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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Sockville, Ind. — H, B. Brubeck says 

 business is ahead of last year. 



Memphis, Tenn. — A greenhouse be- 

 longing to Frank Trimble, the Diana 

 street florist, was recently destroyed 

 by fire. 



Eennebunk, Me. — J. O. Elwell will 

 make extensive improvements at his 

 place, including the replacing of an old 

 greenhouse with a new iron-frame 

 house, 28x100. 



Fort Worth, Tex.— The building oc 

 cupied by the Drumm Seed & Floral 

 Co. is being remodeled. The improve- 

 ments include a new front, with large 

 plate glass windows. 



St. Cloud, Minn. — Mrs. Anderson has 

 sold the greenhouses of the Anderson 

 Floral Co., at the corner of Second 

 street and Sixth avenue, to John Matt- 

 son. Mr. Mattson has taken possession 

 of the establishment, but will be as- 

 sisted for some time by Mrs. Anderson, 

 who has personally carried on the busi- 

 ness since the death of her husband. 



Tarrytown, N. Y. — The annual eo^i- 

 bition of roses, strawberries and hardy 

 flowers by the Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society was held at the Young Men's 

 Lyceum June 16. There was a good 

 show and a large attendance. E. W. 

 Neubrand, of the F. E. Pierson Co., is 

 secretary. The fall show schedule is 

 out. The date is October 31 to No- 

 vember 2. 



Plymouth, Ind.— Jacob Jordan, who 

 rebuilt his old greenhouses and added 

 another on his property just north of 

 town, has had an excellent season's 

 trade. He grows principally vegetable 

 plants, in flats, and has easily sold all 

 he could spare from his own planting. 

 He devotes the benches in one of his 

 houses to lettuce, for which he finds 

 a ready home market. 



Wilmington, O. — The business of 

 Weltz 's Sons has passed into the hands 

 of Fred Weltz, the partnership between 

 himself and his brother, Trebor, having 

 ceased by limitation, after an existence 

 of ten years. It is the intention of 

 the present proprietor to put the place 

 in first-class condition and continue to 

 operate it. The business was founded 

 in 1858 by the father, Leo Weltz, de- 

 ceased. 



St. Paul, Minn. — The annual flower 

 show, under the auspices of the State 

 Horticultural Society and the Minne- 

 sota Eose Society, was held June 15, 

 at the College of Agriculture of the 

 State University. John Hawkins, a 

 nurseryman of this city, was a mem- 

 ber of the committee on arrangements. 

 The judges were Fred Nussbaumer, 

 August Swanson, E. A. Latham and C. 

 A. Malmquist. 



Sterling, Hl.-^. A. Swartley & Sons 

 are rushing work on two new houses 

 25 X 100. Concrete side walls are being 

 used. 



Greenwich, Conn. — Eobert McMillen, 

 of McMillen & Co., has been seriously 

 ill at his home on Arch street since the 

 first part of June. 



Eldorado, Ark. — Mrs. W. E. Culp has 

 two greenhouses. She has be^n selling 

 plants and flowers on a small scale for 

 some time, but is preparing to go more 

 extensively into the business. 



Rockton, HI. — Joseph Farnsworth has 

 purchased the property of E. Gammon, 

 including the ground, greenhouses and 

 residence. It is said that Mr. Gammon 

 expects to devote his time to bee cul- 

 ture. 



Hobart, Ind. — A, Londenberg & Sons 

 are adding two houses, each 27 x 100, 

 to supply the increased demand for 

 cut flowers and bedding plants. They 

 are located just four miles east of Gary, 

 the new steel city. 



Manchester, Mass. — Axel Magnuson, 

 who recently purchased a large tract of 

 land on Norwood avenue, will use it for 

 the growing of outside stock. He will 

 retain the greenhouses on Bridge street, 

 as at present. 



Greenwich, Conn. — It is said that 

 Alexander Mead & Son have purchased 

 a fine new building, not yet completed, 

 on Greenwich avenue, and will occupy 

 it as soon as it is ready for them. It 

 it one of several buildings being erect- 

 ed by a local contractor. 



Owatonna, Minn. — The Clinton Falls 

 Nursery Co. used Lord's frost-proof 

 box for its plant shipments last winter, 

 and during severe weather sent bloom- 

 ing plants in good condition to cus 

 tomers in Montana, Canada, and 

 through the Dakotas. 



Greeley, Colo. — James H. Ellis re- 

 cently completed his new range of 

 greenhouses, on Normal Hill. Mr. Ellis 

 was formerly a member of the force 

 of the Park Floral Co., at Denver, and 

 is thoroughly experienced as a grower 

 and as a general florist. His location 

 here is said to be ideal and his pros- 

 pects are in every way encouraging. 



West Newbury, Mass. — Chas. F. 

 Newell, who conducted what was orig- 

 inally known as the Brookdale Truck 

 Farm, has recently been erecting more 

 greenhouses, and his place now bears 

 the name of the Brookdale Nursery and 

 Greenhouses. He says he has every 

 reason to believe that when his houses 

 are completed he will have all the busi- 

 ness he can attend to. His stock was 

 cleaned out at Easter and again on 

 Memorial day. 



Newark, N. J. — Local newspapers 

 contain the announcement that the 

 firm of Kroehl & Schutzl has been dis- 

 solved. 



Woodstock, Conn. — Frank H. Miller, 

 who recently erected greenhouses here, 

 has provided for his water supply by 

 installing a 1,000-gallon compressed-air 

 tank. 



Franklin, N. H. — George H. Bartlett, 

 of the Franklin Floral Co., received 

 the order for the decorations for the 

 GriflSn-Hall wedding at the First Bap- 

 tist church June 24. 



Grand Bapids, Mich. — The Grand 

 Eapids Greenhouse Co. is planning to 

 engage extensively in the growing of 

 bedding plants for the wholesale trade 

 and will use several of its greenhouses 

 for that purpose. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The will of E. 

 Nagel, whose death was reported in 

 The Eeview of May 25, was admitted 

 to probate June 8. The bulk of the 

 estate goes to the son and daughter, 

 while four grandchildren receive small- 

 er amounts. 



Shelburne Falls, Mass. — ^Paul Burtt, 

 of Greenfield, who recently bought the 

 business of L. S. Fife, will not remove 

 to this town for the present, but will 

 carry on the business through a super- 

 intendent, who will live in a cottage 

 on the premises. 



Springfield, Mass. — E. B. Beals had 

 the contract for decorating the grounds 

 of the Winchester park engine house 

 for the summer, and has made the 

 place notable for its attractiveness. 

 Palms and fine plants, in tubs and 

 vases, were largely used in the work. 



Plymouth, Ind. — The Forbes Seed 

 Store has had an unusually heavy trade 

 this season in garden and field seeds 

 and in vegetable and bedding plants. 

 The weather for some weeks was too 

 dry to be entirely favorable to the 

 business, but good showers have lately 

 fallen. 



Saginaw, Mich. — The Wm. Eocthke 

 Floral Co. will expend about $15,000 

 this season in replacing its greenhouses 

 on Gratiot avenue with new iron-frame 

 houses of truss construction. The walls, 

 floors and benches will be of concrete. 

 Two of the new houses will be 27x165, 

 three will be 27x135 and one will be 

 10x135. The boiler house and potting 

 shed will also be rebuilt. The work of 

 erection will be commenced at once 

 and will probably be completed before 

 September 1. The output of the houses 

 will be used in supplying the firm's 

 three stores heye and in Bay City, and 

 in taking care of the ever increasing 

 outside trade. The business was es- 

 tablished by Wm. Eoethke thirty-five 

 years ago. 



