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Sefi'EMBer 19, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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• Iioaisvllle, O. — Milton Taylor is erect- 

 ing a greenhouse, 35x100, and is start- 

 ing business as a florist and market 

 gardener. 



Lyons, la. — George E. Dallam has in- 

 stalled a new hot water heating sys- 

 tem at his greenhouses and has made 

 many other important improvements. 



Adams, Mass. — A. J. Boothman is re- 

 building part of his greenhouses. His 

 son, Thomas, has been assisting him in 

 Buperinteu'ding the work o^ construc- 

 tion. 



! Binghamton, N. Y. — Harry Hopkins 

 i has awarded the contract for the erec- 

 i tion of a large addition to his green- 

 I houses, near the corner of Main street 

 and Floral avenue. 



Springfield, Mass. — The United Ee- 

 frigerator Ss Ice Co., 20 East Court 

 street, has installed United refriger- 

 ators for T. F. Sheehan, Matthews & 

 Hassell and C. C. Calverly, State street 

 florists. These refrigerators are so 

 constructed as to conform to the archi- 

 tectural treatment of the interior of 

 the stores and are eliciting much fa- 

 vorable comment. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — The firm of 

 Lewis & Denney recently started busi- 

 ness here, with headquarters on the 

 Binggold road, near Fort Oglethorpe. 

 Both members of the firm are expert 

 fiorists. Besides conducting both a 

 flower and a nursery department, they 

 may establish an extensive truck farm, 

 to be operated on a thoroughly scientific 

 basis. Mr. Lewis was for a number of 

 years connected with the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Lebanon, Pa. — Travelers who pass C. 

 C. Yost's new four-acre property, at 

 South Tenth street, cannot fail to no- 

 tice his sign, which is made of plants 

 of brilliant red hue, growing in a con- 

 spicuous place on the hillside and form- 

 ing the words, " Yost— Florist. " Mr. 

 Yost will remove his greenhouses, one 

 at a time, from South Sixth street to 

 this new location. The Lebanon and 

 Campbelltown street railway will pass 

 within a few feet of the range. 



La Crosse, Wis. — Mr. and Mrs. Guil- 

 laume, who founded their flower busi- 

 ness in this city about thirty years 

 ago, own a hundred-acre farm up the 

 Mississippi river at Dakota, Minn. The 

 farm is under the personal supervision 

 of Mr. Guillaume, while Mrs. Guillaume 

 has charge of the store at the corner of 

 Fifth and Main streets, which she has 

 held under lease for the last ten years. 

 On the farm some acres of hardy out- 

 door flowers are grown, and the Guil- 

 laume aster field is recognized as one 

 of the notable attractions visible from 

 the river. The bulk of the stock for 

 the Omillanme store, however, is now 

 shipped in from Chicago. 



Grand Bapids, Wis. — Paul Baese, for- 

 merly of Merrill, Wis., is building 

 greenhouses here. 



Champaign, HI. — Gus Johnson has 

 been in business here for five years. He 

 has 18,000 feet of glass and employs six 

 men in summer and ten in winter. 



Funxsutawney, Pa. — The Indiana Flo- 

 ral Co. has been incorporated here, with 

 a capital of $15,000, by S. Taylor Shaf- 

 fer, Virginia M. Shaffer, Earl H. Sny- 

 der and Lydia Snyder. 



Kankakee, HI. — Charles Schafer is 

 erecting a fern house, with a basement 

 which will be used for cold storage. 

 The new building extends from the 

 main range of greenhouses to the street. 



. Fort Smith, Ark. — C. J. Brockman is 

 preparing to remove his sales depart- 

 ment, conducted under the name of the 

 Brockman Flower Shop, from Sixth and 

 A streets to 11 North Eighth street. A 

 greenhouse, 15 x 100, will be erected at 

 the new location and the store itself 

 will be fitted up with the best modern 

 equipments. 



Collinsvllle, Dl.— H. Johann, of H. 

