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The Florists' Review 



Shell Creek, Tenn. — In addition to 

 theii >!Ood crop of evergreens, K. C. 

 GrofT'iii & Co. have some fine carnation 

 and 1 111 ysanthemum plants, which will 

 soon he coming into bloom. 



Swimpscott, Mass. — E. G. Blaney, 

 Avhili' serving in his capacity as member 

 of tlu' fire department; in answering a 

 call .1 short time ago, strained the liga- 

 ments in his knee. He is recovering 

 rapi'lly, however, at his home, on Nor- 

 folk avenue. 



New Britain, Conu. — Carl Lorenzen is 

 one tif those whom the war has ma- 

 looncil in Euro})e. He is in Hamburg, 

 visiting his sister, and planned to sail 

 from that poit August G on the Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria. He is i)eyoud the 

 war age limit. 



Grand Island, Neb. — A heavy hail 

 >torin here on the evening of August 

 I'l inflicted damages amounting to about 

 •'i>2,00i» each at the ranges of Edward 

 Williams and John Ellsworth. The for- 

 mer considers himself lucky, as he is 

 "•arrying insurance in tlie Florists' Hail 

 Association- -, 



Washington, D. C. — Tn the Washing- 

 ton Times for Sunday, August 16, V. 

 It. Kramer used his cable corrcsjjond- 

 cncv with a Holland bulb grower, in 

 which he ordered a large batch of hy- 

 acinth bulbs at bargain ])rices, as cojty 

 tor a triple-column advertisement, the 

 harden of which was tliat Kramer's 

 I'rices will iiMiiain tiie same despite the 

 war. 



Danville, 111. — August 20 was the 

 •late of the first annual outing of the 

 nanvill(> Florists' Club, held at Barlow 

 i'^rk, near Alvin. The trip to the park 

 was made in automobiles, and a live 

 l"o;i;r;im of si)orts. including swimming, 

 hoating and a ball game, made the day 

 pass (juickly. One of the enjoyable 

 events of the outing was the dinner 

 ^prvo.l by the florists' wives. 



Leominster, Mass. — George M. Keu- 

 'lall. one of the largest growers of vege- 

 tahh s under glass in this part of the 

 '""ntry, is moving his large house, Sox 

 tnii ,v,>f^ ^Yom the land of the New 

 '"Ik. New Haven & Hartford Railroad 

 * "•• 'Ml Main street, to his own land 

 "" X' Ison street, where his other large 

 'ioums are located. The railroad com- 

 l'""y notified Mr. Kendall that the land 

 "'!■" wanted for other i)urposes. 



. Cedar Falls, la.— The comi)any 

 jorni.d by the merger of tlie .loseph 

 I ill,,, oft Co. and the Bancroft Kose 

 'ported in the .\ugust (! issue of 

 'ieview, will be known as .loseidi 



'•'"I': oft ^ Son, Inc. Incorporation 

 ''''I"'- have been tiled, which call for 

 ;^J'''! itnl stock of .$.')0,(l(Hl, of whicli 

 jj'''" " is to be paid in by October 1. 

 I ■ ^y -lohnson is president and (ieorge 



• '' iicroft is st'cretarv of the concern. 



The 



Buifalo, N. Y. — The installation of a 

 No. 6 Kroeschell boiler is attracting at- 

 tention at the range of the Wm. Scott 

 Co., of this city. 



Waterville, Me. — Charles Carter has 

 opened a store at 154 Main street. At 

 the formal opening, Thursday after- 

 noon, August 13, souvenirs were given 

 to the public. 



Haverhill, Mass. — Frank Leith, pro- 

 jnietor of the greenhouses on Primrose 

 street, has been spending a few days 

 in Providence, R. L, where he attended 

 the outing of a Scottisli clan. 



Judge the Tree 

 by Its Fruit 



It took me six months to ^Tow 

 the plants, but it took The Review 

 only one week to sell them. 



