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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



21 



Marion, Ind. — L. C, Smith, of the 

 Marion Floral Co., has the sympathy of 

 the trade in the loss of his mother, 

 who died January 17, at the age of 68 

 years. 



Amherst, Masfi. — Morris Kingman 's 

 greenhouses, on South Pleasant street, 

 were completely destroyed by fire Jan- 

 uary 26. The house and barn, close 

 by, were saved. 



Yonkers, N. Y.— H. J. F. de Thestrup, 

 formerly foreman for Frank P. Put- 

 nam, at Lowell, Mass., is now superin- 

 tendent of the greenhouses of the 

 Yonkers Nursery Co. 



Trenton, N. J. — The business of 

 Harry E. Blackman, at 135 North Broad 

 street, has been incorporated under the 

 name of the Blackman Floral Co., with 

 a capital stock of $20,000. 



New Orleans, La. — Mr. and Mrs. M. 

 Cook have invited a large circle of 

 friends, including many in the trade, 

 to assist them in the celebration of 

 their golden wedding February 8. 



Garfield, Wash. — ^January 24 Louis B. 

 Scott, of the firm of Scott Bros., pro- 

 prietors of the Boselawn Greenhouses 

 at this place and Moscow, Idaho, formed 

 a partnership for life with Miss Elna 

 Swanson. The young couple have 

 begun housekeeping in their own home 

 at Moscow, where the groom has charge 

 of the firm's greenhouses. 



Summit, N. J.— At William Death's 

 establishment a boiler gave out re- 

 cently, and soon afterward his delivery 

 wagon was smashed in a collision with 

 an automobile. Fortunately, no one was 

 hurt. Both accidents happened at the 

 busiest time. A new Hitchings boiler 

 was installed and an auto delivery car 

 will probably take the place of the 

 wagon. 



Kansas City, Mo.— The Wm. L. Bock 

 Flower Co. has leased for ten years a 

 part of the building at 1108 to 1110 

 Orand avenue, which is being remodeled 

 and will be ready for its tenants about 

 March 1, The space to be occupied by 

 the Bock Co. is the north half of the 

 first floor and a part of the basement, 

 and the total ten-year rental will be 

 $51,000. 



Lexington, Ky. — John A. Keller es- 

 tate has sold to James P. Keller the 

 downtown store which he has success- 

 fully managed for many years. He 

 will continue at the same stand to do 

 a retail business, while the original firm 

 of John A. Keller will do a general 

 wholesale and retail business at the 

 greenhouses under the management of 

 J. Ferdinand Keller, who has been in 

 charge of the plant since the death of 

 the late John A. Keller a few years 

 ago. 



Forest Hills, Mass. — Eobert Walsh, 

 for nearly fifteen years with M. J. Kil- 

 lion, resumed his duties January 25, 

 after an illness of eight weeks. 



Rome, N". Y. — Edward H. Kipp has 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy, with un- 

 secured liabilities of $3,751 and nomi- 

 nal assets of $1,054. 



Alton, HI. — Charles Newman has 

 bought three lots on North Elizabeth 

 street for a range of houses for grow- 

 ing vegetables. 



South Omaha, Neb. — A. D. Curtis, 

 formerly with the Woodbine Floral Co., 

 at Woodbine, la., has been engaged to 

 take charge of the greenhouses of L. 

 Henderson, in this town, 



Allentown, Pa. — There was a narrow 

 escape from a freeze-out at E. N. 

 Kroninger's range of eight houses Jan- 

 uary 26, when the electric pump which 

 supplies water for the boilers was out 

 of commission. 



Bacine, Wis. — During the recent zero 

 weather the greenhouses of W. Jack- 

 son, on the Lake Shore road, south of 

 this city, could not be sufficiently 

 heated and his stock of flowers and 

 vegetables was badly damaged. 



