AUOLST 31, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Polk, Pa.— The Polk Floral Co. has 

 been incorporated, with a capital of 

 $5,000. 



Calgary, Can.— Claude E. Jefifery, the 

 St. Mary's avenue florist, recently re- 

 turned from a trip to California. 



Pawtucket, R. I. — William HofiPman 

 has gradually replaced his plant with 

 the latest style of houses, including con- 

 crete foundations and benches. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. — Two large new 

 boilers were recently installed at the 

 greenhouses of the Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co., to replace two smaller ones. 



Chatham, Ont.— W. D. A. Ross, 

 senior member of the firm of W. McK. 

 Ross' Sons, has gone to Seattle, Wash., 

 where he will remain for a while in 

 the hope of benefiting his health. 



Somerville, Mass. — The Davis Square 

 Florists, formerly at 10 Central build- 

 ing, have removed to 1 Medina build- 

 ing, where additional room will enable 

 them to carry a larger and more varied 

 stock. 



Princeton, 111.— The W. E. Trimble 

 Greenhouse Co. is adding four green- 

 houses. One of them, 18x128, will be 

 used for potted plants. The others, 

 each 29x80, will be devoted to roses 

 and carnations. A 100 horse-power 

 Kewanee boiler is being installed. 



Stouflfville, Ont. — The business of 

 Brillinger & Meader has been pur- 

 chased by the Stoufifville Floral Co. 

 The new company is under the man- 

 agement of Robert Eae and is begin- 

 ning business with over 10,000 feet of 

 glass and five acres of nursery lands. 



Hot Springs, Ark.— The C. H. John- 

 son Floral Co. has purchased the green- 

 houses and other property of J. F. 

 Howard, on Barrel avenue, formerly 

 operated by Mr. Johnson under a lease. 

 The new owners will make many 

 changes and improvements, with the 

 intention of enlarging the business. 



Austin, Minn. — Mr. and Mrs. A. N. 

 Kinsman, of the Austin Greenhouses, 

 have returned from a month's motor 

 tour through the west. They traveled 

 over 3,000 miles through Iowa, Kansas, 

 Nebraska and Colorado, and found fine 

 roads until they were nearly home, 

 when a storm occurred and made the 

 roads rather muddy. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — The landscape de- 

 partment of the business of C. D. 

 Mills, known as Mills the Florist, has 

 been purchased by C. L. Bragg and 

 will hereafter be conducted by him as 

 a separate enterprise. Mr. Bragg has 

 been connected with Mills the Florist 

 for the last two years, as manager of 

 the landscape department and vice- 

 president of the company. 



Denver, Colo. — James Hamlin has 

 leased some greenhouses at 2122 Hooker 

 street and has started business there. 



New London, Conn. — S. J. Renter & 

 Son were forced to vacate their store 

 owing to rebuilding. They are settled 

 in a desirable location nearby and have 

 an attractive building, ably conducted 

 by Mr. Fisher. 



Owosso, Mich. — M. A. Herrick, of 

 Durand, Mich., has purchased the Sun- 

 nyside Greenhouses from John Schlei- 

 der and will continue the business. Mr. 

 Schleider's plans are somewhat indefi- 

 nite, but • he will take an eastern trip 

 soon. Poor health compelled his re- 

 tirement from business. 



Davenport, la. — John T. Temple, a 

 director of the Florists' Hail Associa- 

 tion and one of the most widely known 

 of Iowa florists, recently underwent a 

 serious surgical operation in St. Luke's 

 hospital and for a time his condition 

 was alarming, but he now is convalesc- 

 ing rapidly and hopes soon to be fully 



restored to health. 



Lancaster, Pa. — J. P. Siebold recently 

 received a carload of material from the 

 Lord & Burnham Co. for the erection 

 of two more greenhouses, each 26x108. 

 With this addition he will have four 

 geranium stock houses. Stock for the 

 two new houses was potted and plunged 

 in the field, to await the completion 

 of the buildings. 



