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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Fond du Lac, Wis. — Micliael E. Kiaus 

 ,is oi)ened a store at 89 South Main 

 ;reet, iindor \]\o iiaino of the Kraus 

 'ioral Co. 



Washington, D. C— The Washington 

 ■ loiists' Co., wliich is a West Virginia 

 orporation, has reduced its share capi- 

 :il from $10(),l)(>() to $75,000. 



Washington, D, C.—J. Harper Heth 

 nugton, formerly with H. II. Jlattles. 



I'hiladelpliia, is now a member of the 

 tcadily increasing staff of !•'. H. 



Kramer. 



London, O. — Tlie new concrete build- 

 ing erected on Main street, opposite 

 ; 111' pcstoflieo, by E. J. Gould & Sons, 

 vill be used as a salesroom for their 

 I'loducts. It was planned and con- 

 structed by Theodore Gould expressly 

 ''>r the flower business. 



Larned, Kan. — Joel Smith has pur- 

 )iased the old Tyra Montgomery place, 

 u the southwest part of town, and 

 lias erected a greenhouse, 20x110 feet. 

 There are over four a<jres in tiie Mout- 

 jomery tract and ho will use all of it 

 "T the growing of hardy stock. 



Youngstown, O. — The Idora Floral & 

 -andscape Co. has been organized by 

 Vm. Bakody and Frank Amant. Ground 

 lus been broken for a greenhouse on 

 i'lora farm and 22,000 square feet will 

 '" covered. Nursery stock also will bo 

 Mown and landscape contracts handled. 



Helena, Mont. — It is said that the 

 Iclena Flower Show Association, the 

 ccently organized club of philanthropic 

 idies of the city, is having excellent 

 access in securing offers of prizes for 

 ;ie proposed show, to be held this 

 imnier, and will publish the premium 

 St soon. One of tiie prizes will be 

 ■1 tiie best display by a nurseryman. 



Peoria, III. — Frederick Hansen and 



I Swansou have bought out the Illinois 



' > enue Greenliouses and are busy get- 



iig ready for fall trade. l'\ E. Rue 



s bought out all tlic bedding plants 

 id has secured the services of i'\ Jera- 



k, the former owner, to help in clos- 



g out the stock. Mr. .Terabek does 

 "t state what he will go at next, but 

 '■sires a little rest for a few weeks, at 

 iiy rate. 



Richmond, Ind, — John Evans, propri- 



or of the Quaker City Machine 



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



I'll Co., have gone on a business trip 



' England and France. They expect 



' be gone two months. During a part 



t the time, after they land in Eng- 



"hI, they will make the journey to 



ifferent places together. Mr. Evans 



•ill endeavor to interest the florists 



• the old countries in his ventilating 



I'paratus. Mr. Hill will probablv close 



■f^nls for the purchase of stock for his 



-'f^'eiilionsos. 



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Corry, Pa. — The Olds Greenhouse Co. 

 lias ojK'Uod its liov.cr store on West 

 Main street. 



Youngstown, O. — Wm. A. Wittmanu 

 has opened a flower store at 47 North 

 I'helps street. 



Union City, Pa.— W. J. Olds, of the 

 linion City Greenhouses, has opened a 

 store at 20 West Main street. 



Hartsells, Ala.— jVIrs. 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- 

 fcntly 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 

 Rosemere Conservatories, 'AS 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. — Thieves broke 

 into the store of W. B. Patterson one 

 night recently, forced the cash drawer 

 and a number of locks, but secured 

 nothing for their trouble, not being 

 able to enter the safe. 



Raspeburg, Md.— .Tohn 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. 



Framingham, 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. Waiigncr. 

 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 20(i 

 specimens of cacti. 



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Nashua, N. H.— Geo. M. ( obmn, pro 

 prictur of the East Hollis Gri'onliouses. 

 (•x[)ects to add to his glass in the near 

 t'nturo and make a specialty of growing 

 iMMJiling plants of all kinds. 



Cleveland^ O.-^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 in the green- 

 liouses of Will Bros. Co. were destroved 

 during the night lately by some mali- 

 cious intruder. A former employee of 

 the firm, recently discharged, has been, 

 arrested on suspicion of having coin 

 niitted the crime. 



Holland, Mich.— .lones & Ebelink, flo- 

 rists and nurserymen, have dissolved 

 partnership. Henry Ebelink hjis taken 

 over the Central park greenhofises and 

 will continue the florists' business, 

 while Ralston S. Jones will continue 

 the nursery business, under the name 

 of the Glenwood Nursery. 



Milton, Ind.— Articles of incorpora 

 tion of the Doddridge Grave Decorating 

 <'o. were filed May 23. The capitaliza- 

 tion is placed at $12,500. Two hundred 

 and fifty shares of stock have bee'u 

 issued, w-itii the par value of $50 each. 

 The concern will do a general supply 

 business for undertakers and cemeteries, 



Newport, R. I.— It is stated that the 

 assistant gardeners, with five excep- 

 tions, have won ^heir fight with mil- 

 lionaire employers for more pav. They 

 were getting $2 a day, and demanded- 

 ^'2:2r,. The five exceptions work for 

 some of the richest colonists in New- 

 port. 



Pittsburg. Pa. p. J. Doinris sailed 

 .hine 7 on the Athens for a visit of sev- 

 eral months to Greece. Mr. Denias is 

 accompanied by his wife and son. Dur 

 ing his absence the business of tli<- 

 Pittsburg Florists' Exchange will U 

 conducted by James C. Herron and 

 (Jeorge I'ranks as attorneys in fact and 

 by Will.iam .1. Brcnnen as legal attor 

 ney. 



Houghton, Mich.— The Pearce Ilar.i 

 ware & Furniture Co., of Lake Linden, 

 is erecting greenhouses on the Pearc& 

 farm and making other preparations for 

 .■ntering into the lk)rists' trade. The firs.t 

 section of the greenhouses arrived re 

 <eiitly from Chicago and comprises two 

 houses, each 27x100, a propagating house, 

 ^xlOO, and a boiler house, 14x54. A gen- 

 eral stock of plants, iucduding roses anii 

 carnations, is already growing outdoors, 

 to be removed to the houses later. Mr. 

 I'earce has macadamized the road from 

 the village to his f?irm, so as to expedite 

 linsiness. 



