June 9, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — Michael E. Kraus 

 has opened a store at 89 South Main 

 street, under the name of the Kraus ■ 

 Floral Co. 



Washington, D. C. — The Washington 

 Florists' Co., which is a West Virginia 

 corporation, has reduced its share capi- 

 tal from $100,000 to $75,000. 



Washington, D. C. — J. Harper Heth- 

 erington, formerly with H. H. Battles, 

 Philadelphia, is now a member of the 

 steadily increasing staff of F. H. 

 Kramer. 



London, O. — The new concrete build- 

 ing erected on Majp street, opposite 

 the pcstoffice, by E. J. Gould & Sons, 

 will be used as a salesroom for their 

 products. It was planned and con- 

 structed by Theodore Gould expressly 

 for the flower business. 



Larned, Ean. — Joel Smith has pur- 

 chased the old Tyra Montgomery place, 

 in the southwest part of town, and 

 has erected a greenhouse, 20x110 feet. 

 There are over four acres in the Mont- 

 gomery tract and he will use all of it 

 for the growing of hardy stock. 



Youngstown, O. — The Idora Floral & 

 Landscape Co. has been organized by 

 \Vm. Bakody and Frank Amant. Ground 

 has been broken for a greenhouse on 

 fdora farm and 22,000 square feet will 

 be covered. Nursery stock also will bo 

 grown and landscape contracts handled. 



Helena, Mont. — It is said that the 

 Helena Flower Show Association, the 

 recently organized club of philanthropic 

 ladies of the city, is having excellent 

 success in securing offers of prizes for 

 the proposed show, to be held this 

 summer, and will publish the premium 

 list- soon. One of the prizes will be 

 tor the best display by a nurseryman. 



Peoria, HI. — Frederick Hansen and 

 H. Swanson have bought out the Illinois 

 Avenue Greenhouses and are busy get- 

 ■ing ready for fall trade. F. E. Eue 

 ■ as bought out all the bedding plants 

 and has secured the services of F. Jera- 

 j>ek, the former owner, to help in clos- 

 ing out the stock. Mr. Jerabek does 

 lot state what he will go at next, but 

 lesires a little rest for a few weeks, at 

 •'■ny rate. 



Biclunond, Ind. — John Evans, propri- 

 'top of the Quaker City Machine 

 Works, and E. G. Hill, of the E. G. 

 Hill Co., have gone on a business trip 

 to England and France. They expect 

 to be gone two months. During a part 

 of the time, after they land in Eng- 

 land, they will make the journey to 

 'lifferent places together. Mr. Evans 

 will endeavor to interest the florists 

 of the old countries in his ventilating 

 ^pparatus. Mr. Hill will probably close 

 aeals for the purchase of stock for his 

 greenhouses. 



Corry, Pa. — The Olds Greenhouse Co. 

 has opened its flower store on West 

 Main street. 



Youngstown, O. — Wm. A. Wittmann 

 has opened a flower store at 47 North 

 Phelps street. 



Union City, Pa.— W. J. Olds, of the 

 Union City Greenhouses, has opened a 

 store at 20 West Main street. 



Hartsells, Ala.— Mrs. P. G. Bogle, 

 wife of the planter and nurseryman, 

 died May 26, after a prolonged illness. 

 She leaves her husband with three chil- 

 dren. 



York, Neb. — Jos. W. Lawson, who re- 

 cently purchased ten acres of ground 

 here, is building only one house, 25x100, 

 at present, though he expects eventu- 

 ally to have a much greater area under 

 glass. 



Dorchester, Mass.- There was a 

 change of management recently at the 

 Bosemere Conservatories, 38 King 

 street. The new lessee, W. H. Tomlin- 

 son, has had many years' experience as 

 a florist. 



Stow, Mass. — The farm formerly 

 owned by Charles E. Kennedy and 

 others, and consisting of about fifty 

 acres, with greenhouses and other build- 

 ings, has been purchased by Mary M. 

 Erkkinen. 