 Johann & Son, began life as a farmer 

 at the Johann family homestead and 

 has personally owned the farm since 

 1888. He erected his first greenhouse 

 in 1892, and the production and mar- 

 keting of flowers have engaged his at- 

 tention ever since. In 1892 he opened 

 his store in CoUinsville and bought the 

 property on Main street where his resi- 

 dence is now located. In 1905 he took 

 his son in as a partner. 



Bed Level, Ala. — A. A. Gibbons is 

 making arrangements to ship more 

 smilax and other greens this season 

 than ever before. He reports that 

 smilax was never in better condition 

 than now, as the weather recently has 

 been highly favorable to it, with plenty 

 of rain. There is also a prospect, he 

 says, for a fine ' quality of holly, with 

 plenty of berries. In fact, the out- 

 look with reference to greens in general 

 is encouraging in this locality and 

 southern shippers are looking forward 

 to a good business. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Mills the Florist, 

 Inc., has renewed for a long term of 

 years the lease on the property now 

 occupied by the company, and will soon 

 begin extensive alterations in the build- 

 ing. The front of the store will be 

 entirely remodeled and the interior im- 

 provements will include a new ma- 

 hogany refrigerator, one of the finest 

 in the south. The size of the salesroom 

 will be increased by removing the work- 

 shop to the rear of the First Savings 

 Bank, next door. A warehouse at the 

 rear, at present occupied by another 

 firm, has also been secured by Mills the 

 Florist and will be used as a storehouse. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — E. Soules recently 

 obtained a permit to build a green- 

 house on Myrtle avenue. 



Bozeman, Mont. — Announcement is 

 made of the marriage of Frank X. 

 Scully and Miss Ella Beimers, August 

 31. They will be at home after October 

 1 at Missoula, Mont. 



White Marsh, Md. — The sixth annual 

 fiower show in connection with the har- 

 vest home festival of Ebenezer church 

 will be held at the dahlia and canna 

 farm of E, Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., at 

 Cowenton, on the B. & O. E. E., Sep- 

 tember 24 to 27. 



Madison, N. J. — The seventeenth an- 

 nual show of the Morris County Gar- 

 deners ' and Florifits ' Society is to be 

 held here October 31 and November 1. 

 The premium list has been issued and 

 copies may be had by addressing Ed- 

 ward Eeagan, secretary. 



Middletown, Pa. — Edward W. Creep 

 has been having excellent success with 

 the everbearing strawberry. He has 

 had exhibits at the local fair and in 

 the store of the Holmes Seed Co., Har- 

 risburg. Also, samples sent to news- 

 papers have caused much favorable 

 comment. 



Cheyenne, Wyo. — ^It snowed here all 

 night September 13, the ground being 

 covered twelve inches deep the next 

 morning. Business is picking up nicely. 

 The C. H. Garwood Floral Co. is remod- 

 eling its downtown store and will com- 

 pletely restock it. The roses at the 

 Overland Gardens, where L. B. West- 

 holder is manager, were cut back rather 

 late, but the carnations and mums hard- 

 ly could be better. 



Madison, N. J. — The Aphine Mfg. Co., 

 which is now manufacturing a general 

 line of agricultural chemicals, has added 

 Vermine to its list. It is a preparation 

 for use on soils that are infested with 

 eel worms, ants, grubs or other living 

 organisms. The company states that 

 it is not a new discovery; it simply has 

 secured possession of a formula which 

 has been successfully used for a num- 

 ber of years in one of the European 

 countries. 



Champaign, HI. — Thomas Franks & 

 Son have made good progress in the 

 construction of their three new green- 

 houses at 204 East University avenue. 

 The materials were furnished by the 

 Foley Mfg. Co. With these new build- 

 ings, the entire range will be strictly 

 up-to-date, with the exception of three 

 old Upu^es at the rear of the office, 

 and they will probably be rebuilt next 

 year. George B. Franks has lately been 

 ' an exceedingly busy man, superintend- 

 ing the work oA the new houses and 

 also serving^ on the two busiest eom^ 

 mittees in tie city cotincil. 



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