SBPTBMBBB 24, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



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NEWS NOTES 



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Sushvllle, N. Y.— A.'N. Twitchell has 

 built a greenhouse and will grow a 

 general stock, including lettuce, for 

 lo. ai trade. 



Lima, O. — E. N. Zetlitz joined with 

 fi\,' other stores in a community open- 

 ini' at the intersection of Market and 

 Eh'.ibeth streets Wednesday evening, 

 SLM'tcniber 16. A 16-piece band fur- 

 iiiJi.((d music for the occasion. 



La Crosse, Wis. — John H. Forrer, 

 su|i<'fintendent of parks, and Charles E. 

 Scli.iefer, of the La Crosse Floral Co., 

 wen- the judges at the annual flower 

 shiuv held under the auspices of the 

 Twentieth Century Club September 11. 



Watseka, HI. — F. L. Henry has just 

 installed a new No. 5 Kroeschell boiler 

 and is ready for winter. He says every- 

 rhinfT is looking good since the summer 

 ilroiijjht was broken and looks forward 

 to an excellent season. Mums will be 

 tine. 



Hartford, Conn. — On society station- 

 ery adorned by a crest. Coombs the Flo- 

 rist is announcing the opening of a new 

 store, at 364 Asylum street, about Octo- 

 l)er 1, to be operated in connection with 

 the Main street store. Mr. Olmstead 

 will have charge. 



Mt. Sterling, Ky.— David Harris, 



until recently at Columbia, S. C, has 

 leased for a term of years the Corbett 

 ^greenhouses, at the corner of Clay street 

 aud Corbett avenue, and expects to 

 improve them and grow plants and 

 Mowers for this town and the vicinity. 



Painesville, O.— A. B. Wilson, former- 

 ly secretary of the Wilson Florist Co., 

 at Cleveland, has opened a store at 124 

 North St. Clair street, known as Wil- 

 son's Flower Shop. The opening was 

 held September 12. A greenhouse is 

 being built at the rear of the store and 

 two or three more are being planned for 

 erection next spring, on Sanford street. 



La Crosse, Wis.— The new store of 

 the La Crosse Floral Co., which was 

 opened to the public September 5, is 

 ')no of the neatest and best equipped 

 in town. The woodwork in the store is 

 "I fumed oak, the walls are lined with 

 mirrors, and an inverted lighting system 

 adds to the soft tone of the decorations, 

 ■vlodcrn refrigerators arc cooled by an 

 ""e inacliine in the basement. 



Kewanee, 111.— Jacob Thurwanger & 

 •^011 start the season with practically a 

 "ew plant, as the repairs and improve- 

 •nents made necessary by the heavy hail 

 ■•tonns of last spriug have amounted 

 |o tli«> rebuilding of the two old build- 



Kn and two new structures have been 



■'""■'■ To avoid a repetition of the 



ail Osses, all the glass of the range 



»« I'een covered bv half-inch mesh 



'lettliiir. 



ka Charles, La.— C. D. Otis, pro- 



'•'• of the Lake Charles Nursery, 



'"'lit a small greenhouse for ferns. 



•*'•'.< ntly received a carload of Wash- 



"I'ii robusta and Phoenix Canariensis 



' ahfornia. The former will be 



largely for parking the sides of 



^vo streets of Lake Charles just 



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 SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE^ 



[Readers are invited to contribute to this col- 

 umn. No story so old that It isn't new to 

 someone, but the fresher the lietter. No bar 

 against originality. If clippings are sent, add 



iiiinu- of paper.] 



From a Seedsman's Catalogue. 



'The flowers that grow from the seeds you sow, 



i<'or beauty can't be beaten; 

 And the t;ardeu truck that is yours to pluclc. 



Is the best you've ever eaten. 



A New Brand. 



The proprietor of a candy store per- 

 mitted a florist to put posters in his 

 show window. In the autumn a spe- 

 cially gay, flowered one stood among 

 the sedate boxes of tempting chocolates 

 and candied fruits. 



Evidently the poster attracted atten- 

 tion, for a would-be purchaser entered 

 and said, "Give me a box of your Dutch 

 Bulb candy." Varah A. Armstrong. 



A Good-hearted Irishman. 



Pat applied to a florist for a job. The 

 florist looked him over and then said: 



"You are an Irishman." 



"Shure I am," says Pat; "an' what 

 diflf'rence does that make?" 



"Well," said the florist, "I hired an 

 Irishman last year and he got sick and 

 died, and I had to pay his funeral ex- 

 penses. 



' Shure, 



says Pat, "an' I niver 



played a trick like that on a man in 

 me life."- J. N. S. 



Just to Save Time. 



One young man who was highly sensi- 

 tive about an impediment which he had 

 in his speech went to a stammerers' in- 

 stitute and asked for a course of treat- 

 ments. The professor asked him if he 

 wanted a full or a partial course. 



' ' A p-p-partial c-c-course. ' ' 



"To what extent wouW you like a 

 partial course?" 



