JUNL 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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vVinchester, Mass. — The gioonhouses 

 .11 Vewnian & 8ons, at the corner of 

 ( . itral and Bacon streets, will be torn 

 ■ hnvn, as the land has been purchased 

 tm building purposes. 



Nashville, Tenn.— M. Htaucli, for- 

 iii. ily general manager of the Joy Flo- 

 i.'il Co., who recently returned from a 

 \i-it at his old home in Germany, has 

 f I .pted a position witii Clarke Bros.. 

 I'.'itland, Ore. 



Woodlawn, N. Y.— Samuel Co.-kburn 

 i^L >iins think tiiey have an exceptionally 

 ::'"m1 thing in tlie new mum, Mrs. June 

 ' '"kburu. It is a mauve-pink sport of 

 liiuiy of Pacific and can be had in 

 l'l"..rii by the first week in OctolxT. 



Dallas, Tex.— The McKinuey Nur 



jic! V Co. and Otto Lang have formed 

 a ioiut stock company, with headquar- 

 ti IS here. The Green Floral & Nursery 

 '" has secured the Southern Floral Co. 

 establishment, so that it now has three 

 I'li:^!' j)lants. 



Merrill, Wis.— Mr. an. I Mrs. X. Grei- 

 v-' 'ling, accompanied by Mike I'hilipps. 

 I'M June ];> for Kurojie, where they will 

 \i ii Mr. Greivelding's former iiome, at 

 '■'Nfinburg. lie iuid Mr. I'hilipps also 

 iii' lid t(i tour France. KnghuHl, (ier- 

 "I iiv, Belgium, and perhaps Holland 

 .'I Switzerland. 



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^turgi.s, Mich. J. W. Dunn. win. has 



M-, .'(■(led .\ll)ert K'ichter in liusiness 



'" '. comes highly recommended from 



' ago, where he \v;is foreman for 



II' ly twelve years tor .1. A. liudlong. 



^' Dunn started growing llowers when 



'' 12 years old. His family is expect 



'■' lere soon. Mr. Richter, his prede- 



'■' "r here, is now in Inisiness at Well- 



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'I'sey City. N. J. The joint will of 



'I late Mr. and Mrs. Jaines Dolling, 



I' iits of Charles liolling, the Mont- 



- iry street florist, was recently jiro- 

 '' •!. Dy the terms of the will. Charles 

 II his two sisters receive all the real 

 "^ le in equal shares. In consideration 

 "' lie florists' business which is be- 

 1 dhed to him, Charles is to jiay $;>{I0 

 '■ iJillj' in monthly installments tf) his 

 ~| ''rs. 



underhook, 111.— Mrs. Kalhryn II. 

 ■'" lineman, who was formerly in busi- 

 "• - at Webb City, Mo., but" who sold 

 " greenhouses there and surrendered 

 '' 'n to the new owner in the beginning 

 '" last March, has been residing here 

 I' ii'ipally since then. She expects to 



- to the Pacific coast for a short visit 

 " -'idy, and after that she may engage 

 ''I 'he business again. "I have visited 

 '• iiiimber of greenhouses." she says, 



^ince my residence in Illinois, and my 

 "'Hit has caught the fire anew." 



Martins Ferry, O. — Davison Bros, fur 

 nished the decorations for the City hos- 

 pital commencement, held in tlie Klks" 

 hall. 



Shawano, Wis. — Kd Benger has pur 

 chased a greenhouse here and exjiects 

 to be ready for business in a short time. 

 lie is au expert gardener. 



Northampton, Mass. — H. W. Field is 

 resting up after the rush. His veteran 

 grower. William Graves, is [iroducing 

 some fine stock. A specialty is Kicdi 

 mond, with 4-foot stems and lieads in 

 proportion. 



South Hadley Falls, Mass. .Joseph 

 Beach is packing his gri[i, 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.--\e.irly every pane 

 ot glass in the greenhouses of Hall & 

 Caliand was broken by a heavy wind 

 aiul hiiil storm which passetl over this 

 district on Sunday night, May 'IS). 

 Farmers' crops and all outdoor vegeta 

 tion were also badly damaged. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. Pollworth re- 

 cently was a witness in the contest be 

 tween the Milwaukee ^lerchants' and 

 ^lanufacturers ■ .\ssociation against the 

 express companies o|ierating in the 

 state. The shi|qiers are eiide;i\ oring to 

 secure bidter service and lower rates. 



