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Columbus, Ind. — Charles S. Barnaby 

 has opened a flower store at 428 Fifth 

 street, in the Irwin block. 



Southington, Conn. — Philip J. Lun- 

 den, of the firm of Olson & Lunden, the 

 bankruptcy proceedings of which were 

 reported in The Review about six weeks 

 ago, will engage in business again in 

 Bridgeport. 



Salem, Mass. — McGee, Geary & Co. 

 experienced a severe loss in the death 

 of the genial Dennis Ilallahan. Keady 

 of wit and a whole-souled fellow, he 

 left a host of ftiends to mourn his 

 demise. 



Palmer, Mass. — Ernest L. Johnson/ 

 who has been in charge of the green- 

 house at the Monson state hospital for 

 some years, is building a greenhouse at 

 his residence and will engage in busi- 

 ness for himself. 



Lamed, Kan. — Joel Smith, proprietqr 

 of the Larned Greenhouses, says he 

 has had a good trade this winter. There 

 was not much cold weather here, and 

 little snow. Prospects are for a good 

 season this coming spring. 



Southampton, N. Y. — Clarence W. 

 Moore, formerly a restaurant owner 

 here, and his brother, Bryant Moore, 

 formerly of Patchogue, will carry on 

 a florists' business in partnership, oc- 

 cupying the old Elwood place on Hill 

 street. 



Danlelson, Conn. — Franklin & Crosby 

 escaped the recent freeze and have been 

 able to assist their less fortunate neigh- 

 bors. Some time ago they originated a 

 new wax bean and the seed branch of 

 the business has been much benefited 

 by the publicity given it. 



Hastings, Neb.— Charles W. Winkler 

 has been quite sick for over a year, 

 sinking so low at times that there was 

 little hope of his recovery. He is bet- 

 ter now, however, although still ex- 

 tremely weak. Business has been ex- 

 ceptionally good lately. Some extra fine 

 White Enchantress and Eose-pink En- 

 chantress are being cut. 



Blair, Neb, — Eodgers & Pieper, pro- 

 prietors of the Blair Floral Co., have 

 more than doubled their plant since 

 they purchased the range of J. M. Reid 

 a little over a year ago. To the 3,500 

 feet of glass thus acquired, they added 

 the houses of the Crowell Memorial 

 Home, all of which they moved to the 

 northeast part of town, where they 

 have now 8,000 square feet of glass. 

 The largo field which Rodgers & Pieper 

 have opened up fully justified the ex- 

 tensions and improvements made in the 

 plant. 



Clyde, O.— In the middle of the cold 

 spell the supply of gas from the local 

 concern gave out entirely February 24, 

 with the temperature 10 degree's below 

 zero. As a result, the boiler room of 

 the Clyde Carnationary was a favorite 

 retreat of the neighbors, who tried to 

 cook their coffee and potatoes on the 

 hot coals. E. E. Hall, of this firm, 

 whose sole means of locomotion since 

 he was confined to the house in No- 

 vember, 1911, has been an invalid's 

 chair, was forced to make the trip to 

 the boiler room, also, to avoid freezing 

 ir his residence. 



UNDER THE 

 SPKEADING CHESTNUT TREE* 



[Reaflprs are Invited to contrtbate to this col- 

 umn. No Btory Is so old that It Isn't new to 

 someone, but the fresher the better. No bar 

 against originality. If clippings are sent, add 

 name of the paper.] 



A man may guy, 



And a man may lie. 

 And a man may puff and blow, 



But he can't get trade. 



Sitting In the shade, 

 Waiting for business to grow! 



If it takes a cutworm thirty minutes to 

 eat out a carnation bud, asks R. W. H., 

 how long will it take a sowbug to kick a 

 petunia full of holes? 



A Bumper Crop. 



For a bet a young seedsman of Leeds 

 Rashly swallowed six packets of seeds; 



In a month — silly ass! 



He was covered with grass, 

 And he couldn't sit down for the weeds. 

 — A British Exchange. 



Beat Him to It. 



A veterinary advised a florist who 

 had a sick horse to put the medicine 

 in an iron tube, put the tube in the 

 horse's mouth and blow the medicine 

 down his throat. 



The next day he called to see the 

 florist and found him quite sick. 



"What happened?" inquired the 

 horse doctor. 



"The horse blew first," replied the 

 man. 



She Hadn't Been a Sailor. 



An Irish laborer of Pennsylvania had 

 the good fortune to own an acre of oil 

 land. He became extremely wealthy 

 and moved to New York, where in due 

 time he furnished the corpse for a fash- 

 ionable funeral. Floral designs of all 

 kinds were in evidence, all of which, 

 save one, were proudly exhibited at the 

 wake. This one was an anchor, which 

 the old lady j.-ut away out of sight. 

 After the funeral she showed it to her 

 son- and, taking it to be a reminder of 

 the time when Pat was a poor laborer, 

 said, "Jerry, who the dickens d'ye 

 s'pose sint that pick?" 



