000 acres in 

 this tract of land. There are deer and 

 all kinds of game and a large lake full 

 of fish. This lake is supplied by an im- 

 mense spring. It was the intention of 

 Mr. Snider to live here and entertain his 

 Kansas Citv friends. W. H. H. 



KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



The board of directors of the Central 

 Michigan Nursery, at a recent meeting, 

 formally decided to sell the property of 

 the company for the benefit of its cred- 

 itors. The "total value of this property, 

 including all the company's assets, has 

 been variously estimated at from $10,- 

 000 to .-fl5,00b. An oflfer of $12,000 has 

 now been received and accepted, the sale 

 to be consummated not later than sixty 

 days from July 20, 1907. The purchas- 

 ers are J. L. Sornberger, George Ham- 

 ilton and Geo. W. Sprague. It is esti- 

 mated that tlie company's liabiftties are 

 approximately $100,000. 



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 consult the European advertising pages 

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