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OCTUBBB 10, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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8agiiia,w, Mich. — J. B. Goetz Sons are 

 preparing to put up new glass that will 

 add about 15,000 square feet to their 

 capacity. 



Blair, Neb. — W. J. Eodgers, formerly 

 with C. H. Green at Fremont, Neb., is 

 now in business here on his own ac- 

 count, as successor to John M. Beid. 



Muskogee, Okla. — Henry Bresser has 

 ordered a No. 14 Kroeschell boiler and 

 generator, with the Kroeschell threaded 

 tube piping system, for his large veg- 

 etable range. 



New Philadelphia, O. — The Denison 

 Floral Co., of which Jesse Denison is 

 secretary and manager, has a salesroom 

 and office in town, but the greenhouses 

 have been built outside of town, near 

 Uhrichsville. 



Hamilton, Ont. — The marriage is an- 

 nounced of John Connon, president of 

 the Connon Floral Co., and Miss Laurie 

 J. Campbell. The ceremony took place 

 •October 2 at the home of the bride's 

 parents at Thurso, Que. 



Dallas, Tex.— The Lone Star Floral 

 •Co., 1607 Elm street, is a new-comer 

 in the retail field here. The handsome 

 store was <designed and now is managed 

 by Charles Chollar, formerly with the 

 Texas Seed & Floral Co. 



Camden, N. Y. — Announcement is 

 made of the marriage of Miss Ethel 

 M. Snow and Edward C. Marshall, Sep- 

 tember 25. The bride is the eldest 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey B. 

 • Sno-'T and the Snow residence was hand- 

 somely decorated for the occasion. 



Peoria, HL — Friends of J. C. Murray 

 will regret to learn that he is ill at 

 his residence at 2400 Perry avenue. Mr. 

 Murray was taken ill a week or more 

 ago with an attack of acute indigestion. 

 Complications set in and his condition 

 for a time was most serious, but it is 

 now thought he has a fair chance of 

 recovery. 



Canton, O. — The last meeting of the 

 ; Stark County Horticultural Society was 

 held at the home of J. B. Zettler, the 

 florist and nurseryman, on Clarendon 

 avenue. Nearly 100 people were pres- 

 ent and were entertained by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Zettler at dinner. The meeting 

 was called to order by President B. M. 

 Stier and an instructive discussion fol- 

 lowed. 



Greenville, O. — A recent fire at the 

 establishment of James Frost, near the 

 fair grounds on Sweitzer street, de- 

 stroyed one section of the greenhouses 

 and also a barn and shed, with the crops 

 and other contents, including a valuable 

 automobile iind a large supply of coal. 

 The lo8»,--^hich amounted to several 

 thousands of dollars, was only^zsgartly 

 ^covered by insurance. / 



Tuscola, HI. — The marriage is an- 

 nounced of George C. Schmidt and Mrs. 

 Christina Gross at Decatur, HI., Sep- 

 tember 25. 



Aberdeen, Miss. — The Aberdeen Flo- 

 ral Co. is preparing to build another 

 greenhouse, 30x150, to be used for car- 

 nations, and expects, also, to add two 

 more houses, each 30x150, after January 

 1. Though in business only a short 

 time, the firm is already building up a 

 fine trade. 



Grand Bapids, Mich. — B. Yonker is 

 making a large addition, of Garland 

 construction, to his range of modern 

 vegetable houses. He has placed an 

 order with the Kroeschell Bros. Co. 

 for a duplicate system of its threaded 

 tube piping system to heat the in- 

 creased space. 



raVEEY now and then a well- 

 *B pleated reader speaks the word 

 which is the! means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



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Such friendly asststaiwe is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. "Wc especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530^ Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y. — The John 

 Balph estate is installing a new sec- 

 tional steam boiler of the largest size 

 and making many improvements in the 

 service building. Trade was excellent 

 through the summer and September 17 

 a large dinner decoration was made for 

 the United States Hotel management, 

 using rose-colored asters and smilax. 

 Katherine L. Balph is in charge as 

 executrix. 



Kearney, Neb. — The Davidson Flo- 

 ral Co., of Holdrege, and H. S. Thomp- 

 son, grower for the Davidson Co. for 

 the last four years, have purchased the 

 Kearney Floral Co., of this place, and 

 took possession October 1. The con- 

 cern was formerly owned by G. H. 

 Downing. Mr. Thompson will move to 

 Kearney at once, to take charge of the 

 business, which will be continued under 

 the same name as before. 



Grand Bapids, Wis. — Paul Baesa, who 

 last spring bought a piece of land 150x 

 250 feet, located close to the business 

 center, has completed his first green- 

 houses, covering 40x100 feet, with con- 

 crete walls and steam heat. The boiler 

 shed, 25x30 feet, is located at a little 

 distance. He still has to erect a potting 

 shed and residence. His business pros- 

 pects are considered good. 



Amityville, N. Y.— Joseph Dinda shot 

 himself in the mouth, September 19, in 

 the barn on the premises of his brother, 

 "Frank Dinda, in whose greenhouses and 

 nursery he had worked for three years. 

 The deceased was 31 years of age and 

 not married. Those who saw the body 

 were not able to decide whether it was 

 an accident or a case of self-destruc- 

 tion, there being no known reason for 

 the latter. 



La Crosse, Wis. — Although the La 

 Crosse Floral Co. was organized so re- 

 cently as 1908, it already has one of 

 the largest and best equipped ranges of \ 



greenhouses in this part of the state. 

 The firm started with 25,000 square 

 feet of ground under glass; that area 

 has since been doubled and another 

 addition will probably be needed in 

 the near future. The location of the 

 range is said to be ideal, with reference 

 to soil and other particulars. 



Niles, Mich. — John Gipner, youngest 

 son of John Gipner, the florist and gar- 

 dener, recently met with an accident 

 by which the sight of the left eye is 

 totally destroyed. The boy was engaged 

 in tearing down a fence on the farm of 

 his grandmother, Mrs. Smith, north of 

 town. He was using an axe as a wedge 

 to remove some wire and was striking 

 the axe with a hammer, when a piece 

 of steel from the hammer flew into the 

 eye. 



Abilene, Kan. — The Abilene Green- 

 houses, formerly conducted by O. L. Van 

 Ostrand, were purchased last April by 

 W. M. A. and A. Werfif, to be known 

 in the trade as Werff Bros. One of the 

 brothers had previously been employed 

 at these greenhouses for two years. 

 Under the management of the new pro- 

 prietors, all the stock, including carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums and a fine lot of 

 young rose plants, is in a promising 

 condition. 



Houston, Tex. — A pamphlet recently 

 published here was called "Pen and 

 Sunlight Sketches of Greater Hous- 

 ton." It carried no display advertis- 

 ing, which would be worth buying pro- i,^.;"^ 

 vided the publication had circulation, -^ 

 but contained 132 pages of the stereo- 

 typed kind of write-ups that nobody 

 reads except the one written about. 

 Three florists, two seedsmen and a nur- 

 seryman fell for the salve of the write- 

 up artist. 



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