AiGUST '2o, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



19 





Groton^ Mass. — 11. lliictuu'r was cdn- 

 fiiu'd to Ills liotiu' ior .scni'ial weeks 

 with rlieiiiiiatisiii. 



Superior, Wis. — F. 11. Rockwood is 

 adding one more house to his range at 

 2419 Klniira avenue. 



Bar Harbor, Me. — Frederick II. Moses 

 was recently re[)ortod to be seriously ill 

 and under the constant care of a physi- 

 cian. 



Independence, Kan. — Chris Schmidt 

 has lu'guu liusiness here as a ilorist, 

 at the corner of Eighth and Sycamore 

 streets. 



Tyler, Tex. — This year has been a 

 ]iros]ierous one for James AVhitten, in 

 spite of the backward sjiring. Trade 

 lias been so good tiiat it has almost 

 (deancd out his stock of plants. 



Portsmouth, O. — The store of the 

 Ilerms Floral Co., at the :Ma,iestic Tiie- 

 .■iter corner, was recently entered by 

 burgl.ars and robbed of .•Ji-lO. The thieves 

 gained an entrance through the roof, 

 wlii(di tiiey rencdied from the theater. 



Evansville, Ind. — Part of the green- 

 houses of Julius Xiednagel ic Sons are 

 directly in the ]iath of a j-roposed ex- 

 tension of B(dl street, and a member of 

 tlio lirm recently ap])eared before the 

 lioard of Works to ]ilead for delay in 

 the opening of the street, as the nmving 

 of the greenhouses just at present would 

 be attended with great expense. 



Charlevoix, Mich. — B. B. Blair now 

 has his hands full in taking care of the 

 suminer* trade in this favorite holiday 

 resort. His si)ring plant trade was u 

 record-breaker. Field carnations, he 

 says, sutVered from the drought in duly, 

 but made rapid growth later. Sweet 

 ])('as were r.ot up to the usual northeril" 

 Michigan standard, but asters are fine. 



Lake Linden, Mich. — The three green- 

 houses which are being erected here for 

 the I'earce Hardware & Furniture Co. 

 are nearly completed. The boiler hquse 

 has been finished and the boiler has 

 been installed. Owing to the large 

 flower trade which the Fearce company 

 has already established here, there will 

 be a ready sale for the output of the 

 new houses. 



New Castle, Ind. — William Dittmann 

 recently returned from three weeks' 

 fishing' at Bake Manitou and has 

 brought with him a big bucket of bass. 

 He says he had the best time of his 

 life. His Beauties are in extra fine 

 condition, with prospects for the best 

 year since he has been in business. He 

 has all two year-old stock i)lanted over 

 and will begin cutting in about ten 

 (lavs or two weeks, with good stems. 

 Mr. Dittmann and wife plan to make 

 a trip to Cuba and Porto Kica late this 

 fall. 



Independence, Mo. — S. B. Ayrcs finds 

 business ahead of his facilities and re- 

 cently has been at Chicago buying ma- 

 terial for another house. 



Morrison, 111.^ — The directors of the 

 U. 1\. Davis Co., recently incorporated, 

 have elected tiie following ollicius: 

 President, \i. Ji. Davis; vice-president 

 and treasurer, ,1. A\'. Steiner; secretary, 

 J-"rank Davis. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — The ollice of 

 .lames J''raser. proprietor of the greeii- 

 hor.st's at the ^louutain Home ccMiie- 

 tery, was recently burglari/.ed twice 

 within the same week. The thieves se- 

 cured $40 in cash, besides some small 

 articles. 



Kennett Square, Pa. — A greenhouse. 

 00x200, of the King materials, was 

 recently built here, for Yeatman i^- 

 Way, and will be used for tomatoes and 

 mushrooms. Henry G. Miller, repre- 

 senting the King Construction Co., had 

 charge of the erection of the house. 



Parmington, Utah— The :\Ii!ler Floral 

 Co. has coniiileted its first rose 

 house, 4.")xn00 feet, and cxjiects soon 

 to build a house of similar dimensions 

 for carnations. The firm has already 

 planted (i/tOO roses, which promise to 

 be in shape for producing a good fall 

 crop. 



South Bend, Ind.— Three tracts of 

 land, formerly the jiroperty of the South 

 Bend Floral Co., were recently sold at 

 jniblic auction for a total consideration 

 of $;i,7S0. This transaction jiractically 

 I ended the atfairs of the receivership of 

 the concern. Charles F. Campbell was 

 the receiver. 