"Enough s-so that wh-when I go to 

 a f-f -florist's and ask for a c-c-c-chr- 

 chrys-s-anth (whistle) em-mum, the 

 th-thing won't w-wilt b-before I g-get 

 it!" — Ladies' Home Journal. 



Unsettled. 



1!Y BEATRICE PIX.MU. 



Ilor nnme it was Mrs. O'Raily; she purchased 



onr flowers at will; 

 Shu ordered our men around gailv, with glances 



intended to kill; 

 She paid us a compliment daily, but never once 



paid us her bill. 



She came and gushed over our roses, this cus- 

 tomer, early and late. 



She'd say, "Why, that fellow who grows is the 

 cleverest man in the state!" 



While we, with the meekness of Moses, would 

 send iu accounts, and then — wait. 



Till up in his wrath spoke Rob Murray: "There's 



someone I'm going to hurt! 

 An' if she gets sore, I should worry! We don't 



grow for love, that's a cert; 

 .\n' if slie don't pay in a hurry— why, darn it! I'il 



dine off my shirt!" 

 Xext morning, while walking together, the lady 



lierscif fell in line. 

 She straightened her hat with its feather, and 



simpered, her eyes searching mine, 

 "You're such a flue Judge of the weather — D'ye 



think that today will be fine?" 

 Our Robbie got hot 'neath his collar, and butted 



right in with his say. 

 "I betcher," he said, "half a dollar, this sunshine 



ain't framing to stay; 

 Today will — I hope you can foller — resemble your 



bill, all the way." 



The lady was Irish and mettled . She 



wrote: "You have brains, quite a few. 



-Vlthough I'm exceedingly nettled, I mail you the 

 check that's your due; 



My bill and the weather are SETTLED; be thank- 

 ful I've not settled you!" 



Janesville, Wis. — Charles Eathjen, 

 who conducts the Center Street Green- 

 house, states that the recent heavy 

 rains have done considerable damage to 

 the stock outdoors. 



Enoxville, Tenn. — At the last meeting 

 of the Knoxville Florists' Club, at the 

 home of President C. L. Baum, Septem- 

 ber 7, it was proposed that the society 

 hold a chrysanthemum show this coming 

 autumn. 



Omaha, Neb. — George H. Swoboda, of 

 Hess & Swoboda, arrived home Septem- 

 ber 15, full of war news. He saw the 

 Kaiser make his speech at the opening 

 of hostilities and was much impressed 

 with the ruler of his native land. 



Toledo, O. — Mrs. J. B. Freeman, of 

 336 Superior street, has a neat circular 

 calling the attention of her patrons to 

 the telegraph delivery service. A touch 

 of humor appears in oue corner in the 

 shape of a punning sentence, "Our busi- 

 ness is growing." 



Beatrice, Nob. — An iron-frame green- 

 house, 32x110 feet, is nearing completion 

 at the range of the Dole Floral Co. At 

 the salesroom on Ella street a large 

 icebox is being installed. This company 

 is advertising Dutch bulbs, urging its 

 patrons to plant them in larger supply 

 than ever, as they will be plentiful. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — Ernst Mueller grows 

 carnations and mums, but most of his 

 attention is given to vegetables, both 

 as a field crop and under glass. He 

 recently has added two large houses to 

 his area for vegetable forcing. A big 

 Pierce-Arrow motor truck has been 

 purchased to haul the crop to market. 



Toronto, Ont. — George Bonnett is 

 busy remodeling one of his show houses. 

 He started in business five years ago 

 with one small house and now has 30,- 

 000 feet of glass at his establishment 

 Jit 1564 Queen street west, almost in 

 the heart of the city. Everything in 

 the florists' and nursery lines is han- 

 dled; business is especially good in de- 

 sign work just now. 



Madison, N. J. — The nineteenth an- 

 nual flower show of the Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society will be 

 held at Assembly hall, October 28 and 

 29. The exhibition committee is W. H. 

 Duckham, C. H. Totty, K. M. Schultz 

 and Arthur Herrington. The schedule 

 has be£n issued in pamphlet form and 

 copies may be had by addressing Ed- 

 ward Eeagan, secretary, Morristown. 

 N. J. 



Hartford, Conn. — At the Connecticut 

 state fair the best showing in the horti- 

 cultural department was made by nur- 

 serymen aud private gardeners. The 

 list of awards included W. W. Hunt & 

 Co., Hartford; James W. Scott, Hart- 

 ford; John Huss, Hartford; A. Nelson. 

 Hartford; H. F. Whiting, Hartford; Bon 

 Ton Flower Shop, Hartford; W. S. 

 Mason, Farmington; W. H. McKenzie, 

 Bristol; Alfred Cebelius, Hartford; A. 

 B. Howard & Son, Belchertown, Mass.; 

 .Tames A. Alliston, New Britain; John 

 Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y.; C. W. 

 Brown, Ashland, Mass.; N. Nelson, 

 Hartford; W. D. Hathaway, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass.; George L. Stillman, Wes- 

 terly, R. I., and John H. Slocombe. New 

 Haven. 



