July 7, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Anderson, Ind, — J. E, Stuart, of 

 Stuart & Haugh, has gone to Monroe, 

 Wash., for his vacation. 



Youngstown, O. — A new flower store 

 was recently opened at 41 North Phelps 

 street, by W. A. Wittman. 



Montgomery, Ala. — H. L. Von Trott 

 is now proprietor of the Fernhill Green- 

 houses, formerly conducted by S. B. 

 Stern & Co. 



Logansport, 111.— C. Kielsing & Son 

 will erect' two connected iron-frame 

 greenhouses, each 32x325. The Geo. M. 

 ' Garland Co. material will be used. 



Logan, Utah. — V. A. Armstrong and 

 daughter are building a greenhouse here 

 and will . carry on business under the 

 firm name of the Cache Valley Floral Co. 



Wading Elver, N. Y.— E. S. Miller is 

 able to be about, but still feels the 

 effects of his bicycle accident. It will 

 be some time before he is completely 

 recovered. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Two greenhouses, 

 each 21x87, will be erected on the new 

 estate of J. D. Larkin, near Delaware 

 park. The contract has been awarded 

 to the King Construction Co. 



Eochester, N. Y.— A. F. Vick, who is 

 chairman of the convention sports com- 

 mittee, says that preparations are being 

 made for an old-time bowling tourney 

 and that some especially handsome 

 prizes will be offered. 



Akron, O. — James E. Norton has had 

 an excellent season's trade, with a 

 steadily increasing patronage. He has 

 sold more plants and done more funeral 

 work than ever before. Plants are 

 looking well and growing fast. 



Sioux City, la.— The formal opening 

 of the Chicago Flower Store, in the 

 Mondamin block, was largely attended, 

 and G. Pagones, the proprietor, is much 

 pleased with the outlook. J. Freeburg, 

 the new manager, came here from Min- 

 neapolis and is an expert florist of long 

 experience. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.— W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey expect to make a specialty of 

 orchids and fancy plants, in addition 

 to their other lines. They have en- 

 gaged Samuel Hudson to take charge of 

 this line of the business. Mr. Hudson 

 comes highly recommended from the 

 . Harvard Botanic Gardens. 



Paterson, N. J.— The Paterson Floral 

 Co., at 304 Main street, lost $1,500 

 worth of stock in a fire which started 

 late in the evening of June 28 and swept 

 away a block of buildings before it 

 was got under control at three o'clock 

 the following , morning. The fire was 

 the most destructive that has visited 

 this city in eight years. 



Cumberland, Md. — Weber Bros, have 

 closed their store and moved to Clarks- 

 burg, W. Va. 



Superior, Wis. — A new greenhouse is 

 being built by Wright & Johnson, at 

 1920 Lackawanna avenue. 



Fulton, m. — ^John Aggen recently 

 discontinued his branch store in Lyons, 

 which had been in charge of Garrett 

 Kettler. 



Eau Claire, Wis. — O. R. Demmler is 

 preparing for a two months' trip to 

 Germany, combining business with 

 pleasure. 



Thorsby, Ala. — Howard Bros, are 

 erecting another greenhouse, 25x100, 

 which is regarded as good evidence that 

 they have done a successful business 

 with the house they have had for the 

 last two years. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Charles W. Bourne, 

 with C. F. Adams & Co., has had plans 

 prepared for a large greenhouse which 

 he will build on the west side of Hud- 

 son street between Solvay street and 

 Bellevue avenue. 



Nashua, N. H. — Work has been start- 

 ed on another greenhouse, 35x160, for 

 George E. Buxton, on Concord Street. 

 The walls and benches will be built of 

 reinforced concrete, and the house, when 

 finished, will be devoted to carnation 

 culture. 



Olean, N. Y. — E. A. Llewellyn has 

 purchased the greenhouses formerly 

 owned by Fred Johnson and will con- 

 tinue them in connection with his other 

 houses. Mr. Johnson, who had been in 

 business some thirty years, has removed 

 with his wife to Port Arthur, Tex., 

 where they will reside permanently. 



Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher, Jr., 

 has just completed two new green- 

 houses, each 310 feet long, making a 

 total of 100,000 square feet of glass and 

 one of the most modern greenhouse es- 

 tablishments in that part of the state. 

 He has also erected a new boiler room 

 and a smokestack which is 100 feet 

 high. Mr. Bauscher expects to go into 

 the wholesale business next year. 



Hartford, Conn. — The last meeting of 

 the Hartford County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was known as rose night. A fine 

 exhibit of roses from the estate of 

 James J. Goodwin was staged by J. F. 

 Huss, president of the society, who also 

 made some interesting remarks on the 

 flowers shown. Excellent rose displays 

 were also made by Alex. Gumming, Jr., 

 head gardener of Elizabeth park, and 

 by Gardener Mason, of the private gar- 

 dens of the Pope place, in Farmington. 

 Aside from these exhibits, the principal 

 feature of the meeting was an able 

 paper by Mr. Gumming. 



Harrlsburg, Pa. — The McFarland peo- 

 ple, who do much work for the trade, 

 are doubling their plant here this sum- 

 mer. 



Fort Worth, Tex. — Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 

 Baker recently made a trip to San 

 Bernardino, Cal., and were the guests 

 of a friend on what is known as the 

 Waterman ranch, near that city. 



New Castle, Ind. — P. J. Lynch, of the 

 Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 is reported to be more than pleased 

 with the volume of business done since 

 his firm acquired the Heller Bros, Co. 



Clinton, Mo. — A. Woerner says he 

 plans to go out of business, because 

 advancing years and ill health render 

 it impossible for him to keep up with 

 the demands made upon him by the 

 steady increase in the business. 



North Abington, Mass. — Public indig- 

 nation is strong against the vandals 

 who, as already reporte'd in The Review, 

 recently entered the premises of the 

 Bay State Nurseries and destroyed much 

 valuable stock, presumably on account of 

 a political grudge against the proprietor, 

 W. H. Wayman. A reward of $1,000 

 has been offered for the arrest of the 

 criminals, one-half of this sum being 

 subscribed by the selectmen of the town 

 and the other half by a committee of 

 the citizens. 



Milton, Mass. — At the Education So- 

 ciety's annual spring exhibition of 

 flowers and fruits, held here recently, 

 the following were conspicuous among 

 the prize winners: John McKenzie, 

 gardener for Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes; 

 James Gibbs, gardener for Mrs. W. M. 

 Forbes; Carl Olanson, gardener for 

 Mrs. H. J. Gilbert, and Samuel McMul- 

 lin, gardener for E. M. Brewer. The 

 judges were: W. N. Craig, of the Lang- 

 water Gardens, North Easton, and J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, of Boston. The com- 

 mittee announces that the autumn 

 show will probably be held Septem- 

 ber 24. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — An important busi- 

 ness change took place here recently, 

 when Mills The Florist, Inc., took over 

 the greenhouse properties at Greenwood 

 cemetery of the Jacksonville Floral Co., 

 and the latter company took over the 

 greenhouse property at Oak and Osceola 

 streets. Riverside, of the Mills com- 

 pany. The transaction involved approx- 

 imately $15,000. The reason for the ex- 

 change is given by C. D. Mills, presi- 

 dent of Mills The Florist, Inc., as being 

 a matter of convenience, and so that 

 his company may have control of all 

 the cemetery work, which heretofore 

 has been divided, and which can be bet- 

 ter attended to by having it all done by 

 one concern. 



