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December 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Brovmwood, Tey.— Mrs. C, L. Stef- 

 fens has erected a good-sized green- 

 house here and installed a steam heat- 

 ing system. She will grow cut flow- 

 ers and plants for the local market. 



Baleigh, N. C— C. A, Lyle & Co. have 

 filed articles of incorporation. The 

 authorized capital is $25,000. The in- 

 corporators are Frank Stronach and J. 

 Norflect Stronach. 



Holyoke, Mass. — G. H. Sinclair says 

 the best late white mum with him is 

 Gen. McArthur, of which he has a fine 

 batch for Christmas. He also has a 

 splendid lot of primulas. 



Belleville, 111.— It is reported that A. 

 S. Halstead, of the St. Clair Floral Co., 

 recently fell over a box in his green- 

 houses and received injuries which were 

 likely to confine him to his home for 

 some time. 



Lenox, Mass. — Robert Spiers has re- 

 signed his position as superintendent 

 at Interlaken and will take charge of 

 the greenhouses of Fred G. Crane, at 

 Dalton. Mr. Spiers has been a promi- 

 nent and highly successful epcbibitor at 

 horticultural shows in this vicinity. 



Salem, Mass. — The new establishment 

 of H. T. Conant & Co., to which they 

 have just removed, is said to be ideal 

 in its equipments and in its convenience 

 of arrangement. It is only a few doors 

 from their former location at 133% 

 Essex street, which they were obliged 

 to leave on account of a change of 

 ownership. 



New Eochel^ft^Jf, Y.— Wh^n Henry A. 

 Siebrecht went to his greenhouses one 

 morning recently, he found that the 

 doors of the houses had been forced 

 open during the night and that several 

 dozens of specially choice carnation and 

 chrysanthemum plants had been stolen. 

 The plants, it is said, were new varie- 

 ties and unusually valuable. 



Berlin, Conn. — A. A. Weldon, the 

 Berlin street chrysanthemum grower, 

 says this season has been the most 

 profitable one in his experience. He is 

 a veteran of the Civil war and has for 

 a number of years specialized in grow- 

 ing mums, after experimenting with 

 other kinds of flowers almost continu- 

 ously since his return from the war. 

 His stock is noted for its fine quality 

 and sells readily at the highest prices. 



Mitchell, S. D. — The firm known as 

 The Newburys, proprietors of the 

 Mitchell Greenhouses & Nurseries, have 

 filed articles of incorporation. The 

 capital stock is $100,000. The incor- 

 porators are Charlej E., Edwin C, 

 Elizabeth A. and Jessie E. Newbury, 

 and Frank J. Herrick. The business, 

 which has already grown to large pro- 

 portions under the management of the 

 Newbury family, will be continued 

 without change of name. 



East Jordan, Mich. — Mrs. Rosa Bat- 

 terbee reports that she has retired 

 from the florists' business. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.— Miss Ruth Flick, 

 of the C. B. Flick Floral Co., in this 

 city, has taken a position with John 

 Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, Mich. 



West Hoboken, N. J. — Two young 

 men have been arrested on the charge 

 of stealing chrysanthemums and roses 

 from the greenhouses of Adolph Asmus 

 and George Tschupp, in North Bergen. 



FainesviUe, O. — The Painesville Gar- 

 den & Greenhouse Co. has been incor- 

 porated, with a capital of $20,000, by 

 Alfred E. McKee, Chas. M. Hawley, 

 Edipund Witzman, Samuel J. Potts and 

 Edwin H. Hawley. 



Hartford, Conn. — John Coombs is 

 congratulating himself on the prospec- 

 tive yield of carnations during the next 

 few weeks. The output is tremendous 

 and all sold at retail. Hv T. Whiting 

 has some of the finest violets seen in 

 this vicinity, both Marie Louise and 

 Lady Campbell. 



Daytona, Fla. — Leon Despland, of 

 the I^aytona Floral Co., is building a 

 flower store on Magnolia avenue, be- 

 tween his residence and the Despland 

 hotel, and expects to have it completed 

 in time for the Christmas trade. Shrub- 

 bery, as well as flowers and plants, will 

 be handled at the new store. 



