JANUABT 4, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Butland, Vt. — A new store, to be 

 known as The Flower Shop, has been 

 opened in the building at the head of 

 Cottage street on West street. 



Glen St. Mary, ria.— The Glen St. 

 Mary Nurseries have purchased an ad- 

 ditional tract of land, comprising 

 about 1,000 acres, and will greatly ex- 

 tend their nursery business. 



Lowell, Micli. — The greenhouses of 

 E. L, Kinyon, formerly located three 

 miles out in the country, were removed 

 to town before the beginning of the 

 winter season, and an excellent busi- 

 ness is being done at the new site. 



Virginia, Minn. — Alfred Johnson, 

 who began business here in a modest 

 way about six years ago, now has a 

 modern, substantial range of green- 

 houses, containing about 14,000 square 

 feet of glass. He grows both flowers 

 and vegetables. 



Spokane, Wash. — An order has been 

 placed by the park board for material 

 for a large new greenhouse at Manito 

 park. The work of construction will 

 begin about March 1, under the direc- 

 tion of Superintendent of Parks John 

 W. Duncan. 



Middletown, Conn. — Henry Koehler, 

 who now has charge of the establishment 

 on Ferry street that was conducted for 

 many years by the late Henry Beebe, is 

 a florist of wide experience and is push- 

 ing the business with energy and suc- 

 cess. 



Reading, Pa.— E. H. Becars, of the 

 Rosedale Greenhouses, estimates that 

 the demand for flowers at Christmas 

 and New Year's was heavier than it 

 has been for many years. Harry J. 

 Huesman and other local florists were 

 also unusually well pleased with the 

 holiday trade. 



Des Moines, la. — It is said that 

 Lozier The Florist recently gave rather 

 unusual proof of his dependability in 

 the delivery of flowers. Finding that 

 a bunch of flowers which had been or- 

 dered for a funeral at Ijeon, la., would 

 not be likely to arrive in time if sent 

 by railroad, he engaged a man to make 

 the trip, a distance of more than 100 

 miles, on a motorcycle. The flowers 

 were ordered by O. E. Hull, Mr. 

 Lozier 's agent at Leon. 



Fort Smith, Ark.— Geo. T. Duey, of 

 the Electric Park Greenhouses, has 

 opened a downtown store, which he is 

 conducting under the name of Quality 

 Flowers. The store is in charge of Geo. 

 W, Eye, formerly with A. A. Pantet & 

 Co., who have retired and passed their 

 trade over to the Electric Park Green- 

 houses. Christmas business was more 

 than could well be handled and scarcely 

 a bloom was left unsold. Mr. Duey was 

 so busy that, as he says, he "did not 

 even have time to think." 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. — John J. Fee, 

 the Forest Hills street florist, has re- 

 ceived 400,000 bulbs of various sorts 

 from France, Germany and Japan. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — A Langhans has 

 converted his E-M-F touring car into a 

 light delivery auto, which is doing 

 good service and makes quite an at- 

 tractive vehicle. 



Hyannis, Mass. — Samuel W. Hallett 

 has opened a new flower store on Main 

 street, where he will handle plants, 

 flowers, fertilizers, garden tools and 

 nursery stock. 



Memphis, Tenn. — The Hernando Flo- 

 ral Co. reports a fairly good Christmas 

 business, with all salable stock pretty 

 well cleaned out, in spite of the some- 

 what unfavorable weather. 



Virden, HI. — Anton Cioban, of the 

 Virden Greenhouses, says that his 

 Christmas and New Year's business 

 was unquestionably better this season 

 than in the previous two years. 



Fort Madison, la. — Christmas trade 

 at J. M. Auge's showed an increase of 

 ten per cent over that of any preceding 

 year. Plants and wreaths were the 

 best sellers. The fineness of the weath- 

 er was a great advantage. 



Salt Lake City, Utah.— H. F. F. 

 Thorup, on East Eighth South street, 

 does not report any extraordinary 

 amount of Christmas sales, but says 

 that the florists' business compared fa- 

 vorably with other lines of trade. 



