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JULT 18, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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in Chelsea July 5, to George Martin, 

 of Fall River. The young couple were 

 handsomely remembered by a large 

 circle of friends. 



The severe heat wave which ter- 

 minated July 7 completely ruined the 

 sweet pea crops of a number of local 

 growers. The previous drought had 

 been hard on them, but 100 degrees or 

 more in the shade for five successive 

 days simply burnt them up, and pros- 

 pects for the annual sweet pea show 

 July 15 and 16 at Horticultural hall 

 are not of the brightest. 



William Sim will commence picking 

 sweet corn in quantity this week. He 

 starts many thousands in pots and 

 gets it in the market ahead of all 

 other local growers. The hot weather 

 brought on his tomatoes with a rush 

 and the daily pick has been immense. 



William J. Thurston, the genial man- 

 ager at the Boston Flower Exchange, 

 left July 8 for his annual vacation, 

 which will be spent among the cooling 

 breezes of Maine. 



E. J. Bogean, salesman for H. W. 

 Vose and others at the Boston Flower 

 Exchange, is enjoying a vacation with 

 Mrs. Eogean at St. Johns, Newfound- 

 land. 



William Sim and John K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, local visitors at the national 

 sweet pea show, were well pleased with 

 it and other sights seen in and around 

 Philadelphia. 



The severe heat wave which caused 

 so many deaths did not, so far as 

 can be learned, cause any deaths in 

 the trade, but several prostrations 

 were reported. Employers in many 

 cases stopped all but necessary work 

 during the hottest days. With 90 de- 

 grees in the shade now, it is still diffi- 

 cult to keep cool. 



Penn's new store on Bromfield 

 street will have a grand opening this 

 week. The addition will give them 

 double the former show window and 

 floor space and make their store one 

 of the finest in the city. 



William C. Ward, of Quincy, the 

 noted pansy specialist, is strong on 

 sweet peas at present and in spite of 

 boat and drought sends in thousands 

 of fine flowers daily to Thomas Peg- 

 ler. 



Andrew Christensen, the Stoneham 

 carnation specialist, continues to have 

 an extra heavy pick of fine carnations. 

 Mr. Christensen plants his stock in 

 later than the bulk of growers and 

 will have a heavy pick for some weeks 

 yet. W. N. Craig. 



Sterling, HI. — The Sterling Floral Co. 

 is building two more greenhouses on 

 their property on Seventeenth avenue. 

 Their business has grown fast in the 

 last few years. 



San Angelo, Tex.— The Nussbaumer 

 Floral Co. is this year devoting one 

 house, 12x75, to Cattlejra Mossise, C. 

 Trianse and C. Percivaliana. 



Deny, N. H.— John C. Chase, of the 

 Benj. Chase Co., has returned from a 

 trip to the Pacific coast, on which he 

 attended the convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen at St. 

 Louis and the meeting of the Pacific 

 Coast Nurserymen's Association at San 

 Jose, Cal. At the latter meeting he was 

 the only person present from east of 

 Salt Lake City. During his absence Mr. 

 Chase became a grandfather and he 

 thought it fitting that the news should 

 reach him at a nursery meeting. 



Litchfield, Conn.— H. P. Streckfur, 

 of the Bosemore Nurseries, bad a re- 

 markably fine exhibit of roses and 

 other stock at the annual grange flower 

 show in the town hall. 



Bochester, Ind.— J. H. Shelton has 

 secured a lease of the Dunn green- 

 houses, on Seventh street, and will con- 

 duct them in connection with his own 

 houses. He will continue to have his 

 store and general headquarters at the 

 Shelton establishment, Fulton avenue 

 and Eleventh street, as formerly. 



Sandy Hill, N. Y.— Watkins & Son 

 report the best business in the mem- 

 ory of the oldest member of the firm. 

 Plans for building on a large scale 

 will be considered while the price of 

 glass is low. Mr. Watkins, Sr., is 

 actively interested in the building of 

 one of the leading institutions in this 

 busy village. 



Sedalia, Mo. — L. H. Archias, presi- 

 dent of the Archias Floral Co., returned 

 July 8 from St. Joseph and Kansas 

 City, which he visited on busi- 

 ness connected with some improve- 

 ments at the firm's greenhouses. Mate- 

 rial has been received for three modern 

 buildings, 18x100 feet, which will be 

 erected at once. The new additions 

 will be up-to-date in every particular. 



Murray, Utah. — It is reported that 

 a number of business men of this town, 

 backed by the Murray Commercial 

 Club, are planning to form a company 

 for the purpose of promoting the build- 

 ing of a range of greenhouses, where 

 it is intended flowers shall be grown 

 to supply the Salt Lake market. J. W. 