Belvidere, 111.— B. Fldridge is making 

 extensive improvements at his green- 

 houses in Fairview. The changes in- 

 clude the erection of a concrete chim- 

 nev, fifty feet in height and thirty 

 inches in'inside diameter. Mr. Hldridge 

 is jdanning. it is said, to grow large 

 quantities of roses and carnations for 

 the wholesale trade. 



Hartford, Conn.— At the funeral of F. 

 B. Fdwards, a well-known druggist, one 

 of the most notable of the many floral 

 ].ie«'es was a large j.anel, made by I'ag.' 

 F. I'otter, wdio has greenhouses at 2:52 

 Main street and a store at Cu,?, Main 

 street. The panel was ordered by the 

 Druggists' Association <d' Hartford. 

 It was eight feet high and three and one- 

 half feet wide, and was mounte<l on an 

 easel. It was made of roses, sweet l>eas 

 and carnations. At the tot- was a clock 

 dial, with the hands pointing to i):4(). the 

 hour at which Mr. Kdwar.ls die<l. I'n- 

 derneath this was a druggist's ]iestle 

 and nu)rtar. Suri:.(uint ing all was a long 

 silk ribbon bearing the inscrijit ion. 

 " The Sad Hour. ' ' 



Toledo, O.— Tiie new r.-inge of Dietsch 

 con.^t ruction, ihat is being built for 

 .Miller IJnis., is rapidly Hearing comple- 

 t iiiii. 



Rochester, N. Y.— B. S. Blake & Son 

 ha\(' lieeii gianted a jiatent on a new 

 lock ring rliji which locks a string wire 

 ti» t lie jilant stake. 



Cleveland, O.— A. A. Hart, the Lake 

 avenue florist, with his daughter Cer- 

 tiiidc, sailed on the Cincinnati, .Tuly It), 

 tdr llamliuig, for three uiontlis' tra\<d 

 tliioMgli iMirojie. 



Des Moines, la. — An awning on the 

 store of the Cut hrie-Loreii/. ( d. was re- 

 c(Mitly torn fi'dui its f;istenings by a 

 sturni and hulled tliroiigli the ]ilate 

 glass siiow wini'ipw. 



White Marsh, Md. Tin' fcuirth an- 

 nual dahlia slidw iil' b'. \'incent. .Jr., & 

 Sons < 'o.. givi'ii in cuniiect iioi witli the 

 har\('st lioiiir t'estiw^ I'll' Flieiiezer 

 cliiiicli. will be li(dd S('|itenil,i'r 2(; to 2il. 



Independence, Kan. — \\i|li:ini llassel- 

 inaiiM, tdrineilx' ot' t Ikj (inn of Hasler tfc 

 llassclinann. at Newton. Kan., has re- 

 ino\{>(l to this ]ilace and is erecting 

 three greenhouses, each 21x7o. at l\ail- 

 loail and Tenth streets. He sold his 

 halt' interest in tiie X(>wtou business 

 to his partner, i-\ Hasler. 



Nantucket, Mass. - II. H. Voorneveld, 

 |iio|iiietor ot the I'lorali.a Flower Store, 

 on Liberty street, is attr.acting atten- 

 tion here as a remark.-ibly successful 

 grower of (lutdoor sweet peas, Canter- 

 bury bells and other flowers. His gar- 

 den contains a strikingly beautiful ar- 

 ras' (d' sweet ])eas — wholt> hedges of 

 them, many of them ov(>r six feet high. 

 This town, Mr. X'oornevtdd says, is 

 steadily gaining iii jiopularity as a sum- 

 mer resort and is becoming more at- 

 tractive each year, as the ]»eojde give 

 increasing attention to horticulture. 



Paxton, 111. — In order to disjiose of 

 a large stock of surplus carnations, 

 whicii otherwise woubl have been 

 dumped on the rubbish heap, Addems, 

 Morgan <!c Co. recently advertised in a 

 local paper that on a certain day 

 they would give one half dozen of those 

 flowers to eacdi child that ap[)lied be- 

 tween S and Id o '(dock a. m., limited, 

 however, one (diild to each family. In 

 this manner they brought smiles to the 

 faces of 2<i.'> (diildren who c;ime, giving 

 each one ten carnations, instead of the 

 six promised. This firm also reports 

 that business, both wholesale and re- 

 tail, has been better this year than ever 

 before, .ind they are unable to keep 

 ]iace with th(> orders for young stock. 

 They are putting a new plate glass win- 

 dow and v(>stibule entrance in the front 

 of their store, and at their establish- 

 ment at Loda they are building a new 

 [irofiagat ing house, 100 feet long. 



