JULY 21, 1910. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Oskaloosa, la. — Miller E. Terry, em- 

 ployed by a local florist, and Miss 

 Aneta L. Stapela were married at 

 Parkersburg, July 12. 



Hoopeston, 111, — Andrew Peterson and 

 his family are spending a fortnight 

 camping on the river near Momence, 

 111. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Application for a 

 charter has been filed by the Idlewild 

 Greenhouses; capital, $20,000. The in- 

 corporators are: C, W. Schwill, T. G. 

 Owen, W. H. Englehart, Otto Schwill 

 and I. H. Peres. 



Lenox, Mass. — The Lenox Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its annual sum- 

 mer exhibition at the town hall, Thurs- 

 day, July 28. This exhibition consists 

 chiefly of annuals and perennials, sweet 

 peas, fruits and vegetables. 



Massillon, O. — Frank Kestes, who has 

 been working for A. Weaver for the 

 last few years, has formed a partner- 

 ship with his brother and they are 

 erecting two greenhouses at the east 

 edge of town for growing a general 

 line of stock. The firm name will be 

 Kestes Bros. 



Quincy, Mass. — On the Fourth of 

 July, William Patterson made use of a 

 parade to good effect for advertising 

 purposes. He entered the procession 

 with a wagon that was beautifully deco- 

 rated with rambler roses and he scat- 

 tered roses and carnations, it is said, 

 generously all along the route. 



Paterson, N. J. — The Paterson Floral 

 Co., which was burned out at 304 Main 

 street, in the fire of June 27, is now 

 located permanently at 227 Market 

 street. The name, Paterson Floral Co., 

 however, has been dropped, and the 

 new establishment will be known as 

 The Flower Shop. The proprietors are 

 Stoutenborough & Smith. 



Bloomsburg, Pa. — One of the write-up 

 magazines of the class that does not 

 ^njoy the second-class mail privilege, 

 and which usually depends for circula- 

 tion upon the sale of copies to the peo- 

 ple written up, recently devoted an is- 

 sue to Columbia county, of which this 

 place is the seat. Four of the florists 

 of the county bought copies entitling 

 them to illustrated write-ups. 



Newburgh, N". Y. — At the annual 

 meeting of the Yuess Gardens Co. the 

 following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, W. Stanley Murtfeldt; vice-presi- 

 ^nt, Percy W. Herbert; secretary, 

 Walter Mott; treasurer, B. Harry Cath- 

 cart, Jr. These also constitute the 

 board of directors. Mr. Herbert has 

 charge of the nursery and greenhouse 

 plant. Mr. I Mott will, continue to man- 

 *ge the seecl and bulb department, also 

 acting as traveling salesman. All are 

 w^ell known to the trade. 



Villa Ridge, 111. — The heavy storms 

 of wind and rain last week did much 

 damage to the outdoor flowers grown 

 here for the Chicago market. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — Leon E. Sawicki, 

 who for many years has been em- 

 ployed on the big places around Chi- 

 cago, has leased greenhouses here and 

 gone into business for himself. 



Harrisburg, Pa. — The American Asso- 

 ciation of Park Superintendents will 

 hold its annual convention here August 

 6 to 10. A side trip to the Gettysburg 

 battlefield will be one of the features. 



St. Albans, Vt. — Henry Bryant, of 

 Congress street, has transferred his 

 florist business to George Cooke, of 

 South Main street, who will take pos- 

 session July 30, and carry it on in con- 

 nection with his own greenhouses. 



Vincennes, Ind. — Edward Schultz, 

 who recently came here from Little 

 Eock or Peoria, and rented the green- 

 house of T. C. Dunn, has been enliven- 

 ing things to a marked degree, but not 

 in a way to add to the joys of life. 

 Within the last few days Schultz and 

 his landlord have had a physical en- 

 counter, and each has caused a warrant 

 to be issued for the other. 