Peoria, HI. — Fire recently destroyed 

 thirty feet of the ends of two houses 

 at the Peoria Home Nursery. It was 

 a struggle to save the rest of the 

 plant, because the distance from the 

 city made help impossible. H. E. Mit- 

 ting is manager and he promptly sent 

 an order for material to the Moninger 

 Co., Chicago, and made quick repairs. 

 The proprietor is H. W. Williams. An 

 ofiSce is maintained opposite the city 

 hall. 



Northampton, Mass.— The horticul- 

 tural laboratory at Smith college wit- 

 nessed the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Holyoke and Northampton January 9. 

 Edward J. Canning gave an interesting 

 talk on palms, and W. J. Beach, of 

 South Hadley, read a fine paper on the 

 culture of carnations. The last meet- 

 ing of the club was held at Amherst 

 Agricultural College, February 6, when 

 W. H. Elliott, of Brighton, talked on 

 roses. 



Lawrence, Kan. — Mrs. Panl B. 

 Brooks, proprietor of the Oread Green- 

 houses, on South Tennessee street, re- 

 ports that she had a narrow escape 

 from serious trouble during the recent 

 cold wave, when the Natural Gas Co. 

 reduced the supply of gas here in order 

 to supply more of it to Kansas CSity. 

 The Oread Greenhouses have been 

 heated with natural gas for the last 

 four years, with no special difficulty 

 until this winter. Now Mrs. Brooks 

 has changed the fixtures in her boiler, 

 so as to burn coal instead of gas. 



Beatrice, Neb.— The Dole Floral Co. 

 is planning the erection of another 

 greenhouse, 32x100. During the com- 

 ing summer they will also install two 

 new boilers, to take the place of those 

 now in use. 



Topeka, Kan. — Fire, January 6, at- 

 tacked the greenhouses belonging to 

 Jacob Bleier, a vegetable grower. Al- 

 though Mr. Bleier has a range of seven 

 houses, the flames were confined to one 

 of them, the loss being something over 

 $100. 



Homell, N. Y. — Albert King is well 

 pleased with the season's trade, which 

 has kept all hands busy. Born in La 

 Belle France and raised among flowers, 

 he is a most successful grower. A new 

 house is under way and will be ready 

 by spring. 



Cumberland Center, Me. — A part of 

 the roof of one of Frank H. Chase 's 

 greenhouses recently collapsed under 

 the weight of snow and ruined the 

 bench of carnations directly beneath it. 

 Temporary repairs were quickly made 

 and the rest of the stock in the house 

 was saved. The broken space in the 

 roof was 6x25 feet. 



Ludington, Mich. — A recent fire in 

 the windmill tower at the establish- 

 ment of William Gregory, on East 

 Ludington avenue, caused a loss of 

 about $300. The flames were confined 

 to the tower and water tank, and tem- 

 porary repairs were hurriedly made, 

 thus renewing the supply of water for 

 the heating system in time to prevent 

 injury to the stock in the greenhouses. 

 The loss was partly covered by in- 

 surance. 



New London, Wis. — The greenhouses 

 of the Guelson Floral Co. had a narrow 

 escape from serious disaster during the 

 recent below-zero weather. The blow- 

 off valve on the boiler was burst by 

 the frost, and as a consequence the 

 water all escaped and the boiler was 

 cracked and burned beyond repair. The 

 ruin of the stock was prevented by 

 building small fires along the aisles of 

 the five houses. The temperature was 

 thus kept at a safe height until a 

 threshing engine could be run to the 

 scene and connected to the heating 

 pipes. 



Winfield, Kaa. — J. L. Vaughan, for- 

 merly of Dexter and Independence, 

 has purchased the greenhouses of E. H. 

 Gilbert, on East Third street, and is 

 planning to remodel and enlarge the 

 range in the spring, as soon as the 

 weather will permit. His property is 

 260 feet in depth and has a frontage of 

 125 feet on Third street. On the sev- 

 enty-five feet of vacant space west of 

 the present houses, he proposes to erect 

 another house, 40x200 feet. He will 

 also rearrange the heating system and 

 thoroughly overhaul and renovate the 

 buildings. 