Fayetteville, Ark. — A recent wedding 

 that attracted much attention here was 

 the marriage October 25 of Lawrence 

 T. Shelton, secretary and treasurer of 

 the Southwestern Seed Co., and Miss 

 Ada L. Grasham, formerly chief stenog- 

 rapher for the same company. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Shelton will make their home in 

 a fine new residence at 223 East Dick- 

 son street. 



Quincy, HI.— While Gottfried Gross, 

 the Main street florist, was driving 

 across the street car tracks recently, a 

 car collided with his vehicle with such 

 force that the harness was stripped 

 from the horse and the buggy was 

 dragged several yards before the car 

 could be stopped. Mr. Gross retained 

 his seat in the buggy, but received 

 some painful bruises. His injuries, 

 however, were not considered serious. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — The Manufacturers' 

 Light and Heat Co., of this city, has 

 been a favorite investment for several 

 florists and their friends, and it will 

 be noted with interest that the com- 

 pany has just declared a dividend of 

 three-fourths per cent, payable Decem- 

 ber 20. Books close December 8 and re- 

 open December 21. This is the first 

 dividend declared since October, 1906. 

 Prior to that time the company dis- 

 bursed six per cent per annum in 

 dividends. 



Waukegan, 111. — M. P. Dilger recently 

 returned from a brief sojourn in north- 

 ern Michigan. He reports that when he 

 left that locality the ground was cov- 

 ered by fourteen inches of snow. 



Lowell, Mass. — Griffith 's flower store, 

 on Bridge street, was damaged by fire 

 recently. When the flames were discov- 

 ered at 2:30 a. m., they had destroyed 

 part of a partition, but were soon ex- 

 tinguished. 



Greenfield, Mass. — The residence of 

 Paul R. Burtt, with nearly all of the 

 furniture, was destroyed by fire on the 

 afternoon of December 4. Mrs. Burtt 

 and her 3-months-old baby had a nar- 

 row escape. The loss is roughly esti- 

 mated at $3,500, partly covered by 

 insurance. 



Albion, Mich. — Arthur H. Dew, who 

 last year tore down his old greenhouses 

 and rebuilt them on a larger scale, 

 doubling their former capacity, now 

 finds it necessary lo add another house, 

 so as to be able to take care of his 

 spring trade. He will begin work on 

 the new house at once. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The Minneapolis 

 Florists' Club held its last meeting 

 December 5, at the establishment of 

 Rice Bros., 115 North Sixth street, 

 which has been chosen as the club's 

 headquarters. C. F. Rice is secretary 

 and treasurer. The regular date of 

 meeting is the first Tuesday of each 

 month. 



Sprinl^field, Mass. — Prospector holds 

 the lead as the best scarlet carnation 

 with J. W. Adams & Co., who will 

 have a cut of several thousand for the 

 holidays. Mark Aitken is receiving 

 from his plant at Agawam fine Pink 

 Delight, May Day and White Winsor. 

 White Enchantress he considers the 

 most profitable of white carnations. In 

 roses, Killarney takes the lead. An- 

 toine Rivoire (Mrs. Taft) has many 

 admirers. Wm. Schlatter & Son report 

 heavy sales for their bouquet pin. 



Waterford, Conn. — On Wednesday, 

 November 22, Stanley Jordan, superin- 

 tendent of the Harkness estate, near 

 this town, made a visit to Sterlington, 

 N. Y., where he was the guest of Mr. 

 and Mrs. H. F. Bulpitt, at Table Rock 

 estate, where Mr. Bulpitt is head gar- 

 dener for W. G. Hamilton. During Mr. 

 Jordan's visit he was married to Miss 

 Elsie Violet Hodges, of Wells, England. 

 The wedding took place November 26, 

 at Sloatsburg Episcopal church, and 

 on the following morning the happy 

 couple left for a short visit to Niagara 

 Falls. Mr. Jordan is well and favor- 

 ably known in the gardening trade and 

 the estate under his charge is in fine 

 condition. He has the best wishes of 

 his many friends. 



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