Montgomery, Ala 

 into the store of W. B. Patterson oiie 

 night recently, forced the cash drawer 

 and a number of locks, but secured 

 nothing for their trouble, not being 

 able to enter the safe. 



Baspeburg, Md.— John G. Kilian, who 

 has heretofore been a vegetable grower 

 and trucker, using one greenhouse, 

 25x100, and a number of hotbeds, is 

 now preparing to begin business as a 

 florist. He is building another green- 

 house, 30x108, and will devote the whole 

 of his glass area to flowers. 



rramingham, Mass. — By the prompt 

 use of a garden hose, a recent fire at 

 the greenhouses of William Nicholson, 

 on Cross street, was extinguished be- 

 fore much damage had been done. The 

 flames started in a pile of lumber placed 

 against one of the buildings connected 

 with the greenhouses, and had made 

 considerable headway before being dis- 

 covered. 



Newark, N. J. — William F. Wangner. 

 who lived at 216 Second avenue and 

 had a local reputation as an experi- 

 menter with cacti, was run down May 

 28 by an automobile, and died in the 

 Orange Memorial Hospital, in East 

 Orange, May 30, as a result of his in- 

 juries. He was 80 years of age. It 

 is said that he had more than 200 

 , specimens of cacti. 



Nashua, N. H. — Geo. M. Coburn, pro- 

 prietor of the East HoUis Greenhouses, 

 expects to add to his glass in the near 

 future and make a specialty of growing 

 bedding plants of all kinds. 



Clevelajid, O.-i-It has been announced 

 that the city will at once begin the erec- 

 tion of a greenhouse, 100 feet long, in 

 Gordon park, to supplement the hotbeds. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — It is reported 

 that 25,000 carnation buds fn the green- 

 houses of Will Bros. Co. were destroyed 

 during the night lately by some mali- 

 cious intruder. A former employee of 

 the firm, recently discharged, has been 

 arrested on suspicion of having com- 

 mitted the crime. 



Holland, Mich.— Jones & Ebelink, flo- 

 rists and nurserymen, have dissolved 

 partnership. Henry Ebelink has taken 

 over the Central park greenhouses and 

 will continue the florists' business, 

 while Ealston S. Jones will continue 

 the nursery business, under the nvne 

 of the Glenwood Nursery. 



Milton, Ind. — Articles of incorpora- 

 tion of the Doddridge Grave Decorating 

 Co. were filed May 23. The capitaliza- 

 tion is placed at $12,500. Two hundred 

 and fifty shares of stock have been 

 issued, with the par value of $50 each. 

 The concern will do a general supply 

 Thieves bro^J^^"^'' *°' undertakers and cemeteries. 

 X..X. _ Newport, E. L— It is stated that the 



assistant gardeners, with five excep- 

 tions, have won their fight with mil- 

 lionaire employers for more pay. They 

 were getting $2 i day, and demanded 

 $2.25. The five exceptions work for 

 some of the richest colonists in New- 

 port. 



Pittsburg, Pa.— P. J. Dfimas sailed 

 June 7 on the Athens for a visit of sev- 

 eral months to Greece. Mr. Dema? is 

 accompanied by his wife and son. Dur- 

 ing his absence the business of the 

 Pittsburg Florists' Exchange will be 

 conducted by James C. Herron and 

 George Franks as attorneys in fact and 

 by William J. Brennen as legal attor- 

 ney. 



HOQghton, Mich.— The Pearce Hard- 

 ware & Furniture Co., of Lake Linden, 

 is erecting greenhousss on the Pearce 

 farm and making other preparations for 

 entering into the florists ' trade. The first 

 section of the greenhouses arrived re- 

 cently from Chicago and comprises two 

 houses, each 27x100, a propagating house, 

 8x100, and a boiler house, 14x54. A gen- 

 eral stock of plants, including roses and 

 carnations, is already growing outdoors, 

 to be removed to the houses later. Mr. 

 Pearce has macadamized the road from 

 the village to his farm, so as to expedita 

 business. 



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