JULT 14, 1910. 



TheWcefcly Florists' Review. 



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Interlaken, Mass. — Mrs. John E. Par- 

 sons is building a greenhouse here, 

 28x73. 



Des Plaines, 111.— A. T. Eiley, for- 

 merly of North Tonawanda, N. Y., is 

 now sales manager for the George M. 

 Garland Co. 



Maynard, Mass. — Albert Batley is 

 building another greenhouse, 50x135, 

 which will be one of the finest in this 

 section of the state. 



Bockville, Conn. — Theo. Staudt has 

 bought the stock and fixtures in the 

 store of J. McKeuzie, in Exchange 

 block. 



McKinney, Tex. — W. Peirce, formerly 

 of Dallas, has charge of the two green- 

 houses, 14x75, being built by the Mc- 

 Kinney Nursery Co. 



Fainnont, W. Va. — Large numbers of 

 carnations were given out as souvenirs 

 at the opening of George DaflSn's new 

 confectionery and flower store, in the 

 Comerford building, on Main street. 



Peoria, 111.— Frank E. Rue has been 

 moving a surplus stock of verbenas, 

 and expediting business generally, by 

 advertising that he would give the 

 verbena plants free to purchasers of 

 other stock. 



Elmlra, N. Y.— It is reported that 

 Peter Kominos has been preparing to 

 open a flower store at 311 East Water 

 street, but that his former partner, 

 Peter Makres, intended to secure an in- 

 junction restraining him from doing so, 

 on account of an agreement, made be- 

 fore the dissolution of partnership, that 

 Mr, Kominos would not engage again 

 in the business in that neighborhood. 



Houston, Tex.— H. H. Kuhlmann re- 

 cently has taken over the entire busi- 

 ness of Wm. Kutschbach and will here- 

 after run it in connection with his 

 own. The Kutschbach store and green- 

 houses constituted the largest concern 

 in the trade in Houston and the com- 

 bined businesses make Mr. Kuhlmann 

 an important factor in the flower trade 

 of the southwest. 



Gardner, Mass.— A recent fire at the 

 Riverside Greenhouses, owned by Carl 

 J. Erickson, destroyed four of the group 

 of houses, besides the barn and carriage 

 shed. The fire started from the boiler 

 and had made much headway before 

 help could be obtained from the fire de- 

 partment. The loss was estimated at 

 $4,000, with only $1,500 of insurance. 

 Since buying the property from C. S. 

 Johnson four years ago, Mr. Erickson 

 had doubled the size of the greenhouses 

 and made other improvements which 

 practically doubled the worth of the 

 property. He says he intends to build 

 again and start anew. 



Elmhurst, Cal. — E. James & Co., at 

 Hillside, are building an additional 

 greenhouse. 



Basil, O. — H. M. Paskins has had an 

 excellent season and is on his way to 

 the Pacific northwest for a vacation 

 visit with a sister whom he has not 

 seen in over forty years. 



Savanna, 111. — J. Y. Lambert & Son, 

 of the Savanna Greenhouses, will ex- 

 tend their business so as to include the 

 growing of vegetables for the wholesale 

 trade. Several houses will be added for 

 this purpose. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — The city park com- 

 missioners have awarded to the King 

 Construction Co. a contract for furnish- 

 ing, complete, a greenhouse 20x107, to 

 be attached to the present range on 

 Elmwood avenue, in Delaware park. 



Princeton, 111.— The 42-foot brick 

 smokestack at Carl Erickson 's green- 

 houses was recently struck by lightning 

 and about half of it was torn away. 

 Bricks were thrown, it is said, a dis- 

 tance of fifty feet and many of them 

 crashed through the glass of the houses. 

 The chimney will be rebuilt at once. 



Youngstown, O. — Wm. A. Wittman, 

 a florist with a thorough experience in 

 the best class of work, has opened a 

 store at 41 North Phelps street. The 

 store is one of the most up-to-date es- 

 tablishments in this part of the state. 

 The room has been remodeled and 

 greatly improved and, with its large 

 and well-arranged stock, presents a 

 most attractive appearance. 



Saddle River, N. J. — J. E. Esler says 

 the storm of June 18 was widespread 

 in the states of Pennsylvania, New 

 York and New Jersey, and considerable 

 damage to greenhouse structures in all 

 three states resulted. Quite a number 

 were insured, but several got caught 

 without insurance. The sequel is that 

 the F. H. A. is having a boom. The 

 figures now are considerably over 34, 

 000,000 square feet of glass insured. 



Marblehead, Mass. — The business 

 formerly conducted by Larkin H. Hay- 

 den has now been reorganized and will 

 bear the name of the Devereux Cor- 

 poration Greenhouses. The officers of 

 the new company are Larkin H. Hay- 

 den, president, and Roger Upton, treas- 

 urer. No secretary has yet been chosen. 

 Mr. Hayden, who has been in the trade 

 for the last twelve years, will continue 

 as manager. The company's green- 

 houses, at the corner of Beach street 

 and Atlantic avenue, will be enlarged 

 to almost three times their present di- 

 mensions and will contain, when com- 

 pleted, about 25,000 square feet of 

 glass. 



Cheboygan, Mich. — It is said that G. 

 H. Harrison has the boating fever and 

 has purchased a launch. 



Cromwell, Conn. — It is stated on good 

 authority that A. N. Pierson is not en- 

 tirely satisfied with White Killarney 

 and will grow it less extensively the 

 coming season. 



Taunton, Mass. — At the Taunton 

 greenhouses the June business this year 

 surpassed all previous records. Trade 

 during the whole of the last season has 

 been satisfactory. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. — It is reported 

 that Sidney R. Lambourne, a florist at 

 334 Seventh East, was recently as- 

 saulted by a street car conductor after 

 mildly remonstrating with the con- 

 ductor because the car had not been 

 stopped as requested. Mr. Lambourne 

 reported his treatment to the police, 

 and an investigation was begun by the 

 railway claim agent. 



Dallas, Tex. — At a meeting of the di- 

 rectors of the Seaboard National Bank 

 of New York City, held July 7, E. H. 

 R. Green, president of the Green Floral 

 & Nursery Co., of this city, was elected 

 a director of the bank, which is one of 

 the largest and strongest in the United 

 States. Mr. Green also is president of 

 the Texas Midland railroad, but the 

 rumor in New York is that he will in 

 future spend most of his time in that 

 city. 



Indianapolis, Ind.— The State Flo- 

 rists' Association h^s announced that it 

 will hold its fall show November 8 to 

 12, in Tomlinson hall. The preliminary 

 premium list carries about $2,000 in 

 prizes, and it is expected that special 

 features will be added, which will run 

 the total far above that sum. The board 

 of managers for the show is as follows: 

 J. S. Stuart, Anderson, general man- 

 ager; H. Junge, Cumberland, assistant 

 manager; A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, 

 secretary; H. L. Wiegand, Indianapolis, 

 treasurer; F. E. Dorner, Lafayette, and 

 E. H. Mann, Richmond, 



Kansas City, Mo. — After twenty-one 

 years at 1017 Broadway, Sam Murray 

 is removing to 913 Grand avenue. He 

 expects to be settled in his new loca- 

 tion this week. The change was made 

 necessary by the growth of the city. 

 Once located in the most fashionable 

 section, Mr. Murray found himself at 

 last surrounded by wholesale houses 

 and completely out of the way of the 

 fashionable trade. The new store is 

 not only in the best downtown district, 

 accessible to the wealthy buyers, but 

 will afford far larger facilities. Mr. 

 Murray is fitting it up as one of the 

 best appointed flower stores in the 

 country. 