Newton, Mass.— Gilbert «'rotiie, .i 

 young gardener on a large estate, was 

 burned to death early on the morning 

 of .Inne 7, in a (ii'e which consumed the 

 building where he .•ind Thomas l''|etclier. 

 .•mother g.'iidener, his \\ i t'e .•ind 1 y(>;u 

 old boy wer<' sleeping. Tjie three l;itter 

 barely escajied. but Mr. ('ronii' w.-i^ -ut 

 focated and his body li;idl\ bniiiecl. 



Cromwell, Conn. .\. X, Pierson has 

 Just returned from an extended trip to 

 Kurope and says he is just as pleased 

 to be home again as the boys are to 

 have him. In Ids abseiice, Wallace I'ier 

 son kept the machinery in excellent or- 

 der. The stock looks fine. .V tremen- 

 dous s,'il(> of both cut llowers and pot 

 stock is reported. The season through- 

 out has been most satisfactory. 



New Castle, Ind.- .\s nqiorte.l by The 

 Review's ('mcinnati correspondent, in 

 the issue of .lune !•, the firm of Weiland 

 <fc Olinger has been dissolvt>d by the 

 withdrawal of Mr. Weiland. wiio has 

 sold his half interest to Mr. Olinger for 

 $.30,0(10. It is understood, however, that 

 Mr. Weiland will not retire permaiH'ntl.\' 

 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 se\'eral years 

 ago. 



Onarga, 111. -The Mosbadc Greenhouse 

 < o. coiulucted an extra store at Buckley, 

 III., during the j\[emorial day rush, and 

 sold large quantities of cut flowers, 

 jiotfed jilants, jiorch boxes, etc., at that 

 place. 



Dayton, O. - S. P. Lent/, has purchased 

 the ground known as the Royal lots, 

 and will there construct a greenhouse 

 and some hotbeds for vegetables. He 

 will also build a residence and other 

 buildings on the property. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — X. B. Stover, 

 who has been superintendent of the 

 (irand Bapids Greenhouse Co. for the 

 l.-ist two years, has resigned the position 

 and expects to engage in the retailing 

 of flowers on his own account in the 

 (irand Kaiuds district. 



Salem, Mass. — ]•;. A. steams has pur- 

 chased the Xorth street greenhouses 

 and has organized a firm wlii.di will con- 

 duct the business uiuler the luune of 

 Stearns c^- I^ake. Mr. Laki' is a prac 

 tical florist, while Mr. Stearns is well 

 known in the city as a successful (Con- 

 tractor. 



Fort Scott, Kan. O-.ar llendd has 

 filed a claim of about .'i'KHi against one 

 of the express companies, on account of 

 failure to deli\er tloweis tliat were 

 wanted for a wedding and a funeral. 

 It seems that the imn arrival .it' the 

 llowers was due entirely to neglect on 

 the part of the e.\|uess; cuinjiany's em 

 ]i|(i\ees. 



iowa Falls, la. \\ . II. I hill is build 



iiig yreenlKUises ;it the ri;ir nt' hi- resi- 

 dence pr(qiert\ on ''olle^e .neuue. He 

 h;is purchased the IniiMing- aiul ecpiip- 

 iiieiits ;it the l\i\erside < I reeiihouses. 

 which he has lieietot'ore jjei'ii occupying, 

 ;in(| is using the secoml hand material 

 ;nid heating jilaiit. or .-i- much of it as 

 is suitable, in the construction ol' the 

 new greenhou'^(^s. He expects to have 

 the new place readv I'iT biivlnes- bv 

 .\uuust I. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. .\. I,. Bush vV Co., 

 who for the l.'st ye.ir lia\(" conducted 

 greenhouses <ui I'oiirtli street, ha\(' now 

 purchased a tr.-ict of ground with a 

 frontage of bn) feet on Oak avenue, a 

 sliort distaiu'c west of St. .\gnes hos- 

 pital an<l north of Last Division street, 

 .and will there build four greenhouses, 

 eaidi ItixliMi. The grouiuls surrounding 

 the new greenhouses will be so improved 

 as to iiuike the jil.ace one of the most 

 attractive on the east side. It was 

 plann(><l to haxc the ih'w houses com- 

 pleted by June I'U, when the lease on 

 the Fourth street property expires. A. 

 A'. Brootne, who has been superintendent 

 of the Fourth street greenhouses, will 

 act in the sjune capiodty at the new 

 place. 



