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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — M. Heethuis & 

 Soil have sold out and retired from the 



business, 



Northampton, Mass. — H. W. Field's 

 flowe." store will be enlarged by build- 

 ing an addition at the back of it. 



Hughsonville, N. Y. — Alex A. Laub 

 has taken over the entire business for- 

 merly conducted by A. Laub & Son. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — H. S. Morton, of 

 H. E. Meserve's Signal Hill Floral Co., 

 is visiting at his old home in Chicago. 



Columbus, O. — The Columbus Florists ' 

 Club had its annual outing at Buckeye 

 lake July 20, with a large attendance. 



Eugene, Ore. — The Misses Ida and 

 Harriette Patterson are erecting an- 

 other fine, modern greenhouse, 40x103 

 feet. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Julius Bieck 's 

 greenhouse, at Forty-seventh and Bry- 

 ant avenues, north, was recently dam- 

 aged by fire. 



Centerville, Ind. — The half-century- 

 old business of E. Y. Teas is now con- 

 ducted as Teas & Son, F. E. Teas being 

 the junior member of the firm. 



Evansville, Ind.— The Blackman Flo- 

 ral Co. has increased its capital stock 

 from $5,000 to $10,000. "William Black- 

 man is president of the company. 



Pittsburg, P8.— It is announced that 

 the business heretofore carried on by 

 E. C. Ludwig will in future be con- 

 ducted as the E. C. Ludwig Floral Co. 



Woburn, Mass. — Edward Reil, an em- 

 ployee of J. W. Howard, is suffering 

 from blood poisoning in the hand, the 

 result of a scratch received recently. 



Pall Elver, Mass.— William Shaw, 

 formerly gardener for Mrs. 6. B. Wil- 

 son, at West Philadelphia, Pa., is now 

 orchid grower for Seth A. Borden, of 

 tins city. 



Pekin, 111. — The greenhouses of Geo. 

 • > Kuhl are undergoing extensive re- 

 p lirs and alterations, including the rais- 

 I ig of some of the roofs and the build- 

 ing of concrete walls. 



Ansonia, Conn. — The store of J. W. 

 ^Villis, in the Y. M. C. A. building, was 

 closed for a short time on account of 

 a break in the water tank, but has now 

 I oen repaired and redecorated and is 

 p gain open for business. 



Wellington, O.— The Yale green- 

 houses, on South street, recently owned 

 for a short time by Albert Richter, 

 'lave now been purchased by Fred E. 

 ^utliff & Sons. It is understood that 

 ^Tr. Sutliflf will either rent or sell his 

 Prospect street property. Mr. Eichter 

 Jias returned to Sturgis, Mich. 



Springfield, O. — Opha Jackson recent- 

 ly made a business trip through the 

 east. 



Huntingdon, Pa. — H. C. Bratton, for- 

 merly in business here as a florist, is 

 now manager and part owner of a farm 

 of 1,260 acres at Grants Pass, Ore. 



Worcester, Mass. — A, W. Hixon and 

 George W. Knowlton had fine exhibits 

 of cut flowers at the weekly show of 

 the Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, July 21. 



Loveland, Colo. — A hail storm June 

 29 played havoc at the greenhouses of 

 N. E. De Golier, breaking nearly 7,000 

 square feet of glass in a total of a little 

 over 10,000 feet. The storm continued 

 for only two or three minutes. 



East Seattle, Wash. — Stuber & Bux- 

 ton, who for two years leased and op- 

 erated the greenhouses formerly con- 

 ducted by Dodge & Palmer, have now 

 dissolved partnership, and Joseph Stu- 

 ber is managing the business in his own 

 name. 



Madison, N. J. — Arthur Herrington, 

 whose landscape offices are in New 

 York, is in Montana, where he has a 

 large commission. He also has large 

 undertakings in sight in Colorado and 

 in Pittsburg, and finds himself exceed- 

 ingly busy. 



Ansonia, Conn. — At the monthly 

 meeting of the Intertown Dahlia Asso- 

 ciation, held July 15 at the Arlington 

 assembly rooms, the annual dahlia ex- 

 hibition and other important matters 

 were considered. It was thought that 

 the dahlia show would probably be held 

 the second Saturday in September. 



Elmira, N. Y.— The United States Cut 

 Flower Co. is considering plans for an 

 enlargement of its greenhouses. The 

 new addition will probably comprise 

 from 25,000 to 50,000 square feet of 

 glass. In spite of the fact that 59,000 

 square feet of glass has been added 

 since the original range was built, the 

 company has lately been compelled to 

 decline many new orders. 



Morrison, 111.— The E. E. Davis Co. 

 has been incorporated, with a capital 

 stock of $60,000, by E. E. Davis, J. W. 

 Steiner and Frank L. Davis. It is said 

 that the new company is a consolida- 

 tion of the two firms of florists, E. E. 

 Davis & Co. and Davis & Steiner. The 

 objects of the company, as stated in the 

 articles of incorporation, are "horticul- 

 tural and live stock business, and deal- 

 ers in gravel, cement and fertilizers," 

 but the present intention is to limit 

 operations to the florists' business, the 

 other lines of trade being merely future 

 possibilities. 



Dows, la. — A modern greenhouse is 

 soon to be built here by Shaffer & Lar- 

 son. 



Fairmont, Minn. — Miss A. E. Krum- 

 holz has sold out and retired from the 

 business. 



Norway, Me. — F. H. Cummings has a 

 considerable estate here and is an en- 

 thusiastic horticulturist. He should be 

 on retail but not on wholesale mailing 

 lists. 



Manhattan, Elan. — The concrete foun- 

 dations have been completed for the 

 new conservatory at the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College. The building will 

 be 112x150 feet and will be ready for 

 use this fall. 



Kingston, N. Y. — Valentine Burge- 

 vin's Sons are much pleased with the 

 new house, 66x235 feet, with concrete 

 walls, just completed by the Lord & 

 Burnham Co. and intended for Beauty 

 and Killarney; also a propagating 

 house, 12x176 feet. They report a fine 

 season and carry excellent stock. 



Denver, Colo, — The city's flrst annual 

 "hospital flower day" was observed 

 July 4. Many automobile loads of flow- 

 ers were given for distribution among 

 the sick in the wards of all the hos- 

 pitals. The Park Floral Co., the 

 Thomas Chapman Floral Co., D. S. 

 Grimes & Son and the Mauff Floral Co. 

 all made liberal donations for this pur- 

 pose. 



Sllngerlands, N. Y. — ^President Gol- 

 dring of the Albany Florists' Club 

 showed the crowd that attended the 

 outing, July 7, what can be accom- 

 plished with opportunity and abundance 

 of grit to take advantage of it. The 

 fall show will be a big success. All 

 who partook of his generous hospitality 

 promised their assistance. Fred A. 

 Danker is a first-class aid. 



Houghton, Mich. — The construction of 

 the new Pearce greenhouses at Lake 

 Linden is rapidly nearing completion. 

 Concrete is being used for the benches 

 and walks, and water will be supplied 

 from a concrete reservoir of 115,000 

 gallons capacity. Bert Nicholas, who 

 has been employed at different times 

 by a number of Chicago florists, is in 

 charge of the work. 



Newfane, N. Y. — W. F. Tumber is 

 the only greenhouse man at this place. 

 In former years he made a business of 

 running his house on vegetables, but 

 last season he put in a few flowers, and 

 his success with them was "all I could 

 asK. " He' is now remodeling his house, 

 making it up-to-date in every respect, 

 with concrete walks, benches and pot- 

 ting-room. He also is building another 

 new house, 22x56. He does a local re- 

 tail business. 



