JUNE 16, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





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Wincjiester, Mass. — The greenhouses 

 of Newman & Sons, at the corner of 

 Central and Bacon streets, will be torn 

 down, as the land has been purchased 

 for building purposes. 



Nashville, Tenn. — M. Stanch, for- 

 merly general manager of the Joy Flo- 

 ral Co., who recently returned from a 

 visit at his old home in Germany, has 

 accepted a position with Clarke Bros.. 

 Portland, Ore. 



Woodlawn, N. Y. — Samuel Cockburn 

 & Sons think they have an exceptionally 

 good thing in the new mum, Mrs. Jane 

 Cockburn. It is a mauve-pink sport of 

 Glory of Pacific and can be had in 

 bloom by the first week in October. 



Dallas, Tex.— The McKinney Nur- 

 sery Co. and Otto Lang have formed 

 a joint stock company, with headquar- 

 ters here. The Green Floral & Nursery 

 Co. has secured the Southern Floral Co. 

 establishment, so that it now has three 

 large plants. 



Merrill, Wis.— Mr. and Mrs. N. Grei- 

 velding, accompanied by Mike Philipps, 

 left June 13 for Europe, where they will 

 visit Mr. Greivelding's former home, at 

 Luxemburg. He and Mr. Philipps also 

 intend to tour France, England, Ger- 

 many, Belgium, and perhaps Holland 

 and Switzerland. 



Sturgis, Mich.— J. W. Dunn, who has 

 succeeded Albert Richtec in business 

 here, comes highly recommended from 

 Chicago, where he was foreman for 

 nearly twelve years for J. A. Budlong. 

 Mr. Dunn started growing flowers when 

 bui 12 years old. His family is expect- 

 ed here soon. Mr. Richter, his prede- 

 ce;-;.-or here, is now in business at Well- 

 ington, O. 



Jersey City, N. J.— The joint will of 

 thi late Mr. and Mrs. James Boiling, 

 paents of Charles Boiling, the Mont- 

 gomery street florist, was recently pro- 

 ba-ed. By the terms of the will, Charles 

 ^D 1 his two sisters receive all the real 

 estate in equal shares. In consideration 

 of the florists' business which is be- 

 qu athed to him, Charles is to pay $300 

 ^D;,ually in monthly installments to his 

 sisters. 



Kinderhook, 111.— Mrs. Kathryn H. 

 Bi'<*nneman, who was formerly in busi- 

 ness at Webb City, Mo., but who sold 

 her greenhouses there and surrendered 

 thf'm to the new owner in the beginning 

 ^^ last March, has been residing here 

 principally since then. She expects to 

 go to the Pacific coast for a short visit 

 jn July, and after that she may engage 

 in the business again. "I have visited 

 f^ number of greenhouses," she sajhs, 



since my residence in Illinois, and my 

 spirit has caught the fire anew." 



Martins Ferry, O. — Davison Bros, fur- 

 nished the decorations for the City hos- 

 pital commencement, held in the Elks' 

 hall. 



Shawano, Wis. — Ed Longer has pur- 

 chased a greenhouse here and expects 

 to be ready for business in a short time. 

 He is an expert gardener. 



Northampton, Mass. — H. W. Field is 

 resting up after the rush. His veteran 

 grower, William Graves, is producing 

 some fine stock. A specialty is Rich- 

 mond, with 4-foot stems and heads in 

 proportion. 



South Hadley Falls, Mass. — Joseph 

 Beach is packing his grip, intending 

 to sail for Europe, after a most pros- 

 perous season. Joe, Jr., will have charge 

 in his absence and will see that noth- 

 ing suffers. 



Woodstock, Ont. — Nearly every pane 

 ot glass in the greenhouses of Hall & 

 Calland was broken by a hfeavy wind 

 and hail storm which passed over this 

 district on Sunday night. May 29. 

 Farmers' crops and all outdoor vegeta- 

 tion were also badly damaged. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — C. C. Follworth re- 

 cently was a witness in the contest be- 

 tween the Milwaukee Merchants' and 

 Manufacturers' Association against the 

 express companies operating "in the 

 state. The shippers are endeavoring to 

 secure better service and lower rates. 