Sedalia, Mo. — The Archias Floral Co. 

 was highly pleased with the Christmas 

 business, pronouncing it the best in 

 the firm's experience. All cut flowers 

 and all salable azaleas and other bloom- 

 ing plants were disposed of at fair 

 prices. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. — J. W. Dudley 

 & Sons say that Christmas trade was 

 about fifteen per cent better than the 

 previous year. Medium priced baskets 

 were leaders, with azaleas, begonias 

 and cyclamens as the best plant sellers. 

 Cut flowers of all kinds were plentiful, 

 but violets held the lead. Holly was 

 scarce and poor in quality, but ground 

 pine roping and boxwood wreaths were 

 in great demand. 



Port Huron, Mich. — Matt. TJUenbruch, 

 the well known florist of this city, 

 was handsomely remembered on Christ- 

 mas day by the members of the Grand 

 Trunk Shops Horticultural Society, at 

 Battle Creek. John C. Garden, who is 

 president of the shops horticultural so- 

 ciety, presented to Mr. TJUenbruch, in 

 behalf of the members of the society, 

 a solid mahogany rocker. Mr. TJUen- 

 bruch has always taken a grfeat inter- 

 est in the shop men, has given them 

 much practical assistance and is highly 

 esteemed by them. 



Nappanee, Ind. — ' ' This was our third 

 Christmas here," says C. A. Do8welI> 

 "and business was exceptionally good. " 



Grand Bapids, Mich. — Peter Kunst, 

 Jr., of the Crescent Avenue Floral .Co., 

 went to Salt Lake City on business 

 January 2. 



Ottawa, Kan. — The Lester Green- 

 house reports Christmas trade better 

 than ever this year, the plant sales 

 being particularly good. 



Bapid City, S. D. — Eeimers Bros, 

 have recently completed a new Mon- 

 inger greenhouse, 20 x 80, and say that 

 Christmas business was fine. 



Oshkosh, Wis. — Fugleberg & Flister 

 say that trade has been good all fall 

 and that Christmas business was par- 

 ticularly fine. 



Great Barrington, Mass. — Frank Eis- 

 ner, who completed his work as a flo- 

 rist at Brookside the first of the year, 

 will move with his family to Pittsfield, 

 where he will follow the same line of 

 work. 



Pittsfleld, Mass. — Rudolph Mauers- 

 berger, proprietor of the Holmes Road 

 Greenhouses, leased a vacant downtown 

 store for use during the Christmas 

 holidays. Mr. Mauersberger was land- 

 scape gardener on the Parsons estate 

 at Lenox for many years. 



Germantown, Pa. — R. Jamison & Son 

 say that, though Christmas and New 

 Year's trade was excellent last season, 

 it was still better this year. Their 

 poinsettias and azaleas, of which they 

 had a large supply, were all sold at 

 good prices and the demand was still 

 unsatisfied. 



McMinnville, Ore. — S. H. Maris, of 

 the Pioneer Greenhouses, says that 

 Christmas trade was good in all de- 

 partments — flowers, plants and vege- 

 tables. Carnations were in heavy crop 

 and were sold out clean. Plants and 

 made-up work showed a gain of 100 

 per cent over last year. Trade, he says, 

 was heavier than usual throughout the 

 fall, and at the date of his report there 

 had been no winter, aside from a few 

 light frosts. Consequently the florists 

 and gardeners were in good spirits. 



Pierre, S. D. — The dwelling and con- 

 tents owned by Herbert D. Enoe, pro- 

 prietor of the Capitol Greenhouse, was 

 destroyed by fire December 7. The 

 house also contained florists' supplies 

 valued at $1,000, practically all of which 

 were ruined. Fortunately the boiler, 

 which also supplied heat for the green- 

 houses and which is located in the base- 

 ment, was uninjured. Following closely 

 on the withdrawal of Boyd M. Barney, 

 a former partner and coworker, this dis- 

 aster has been a serious blow to Mr. 

 Enoe. 



