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DECEMBER ^8, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



23 



Scott. Holt carried oflf both the honors 

 and the bottle. J. Austin Shaw. 



East Hartford, Conn. — Prank W. 

 Richardson is seriously ill at his home, 

 having recently undergone an opera- 

 tion, but is said to be doing as well as 

 could be expected. 



Des Plaines, HL — C. C. Wakeling, 

 formerly with Hoerber Bros., has taken 

 the position of foreman for the Kemble 

 Floral Co., at Oskaloosa, la., and has 

 moved his family there. 



Adrian, Mich. — Wm. Wickham reports 

 that Christmas trade was good. Wreaths 

 of all kinds sold out by Sunday night. 

 The supply of holly and boxwood was 

 sold out early. The demand for potted 

 plants was about the same as last year. 



Bridgeton, N. J.— Theodore E. Ed- 

 wards has secured temporary quarters 

 for use as a salesroom until the store he 

 occupied before the fire can be put 

 in suitable condition. His holiday 

 trade was continued without interrup- 

 tion. 



lola, Kan. — John W. Primmer, on East 

 Lincoln street, added two new houses, 

 each 21x112, last summer, and is using 

 them for carnations. In his other houses 

 he grows a general stock. There is a 

 ready sale here and in the neighboring 

 towns for all his output. 



Beardstown, HI. — Frank Bros, say 

 that business has been dull through the 

 autumn in every branch of the trade, 

 but that it is improving now, especially 

 in funeral work. The chrysanthemums 

 were fine this year, but met with a slow 

 sale all the way through in the cut 

 flower line, though the pot plants 

 moved a little better. 



Falls City, Neb. — Simanton & Pence 

 have two houses of roses that are espe- 

 cially fine. Their stock includes some 

 Bride, Maid and Ivory, but they expect 

 to omit these three varieties next season 

 and grow the two Killarneys instead. 

 Besides the roses, they grow a general 

 line of stock and they have a total glass 

 area of about 25,000 square feet. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — Geo. M. Schurr, of 

 Schurr's Greenhouses, is much pleased 

 with the heavy volume of trade. He 

 has increased his area of glass this sea- 

 son. He has also built a brick smoke- 

 stack and remodeled the heating system. 

 Though he began business here with a 

 small capital only four years ago, the 

 value of his present establishment 

 proves that his income has been good 

 from the start. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— It is stated that Frank 

 P. Baum, the aged Kingsley street flo- 

 rist who died under peculiar circum- 

 stances in the Dudley House, in Sala- 

 manca, November 17, was robbed of 

 $6,000 on the night of his death and was 

 probably poisoned. Accordingly, a war- 

 rant was issued for the arrest of the 

 alleged thief, but at last report he had 

 disappeared and the detectives in charge 

 of the affair had found no clew to his 

 hiding place. Frank J. Baum, who now 

 has the management of the wholesale 

 business once conducted by his father, 

 IS pushing the prosecution of the case. 



These Are the Little Liners That Do the Basiiess 



Lexington, Ky. — Miss Fannie D. 

 White sold 1,.'>00 poinsettias for Christ- 

 mas and could have used quite a few 

 more. The holiday business was quite 

 the best ever. 



Missoula, Mont. — December 21, just 

 in time for the Christmas trade, the R. 

 & S. Flower Store was formally opened. 

 The proprietors are Miss E. Eeimers 

 and F. X. Scully. 



Baraboo, Wis. — E. T. Boss, though he 

 has been in business here only a few 

 months, has already won a good amount 

 of patronage. He has a neat new green- 

 house and offiee at the corner of East 

 and Eighth streets and a store on Oak 

 street. . His boiler is large enough to 

 provide heat for more houses when they 

 are needed. 



Cold Spring, N. Y. — J. S. Cunningham 

 says he will never again defer the 

 planting of his carnations to give place 

 for mums, though the demand for the 

 latter was entirely satisfactory. His 

 crop of Enchantress was in fine shape 

 for the Christmas rush. In addition to 

 performing the office of sexton and 

 undertaker, Mr. Cunningham has just 

 been elected chairman of the board of 

 assessors. 



SedaUa, Mo.— The Archias Floral Co. 

 has fitted up a cut flower department 

 in the store of the Archias Seed Co., 

 having put in a handsome McCray re- 

 frigerator. Two new 25-foot green- 

 houses have just been completed at the 

 range at tne edge of town. 



Cleveland, O.— The J. M. Gasser Co. 

 reports having the best Christmas trade 

 in ten years, but could not get enough 

 pink and red roses to meet the demand. 

 Everything cleaned up well except vio- 

 lets, which dragged a little and had to 

 be forced, although the stock was ex- 

 ceptionally fine. 



Haverhill, Mass. — More than $10,000 

 loss was sustained by Charles H. Kaul- 

 bach in a fire that destroyed his home, 

 leveled a large barn to the ground and 

 burned the heating plant and part of his 

 large greenhouses December 11. The 

 fire started in the steam-heating plant 

 in a small building connected with the 

 greenhouses, and it is supposed was 

 caused by an overheated boiler. The 

 wind was blowing from the west at the 

 time and this kept the flames away from 

 the greenhouses, in which there were 

 many valuable plants, the stock being 

 valued at $5,000. 



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