Advice From the Nursery. 



An anxious mother detornilnod to teleplione the 

 day nursery to ask for some udvicc in regard 

 to her child. The following convorsatlou ensued- 



"Hello! Is this the nursery?" 



"Yes, ma'am." 



"I am so worried about mv little Rose"' 



"Vat seems to be der madder?" 



"Oh. not 80 much, perliaiis; j\ist a general 

 llstlessness and lack of life." 



".Mn't growing rlgiid, eh?" 



"Xo. sir." 



"Well. I Till tell yon vat to do. Yon d.ike 

 der scissors nnd cut off ahoiid two Indies from 

 der limbs nnd — " 



••Wh-a-at?" 



"I say, dake der scissors nnd out off about 

 two Inches from der limbs, nnd den turn der 

 irarten hose on It for about four hours in der 

 nioniing— " 



■•Wli-a-at?" The receiver vibrated at her 

 tone. 



"Turn der garten hose on it for nboud four 

 hours In der morning, und den pile a lot of black 

 dirt all around und sprlngle niit insegt powder 

 all ofer der top — " 



"Sir-rr!" 



"Springle mit Insect powder all ofer der fop. 

 You know usviully It Is uodilings but pugs dot—" 



••How dare .vou, sir? Wlint do .vou niean iiy 

 such language to me?" 



"Noddings but pugs usually causes der trou- 

 bles, and den you vant to vash der rose mit 

 a liguld breparatlon I liaf for sale liere— " 



••Who In the world arc vou. anyway?" 



"(iottfried Illuber, der norlst." 



'•()oo-oh!" rather weakly. "It's the wrong 

 number, (iood by." 



— t:ilpped by "Jim" Frost. 



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NEWS NOTES 



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Blue Mound, Kan. — Mrs. Arthur Fos- 

 ter reports a fair trade in cut flowers, 

 mostly funeral work, with a large num- 

 ber of orders for plants on file for 

 spring delivery. 



West Haven, Conn. — Thos. Pattison 

 reports excellent business. He is fortu- 

 nate in having a good crop of bulbous 

 stock, particularly single narcissi. 

 Double Von Sions are not so popular. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — C. A. Anderson 

 has resigned from his position as su- 

 perintendent of the Underwood Green- 

 houses and expects to move next spring 

 to Canon City, Colo., where he will 

 engage in business for himself. 



Muncie, Ind. — Joseph E. McKinley, 

 proprietor of the Southside Floral Co., 

 says that he is more than pleased with 

 the progress made by this com- 

 paratively new concern. Business ha** 

 increased rapidly and he considers that 

 a permanent success is assured. 



Clean, N. Y. — .January and February 

 have been record-breakers in tempera- 

 ture, the thermometer having regis- 

 tered as low as 38 degrees below zero. 

 Elmer Eawlings found it necessary to 

 add a new fifty horse-power steam 

 boiler to his heating plant and it was 

 installed just in time to ward off the 

 extreme cold. 



Jasper, Mo. — Although trade has not 

 been at its best this winter, W. H. 

 Hager looks for a large sale -of J)oth 

 flower and vegetable plants in the 

 spring. He has built a house, 14x30 

 feet, for begonias and geraniums, of 

 which he has a good collection. This 

 summer he will build a house of the 

 same size for carnations. 



Black Hall, Conn. — Thomas L. Brown, 

 who has an extensive vegetable busi- 

 ness here, has left for Winston-Salem, 

 N. C, to manage a 700-acre plantation. 

 Before he came to Black Hall he was 

 superintendent at the State Normal and 

 Industrial College at Greensboro, N. C. 

 Last autumn he was superintendent of 

 products of the Connecticut Fair Asso- 

 ciation of Hartford. 



Birmingham, Ala. — An organization 

 of florists and members of other horti- 

 cultural trades has been effected and 

 the following officers chosen: Presi- 

 dent, W. H. Kessler; vice-president, 

 Hugh Seales; treasurer, Walter Puck- 

 ett, and secretary, D. F. Durban. On 

 the executive committee are John L. 

 Parker, George McVay, .Jr., and George 

 H. Luftman. The club intends to boom 

 business in connection with the "city 

 beautiful" movement now under way. 



Holyoke, Mass. — At the February 

 meeting of the Klori.sts' and Gardeners' 

 Club, at the greenhouses of Gallivan 

 Bros., it was voted to hold the second 

 annual fall show at Northampton, in 

 the fall, and the annual banquet at 

 Boyden's Inn, Northampton, March 1. 

 The arrangements for the big dinner 

 were made bv a conmiittee composed 

 of R. S. Carey, of South Hadley Falls; 

 Ned Hennessey, of Northampton, and 

 James Whiting, of Amherst. The com- 

 mittee in charge of the preliminary ar- 

 rangements for the show includes James 

 Whiting, R. S. Carey, George H. Sin- 

 clair and George Strugnell, of Holyoke, 

 and Frank Barnard, of Northampton. 



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