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The Florists' Review 



Afbil 30, 1914. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — An early morning 

 fire in the store of the Le Grand Flo- 

 ral Co., at 575 Grand street, April 4, 

 caused a loss of about $1,500. 



Frankfort, Ky.— L. H. Wilkinson and 

 Ed. Pierce, proprietors of the Park 

 Floral Co., have leased the greenhouses 

 of Mrs. E. C. Henry for five years and 

 are conducting a florists' and nursery 

 business. 



Beloit, Wis. — The heavy wind April 

 18 blew down the 25-foot smokestack 

 at the McMasters greenhouses, on West 

 Grand avenue. It crashed through the 

 roof of the houses, breaking many 

 panes of glass. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The April meet- 

 ing of the Terre Haute Florists' Asso- 

 ciation was held in the Chamber of 

 Commerce building April 3. The elec- 

 tion of oflScers resulted in the naming 

 of those of last year for another term. 

 They are: President, Fred Heinl; vice- 

 president, Henry Graham; secretary, N. 

 B. Stover, and treasurer, Fred Walker. 



Lynchburg, Va. — Miss Julia C. Mc- 

 Carron believes the more the public sees 

 of florists' stock, the more trade in- 

 creases. The opening up .of five addi- 

 tional florists' stores here since hers 

 was started, eight years ago, has, she 

 says, greatly increased her business. 

 At her greenhouses Miss McCarroh 

 grows carnations, sweet peas and a gen- 

 eral line of flowers and pot plants. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Steve Beer, whose 

 place of business is at 3804 Lincoln aVe- 

 nue, has devised an improvement over 

 the ordinary iron rake. Taking a new 

 rake, he puts the left side in the fire 

 until the outside tooth is red hot. The 

 tooth then is straightened out, ham- 

 mered fiat and filed in the shape of the 

 ordinary weed cutter, for which purpose 

 the flattened tooth is used in the lawn 

 raking. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Baur & Steinkamp 

 have three top-notchers growing in their 

 houses. One is the scarlet carnation, 

 Badiance, most appropriately named, 

 a candidate for highest honors in color, 

 earliness and productiveness; another, 

 • a clear pink antirrhinum, a selected 

 seedling, entirely distinct. The third 

 is a selection of the pink Augusta gla- 

 diolus, which is far superior to the 

 regular type. 



Kokomo, Ind. — W. W. Coles says that 

 Double White Killarney this season has 

 proved as free as the single varieties, 

 with- fewer bull-heads, although the 

 stems may not be quite as long. He 

 has a fine prospective crop of Mary- 

 land and Kaiserin for Memorial day. 

 Grafted stock of Killarney Brilliant 

 will occupy part of a house. He has 

 given up growing Beauties, finding his 

 son, who grows nothing else and has 

 big success, can supply his local re- 

 quirements. The space has been taken 

 up with Mrs. Russell. 



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