Febbuary 6, 1913. 



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Indianapolis, Ind. — The board of park 

 commissioners has published a notice 

 asking for sealed proposals for the con- 

 struction (Jf a greenhouse on a strip 

 of land adjoining Garfield Park, in this 

 city. 



Palmyra, N. J. — F. E. Matsinger 

 states that a recent report, to the effect 

 that he had rented the greenhouses of 

 the John F. Erwin Co., at Delanco, N. 

 J,, was incorrect. The deal was not con- 

 summated and Mr. Matsinger now has 

 another place under consideration. 



Blair, Neb. — Wm. J. Rodgers has pur- 

 chased a piece of property, including 

 three large lots with a house and barn, 

 at the east end of State street, and 

 thus has secured what he long has 

 wanted, a downtown site for his green- 

 houses. The grounds are large enough 

 to permit the erection of all the green- 

 houses that he will need for some time. 



New Bochelle, N. Y. — Siebrecht & Son 

 are seriously considering the advisabil- 

 ity of removing their extensive plant to 

 some other place, where land can be se- 

 cured for a permanent location. The 

 value of the present property has ad- 

 vanced by leaps and bounds during the 

 last few years and presents a charming 

 site for residences of the highest class. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — At the recent con- 

 vention of the Arkansas State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in this city, the four 

 prize cups in the flower department 

 were all won by two commercial flo- 

 rists, who ranked as follows: Cut flowers 

 — George T. Duey, of the Electric Park 

 Greenhouses, first; C. J. Brockman, sec- 

 ond. Plants — C. J. Brockman, first; 

 George T. Duey, second. 



New Paltz, N. Y.— D. Clinton Burns, 

 who came to this town eighteen years 

 ago and engaged in business as a veg- 

 etable grower, has purchased some 

 ground on Mannheim boulevard and 

 has there erected a residence, a barn 

 and two greenhouses. At this new loca- 

 tion he is growing a general line of 

 stock, both flowers and vegetables. He 

 has had excellent success in the cul- 

 ture of chrysanthemums. 



Kearney, Neb. — The greenhouses of 

 the Green Seed & Plant Co. were dam- 

 aged recently by fire, caused by an 

 overheated boiler. One house of car- 

 nations was a total loss. The damage 

 to the packing sheds, amounting to 

 about $50, was covered by insurance. 

 The contract has been let for the re- 

 building of five 80-foot greenhouses, 

 with concrete walls and concrete 

 benches. H. C. Green, the proprietor, is 

 an old-timer in the trade, having been 

 engaged in the flower and seed busi- 

 ness for over fifty years, including six- 

 teen years in this city. He has met 

 with two losses by fire, three by hail 

 and two by water, but he says he is 

 still here to stay. 



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Atchison, Kan. — W. M. C. Frazier has 

 installed a gas engine and pump to 

 supply water for his greenhouses and 

 residence. 



Lowell, Mass. — Probably the most 

 striking of all the tributes at the 

 funeral of Arthur B. Nichols was a 

 large locomotive of flowers. This de- 

 sign was ordered by the Boston & Maine 

 employees and was made by Richard A. 

 Grifliths, the Bridge street florist. 



Canon City, Colo. — A recent fire at the 

 greenhouses of Calvert Bros., the veg- 

 etable growers in the Hot Springs addi- 

 tion, caused a loss of several hundred 

 dollars. The damage seems to have been 

 confined principally to the boiler room, 

 though one end of a greenhouse was 

 also wrecked by the flames. 



TaVERY now and then a well- 

 lL9 pleased reader speaks the Word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



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 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of fkwisfs use 

 not at present advertised. 



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Grand Bapids, Mich. — It was through 

 error that The Review published the 

 statement that C. A. Simonds, the 

 Cleveland representative, had been 

 general manager of the Simonds Heat- 

 ing & Specialty Co. C. Bradshaw was 

 unanimously appointed general mana- 

 ger by the board of directors of this 

 company July last. C. A. Simonds has 

 been connected with the Simonds 

 concern for six years. 



Corsicana, Tex. — Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Clowe, of the Corsicana Green- 

 houses, have been in business here for 

 a quarter of a century and their trade 

 in 1912 was the best in their expe- 

 rience. There is a prospect, also, of a 

 prosperous spring season, as many orders 

 have already been received for roses 

 and other stock to plant out. There 

 has been a sufficient rainfall and the 

 soil is likely to be in good condition 

 for planting. 



Baraboo, Wis. — William Toole de- 

 livered an interesting address at the 

 annual convention of the Wisconsin 

 State Horticultural Society, held re- 

 cently at Madison. His subject was 

 "Herbaceous Perennials Worth Grow- 

 ing. ' ' 



St. Paul, Minn. — Hrainecker & Gun- 

 narson are successors to the Wm. King 

 Floral Co., and are conducting business 

 under the name of the Capital City 

 Floral Co. They have greenhouses on 

 Pacific street and a store at 291 East 

 Seventh street. 



Qrand Bapids, Wis. — The Johnson & 

 Hill Co. has made arrsfngements with 

 William Giebels, the florist and land- 

 scape gardener, whereby the firm will 

 carry the full line of cut flowers and 

 potted plants formerly carried by Mr. 

 Giebels on the east side. 



Sylvania, O. — It is understood that 

 E. H. Cushman paid $30,000 for the 

 orange grove of twenty-three acres he 

 recently purchased at Redlands, Cal. 

 He was there at the time of the freeze 

 and made his purchase afterward, so 

 he evidently was not frightened by the 

 cold. 



Brunswick, Me.— Thomas Pegler, well 

 known in the trade on account of his 

 former connection with the Boston 

 wholesale market, is now in business 

 at 15 Jordan avenue, in this town. He 

 is greatly encouraged by the increase 

 of his trade in the short time he has 

 been here. 



Mitchell, S. D.— W, T. March, man- 

 ager of the well known corporation. 

 The Newburys, attended the annual 

 meeting of the South Dakota State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, in Redfield, and suc- 

 ceeded in securing the promise of the 

 organization to meet in this city next 

 January. This will be the first meet- 

 ing of the state society here since 1889. 



Quincy, 111. — Gottfried Gross an- 

 nounces that he intends to sell his pres- 

 ent greenhouse property, at the corner 

 of Twentieth and Main streets. The 

 sale, however, will not include his resi- 

 dence. He expects to purchase land 

 outside the city and to erect there a 

 range of houses containing 20,000 square 

 feet of glass. He will have an office 

 and show room on Twentieth street, 

 near Jersey street. 



Ottawa, 111. — The Davis-Harrison Co. 

 has recently been marketing the first 

 crop of cucumbers from the big new 

 greenhouses in this city and the quality 

 of the output is said to be unusually 

 fine. Six hives of bees are kept in the 

 houses for purposes of pollenization. The 

 firm also owns greenhouses at Aurora 

 and Morrison, 111. D. F. Harrison, gen- 

 eral manager of the local branch of the 

 business, says that it is the intention, 

 eventually, to add five more large 

 houses to the range here. 



