.ILLV 14, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



13 



RHADORS ARL INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS I OR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



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

 sons is Imikliiig a greenhouse here, 

 2Sx73. 



Des Plaines, 111.— A. T. Eiloy. for- 

 nitr]y ol' A'ortli Tonawanda, N. Y., is 

 now sales manager for tlie George M. 

 Garland Co. 



Maynard, Mass. — Albert Batlej' is 

 ImiMing another greenhouse, 'A)xl3~), 

 which will 1)6 one of the finest in this 

 section of the state. 



Rockville, Conn. — Theo. iStaudt has 

 liought the stock and fixtures in the 

 stoic of J. IMcKenzie, in Exchange 

 block. 



McKinney, Tex.— W. Teirce, formerly 

 of iX'dhis, has charge of the two green- 

 houses. 14x7.3, being built by the Mc- 

 Kinney Nursery Co. 



Fairmont, W. Va.— Large numbers of 

 carnations were given out as souvenirs 

 at the opening of George Baffin's new 

 confectionery and flower store, in the 

 Comerford building, on Main street. 



Peoria, 111.— Frank E. Eue 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. 



Elmira, N. Y.-It is reported that 

 Peter Koniinos has lieen 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 

 iu the l)usiness in that neighborhood. 



Houston, Tex.— H. H. Kuhlmann re- 

 cently has taken over the entire busi- 

 ness (if Wni. Kutschbach and will here- 

 after run it in connection with his 

 "wn. Tlie Kutschbach store and green- 

 houses constituted the largest concern 

 in the trade in Houston and the com- 

 bined ])usinesses make Mr. Kuhlmann 

 an important fai-tor in the flower trade 

 of the southwest. 



Gardner, Mass.— A recent fire at the 

 Kuerside Greenhouses, owned by Carl 

 •1.^ 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 

 liol|> could be obtained from the fire de- 

 I'artment. The loss was estimated at 

 *f.'»<iO, with only $1,,'500 of insurance. 

 •';Jiuoe buying the jtroperty from C. S. 

 .Tohnson four years ago, Mr. Erickson 

 liad doul)led the size of the greenhouses 

 and made other improvements which 

 l>ractienlly doubled the worth of the 

 property. He savs he intends to build 

 J'gain and start anew. 



Elmhurst, Cal. — E. James & Co.. ar 



llillsi( 



are building an additiniinl 



greenhouse. 



Basil, O. — n. M. Paskins has had nii 

 excellent season and is on his way t.i 

 the Pacific northwest for a vacatiuii 

 visit with a sister wliom he has ii"t 

 seen in over forty years. 



Savanna, 111. — J. Y. Lambert & Son, 

 of tlie Sii\anna tireeiiliouses, will e\ 

 tend their business so as to includs the 

 growing of vegetables for the wholesale 

 trade. Several houses will be added fur 

 this purpose. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— The city park com- 

 missioners have awarded to the KiiLg 

 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 dl- 

 tance of fifty feet and many of then. 

 crashed through the glass of the house-. 

 The chimney will be rebuilt at oiiie. 



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 e- 

 tablisliments in this part of the state. 

 The room has been remodeled ami 

 greatly improved an<l. with its lariio 

 and well arranged stock, presents a 

 most attractive appearance. 



Saddle River, N. J.— J. E. Esler say- 

 the storm of June IS 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 V. n. A. is ha\ing a boom. The 

 figures now arc considerably over 31. 

 000,000 square feet of glass insured. 



Marblehead, Mass. — The bu^^iu.-- 

 formerly condu<'ted by Lavkin 11. Jlay 

 den has now been reorganized and will 

 bear the name of the Devereux < 'oi ■ 

 Juration Greenhouses. The officer- of 

 the new company are Larkin 11. llay- 

 deii. president, and Roger I'pton. frea- 

 ui(M'. No secretary has yet been ciioseu. 

 ^Ir. llayden, who has been in the trade 

 for the last twelve years, will continue 

 as manager. The cumpany's green- 

 houses, at tiie corner of Peach street 

 and Atl.antic avenue, will lie en1arL:e<l 

 to almost three time- their jiresent di 

 mentions and will contain, when iiun 



]deted, aluMit L'.'i.Mi'm -,|ii:ire \'r> t n] 

 'jla-s. 



Cheboygan, Mich. It i- -aici ' uiw G, 

 II. llanison has the lieatinL; I'/ver and 

 lias purchased a launch. 



Cromwell, Conn. — It i- >tate'i .iU -imhI 

 authority tlitit A. N. I'ier-on is not en- 

 tirely satisfied with White Killanie>' 

 and will grow it less exten-iye'.y i Ik 

 •■oming season. 



Taunton, Mass. — At tin Tauuidu 

 greenhouses the June bu>iue» ^his \<ai 

 -urpassed all previous record-. Trade 

 iliiring the whole of the ja-r -e:i<.,!i ha^ 

 been satisfactory. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. — It is reported 

 that Sidney K. Lambourne. a florist at 

 .'!,"i4 Seventh East, was recently as- 

 -aulted by a street car conductor after 

 iiiildly remonstrating with the ron- 

 .iui-tor because the car had not been 

 ^tdjiiKMl as recpiested. Mr. I.anibourne 

 rejtorted his treatment tn the police, 

 and an investigation va- lM".^iit. Iiv tlie 

 1 ailway claim agent. 



Dallas, Tex. — At a meeting vt riic di- 

 rect. )is of the Seaboard Natiniial P.auk 

 of New York City, held .luly 7. K. II. 

 ]\. Green, jiresident of the (iieeu I'loral 

 I.V: Xuisery Co.. of this city. \\;i- elected 

 a dirti-tor of the b.ank, which i- one of 

 the largest and strongest in tin- L'liitecl 

 States. Mr. (ireen also ir- j.rc-ident of 

 the Texas Midland railroad, but the 

 iiniuii ill New ^'ork is that he will in 

 fiituie sjiend most of hi- titii' : u that 

 city. 



Indianapolis. Ind. — The >tato Flo- 

 rists' Association has announced that it 

 will hold its fall show November 8 to 

 12, in Tomlinson hall. The preliminary 

 lu-emium 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 

 Ol managers for the show i- a> follows: 

 .r. S. Stuart, Anderson, general man- 

 ager; n. Junge, Cumberland, assistant 

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

 -ecretary; H. L. Wiegaucj. Indianapolis, 

 treasurer; F. E. Dorner. Latayctte. and 

 K. n. Mann, Richmond. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Aiiii ;u.hi\oiic 

 years at liU7 P.roadway. ^ain Munay 

 is reino\ ing to SMS (iraiid a\einie. lie 

 expects to be settled in hi- hew loc.a- 

 tioii this week. The cliaiie,. \\;i- in.idi- 

 necessary by the growth ot ti.e .ity. 

 ( liK'e located in the irio-t ta-hioualde 

 section. Mr. ^jiirray foiiHii tiiiii-elt at 

 l;i--t surrounde(i by \\liolc-a;i houses 

 and completely out ot tic way ..r the 

 iashionable trade. The iieu -t..ie is 

 not only in the best ijowntuwi. district. 

 aci'cssible to tlu^ wealthy lo,\ei-, l,\it 

 will alVoid far larger I'aiijii ,e-. ,\[r. 

 ^iuirav is tilting it up a- oio ■■( the 

 be-t appoiiite,! llower -Im|, - ; \\\q 

 coiintrv. 