Bowerston, 0. — J. G. Gamble, who be- 

 gan business here in a modest way 

 about three years ago, has found it 

 necessary to increase his greenhouse 

 space each year and still has been un- 

 able to supply the demand. His third 

 house, which he is now building, is 

 20x90 feet. He grows cut flowers, 

 peonies, vegetables and a general line 

 of plants. 



Maryville, Mo. — Peter Mergen sold 

 his greenhouses last January to L. M. 

 Strader, who is now conducting the 

 establishment with great success, han- 

 dling both flowers and vegetables. Mr. 

 Mergen, however, retained possession of 

 the ground and also of his office build- 

 ing on North Main street, and recently 

 opened a cut flower store, to be run in 

 connection with the greenhouses. 



Fergus Falls, Minn. — S. N. Mehlin 

 has completed the work on his new 

 greenhouses on Lincoln avenue west, 

 and has torn down the old greenhouses 

 adjoining his residence. He has filled 

 in the lots on which the old green- 

 houses stood, and will make a little 

 park there, which will further beautify 

 that neighborhood. He will erect a 

 small greenhouse adjoining his resi- 

 dence, but will depend on his Lincoln 

 avenue houses for the bulk of his stock. 



New Canaan, Conn. — Stephen B. 

 Hoyt does a snug business at this sum- 

 mer resort and finds the demand for 

 choice stock steadily increasing. 



Stamford, Conn. — Mrs. Harris, one of 

 the pioneers in the trade, has been quite 

 ill. During her illness the business was 

 well taken care of by Miss Harris. 



Ossining, N. Y. — J. Cockburn & Sons 

 report excellent business. Their carna- 

 tions did well outside, having the ad- 

 vantage of a low, moist location. Their 

 stock everywhere showed the benefit 

 from recent heavy showers. 



Greenwich, Conn. — Alex. Mead & Son 

 report a satisfactory season. Mr. Mead, 

 Sr., has been vacationing at the Thou- 

 sand Islands, and meanwhile Mr. Mead, 

 Jr., has been getting the place into 

 shape and will have an excellent lot of 

 stock. 



Mount Kisco, N. T.— H. A. Spavins 

 has completed a house of concrete and 

 cypress, of his own construction, and is 

 complimented on all sides by the pri- 

 vate gardeners by whom he is sur- 

 rounded. He is one of the hardest 

 workers at the local exhibitions. 



Port Chester, N. Y. — Paul Burgevin 

 says the artificial poinsettia has made 

 no difference to the sale of the natural 

 flower. His sales run into several 

 thousands and are increasing annually. 

 Chrysanthemums are grown in large 

 numbers here and are in fine shape. 



Danville, ni.— H. A. Dubuis, proprie- 

 tor of the Danville Floral Co., has pur- 

 chased the greenhouses formerly owned 

 by John Willius. He has also bought 

 the stock of the Wadsworth green- 

 houses and has removed this stock to 

 the Willius houses at Central park. He 

 is getting everything into good condi- 

 tion for a heavy fall business. 



New Canaan, Conn. — Robert Bottom- 

 ley, superintendent of Brush Ridge 

 Farms, is well remembered as a suc- 

 cessful grower and exhibitor of speci- 

 men crotons and other stove plants at 

 the metropolitan shows. Laying out 

 big plots of land to crops is quite a 

 different sort of business, but one can 

 be just as successful at it and the vo- 

 cation is far healthier. 



Westerly, R. I.— S. J. Renter & Son 

 report large sales of carnation plants, 

 of which they have a big stock in first- 

 class shape. The new roses, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward, Lady Hillingdon and Double 

 Killarney, are attracting attention and 

 will prove acquisitions. The latest ad- 

 dition to the establishment is a farm of 

 several hundred acres and a big herd 

 of cattle, to supply the soil and ma- 

 nure necessary on a place of such ]ftrf>n 

 proportions. 



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