jAMDAsr 80. 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



81 





tjm- 





7 .•■*• .•"•**'• i^i» "*. 



Congress Heights, D. O.— O. W. D 'Al- 

 corn, the local bulb grower, is visiting 

 the bulb fields at Spalding, Lincoln- 

 shire, England. 



New Eochelle, N. Y.— Thomas J. 

 Wade has received the contract to care 

 for the trees of the city. This, in ad- 

 dition to his landscape contracts, prom- 

 ises to keep him hustling this spring. 

 Store business is satisfactory. 



Galena, Kan. — The Galena Green- 

 houses, of which Anna Lyscio is pro- 

 prietor, were damaged recently by fire 

 to the extent of $1,000 or more. The 

 flames started near the boiler. The 

 boiler room and two lettuce houses were 

 destroyed. 



Cedar Falls, la. — Joseph Bancroft, of 

 Joseph Bancroft & Son, has been con- 

 fined to his home for some time by 

 serious illness, but at last report he had 

 recovered sufficiently to be able to 

 visit the greenhouses and give some as- 

 sistance there. He is 87 years old and 

 has been a resident of this city since 

 1855. 



Norrlstown, Pa. — W. H. Catanese 

 says business in general is quiet, but 

 that there has been quite a heavy run 

 of funeral work of late. The William 

 R. Yeager Co. has been formed, to 

 carry on the business of William R. 

 Yeager. Harvey Unsuth, a grower of 

 sweet peas and carnations at Center 

 Square, has gone out of business and 

 the greenhouses will be torn down, 



Newburgh, N. Y. — The trade is 

 watching with interest the outcome of 

 a war between one of the leading flo- 

 rists and the largest department stor«, 

 which has held a special sale on violets 

 for two succeeding Saturdays. Com- 

 mencing early in the day at 25 cents per 

 bunch, the price was cut to 5 cents, 

 with tinfoil and pin included, by the 

 florist. As a result both establishments 

 sold out clean and, being situated oppo- 

 site, bulletins were watched with in- 

 terest as the price was announced from 

 time to time. It was dubbed the War 

 of Violets and now the carnation may 

 follow, as this is the first attempt of 

 the department store to handle flowers. 



Salina, Kan. — Edward Tatro's barn 

 and its contents, including a delivery 

 automobile, a wagon and some green- 

 house materials, were completely de- 

 stroyed recently by fire. It is thought 

 that the fire was started by the auto, 

 which had been run into the barn about 

 half an hour before the flames were 

 seen. Insurance to the amount of 

 $1,100 was carried on the propcx'ty 

 .burned, but that sum covers only about 

 half the loss. Mr. Tatro thinks he has 

 had more than an average share of 

 this sort of misfortune. Last May his 

 garage was burned, and the mischief 

 in that case was also caused by the 

 same automobile which has now been 

 put out of existence. 



Kearney, Neb. — The greenhouses of 

 H. C. Green, on West Railroad street, 

 were recently damaged by fire, but the 

 ainount of the loss is not reported. 



Warren, O. — Frances Fletcher and 

 Henry Kunkel have purchased the 

 greenhouses belonging to the estate of 

 the late Thomas Fletcher, and will con- 

 tinue the business. 



Topeka, Kan. — James Hayes & Son 

 have removed to a finely equipped store 

 at 819 Kansas avenue. The new estab- 

 lishment is a great improvement over 

 the former one, which was located on 

 Eighth street, just off Kansas avenue, 

 for twenty years. James S. Hayes is 

 now associated with his father in the 

 business. 



Elyria, O. — Carrying into effect the 

 option clause of a lease made six years 

 ago, the Hecock Floral Co. has now 

 purchased the Broad street lot on which 

 its building stands. The ground has a 

 frontage of twenty feet and the price 

 was $6,000. In 1907, when the firm 

 rented the land, the lease contained a 

 provision that the prpperty might be 

 purchased for $300 per foot. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — William E. Day and 