Glenside, Pa. — No longer will it be 

 necessary for perspiring mankind to 

 push the heavy running lawn mower 

 through the tall grass every Saturday 

 half-holiday during the dog days — Wil- 

 liam W. Harrison, florist, nurseryman 

 and landscapist, has come to the res- 

 cue! July 5 Mr. Harrison was granted 

 a patent on a motor-driven mower, so 

 that all the man who walks behind 

 must do is steer. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The appoint- 

 ment of judges and the selection of 

 rules to govern the flower show to be 

 held in Temple theater, August 18 to 

 20, was the principal business trans- 

 acted by the El Paso County Horti- 

 cultural Society at its regular meeting 

 July 5. A motion was also passed that 

 if the theater is not large enough to 

 care for all the exhibits, steps will be 

 taken to erect a tent on Kiowa street, 

 adjoining the building. 



Oendbrugge, Belgium. — The fetes to 

 celebrate the hundredth anniversary of 

 Louis Van Houtte, possibly the most re- 

 nowned of Belgian nurserymen, were 

 held here June 26. Early in the morn- 

 ing the populace was astir, flags and 

 banners floated in the air in the fronts 

 of the houses, and Venetian masts were 

 erected in the streets, with baskets of 

 flowers half-way up, and surmounted 

 with banners. There was a large gath- 

 ering of those now in the trade to par- 

 ticipate in the ceremonies. The present 

 Van Houtte establishment here has, as 

 part of its equipment, eighty-two green- 

 houses. 



Dedham, Mass. — Edward Bingham 

 and his son, Edward, Jr., sailed July 5 

 on the Ivernia for a short trip to Eng- 

 land and Ireland. 



Catskill, N. Y. — Henry Hansen is 

 making a trip to the Fatherland, the 

 first since he left it nearly forty years 

 ago. He expects to be back in time 

 for the convention. 



Bellefonte, Pa. — Mrs. W. B. Johnson, 

 who successfully conducts the green- 

 house near Long's mill, was taken sud- 

 denly ill with acute indigestion July 

 10, and her condition is serious. 



Eochester, N. H. — A large number of 

 people were at Melvin Folsom's green- 

 house on North Main street, Sunday 

 night, July 10, to see his night bloom- 

 ing cereus, which was in full bloom for 

 several hours. 



Southampton, L. I. — Much interest 

 was shown by the summer residents this 

 year in the fourth annual exhibition of 

 the Southampton Horticultural Society, 

 which was held July 20 and 21. A 

 number of prizes were offered and com- 

 petition was keen. 



Montreal, Que. — Hall & Eobinson call 

 attention that ocean steamers sail at 

 daybreak at this port, and say several 

 orders for flowers to be delivered on 

 uoard have arrived too late. For execu- 

 tion, orders must reach Montreal the 

 day before the steamer sails. 



Wooster, O.— F. H, De Witt & Co. 

 went into bankruptcy July 15. No 

 statement of the liabilities or assets 

 has been given out by W. F. Kean, the 

 referee. De Witt & Co. made a specialty 

 of geraniums for the trade, and last 

 season introduced a novelty called Bed 

 Wing. 



Huntsville, Ala. — John Scott, for- 

 merly at Lebanon, Tenn., responding to 

 an advertisement in The Eeview, has 

 bought out the establishment of John 

 T. Fisher, at this place. There are 

 eight houses in all, and he is giving 

 them a thorough overhauling. He also 

 has material on the ground for two 

 additional houses 25x125, with boiler- 

 room and potting-shed. The new houses 

 are to be devoted to carnations. 



Ft. Wayne, Ind. — The Misses Mildred 

 and Euth Flick are now associated in 

 business with the Flick Floral Co., in 

 the store on West Berry street, which 

 has been conducted by Miss C. B. Flick 

 for a number of years. Both young 

 ladies are nieces of Miss Flick, and 

 Miss Mildred Flick has been an assist- 

 ant in the store for six years. Miss 

 Euth Flick has just completed the 

 course of study at a local academy and 

 she is now assuming part charge of the 

 work of the store. 