 McHenry, president of the Murray 

 Commercial Club, with a number of 

 others interested, recently visited vari- 

 ous proposed sites for the new range. 



Saratoga, N. Y. — The veteran T. J. 

 Totten has just returned from a week's 

 fishing trip to the Thousand Islands. 

 He had good sport, but what is more 

 satisfactory to him is the way this 

 beautiful resort has recovered from 

 the blow given by the anti-racing law. 

 By the action of the state and local 

 authorities in making the springs free 

 and opening the several charming spots 

 abounding here, visitors are pouring 

 in and business has received a real 

 boom, in which the craft is having a 

 good share. 



New Hamburg, N. Y. — Henry Oster- 

 houdt, gardener to W. P. Clyde, reports 

 the annual rose show, recently held 

 at Annandale, quite satisfactory, es- 

 pecially when the hot weather is con- 

 sidered. His climbing varieties are 

 now at their best. Hiawatha is the 

 most profuse bloomer and holds its 

 color remarkably well. Specimen 

 chrysanthemums are promising. Prep- 

 arations are already being made for 

 the annual fall show, which attracts 

 the best stock grown in the Hudson 

 valley. One of the most profitable 

 things growing in the hardy border 

 is the double gypsophila. This is con- 

 stantly in bloom, a grand flower for 

 design work. 



Foughkeepsie, N. Y. — Conrad C. 

 Gindra says this was a banner year 

 for bedding stock. Geraniums, as usual, 

 sold best, $1 and $1.50 per dozen for 

 any number. 



FinlejrvlUe, Pa.— Geo. N. Garland, of 

 the Finleyville Floral Co., is boasting 

 of two marriages in his family the last 

 week in June — a son in Philadelphia 

 and a daughter in Washington. 



Monroe, Mich. — The Greening Nur- 

 sery Co. is adding a greenhouse depart- 

 ment to its business, starting with a 

 house 32x150, to be used for the propa- 

 gation of ornamental nursery stock. 

 J. F. Musiel has been engaged as 

 grower and manager for this new de- 

 partment. 



Creal Springs, 111.— Over 6,000 square 

 feet of glass were recently broken by 

 hail at the greenhouses of Geo. C. Beal. 

 Fortunately, the glass was all insured 

 and Mr. Beal is congratulating himself 

 on the prompt and satisfactory manner 

 in which John G. Esler, of the Florists ' 

 Hail Association, adjusted the loss. 



Lynn, Mass. — E. F. Dwyer & Sons had 

 an especially fine exhibit of hardy 

 flowers and other stock at the annual 

 spring show of the Houghton Horticul 

 tural Society. There was also an excel 

 lent display of hybrid perpetual roses 

 tuberous begonias, etc., from Warren F 

 Scammon, gardener for W. A. Baylies 



York, Pa.— A. H. Schaefer, of 15 West 

 Market street, sailed from Baltimore 

 June 28 on the steamship Frederick der 

 Grosse, for Bremen. He expected to 

 proceed thence to his former home in 

 Germany, and, after spending two or 

 three weeks there, to sail from Bremen 

 July 29 on the steamship Neckar, on 

 the return voyage. 



Beaver, Pa. — A hail storm struck this 

 town shortly after 9 o'clock on the 

 night of June 11 and in a few minutes 

 demolished 1,642 lights of glass, each 

 16x24, in the greenhouses of W. S. Kidd. 

 and a similar amount in the houses of 

 T. M. Fitzgerald. Mr. Kidd was fortu- 

 nate in having his glass insured in the 

 Florists' Hail Association, which com- 

 pany promptly forwarded its check cov- 

 ering his loss as soon as it received his 

 statement. 



Bichmond, Ind. — A fishing party from 

 here, consisting of James E. Jonos, pro- 

 orietor of the Advance Co., his son, 

 Baymond, Fred H. Lemon, proprietor 

 of Fred H. Lemon & Co., and two other 

 local friends, motored to Colon, Mich., 

 June 23. The drive to Colon was made 

 on an exceptionally warm day, and some 

 tire trouble was experienced. Mr. 

 Lemon, standing six feet two inches, and 

 wearing borrowed clothes for a fishing 

 costume, represented a typical Ichabod 

 Crane. Eegardless of this, his fine dis- 

 position and comical jokes kept the 

 party in a merry condition at all times. 

 Several fine fish were caught by the 

 party, including a garfish, which was 

 forty-two inches long. The rushed con- 

 dition of the two firms mentioned above 

 shortened the stay of the party, and 

 the return was made June 27, without 

 incident. 



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