Febbuaby 22. 1912. 



TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



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^ New Bedford, Mass. — E. H. Chamber- 

 lain has returned from a vacation of 

 five weeks, spent in the south. 



Ogden, Utah. — Misses Elizabeth Huth 

 and Alberta West have opened The 

 Flower Shop in a part of the Badcon 

 pharmacy. 



Denver, Colo. — N. A. Benson has 

 taken out a building permit for a range 

 of greenhouses, the cost of which is 

 said to be $10,000. 



Murphysboro, 111. — Fire caused by 

 an overheated furnace recently caused 

 $350 damage to the greenhouses of J. E. 

 Null during the absence of the owner. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Mr. and Mrs. 

 Charles Mills recently celebrated their 

 thirtieth wedding anniversary. Mr. 

 Mills is an alderman as well as florist. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — Last spring Eu- 

 dolph Mauersberger leased the old 

 Waring greenhouses and now has them 

 in fine shape. He calls the place the 

 Holmes Boad Greenhouses. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Frank J. Knecht 

 has just bought nine lots at Fairfield 

 and Agnes avenues and was at Chicago 

 to order material for six greenhouses. 

 He was for a long time foreman for 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Mollne, m.— The firm of Peterson & 

 Eckstam Bros, dissolved partnership 

 last week and from this time on will 

 be known as Eckstam Bros. They 

 still have the same quarters at 540 

 Tenth street and will handle all lines 

 that they have in former times. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — The New York 

 Florists, who have been located for 

 some time at 204 Hogan street, have 

 removed to 217 West Adams street, 

 to a store which was especially built 

 for their business. Mr. Davis is build- 

 ing his own greenhouses, where he will 

 grow most of his flowers. 



Cold Spring, N. Y.— J. S. Cunning- 

 ham has an especially clean lot of Lili- 

 um Harrisii and states, as a reason, 

 that the plants are grown at an even 

 temperature and are not watered over- 

 head. This method is being adopted 

 by several growers, with success. He 

 has some large planting contracts for 

 the coming season and predicts a busy 

 spring. 



College Point, N. Y.— Golsner Bros, 

 have sustained a serious loss in three 

 houses of carnations and one house 

 of callas, caused by escaping illuminat- 

 ing gas from a main some distance 

 away. The leak was not discovered 

 until practically the whole crop was 

 ruined and the plants were so affected 

 that only an extremely late crop will 

 be secured. The question of the pay- 

 ment of damages is under considera- 

 tion by the gas company. 



Bristol, E. I.— The greenhouses of F. 

 A. Geisler, on Mount Hope avenue, 

 were completely destroyed by fire on 

 Saturday night, February 10. The loss 

 is partly covered by insurance. 



Auburn, Ind.— C. M. Ten Eyck & Son 

 are planning to make extensive im- 

 provements at their greenhouses during 

 the coming summer. Another house 

 or two will be built and a new boiler 

 will be installed. 



Benton Harbor, Mich. — C. H. May- 

 nard and wife, of Detroit, have bought 

 a place of five acres just outside of 

 town and will raise chickens. Mrs. 

 Maynard is widely known as the secre- 

 tary of the Ladies' S. A. F. 



Clayton, Mo. — Anthon Bros, are said 

 to have four of the best houses of car- 

 nations in this vicinity and they are 

 contemplating an enlargement of their 

 glass area. They ship all their output 

 to the W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral 

 Co., St. Louis. 



New Haven, Conn. — Charles Munro 

 has begun the holding of regular Sat- 

 urday sales at his store, 974 Chapel 

 street, and has announced the fact in 

 the local newspapers, stating that at 

 each sale he will "specialize in some 

 particular flower at a reduced price." 



East Peoria, 111. — The published re- 

 ports in regard to the recent damage 

 by fire at the Williams greenhouses 

 were inaccurate in their reference to 

 H. E. Hitting as manager. Mr. Mitting 

 is owner of the stock and proprietor 

 of the business, not simply its manager. 

 The houses are owned by H. W. Will- 

 iams, but are leased by Mr. Mitting. 



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Hampton, la.— The Curtis Floral Co., 

 of this city, has opened a branch store 

 at Eagle Grove. 



Blue Mound, Kan.— Mrs. Arthur Fos- 

 ter has a splendid lot of advance or- 

 ders booked for outdoor work in the- 

 spring. 



Xenia, O.— The greenhouses and 

 home of Mrs. George Engel, on Dayton 

 avenue, have been purchased by Ed- 

 ward Lampert and his father-in-law, 

 Elmer Hamma. 



Louisville, Ky.— William Walker, 

 whose store at 326 West Jefferson street 

 was destroyed by fire January 31, has 

 secured new quarters at 615 Fourth ave- 

 nue, where business is proceeding al- 

 most as though nothing had occurred. 



Duluth, Minn.— Edward P. Kreimer 

 and Oliver J. Eischen recently pub- 

 lished a unique advertisement in a 

 local daily. It was a five-column pic- 

 ture of the store, with text designed to 

 repel the Greek invasion. 



West Hartford, Conn.— Mr. Peterson, 

 grower for Miss H. F. Whiting, is quite 

 successful with Lilium Harrisii and be- 

 lieves it can be profitably grown. A 

 house of Bride and Maid are still 

 grown for patrons who prefer these 

 roses. Killarney and Eichmond are 

 companions, all grafted stock. 



Findlay, O. — Miss Lauretta Miller 

 has discontinued the Findlay Floral 

 Store, at 610 South Main street, and 

 has associated herself with the City 

 Greenhouse Co., on Larkins street. She 

 has moved the equipment of her store 

 and will continue in the flower business. 

 The Findlay Floral Store was opened 

 about a year ago. 



Muncie, Ind.— H. J. Potomkin, who 

 last July purchased greenhouses con- 

 taining 10,000 square feet of glass, on 

 the Studebaker pike, is growing vegeta- 

 bles for the wholesale market, with 

 lettuce as a specialty. He expects to 

 return later, however, to the growing 

 of roses and carnations, the work in 

 which the greater part of his life has 

 been spent. 



Toledo, O.— Miss Helen F. Patten, 

 the Madison avenue florist, was recent- 

 ly victimized by the use of a worthless 

 check. Probably the swindler would 

 not have been successful, however, if 

 his tactics had not been a little differ- 

 ent from those commonly employed 

 He ordered flowers to the amount of 

 $1.15 and requested that they be sent 

 to a certain address C. O. D., with 

 change for $10. When the flowers and 

 change were sent by a boy, the latter 

 was met in front of the house by the 

 man, who took the box of flowers and 

 $8.85 and gave the messenger a check 

 for $10. 



