Shptember 26, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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Qreystone, B. L — Jonas Brook is 

 Duilding a greenhouse 12x23, in which 

 he will grow bedding plants for next 

 spring's trafle. 



East Hartford, Oonn. — Frank W. 

 Richardson is completing the thorough 

 overhauling of his greenhouses and has 

 his place in fine sha^e for winter. 



Duluth, Minn. — J. J. LeBorious has 

 taken out a building permit for addi- 

 tions to his greenhouses on both Wood- 

 land avenue and East Third street. 



Ouluth, Minn. — The Lakeside Land 

 Co. recently obtained a permit to erect 

 a greenhouse on East Superior street, 

 between Sixtieth and Sixty-first ave- 

 nues, at a cost of $5,000. 



Bockton, HI. — Fire believed to have 

 been of incendiary origin destroyed the 

 •greenhouse and dwelling of J. H. 

 Farnsworth, September 11, entailing a 

 loss of $2,000, with insurance of $1,500. 



Youngstown, O. — Harry C. Walther 

 has opened a retail store at 29 West 

 Wood street, which he calls The Flower 

 Shop on the Hill. He has spent some 

 years in the employ of the McLeans 

 prior to starting in business for himself. 



South Allentown, Pa. — E. N. Kron- 

 inger recently took his entire greeit 

 house staff, numbering fifteen em- 

 ployees, on a day's inspection trip to 

 Philadelphia, stopping on the way to 

 have a look at the big greenhouses at 

 North Wales. 



Bockford, 111. — John Bergstrom, who 

 has been foreman at the greenhouses of 

 H. W. Buckbee for more than two 

 years, is preparing to open a flower 

 store at 507 Seventh street. In addi- 

 tion to a general cut fiower and plant 

 trade, Mr. Bergstrom plans to handle 

 seeds. 



Hyde Park, Mass. — Howard W. Vose, 

 proprietor of the Flower Shop, in the 

 Sweeney block, on South Main street, 

 has leased the Newell greenhouses, on 

 Park street, Attleboro, and will remove 

 to the residence formerly occupied by 

 Dexter E. Newell, who has retired from 

 the trade. Mr. Vose will conduct the 

 greenhouses )in connection with the 

 Flower Shop. 



Springfield, Mass. — The flower store 

 which hail beien conducted under the 

 name of Matthews & Hassell, 126 State 

 street, will hereafter be known as the 

 Posey Shop. Carl S. Meacham has ac- 

 quired the interest owned by Mr. 

 Matthews and the firm name will be 

 Meacham & Hassell. Mr. Meacham 

 was employed by Mark Aitken for fif- 

 teen years and Cornelius Hassell also 

 was with Mr. Aitken at one time. The 

 new firm states that it looks to A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., for the 

 greater part of its supply. 



Hartford, Conn. — Among the princi- 

 pal prize winners in the horticultural 

 exhibition at the Connecticut Fair 

 were W. W. Hunt & Co., C. B. Burr & 

 Co., Scott's Nurseries, J. A. Weber, 

 John F. Hubs, John Coombs and Brown, 

 Thomson & Co. One of the chief at- 

 tractions was a wreath of roses made 

 by Mr. Coombs for presentation to the 

 winner of the Charter Oak Stake. 



Baltimore, Md. — Two greenhouses, to 

 cost $600, will be erected by Harry J. 

 Quick, after plans drawn by John C. 

 Moninger Co., of Chicago, which also 

 will supply the material. The location 

 is south of the Western Maryland rail- 

 way and St. Peter's lane and between 

 Moreland avenue and Bentalou street. 

 The lot on which they will be erected is 

 one and three-quarters acres, while the 

 houses will be 14x100 and 16x100. 

 They will be heated by hot water. 



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Vlnita, Okla.— E. E. Moss has just 

 completed another new greenhouse, 

 27x100. In this house he will plant the 

 stock in solid beds, instead of using 

 raised benches. He grows carnations 

 and a general line of fiowers, and in- 

 tends, also, to use a part of his space 

 for vegetables. His greenhouses are 

 equipped with a complete private water 

 plant, with both well and cistern water 

 and a gasoline power pump. He also 

 uses the city water, but does not con- 

 sider it quite suitable for the purpose. 

 His establishment is located at the cor- 

 ner of North avenue and North Thomp- 

 son street. 



Cambridge, Mass. — John H. F. Mac 

 Donald, the Harvard Square florist, has 

 returned from a vacation of several 

 weeks spent in Canada. 



Lebanon, Ind. — The greenhouses of 

 Oak HUl Cenr^tery Association, C. F. 

 S. Neal, secretary, have been sold and 

 consolidated with the Lebanon Green- 

 houses. 



Webster City, la. — The Curtis Floral 

 Co. has moved its selling headquarters 

 to the Buster Brown drug store, where 

 an ofiSce will be maintained until the 

 new range of greenhouses is completed. 



Fargo, N. D. — T. D. Smedley, of the 

 Fargo iioral Co., 20 Broadway street, 

 has erected three greenhouses close to 

 the entrance to Oak Grove park. He 

 expects to cut the first blooms in the 

 new houses about October 1. 



Nevada, la. — Blackman Bros., gar- 

 deners, have placed an order for an 

 iron-frame greenhouse 50x150. A 

 service building is to be erected at the 

 same time. This is thought to be the 

 starter of a large new range. 



Centervllle, la. — The sale of the S. 

 A. Love greenhouses has had the ap- 

 proval of the court, W. E. Kimball, of 

 Oskaloosa, being the purchaser. Tem- 

 porarily Mr. Kimball is continuing the 

 business under the management of Mrs. 

 Love, but later will appoint a perma- 

 nent manager. 



Bluepoint, L. L — Announcement has 

 just been made of the marriage of John 

 Bennett, well-known local florist, 

 while on his trip to Scotland early in 

 the summer. The wedding occurred at 

 Glasgow May 1. Mr.- Bennett returned 

 home shortly after, but his bride did 

 not arrive until last week. 



Westerly, B. I. — Following the plan 

 already in operation in Boston, New 

 London and Norwich, where it has 

 stores, the S. J. Reuter & Son corpora- 

 tion is opening a retail store at 36 Main 

 street. The retail business heretofore 

 handled at the greenhouses will now be 

 done from the downtown store, where a 

 full line of accessories has been put in 

 stock. 



Waverly, E. I. — George L. Stillman, 

 the dahlia specialist, entertained four 

 representatives of the New England 

 Dahlia Society, August 27, and acted as 

 their guide in a tour of inspection of 

 the dahlia gardens of the vicinity. The 

 party consisted of J. K. Alexander, of 

 Bridgewater, Mass., president of the so- 

 ciety; Edgar W. Ela, of Wobum, Mass.; 

 L. M. Bates, of Brockton, Mass., and 

 J. H. Flint, of Salem, Mass. Mr. Still- 

 man is a prominent member of the or- 

 ganization, being represented on the 

 executive committee. Mr. Flint and 

 Mr. Ela are also members of that com- 

 mittee. 



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