 Robert C. Bard will represent the Syra- 

 cuse Florists' Club at the midwinter 

 meeting of the State Federation of Flo- 

 rists' Clubs, to be held at Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, February 12, The Syra- 

 cuse Rose Society will send as delegates 

 Congressman John R. Clancy and 

 George E, Thorpe. E. A. Bates, of this 

 city, who is first vice-president of "the 

 state organization, also will attend in 

 an executive capacity, 



Gary, Ind. — The Gary Floral Co., 

 which for about a year has conducted a 

 store at the corner of Sixth avenue 

 and Washington street, with Mrs, Kay 

 M, Wells as its manager, has sold the 

 business to John Owens, The stock for 

 the store will be supplied from Mr, 

 Owens' range, the Boulevard Heights 

 Greenhouses, which are located at For- 

 ty-fifth avenue and Jefferson street, 

 Mr. Owens has been in the trade for 

 thirty years, and came here from Oil 

 City, Pa,, some, months ago. The store 

 will be in charge of his son, Emory 

 Owens, 



Bockford, 111. — Henry Hendricsen, 

 who conducts a grocery store at the 

 corner of South Winnebago and Mor- 

 gan streets, has purchased the green- 

 houses at the corner of Morgan and 

 Corbin streets, which were recently 

 bought by Leake & Offord, Mr. Hen- 

 dricsen will not take charge of the 

 property, but has secured the services 

 of William S, Hizer, an experienced 

 florist, who will be assisted by Edward 

 Hendricsen, brother of the proprietor, 

 Mr, Hizer owned the property several 

 years ago, but has lately been manager 

 of the flower department of Burr 's West 

 State street store. 



Hinsdale, Mass. — H. J, Smith says the 

 shipping of evergreens is going on as 

 usual, this section not being affected by 

 the federal quarantine against gypsy 

 moth and brown-tail moth. It has 

 been an unusually mild winter thus far 

 and Mr. Smith thinks it may result in 

 a scarcity of hardy cut ferns in the 

 spring. \ 



Bridgeport, Conn. — G, C, BoutOn & 

 Son have erected another large green- 

 house and an office building, and they • 

 are planning to build still" anothiar 

 greenhouse in the coming spiring. S^iui"' ■', 

 ness has been highly satisfactory, ThiBy> ' 

 say they have a fine pink seedling 'a»jrr,lo,; 

 nation, of a slightly darker shadf^ -thaa, '» - 

 Enchantress, and intend to pUt.iv^*; 

 the market next year. They also bavis '' 

 a red carnation which looks promising. 



Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — Henry J. Lub- 

 ben, who recently opened a flower store 

 in the Rex theater building, has sold 

 the establishment to Donart & Louis, 

 proprietors of the Coeur d 'Alene Green- 

 houses. The store now occupied by the ,, 

 new owners, on the south side of 

 Sherman avenue, will be closed, and the 

 store in the Rex theater building will 

 be used as the only downtown sales- 

 room. Mr. Lubben 's plans for the fu- 

 ture are not yet completed. 



New Brunswick, N. J.— Miss Ella 

 Kitchenmeister, who is engaged in the 

 florists' trade in this city, and Herbert 

 D, Woglom, son of the late Captain 

 Woglom, of Perth Amboy, were mar- 

 ried on a recent Sunday in the parlors 

 of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church. 

 New York city. The ceremony was 

 performed directly after the morning 

 service, and many of the congregation 

 remained to witness the nuptials, among 

 them John D. Rockefeller, who congrat- 

 ulated the bridegroom and wished the 

 bride much happiness. 



Grand Baplds, Mich,— According to 

 a recent announcement, the Simonds 

 Heating & Specialty Co., of this city, 

 will concentrate the greater part of 

 its efforts on greenhouse heating. The 

 concern has handled so many green- 

 house jobs, and its vacuum heating 

 system has been so successful, that the 

 directors have determined to direct spe- 

 cial attention toward the securing of 

 contracts from growers. In keeping 

 with this action the company, has 

 opened two eastern offices, one lOJ^^w 

 York city and the other in Cleveland,' - 

 O, The former office will be in charge 

 of John A, Payne, a well known and 

 experienced heating and ventilating 

 engineer, who has represented the 

 Foley Mfg, Co., Chicago, in that city 

 for the last year, Mr. Payne will have 

 supervision of the New England states, 

 while C. A, Simonds, until recently at 

 the head of the home office, will take 

 charge at Cleveland, with Campbell 

 Bradshaw assuming charge as general 

 manager in Grand Rapids, 