Au-. 11, lun. 



CHAS. A. MOSS, 

 Spartanburg. S. C. 



Owensboro, Ky. — Three attempts 

 have been made to enter the store of 

 the Nanz Floral Co. in th« last two 

 weeks, two of which were successful. 

 Only aiticles of small value were taken, 

 howe\er. 



Little Rock, Ark.— .T. B. Hurst, of 

 Ti|>ton & Hurst, left Europe two days 

 before war was declared between Aus- 

 tiia and Servia and reached home be- 

 fore he learned of the mix-up abroad. 

 Mr. Hurst spent two months touring 

 the principal countries of Europe. 



Spring Valley, N. Y. — A. S. Burns has 

 aiided five more houses to his range this 

 summer, planning to use the entire 

 place, as heretofore, for lily forcing. 

 Mr. Burns is the largest lily grower in 

 America, buying for his own use more 

 bulbs than some use who are consid- 

 ered larger jobbers. The cut blooms 

 are shipped to commission houses as far 

 west as St. Louis. 



Beading, Pa. — At the meeting of the 

 Retail Florists' Association, August 6, 

 plans were made for the autumn flower 

 show, which will be held at Rajah Tem- 

 ple. The entertainment committee is 

 arranging for an outing to be held the 

 latter part of September, probably at 

 Heller's i)ark. Spring Valley. 



Benton, Harbor, Mich. — The Central 

 Seed & Bulb Co. has disposed of all 

 Norway spruce stock, but not in the 

 manner in which it was intended. The 

 Big Four railroad set fire to 1,400 ever- 

 greens of this firm, all in fine condi- 

 tion. E. S. Thompson says, "We expect 

 our pay, but would rather have the 

 trees." 



Seattle, Wash. — Simon Swansou, for- 

 )iu'rly with the Kahn & Herbert Co., 

 I'ortland, Ore., has rented the green- 

 houses at 401.1 Densmore avenue, known 

 as the Brown greenhouses. Mr. Swan- 

 son is growing some ciirysanthemums 

 for fall and has .a good lot of cyclamens 

 and other flowering jdants and ferns 

 started. 



Springfield, 111. — .\t the executor's 

 sale of the estate of the late Arthur C. 

 Canfield the property at South Grand 

 avenue and State street brought .$30,- 

 160. Hembreiker & Cole, who have 

 leased the range for some time, pur- 

 chased the greenhouses and business 

 for approximately .$20,000, and the re- 

 maining twelve lots were bid in for 

 .$10,000 by Charles Sullivan. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — The flower exhibits 

 at the New York state fair, to be held 

 here from August ;U to September 5, 

 are ex])ected to be of a high class. The 

 jiri/.e list shows eighty six classes open 

 to i>rofessionals, witii liberal cash prizes. 

 The American Gladiolus Society offers 

 a silver and a bronze medal for tiie best 

 exhibits of fifteen Aarieties of gladioli, 

 tliree spikes each, correctly named. 



New Haven, Conn. — At the meeting 

 of the New Haven Horticultural Society 

 August 11 .lohu H. Siocombe had an ex- 

 cellent exhibit of dahlias and gladioli. 

 Of each of these there were about eight- 

 een seedlings shown, which attracted 

 much attetition. IVIr. Shxombe is in a 

 fair way to win the Lord & Burnham 

 ('(I. gold mc'lal for the greatest number 

 of jioiuts gained at the fortnightly 

 m(>etini;s of the Society. 



Kankakee, 111. — In connection with 

 the Schafer greenhouses, a store has 

 been opened on Court street, which 

 will be in charge of I'eter Schafer, 

 with Clara Schafer as bookkeeper and 

 cashier. At the opening, held August 

 13, gladioli were given to visitors and 

 i;,r)0O were disposed of in this way. The 

 interior of the store is enameled white, 

 with white latticework, which is easily 

 decorated with natural or jtrepared ma- 

 terials. 