Newton, Mass. — Gilbert Cronie, a 

 young gardener on a large estate, was 

 burned to death early on the morning 

 of June 7, in a fire which consumed the 

 building where he and Thoihas Fletcher, 

 another gardener, his wife and 4-year- 

 old boy were sleeping. The three latter 

 barely escaped, but Mr. Cronie was suf- 

 focated and his body badly burned. 



Cromwell, Conn. — A. N. Pierson has 

 just returned from an extended trip to 

 Europe and says he is just as pleased 

 to be home again as the boys are to 

 have him. In his absence, Wallace Pier- 

 son kept the machinery in excellent or- 

 der. The stock looks fine. A tremen- 

 dous sale of both cut flowers and pot 

 stock is reported. The season through- 

 out has been most satisfactory. 



New Castle, Ind. — As reported by The 

 Review's Cincinnati correspondent, in 

 the issue of June 9, the firm of Weiland 

 & dinger has been dissolved by the 

 withdrawal of Mr. Weiland, who has 

 sold his half interest to Mr. Olinger for 

 $30,000. It is understood, however, that 

 Mr. Weiland will not retire permanently 

 from the trade. He has been troubled 

 with rheumatism and will rest for sev- 

 eral months. Then, it is said, he will 

 erect a modern range of ten houses on 

 a' farm of fifty-seven acres, west of the 

 city, which he purchased several years 

 ago. 



Onarga, 111. — The Mosbsek Greenhouse 

 Co. conducted an extra store at Buckley, 

 111., during the Memorial day rush, and 

 sold large quantities of cut flowers, 

 potted plants, porch boxes, etc., at that 

 place. 



Dajrton, O. — S. P. Lentz has purchased 

 the ground known as the Royal lots, 

 and will there construct a greenhouse 

 and some hotbeds for vegetables. He 

 vvill also build a residence and other 

 buildings on the property. 



Grand Bapids, Mich. — N. B. Stover, 

 who • has been superintendent of the 

 Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co. for the 

 last two years, has resigned the position 

 and expects to engage in the retailing 

 of flowers on his own account in the 

 Grand Rapids district. 



Salem, Mass. — E. A. Stearns has pur- 

 chased the North street greenhouses 

 and has organized a firm which will con- 

 duct the business under the name of 

 Stearns & Lake. Mr. Lake is a prac- 

 tical florist, while Mr. Stearns is well 

 known in the city as a successful con- 

 tractor. 



Fort Scott, Kan. — Oscar Herold has 

 filed a claim of about $100 against one 

 of the express companies, on account of 

 failure to deliver flowers that were 

 wanted for a wedding and a funeral. 

 It seems that the non-arrival of the 

 flowers was due entirely to neglect on 

 the part of the express company's em- 

 ployees. 



Iowa Falls, la.— W. H. Hall is build- 

 ing greenhouses at the rear of his resi- 

 dence property on College avenue. He 

 has purchased the buildings and equip- 

 ments at the Riverside Greenhouses, 

 which he has heretofore been occupying, 

 and is using the second-hand material 

 and heating plant, or as much of it as 

 is suitable, in the construction of the 

 new greenhouses. He expects to have 

 the new place ready for business by 

 August 1. 



Fond du Lac, Wis.— A. L. Bush & Co., 

 who for the last year have conducted 

 greenhouses on Fourth street, have now 

 purchased a tract of ground with a 

 frontage of 400 feet on Oak avenue, a 

 short distance west of St. Agnes hos- 

 pital and north of East Division street,, 

 and will there build four greenhouses, 

 each 16x100. The grounds surrounding 

 the new greenhouses will be so improved 

 as to make the place one of the most 

 attractive on the east side. It was 

 planned to have the new houses com- 

 pleted by June 22, when the lease on 

 the Fourth street property expires. A. 

 V. Broome, who has been superintendent 

 of the Fourth street greenhouses, will 

 act in the same capacity at the new 

 place. 



